"Reason?" Qin Mubai asked calmly, not in a hurry.
"There are many reasons, let me just mention a few." Wu Meiniang was neither angry nor anxious, and said slowly and courteously, "For one thing, the Qin and Wu families, one a wealthy official family and the other a merchant family, are not in the same family, so I Wu Zhao also thinks that he is not worthy of your dignified General Qin, and your parents probably don't like me as a merchant daughter-in-law. If I marry into your Qin family, I will only humiliate myself. The marriage contract is just a farce caused by Li Ke's playfulness. There is no affection between you and no attachment and trust to each other. What's the point of this marriage? , you, General Qin Mubai, are now a popular figure around Chang'an and are famous all over the world. If you raise your arms, there will be countless people who want to marry you. How dare you hold on to a marriage contract, pretend to be a wife, and keep her away, hindering your romantic life? "
Qin Mubai couldn't help but smile after hearing this. Although Wu Meiniang's words were ruthless and seemed to make perfect sense, there was only one meaning behind the lines.
This guy is jealous!
It’s not someone else’s jealousy who is being eaten, it’s Princess Gaoyang!
"Bi Mo." Qin Mubai called out without saying a word.
Wu Meiniang was slightly startled and her face changed, but she immediately calmly opened the door and called out: "Bless me with pen and ink!"
A maid brought a pen and ink. Qin Mubai took up the pen and wrote a divorce note. After reviewing it, he picked it up and handed it to Wu Meiniang. When she took it, she stood up and walked toward the door without saying a word.
Wu Meiniang hurriedly glanced at the divorce letter and immediately panicked, saying hurriedly: "Hey, stop?"
"What else is there?" Qin Mubai turned around and said relaxedly with a smile.
"You... really wrote it?"
"As you can see with your own eyes."
"You... just left like this?"
"We have nothing to do with each other anymore, so what if we don't leave?"
Wu Meiniang was speechless for a moment, and her calm expression, which was calm and composed just now, suddenly became a little uneasy. She stared at Qin Mubai with her eyes wide open, seeming a little confused and a little confused, not knowing what to do for a moment.
Qin Mubai saw that she was silent, smiled slightly, said "goodbye", turned around and left.
"Hey, come back!!"
"Did you hear that!—You never thought of explaining it to me?"
…
Qin Mubai didn't stop for even a step, and walked straight out of the small building. He didn't even look back until he stepped out of the door and stepped on the carriage, and went straight back to Jiangzhou Mansion Office.
Wu Meiniang was completely stunned. She stared blankly at the divorce letter in her hand. She bit her silver teeth and tore it into pieces with wild movements of her hands. With nowhere to vent her grievances, she slammed the door and threw herself on the couch, tearing at the quilt and crying.
Chu Suiliang was still waiting in the study. After Qin Mubai went there, he seemed to have nothing to do and said to him: "Mr. Chu, please accept Wu Zhao's donation and report it to the court truthfully."
Chu Suiliang looked at Qin Mubai's expression carefully, but couldn't find any clues from his calm expression. He could only chuckle and nodded: "It seems that the general had a good conversation with her... That's fine, it's a kind act. Ah, an act of kindness!”
"I'll take my leave."
Qin Mubai returned to the guest room where he was staying, closed the door, lay on the couch peacefully, and smiled.
For a scheming woman like Wu Meiniang, you can't always accommodate her. Help her take care of things, keep silent when she is wronged, and explain to her when there are misunderstandings. Once or twice can be regarded as a man's generosity, and again and again, if the husband is about to fall in love with her husband, she will ride on her head and play with her.
This time she actually threatened to break off the engagement, which was a bit too much. If I had to compromise under her coercion or repeatedly explain and beg her for forgiveness, how would I be able to control her in the future
Qin Mubai had already seen that Wu Meiniang didn't really want to break off the engagement. She just heard about the news about her relationship with Princess Gaoyang and felt displeased. She also knew that she had no capital to compete with Princess Gaoyang, so she had no choice but to fight with a woman's natural weapon - leave this man!
Needless to say, this is what Qin Mubai dislikes the most. Just like a quarrel between a couple, no matter how noisy they are, please don't use breakup or divorce as a threat, it will hurt your feelings too much. Qin Mubai always stayed away from any woman who said such words.
Because they don't know how to cherish it. Words spoken are like water poured out, can a broken mirror be reunited
In addition, Wu Meiniang is a woman who has great ambitions. She also wants to influence the country and the court as a businessman. It is enough to show that she is a very possessive woman and is unwilling to be inferior to others.
History seems to have proven this a long time ago!
If she is not reformed and trained, if they are really together in the future, will she not be able to make a difference
Therefore, Qin Mubai chose to kill her decisively in the face of her provocation and threats, and wrote a letter of divorce as she wished. Just let her know - threats like yours are useless to me!
