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

Chapter 262 The Wind Rises Again

Divorce? Why is it divorce again?

Bai Wanqing looked up blankly at Cui and his wife, and asked, "Mother, Father, is there something Wanqing has done wrong these days?"

Why bring up divorce all of a sudden?

Seeing that Bai Wanqing had misunderstood, Lin Feiyun's face turned bright red. He was anxious to explain, but all he could say was "No! No!"

Cui took over the conversation, saying, "Wanqing, you did very well, but the Lin family is indeed not a suitable place for you to stay now."

Unlike his usual self, Cui spoke with unusual seriousness! Lin Feiyun, standing to the side, looked on with reluctance, but he didn't say another word except for a sigh.

Bai Wanqing seemed to understand something, and she felt as if her body had fallen into an ice cellar.

She didn't believe it! She didn't believe it!
Lin Yunche's kung fu is so good, and his mind is so quick, how could anything happen to him!
She doesn't believe it!
"Mother, Father, forgive my bluntness, but I will not agree to a divorce without my husband's personal request for me to leave the Lin family!" Bai Wanqing said with her head slightly lowered, her tone unusually firm.

Lin Feiyun looked at Cui Shi with an air of "I knew it" in his eyes.

Cui said, "Wanqing, I don't know how much about the Lin family Che'er has told you."

"But this time, Che'er probably won't be coming back! Our Lin family probably won't survive either."

"If we let you leave the Lin family now, it's because you can decide whether or not to let one more person live."

Why drag you down with us, to die with the Lin family?

"Can you understand me?"

Bai Wanqing's eyes were slightly red, and she nodded slightly in shock.

Cui smiled with satisfaction and said, "Old man, I told you Che'er wouldn't hide anything from Wanqing. See, I was right this time, wasn't I?"

Lin Feiyun forced a smile, "Yes! You're incredibly insightful."

"Wanqing, now that you understand, please sign the divorce papers." With that, Madam Cui took out the divorce papers she had prepared beforehand, which already had Madam Cui and Lin Feiyun's names signed on them.

The two elders transferred all the remaining Lin family property to Bai Wanqing, indicating that they were prepared to perish together with the Prince of Huai.

"Father, Mother, I cannot divorce!" Bai Wanqing said firmly after composing herself. "I promised my husband that I would stay in the Lin family and take good care of them."

“Silly child! Didn’t you understand just now? This is a matter of life and death.” After Cui finished speaking, Lin Feiyun nodded in agreement.

"Mother, I understand!"

“But from the day I married into the Lin family, I knew about this crisis.”

"This is my choice, and I don't regret it!"

Cui and Lin Feiyun were deeply moved by Bai Wanqing's unwavering determination to stay.

"Old woman, I knew it! This is the daughter-in-law chosen by our son, how could she be a coward who fears death?" Lin Feiyun laughed heartily.

"Yes, yes, yes! It's just that your Lin family is lucky; you always manage to find wives who are willing to share life and death with you."

"Old woman, what time is it? You still can't help but praise yourself."

Cui laughed heartily, followed by Lin Feiyun and Bai Wanqing.

Now that Wanqing has decided to stay, Cui and Lin Feiyun no longer intend to hide the news they have recently received!
"Wanqing, the Lin family is indeed facing a life-or-death situation now."

"We have received news that Che'er has found his uncle in the Northern Dynasty."

"However, his uncle was not detained by the Northern Dynasty, but became a prince consort in the Northern Dynasty."

“In other words,” Cui said, her expression turning somewhat awkward.

"So, the accusation that the Lin family plotted a rebellion back then has now been confirmed?" Bai Wanqing asked.

Lin Feiyun nodded helplessly, "Yes! Now even the entire Lin family is suspicious of Uncle Lin, let alone the current emperor or anyone else."

"But right now, that's not the most urgent thing."

"The most urgent thing is that the news that Che'er was searching for Lin Sishu in the Northern Dynasty somehow got back from the Northern Dynasty."

