After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 101 Okay, let's keep it simple then.

Cheng Susu was unaware of Lord Cheng's current delusions. She had sent a letter to Wanqing yesterday but had not received a reply, which had initially made her a little sad.

Unexpectedly, she came to see her off early this morning. Cheng Susu was so moved that her eyes welled up with tears, and she held onto Bai Wanqing's arm tightly, not wanting to let go.

"Wanqing, how did you know I was leaving at this time! You don't know, I was so upset yesterday when I didn't receive any messages from you!" Cheng Susu pouted and said.

Bai Wanqing smiled as she looked at Cheng Susu. "Since we're friends, and you're leaving, I naturally want to see you off. As for when you're leaving, do you believe me if I say I'm guessing?"

Bai Wanqing smiled and Cheng Susu nodded without hesitation, "I believe you!"

Then she whispered in Bai Wanqing's ear, "Although others may not know that you are smart, I do."

Bai Wanqing looked at her with complete bewilderment, not knowing how she figured it out, since even she herself didn't think she was smart.

Lord Cheng watched the two girls whispering to each other, and finally couldn't help but cough lightly. Cheng Susu glanced back at her father, and when she turned back, her eyes were full of reluctance.

Knowing that Lord Cheng was anxious, Bai Wanqing had Ruixin bring over the things they had brought. There were five bolts of cloth in total, and Cheng Susu could tell at a glance that the cloth was of the finest Shu brocade.

"Wanqing, what are you doing?" Cheng Susu watched as Ruixin and Liu'er exchanged a few words before putting the things on the carriage.

"This is for you. I know you love beauty, so I'm just glad you don't mind," Bai Wanqing said softly.

Cheng Susu was even more moved, and hugged Bai Wanqing, about to cry out, "Wanqing, how can you be so good to me!"

"I haven't even had a chance to give you your wedding gift yet, and you've already sent me a farewell gift." Cheng Susu's eyes suddenly lit up, and she patted her chest to assure Bai Wanqing, "Wanqing, don't worry, although I can't attend your wedding ceremony, I will definitely send you the gift and make you the most dazzling bride in Huai'an County."

Bai Wanqing took it as Cheng Susu being polite, but still smiled and nodded.

Cheng Susu wanted to talk to Bai Wanqing some more, but Lord Cheng in the carriage couldn't wait any longer and reminded her again. Only then did Cheng Susu reluctantly say goodbye to Bai Wanqing.

"Wanqing, you promised you wouldn't forget me! You have to write to me," Cheng Susu emphasized.

Bai Wanqing smiled and replied, "Okay, I will write to you."

Cheng Susu was initially a little sad, but then she suddenly remembered something and said with a sense of relief, "Then I'll wait for you in the capital."

Bai Wanqing was taken aback, then thought of Lin Yunche and immediately understood, "Okay! See you in the capital then."

Bai Wanqing watched Cheng Susu's carriage drive away until it was no longer visible.

“Miss, let’s go back too. The wedding is coming up soon, and there are still some things we need to pack.” Ruixin said, and Bai Wanqing looked back at the familiar Huai’an County and said, “Okay, let’s go back now.”

As soon as Bai Wanqing returned to the Bai family, the entire family began to bustle with activity, especially the servants, who were all called over by Madam Chen to help Qinglian decorate the courtyard.

"Yesterday she was making arrangements because she didn't have any money, but today she's already decorated the courtyard for the Third Miss. This Madam's favoritism is too obvious," Ruixin said angrily.

"No need to rush, our courtyard will be decorated eventually. Mother won't let us have nothing here and become a laughing stock," Bai Wanqing said calmly.

Ruixin had no choice but to accept everything her young mistress said, but privately she felt sorry for her mistress.

Bai Chenming went out to borrow money early that morning. When he returned, he was surprised to see that the courtyard was already decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers.

When he found Madam Chen in Qinglian's courtyard, he was quite annoyed. "Madam, didn't you say there was no money left in the accounts? What's going on?" he asked, pointing to the hanging silks and lanterns.

Madam Chen calmly directed the people to arrange everything, and then instructed the kitchen to order the ingredients for the day she was leaving. Only then did she have time to explain to Bai Chenming, "Master, I got all these things on credit from someone."

“If it weren’t for the fact that I have never shortchanged them on a regular basis, these businessmen would not have extended credit to the Bai family.”

"But sir, have you managed to borrow any money? I need to get someone to settle the debt as soon as possible!"

After Chen finished speaking, she held out her hand to Bai Chenming. Bai Chenming was speechless and had no choice but to obediently hand over the silver he had just borrowed to Chen.

"Is that all?" Chen frowned as she held the money.

Bai Chenming choked, "This is still not enough! This is five hundred taels! If this were in other people's homes, it would be enough to hold several weddings."

Chen knew perfectly well that Bai Chenming was deliberately complaining about the amount of trouble she was causing.

