"Marquis." The Second Madam still stopped Xiao Yanyi, leaning on the bed looking at her, her complexion pale as wax paper: "I have sothing I want to say to the Marquis."
Xiao Yanyi paused, turned back to look at the Second Madam, she thought for a mont and said, "I want to ask the Marquis to divorce ." After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Yanyi, only to see him slightly frown, the Second Madam quickly added: "My body is deteriorating day by day, I fear I don’t have much ti left, so I ask to be divorced by the Marquis, so his future marriage would not be affected by ."
He had already lost a wife before, and if the Second Madam were to unfortunately pass early again, who knows what rumors would spread outside, and it would certainly have a great impact on Xiao Yanyi’s reputation, so there was nothing wrong in what the Second Madam said.
Under normal circumstances, Xiao Yanyi might have been moved, but now... he looked at the Second Madam and said, "You know, with your identity, I cannot divorce you, there’s no need for you to test with such words." He paused and continued, "I’ve said it before, rest assured in the rear courtyard, the position of the main wife is always yours."
Listening, the Second Madam was startled, was he implying that if she wasn’t a Commandery Princess, he would have divorced her?
Tightly clenching her fists, her eyes grew red, she said, "So, it’s too burdenso for you, Marquis, I request to leave, whether life or death in the Prince Manor in the future will have nothing to do with the Marquis." She glanced at Xiao Yanyi, but he was unmoved, instead, he swung his sleeve decisively and walked quickly towards the door, the Second Madam suddenly ran down from the bed, hugged him from behind: "Marquis, if the Marquis is unwilling to write a divorce letter for , then I have no choice but to die."
Xiao Yanyi frowned tightly, face full of disgust: "Let go!" He said coldly: "How long do you intend to cause a scene before stopping!"
The Second Madam shook her head, tears streaming down, she hugged Xiao Yanyi tightly and pressed her face against his back: "Marquis, I’m not causing a scene, on the contrary, I deeply love the Marquis, so I can’t bear to see the Marquis troubled because of , I request to leave, I will speak with the Empress Dowager too, and will not cause any trouble for the Marquis."
Xiao Yanyi reached to pry her hands off: "Ridiculous!" and the Second Madam’s hands wandered aimlessly over his body: "I only ask the Marquis to grant one last dignity!"
Her fingers were pried open, but the back of her hand turned into her sleeve.
Xiao Yanyi didn’t even glance at her, striding outward: "Madwoman!" He didn’t want to say another word.
The Second Madam watched his back, unable to speak for a long ti.
Is this still the Xiao Yanyi she knew and loved, when did he beco so cold and heartless?
Her thoughts turned, and she laughed again, when had he ever been affectionate to her, she fell to the ground, hands touching the letter Nanny Fang had delivered, she wrung her fingers tightly, stood up and called outside: "Zijuan!" Zijuan responded and ca in, the Second Madam instructed: "Go see where the Marquis has gone."
"The Marquis went to the outer courtyard." Zijuan answered without hesitation: "I saw with my own eyes the Marquis going to the outer courtyard."
The Heir’s Lady squinted her eyes and said to Zijuan, "Dress !"
"Madam, what are you doing?" The Second Madam hadn’t left the house in three months, why would she want to go out now? Although the Marquis and the Grand Dowager hadn’t sent anyone to guard the courtyard gates, they did issue a confinent order, she wasn’t even sure if the Second Madam could leave the courtyard.
"Do as you’re told!" The Second Madam reprimanded.
Zijuan said no more, attending to the Second Madam as she dressed, and for the first ti in three months, the Second Madam left the house with Zijuan’s support.
The crescent moon hung on the tree branches, the old won and maids guarding the courtyard gate were all staring at her open-mouthed, as if they’d seen a demon, nobody dared to sound out or stop her, the Second Madam left with her head held high, supported by Zijuan, without looking back, a woman quickly slipped out to report to the Grand Dowager.
The Second Madam walked swiftly towards Lingbo Hall.
The seals of the Marquis Mansion over generations were locked within Lingbo Hall, where guards secretly stood watch around it, making a secret infiltration impossible, even for a martial arts expert. She initially intended to have Xiao Yanyi write the divorce letter and take the private stamp, but he hadn’t even wanted to speak to her just now, now her only way was to enter openly through Lingbo Hall’s front door.
"Madam." Zijuan seed to realize the Second Madam’s purpose, her legs shook with anxiety: "There are many guards outside, they won’t let us in."
The Second Madam shot her a cold glare: "Shut up!" With that, she looked at the dimly lit Lingbo Hall adorned with a lone lantern and coldly laughed: "I have my ans!"
The Grand Dowager sent soone directly to inform Xiao Yanyi, the Second Madam’s abrupt actions left them all puzzled, why go to Lingbo Hall out of the blue?
But Xiao Yanyi thought she was still clinging to the previous topic, and he led people straight to Lingbo Hall.
Zijuan fell to her knees upon seeing Xiao Yanyi.
Xiao Yanyi stood at Lingbo Hall’s gate, addressing the guard: "Where is the Second Madam?" The guard lowered his head and reported: "Inside."
Xiao Yanyi’s expression changed, the guard seed to sense his displeasure and imdiately added: "The Second Madam held the Marquis’ token." With a cold face, Xiao Yanyi touched his waist, indeed finding his token missing.
Chengning, what exactly are you trying to do?
Xiao Yanyi strode into Lingbo Hall.
Once inside the study, he paused at the doorway, the previously neat desk was now in disarray, the books on the shelves showed signs of being rummaged, the paintings on the walls hung askew, the territorial map usually adorning the wall was half-torn, revealing a beauty painting underneath, smiling sweetly at him.
"Chengning!" Xiao Yanyi shouted angrily upon entering, only to find the Second Madam sitting on the floor, staring blankly at the beauty painting on the wall, a sarcastic smile on her lips.
Xiao Yanyi hurried over, not sparing her a glance, removing the painting from the wall and rolling it up, he commanded: "Soone, take the Second Madam back!"
"Xiao Yanyi!" The Second Madam suddenly scread, and seeing the guards at the door, she shouted angrily: "Get out, none of you co in without my command!"
The guards stopped at the door, looking at Xiao Yanyi, who, seeing the Second Madam’s hysteria, thought they needed to talk, at least to understand why she had stolen his token to co to the study!
He waved them off, and the guards obediently retreated.
The Second Madam approached Xiao Yanyi, tilting her head and smiling at the painting in his hand: "Who is this, hmm? Marquis, tell who is painted here?"
Xiao Yanyi said nothing but tightened his grip on the painting.
"Is it Tong Xiqiu? Is it your dear sister-in-law? Is it?" The Second Madam pointed at him, her expression verging on madness: "The person in your heart is indeed her, the one you love is indeed her."
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