Underneath A Thousand Skies ✔️

6 Favoring Qie Over Wife (6)

There were two types of divorce that can be done for an official husband and wife. In an era where male chauvinism was prevalent, the only one who could call for a divorce would be the husband.

If a husband decides to forcefully divorce his wife without her consent, that would mean he found her not virtuous in her conduct, unfilial to her elders, and disrespectful to her husband. That was basically singing her dirty laundry to the public, effectively making her a social pariah and cutting off all of her retreat.

The second type of divorce would be a mutual divorce. Both husband and wife consented to separate, which meant that it was a decision made wholly because the two of them were incompatible. This could give the divorced wife a chance to remarry, which was definitely better than a one-sided divorce [1].

Song Jia knew that after she left, it will be Li Jia who will take over her body. If at that time she was still married to Zhao Cheng, it would be inevitable that she will become jealous again.

Song Jia had a storage space ring that stored several gadgets from the 23rd century. There was one that worked on the brain and could erase specific memories. She could use it to remove Li Jia's memories of her previous life and bury the blood debt in her heart.

Song Jia was determined to not leave any loose ends that could endanger Zhao Cheng after she went back to the modern age. Her boss calculated that Li Jia had the biggest probability of dealing damage to Zhao Cheng, so Song Jia was determined to appease Li Jia.

If Li Jia and Zhao Cheng were already divorced and her family was still safe, Li Jia's anger would definitely lessen.

Song Jia had also been planning to matchmake Li Jia with another person that could love her. There was a man in Li Jia's memories that she felt attracted to aside from Zhao Cheng, so this was a good solution. If Li Jia could remarry that man and forget Zhao Cheng, the future of this world would then be secured.

"M—Mutual divorce?" Zhao Cheng thought he heard wrongly and repeated it again.

For a brief moment after he heard her speak, Zhao Cheng was stunned. He had expected tears, a tantrum, even resentment—but not this still composure. It was as if she had already accepted a life without him, and that quiet dignity pricked at something soft inside his chest.

She was willing to leave him without demanding anything. How could he not feel pity?

Song Jia was calm like a still lake as she nodded, "Yes, mutual divorce. Surely, wang ye will not disagree? If qie withdraws, then Sister Bai may rightfully take qie's place as the main wife. That would make things harmonious for everyone, would it not?"

Zhao Cheng wondered how she knew that the woman he loved was the future ce fei he was discussing with her earlier. But he thought that this solution was good too. He didn't want Bai Mei Lien to be a mere concubine either. As the woman he loved, it was only right that she had the right prestige and status.

After a moment, Zhao Cheng nodded his agreement.

Song Jia smiled. "Qie hopes wang ye fulfills his promise."

The husband was the master of the house. He could do anything he wanted most of the time, and it will be righteous in the eyes of the law. There might be an agreement between them, but that was only if Zhao Cheng was willing to go through with it. Song Jia had high confidence that he would.

He had agreed to marry the Prime Minister's daughter merely to avoid offending a powerful court faction, not out of affection. Since he didn't love the previous owner of this body, why would he insist on keeping her as his wife? This promise benefited both parties, and that was more binding than a written contract.