"Alright! I understand. But I've already spent over three hundred taels decorating Qinglian's courtyard. As for Qing'er's side, I'm afraid we won't have that much money left."

Chen sighed, looking helpless, and Bai Chenming didn't know what to say to her.

"Alright! Alright! If Qing'er's side is less, then so be it! Qing'er won't mind." After Bai Chenming finished speaking, he didn't forget to remind Chen Shi, "But don't make the difference too much. After all, Qing'er is going to the Lin family to be their legal wife. It wouldn't be good if people mistakenly thought that our Bai family favors concubines over wives."

Favoring a concubine over one's wife? Upon hearing this, Madam Chen's face turned green. She said irritably, "Master, don't worry! Whether you favor a concubine over your wife or not, others may not know, but do you think I don't know?" Bai Chenming suddenly thought of something, looked a little embarrassed, coughed twice, and then walked away with his hands behind his back.

Chen gave a soft hum and then told people to continue their work.

It took the Bai family about five days to finally decorate both of their daughters' courtyards. However, it was obvious to everyone that Bai Qinglian's courtyard was much more festive than Bai Wanqing's. Bai Wanqing's courtyard simply had a few "double happiness" characters pasted up and some festive fruits displayed.

Looking at the courtyard, Ruixin couldn't help but mutter, "Miss, no matter what, two hundred taels of silver shouldn't only get this much!"

Bai Wanqing knew this, of course. "Forget it! We're leaving soon! There's no need to have any more unpleasantness with Madam Chen! That would only make things more difficult for Father."

“Miss, you’re too kind to them! That’s why the madam doesn’t care about you at all and gives everything to the third young lady.” Ruixin didn’t really know why her young lady always didn’t care about these things.

Looking at the annoyed Ruixin, Bai Wanqing not only didn't get angry, but even laughed, "Ruixin! Do you think I'm being wronged?"

Ruixin nodded, "Miss, you are, after all, the eldest daughter of our Bai family, and you have a divine physician like Master Luo as your backing. You don't need to be afraid of the Third Miss at all, and we don't need to let the Third Miss cause us trouble at every turn!"

Bai Wanqing's smile faded, and she said with a slightly serious tone, "Ruixin, why do you think I shouldn't fight for it?"

Seeing her mistress's serious expression, Ruixin felt a little scared, but she still thought about it carefully and asked, "Miss, are you afraid of putting Master in a difficult position?"

Bai Wanqing nodded slightly and said, "On one hand!"

“Ruixin, we haven’t been in this world for very long, only a little over 30,000 days at most.”

"Excluding our childhood when we know nothing and our old age when we can't do anything, we actually only have a short 20 or 30 years to do what we want to do."

Ruixin was taken aback, but upon reflection, she realized it was indeed true, and she was slightly surprised.

Bai Wanqing looked at her expression and asked, "What, are you only now realizing that you don't have much time left?"

Ruixin immediately nodded and said, "Miss, I really didn't expect that we would only have such a short time to live well together."

Bai Wanqing nodded, "Yes! So why should I spend so much time getting involved in this kind of struggle?"

Ruixin nodded as if she understood, "But Miss, I still can't swallow this."

"Although we don't want to spend time fighting, we still have to find a way to live comfortably. If we are bullied by them like this, we probably won't be able to sleep soundly."

Bai Wanqing was amused by Ruixin's words, "It's just something for outsiders to see, we don't need to fight over it."

"You've forgotten, I didn't leave a single penny of the betrothal gifts that Young Master Lin gave to the Chen family."

"Let's not dwell on those little things."

Rui thought about it and realized that it made sense. When Miss returned from the Meng family, she took back all the dowry she could.

However, they are just decorations and don't really need to be taken seriously.

"Miss is so insightful," Ruixin said with a smile as she poured tea for Bai Wanqing.

Bai Wanqing was organizing the medical manuscripts that Master Luo had given her. "Put these things away properly. There will probably be a lot of people when we go out tomorrow. Don't let anyone with malicious intent take them."

Ruixin listened and helped Bai Wanqing put the manuscripts away, but secretly thought to herself that only Miss Bai would treasure these manuscripts like this. The people who came here were all merchants. Although they respected doctors, none of them really wanted to become doctors themselves.

After Ruixin put away the medical manuscript, she brought water for Bai Wanqing to wash up.

"Miss, please rest early tonight. Tomorrow is the day we go out, and Granny Chen will definitely come to knock on the door early," Ruixin said as she served her.

Bai Wanqing nodded. Having been married once before, she naturally knew the hardships a woman endures during her wedding.

"Well, Ruixin, you should get some rest too. You'll probably be busy tomorrow as well."

"Got it, miss."

Almost everyone in the Bai family went to bed early that night, hoping to get up before dawn.

When Bai Wanqing opened her eyes, the servants of the Bai family had already gotten up and were busy.

As expected, Granny Chen arrived at Bai Wanqing's room early in the morning to wake her up.

"Young Miss, today is your joyous day, you should get ready."

(End of this chapter)