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

Madam Qian was sitting in her seat eating melon seeds, and she was instructing another maid to beat and scold the little maid who was kneeling on the ground.

When Fu Jingsheng returned, he frowned and asked his mother, "Mother, what are you doing?"

“That wretched woman is clumsy and broke a cup. That cup is worth several taels of silver. She is so careless. Of course I have to teach her a lesson. Otherwise, the maids in the manor will be so disrespectful. What kind of people will they be?”

Fu Jingsheng told them to leave.

Madam Qian turned her head and asked, "Jingsheng, did things go well with Miss Su today?"

"She was naturally fond of me and asked me several times when I would come to propose marriage. That damned Su Mingyue, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't be so hesitant."

"That's easy. When she arrives, just tell her to take out the money, and then find an excuse to make her die of illness."

“I have a feeling that bringing her to the capital will cause some unforeseen changes.” Fu Jingsheng felt a little panicked: “When she arrives, she can’t move into the top scholar’s ​​residence directly; she has to stay outside first.”

"She values ​​you above all else; she'll agree to anything you ask. First, coax her into handing over the money, then find a pretext to get rid of her. The most urgent thing is to marry Miss Su. If you delay too long, Miss Su will inevitably discover something, which will be detrimental to us."

"I'll take care of this."

Judging by the time, Su Mingyue should arrive in the next couple of days. If she arrives, she can either stay at the mansion as the older cousin, or we'll find a reason to let her stay outside.

For the sake of his future, Su Mingyue certainly wouldn't have any objections.

"Young Master," his attendant ran over, "has the carriage we sent out last time returned?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Jingsheng immediately ran outside.

He had to restrain Su Mingyue immediately, to prevent her from making a ruckus, and even more importantly, to prevent outsiders from finding out that she was the wife of a top scholar.

Upon seeing him emerge, the attendant sent to fetch him bowed to Fu Jingsheng: "My lord, we are truly sorry. We were ordered by you to fetch Cousin Su. However, she departed for the capital two days earlier than us, and we were unable to meet her."

"Didn't she come over?" Fu Jingsheng glanced at the empty carriage. "You've found out for sure, she really did come ahead of time."

"I made some inquiries and found out that Cousin Su was worried that you didn't have enough money in the capital, so she sold the shops in the house and came here with a few maids. We don't know which road she took or what time she arrived."

"Okay, I understand. You must be tired from your journey. Go back and rest first." Fu Jingsheng was touched to hear that Su Mingyue had come over first because she was worried that he wouldn't have enough money.

In recent years, Su Mingyue has never been short of money for him; she is indeed a good wife.

Unfortunately, she was just a businesswoman. He, on the other hand, was a top scholar in the imperial examinations, and the woman he wanted to marry would naturally be someone who could help him.

If he could marry Su Ziyu, he would surely become the next Lord Su.

Upon hearing that Su Mingyue was already on her way to the capital, but unsure if she had taken the wrong route or what time it would arrive, Fu Jingying scoffed, "It's not like she hasn't been to the capital before. How could she possibly have taken the wrong route? Brother, I hope nothing bad has happened to her on the way. If she had set off earlier, she should have arrived by now. What if something happens to her on the way?"

Fu Jingsheng hadn't really thought about this problem. Of course, it would be best if Su Mingyue had some kind of accident on the way, but how to get the money she had deposited in Wantong Money Shop was a problem.