If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Chapter 474 Distinguished Guest

"I won't divorce, ma'am. This matter has passed. I promise you that I will discuss everything with you in the future. Please don't bring up divorce so often." Mu Chengtian sighed helplessly when he heard Madam Mu bring up divorce again.

"Madam, you never threatened me with divorce before. What happened now? It's not a big deal."

Mrs. Mu laughed angrily, looking at Mu Chengtian's indifferent attitude. It turned out that he thought she proposed divorce just to blackmail him?

"I didn't mention divorce before, not because I didn't want to, but because the time was not right yet." Mrs. Mu tried her best to remain calm.

She knew Mu Chengtian too well. The angrier she was, the more he would think she was just speaking in anger.

"Mu Chengtian, our relationship as husband and wife has ended. I don't want to spend the rest of my life arguing and hating you."

"I know why you are angry. I have explained that I did not really want to marry Baozhu to the Regent. I only had to do it for the future of our two sons."

"I remember that your eldest brother's son is of the same age as Baozhu. Why don't you marry Baozhu to her? Our two families will be even closer. Baozhu grew up under your care, so you..."

Before she could finish her words, Madam Mu had already picked up the red tasseled spear beside her.

"Mu Chengtian, do you have any deep hatred towards our Zhong family? Why do you want to humiliate my nephew like this? The young master of our Zhong family can't marry any noble lady, but chooses to marry someone like you." Mrs. Mu could no longer suppress her anger.

How dare she bring this up? Let her nephew, who has a bright future, marry Mu Baozhu? How will the Zhong family behave when they go out in the future?

Mu Chengtian's face darkened, "Don't say that to a child."

"Bah!" Madam Mu was so disgusted that she wanted to vomit. "Everyone knows about the dirty things you and your widowed sister-in-law have done. To put it nicely, it's a concubinage, but to put it bluntly, it's an affair. One of you is not a good wife, and the other has a corrupt character. What good offspring can you give birth to?"

"You want my Zhong family to marry your daughter? Dream on!"

"Mu Chengtian, don't forget that there is still a life between me and the Tian mother and daughter. If you are not afraid that your daughter will die in the Zhong family, you can have such an idea."

"You..." Mu Chengtian looked at his wife in astonishment.

He knew that his wife was resentful, but after so many years, her hatred had not diminished at all.

"That incident was my sister-in-law's fault. She never thought of letting you know. She has already apologized and has felt guilty for a long time. She originally wanted to hold Baozhu in your arms, but you didn't want to..." Mu Chengtian said in a low voice.

Madam Mu looked at him coldly, "Are you thinking of exchanging my daughter's life for a simple apology?"

"What kind of fairy is her daughter, worthy of being raised by me?"

"That's enough." Mu Chengtian frowned, "Don't say such harsh words."

"What's even worse is that your Mu family will never be able to repay me in this lifetime." Madam Mu said, "I don't want to waste my time with you. Let's get divorced cleanly. You can have an affair with your eldest sister-in-law in the future. Oh, you can have an affair with her in any way you want. Anyway, you have already found an excuse."

Mu Cheng's face turned pale with anger.

"Even if you don't consider the Mu family's reputation, you should also think about our two sons. What good will it do them if we divorce?"

"They have grown up. There is no need for me to force myself to stay in the Mu family." Mrs. Mu said.

She placed the divorce papers in front of Mu Chengtian and said, "If you don't agree, I will ask to leave."

No matter what method she used, she didn't want to live under the same roof with this man anymore.

Madam Mu turned and left, instructing her personal maid to pack up her dowry boxes.

Mu Chengtian discovered that Madam Mu had already packed her dowry at some point, and she didn't suddenly want to divorce.

The maids were moving the boxes out of the house, and Mu Chengtian was furious.

"Put it down, don't move it!" Mu Chengtian roared loudly.

The maids just paused for a moment, and seeing that Madam Mu did not give any instructions, they continued to move out.

Mu Chengtian raised his foot to kick the old woman who was passing by.

He was stopped by Madam Mu.

"They are all people I brought from the Zhong family. They only listen to my orders. Don't vent your anger on them." Mrs. Mu had a blank expression on her face.

"How long are you going to keep making trouble?" Mu Chengtian gritted his teeth.

Madam Mu raised her eyes to look at him, "Why do you think I'm the one making trouble?"

She just didn't want to put up with him anymore. The frustration and disgust she had suppressed for more than a decade finally came to an end.

"I'll send Tian and the others away so they won't be a nuisance to you. Are you satisfied with this?" Mu Chengtian asked.

Mrs. Mu felt even more mocked when she heard this. See, he obviously knew everything and knew what she minded, but he never took her feelings seriously.

He even thought he had kept it a secret and would meet with Tian in private from time to time.

