Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 150

Chapter 150 A Note Of Divorce
“Reason?” Qin Mubai asked calmly.

“There are many reasons. I’ll just say a few.” Wu Meiniang was neither angry nor anxious. She said slowly, “First, the Qin and Wu clans, a wealthy official clan, and a merchant clan are not right. I, Wu Zhao, don’t think I’m worthy of your grand General Qin. I’m sure your parents don’t like my daughter-in-law.” If I marry into your Qin Family, I will only humiliate myself. Secondly, our engagement was just a farce that arose under Li Ke’s playboy. We have no feelings for each other, and we have no attachment to each other and trust each other. And this brown marriage has hidden dangers. What is the point of such marriages? Thirdly, you, General Qin Mubai, are now a great celebrity beside the Emperor, and you are famous throughout the world in Chang’an. Countless noble daughters want to marry you. If you waved your arm, there would definitely be a large number of people who would surpass the Martial Light by a hundredfold. “I dare not let go of a marriage contract again, occupying a proper wife’s position in vain makes her feel discouraged, and hinders your elegance?”

Qin Mubai couldn’t help but laugh. Although Wu Meiniang’s words were heartless and seemed to be reasonable, there was only one meaning behind them.

This guy was jealous!

It was none other than Princess Gaoyang!

“Brush and ink.” Qin Mubai didn’t say anything and called out.

Wu Meiniang’s expression changed slightly, but she immediately pulled open the door calmly and called out to the outside, “Pen and ink for you!”

A maidservant took out the ink. Qin Mubai took a pen and wrote down a divorce certificate. After examining it, she picked it up and handed it to Wu Meiniang. After she took it, she did not say anything and got up and walked towards the door.

Wu Meiniang hurriedly glanced at the divorce certificate and immediately panicked. She hurriedly said, “Hey, can you stop?”

“What else?” Qin Mubai turned around and said with a smile.

“You … really wrote it?”

“As you saw with your own eyes.”

“You left just like that?”

“We have nothing to do with each other, so what if we don’t leave?”

Wu Meiniang was speechless for a moment, and her calm and composed expression, which was like a pearl of wisdom in her hand, instantly became a little uneasy. She stared at Qin Mubai with her eyes wide open, as if she was at a loss, but also seemed to be looking at Qin Mubai in disbelief. She didn’t know what to do for a moment.

Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Qin Mubai smiled and said goodbye, then turned around and left.

“Hey, come back!!”

“Did you hear that!–Didn’t you ever think of explaining it to me?”

…

Qin Mubai did not stop for half a step and walked straight out of the small building until he stepped into the carriage and directly returned to the Jiangzhou Prefecture Government.

Wu Meiniang was completely stunned. She stared blankly at the divorce certificate in her hand. She gritted her teeth and tore it into pieces with her hands. With no place to vent her grievances, she heavily closed the door and pounced on the couch, tearing apart the blankets and crying.

Chu Suiliang was still waiting in the study. After Qin Mubai left, he seemed to be fine. He said to him, “Mr. Chu, please accept the donation of the Martial Light and report it to the Imperial Court truthfully.”

Chu Suiliang looked at Qin Mubai’s expression carefully, but there was no clue from his calm expression. He could only chuckle and nod his head, “It seems that the general and she talked quite well … This is also good, good deeds, good deeds!”

“I bid farewell.”

Qin Mubai returned to the guest room and closed the door. She lay on the couch and smiled.

You can’t always accommodate a scheming woman like Wu Meiniang. Help her bear the burden, eat wronged silence, if there is a misunderstanding to explain to explain. One or two times could be considered as a man’s magnanimity, and time and time again, her husband would definitely be riding on her head to play with his palm.

This time, she actually threatened to cancel the marriage, which was a bit too much. If he were to beg for forgiveness under her threat, or if he tried to explain himself to her again and again, how would he be able to control her in the future?

Qin Mubai had already seen that Wu Meiniang did not really mean to dissolve the engagement. She only heard that she was unhappy with Princess Gaoyang and knew that she didn’t have the qualifications to compete with Princess Gaoyang, so she had to use a woman’s innate weapon to fight-leave this man!

One had to know that this was what Qin Mubai disliked the most. Just like a couple quarreling with a husband and wife, no matter how noisy they are, please don’t threaten to break up or divorce, it will hurt your feelings too much. Qin Mubai had always kept a distance from any woman who spoke such words.

Because they don’t know how to cherish it. What he said was like spilled water, broken mirrors could be restored?

In addition, Wu Meiniang was a woman with a lofty ambition. Being a businessman also wanted to have ideas about the country and the imperial court. It was enough to see that she was an extremely possessive woman who was unwilling to live under others.

History seemed to have proven this long ago!

If she hadn’t been reformed and taught, if she really was together in the future, wouldn’t she have turned the world upside down?

Therefore, Qin Mubai chose a decisive slash in front of her provocation and threats, writing down the divorce certificate as she wished. Let her know that your threat is useless to me!

Originally, the two of them did not have any deep feelings for each other. At the beginning, it was indeed just Qin Mubai’s little bit of lust for beauty that was playing tricks on them. However, after getting along with her, Wu Meiniang, who was still young, displayed all sorts of shrewdness and mental skills that were beyond her age. Everything was profit-oriented and she was a bit greedy for vanity. She had threatened Qin Mubai more than once to cancel her marriage, and she had always said how many good families she could marry …

Qin Mubai was indeed a little tired of doing this many times. This time he came again blatantly to ask for a divorce–let her have it!

