"Ah?" Zhuxiang was stunned. She looked around, but no one opened their mouth to give her a way out. Mingyu's back was getting farther and farther away. Lixiang glared at her and said, "Go back to where you came from. You are not a member of the Xu family anymore!"
Zhu Xiang was so upset that she could not care about anything else. She knelt on the ground and took a few steps, shouting, "Second Madam, please go and persuade Second Master. He still wants to go back to the northwest to kill the Tartars!"
Mingyu walked very fast under the soft moonlight. When she heard Zhuxiang's voice, her steps obviously paused. She didn't know whether she was angry or worried. This idiot was just an idiot. Did he think his life was too hard? He finally came to the capital intact. He had a good and comfortable life, but why couldn't he have a moment of peace of mind? However, thinking of the fresh and hot divorce letter she had just received in the morning, Mingyu didn't turn around in the end. She lowered her head and walked back to the house quickly. Lixiang quickly chased after her.
Xu Mingye was also stunned. He was silent for a while, and said to Zhuxiang who was kneeling on the ground: "Mingyu has divorced the Second Young Master. The affairs of the Marquis' Mansion have nothing to do with us anymore. Don't come here again. The Second Young Master is loyal and brave. I admire him very much. If he insists on returning to the northwest, I, on behalf of the whole family, wish him peace and safety."
Zhu Xiang was completely dumbfounded. She watched helplessly as Xu Mingye turned and walked away. The maid behind her pulled her up and said unhappily, "Hurry up and leave, you unlucky woman. You made me suffer for my master."
It was not until the moon was at its zenith that Xu Changqian and Mrs. Xu returned exhausted. Although there was fatigue between their brows, Mrs. Xu had a satisfied smile on her face, while Xu Changqian sighed a little.
Mingyu was dozing off while waiting, her little head nodding on the table. When she saw her parents coming back, she jumped up and told Lixiang to prepare some hot meals for Xu Changqian and Madam Xu.
Xu Mingye carefully looked at the expressions of the two people, thinking that the result was not bad, and smiled: "Dad, Mom, what's going on?"
Madam Xu said, "Originally, your third aunt and I wanted to separate and live on our own, but the old lady refused to agree, thinking it would be embarrassing if the news got out. Your second uncle and second aunt kept crying and wailing, and now they have finally come to a conclusion. From now on, we will each live in our own courtyards and not eat together for three meals a day. Each family will eat their own meals. Since there is not much cash on the account at home, we divided up the family land and shops. Your third uncle said he didn't know how to do business and insisted on only taking the land, so our family only took the two shops."
Xu Changqian frowned slightly, looking a little unhappy. He shook his head and sighed, "I am the eldest son, and I should have maintained the integrity of the Xu family. I didn't expect that I was the first to propose the division of the family. If my father knew about this, he would definitely blame me."
Mingyu ran behind Xu Changqian, patted his shoulders and neck, and said with a smile: "It's good to be separated. Dad, you don't know that the three boys in the second and third uncle's families are simply three devils. When you are not at home during the day, they quarrel all day long. There is no peace for a moment. The quarrels make my brother unable to study. It's useless to talk to them. They don't listen at all. The old lady favors them."
Xu Changqian was stunned, frowned and said: "If this is true, then we have to separate."
Xu Mingye secretly gave Mingyu a finger snap. The little girl was very smart and knew how to use him as an excuse. Mingyu looked at Xu Mingye with a smile. Now that her affairs were settled, Xu Mingye's autumn examination became the first thing in Xu Changqian's mind. This was a major event related to the future of their family, and Xu Changqian would not allow any mistakes.
For the sake of Xu Mingye's career, the morally unpleasant issue of dividing the family became a trivial matter.
"Aunt, are you willing to give the shop to us?" Xu Mingye ignored Mingyu and asked Madam Xu.
Madam Xu sneered, "They are using the excuse of supporting their elderly wife, so why would they give us a shop that actually makes money? I guess these two shops are in a mess, barely maintaining their operations, but the location is okay. If we put in some effort, we won't have to worry about food and drink for our family."
"As long as mom is around, the chickens we raise will lay golden eggs!" Mingyu smiled and hurriedly pulled her mother to please her.
Seeing her daughter being well-behaved and considerate, Madam Xu couldn't help but tap her daughter's forehead with her index finger and said with a smile, "You are so sweet!" After laughing, Madam Xu stopped smiling and asked, "Your father and I just came back. When we entered the courtyard, we heard the maid named Zhuxiang come over. Is this true?"
Xu Mingye glanced at Mingyu and said vaguely, "Nothing, I've sent her away."
"That's good." Madam Xu frowned and sighed, "Speaking of which, this is another good thing that your second uncle and second aunt arranged, and the people sent here are all questionable people." She naturally saw that Xu Mingye and Mingyu were hiding something from her and Xu Changqian, but Xu Mingye had been sensible and steady since he was a child, and although Mingyu looked well-behaved, she was actually a very opinionated person. Since they didn't want them to know, it must be nothing serious.
