Chapter 42: Will You Divorce Dongfang Yan? [42-1

After entering the main gate, Zhao An led the way while bowing and scraping, saying, "Your Highness, the Qi Wu Dian has been tidied up. You will reside in Qi Wu Dian from now on; it is more spacious and comfortable, and it befits your current status."

Lin Qingyue asked, "Did Dongfang Yan arrange this?"

Zhao An said, "Yes. The Prince is still very attentive to you. He even specifically instructed the kitchen to prepare the dishes you like today, wanting to have dinner with you."

Lin Qingyue frowned: "Does he know what I like to eat?"

Zhao An was suddenly choked up: It seemed he did not.

Upon arriving at Qi Wu Dian, they saw Dongfang Yan guarding a large table of food, his expression extremely gloomy.

Seeing Lin Qingyue, he said unpleasantly, "Do you know what time it is now?"

Lin Qingyue said, "I know, it is the first quarter of the Hai hour."

Dongfang Yan had not eaten for a day and a night. Considering this was the first formal meal they would have together as a couple tonight, he had specifically kept his stomach empty to wait for her.

As a result... after waiting for two hours and working up a belly full of anger, she finally arrived late!

He took a deep breath, suppressed his displeasure, and said, "Sit down and eat."

Lin Qingyue glanced at the dishes on the table and said, "I have already had dinner at the Xuanjing Division."

Dongfang Yan: "..."

So he had gone hungry and waited all evening for nothing?

At this point, he was still enduring it and took the initiative to pour her a cup of wine: "Since you have eaten, then sit down and have a drink with this Prince. Consider it thanks for you helping this Prince draw out the Mayfly Silk earlier."

Since it was a drink of gratitude, Lin Qingyue accepted it without ceremony.

After a cup of wine went down, Dongfang Yan got straight to the point: "This Prince wishes to make your younger sister Zhen'er a Secondary Consort. What is your opinion on this?"

"So it was a trap after all." Lin Qingyue tossed her wine cup aside, "I do not agree."

Dongfang Yan asked, "Why?"

Lin Qingyue said, "If she is to enter this house, then you and I must divorce."

"Lin Qingyue, you..." Dongfang Yan was a bit angry. He had spoken so kindly and reasonably to discuss it with her, yet she did not leave any room for negotiation at all.

"I am discussing this with you because this Prince has already regarded you as my primary wife. Zhen'er, she, after all, saved this Prince's life. This Prince can promise you that after Zhen'er enters the mansion, she will not shake your status. How about that... is that acceptable?"

For so long, this was the first time Dongfang Yan had discussed things with her so patiently.

He had set aside his status as a Prince and, like an ordinary husband, was calmly discussing the matter of taking a concubine with his wife.

Yet Lin Qingyue did not give him any face at all, coldly refusing: "I do not agree."

"Lin Qingyue, why are you so stubborn? Taking a wife and concubines is a common affair; even an ordinary merchant's family has a few concubines. This Prince is even discussing it with you in a kind and gentle manner, why are you so impervious to reason?"

He seemed to think of something else, and his tone softened: "Are you blaming this Prince for leaving you to spend the wedding night in an empty room alone? If you can change your unpleasant temper, this Prince... this Prince will make you a true Princess in name and deed. Or, before Zhen'er enters the house, I will let you conceive an heir first."

Xiao Hua had originally been squatting by the door, secretly eavesdropping. Upon hearing the end, he suddenly widened his cat eyes and immediately looked to see Lin Qingyue's reaction.

Lin Qingyue was also somewhat surprised; she froze for a moment and then suddenly started to laugh.

Dongfang Yan was a bit annoyed: "Lin Qingyue, what are you laughing at?"

Lin Qingyue stopped laughing: "Dongfang Yan, let us divorce!"

Hearing this, Xiao Hua secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He did not know why he felt this way, perhaps because he felt Dongfang Yan was not worthy of her. Perhaps it was something else.

Dongfang Yan's face turned cold: "Lin Qingyue, even if you are unwilling, you do not need to use divorce to threaten this Prince!"

"I am threatening you?" Lin Qingyue leaned forward, revealing a charming smile, "Do you know what the best way to handle being threatened is?"

She breathed like an orchid and said softly in his ear: "That is to follow my words and agree, then you will no longer fear being threatened. What do you say, Your Highness the Prince?"

Dongfang Yan turned his eyes slightly, met Lin Qingyue's provocative gaze, and slowly spat out one sentence: "Don't even think about it!"

Lin Qingyue laughed: "Then you... don't even think about it either!"

The final result was that Dongfang Yan flicked his sleeves and left, while Lin Qingyue enjoyed the entire Qi Wu Dian to herself.

Dongfang Yan left in a huff, his face gloomily terrifying.

He walked out of the hall door, then suddenly stopped his steps and asked Zhao An: "Do you think this Prince is too indulgent of the Princess? She wanted to go to the Xuanjing Division, and this Prince tacitly allowed it. As for the past, this Prince did not want to quibble, and I even said all the nice things I could!"

Zhao An said: "A man's indulgence of a woman is mostly because he cares."

"You mean..." Dongfang Yan said slowly, "This Prince cares about her? Cares about Lin Qingyue?"

Zhao An said: "Your Highness, think about how you felt when you first met the Princess? Disgust, not even deigning to say an extra word. And now? The Princess defies you time and again, yet you still consider her feelings. You even take the initiative to show goodwill. If this is not caring, then what is it?"

Is it caring?

If he did not care, how could he tolerate her defiance time after time? If he did not care, how could he... want her to be his true Princess, rather than one in name only?

Inside Qi Wu Dian, the lights were bright, and there were a bunch of maids and nannies.

Lin Qingyue felt it was a bit troublesome, so she dismissed everyone, leaving only Bi'er to serve by her side.

Without outsiders, Bi'er said: "The Prince is truly strange; he shows you goodwill on one hand, while wanting to make the Second Miss a Secondary Consort on the other. Princess, if you never relent, will the Prince be angry? But that Second Miss..."

Whenever Bi'er thought of the time at the Lin family, where the mistress and servant were schemed against by Lin Ruzhen in various ways, she felt a chill.

"Princess, even if the Prince's mansion is to have a new person, it absolutely cannot be the Second Miss!"

Lin Qingyue said: "Rest assured, I have my own plans."

Other women stop their husbands from taking concubines out of jealousy, but Lin Qingyue was not; she purely wanted to torture him.

"Bi'er, you go down and rest."

When there was nothing to do at night, Lin Qingyue had to be busy cultivating, so it was naturally inconvenient to have anyone around.

Bi'er left obediently and even helped her blow out the candles on the way.

Lin Qingyue was just about to sit cross-legged when she suddenly looked up and met a pair of glowing eyes.

She asked: "You haven't left yet?"

"There were too many people just now, it wasn't convenient to talk to you." Xiao Hua jumped down from the high cabinet, "Will you divorce Dongfang Yan?"

During the time he had stayed by Lin Qingyue's side, Xiao Hua had also been secretly observing the situation between her and Dongfang Yan.

He keenly sensed that Dongfang Yan's attitude toward Lin Qingyue had undergone a significant change.