After Sima Hong left, Mingyu came out of Sima Hong's room. Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked out of the door, she ran into her elder brother Xu Mingye, who was standing there looking at her with a sour face.
"Brother..." Mingyu felt guilty and smiled flatteringly, "Why are you here?"
Xu Mingye snorted and looked at Mingyu with his hands behind his back. The girl's lips were abnormally bright red and slightly swollen. He naturally understood what was going on. When he thought that the girl who had been raised by her family since childhood was sold to Sima Hong, that idiot, he felt unhappy.
"If I'm not here, someone in the family might be kidnapped!" Xu Mingye sneered.
Mingyu laughed dryly twice, "No..."
"Alright, alright." Xu Mingye waved his hand, "Go back." After that, he turned and walked towards his room. Mingyu knew she was in the wrong, and followed Xu Mingye like a bullied wife, not daring to say a word.
Xu Mingye didn't let his sister go and didn't teach her a lesson out of kindness. He was now too preoccupied with the lawsuit. He spent his life recalling the contents of the thin divorce letter. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. It seemed that there was really no time item in the signature. No one in their family knew what a divorce letter should look like, but now that he thought about it, there was a date on the marriage certificate, so the divorce letter must have one as well. If that was the case, then wouldn't this have been a joke all along? My sister had been the wife of that fool from beginning to end
Xu Mingye's right eye twitched violently. Sima Hong looked stupid and stupid on the surface, but the situation on the battlefield escalated so quickly. He had crawled out of a pile of dead bodies. Who dared to say that he was kind and generous? Some time ago, he beat the only son of Minister Gao until he was only left with one breath and his nose was broken. Minister Gao didn't even dare to fart. If the family really promised Mingyu to someone else, they only had a divorce letter that fooled people. Mingyu was still the daughter-in-law of Sima Houfu. Then Sima Hong was right. Wouldn't he make a big fuss
Arriving at Mingyu's room, Xu Mingye pushed Mingyu in, sternly told her not to come out, and then went to Madam Xu's room. Madam Xu was sitting in the room waiting anxiously, and Fu Lemei was sitting with her. When they saw him come back, they both asked in unison: "Where's Mingyu? Have you found her?"
Xu Mingye sneered in his heart, your precious daughter is very brave, she is meeting her lover in secret! We are all worried for nothing!
"Found her. I just took her back to her room." Xu Mingye said, and then asked after a pause, "Mother, do you still remember the divorce letter written by Marquis Anxi?"
Mrs. Xu had just put her mind at ease when she raised her voice again, "Why, what happened to the divorce letter?"
Xu Mingye frowned, undecided about what to say, and finally said: "I just ran into Sima Hong, and he asked me to send Mingyu to his place in the northwest."
Because of her contact with Sima Hong during this period, Mrs. Xu was not as repulsive to Sima Hong as before they met. She even secretly thought that this young man was handsome, steady, and capable. After being disappointed with Lu Hao, she admired Sima Hong even more. However, Sima Hong's job was a risky one, which was too insecure. No matter how good he was, Mrs. Xu didn't want Mingyu to follow him and live in fear all day long.
Before Madam Xu could speak, Fu Lemei spoke first, "Why? Don't you think you are talking nonsense because you are drunk?" Fu Lemei was unhappy. Mingyu was no longer the daughter-in-law of Sima Houfu. "Hey, why is he here?" Fu Lemei realized belatedly that this was on the boat to Jiangnan, not the capital.
It doesn't matter why he's here! Xu Mingye was almost jumping up and down, saying, "He said that the divorce agreement he wrote back then didn't specify the date. If he's playing rogue on this point, Mingyu has never divorced him!" The whole family was fooled by Sima Hong, that rogue bastard, and all their efforts were in vain.
Now think about it, who said warriors are brainless? This bastard was really smart. The divorce was forced, and the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. He first wrote an invalid divorce letter to fool people. Mingyu was still young in those two years, and the war in the northwest was tense. He had no time to take care of Mingyu, so he just sent Mingyu to her parents' home to raise her. When the war eased in the past two years, Mingyu grew up and reached the age of marriage, he came back with a clear conscience and wanted to take Mingyu away.
Shameless, so shameless!
Madam Xu was also dumbfounded. She was terrified for a long while before she murmured, "When we return to the capital, ask your father to go to the government office and inquire about how the divorce letter should be written. Does it have to be signed with a date..." She said this without any confidence. In fact, she had her doubts in her heart when she first received the divorce letter, but she thought that the Marquis's Mansion was not a good family. Why would they cling to her daughter? She thought that just writing the divorce letter would be the end of it. Besides, she had never seen what a real divorce letter looked like.
Xu Mingye's head was in a mess. It was a small matter for his family to be fooled by Sima Hong. Mingyu's life was the big matter. However, when he recalled Mingyu's blushing and shy look just now, he suddenly felt that it was not a big deal.
