The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 82: It's better to destroy ten temples than ruin a marriage

For a few moments, Wen Wan felt confused by Nie Sangyu's words. She had clearly come here to help her. Why would she hate her?

On the side, there was a bowl of murky black medicinal soup. She wasn't stupid. She wouldn't drink that medicine. Feeling tired, she wrapped the quilt that Nie Sangyu had brought her around herself and leaned against the nearby woodpile to sleep.

Shortly after Ji Man left the woodshed, Ning Yuxuan came over from the other side.

In the end, Wen Wan still had a place in his heart and he couldn't bear to just leave her alone. After all, they had gotten together despite difficulties, and they also had so many beautiful memories. How could he be willing to abandon her just like that?

As soon as he thought about all of the injuries she had suffered today, Ning Yuxuan still came over with ointment so that he could apply it to her wounds.

However, when he opened the doors, he immediately saw that Wen Wan's injuries had already been bandaged. She was also peacefully sleeping while wrapped up in a thick quilt.

Ning Yuxuan stood at the doorway and looked at her for a while before tucking the jar of ointment into his sleeve. Thinking about how Wen Wan had truly done something wrong, he decided that he shouldn't be softhearted. Otherwise, her behavior would become even worse.

After closing the doors, Ning Yuxuan turned around and decided to go to Xuesong Courtyard to visit Qian Lianxue.

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Prince Huainan's heir's wife had requested for a divorce.

This news spread throughout the capital and even entered the palace. After the emperor heard the reason for this request, he was furious. He summoned Marquis Moyu into the palace and told him to give Wen Wan white cloth for her failure to behave as a moral married woman.

(T/N: Giving white cloth means he wants her to commit suicide by hanging herself.)

In actually, the emperor had only summoned Marquis Moyu into the palace as a show for the benefit of Luo Clan and Prince Huainan's household. The emperor had bestowed the marriage between these two families, so Luo Qianqian and Prince Huainan's heir naturally couldn't get a divorce after recently getting married. Moreover, it wasn't even the heir that wanted to get a divorce. It was his wife.

Since someone from Marquis Moyu's household was involved with this incident, it wasn't good for Ning Yuxuan's reputation. And so, the emperor thought it would be worth it to sacrifice Wen Wan.

Frustratingly, Marquis Moyu wouldn't agree.

Luo Qianqian also knew that Ning Yuxuan wouldn't give up Wen Wan. Her only intention in calmly kneeling in front of the emperor was to request for a divorce.

Kneeling next to her, the heir snuck several glances at her. Luo Qianqian didn't look like she had the intention of changing her mind.

Zhao Kaifeng didn't actually want a divorce. Although his wife was very fierce, had quite a temper, and wasn't pretty, she was very good at managing the household. Sometimes, she would be too controlling and he would get angry. But, if she wasn't there controlling him, he would feel... as if something was empty.

He adored Wen Wan because she gave off an aura that made people want to protect her. Her attractive face was also very likable. He had just wanted to make Wen Wan happy, so he had given Wen Wan's father a hundred silver taels. How could he have known that the matter would explode into something like this?

He was also too used to acting like a great lord. He could admit to himself that he had acted outrageously be slapping his wife, but he wasn't willing to lower himself by apologizing to her.