Chapter 141

Chapter 141: Promises Made in Bed Don’t Count

After Yu Zhi Yi left, Zhang Tian Shun lost interest. But he still had one more thing to do, and he said coolly to Yu Jiao Jiao: “Your Yu clan can really hide. You even dared to drive out the people I sent. But do you think that if you don’t accept the divorce letter, it won’t count?”

These days, Zhang Tian Shun had been wanting to repudiate Yu Jiao Jiao. But she kept hiding, and the Yu clan refused to meet the messengers from Duke Yong’s Manor, so the divorce letter could not be delivered. If Du Zi Heng had not been targeting him lately and keeping him busy, he would already have stormed into the Yu Manor and slapped the letter onto the face of any random nobody.

Yu Jiao Jiao turned pale. She had been hiding from Zhang Tian Shun all this time just to avoid the divorce letter. She had not expected her impulse today to give him an opening. Shaking her head and stumbling back, she blurted: “No, no! I am your lawfully wedded wife. I have not committed any of the seven grounds for casting out a wife. You cannot divorce me!”

Zhang Tian Shun rolled his eyes. A notorious second-generation scoundrel in the capital does not go soft just because the other party is a woman, even if she once shared his bed and pillow. He said lazily: “Whether you have or have not is up to this young master’s word. If you know what is good for you, pack up and leave. I will be generous and let you take your dowry. But if you stay stubborn,” and he gave a cold laugh, “do not blame this young master for ignoring old times.”

Yu Jiao Jiao flushed with shame, anger, and hurt and protested: “Zhang Tian Shun, you said you would only love me in the future and only be good to me. Have you forgotten?”

Zhang Tian Shun’s eyes held a playful glint as he said: “Promises a man makes on the bed cannot be taken as real; they are just part of the fun.”

Yu Jiao Jiao shook all over with rage: “You have no heart!”

She felt both unwilling and lost. They had both married, and even on the same day, so why was his attitude toward Yu Zhi Yi completely different from his attitude toward her? In the last life, Zhang Tian Shun was as obedient as a dog before Yu Zhi Yi. He dismissed the women in his rear courtyard and openly showed her tenderness and love. Why? Why?

She did not understand. But even if she did not understand, she would not yield. Seeing his servants bring over the divorce letter, she gave a cold smile and said: “Zhang Tian Shun, yes, my father was demoted. But that does not mean the Yu clan has fallen. Do not forget that my aunt is still Your Majesty’s favorite consort, and she is pregnant with the dragon’s seed-most likely a young prince. With my aunt’s bond with Your Majesty, once she gives birth to a prince, how do you think Your Majesty will reward her?”

Consort Yu had sat at the rank of consort for too long. It was about time to raise her.

Zhang Tian Shun’s face sank: “So this is your true face. This young master was fooled by you for so long.” A moment later his anger faded into a mean smile: “So cheap? Do you like climbing into this young master’s bed that much?”

He dropped the carriage curtain. The carriage rolled forward, and over the turning wheels came Zhang Tian Shun’s voice: “My mother has been in a foul temper lately. I was worrying about how to cheer her up. Now this young master has an idea.”

“Give her a punching bag, won’t that do?”

Yu Jiao Jiao felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. This man. This man. How could he be so heartless? He would not divorce her only so he could throw her to his mother as a punching bag?

When she thought of Madam Meng’s humiliation at the palace banquet, and that the root of it all was Yu Zhi Yi, she could not help but shiver. Even though she knew she and Yu Zhi Yi did not get along, outsiders would not see it that way. They would only see that they were sisters and decide she ought to pay for the sins her “sister” had caused.