After saying that, Madam Xu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows again and glared at Xu Changqian with her beautiful eyes.
Xu Changqian smiled bitterly and begged for mercy, saying, "Since we have already divided the family, why not open a new door in the backyard for daily use? The current gate can be closed on weekdays to prevent the three children from running back and forth and disturbing Mingye's study."
"That's a good idea." Mrs. Xu smiled and opened another door to the outside, which was equivalent to living independently. She also told Mingyu: "It's getting late, you should go to bed, and go to the shop with your mother tomorrow to check the accounts." She was not worried about her son's future, because he would definitely pass the exam and become an official. Mingyu's future made her worry. People in the capital were of high status and had many rules, so they might not be interested in Mingyu, who was divorced. What if... Mingyu could manage the shop by herself, and she would have someone to rely on in the future. What's more, her daughter was very good at arithmetic, and she didn't need an abacus. Her ability to calculate accounts was comparable to that of a professional accountant, and she couldn't even flatter him.
Mingyu tossed and turned for a long time at night, unable to fall asleep. Looking at the bright and beautiful moon in the sky outside the window, she couldn't help but sigh.
There was only a faint light in the room. Li Xiang's voice came from the other end, saying, "Miss, why haven't you slept yet?" After waiting for a while and seeing no response from Ming Yu, Li Xiang couldn't help but ask, "Are you worried about the Second Master because of Zhu Xiang's words?"
Mingyu didn't know how to answer. After a while, she hid her head in the quilt and said sullenly, "I just... why did he have to go and die when he could be living a peaceful life?" There was a hint of anxious and worried anger in her voice.
Li Xiang was speechless and said hesitantly: "Who knows? How can we, the servants, guess what the Second Master is thinking. Maybe he wants to earn himself a reputation? That's not right. If the Second Master inherits the title of Marquis, wouldn't he have the reputation?"
"It's different, right?" Mingyu turned over, facing the direction of Lixiang, and said, "The marquisate he is going to inherit now is probably only a title but no official position. It's different from the marquis who has passed away. The marquis is in Tianshui and has the military power in the northwest." With only a title but no real power, he is just a rich and idle man.
Li Xiang nodded in understanding. No matter what happened to Sima Hong in the future, it had nothing to do with her young lady. She advised, "Young lady, don't think about it. You have already divorced the Second Master. Today, it was that bitch Zhu Xiang who acted without a trace..."
Mingyu interrupted Lixiang and said with her eyes closed: "No, it's not because of Zhuxiang. You don't know, this morning he... I... I don't know how things turned out like this. It's so different from what I thought, I... Now I feel guilty and regretful."
She couldn't say this to her father, mother and brother. It was she who insisted on divorce in the first place, and her relatives stood on her side unconditionally. They were willing to help her fulfill her wish even if it meant being misunderstood by the second and third wives. How could she go back on her word at this time? Wouldn't that hurt her relatives' feelings
Mingyu had been holding this complicated emotion in her heart for the whole day. The news brought by Zhuxiang exacerbated her mood, as if a stone was pressing on her heart. She could only talk about it with Lixiang when it was late at night and everyone was asleep.
Li Xiang opened her mouth wide enough to fit two eggs in. After a while, she came to her senses and said, "Don't regret this!" We've already divorced...
"I have always hated Luo Lingxiu and think she is the most shameless and treacherous person I have ever met. I think I am much better than her... But now I am in the most difficult time in the Marquis' Mansion, forcing the Madam and forcing him to divorce. He used to be such a proud young master, but now he is so pitiful. Tell me, what is the difference between me and Luo Lingxiu?" Mingyu curled up in the quilt. The more she spoke, the heavier her heart felt and the more guilty she felt.
"How can you be like her?" Li Xiang said hurriedly, "People like Big Sister deserve to die a thousand times. If she were in Jiangnan, she would be put in a public trial in the ancestral hall and thrown into a pig cage! Before being put into the pig cage, all the men, women, and children in the village would spit on her one by one!"
Listening to Li Xiang's angry words, Ming Yu laughed silently. The moon outside the window had already risen to the middle of the sky. She whispered, "It's getting late. Go to bed. You have to get up early tomorrow to check the account books."
The next morning, Mrs. Xu took Mingyu and Liu Mama Lixiang to the shop assigned to them. Before leaving, she asked Dongyuan to find two bricklayers to open a door in the backyard.
The location of the shop was not remote, but it was not good either. When Mingyu and his group arrived, it was just dawn. A thin and tall clerk at the door yawned and looked tired as he took down the door panels one by one, preparing to open the shop.
Seeing a female guest coming in, the waiter was not very enthusiastic. Seeing that the visitor was neatly dressed, he raised his chin towards the house and said, "All the things are in the house. Please go in and take a look. If you like anything, come and call me."
Mother Liu couldn't help but complain, "Look at his attitude of not wanting to buy or not wanting to buy. No wonder the business is so bad!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and give rewards on Qidian Mobile Network (). Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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