The Divorced Woman’s Guide to Winning Over the Emperor: Wild Grass, Stay Back

“Chunsheng! If you don’t divorce that jinx, I’ll kill myself!” “Mother, Suxin is still the wife I married properly. I’ve only just passed the county-level scholar exam. Divorcing her now would be rather heartless.” “My foolish son, you’re far too softhearted! She’s been part of the Liu family for five years. She’s eaten our food and drunk our water. Even a pig should have given us a piglet by now to repay us! But she’s just a hen that eats without laying eggs! We’re doing the Bai family a favor by only divorcing her now! If this old woman doesn’t accuse the Bai family of deceiving us into a marriage, they should count themselves lucky! Who would dare say a word against you, a scholar? Besides, ever since you passed the exam a little over half a month ago, Matchmaker Wang from our town has been sneaking over to tell me that the Fu family has taken a liking to you! They want you as their son-in-law! Thank our ancestors! Thank our ancestors! The Fu family has only one daughter. If you marry into their family, then all their property will belong to our Liu family! The Fu family even said that if you divorce Suxin and marry Miss Fu as your principal wife, the match is made!” Thinking of the Fu family’s enormous fortune, which would soon belong to her son Liu Chunsheng and herself, Madam Liu’s eyes shone with undisguised greed. The Fu family was the richest merchant household in Liqiao Town! Although merchants ranked rather low in the Nanyuan Kingdom, who doesn’t like money? Especially when there’s so much of it! The Fu family must have taken a liking to her son because Liu Chunsheng had passed the scholar exam at only twenty-one. Surely his future was bright...