Old Madam Gu raised her eyes and looked at Wang, her expression indifferent, "Don't you know?"

Wang leaned forward and said, "To answer your mother's question, I have never heard of this. Yesterday, Third Master was in the front helping Second Brother greet guests and didn't go back at all."

"What about you?" asked Mrs. Gu, putting down the teacup in her hand.

"My daughter-in-law was planning to go to my second sister-in-law's place to help yesterday, but because she was not feeling well, she wanted to stay at home on such a happy day and she couldn't bring illness with her, so she stayed in bed." Wang said again, looking a little aggrieved.

"Mother, you can't divorce me just because I didn't go over to help, right?"

"Although the Gu family isn't a wealthy family, it's not a place where daughters-in-law can run wild." The old lady said, "Just tell me, have you ever torn up wedding couplets?"

Wang was a little surprised when she heard this. The third girl was talking about such things on the second day of her wedding?

Don’t care about auspiciousness again?

"Speak! Or have you suddenly become deaf?" Old Mrs. Gu slammed the table suddenly.

"Mother, I didn't..."

"Don't make excuses anymore. I think I have been good to you. It doesn't matter how much resentment you have in your heart, but you actually took action. It shows that you have long been on the same page with the Gu family." After the old lady finished speaking, she sighed.

Wang didn't say anything, just sobbed a few tears.

"The third son doesn't want to split up the family and wants to write you a divorce letter," the old lady said. "I'll give you a letter of divorce because you've given birth to children for the Gu family. When he comes over later, I'll have him write you a letter of divorce so it sounds better when he's around."

Wang listened to the old lady's conversation, her eyes turned, and just as she was about to speak, Mama Liu at the door said, "The third master is back."

*

"The unfilial son pays his respects to his mother." Gu Hong said as he entered the room and bowed without even looking at Wang.

Mrs. Gu pointed to the seat below and said, "Sit down and talk."

Wang Shi had been dissatisfied to begin with, and now seeing Gu Hong's attitude, she felt even more frustrated. Before Gu Hong could even sit down, she demanded, "Gu Hong, mother said you want to give me a letter of divorce?"

After Gu Hong sat down, he nodded and said, "Not bad."

"Which of the seven grounds of divorce have I committed?" Wang asked. "I honestly believe I haven't done anything to offend you."

"Your excessive talk has caused discord in the family." Gu Hong looked at Wang coldly, "Think carefully about it. What have you done since my second brother and his family returned to the capital?"

"What did you do? Are you bringing up the quarrels between sisters-in-law?" Wang said indignantly, "Or, just because the third girl became the Crown Princess, you want to cut ties with me and curry favor with her?"

"You're truly unreasonable. When my second sister-in-law was about to give birth, you ran to the second room and said some nonsense, causing her to get angry and give birth. Have you forgotten?"

"When we first returned to the capital, you brought Ruoxing and criticized the Crown Princess repeatedly. If they hadn't been so indifferent, I'm afraid the Gu family would have been in turmoil long ago."

"The imperial decree granting the marriage came down, and you asked me to go and plead with the Crown Princess. I went there to disrespect my elders, but now, while they're getting married, you're going crazy at home."

"Besides, I don't want to talk about how you raised your child." Gu Hong tilted his head and stopped talking.

Wang Shi couldn't sit still anymore after hearing this. She stood up and pointed at Gu Hong's nose. "Don't just look at my shortcomings. You have a lot of problems too."

"He loves to sing about romance, has three concubines, and doesn't care about his children's upbringing. And now he's finding fault with me," Wang said. "Why? Divorcing me, your wife of many hardships, and marrying another beautiful woman just because you're the Crown Princess' uncle?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Hong shouted, "How dare you say that about your own husband?"

"You're going to make me a divorced wife, so what can I not say?" Wang Shi sat back in her seat, brushed off her sleeves, and looked at Old Madam Gu. "Mother, you're also obsessed with kicking me out, so you're being nice and saying you're going to give me a divorce letter because you know Gu Hong can't divorce me."

Old Mrs. Gu frowned and looked at Wang without saying anything.

"Gu Hong, I observed mourning for my father-in-law. So many years have passed, have you forgotten it?" Wang said with a disdainful smile on her face.

Gu Hong was speechless for a moment. He looked at Wang, then at his mother. At this time, Wang had already stood up slowly. "Mother, if there is nothing else, I will go back first."

"Oh, Gu Hong, if you insist on me leaving the Gu family, then let's go to court." Wang smiled faintly, "But, mother certainly doesn't want to see this matter become a big deal, right? After all, this is the third girl's mother's family, and they just got married."

"Crown Princess, you are being extremely disrespectful!" Gu Hong shouted again.

After Wang left, Old Lady Gu twirled the rosary in her hand and said, "What Wang said is correct. This matter still needs to be carefully considered."

"I can't divorce her, so I'll send her to a farm in the suburbs of Beijing." Gu Hong said after a moment's hesitation, "This troublemaker needs to learn a lesson, otherwise he'll become more confident than ever."

*

The one who was about to suffer was Wang Shi, and the one who was suffering right now was Concubine Li. She rested in the afternoon and had another nightmare. The content was still Ruan Liuzheng's head was covered in blood, and his forehead was a bloody mess. He kept shouting at her: "Aunt, how could you do this to me?"

"Help!" Concubine Li screamed, waking up in shock. Ping'er also ran to the bedside at this time, "Your Majesty, it's okay, it's just a dream."

'Just a dream'? She had had the same dream no less than fifty times in the past six months.

"She resents me, but how can I be blamed for all this?" Empress Li's eyes were filled with tears. "It was because she was provoked by the Crown Prince that she ran to the Emperor, and that's why I..."

"Your Majesty, it was an unintentional mistake. Don't torture yourself anymore." Ping'er advised softly.

"Why should I torture myself? All this is caused by the Crown Princess. If she hadn't seduced the Crown Prince into saying he didn't want a concubine, there wouldn't have been any of the trouble that followed." Concubine Li's eyes became resentful again.

"Your Majesty." Ping'er knew that this was Concubine Li finding an outlet for her emotions, pushing all the responsibilities onto others to make herself feel more comfortable.

"I must not let this Gu Qinghe have an easy time." Just as Concubine Li finished her words, she heard the eunuch at the door shouting, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived—"

"Why is he here again?" Concubine Li quickly picked up a handkerchief and wiped the tears from her face.

"I'll go and take a look." Ping'er said, and quickly walked out of the inner room. At this time, Xiao Jingheng had already arrived in the hall.

"Your servant pays her respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Your Majesty will come out later." Ping'er said as she bowed, looking at the Crown Prince in confusion.

After listening to what Chen Yuan said in the afternoon, Xiao Jingheng thought of the rejection he received from his mother this morning, so he came again.

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