CHAPTER 206: CHAPTER 204: DIVORCE (2)

The Princely Heir smiled and said, "What’s so difficult about that? I’ll go ask."

"By the way, big brother, sister-in-law said she was bitten by some kind of bug, right here." Li Yuzhu pointed to her neck and then took a bottle of ointment from her backpack for the Princely Heir. "Big brother, apply this for her, and it will be better in two days."

The Princely Heir accepted it with a smile, "We have a little miracle doctor in our family."

"Big brother is teasing me." Li Yuzhu laughed.

The smile of the Princely Heir was bright, warm.

After today, such a smile might no longer be seen.

But keeping it from him was even more cruel.

However, Li Yuzhu thought again, although the Princely Heir was honest and simple, he wasn’t stupid. He would find out about the Xue Family sooner or later.

Rather than letting the Xue Family hide it from him, which would cause him more pain in the future, it was better to let him know sooner.

The siblings entered the house.

Li Yuzhu walked towards the kitchen, and the Princely Heir went to his South Courtyard.

In the bedroom of the South Courtyard, the Xue Family was standing in front of the wardrobe, looking for clothes.

She looked anxious.

The Princely Heir walked over and said softly, "Zhen Niang, you’re back?"

He sniffed, and indeed, he smelled the scent of wine on the Xue Family.

The scent of the wine was very special, he seemed to have smelled it somewhere before.

But it was certainly not from the village market.

He had been to the market, paid attention to all the wineries there, and none had such a fragrance.

This was a poor backwater; the wine brewed here was not rich in flavor.

Besides the scent of wine, the Princely Heir also smelled a strange odor on the Xue Family.

The sudden voice from behind startled the Xue Family.

"You’re back?" Her face went pale, and she began to stutter.

The Princely Heir looked puzzled at her, "What’s wrong? You don’t look well?"

"N-no... nothing..."

"By the way, Third Sister said your neck was bitten by a bug. She gave me an ointment. Come, I’ll apply it for you." The Princely Heir opened the wooden stopper of the porcelain bottle, poured out a bit of ointment, and walked towards the Xue Family.

The Xue Family was so frightened that she stepped back.

But behind her was the wardrobe, and she couldn’t move back any further.

The Princely Heir had already walked over.

He clearly saw the red marks on the Xue Family’s neck.

These were not bug bite marks!

These were human bites!

And they were from an adult’s mouth!

The Princely Heir’s eyes twitched violently, he pointed at the Xue Family’s neck, "What is this?"

"W-what?" The Xue Family’s face turned ashen, and she reached up to touch her neck.

She raised her left hand.

Now, the pinch marks on the Xue Family’s left wrist were also clearly seen by the Princely Heir.

The Princely Heir’s eyes narrowed sharply, "What’s with the wrist?"

The Xue Family was even more terrified, her soul seemed to have flown away.

She staggered, and two white jade bracelets fell from her bosom.

The Princely Heir’s doubts were mostly answered.

Suppressing a great anger in his heart, he clenched his fists tightly, rationality told him not to resort to violence.

"What are these? Where did they come from?" He asked calmly, suppressing his rage.

The Xue Family dared not answer.

Although the Princely Heir wasn’t angry, his eyes were so cold they were frightening.

The Xue Family had never seen the Princely Heir like this.

"F-found them..." She quickly thought of an excuse and immediately said.

"Found them?" The Princely Heir laughed, "The people here are so poor they can’t afford even a single or two taels’ worth of silver ornaments, how could there be white jade bracelets worth hundreds of taels for you to find? Zhen Niang, you’re lying."

"I found them, believe it or not!" The Xue Family took a deep breath and began to act shamelessly.

She pushed past the Princely Heir and continued searching for clothes.

But the Princely Heir suddenly grabbed her top garment.

The weather was getting hot, and the Xue Family was only wearing underclothes and a thin outer garment.

In his anger, the Princely Heir pulled and easily tore off both of her garments.

Half of the Xue Family’s body was exposed.

She was so frightened that she covered her chest with her hand.

But her body was covered in marks of lovemaking, she could cover one place, but not everywhere.

Her front and back were covered in blotches.

In the Princely Heir’s eyes, a towering rage ignited, he pointed at the Xue Family’s body, "What is this?"

No wonder he smelled something peculiar, it turns out...

He sneered, the woman he had cherished so, fearing she might suffer even the slightest grievance, yet she had done this to him!

The Xue Family knew she could no longer hide it.

She simply made a fuss.

"You still have the nerve to ask me? If you weren’t so useless, would I have done this?" She gritted her teeth in a cold laugh, reaching out to smooth her clothes, "I am the daughter of the Duke, why should I marry a farmer?"

"Are you saying you’ve chosen a better option?" the Princely Heir asked calmly.

The Xue Family remained silent.

"Who is the man?" the Princely Heir stared at her face, asking again, "To send you a pair of bracelets worth hundreds of liang, he must be a person of high status?"

