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

Fu Jingsheng was naturally happy that the marriage with the Su family was arranged.

When Madam Qian learned that Fu Jingsheng had not only emptied his family's coffers but also borrowed money from outside in order to marry Su Mingyue, she felt instantly uncomfortable.

The thought that Su Ziyu would definitely bring back a large dowry after marrying into the family instantly made him happy again. With the dowry Su Ziyu would bring, filling the family's financial gaps, she would truly be a good daughter-in-law of the Fu family.

If she's not even willing to do this much, what's the point of Jing Sheng marrying her?

That's not even as good as Su Mingyue.

Putting everything else aside, ever since Su Mingyue married into the Fu family, she has truly lived the life of a wealthy wife.

Wearing fine clothes and eating delicacies.

At that time, all the women in the village envied her.

Thinking of Su Ziyu's mother's mannerisms, and imagining that after Su Ziyu entered the family, she could also be like Madam Su.

Thinking about it like that makes me feel really good.

While calculating with Fu Jingsheng how much silver they had spent, they also wondered how much dowry the Su family would return.

……

Su Ziyu received news that Su Mingyue had divorced Fu Jingsheng and moved out of the Fu residence that very day.

I heard that Fu Jingsheng took pity on her and gave her five hundred taels of silver as a means of survival. She left with some worthless belongings.

Upon hearing this news, Su Ziyu sneered inwardly.

Su Mingyue, Su Mingyue, from now on your husband will be mine. And you will disappear from this world.

Whether you are the daughter of the Su family or not is no longer important, nor is it important whether you have an incomparably noble destiny.

The important thing is that from now on, you will be a wild soul.

……

After leaving the Fu family's residence, Su Mingyue went straight back to her own courtyard. Her courtyard was fully equipped with maids and servants. She comfortably lay on the chaise lounge, lazily eating grapes.

From now on, she won't have to serve her mother-in-law, deal with her selfish and self-serving sister-in-law, or fulfill all of Fu Jingsheng's requests as she would her son.

From now on, she will be herself.

She is now free and can do whatever she wants.

She can live without a man, but she wants a child.

If the man's body is weak, the child he fathers will likely also be weak.

Therefore, she needs to find a healthy man to have a child with her and raise the child by her side.

Thinking of this, she called Xingchun over and said, "Tell the kitchen not to cook dinner tonight. I'm going out for a bit."

She needs to go out more to have a chance to meet handsome men.

"Miss, where do you wish to go? Perhaps you should have someone prepare in advance." Xingchun knew that many businesses in the capital belonged to her young mistress.

"It's not business, just going out for a stroll." Su Mingyue picked up her teacup and took a sip. "The nights in the capital are much more lively than in the countryside. Now that we're here, we should definitely have some fun. Remember to bring a few sets of men's clothing; I need them."

Upon hearing her young mistress's words, Xingchun knew that she wanted to dress up as a man and go out to play.

That's good, it can avoid a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, with her beauty, going out late at night would definitely attract some flies.

"I instructed them to make quite a few men's clothes last time and send them over. Madam, please take a look and see which one you would like to wear."

White, black, red—all kinds of men's clothing styles are available; it just depends on which one the lady likes to choose.

"As expected of someone who works by my side, they really think long-term. I'll wear black this time; black at night will make me more mysterious." Su Mingyue picked up a black dress with gold trim, quite satisfied.