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

As Su Mingyue listened to Ruan Yingying's words, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and she leaned forward a little.

“Aunt Ruan, what? Are you threatening me? You should know that I am now the War King’s fiancée. How could I possibly be interested in that good-for-nothing Fu Jingsheng? It’s your business if you want to cherish him, but don’t say anything irrelevant to me. Of course, I will retaliate in kind for whatever disgusts you have done to me.”

"You're the War King's fiancée?" Ruan Yingying sneered. "Su Mingyue, do you want to listen to what you're saying? That's the War King, the most brilliant and powerful Grand Marshal of our Southern Li Dynasty. You're just a girl with no family background, a woman who's been divorced by her husband's family after a failed marriage. Do you think he'd even look at you? Don't try to make yourself look good. It's laughable."

She knew that the War King had brought his fiancée to Fu Jingsheng's wedding day with Ziyu. That's why she found it funny.

The War King is the Emperor's younger brother, of unparalleled nobility. His future marriage will certainly require the Emperor's approval.

How could the emperor possibly allow him to marry a divorced woman?

Su Mingyue smiled and took out an invitation: "Whether Aunt Ruan believes me or not is not important. This banquet is hosted by the War King for me. Whether you want to come or not is up to you."

Aunt Ruan looked at the coin she took out and had a maid come forward to take it, without checking it immediately.

"Is there anything else, Aunt Ruan? But Aunt Ruan has reminded me that I haven't visited my father since I returned. Ten years have passed since I left, and he must miss me very much. If he knew I was back, I wonder if he would let me come home for a while."

"If he finds out you're trying to steal Ziyu's man, he might punish you with family discipline. Family scandals shouldn't be aired in public, so you'd better be more discreet."

"Whose family scandal is this? You need to get this straight, I am the first wife. Su Ziyu is, to put it more politely, the second wife. I heard that the two of them were having an affair before the marriage. Tsk tsk, they really learned the essence of their aunt's teachings. Get the man before the marriage, reputation and such are all external things."

"Get out! Get out of here!" Ruan Yingying didn't get any credit; instead, she was so angry at her words that she almost suffocated.

That brat, her words are even more hurtful than when she was little.

I'm sure we're incompatible. Whenever I'm around her, I feel chest pain, shortness of breath, and general discomfort.

"Oh dear, you're no good. Your fighting ability is still the same as before. You can't withstand a few words of provocation." Su Mingyue clicked her tongue. "I've been away from the manor for the past few years, and you've had a few years of peaceful life. If you still want a peaceful life, then don't come and provoke me. Those assassins last time, and that beggar who tried to break into my courtyard on the day of Su Ziyu's wedding, were you the one who arranged them?"

"You should find some smarter people, with some skills. They're too stupid to complete the task, so I had to pay double the price to have them disrupt Su Ziyu's wedding. I think it will work well."

"I knew it was you." Ruan Yingying pointed her finger at her angrily: "You wait, I won't let you get away with this."

"Bring it on, don't act like I'm afraid of you."

After leaving her message, Su Mingyue also asked the waiter to bring her a bowl of hot tea.

She dared not drink the tea in front of Ruan Yingying; it wouldn't be worth it if someone had drugged it.

The waiter quickly brought over the tea and even refilled her cup.

Seeing that she wasn't leaving and was even drinking tea, Ruan Yingying suddenly stood up and said to the preserved plum, "Let's go."

"Remember to pay me back. You called me in such a hurry that I didn't bring any money with me."

Xingchun: "..."

Such a master is simply unbearable to look at.

It's not like we don't have money, yet we have to make people pay for a pot of tea before they leave.

Ruan Yingying tossed out a silver ingot: "I'll just consider this a gift to a beggar. Let's go."

Su Mingbai picked up the silver and weighed it in his hand. It was heavy enough, not bad.

"Miss, she doesn't look like a match for you."

"She is certainly no match for me. Not only now, but she never was either."

“If she’s no match for you, why did you run away from home? You’re only making things easier for them by suffering outside.”

“I also wanted to pursue freedom. There was no freedom at home. She was always finding fault with me, and I got annoyed. My life outside wasn't hard at all; on the contrary, I was very free. Of course, marrying Fu Jingsheng was an accident. I still don't understand why I would do something that didn't require hardship and even help their family earn money. Maybe I was possessed by a ghost.”

"Miss, please don't say that. If Lord Fu's feelings for you are genuine, you can live a happy and fulfilling life together."

"People change, I understand."

Su Mingyue returned to the courtyard and began preparing the scalpels and other surgical instruments she needed for the day after tomorrow.

She returned to her room, opened the darkroom, and went downstairs to select some scalpels.

She pushed open the door to one of the rooms, which was filled with modern surgical instruments.

These were all left to her by her master.

She didn't care where her master got it from.

All she needed to know was that these knives were different from ordinary knives; they wouldn't rust, and if stored properly, they wouldn't rust for many years, and they were also very easy to clean.

Seeing these scalpels reminded her of her master's family.

Next to him was a first-aid kit, which his master had left him.

His master gave him the knife and other things, and left him the box, as if he had disappeared from the world.

She stroked the silver medicine box. The material, like the knives, wouldn't rust.

Inside were cotton swabs, masks, and other emergency supplies. There were also disinfectants like alcohol and iodine, as Master had mentioned.

"Master, are you still in this world? Or have you returned to your original world? If you have returned, will you still remember this place? Or is it just like a dream?"

She never asked where her master came from.

Having been a ghost for so long, now that she thinks about it, there's nothing in this world that's impossible.

The master might be from thousands of years in the future. The level of culture at that time would be vastly different from that of modern times.

So when her master saw her unconventional behavior, he paid extra attention to her, saying that her personality was very similar to his daughter's.

When asked where her daughter was, the master remained silent.

She didn't understand before, but she does now.

Take down a pair of scalpels and put them into the medicine box.

The box also has a special function; it is said to be able to connect to places in the future and automatically recognize what items you need, which will then be delivered to you via the medicine box.

The medications needed for tomorrow's surgery were indeed included in the package.

She gently patted the medicine box: "Hello, little medicine box. From now on, I'll take over from my master and lead you on your adventures. Let's have a pleasant working relationship from now on."