"His Majesty has not yet made a move, but the Prince of Huai has sent people to Huaizhou."

"I think they'll find the Lin family soon."

"Lord Hai has come to our house several times in a panic. If Prince Huai finds out that Lin Yunche is not in Huaizhou..."

"It's not just our Lin family; even Lord Hai might be implicated."

Bai Wanqing also felt that the situation was somewhat serious. "So you two elders decided to hide here at the Du family's place?"

Cui and Lin Feiyun exchanged a glance and nodded with wry smiles.

"Father, Mother, we can't keep hiding like this!"

"Let's go back to the Lin family first!"

“I’ll handle Lord Hai and Prince Huai.”

Lin Feiyun was taken aback, and Cui quickly shook her head, "Child, I know you have a plan in mind, but this time it's not the Fang family or the Fang family, who are merchant families."

“Both Prince Huai and Lord Hai wield great power and are not easy to deal with.”

“Mother, you’ve forgotten, we’re an official family too, we’re not so easy to deal with.”

Upon hearing Bai Wanqing's words, Madam Cui burst into laughter. She happily took Bai Wanqing's hand and said, "Truly worthy of being my daughter-in-law, truly worthy of being my daughter-in-law!"

"Okay! Let's go home now."

Meanwhile, in Madam Du's room, Steward Du was telling Madam Du about what had happened in Yangzhou.

As Madam Du listened, she felt her heart pounding with fear.

"According to you, the Fang family isn't just trying to skin the Du family alive, they want to plunge the Du family into the abyss and leave them with no place to bury their bodies!"

Manager Du nodded and said, "That's right. If Madam Lin hadn't asked me to find a way to exchange the two batches of goods on the way, our Du family would probably be in big trouble this time."

Madam Du suddenly felt a chill run from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

"Ruthless! The Fang family is indeed ruthless!"

"It was thanks to Wanqing this time that our Du family was spared from falling into the abyss."

"What a pity!" Manager Du was a little confused. Madam Lin had been doing her best to help the Du family, and the Du family's cloth shop business had reached new heights. How could it be a pity?

However, in Madam Du's eyes, it was a great pity, as the Lin family was now facing a catastrophic situation.

Even though Master Lin and Madam Cui didn't make things clear, Du Wei, with her many years of experience in Huaizhou City, had managed to gather some information.

Wanqing is in big trouble this time.
Even if the Du family spared no effort to help, it would probably be in vain.
If only Wanqing hadn't married into the Lin family back then. If she had married into the Du family, perhaps everything would have been different.

Thinking of this, Du Wei suddenly smiled!
Back in Huai'an County, everyone despised Bai Wanqing, who had been driven out of the Meng family.

Although she never considered disliking Bai Wanqing back then, she never intended for Bai Wanqing to marry into the Du family.

Looking back now, at that banquet, only Madam Hu and Madam Lan had any discerning eye.

What difference is there between the remaining women and the Meng family?
Just as Madam Du was thinking about this, Steward Du quietly interrupted her.

"Madam, Lin Fengniang just arrived and said that Madam Lin and the others want to return to the Lin family."

Du Wei sighed softly, suppressing the regret in her heart, "Yes! I know!"

"Having spent so much time with Wanqing, she seems calm, but she's not the type to sit idly by and wait for death. With her back, this situation might be salvaged."

"Manager Du, go to the kitchen and get some food and other necessities. We'll have Wanqing and the others take them with them."

That is, on the day Bai Wanqing returned, the Lin family moved back to the Lin family from the Du family.

Cheng Susu naturally followed Wanqing and the others.

The Hai family servant, who had been staking out the Lin family's residence for a long time, saw it and quickly ran back to the Hai family to report.

"Lord Hai! Madam Lin is back!"

Lord Hai, who was originally so worried that he couldn't eat, suddenly widened his eyes.

"Are you sure? Bai Wanqing is back?"

