Chapter 2: I Want a Divorce

Gu Wanning didn’t want to be tied to this horse either.

But being divorced meant that she was morally flawed, and everyone would point fingers at her in the future.

That was absolutely unacceptable.

Even if she had to leave, it had to be a divorce!

“Marquis, what evidence do you have to prove that I am jealous?” Gu Wanning insisted, her heart actually pounding.

Xu Weibei almost laughed, his big finger pointed at the four “pieces of charcoal” kneeling on the ground, “Aren’t they evidence?”

“What evidence are they?”

After Gu Wanning refuted, her heart was also in turmoil.

The eldest concubine, Li Jinshiou, was the daughter of a minor official, quiet and reserved, she was a well-behaved one.

The second concubine, Jin Rongrong, was from a merchant family, the most intelligent, but also slippery, she wouldn’t be the first to stand out.

The third concubine, Wen Huaying… was also a person who couldn’t fart even if you kicked her three times, she was from a family of imperial physicians, she was a female doctor, and she was favored by the Great Princess, so she was bestowed upon Xu Weibei.

This one had a backer, and she didn’t seem like someone who would cause trouble.

The fourth concubine, Zhou Yayaya, was the youngest, she was only thirteen when she was brought into the mansion, and she was only sixteen this year.

This one was a silly white sweet, she came from the mountains, she was said to be a girl from a martial arts family, she had martial arts skills and a fiery temper.

This one was the most dangerous.

Sure enough, when the fourth concubine saw Xu Weibei, it was like she saw a savior, she rattled off Gu Wanning’s “crimes” one by one.

“It’s fine if you punish us often, but you also deducted our monthly allowance…” The fourth concubine became angrier and angrier, her eyes blazing, she almost looked like she wanted to die with Gu Wanning.

“You’re young, you don’t understand some things.” Gu Wanning lied with a straight face, “It’s like a child who gets beaten, how can they understand their parents’ good intentions? You silly girl, I’m strict with you, is that harming you? That’s loving you.”

“You, you…” The fourth concubine’s lips trembled with anger, but she couldn’t speak.

Gu Wanning smiled like a flower, “You’ve been practicing martial arts since you were young, you should understand the importance of a strong physique. And the Marquis’s mansion is so big, the expenses are so high, we’re also struggling to make ends meet, so I let you cultivate the land and farm yourselves, which can strengthen your bodies, and in the future, you can give the Marquis descendants, and you can also be self-sufficient, reducing expenses…”

As she spoke, she was even moved by herself.

What was wrong with her?

“The Marquis said that I am jealous, it’s really chilling, I clearly love you and am planning for the long term. The Marquis said that I am talkative, then you can ask, do I usually talk to them a lot?”

I don’t even need to greet them morning and evening, because I’m too lazy to see them.

Let alone talk to them.

Xu Weibei’s accusations were all baseless.

The fourth concubine was so angry that she trembled all over, she wanted to pull the other three concubines to accuse her together, but she found that their heads were almost touching their chests, where was the intention to help her?

Okay, okay, she stood up for everyone, she even didn’t want to live anymore, but they treated her like this!

“Smooth-tongued and deceitful!” Xu Weibei squeezed out a few words from between his teeth.

His subordinate, Gao Lan, had previously investigated Gu Wanning’s background and said that she was petty, narrow-minded, stupid and bad.

But he didn’t say that she was eloquent and smooth-tongued.

Xu Weibei hated her even more.

“Thank you for the compliment, Marquis.” Gu Wanning reached out to tuck a strand of hair behind her ear, she was lazy and at ease, “The Marquis has just returned, why don’t you take a good rest. I’m not feeling well today, and I’m not pleasing to the Marquis’s eyes, so I won’t stand here and irritate you. You see these beautiful concubines, whoever you like, you can keep them to serve you, you can keep them all.”

Enjoy yourself, goodbye!

“Stop, where are you going!” Xu Weibei said, his voice tinged with anger.

She wanted to run before he even finished speaking?

Was she mocking him with those four pieces of charcoal?

Did she really think that after three years in the army, even a sow could be as beautiful as Diao Chan?

“I’m going to build cucumber frames.” Gu Wanning’s voice came from afar, “I can’t delay the farming. The Marquis is reluctant to let his concubines work hard, so I can only do it myself.”

Xu Weibei: “…”

Now he was left alone with the four pieces of charcoal, and he was extremely agitated.

The fourth concubine, having been hit by her “pig teammates,” had also lost heart and was kneeling there listlessly.

The other three didn’t need to be mentioned, they hadn’t dared to look at Xu Weibei since he arrived.

Xu Weibei naturally wouldn’t let Gu Wanning off so easily, but at this moment, a maid came forward to report.

“Marquis, the Great Princess has sent someone to call you over.” The attendant said respectfully at the door.

“I know.” Xu Weibei’s expression was indifferent.

After returning to the palace to meet the Emperor, he should have gone to visit his grandmother, but he didn’t.

His grandmother was already anxious.

“The Great Princess said that you must bring your wife with you.”

A flash of disgust crossed Xu Weibei’s eyes.

If it hadn’t been for his grandmother’s insistence, the Emperor wouldn’t have bestowed a marriage upon him and Gu Wanning.

“Marquis, should I send someone to invite Madam?” Gao Lan asked tentatively.

“No need, bring the third concubine.”

The third concubine got up, she lowered her head and followed behind Xu Weibei.

The other concubines looked at them with various emotions, including curiosity and envy.

Speaking of Gu Wanning, she originally just wanted to put on a show, but as she looked at the neatly arranged, vibrant, lush vegetable patches in the backyard, she forgot about her transmigration for a moment.

The green onions stood tall and straight, row after row, pleasing to the eye; the purple leaves and the round purple eggplants were pleasing to look at; the cucumber vines were lush, but a little messy, no rush, the frames would be built soon and they would be neat…

There were also small red radishes, coriander, and even a patch of watermelon, the small watermelons under the female flowers made Gu Wanning unable to take her eyes off them.

Gu Wanning now had a feeling of a rat falling into a rice bin.

In her previous life, she was a child who grew up in the countryside with her grandfather, she majored in agriculture in college.

Although she was unemployed after graduation, she could only change careers and become an office worker in a concrete jungle, but her dream of a pastoral life had always been in her heart.

After all this time, her dream was realized by the previous owner?

It’s a pity that this is the Marquis’s mansion, not her territory.

Although she had just escaped a disaster, she didn’t think Xu Weibei would give up on finding fault.

To hell with the happy family of wives and concubines, she just wanted to be beautiful!

She wanted to get a divorce, to stay away from the stallion.

Oh, no, they were married by the Emperor.

Unless Xu Weibei committed a heinous crime and she cut ties with him, there was basically no possibility of separation.

If she couldn’t get a divorce, how could they live peacefully under the same roof?