Noble Lady

"I've already had the blacksmith study the design Miss Xue gave me last time. They say that sword requires extremely high skill from the swordsmith and very high quality raw materials. The person who drew the design must be a rare genius."

Marquis Xue: "Really? What kind of pattern is it? Can I take a look?"

He Minzhi was definitely not as good as a drawing that could gain the praise of a craftsman, so he immediately threw it out of his mind.

Xue Chenyu: “…”

Prince Cheng really understands her father.

But she had just gotten by with her father, and she still had to deal with her mother.

After dinner, Marquis Xue and Prince Cheng went to the study to discuss the design of the sword, and brought along their little follower, Xue Huai.

Mrs. Xue called Xue Chenyu over to talk to her alone. Xue Luoyan wanted to go with her, but was taken away by Yuzhu.

"Okay, there are no outsiders here, so just say whatever you want to say." Mrs. Xue went straight to the point.

Xue Chenyu rolled her eyes and was about to find an excuse to get out of it when Madam Xue continued, "I know you've already sold Su Zhi. Don't you have anything else to say?"

Xue Chenyu had also discovered long ago that Su Zhi's biological mother, Qian Mama, was not with her mother.

It turns out that mother had already discovered it?

She thought it would take some effort to explain this matter to her mother, but unexpectedly, things were simpler than she imagined.

"It's not a glorious thing to say, like it happens to most people."

"The maidservant who came with the dowry felt that she should be promoted to a concubine. If her wishes were not met, she would start to betray me. So I could only fulfill her wish to become a concubine."

Xue Chenyu smiled, as if she didn't care at all.

After she finished speaking, she was still afraid that Yuzhu's mother, Mother He, would think too much, so she quickly added, "Yuzhu is a very good girl. If Mother He is worried, I can ask her to come back and stay with you for two days."

"No, no." Mother He waved her hands quickly. How could a servant dare to think so?

Madam Xue paused. "Since you know what to do and have handled it properly, I won't say much. But your husband..."

She frowned, her disdain evident.

"I heard that he actually took his widowed cousin back home. Is that true?"

"It is true, and there is something fishy between the two of them." Xue Chenyu did not hide it.

"What?!" Mrs. Xue slammed the table and stood up.

When the He family came to propose marriage, they spoke very nicely, saying that they would never take a concubine. In addition, their Xue family really needed a civil servant to help the Marquis maintain his current position in the court.

That's why she agreed to marry her daughter to He Minzhi.

It's only been a short time since we got married and you can't stand the loneliness anymore?!

Madam Xiao's face darkened. "You can tolerate this?"

"Mom, don't be so angry. I don't care." Xue Chenyu's expression was indifferent, and no emotion could be heard in her tone.

Madam Xue was stunned. She knew her daughter's temper to some extent. To be so calm, that meant...

"Have you already made a decision?"

"Well, I don't want it anymore."

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Xue almost thought she had misheard.

Xue Chenyu nodded. "I want to divorce He Minzhi, but I will do my best to handle it properly. If it really doesn't work, I will sever ties with the Marquis' Mansion and will never bring trouble to the Marquis' Mansion. I also hope that mother can understand."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xue grabbed the teacup and slammed it towards the door.

With a "bang", broken porcelain pieces and tea splashed high into the air.

Xue Chenyu was startled, "Mom, don't be angry first, listen to me..."

"Listen to what you said? What do you mean by severing ties with the Marquis' Mansion and never bringing trouble to it? Who taught you to say such things? How can I not be angry?"

"I……"

"What do you mean by 'you'? What words of yours sound like human language?"

Mrs. Xue was really furious. She walked over aggressively, wanting to slap her in the face.

But when he really raised his hand, he couldn't bear to hit him, so he put it down awkwardly.

"Why did I give birth to such an ungrateful thing like you?"

Xue Chenyu looked at her mother's hand that was hanging above her head and then retracted, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then shamelessly went up to hug her arm.

"Mom, calm down. Yu'er knows I was wrong. It was me who said the wrong thing and made you angry. But you're so pretty, you'll get wrinkles if you get angry."

Mrs. Xue rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Don't think you can get away with it just because you're sweet-talking."

"Who on earth led you astray? You're so stupid as to say you're going to break off relations with your parents. Don't let me find that person, or I'll make him pay!"

Xue Chenyu immediately apologized repeatedly and said a lot of nice things, saying that she was just impulsive at the moment, which calmed Mrs. Xue down a little.

However, Mrs. Xue still had many doubts about the divorce.

If it was just Su Zhi and the like, and He Minzhi's unclear relationship with his cousin, how could her daughter Yu'er be so determined to divorce? She even threatened to sever ties with the family.

She knew the child's character, and if nothing serious happened, she would never have planned to do this.

In other words, how difficult a crisis must it be to make her think of breaking off relations with the Marquis' Mansion in order to sever the connection between her and the Wu'an Marquis' Mansion?

"Yu'er, tell me honestly, do you know anything else?"

"No, I've seen through the He family. They're all heartless ungrateful wolves. Instead of wasting my life in a poor alley, it's better to turn back and get out of here early. There's still time for everything."

As she spoke, fearing that Madam Xue would not believe her, she whispered in Madam Xue's ear, "I haven't consummated my marriage with He Minzhi yet."

"You, you guys..." Mrs. Xue was probably too surprised and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a while, he said, "That's fine. Since you've made up your mind, just go for it. The girls of our Wu'an Marquis Mansion shouldn't be treated like this."

With her words, Xue Chenyu's previous worries were mostly gone.

But thinking about the current situation, she couldn't help but worry, "Mom, I'm worried that once He Minzhi and I get divorced, I don't know what people in their family who have no moral integrity will do."

"Our dynasty values ​​civil over military power. If he deliberately escalates the matter to this level, even the Marquis' Mansion and my father will be in trouble."

"That's not something you should be considering." Madam Xue straightened her face solemnly. "Yu'er, right now, there's only one thing you need to think about: are you and He Minzhi really not going to be able to live together anymore? Are you sure you want to divorce?"

"If so, you must be fully prepared for this. No matter what happens, your father and I will fully support you. But you must understand that many times you will have to overcome this hurdle on your own."

"You have to bear the world's criticism and abuse alone."

"Don't worry, mother. I've already thought it through." Xue Chenyu also said solemnly, "I don't want to have anything to do with the He family anymore. I'm not afraid of the world's criticism or abuse. I'm just afraid that it will implicate you."