Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 234

As a military general, is this all the mental resilience you have? How can you be so easily discouraged?

Lü Liang grew increasingly contemptuous of Qin Shaoze, but he didn't take it too seriously. If he committed suicide, so be it; he would just report it to the court later.

The Western Qi army's offensive has recently intensified, seemingly aided by divine intervention, and they have won several major victories in succession. The Northern Yi army has been forced to retreat repeatedly. Lü Liang is currently overwhelmed with problems and has no time to think about Qin Shaoze's affairs.

He quickly put the matter out of his mind, returned to the sand table, and continued to discuss the next troop deployment with the generals, his head throbbing with pain.

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Luzhou.

After handling the "funeral arrangements" for Qin Shaoze and Yao Sujuan, Shen Lingjun sublet the house they had previously rented and sold all the servants they had temporarily bought back to the brokerage firm.

Yao Sujuan's maid, Hongfei, had not offended Shen Lingjun, so Shen Lingjun returned her indenture and let her go.

The two charred corpses in the fire—it's unclear where Qin Shaoze found them; they were just two unlucky souls, burned beyond recognition even after death. Shen Lingjun had them secretly transported outside the city for burial, considering it a good deed.

She herself declared that she would take Qin Shaoze and Yao Sujuan's ashes back to Kyoto and bury them in the Qin family ancestral tomb.

Now she was truly free. No one would care about her anymore, and she didn't have to worry about her reputation for the time being.

Shen Lingjun returned to Shen Wei's side in high spirits, only to find that Shen Wei had prepared a sumptuous feast for her and bought several long strings of firecrackers.

As soon as Shen Lingjun went inside, firecrackers started popping and crackling.

Shen Wei shouted from the side, "Congratulations to my daughter on the loss of her husband! The bad luck is gone! The old is gone and the new is in! The bad is gone and the good is in!"

Shen Lingjun laughed so hard he almost fell over: "Dad! What are you doing!"

Shen Wei said matter-of-factly, "That little bastard Qin Shaoze is dead, shouldn't we set off firecrackers to celebrate?"

He added, "It's a wonder he still has some sense of shame; he actually knew to commit suicide. He shouldn't have had the face to live in this world long ago!"

Shen Lingjun laughed and said, "Father, you think too highly of him. He has no sense of shame and is very afraid of dying. He pretended to commit suicide because I lied to him, but actually ran away."

She recounted how she had lied to Qin Shaoze, accusing him of treason and colluding with the enemy.

Shen Wei praised, "Well done! This is also good. His identity is dead, but he's still alive. He can only watch helplessly as the Yongning Marquis's mansion becomes yours, and Yao'er inherits his title of Yongning Marquis. He'll be furious!"

As he spoke, he called out, "Come, come, let's eat! I'll write a letter later and send it back to your mother and your elder brother in the capital, so they can be happy too!"

Shen Lingjun sat down and had just started eating when she heard Shen Wei say, "I'll find you a better husband in the future, and you'll get married in style. I'll make that bastard Qin Shaoze so angry that he'll come back to life even if he's really dead!"

Shen Lingjun almost spat out her tea.

She coughed several times with difficulty: "Cough cough... Father, your daughter has put in so much effort and finally managed to put out this fire pit. I can live a peaceful old lady in the Yongning Marquis's mansion. Can't you let me enjoy my old age? Why do I have to find another dog of a man, marry into another heartless family, and step into another fire pit?"