Originally, there was indeed no deep affection between the two of them, and it was indeed Qin Mubai's desire to pursue beauty that was causing trouble at the beginning. However, after getting along with each other, Wu Meiniang, who was still young, showed her intelligence and scheming beyond her years. She put interests first and was a bit greedy for vanity. She threatened Qin Mubai more than once to break off the engagement, and always said that she could How many good families are there to marry into...
This happened many times, and Qin Mubai was indeed a little bored. This time I come to ask for divorce blatantly again - let her grant it!
There is no fragrant grass anywhere in the world. If you really leave because of this, then it doesn’t belong to me in the first place, so there is no need to care about it!
Qin Mubai was already a little tired from the journey, so he lay down without eating and didn't wake up until midnight.
I put on my coat and lit a lamp, and my stomach growled with hunger. He opened the door and prepared to find a servant in the palace to ask for some food.
As soon as I went out, I saw a lantern hanging in the pavilion in the courtyard. Under the cold winter wind, there seemed to be a figure swaying gently.
With a slim figure and a robe that reaches the floor, she is still a woman. It's just that I can't see my face clearly in the darkness.
"Who?" Qin Mubai asked aloud.
"I."
Wu Meiniang
"Why are you here?" Qin Mubai frowned slightly, held his hands behind his back, and walked over slowly.
Wu Meiniang didn't say anything and looked at him quietly until he walked three steps away from her and said, "Do you really have nothing to say to me?"
"If you want me to explain, I will refuse. Because some things are getting darker and darker." Qin Mubai said, "If you believe me, there is no need to explain. Unfortunately, you don't seem to have any trust in me."
"As you said, the engagement between us is indeed meaningless, right?" Wu Meiniang asked weakly with a hint of fatigue in her voice.
"You are the only one who thinks like this." Qin Mubai said.
Wu Meiniang was silent for a moment, nodded speciously, walked to the stone table in the middle of the pavilion, sat down, and said: "Although we have not had a relationship, we are still a couple. I have never washed your hands and made soup for you. This is the first time, maybe the last time. If you don’t mind, come and try it!”
"Okay." Qin Mubai didn't say much, walked over and sat down.
The lid of a rather large food box was wrapped in a thick bedding. Wu Meiniang opened it layer by layer with delicate hands, and took out a small plate of pancakes and snacks, a plate of vegetarian dishes, a steaming plate of mutton and braised meat, as well as white-flour steamed buns and a jug of wine.
"My craftsmanship is not good, don't make fun of me." Wu Meiniang said softly, as if talking to herself, lowering her eyelids without raising her eyes to look at Qin Mubai. Silently, he took out all the dishes and put them on the table. He also poured wine for him and raised his glass: "I respect you."
"Please." Qin Mubai raised his glass and drank it all. Wu Meiniang had already picked up the vegetables for him and put them in the bowl.
"How about a taste?"
Qin Mubai tasted it according to his words, and it tasted very good and of high quality.
"You did it?"
"Do not believe?"
"I believe."
Wu Meiniang did not show any smile after hearing this, and nodded slightly sadly: "You should believe it, because there is no need for me to lie to you. Just like I should believe you, you will not lie to me."
"If there is no trust between two people, they can't even be friends, let alone husband and wife." Qin Mubai said, "The previous engagement did bring adverse consequences to you. I deeply understand that I apologize. But I did not have any ill intentions from the beginning and was sincerely willing to marry you. Unfortunately, you don’t seem to believe it and have always regarded me as a wanderer and only fancy you. Beautiful. I have never touched you in the past so many days. Now that we are reunited, I will try my best to help you achieve it, including sending you into the palace to become a concubine. , Does the emperor mind taking other people's wives and concubines? The marriage contract between you and me is no longer an obstacle."
"No! I don't want it!" Wu Meiniang suddenly became a little excited and said loudly, "This is not your truth! I don't want to hear this!"
"Aren't you always thinking about her with dissatisfaction?" Qin Mubai said calmly, "Maybe I don't understand you very well. I really don't know what you want to hear and what you don't want to hear."
"Qin Mubai, haven't you always claimed to be smart? Are you confused now, or are you pretending to be stupid and teasing me?" Wu Meiniang held back her resentment and said with regret and sadness, "I admit it was my fault. , I shouldn’t have mentioned the divorce letter. But why didn’t you just explain it to me and leave? Is there 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. Mei Niang, in fact, the misunderstanding between us can be explained in a few words, but the problem is that I am willing to talk, but you may not be willing. Listen, you may not believe it. You just said that you want to break off the engagement, which is why I have to act like a villain and beg you in front of you. Men should be generous. Be tolerant of your women. But men also have their own bottom line and dignity. Unfortunately, this time you touched my bottom line and violated my dignity. You have said that you want to talk to me more than once! I broke off the engagement, and I said more than once that I could marry someone better. I didn't care before and took it all as a joke. This time, it seems that you are serious. The bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. 'In this case, why should I insist on forcing you?"
After listening to this, Wu Meiniang was speechless for a long time. Putting her hands on her knees and lowering her head, two tears slipped from her eyelids inadvertently, and fell on her robe.