Demon Hairpin II: My wayward Ex-wife

Chapter 25

"Firstly, I want to bring three servants with me.
Politely asking that the Marquis arrange it and give
their contracts to me."
Fu Yanlin didn't agree but also didn't disagree,
simply asked,
"The second condition?"
"Secondly, when I leave the Marquis house, it is not
wise to involve many people. Why don't I leave my
dowry here and give the Marquis a discount? Let's
make it an even thirty-two thousand!"
Even underestimated, the value of her dowry was
still fifty-two thousand silver. There were quite a
few valuable precious jades, so it was too
cumbersome to carry it to the village. It was better
to convert it to silver. Both practical and
convenient.
Fu Yanlin had not expected that she would
exchange her dowry for silver. He was originally
annoyed at whatever game she was playing, but
now that she was giving him a silver discount, it
appeared that she really didn't want her dowry. He
couldn't help but doubtfully look at her again.
"What? I trust that this thirty-two thousand silver
is not difficult for the Marquis to produce."

Fu Yanlin pondered for a while before dismissing
it. "I will give you fifty-two thousand silver. I will
send someone early tomorrow morning to
complete these two conditions. Are you satisfied
now?"
She smiled and nodded. "Many thanks, Marquis.
Then I shall wait for the Marquis to complete these
two conditions and leave this house early tomorrow
morning.
Fu Yanlin stopped talking and turned around.
"Marquis.'
Fu Yanlin stopped in his tracks and turned back to
look coldly at her. His eyes conveyed his
impatience.
She knew that this man thought that she was
playing hard to get, but she chose not to explain
herself. His misunderstanding had no impact on
her, especially since this was not the only thing he
misunderstood.
The method used by the insignificant concubine
Lin was of little importance. There were ways to
find justice and reclaim her innocence if she
wanted to. From ancient times till the present day,
women of the harem chose to fight to take a breath
and strive for a place.

But she chose to give up. Not because she was
noble and virtuous, but because she could not find
what she wanted in this household. She did not
cherish the title of Zhen Yuan Marchioness and was
not lacking in wealth or rank. As for the Marquis's
affections, she had no expectations of that from the
start. After knowing that he had consummated
their marriage on imperial orders, she decided that
she would never have anything to do with him
again.
This man's heart was not hers. It was not now, and
it would not be in the future. If it was, he would
have had people check carefully when Lin Ruoyou
miscarried. He definitely would have found many
doubtful points. But he didn't. He listened to
Concubine Lin's one-sided statement and all his
people were biased towards that woman. Since that
was the case, she did not speak anymore.
She stepped forward and bent down to pick up the
separation booklet he had thrown onto the floor.
"Also asking the Marquis to be sure to transcribe
the contents. It is not that I do not trust the
Marquis, but since we want to separate, it is better
to write some things down. Of course, if the
Marquis wants to add any conditions to the divorce
papers, it can be negotiated.
Fu Yanlin stared at her. Her eyes were calm,
indifferent and untroubled. He reached out and
took that paper. He turned around for the final
time and strode away.

Mu Huanqing was very satisfied now that this issue
was resolved.
In the separation booklet, she especially wrote that
the family and servants that she was bringing with
her belonged to her, and no one from the Marquis
household could ask for them back.
She had to leave a safeguard for the child in her
belly. If the people of the Marquis house discover
that she had given birth to a child, they were not
allowed to take it away. Although she believed that
Fu Yanlin would not want her child, she still had to
prepare for it. It was better to be prepared
beforehand, so the word 'family' had a deeper
meaning.
Fu Yanlin thought that her 'family and servants'
were those three people because he knew that she
regarded these people as her family. So he swiftly
wrote in the separation booklet and stamped it.
The next morning, Mu Huanqing received the
things that she wanted. A copy of the separation
booklet, the contracts of the three people, and fifty-
two thousand silver notes.
The two of them now had nothing to do with each
other. She carefully put away the separation
booklet, her heart finally at ease.