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

Chapter 3 is so filthy!

Bai Wanqing was already stunningly beautiful, and now, with her aloof demeanor and resolute gaze, Meng Zhan was momentarily lost in thought as she stared at him.

He had always known of Bai Wanqing's beauty, just like when he first met her, she looked at him calmly and smiled, like a plum blossom blooming in the morning light, pure and refined. He admitted that he had been moved by her.

But he also extinguished that feeling himself. He was destined for a career in government, while she came from a merchant family. Her family background couldn't help him. All she had were some material possessions. She was not worthy of his future glory.

"Divorce? Impossible!" Meng Zhan said in a deep voice, "Bai Wanqing, you can only be divorced and leave the Meng family!"

Hearing her son say this, Fang agreed, "That's right, how can our Meng family produce a divorced woman? We can only divorce her!"

Ruixin was furious at how the mother and son had bullied her young lady like this, so she stepped forward to confront them, "You...you were the ones who wronged the young lady first, and now you're turning around and accusing her. This is outrageous!"

Enraged, Fang stepped forward and slapped Ruixin across the face, saying, "Who do you think you are, daring to speak here?"

Fang was about to hit her again, but Bai Wanqing, who had stood up, grabbed her wrist. Meng Zhan was taken aback by Bai Wanqing's overstepping of her bounds. Both he and Fang were stunned.

"Mother, just talk, why did you suddenly attack!" Bai Wanqing's sharp gaze filled Fang Shi with fear; she had never seen her daughter-in-law show such an expression before.

Seeing that his mother was taken aback, Meng Zhan coughed lightly, "Mother, did you hurt your wrist?"

Fang immediately cried out, "It hurts! It hurts!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Meng Zhan once again produced the letter of divorce. "Bai Wanqing, you have just assaulted your mother-in-law. This scene is right before our eyes. Can you still deny it?"

“Beat? Husband, you have a vivid imagination!” After saying that, Bai Wanqing released Fang’s wrist. She used just the right amount of force, and there was not a red mark or even the slightest trace of being pinched on Fang’s wrist.

Seeing that Bai Wanqing had indeed not hurt her, Fang glanced at her son, hardened her heart, and rammed herself against the wooden table next to her.

Before Meng Zhan and Bai Wanqing could react, Fang was thrown off the corner of the table, followed by a heart-wrenching scream.

"Mother!" Meng Zhan rushed forward to support Fang Shi, whose arm was scraped and bleeding was beginning to seep out.

Fang was sweating profusely from the pain. She grimaced and glared fiercely at Bai Wanqing, shouting, "You! You beat your mother-in-law! That's unfilial! My Meng family will divorce you today! Zhan'er, give her the divorce papers!"

Meng Zhan knew his mother's intention. He helped Fang Shi to the bedside and then threw the letter of divorce in front of Bai Wanqing for the third time.

"Bai Wanqing, what else do you have to say?" Meng Zhan felt sorry for Fang Shi and was extremely angry with Bai Wanqing.

Looking at the mother and son in front of her, Bai Wanqing found it amusing. Her mother-in-law, who was usually most afraid of pain, was now willing to risk everything for her son.

The man before her was even more terrifying; in order to divorce her, he didn't hesitate to use his own mother.

Bai Wanqing's expression was aloof and neither humble nor arrogant: "I have nothing to say about such a blatant frame-up, but it is absolutely impossible for me to just accept it."

“Meng Zhan, you can give me a letter of divorce, after all, I can’t stop it.”

"But after I receive the letter of divorce, I will go to the county magistrate to seek justice. It will probably not be so easy for you to marry the Liu family's daughter as soon as possible."

When Meng Zhan heard Bai Wanqing mention the Liu family's daughter, he blushed and said, "Bai Wanqing, what nonsense are you talking about? There's no such thing as a Liu family's daughter!" "Whether I have a husband or not, I know for sure!"

Bai Wanqing's confident expression made Meng Zhan uneasy. He tentatively asked Bai Wanqing, "What do you know? I already said that this was just something my mother said casually. There's no such thing. I'm divorcing you only because you're unfilial!"

Bai Wanqing ignored Meng Zhan's sophistry. On a whim, she uttered the name, "Bao Si."

Meng Zhan paused noticeably, his expression turning inscrutable as he looked at Bai Wanqing. "What are you doing with that bag? Are you sending someone to spy on me?"

Bai Wanqing simply smiled, then calmly looked at Meng Zhan and said, "If no one knows, then don't do it in the first place."

Meng Zhan was clearly flustered. His gaze towards Bai Wanqing was filled with resentment. He didn't understand why Bai Wanqing could still find Bao Si when he had clearly sold him out.

How much exactly did Bao Si tell Bai Wanqing? He dared not think about it. If Bai Wanqing took his affair with Liu Feifei to the authorities, he would not only lose his foothold in Huaizhou, but the Liu family would also blame him.

Meng Zhan's arrogance from before had vanished. He quickly composed himself and his words became much gentler: "It's too late today, and the old lady is injured and needs a doctor to treat her. Madam, please go home first. We can discuss the divorce another day, shall we?"

Bai Wanqing glanced at Fang Shi, who was leaning against the bed. Fang Shi's face was pale with pain. She knew this was Meng Zhan's delaying tactic, but she also needed time. So she decided not to linger and left Fude Garden with Ruixin.

Upon returning to Qingzhu Pavilion, Bai Wanqing immediately noticed the red handprint on Ruixin's face.

"She used so much force, how is it? Does it still hurt?" Bai Wanqing looked at Ruixin's face with some heartache, then rummaged through the box and found a medicine box, found some cooling and pain-relieving medicine and applied it to Ruixin.

Ruixin and she grew up together. Although they were mistress and servant on the surface, they were like sisters. Ruixin had never suffered such grievances in the Bai family. This Fang family was slapping her in the face.

"Miss, I'm fine!" Ruixin forced a silly smile, trying to hold back her tears, afraid that Bai Wanqing would worry.

Bai Wanqing was moved by the girl's appearance and smiled with tears in her eyes.

"Miss, today I saw that the son-in-law and the old lady were determined to divorce her. We managed to get away with it today, but what will they do tomorrow?" Ruixin was angry, but even more worried.

Bai Wanqing knew this, "So we need to find Bao Si as soon as possible. Tonight, you should go back to the Bai family and find Uncle Liu. Ask him to select a few reliable people from the Bai family's foreign affairs personnel to keep an eye on the Meng family. If there is any movement, have them report it immediately."

"Yes!" Ruixin accepted the order and left.

Bai Wanqing took a deep breath, a bitter smile appearing on her lips. She knew that Meng Zhan would never allow her to threaten him, and he would definitely take action.

Just as Bai Wanqing had suspected, Meng Zhan secretly selected several servants from the front courtyard late at night and had them ride out of the city on horseback overnight, heading towards Huaizhou.

“It seems that Meng Zhan is even more eager to find Bao Si than we are to do so,” Bai Wanqing said. “Then tell Uncle Liu to have our men catch up with them as soon as possible, find a way to detain them, and send them to my estate in the suburbs.”

"Also, find all these people's indentures; we'll take them with us when we go to the estate later."

"Yes, ma'am."

The night was anything but calm, and when Uncle Liu sent another message, it was just dawn.

(End of this chapter)