Zhao Luoning never expected that her mother would return to the perilous cage of the Zhao Mansion again. She was extremely shocked when she heard this news.
Zhao Luochun didn't take it seriously. Seeing Zhao Luoning's strong reaction, he tried to persuade her. "Ning'er, you don't know. Father has changed a lot in the past two years. He came in person with an eight - sedan chair to pick mother up. Father also said that he hopes you can go back and visit when you have time."
The Zhao family didn't know that Zhao Luoning was still alive. So when Zhao Luochun said "go back and visit", he meant for Zhao Luojing to visit.
Zhao Luoning sensed something was wrong. She asked, "Brother, how's the Zhao family's business in recent years?"
Zhao Luochun shook his head. "Not very good. But these days, no one's business is booming."
Zhao Luoning understood.
No wonder her father was so kind - hearted. Not only did he pick mother up, but also wanted her to go back home.
He was short of money and wanted to suck blood from them again.
Looking at Guisu beside her, Zhao Luoning felt quite a headache.
It seemed that she had to settle her mother's matter first before carrying out her own plan.
After taking a short rest in the silk store, Zhao Luoning went straight back to the Ye Mansion.
She didn't rush to the Zhao Mansion. It seemed that she had her own plan.
On the other hand, Jingsu took Chen Chuliu directly to the county yamen instead of going to the inn.
Chen Chuliu was very confused.
"What are you taking me here for?"
Jingsu then took out a letter from her sleeve.
"One of these is the letter of divorce from my master for you."
"What? No, I don't believe it!"
"Master showed mercy on you because you're from the Chen family. The letter of divorce is already a form of dignity for you."
Chen Chuliu was completely panicked.
A letter of divorce? If she was divorced and went back home, her good days in this life would be over.
She would either stay at home and become an old spinster despised by everyone. If she was lucky enough to get married, her only choices would be vulgar villagers.
"No, I don't believe it. Even for the sake of my grandfather, master wouldn't treat me like this!"
Suddenly, Chen Chuliu seemed to think of something and shouted, "It's Zhao Luoning, right! It must be her! She is using master's order to take revenge on me!"
Jingsu didn't have a good impression of this stupid and evil woman. She didn't want to say more.
At this time, Mrs. Chen, who had received the notice from Guisu, rushed over. Seeing her daughter, she burst into tears.
Since the accident in the Ji Mansion, although the mother and daughter had corresponded, they hadn't seen each other for more than a year.
Compared with Chen Chuliu's irritability, Mrs. Chen was very cooperative about her daughter's divorce.
Mrs. Chen took her daughter to the county yamen. After the county magistrate received Ji Shisu's letter of divorce, he quickly completed the formalities.
Chen Chuliu was no longer a member of the Ji family.
After Jingsu finished all this, she left.
Chen Chuliu, who had been crying like a tearful beauty, was almost dragged onto the carriage by Mrs. Chen.
"Mother, why did you accept this letter of divorce!" Chen Chuliu sobbed. "This must not be master's order."
Mrs. Chen sighed and persuaded her, "Ji Shisu has issued an ultimatum to our family. If you don't accept this letter of divorce, our whole family will be in trouble."
Chen Chuliu finally stopped crying. She stared blankly at her mother.
"Is the second master really that heartless?"
Mrs. Chen sighed. She gently patted her daughter's hand and advised, "It's good for you to leave the Ji Mansion. I always feel that this matter is very strange. Think about it. It's a good thing for the second master to make contributions, but why did he use an alias, and even the alias had nothing to do with the Ji family?"
At first, when Mrs. Chen learned that Bai Shaoqing was actually Ji Shisu, she was happy.
Even if her daughter couldn't be the main wife for a lifetime, being a concubine of a general was also good. She would have endless wealth and honor.
However, as the army returned in triumph, there was still no news of celebration in Huangcheng.
So, Mrs. Chen thought something was wrong.
Ji Shisu joining the army under an alias seemed like a way to escape.
Bai Shaoqing was Bai Shaoqing, and Ji Shisu was Ji Shisu. The two had nothing to do with each other.
But now Bai Shaoqing was very famous across the country and couldn't disappear for no reason. And Ji Shisu might be dismissed inexplicably.
Moreover, judging from Ji Shisu's actions, sending away his children and wife and divorcing his concubine, it seemed that he didn't intend to return to Huangcheng.
If Mrs. Chen's speculation was true, the earlier Chen Chuliu left the Ji Mansion, the better.
If everything was settled and Ji Shisu didn't return to the Ji Mansion, and Chuliu still hadn't received the letter of divorce, she might be trapped in the Ji Mansion as a widow for the rest of her life.
Mrs. Chen's foresight fell on deaf ears to Chen Chuliu.
She was completely immersed in her grief and anger. No matter how much Mrs. Chen tried to persuade her, it was of no use.
Back at the Chen Mansion, Chen Chuliu locked herself in the room. No matter how much Mrs. Chen and Mr. Chen tried to persuade her, she refused to come out.
This went on for one night.
When Mrs. Chen knocked on the door the next day, she found the room empty.
Chen Chuliu was gone.
On the other hand, Chen Chuliu was dragged out of her sleep.
The person who dragged her was the madam of Tianxiang Tower.
She directly dragged the half - naked Chen Chuliu out of the bed. When Chen Chuliu was still dazed and didn't know how she ended up in Tianxiang Tower, she was thrown out of the door by the madam.
During the day, a half - naked woman was thrown out of Tianxiang Tower, which attracted a lot of onlookers.
The madam of Tianxiang Tower put her hands on her hips and scolded, "I've seen people bringing their own drinks to a restaurant, but I've never seen someone bringing their own girl to a brothel to whore! What? You, a Miss of the Chen family, were divorced by the Ji family and wanted to become a prostitute, but you couldn't even find a place to take you in. You came to my place to mooch a bed?"
The madam was a tough character. She not only refused to give Chen Chuliu a piece of clothing to cover herself, but also shouted for everyone to come and watch.
"Come and take a look! This shameless woman came to my Tianxiang Tower to snatch customers!"
After being shouted at by her, the onlookers became even more blatant.
Everyone pointed at Chen Chuliu.
Moreover, the madam accidentally revealed her identity just now -
A discarded woman abandoned by the Ji family.
"She started to receive customers right after being divorced?"
"It seems that she wasn't favored in the Ji family at all. Maybe she never tasted a man before and was so hungry for it."
"She's so unchaste. It's活该that she was divorced!"
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Everyone said such ugly things one after another.
Chen Chuliu didn't even have a piece of clothing to cover herself. She could only sit on the ground naked, hugging her knees and burying her head in sobs.
In the crowd, a "man" wearing a bamboo hat watched all this indifferently.
When he saw the Chen family's carriage rushing over in a hurry to look for someone, he lowered his hat brim and turned away.
The "man" didn't take off his bamboo hat until he walked into a dark alley, revealing his face.
It was actually Jingsu in men's clothing!