The servant nodded repeatedly, "They're back! Even Old Madam Lin and Master Lin, who disappeared these past few days, have returned!"

Hai Chengming's expression finally improved; he had been dealt with quite a bit by Lin Feiyun and that Cui woman these past few days.

If it weren't for the presence of Marquis Zhaonan, preventing him from resorting to violence, he would have already...
Fortunately, the two were sensible enough to hide away after a few days. He originally thought that when the Prince of Huai came, he would pretend not to know anything. Even if the Prince of Huai really brought people to the Lin family, there was no one in the Lin family, so the Prince of Huai couldn't do anything to him.

But now that they're back, they must have already come up with a plan. Hai Daren was deep in thought, completely unaware of Hai Shengyang's arrival.

It wasn't until Hai Shengyang spoke up: "Father, you said we'd be leaving Huaizhou soon, but when exactly?"

Mr. Hai now gets a headache whenever he sees his daughter.

"Shengyang, didn't I tell you? I have very important things to do these days, so don't bother me so often!" Hai Chengming said impatiently.

Hai Shengyang's eyes suddenly reddened with grievance.

“Father, I was just asking when we can leave Huaizhou, why are you so angry?”

Besides, was that what she really wanted to ask? It was just because she heard that Bai Wanqing had returned, and people on the street were bringing up the old story again, pointing and gossiping about her.

To be honest, she really didn't want to stay in Huaizhou City for even a second longer.

When Hai Chengming saw his daughter, who was on the verge of tears, he was filled with sorrow.

"Shengyang, it's time you changed your spoiled princess temper!"

Hai Chengming didn't coax Hai Shengyang as usual, which surprised Hai Shengyang!
Although she wasn't the most favored child in the family, her father had never spoken harshly to her. What was wrong with him today?
"Father, I."

Hai Chengming clearly had no patience to listen to Hai Shengyang continue.

“Shengyang, when you wanted to come to Huaizhou City, our whole family was against it.”

“But you still insisted on coming. I know you are not a reckless person. You must have something in mind.”

"But now that my daughter and I have arrived in Huaizhou City, we realize that leaving is no longer so easy!"

"You say you've become the laughingstock of Huaizhou City, Shengyang, but who caused this?"

"Life is full of things beyond our control, and today, my daughter and I are trapped in Huaizhou City—it's a situation we can't control."

Hai Chengming looked at Hai Shengyang, who was somewhat stunned, sighed, and then said, "Ah, daughter! You should grow up now."

Hai Shengyang lowered her head and didn't say anything more, so Hai Chengming told her to leave first.

"We are both women, so why can't I give birth to a daughter like the Bai family?"

The next day, Hai Da secretly sent a message to the Lin family.

Just then, Fengniang finished making breakfast and came in with the letter, handing it to Bai Wanqing. "Madam, please take a look!"

Bai Wanqing unfolded the letter, glanced at the words on it, and then burned it.

"Madam, what did the letter say?" Ruixin had sensed the tense atmosphere at home since yesterday and asked worriedly.

"The Prince of Huai's men will be here soon!"

"It should be within the next day or two. Professor Hai wants us to be prepared."

Fengniang and Ruixin both looked at Bai Wanqing with concern, "Madam, what should we do? Lord Lin is not in this mansion. Even if we go to the Northern Dynasty to look for him now, it will be too late!"

"Yes, Madam, what if they find out that our master is not at home?"

"We can't really explain the rumors that came from the Northern Dynasty."

Bai Wanqing was well aware of this, so all she could do now was to stall for time.

They only hoped that their husbands would understand their current predicament and find a way to return from the Northern Dynasty as soon as possible.

"I know!"

"By the way, has your mother-in-law sent anyone to the Northern Dynasty to look for someone?"

Feng Niang nodded, "It has been sent, but five days have passed and there has been no news yet."

"Ruixin, what is the Marquis of Zhaonan's attitude?"

(End of this chapter)