There is no such thing as fragrant grass in the world. If you really leave because of this, then it originally does not belong to me. There is no need for you to be rare!

Qin Mubai was originally a little tired from his journey, so he lay down and didn’t eat until midnight.

He put on his coat and lit the lamp, and his stomach was a little hungry. He pulled open the door and prepared to ask a servant in the mansion for some food to eat.

Just as he left, he saw a lantern hanging in the small pavilion in the courtyard. Under the cold wind that blew into winter, there seemed to be a figure shaking gently.

She was also a woman with a slender robe that touched the ground. But in the darkness, he could not distinguish his face.

“Who?” Qin Mubai asked.

“I.”

Wu Meiniang?

“Why are you here?” Qin Mubai knitted his eyebrows and slowly walked over with his hands cut off.

Wu Meiniang did not say anything. She looked at him quietly until he walked three steps away from her and said, “Are you really speechless?”

“If you want me to explain, I will refuse, because some things are getting darker and darker.” Qin Mubai said, “If you believe me, you don’t need to explain. Unfortunately, you don’t seem to have the slightest bit of trust in me.”

“As you said, the engagement between us is no longer meaningful, right?” Wu Meiniang’s voice revealed a trace of exhaustion as she asked weakly.

“You’ve always been the only one who thinks like this.” Qin Mubai said.

After a moment of silence, Wu Meiniang nodded her head noncommittally. She walked to the stone table in the middle of the pavilion and sat down, saying, “Although I have never been to the door, I am still a husband and wife. I have never made soup for you. This is the first time, perhaps the last time. If you don’t mind, come and try it.”

“Alright.” Qin Mubai didn’t say much and walked over to sit down.

The lid of a large food box was wrapped in a thick blanket. Wu Meiniang opened it layer upon layer with her slender hands and took out a small plate of biscuits, a plate of vegetables, a plate of lamb chowder steaming hot, white steamed buns and a pot of wine.

“I’m not good at cooking, don’t make fun of me.” Wu Meiniang said softly, as if she was talking to herself. She lowered her eyelids and did not raise her eyes to look at Qin Mubai. Silently, he took out all the dishes and prepared them. He poured wine for him and raised his glass, saying, “I’ll toast you.”

“Please.” Qin Mubai raised his glass and drank it all. Wu Meiniang had already picked up the dishes for him and placed them in the bowl.

“Try it, how about it?”

Qin Mubai tasted it according to his words. It tasted very good, very good.

“You made it?”

“You don’t believe me?”

“I believe you.”

Wu Meiniang did not reveal the slightest smile after hearing this and nodded with sadness, “You should believe me, because I don’t need to lie to you. Just like I should believe you, you won’t lie to me.”

“If there is no trust between the two of you, and you can’t even be friends, then there’s no need to mention husband and wife.” Qin Mubai said, “The previous engagement did indeed bring bad consequences to you. I apologize deeply.” But I did not have any ill intentions from the beginning. I am sincerely willing to marry you, that’s all. It’s a pity that you don’t seem to believe me. You’ve always treated me as a wandering disciple, and only taken a fancy to your beauty. After spending so many days together, I haven’t touched a single hair on your face. Now, it’s easy to get together and disperse. If you have any requests, I will do my best to help you fulfill them. Including sending you into the palace to become a concubine. You probably know that the emperor doesn’t mind taking other people’s wives and concubines. The engagement between you and me is no longer an obstacle. ”

“No! I don’t want it!” Wu Meiniang suddenly became a little excited and shouted, “This is not the truth! I don’t want to hear this!”

“Didn’t you always remember to be unwilling?” Qin Mubai said calmly, “Perhaps I don’t understand you too well. I really don’t know what you want to hear, what you don’t want to hear.”

“Qin Mubai, don’t you always think you’re smart? Are you confused now, or are you pretending to be stupid and toying with me?” Wu Meiniang endured her anger and said with regret and sadness, “I admit that I was wrong and shouldn’t have mentioned the word’divorce letter ‘. But … why don’t you explain it to me and turn around and leave? Don’t tell me that there’s no need for us to talk anymore?”

Qin Mubai smiled and said, “If talking and explaining can really solve the problem, there will be no war.” Mother Mei, in fact, the misunderstanding between us can be explained in a few words, but the problem is that I am willing to say it, but you may not be willing to listen to it, and you may not believe it if you hear it. By throwing out the dissolution of the engagement in one go, you are sealing my explanation. Why should I be a lowly person and lose face and mourn in front of you? Men should be generous and tolerant of their women. But men also have a man’s bottom line and dignity. Unfortunately, you’ve already touched my bottom line and blasphemed my dignity! You’ve said more than once that you want to break off the engagement with me, and you’ve also said more than once that you can marry a better family. I didn’t care about it before, so I took it all as a joke. This time, it seems like you are going to take it seriously. ‘I would have thought of the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch.’ “Since that’s the case, why should I be so obsessed with you?”

Wu Meiniang was speechless after hearing this. She placed her hands on her knees and lowered her head. Two tears inadvertently fell from her eyelids and fell onto her robes.