To divorce his wife, the top scholar preferred being cuckolded to wearing a red hat.

Gu Yu was tall and slender, dressed in all black with a sword hanging at her waist. She didn't smile much, and Su Mingyue knew as soon as she stood in front of her that this girl was skilled and not to be trifled with.

"Your Highness, you didn't transfer people to my side to spy on me, did you?" Su Mingyue asked casually.

"That's not what I meant. I simply wanted to protect your safety," the War King never intended to monitor Su Mingyue, nor was there any need for it.

"Let me use you for a few days, and I'll send you back in a few days."

"You're really afraid I'll be watching you."

"What do you think?" Su Mingyue met his eyes.

"You're quite cautious in your actions. You decide what to do; if you want to send her back, then send her back; if you want to keep her, then keep her for whatever purpose. But the way you speak and act always gives me a sense of being old-fashioned and condescending. What's going on?"

"This is just my nature. If Your Highness doesn't like it, there's no going back now."

"Why would I change my mind?" Xiao Zhan stood up. "The food here is quite good, it suits my taste."

"Your Highness," Qinghu stepped forward gently, "a message has come from the palace, asking you to come to the palace."

Xiao Zhan nodded: "Remember to come over first thing tomorrow morning. I'll be waiting for you at the manor."

"Don't worry. Tomorrow is my moment of glory, how could I not come? If I don't show up, there's only one possibility: someone doesn't want me to be there."

"That won't happen." After leaving Su Mingyue's courtyard, Xiao Zhan got into a carriage and headed towards the palace.

……

After dinner, Su Mingyue was lying in the courtyard, feeling the sun lazily shining on her, when Xingchun brought in a letter.

"Madam, a young boy just knocked on our gate, left a letter, and left. The letter was addressed to Mingyue, so I brought it in. Would you like to open it and take a look?"

Su Mingyue glanced at the handwriting on the letter. If it wasn't Fu Jingsheng's dog's handwriting, whose could it be?

"No need to disassemble it, just burn it." After giving the order, Su Mingyue changed her mind and said, "Never mind, let's open it and see what he has to say."

The letter was brief, telling her to wait for him in the backyard of the Fu family's house that evening, where he would have something very important to tell her.

She had someone deliver the letter Fu Jingsheng wrote to her last time directly to Su Ziyu. It seems Su Ziyu didn't take it seriously.

"Miss, he's sending this message at this time; he definitely has ill intentions. You mustn't go; don't fall for their tricks."

“We can’t not go and see. He’s already dressed in his costume, we can’t stop him from singing, we have to go.”

"He's obviously trying to frame you so you won't be able to attend the banquet tomorrow night."

"I have nothing to do anyway, and I'm just sitting at home doing nothing, it's kind of boring."

Tomorrow is the banquet, and Fu Jingsheng isn't the only one who wants her to disappear.

As expected, Ruan Yingying also intends to take action against her tonight.

If something happens to her tonight, she won't be able to attend tomorrow's banquet, or she'll be missing an arm or a leg, making her the laughingstock of the capital.

Xingchun always felt that his wife had become a completely different person since the divorce.

She used to laugh a lot, but not like now, when her laughter sends chills down your spine.

Anyone who experiences what these prostitutes go through will be transformed into a completely different person. She helps a man pass the imperial examinations, takes care of the household, and even runs a business to earn money, allowing him to focus on his studies.

But when he returned home in triumph, riding a tall horse, he didn't come to share his joy with her; instead, he harbored thoughts of kicking her out of the house.

"I'll rest for a while, you can go down first."

Xingchun closed the door and went into the courtyard, where she saw Guyu standing straight and motionless.

The other person's serious demeanor made Xingchun give up the idea of ​​going up to talk to her.

"Xingchun." Xingxia beckoned to Xingchun: "Is Miss asleep?"

"Miss said she wants to rest for a while. She's been quite busy lately, so you'll be in charge of taking care of things at home."

Su Mingyue has four maids by her side.

They are girls of the "Xing" generation, named after the four seasons.

When we were in a small county town, two girls couldn't come because of family reasons, so we found two more girls to fill in.

Currently, Xingchun is the most favored and is Su Mingyue's head maid. The other maids are mainly responsible for household affairs and business matters, and rarely follow Su Mingyue around.

"I heard that Miss's business is more than double what it used to be. Is that true? Does that mean Miss used to hide her wealth so that the Fu family wouldn't find out?" Xingchun asked quietly.

Xingchun's eyes sharpened as she listened to her words: "As the young lady's maid, you must understand that you'd better keep secrets about things the young lady doesn't want to talk about. Otherwise, if some news that the young lady doesn't want to spread gets out, don't say that the young lady is heartless."

Xingxia waved her hands repeatedly: "You misunderstood. The more capable Miss is, the happier I am. I just don't understand, if Miss is so capable, why does she keep it a secret from everyone? Wouldn't it be better to let everyone see how capable she is?"

“Miss is smarter than us. She must have her reasons for doing this. You’ve all seen how she’s done things. Do your jobs properly, or you might lose your lives without even knowing it.” The extra corpse that appeared in the courtyard last time had left the maids trembling for days.

"Don't worry. I know my limits. It's just that we've been following you all this way, so we thought we'd ask you."

"We're going to a banquet at the War King's Mansion tomorrow, and you'll be coming with me. There will be a lot of people at the War King's Mansion tomorrow, so we'll naturally need to bring a few more people with us."

"Yes." Xingxia was overjoyed to hear that she could go out with her mistress.

Since Miss bought this house, Xingchun has been responsible for accompanying Miss on outings. She is more like a housekeeper, managing the affairs of the household.

Fortunately, she had performed well under the care of the young lady, so she didn't find these matters too difficult to handle.

She just wished she could go out and see more of the world with the young lady, so she could learn from the stewards of wealthy families how to handle affairs.

There will be an opportunity tomorrow, and it's at the Prince Zhan's residence. How can we not make her happy?

"You'll have plenty of opportunities like this in the future, so don't worry about not having any."

"Suddenly having to manage so many people has been a bit overwhelming, so I thought I should learn more."

"Tomorrow won't be an easy day. There will definitely be many young ladies from prominent families coming to make things difficult for you. Can you handle it?" Xingchun looked at Xingxia with suspicion.

"As long as Miss allows me to act recklessly, I can definitely shut them all up." She, Xingxia, may not be good at anything else, but she is definitely a master at arguing.

"Then go back and prepare well. We'll set off together tomorrow. Miss has also prepared some clothes for you. Go try them on in a bit."

“Life has really changed since we arrived in the capital. Those two maids who came with Miss must be kicking themselves.” Xingxia thought she was so smart; she wasn’t scared by Miss and followed her without hesitation.