Chapter 398 - You can choose
After Breaking Off My Marriage, I Became A Powerful Minister's Treasure
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Xiao Yuanshi suddenly felt dejected.
âGe Chunru, do you only care about your younger brother and sister?â
Ge Chunru saw that the anger on Xiao Yuanshiâs face had disappeared, but she was not relieved. Instead, she was a little flustered.
âNo, youâre the most important person to me,â she quickly replied.
In her heart, Xiao Yuanshi was important, but her brother and sister were equally important.
However, she couldnât say it to him.
Xiao Yuanshi sneered, âYouâre full of lies.
âWe are already in this situation, and youâre still thinking about how your sister can live a better life in the second princeâs residence.
âBut why donât you think about whether I can live a better life in Northern City?
âWhat will be the consequences of your actions?â
Ge Chunru became even more flustered. âI, I donât know about this either.
âI just, just believe that you will handle it well.â
In her heart, Xiao Yuanshi was the most powerful. No matter what happened, he could handle it.
No matter what she did, he would always help her.
That was why she wasnât so worried.
Xiao Yuanshi took a deep breath. âSo youâre saying that I have to return the 50,000 taels of silver? â
Ge Chunru was flustered and her eyes turned red. âI canât take it out now.
âYou return the 50,000 taels first, and when Chunying gives birth to a son for the second prince and has a firm foothold in the second princeâs estate, Iâll ask her for this sum of money, alright?â
By that time, Xiao Yuanshi would not be lacking in money.
Moreover, once her sister had gained a firm foothold, she would be able to win over the second prince.
How could Xiao Yuanshi be thick-skinned enough to ask her for money?
If he really forced her to return the money, she would borrow from her sister.
Xiao Yuanshi closed his eyes and said, âItâs too late. If you had told me in time that day, I would have gotten someone to send the silver back.
âBut itâs useless even if we return 100,000 taels now, let alone 50,000 taels.
âIf youâre giving someone a gift in exchange for handling a matter, as time goes past, will you think that the other party have agreed to it?
âWhy are you returning the gift after a long time has passed? Are you teasing the person who presented the gift?
Not only will the emperor find out about this, but he will also blame me. I will also offend King Jin. How am I supposed to survive in Northern City?â
Ge Chunru was stunned. âHow did this happen? â
She didnât think that it would be so serious just by receiving 50,000 silver.
Xiao Yuanshi raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.
âSo youâre the stupid one.
âIf you continue to manage the deputy governorâs office continues, it will be finished one day.
âIâll inform everyone in the deputy governorâs office. From today onwards, you and Liu Ru will exchange your identities.â
Ge Chunruâs eyes shrank. âWhat do you mean by me and Liu Ru exchanging ourr identities? Explain it clearly.â
If Ge Chunru had been like this in the past, Xiao Yuanshi would have felt heartache or become soft-hearted.
But now, there was only anger. âFrom today onwards, Liu Ru is the deputy governorâs wife. You are my concubine. Do you understand now? â
Ge Chunruâs face was blank. âAre you actually demoting me from your wife to a concubine?n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHow can you do this to me?â
âWhy canât I?â Xiao Yuanshi asked with a dark face. âYou forced me to do this.
âIâve been emphasizing to you not to plot against Zhengâer and his younger siblings, but you didnât listen and insisted on causing trouble.
âIn the end, youâve made me a cuckold that the whole capital knows about.
âI told you not to go to the mine, but you didnât listen and insisted on going. Then you went to Heyang County to cause trouble, and in the end, you provided so many loopholes for the old Xiao family and Shi Qingluo to exploit.
âI told you to come to Northern City and act cautiously and keep a lookout for your subordinates.
âYou also ignored me and took 50000 taels of silver from King Jinâs residence behind my back, causing me to be in this dilemma now.
âTell me, now that the situation has evolved to this stage, are you the one who caused it?â
If it wasnât for these things, even if Ge Chunru couldnât give birth to a son, he wouldnât have thought of demoting her to a concubine.
Ge Chunru was so angry that she raised her trembling hand and pointed at him. âYou ⦠you want me to be your concubine? Xiao Yuanshi, youâre not a human.
âYou said you would love me and be good to me for the rest of your life, you liar.
âYou also said that you wanted to be a good wife and a good mother, but did you do it?â Xiao Yuanshi sneered.
âEven after I demote you from a wife to a concubine, I will still protect you. At least you donât have live outside and experience hardship.â
Ge Chunru was so angry that she almost went crazy. She couldnât help but pounce on Xiao Yuanshi and scratch him.
âXiao Yuanshi, youâre so heartless. I hate you to death.
âYou still have the nerve to say this? Donât think that I donât know how you tricked my brother to go to the mine.
âI hate you, I hate you to death.â
Hearing this, Xiao Yuanshi couldnât help but push her down. âItâs about your brother again.
âIn your heart, thereâs only your younger brother and sister. Since you care so much about them, why donât you go and live with them?â
She was too cold-hearted. He had done so much, but in Ge Chunruâs heart, he was not as important as her two ungrateful siblings.
Ge Chunru was pushed to the ground.
She sat there crying and said, âXiao Yuanshi, youâre not a human. Youâve gone too far.
âI donât want to be demoted to a concubine. I donât want to.â
Xiao Yuanshi looked at her coldly. âThis is not up to you.â
Previously, he felt guilty for making Ge Chunru a concubine.
However, after knowing that Ge Chunru had accepted the 50,000 taels of silver from King Jinâs manor and even used more than half of the money to finance her younger sister from her maternal family, all of his guilt disappeared.
He couldnât afford to have such a prodigal woman.
Seeing Xiao Yuanshiâs expression, Ge Chunru felt a chill in her heart.
It turned out that he was serious.
He actually wanted to demote his wife to a concubine.
It was useless to make a fuss, and her heart became even more flustered.
She couldnât help but give in and hug Xiao Yuanshiâs leg. âGeneral, I am wrong. I wonât accept gifts from others anymore. I donât want to be a concubine. â
Once, she had almost succeeded in making him demote Mdm Kong from his wife to a concubine.
If this were to happen to her, she didnât know how Mdm Kong would laugh at her behind her back. It was simply too humiliating.
And she didnât want to be inferior to that b * tch Tao Liu. She wanted to be the wife of the deputy governor.
Xiao Yuanshi shook his head, âItâs too late.â
Seeing that Xiao Yuanshi did not give in, Ge Chunru looked at him fiercely and cried, âXiao Yuanshi, I donât want to be a concubine. I will never admit this identity.â
After Xiao Yuanshi had calmed down, he no longer cared about those feelings.
âSince you donât want to be a concubine, Iâll give you a divorce letter. You can bring your younger brother and sister and leave the deputy governorâs office.â
He would not change his mind this time.
He said with a cold face, âYou can either be a concubine or accept my divorce letter. There is no third option. You can choose.â
Ge Chunru looked at him in disbelief.
How could he treat her like this just for 50,000 taels of silver?
She really wanted to say, âFine, Iâll divorce you. Iâm not afraid of you.â
However, her younger sister had not given birth to a son yet, and she still had to guard against the women in the backyard joining forces to harm her.
If she was divorced, she would implicate her younger sister instead.
Her younger brother could not even protect himself. Without the protection of the deputy governorâs office, it was unrealistic for him to live a good life.
She didnât have any skills, and she didnât know how to do business.
If she left the deputy governorâs office, how was she going to live?
It was even more impossible for her to not worry about food and clothing like she was now, and even hold an enviable identity when she went out.