"Sister-in-law, what...what are you doing?" Madam Mu heard the noise in the yard and hurried over to the room to check.

When she saw that it was Madam Mu moving the dowry, her face was filled with ecstasy that she could hardly suppress.

But before she had time to feel the joy, she heard Mu Chengtian saying that he was going to send her away.

Her whole body froze.

"What are you doing here?" Mu Chengtian said with a dark face, "Go back."

Madam Mu burst into tears and stepped forward to hold Madam Mu's hand. "Sister-in-law, I know you have been resenting us all these years. If you really can't tolerate the three of us, mother and son, we will just leave. Don't have any quarrels with Second Uncle."

"Second uncle...he has you in his heart."

Mrs. Mu was held by her soft and cold hands, and she felt like she was being entangled by a poisonous snake.

"Sister-in-law, I just want to make room for you." Madam Mu forced a smile and placed Madam Mu's hand in Mu Chengtian's palm, "I won't get in your way."

Mu Chengtian quickly shook off Madam Mu's hand.

Madam Mu just sneered, turned around and strode away.

"Mrs. Zhong, I won't let you leave today." Mu Chengtian's face was gloomy. He knew that if Mrs. Mu left the Mu Mansion today, he would never be able to invite her back.

He didn't want to divorce. In his heart, he only had her as his wife.

Madam Mu took the long tasseled spear and said, "Even if I die today, I will leave."

"Mother!" The Mu Zhifeng brothers strode over and stood on Mrs. Mu's left and right.

"What? Do you want to rebel? Your mother is angry. Why don't you persuade her to go back?" Mu Chengtian said angrily.

Mu Zhifeng turned to Madam Mu and said, "Mother, my brother and I have received an imperial decree today and we will go to the Tiger Guard Camp tomorrow."

"Really?" Madam Mu was delighted.

The Huben Camp is directly under the emperor. With the abilities of these brothers, they will definitely be favored by the emperor in the future.

Mu Chengtian frowned, "Why are we going to the Tiger Camp?"

According to his plan, Fu Jinyuan should have found a way to let his son take over his military power, so why did he go to the Huben Camp?

"Mother, we'll take you there." Mu Zhijie said to Madam Mu.

Mu Chengtian was about to get angry when he heard his eldest son say coldly, "Father, uncle and the others are already waiting outside the door."

Before she left the house, Old Madam Mu sent someone to invite Madam Mu, but Madam Mu said that the old lady was in seclusion and did not bother them, and left directly with the people from the Zhong family.

……

When Shen Sui'an heard about Madam Mu's heroic feat, he laughed so hard that he bent over.

Ruan Zhaoxia vividly told Shen Sui'an the gossip about the Mu family, "Mrs. Mu is indeed someone who has been to the battlefield. She is different."

"She has suffered a lot to get to this day," said Shen Sui'an.

From the day that Madam Mu lost her daughter, she should have wanted to leave the Mu family, but her sons were still young at that time. After she left the Mu family, her two sons fell into the hands of Madam Mu.

Ruan Zhaoxia pouted and whispered, "Some mothers will sacrifice themselves for their children's future, while others will only use their children to gain benefits."

Shen Sui'an raised his eyebrows, "What's the matter?"

"It's not a big deal." Ruan Zhaoxia said, "It's all because of Sister Rong."

"It's only been two years, how come she has become such a different person?"

"My grandmother brought her up to teach me, but she felt that she was no longer tolerated in the family and wanted to drive her out of the yard. If I hadn't seen her crying to the maid in the garden in the middle of the night, I wouldn't have known that she had such thoughts."

"I feel like she is becoming more and more like my second aunt." Ruan Zhaoxia used to like talking to Ruan Zhaorong, but now she feels uncomfortable even saying a few more words to him.

It’s a nuisance!

"Or let's send Ruan Zhaorong away." Shen Suian said with a frown.

With Ruan Zhaorong's personality, she will definitely continue to act like a troublemaker even after Ruan Xiuyuan and Tan Jiao get married.

She is Ruan Xiuyuan's eldest daughter, so it is inevitable that he favors her, which will affect the relationship between Ruan Xiuyuan and Tan Jiao.

"Sister Rong already has no mother. I wonder what she will think if we send her away again." Ruan Zhaorong said helplessly.

After all, he is a flesh and blood of the Ruan family, so he is still very soft-hearted towards Ruan Zhaorong.

"Don't think too much. Whether or not you can teach Sister Rong well is the elders' business." Shen Sui'an said with a smile, "She won't cause any trouble."

Ruan Zhaoxia said, "By the way, Sister Rong was asking about her mother. It turns out she didn't know that her second aunt had..."

I'm afraid it won't be concealed for much longer.