The Xue Family turned her head away, ignoring the Princely Heir, "Let’s part amicably, you walk your path of sunshine, I’ll cross my narrow bridge."

Inside, the Princely Heir felt a mixture of emotions, "Are you determined to leave?"

"Since you decided to farm, I didn’t want to be with you anymore, Li Xingmao! I asked you if you were committed to staying here? Don’t want to return to the Capital? You said yes! What else could I say? You want to be a farmer; I don’t!" The Xue Family looked coldly at the Princely Heir, "You trapped me here to suffer with you, clearly a selfish person!"

"And Guoguo and Jingjing? Are you disregarding them?" the Princely Heir closed his eyes briefly, his heart heavy.

"Isn’t Mother taking good care of them? Whether I’m here or not makes no difference?" The Xue Family ignored the Princely Heir, staring at the ground.

The Princely Heir chuckled bitterly, "Fine then, if you want to leave, I’ll fulfill your wish. However, you must let me know, who is the man! After meeting him once, you’re willing to abandon your husband and children to follow him?"

With pursed lips, the Xue Family spoke indifferently, "Once you return to the Capital, you’ll know, of course, if you don’t go back, you’ll never know. I don’t want to say it now."

The Princely Heir looked at her for a while, walked to the table, sat down, and sneered, "If you don’t want to say, then don’t, I fear my ears would be insulted."

He placed the medicine bottle in his hand on the table, sneered at it again, spread out a piece of paper, grabbed a pen, dipped it in ink, and began to write.

"Divorce Agreement—"

He wrote quickly, a few lines completed in one go.

Not even bothering to blow the ink dry, he threw the divorce agreement to the Xue Family, "Take it!"

The Xue Family took it in her hand and looked at it.

The contents stated that the feelings between the couple were akin to strangers, neither wishing to compromise any further, and both parties agreed to part ways and seek new marriages.

Two copies were made, each signed and fingerprinted by the two.

The Xue Family dried the ink on her copy with satisfaction and tucked it into her chest.

Seeing her brimming with joy, the Princely Heir felt even more discontent.

Her cruelty surprised him greatly.

"Leave tomorrow morning, have breakfast with Guoguo and Jingjing before you go. Also, I’ll arrange a bull cart for you." The Princely Heir looked at her and said.

The Xue Family thought for a moment, realizing she needed to pack, then said, "Alright."

The Princely Heir walked out, "Tonight, I’ll stay at my second brother’s house."

After speaking, he left without turning back.

It’s better that he’s gone, the Xue Family exhaled, hid the divorce agreement and white jade bracelet in the cabinet, and went to the bathhouse with her clothes.

After entering the bathhouse, the Xue Family realized the Princely Heir hadn’t fetched bathwater for her!

Usually, when she mentioned wanting a bath, the Princely Heir would fetch the water in advance and place it in the bathhouse.

A bucket of hot water and a bucket of cold water, convenient for her to mix for her bath.

But today, the Princely Heir hadn’t fetched any water for her!

The Xue Family threw her clothes angrily onto the rack, after three years of marriage, did they turn on each other this quickly?

Next to the kitchen, there was a bamboo pipe flowing with water, connected piece by piece all the way to the mountain spring next to the cave.

As long as the mountain spring didn’t dry up, the water in the bamboo pipe next to the kitchen wouldn’t dry up.

Below the bamboo pipe was a large water tank that collected the continuous flow of spring water.

A hole was drilled below the water tank rim, connected to a bamboo pipe as wide as a bowl, which passed through the courtyard wall.

This automatic water-fetching device was designed by Li Yuzhu.

Convenient for the Li Family to use water, and for watering the farmland outside.

However, the kitchen was about two hundred steps away from the South Courtyard where the Xue Family lived.

Usually, for the Xue Family’s bath, the Princely Heir would fetch water in advance for the bathhouse.

Today, the Princely Heir didn’t fetch the water, and the Xue Family had to carry water from the kitchen two hundred steps away, but she couldn’t carry it.

After thinking, the Xue Family decided to find the Princely Heir for help.

However, after searching the house, she couldn’t find the Princely Heir.

She asked the Second Princess and the Great Princess, but both said they hadn’t seen him.

On her angry way back, she was stopped by Li Yuzhu.

"Sister-in-law." Li Yuzhu looked at her with a smile, "You’re walking back and forth, what are you looking for?"

The Xue Family then asked Li Yuzhu, "Third sister, have you seen your elder brother?"

Li Yuzhu nodded, "Yes, he went to the fields to water the newly planted seedlings. Oh, he said if sister-in-law wants a bath, fetch the water yourself, he’s busy today."

After the Princely Heir headed to the South Courtyard, she quietly followed and saw them write the divorce agreement.

After the Princely Heir left, the Xue Family entered the bathhouse but soon came out angrily to inquire about the Princely Heir’s whereabouts.

No need to ask, the Xue Family was looking for the Princely Heir to have him fetch bathwater.

Already divorced, she still had the audacity to command her ex-husband?