Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 257: Prince Xie’s Wedding

"Brother Yu, Zhu Baoyu and I..." Wen Mingzhu wanted to explain, but Zhao Jue didn't want to listen.

He wanted to yell angrily: "I will no longer care about you, and I despise women like you who are greedy for wealth and fame."

But he hid the disgust in his eyes deeply, and said very gently: "Zhu'er, please don't say anything. If you say more, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear to leave you and want to change my mind!"

"Brother Yu, baby really can't bear to leave you, but..." Wen Mingzhu wanted to throw herself into Zhao Jue's arms.

Zhao Jue dodged it with a dodge, "I know, I know everything, don't worry, I will definitely ask the emperor's uncle to help you leave."

He is the crown prince of the Great Sheng Dynasty, a man who is second only to the emperor and above everyone else, and a man of great influence.

How could I not see the disgust and yearning for the outside world in the woman’s eyes!
In the past, he devoted himself to learning how to govern the country. Although he had been around many women, he had never fallen in love with anyone.

He was moved by the talent of Wen Mingzhu, who was only eleven years old, and became obsessed with her, even begging his father to grant them a marriage.

He thought she would become the favorite in his heart, but in the end she was like mosquito blood sprinkled on clothes, and now she is the person he most wants to stay away from.

In the past six months since they got married, he tried every possible way, even giving up everything, to be good to her.

Why is she not satisfied yet?

Before he met her, he was a proud and perfect prince, but in just half a year he became a prisoner for her.

Why didn’t she run away from the marriage like in the dream!
If she hadn't cheated on him and he hadn't had that dream, he would still be blaming himself for not giving her happiness.

After he realized that his father and mother wanted to give up on him, he stayed at the new Crown Princess's place every day in order to get the full support of the Shen and Su families.

But he felt guilty in his heart. At that time, he treated her as a treasure in his hands, but she stepped on his love and complained that her shoes were sticky!
What made him even more unbearable was that in his dreams she had been together and divorced five times, and all her husbands were chosen by men with good fortunes.

But in her words, they were so despicable and had no redeeming qualities at all.

After waking up from the dream, his special affection for her gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a hypocrisy that made him sick.

Zhao Yu turned away indifferently. He knew that this woman was no longer worthy of his love.

So he didn't want to leave her any chance, but he pretended to be doing it for her own good, and turned around decisively, leaving behind a scene of pain.

Isn't it just pretending?
Who can’t do it anymore!
Seeing that the former crown prince was so stubborn, the Seventh Uncle asked with great sorrow, "Yu'er, are you really willing to let her go?"

"Brother Yu~" Wen Mingzhu also looked at him eagerly, fearing that he would go back on his word.

"Seventh Uncle, please help me ask His Majesty to allow Zhu'er to leave the criminal clan. I have no other wishes in my life except for Zhu'er to be happy."

Zhao Jue smiled as he spoke, but his face was full of despair, sadness and anger, like the smile of an abandoned person.

After he said that, he opened the door and walked in, only to find that Wen Mingzhu did not follow him out, but was standing there in a daze.

A sneer welled up in Zhao Yu's heart, but it only lasted for a moment. He turned around and decided to completely forget about this woman.

He was a member of the royal family. Even if he was imprisoned as a criminal, no one dared to abuse him. At most, he would be placed under house arrest for life.

Eating three meals a day on time, with one meat, one vegetable and one soup for each meal, might be a torment for the ambitious Wen Mingzhu.

But it is not sad for Zhao Jue now. Since ancient times, the victors are kings and the losers are bandits. Now that he has lost the throne, he will live here until he grows old.

But Wen Mingzhu is a restless person. Even though she was imprisoned as a member of the royal family, she still smiles at other men all day long and treats him as a blind man.

If he didn't know what kind of person she was, he might be in pain, but he really didn't care about her after he had a dream. He closed his eyes and recalled the scene in the dream. His past with Wen Qingwan came to his mind, and he could see her dignified face when he closed his eyes.

They had been husband and wife for twelve years in their dreams, but fate played a cruel joke on them.

They are like a pair of the most familiar strangers, and in reality they are two parallel lines that cannot intersect.

When they first got married, she tried to please him, but he firmly refused.

She had always been good at hiding her true feelings, and she regained her composure in just a moment, leading him to believe that she didn't want to marry him, just like her sister.

He had been living a life of luxury since childhood and had many servants, so how could he withstand repeated blows?

So every word and every action he used to torture her was full of destructive power, leaving her with no hope for him anymore.

Under his cruel torture, she was in a state of despair that was about to swallow her up, but she became stronger.

In reality, he had only met her a few times. The first time was Wen Mingzhu's thirteenth birthday, when the Wen family held a banquet to celebrate.

When performing her talent, Wen Mingzhu wrote a few poems, but everyone urged her to play the piano.

He didn't know that Wen Mingzhu couldn't play the piano, but he knew that the person sitting on the high platform playing the piano was the eldest daughter of the Wen family.

She was wearing a veil and stood tall and graceful, like the bright and cold moon in the sky, cold and aloof.

The pleasant sound of the piano attracted the attention of the nobles, who were crazy about her. When the piano sounded, everyone whispered and praised Wen Mingzhu.

If Wen Mingzhu hadn't been nestled in his arms, he would have thought it was the second young lady of the Wen family.

Wen Mingzhu smiled sweetly and said, "Brother Crown Prince, I write poems better than my elder sister, and I play the piano even better than her, but I only play for you."

Hearing this made his heart blossom, just like the breeze on a summer afternoon, gently blowing away all worries, leaving behind endless warmth and joy.

But whether in his dreams or in reality, he had never heard Wen Mingzhu play the piano.

Thinking back to the time after he married Wen Mingzhu, most of the time they were together was either spent making love or eating, drinking and having fun.

The Seventh Prince's uncle was very efficient in his work. Perhaps the new emperor also wanted to compensate the former crown prince, so he conveyed the new emperor's oral order in about an hour.

If Zhao Jue divorces Wen Mingzhu, he can set Wen Mingzhu free.

Zhao Jue knew very well what would happen to Wen Mingzhu after he divorced her, but he would not say it and could only pretend to be reluctant.

Wen Mingzhu had been spoiled by Minister Wen since she was a child and had no idea how serious it was to be divorced by the deposed crown prince.

She just wanted to leave the clan house as soon as possible and stop Xie Xiaofeng from getting married. "Brother Yu, please help Bao Bao and divorce me!"

"You really don't regret it?"

"I don't regret leaving, I just feel sorry for Brother Yu." Humph! Who would want to stay in the criminal clan with the deposed prince?

But Wen Mingzhu didn't say the rest of this sentence. She cried like a pear blossom in the rain and left without looking back.

The Prince of the Duke of Huguo was getting married, and the entire mansion was carefully decorated to be extremely lively.

Colorful lanterns were hung high, fireworks were blooming, a festive and peaceful atmosphere filled the air, and the servants in the mansion were busy shuttling back and forth.

(End of this chapter)