Selling wife for fame? Kick out the scumbag and marry the new emperor to enjoy the harem of favors

Chapter 9 Frustrated
"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Wu Que was having a headache. He was going to court today, but the news that Zhao Xingjin had ordered the Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate corruption in the army had already reached his ears. Now he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Although he no longer has military power, he used to make a lot of money from it.

Of course I'm afraid because my hands are not clean.

In particular, he also learned that the list of names of corrupt people and evidence of their crimes that Zhao Xingjin threw out during the morning court session were all related to him.

Although it was not pointed out that he was involved, with just a little investigation, almost everything could be traced back to him.

This is a capital crime punishable by death!
With this troublesome matter, Wu Que had no time to care about the fact that Xie Jiu was cheating on him.

So when he saw his sister Wu Qingchan coming over, he turned unhappy.

"Brother, she's unfaithful and has cheated on you. Why do you still want to keep a woman like her around? Our Wu family is a prestigious family, a marquisate. If you divorce her, what kind of girl can't you marry?!"

"Shut up!" Wu Que slammed his hand on the table. "If the adulterer was someone else, it would be fine. I wouldn't let her go easily. But he's the emperor. He's the emperor. Do you want me to die?"

As a man, how could Wu Que not feel aggrieved?

Giving your wife away with your own hands and your wife following another man behind your back are two different things.

Wu Qingchan was a little scared after being yelled at. She pursed her lips and her momentum weakened, but she still spoke angrily in a low voice.

"Even if you're the Emperor, you can't do such a thing as having an affair with someone else's wife. Aren't you afraid of being infamous for eternity and being drowned in the spit of the imperial censors?"

"Shut up! The emperor ordered Xie to be the second princess's tutor, so he kept her in the palace. There was no other matter!" Wu Que's face was gloomy.

Obviously, he couldn't convince himself of this, and his expression was distorted and ugly.

But Wu Qingchan was so hot-headed that she hated Xie Jiu, the woman who brought shame to her Wu family. She didn't pay any attention to her brother's condition at all. When she heard what Wu Que said, she immediately refuted it.

"These are just excuses to cover up your shame. Brother, how can you lie to yourself? That Xie is an adulterer. She is shameless and has slept with someone else. How can we tolerate her?"

These words were like salt sprinkled on Wu Que's wounds. Wu Que finally couldn't help it and overturned the desk in front of him.

"That's enough! Do you think I'm a fool? Am I so weak, incompetent, cowardly, and can only swallow my anger? I'm doing this to survive, for you, for the survival of the Marquis' Mansion!"

"When I surrendered my troops, so many people scolded me, but am I really just afraid of death? I'm afraid that this century-old foundation of the Marquisate will be destroyed. I'm afraid that if we all die, you'll be the only woman left in the Marquisate, all alone and helpless. As long as there's life, there's always hope!"

Wu Que accused loudly, as if putting all the responsibility on his sister again.

"Brother." Wu Qingchan was stunned.

But Wu Que did not stop.

"The Emperor is investigating the embezzlement of military funds. If we are found guilty, we will be killed!"

"I was cowering, not daring to breathe, afraid I'd be unable to escape. Now you're asking me to divorce Mrs. Xie and openly telling everyone that the Emperor and Mrs. Xie were having an affair. Isn't that a slap in the face to the Emperor? Don't you think you're not dying fast enough?!"

"Are you going to waste all my hard work?!"

Wu Que almost shouted these words at the top of his lungs. His ferocious face frightened Wu Qingchan so much that she took a few steps back.

She had never seen her usually gentle brother look so horrible.

And these words woke her up.

Indeed, now even if your teeth are broken, you have to swallow the blood.

Even if Xie Jiu cheated on the Wu family, they could only endure it.

They even had to act happy, as they were receiving the emperor's grace.

"I was wrong, brother." Wu Qingchan's eyes were red as she clutched her handkerchief. "I didn't realize that brother was doing all this for me and the Wu family. I didn't realize that brother had endured so much alone. I was ignorant."

She apologized with tears in her eyes. Wu Que had almost vented his anger in his previous roar. Now that he had calmed down, he still couldn't bear to leave his sister.

