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

Listening to Fu Jingying's words, Su Mingyue thought to herself: She was foolish before, treating them as family. Not only did they treat her as an outsider, but they also plotted to seize her property and marry a new woman.

"The reason I deposited the silver into Wantong Money Shop was for my husband's future career. I thought it would only be half a year, and if my husband wanted to move up the ranks after that, he would definitely need to pull strings. That would be the perfect time to withdraw the money. But my husband, I think the money should be spent wisely. Starting to pull strings now won't be very useful. It would be better to wait until you officially take office before we start working on that."

Fu Jingsheng sighed, "My wife is so thoughtful. Let's do as you wish. I'll take Mother and the others to the capital to tidy up the house first. Once you've settled things with the shops, I'll come and pick you up."

"I will handle it as soon as possible. Once it's done, I'll bring the silver over."

Watching Su Mingyue leave, Madam Qian looked worried: "Jingsheng, I feel like she's been acting strangely these past few days, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

“She’s still angry about yesterday. Yesterday we were all arguing that we wanted to divorce her. She’s not made of clay, she can’t have a temper. I told her that the previous method wouldn’t work, but you all insisted on doing it this way. Now she refuses to give me the money, so I can’t divorce her, and I can’t have a peaceful separation.” Fu Jingsheng felt a little irritated just thinking about it.

Su Mingyue deposited the silver into Wantong Money Shop, which can only be withdrawn in person. Even if he kills the person now, he still can't get the money out.

Abandonment and separation are even less feasible.

"The most important thing right now is to keep her calm and get her to hand over the money. We'll talk about it after we get the money."

The mother and daughter-in-law discussed it for a long time and decided to set off tomorrow. Everything at home was left to Su Mingyue to manage; he would send someone to pick them up in two weeks.

Su Mingyue was not surprised by their decision at all. She simply smiled and had someone start packing their luggage and arranging their trip to the capital.

Fu Jingying brought all the beautiful jewelry she could find in her home. After all, this was the capital city; there was no shortage of powerful and wealthy families.

Now that she's the sister of the top scholar, she definitely has to dress up beautifully so as not to embarrass her brother.

Before leaving, Fu Jingsheng held Su Mingyue's hand and said, "Mingyue, you need to deal with this quickly. I'll send someone to pick you up in half a month, and we can be reunited as soon as possible."

"My husband, you go ahead and leave the household to me. I will take good care of everything."

Fu Jingsheng nodded, turned around, and got into the carriage.

Su Mingyue waved to them.

Qian didn't even bother to look at her; only Fu Jingsheng waved to her.

The top scholar was leaving home to take up his post, which was a joyous occasion. The county magistrate also came out to see him off, and Fu Jingsheng waved to everyone.

Once the carriage left the city gate, the onlookers dispersed. Su Mingyue exchanged a few words with the county magistrate and then returned to the trading company.

Now everyone knows that Fu Jingsheng took his mother and sister to the capital first, while she stayed behind to manage the family's businesses.

Back at the shop, Hongxiu saw that Su Mingyue's face showed no sadness at all; on the contrary, she seemed a little relaxed. She handed over several shop deeds and silver notes: "The Fu family's shops have been sold. One shop is worth three thousand taels, and the other two are worth two thousand taels."

"Does anyone want that house?"

"Some people inquired, but after hearing the price we quoted, there was no further response."

"Six thousand taels is indeed a bit expensive. Let's just say that the top scholar's house is for sale, and sell it for three times the price."

"Master, will anyone buy so many? Are we really going to sell them? You... "

"Of course we have to sell it. They lived in that house, so it's already pretty good to get this price. I'm afraid if I look at it a few more times, I'll sell it for a few hundred taels. Of course, it would be best if we could get a good price." The person who used to be completely devoted to him now feels disgusted just looking at him.

"Master, what did that Fu do to upset you? You weren't like this before. The way you protect them makes me jealous."

"As soon as that woman surnamed Fu came back, that old lady pinned a lot of accusations on me. She said I hadn't had a child in three years, that I wasn't filial to my parents-in-law, and that I had someone else outside the marriage, and that she wanted Fu Jingsheng to divorce me. Fu Jingsheng didn't pass the imperial examination, so she didn't say a word. But as soon as Fu Jingsheng came back, she made a scene. I wonder whose idea it was."

"You mean Fu Jingsheng has found a better marriage partner, so he wants to divorce you and marry someone else?"

"Otherwise, why do you think they pinned those crimes on me? If I were just an ordinary woman, with so many charges against me, I'd be lucky to escape with my life."

"What a bunch of heartless bastards. Don't they realize that without you, would Fu Jingsheng have been able to study in the capital? They would be living the life of wealthy wives. The moment their son becomes successful, they turn their backs on them. I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as them." Hongxiu spat, "They call themselves scholars. Truly, the most heartless scholars are those who turn their backs faster than flipping through a book."

“Since they can’t accept me anymore, there’s no reason for me to stay any longer. So before I leave, I have to deal with these properties and not leave them a single thing. Let’s see how he can marry a lady from a high-class family.”

In her previous life, she had far more than 100,000 taels of silver, but she died because of the other party's framing, and was even accused of hitting her head against a pillar to prove her innocence.

After her death, Fu Jingsheng sold all the silver notes she had, as well as several shops in the area, and the family went to the capital.

There were probably around 100,000 taels of silver.

Thinking about this, she wanted to laugh.

Fu Jingsheng drove his first wife to suicide for the sake of over 100,000 taels of silver. Little did he know, her identity was far more than that.

Even ten times 100,000 would be more than that.

"It's unheard of for them to go to Kyoto first and leave you alone at home to handle things. But when they finally remembered you, all they had left was their old house in the village."

"Do they have an old house? I had it repaired myself." Su Mingyue looked at the sky: "Let's keep the old house for now."

In her previous life, her soul was trapped in the old house, and she didn't know if the old house had any influence on her.

"Then let's keep it for now."

"Bring me a pen. I need to write a letter to the capital and tell them to take good care of me and my two children." Su Mingyue smiled as she thought of the more than ten thousand taels of silver her mother-in-law had.

More than ten thousand taels of silver—not a lot, but not a little either.

In a place like the capital, where land is incredibly valuable, more than ten thousand taels of silver could easily be lost in the blink of an eye.

Hongxiu happily prepared the ink.

The master is up to something! She loves it when the master stirs things up.

These past few years, my mistress has been living the life of a married woman, spending all her time revolving around the Fu family, and she's almost lost herself.

Now that her master is going to cause trouble, she will definitely cooperate 100% and absolutely cannot let her master suffer a loss.