A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Gui'er didn't expect that the result would be found out within a few days. Dali said that Dingxiang had secretly run to the lady's yard many times. Gui'er suddenly remembered that Sha Yanyao had helped her several times when she had accidents. At that time, she thought that Sha Yanxiao asked Sha Yanyao for help?

After Gui'er said this, Sha Yanxiao said, "I've never asked Big Brother for help, but it's good that he's willing to help you. I suspect the eldest wife has sent people to monitor every courtyard in the mansion. Maybe there's more than just Dingxiang in our courtyard. Just be careful next time."

That day, after school, Gui'er was about to go to the Zhenxiufang when Tong Yujunran said to her, "Let's go to Yong'an Department Store. You've been busy lately and haven't played with us for a long time."

Gui'er thought so too. It was good to go out and have some fun and relax occasionally. So she asked Dali to go back first. After shopping at Wing On Department Store, she would ask Tong Yujun's driver to take her back to the Marshal's Mansion or take a rickshaw back.

Dali glanced at Tong Yujun, nodded and left.

Afterwards, the little girls went inside the mall, strolled around, watched a play in the theater on the top floor, and then went to the restaurant on the second floor to have some desserts. Tong Yujun suddenly said to the other two classmates, "Didn't you two say you wanted to go to Zhouji Tailor Shop to get skirts made? I think I'm not going to make them for now, so why don't you go by yourselves?"

The two classmates, though confused, still left. Gui'er felt a little strange and said with a smile, "You don't have anything to say to me alone, do you?"

Tong Yujun frowned, looking distressed. After hesitating for a moment, he sighed and said, "I don't know whether I should tell you this."

Gui'er's heart moved and she said, "Could it be that something happened to your aunt again?"

Tong Yujun hesitated and said, "Nothing has happened to her yet. It's just that after she went to Shanghai, she was exposed to some new ideas. She has written back several times, expressing her desire to divorce the Marshal."

"Divorce?" Gui'er was shocked. She knew that Marshal Sha was a very face-conscious person. Last time, just because there were rumors that the Eighth Concubine had an ambiguous relationship with her classmate, he killed the boy involved. The Eighth Concubine herself was saved because of Sha Yanxiao's intercession.

Tong Yujun said: "My family also advised her not to do it, but my aunt said that it was a new era now and even the emperor and his concubines could divorce, so why couldn't she?"

Gui Er frowned and said, "You don't want me to ask my brother to help mediate, do you? I dare not do that. If I anger Father, he will turn against me."

Tong Yujun quickly waved his hand and said, "That's not what I meant. After all, the Marshal is your father. I just wanted to ask for your opinion."

Guier sighed. She could understand the pain of a female student with modern new ideas becoming the eighth concubine of a 50-year-old man, but she also knew the Marshal's character very well.

Compared with Marshal Sha, Sha Yanxiao is much more merciful. Guier sometimes even feels sorry for Sha Yanxiao and thinks that Marshal Sha is just using him as a knife. Although she can see that Sha Yanxiao will not be 100% obedient, she is helpless most of the time.

Gui'er said to Tong Yujun, "Your aunt is young and beautiful, and the Marshal actually dotes on her. Even with such a serious misunderstanding as this, the Marshal listened to my second brother's words, which shows that he really values her. Why does he suddenly want a divorce?"

Tong Yujun hesitated after hearing this.

Gui'er had a bad feeling and said, "Could it be that she has a boyfriend?"

Tong Yujun quickly said, "Of course not, but after my father repeatedly questioned her, she did admit that she had met a male classmate whom she had a crush on."

Gui'er immediately felt a headache. She even regretted discussing this issue with Tong Yujun. If the Marshal knew about this, he might blame her as well.

Tong Yujun tried her best to explain: "Don't get me wrong, my aunt didn't do anything out of line. She just met a very outstanding boy who pursued her, and she felt that life shouldn't be like this. Don't you feel sorry for her?"

Gui Er frowned and said weakly, "She is very pitiful, but isn't her pity caused by your father? Your father made her the eighth concubine. The Marshal has money, power, and guns. As a daughter, I don't even dare to think about the consequences of offending the Marshal."

Tong Yujun lowered his head and remained silent.

Gui'er asked, "Does your father know about this? What does he think?"

Tong Yujun was a little afraid to look Gui'er in the eye: "My father said that the only benefit of marrying my aunt to the Marshal was a mine, and now the mine has been taken back..."

Gui'er understood it all at once. It turned out that Boss Tong was not satisfied with Sha Yanxiao taking back the mine. His sister happened to be wanting a divorce, so he thought that since all your benefits had been taken back, he had to take the woman back too.

In fact, his idea was very dangerous. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, at that time, Marshal Sha married his eighth concubine in accordance with traditional etiquette and gave a betrothal gift.

Later, because the eighth concubine was favored, the mine was given to Boss Tong's family to run. In the meantime, the Tong family took advantage of the Marshal's brother-in-law's status to gain a lot of benefits, and the business grew bigger and bigger. In just two years, Guier learned from Sha Yanxiao that the Tong family actually opened factories everywhere, increased their property several times, and became the richest man in Jiangcheng. After Fengcheng was captured, the Tong family took the lead and divided up a lot of land and shops that Sha Yanxiao had obtained after clearing out the original opium dens and gambling dens.

Now that Sha Yanxiao has taken away the operating rights of the mine, he wants to take his married sister away. I'm afraid not only Marshal Sha, but also Sha Yanxiao will be angry.

Gui'er suddenly thought of something, and she said to Tong Yujun, "Could it be that your father wants your aunt to divorce him because the young marshal wants to take away the management rights of your family's mine?"

Tong Yujun quickly explained, "No, no, there's absolutely no such thing. It was my aunt who wanted to divorce. My father didn't support it at first, but later on, he thought that my aunt was really unhappy, and that the Marshal's Mansion didn't support our family very much, so he wanted to..."

Then there is still some connection.

Gui'er thought for a moment and said to Tong Yujun, "What does your father want to do now?"

Tong Yujun said uncertainly, "I don't know what my father wants to do. He's actually hesitant. After all, divorce has never happened in our family."

Gui'er said, "Since your family hasn't decided what to do, it's best not to make it public. Also, tell your aunt not to get too close to that man. If it's like last time, it'll be troublesome. Wouldn't it cost another life?"

Tong Yujun timidly said, "I understand."