Shen Sui'an said, "You always worry about other people's affairs, what about yourself?"

Ruan Zhaoxia was stunned, "What's wrong with me?"

"The Shao family doesn't bother you anymore, right?" Shen Sui'an asked.

"Mrs. Shao sent Shao Guanming and his little cousin away. Now the Shao family focuses on supporting the second son. It's good for me to not see it and not be bothered." Ruan Zhaoxia said with a smile.

Mrs. Shao was decisive. She didn't want to offend the Ruan family and also for the sake of the Shao family, so she cut off her tail to survive and abandoned Shao Guanming, which in turn found a new source for the Shao family.

"Princess, there are two guests outside asking to see you." Ban Jian couldn't help but smile, and came in and bowed to Shen Sui'an.

Shen Sui'an raised his eyebrows and looked at Ban Jian's excited eyes, "It seems that these two guests are not simple, go and bring them in."

Ban Jian couldn't help but smile, "The princess will be very happy to see them."

"Sister Xia, come with me." Shen Sui'an said with a smile.

She guessed that it might be Zhou Zhou and Cheng Zhiyun who came, but when she arrived at the hall and saw the tall and handsome man with his back to her, and the lively woman beside him, Shen Suian's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Zhao Jiuling! Miss Yao!"

Just from their backs, she recognized their identities.

She really didn't think that they would come to find her.

The two people in the hall turned around at the same time.

The moment Zhao Jiuling's calm and steady eyes saw Shen Sui'an, they seemed to be infused with the most brilliant brilliance.

He took a few steps forward, his lips moving, but he didn't know how to address her.

"Sui Sui, isn't it too strange for you to call me Miss Yao?" Yao Xinling said with a smile.

Shen Sui'an's eyes were filled with smiles, "Miss Yao, this is a title that belongs only to you."

She turned to Zhao Jiuling again.

The calm and mature man in front of him had completely shed his boyish innocence and was even more handsome and eye-catching than the last time they met.

Because he spent too much time at sea, his skin was not as fair as before, but it added a bit of wild charm.

"I didn't expect it was you. I thought you wouldn't be able to come back for two years." Shen Suian sighed.

Zhao Jiuling looked at Shen Sui'an with restrained and forbearing eyes, and saw that she seemed to be living well in the Southern Dynasty. Only then did he feel relieved.

"It wasn't that fast originally, but our ship encountered a big storm and lost its way at sea. Later we docked at a small island. Unexpectedly, the island was a small country and bought all our goods." Yao Xinling said with a smile.

As she spoke, she looked at Zhao Jiuling deeply.

"Zhao Jiuling also exchanged a lot of good things with the island owner and said he would bring them back for you."

"We arrived at Tianhe Port. When he heard that you were in the Southern Dynasty, he almost refused to get off the boat and wanted to come directly to the Southern Dynasty."

Shen Suian looked at Zhao Jiuling with bright eyes.

Zhao Jiuling smiled at her and did not refute Yao Xinling's words.

"We just went out to sea, and when we came back we didn't expect that everything had changed and people had changed," said Yao Xinling.

Shen Sui'an likes the girl Yao Xinling very much. She is brave and straightforward. There is no other noble lady in the world who dares to go to sea like her.

However, now that she and Queen Mother Yao have become enemies, the relationship between her and Yao Xinling has become somewhat cautious.

"I won't disturb you and your sister from reminiscing about the past. I'll come to see you when you have everything settled." Yao Xinling said to Shen Sui'an with a smile.

Shen Sui'an said, "You are tired from the journey, you should have a good rest first. I have asked someone to prepare the guest room."

Without waiting for Yao Xinling to refuse, Shen Sui'an said, "If you regard me as a friend, don't talk about living outside. If you feel it is inconvenient to live in the palace, you can still live in the Shen family."

Yao Xinling glanced at Zhao Jiuling and said, "Then I will follow Mr. Shen's arrangements."

"It's the princess, don't call her Mr. Shen." Zhao Jiuling said in a low voice.

"You can call me whatever I like." Yao Xinling raised her eyebrows.

Shen Sui'an's eyes moved between the two of them, and the smile on his face deepened.

"Mr. Shen, I'll go back and rest first. I'm really tired after following him on this journey." Yao Xinling said.

"Banjian, take Miss Yao to the guest room to rest." Shen Suian said immediately.

He also reminded Ning Shuang, "Tell the servants not to neglect the guests."

"Miss..." Zhao Jiuling spoke anxiously. He had a lot to say to Shen Sui'an.

Shen Sui'an looked at him softly, "Come on, I'll take you around the palace."

Turning around, she saw Ruan Zhaoxia looking at Zhao Jiuling with curiosity. She smiled and said, "Xia Jie'er, this is my brother. I will tell you more about him later."