"Alright, I don't blame you. You were thinking about me, but don't bother or mention this matter again." Wu Que was relieved, and finally asked, "What did you bring to show me just now?"

Speaking of this, Wu Qingchan recounted the story of how she secretly delivered something to Xie Jiu in the palace.

Wu Que would inevitably scold him for taking such a risk, but Wu Que still wanted to know what Xie Jiu had ordered to be returned. Wu Qingchan couldn't persuade him.

Well, I took it and took a look at it myself, and my face turned green.

There was no other reason. Xie Jiu wrote the letter as a person who had been through it all, advising Wu Qingchan to choose the right tree for her husband and to be discerning when choosing a husband. She should not end up marrying a scumbag like she did.

After all, not everyone can be as "lucky" as her and have the opportunity to choose another good partner.

The magpie hairpin on the branch was given to Wu Qingchan as a reminder to her.

However, the above is what Wu Qingchan knew after reading half of it. She came here in a rage and didn't have time to finish reading it. So when Wu Que held back her anger and read the entire content, she discovered a new piece of news.

He immediately glared at me and shouted, "You haven't severed ties with that Zhou Zhiqing yet?!"

"I" Wu Qingchan was shocked.

He immediately grabbed the letter, read it quickly, his face turned pale, his lips trembling, and he was speechless.

This man named Zhou Zhiqing was a poor student.

But he was talented and learned, and after passing the imperial examination, he was able to enter the Hanlin Academy as an official. Last year, he unexpectedly met Wu Qingchan, who had just reached the age of 15, and the two fell in love with each other.

But Zhou Zhiqing was of humble origin. Even though the Wu family was now in decline, Wu Que still thought highly of himself and looked down on this man. He forced Wu Qingchan not to have any contact with him anymore.

Because of this incident, Wu Qingchan cried bitterly and went on a hunger strike for several days, but she eventually couldn't bear it and succumbed to the pressure from her brother.

Wu Que thought the matter was over, but he didn't know that at the beginning of this year, the two met again at the market and quietly got together again.

Qingfang discovered this by accident and told Xie Jiu about it.

Xie Jiu himself had a blind marriage and felt quite regretful about it. He wanted to be a little supportive of his sister-in-law Wu Qingchan, so he kept it a secret and didn't tell Wu Que. He just asked someone to keep an eye on her to prevent her from doing anything out of line.

Now Wu Que learned from Xie Jiu's letter that the two were still in contact, and he was so angry that his liver hurt.

"From today on, you are not allowed to step out of the Marquis' Mansion again. Stay home and behave yourself. If you continue to secretly associate with Zhou Zhiqing, I will break your legs!"

"Brother, he is really a good man!" Wu Qingchan was anxious. "Now the Marquis' Mansion is in such a state that everyone is avoiding him, but he never dislikes me and is still sincere to me and willing to marry me. Why don't you..."

Snapped--

Before Wu Qingchan could finish her words, a crisp slap landed on her face.

She was stunned and looked at Wu Que in disbelief, but Wu Que was also angry at the time, so he just raised his hand and pointed outside the door and said sternly.

"You are a girl, and you say these words. Do you have any shame? Go back to your room now. Don't leave without my permission!"

From childhood to adulthood, Wu Qingchan had never suffered such injustice. She was so angry that she ran away crying.

Wu Que was still feeling depressed. He grabbed the magpie-climbing-branch hairpin and was about to smash it, but suddenly remembered that this thing was made inside and was a reward from Zhao Xingjin to Xie Jiu, so it was considered a gift from the emperor.

Deliberately destroying things given by the emperor is a serious crime.

A feeling of annoyance, powerlessness and fear of resistance rose from his heart, making Wu Que want to slap himself a few times.

But even if he wanted to slap himself, he didn't dare to smash the hairpin at this moment.

Afraid of being caught.

So he tightened his grip again and again, and finally squeezed out a word from between his teeth.

"Chen Shun, put your things away."

The Weiyuan Marquis's Mansion was in chaos, but Xie Jiu, the "culprit", was feeling very comfortable in the palace.

Little did they know that the incidents caused by her were not limited to the one in Weiyuan Marquis Mansion.

In Yanqing Palace, Concubine Zhuang was also cursing people in righteous anger.

(End of this chapter)