Fu Lemei pouted and sat holding Madam Xu's arm. She didn't want Mingyu to marry so far away. She comforted Madam Xu and said, "Don't worry, mother. Lord Sima is not in the capital all year round. He doesn't know that we married Mingyu." By the time he knew, it was too late. But Fu Lemei thought of Mingyu's secret meeting with Sima Hong under Yang's arrangement before. She must have feelings for Sima Hong. She felt sorry and vaguely felt that she would be separated from Mingyu in the future.
Xu Mingye snorted. If the Xu family did this, Sima Hong would definitely seek revenge. Marrying a woman twice is a serious crime in any dynasty. Now that the emperor values Mingyu, he must not easily arrange a marriage for her if he does not settle this matter. Otherwise, Sima Hong might do something. For some reason, when Xu Mingye thought of this, he remembered the saying that a cornered dog will jump over the wall.
"Alas, this is not such a simple matter." Mrs. Xu patted Fu Lemei's shoulder, feeling worried.
Xu Mingye spoke up, "I think we should ask Mingyu herself about this matter. If she is willing, then we have nothing to say."
Mrs. Xu also nodded. The girl has always been a person with her own ideas. She can't be forced. Looking at her appearance, she has no intention of Lu Hao. When Lu Hao came to propose marriage, she always refused. On the contrary, she seemed to have some feelings for Sima Hong. But if Mingyu went to the northwest, it would be like before, and they would rarely meet again in their lifetime.
When Xu Mingye entered Mingyu's room, Mingyu had already washed up and was sitting on the bed leaning against the window in her outer robe. Li Xiang was kneeling on the bed wiping her hair, which was still wet. Her jet-black hair was draped over Mingyu's shoulders like satin, flowing down her bed.
Xu Mingye waved to Lixiang and told her to stay in Madam Xu's room. He wanted to talk to Mingyu alone. Lixiang quickly stood up, bowed and left.
Mingyu had a bitter face and tilted her head to look at Xu Mingye. She had known for a long time that when she went to meet Sima Hong secretly, her family was worried about not being able to find her, and Xu Kongque would definitely give her a lesson.
"Brother." Mingyu smiled sweetly, "Why aren't you sleeping so late?"
Xu Mingye grinned, "I was afraid you might get lost, so I came to check on you."
What you said... Mingyu chuckled twice, fiddling with the knot tied around her waist, and whispered, "Baihao said he was almost dying from seasickness, so I went to check it out."
"He's dying. What does it have to do with you?" Xu Mingye said in a sarcastic tone, which really made him feel very disappointed with him and felt that he should not keep his daughter when she grows up!
Mingyu blinked her eyes, and when soft tactics didn't work, she decided to resort to hard tactics. She fell forward, her black satin-like hair cascading to the ground. She yelled like a scoundrel, "Why are you always so sarcastic? I've already gone to see it, and you can turn back time to stop me from going?" That's it, what can you do about it!
Xu Mingye was so angry that he wanted to stamp his feet. See what it means to be close to a good person and be black? After being with a scoundrel for a long time, even the most well-behaved and quiet girl has turned into a scoundrel!
Xu Mingye sighed, walked forward and lifted up Mingyu's hair that fell to the ground, moved the hair behind her, pulled Mingyu up, sat next to her, and sighed, "What are you going to do? When have I ever stopped you?"
Mingyu blushed and felt embarrassed. She sighed and sat down obediently. It was not an easy job to be a rogue. If she was not as thick-skinned as Sima Hong, she would not be able to do it. "I will tell my parents when we return to Beijing." Mingyu said in a low voice.
Xu Mingye looked at his sister in silence for a while, then patted Mingyu's shoulder, feeling both angry and amused. "Look at you, it's as if I'm stopping you from getting married. Can't you just say a few more soft words to me?"
Mingyu's eyes lit up, and she immediately knelt down beside Xu Mingye, rubbing her face against Xu Mingye's shoulder like a puppy, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are the best! I love you the most!"
Forget it. Xu Mingye was almost enraged by Mingyu's words. He immediately curled his lips and said, "Stop! Save this for Sima Hong!" Only Sima Hong would fall for this. Only Sima Hong could tolerate this girl's temper.
Mingyu smiled sheepishly and rested her head on Xu Mingye's shoulder.
Xu Mingye sighed slightly and turned to look at Mingyu, with her fair and rosy skin and beautiful and delicate face. His sister had grown into a beautiful young lady and would soon become someone else's family.
But in his eyes, the memory still stayed in the small courtyard of Lu'an County Government Office, where the delicate little girl stumbled after him with her short legs, calling him "brother" in a soft voice, always clinging to him, following him everywhere, like his little tail, and when she was tired of playing, she would act like a spoiled child and ask him to carry her home on his back. As the sun set, on the quiet bluestone road, the little and tender sister fell asleep on his back, and the sunset stretched the shadows of the two people very long.