allonlinenovel Chapter 261 Divorce and Remarry
Chapter 261 Divorce and Remarry
Zhao Jue married Yue Niang for money, without any sincerity whatsoever, and the wedding was not extravagant.
Aside from decorating the mansion with lanterns and colorful streamers and setting up a new room and wedding hall, they only spent money to hire some people to act as guests.
He is no longer the third master of the Duke's mansion, and he has no capable people around him, so he cannot send anyone to Yue Niang's ancestral home to investigate the truth.
He only checked before the wedding whether the trunk that Yue Niang brought contained her family property.
Only after confirming that it was true did today's wedding take place.
However, they do not have a marriage certificate yet.
A marriage certificate is only valid if it is signed by the matchmaker and the officiant.
According to the Great Zhou Dynasty's Household Ordinance, all marriages must be presided over by grandparents or parents. If neither grandparents nor parents are available, other relatives may preside over the marriage.
Yue Niang's grandparents and parents have passed away, and her other relatives are in her ancestral home and cannot officiate at her wedding.
He feared that things might get complicated if he waited too long, so he wanted to marry Yue Niang as soon as possible and get the money from her.
Yue Niang, wanting a place to stay as soon as possible, agreed to his plan. The two got married first, agreeing that during the homecoming ceremony, they would return to her ancestral home to pay respects to her parents, and then have her relatives sign the marriage certificate.
This was just Zhao Jue's excuse to deceive Yue Niang; once Yue Niang had the money, he would make other plans.
Zhao Jue led the wedding procession to welcome Yue Niang back to the Zhao family for the wedding ceremony.
The second wife was bedridden and did not attend.
The second master, dressed in festive red clothes, sat upright in the main seat, but his face was devoid of any smile.
Zhao Jue hid the house deed and sold everything in the house that could be sold.
Unable to raise enough money to redeem Yue Niang, he would go to the brothel every day, absent-minded, to look for her, but he could never find her.
No matter how much he pleaded, the madam refused to make an exception.
On the fifth day, Yue Niang asked the madam to give him a bag of silver.
He counted it; it was fifty-three taels of silver in total. This was all of Yue Niang's silver.
The madam said, "Before Yue Niang left, she was still thinking about you. You were the one she was most worried about. She hated that she wasn't free. She wanted you to forget her, take this money, start a business, and live a good life."
How could the Second Master possibly forget Yue Niang?
Over the past few days, he has lost a lot of weight and looks haggard.
He looked at the bride in her fiery red wedding dress. The loose dress seemed a little too big for her, making her figure appear even more delicate. Strangely, she seemed familiar to him, like the Moon Goddess he had been longing for day and night.
The second master jolted awake and immediately came to his senses.
He's really getting senile.
How could his moon goddess possibly be a bride?
At this moment, the master of ceremonies took out a mahogany ruler, intending to measure Zhao Jue.
Suddenly, a figure burst in.
"Zhao Jue, you locked me in this separate courtyard and forbade me to step out, all so you could divorce me and remarry." Shen Mingzhu's face was pale, the red stains in the room stung her eyes, and her eyes were filled with tears: "Either let her go, or make her a concubine, or we'll go to the authorities."
She heard the news of Zhao Jue's marriage in the villa and refused to believe it at all.
Firstly, Zhao Jue had not yet divorced her.
Secondly, given Zhao Jue's current status, who would be willing to marry him?
In a flash, she remembered that Zhao Jue had abandoned Shen Qingtan for power and married her instead.
So now it is highly likely that they will abandon her again for the sake of power.
Shen Mingzhu dismissed her ever-present maid and planned to find an opportunity to escape from the villa, but to her surprise, the people guarding the villa let her leave.
She knew something was amiss, but in order to verify whether Zhao Jue had remarried, she didn't care about anything else and rushed to the Zhao family.
The festive atmosphere throughout the mansion shattered any glimmer of hope she held onto.
Her worst fears have finally come true.
"How heartless I am! For this woman, I don't even care about the child in my belly?" Shen Mingzhu looked at the bride standing next to Zhao Jue, a surge of hatred welling up in her heart. She suddenly rushed over and tore off the red veil: "I want to see which vixen has bewitched you so much that you have forgotten the three cardinal principles and five constant virtues."
When Yue Niang's veil was ripped off, she cried out in fright and instinctively grabbed Zhao Jue's sleeve, seeking his protection.
Zhao Jue instinctively protected Yue Niang.
Yue Niang looked at Shen Mingzhu and asked, "Sanlang, what's going on?"
Zhao Jue explained, "Yu Niang, she didn't treat my mother well, disrespected her elders, and committed one of the seven grounds for divorce, so I divorced her. But she won't give up and keeps harassing me."
These words were like a sharp blade piercing Shen Mingzhu's heart.
Shen Mingzhu looked at Zhao Jue, whose face was full of tenderness. He carefully protected Yue Niang as if she were a precious treasure.
He gave his tenderness to Shen Qingtan and Yue Niang.
He never gave it to her.
How tragic.
Zhao Jue looked at her with a chilling gaze: "Have you made enough of a scene?"
Shen Mingzhu looked at Zhao Jue, whose eyes were filled with a warning: if he continued to cause trouble, he would divorce her.
Realizing this, Shen Mingzhu felt hatred towards Zhao Jue, hating his heartlessness.
She looked at the Second Master beside her, wanting him to say something fair, but she saw that the Second Master had stood up at some point, staring intently at Yue Niang.
The second master stared intently at Yue Niang, who was leaning against Zhao Jue's chest, revealing half of her beautiful face.
This face had displayed a thousand different expressions before him, each one captivating him completely.
This face had appeared in his dreams a thousand times, each time leaving an indelible mark on his mind.
Even if he were reduced to ashes, he would still recognize him.
But at this moment, he dared not recognize it.
How could his Yue Niang possibly marry Zhao Jue?
How could Zhao Jue possibly marry Yue Niang?
The second master subconsciously walked over, staring intently at Yue Niang's face, but spoke to Zhao Jue: "Jue'er, who is she? What's her name?"
Zhao Jue vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the Second Master. Seeing that he was staring intently at Yue Niang, she subtly stepped aside to block his view.
He frowned, a hint of displeasure in his expression: "Father, she is Yu Niang, my wife..."
With a "smack," the second master raised his hand and slapped Zhao Jue hard across the face.
P.S.: My darlings, I'll only post one chapter for now. There will be more updates later, but they'll be a little later. Go to sleep now, don't wait up! You can read them when you wake up tomorrow morning. Goodnight~