Chapter 124: I Give You a Letter of Divorce
"Oh? Shut up? What, does it hit the mark in your heart, and now you’re unhappy?" Mrs. Qin shed tears but laughed aloud: "If you truly liked the Eldest Princess so much, then what if she cannot bear children? You were the one who gave up. Are you regretting it now? But what’s the use of regret? All of this was your choice; no one owes you anything! I’m foolish, foolish enough to marry you and live as a widow all these years, and now I still have to watch my own husband pine after other women. What am I? After so many years of toil within the Han Family, what do I count for in your eyes?"
Mrs. Qin never thought she could say such words, but no matter how good her temper or patience might be, she had endured for so many years. Can she continue to endure?
If Han Si Que had stayed at the border and never returned, she could have continued to deceive herself.
Or if Han Si Que had returned without directing his gaze towards Su Yaogeng, she could have continued to endure.
But what is it now?
What time is it now? It’s the autumn hunt, where most of the Capital City’s nobles and the imperial Family are gathered here. Yet he’s so heedlessly chasing after Su Yaogeng, gone for a whole night. Yes, they say it’s to find someone, but who knows what kind of person he was looking for?
Is he unsatisfied with the insufficient scandal around the Duke Wei Mansion?
In the Capital City, it was fine if others gossiped in private since the concerned parties were not present. But now, what is he doing as the dignified Duke Wei, Nanyao Country’s famed Great General? Does he truly not care even a little about his face?
If he’s going to throw everything away, then what is she? What about her child?
Their grandson is about to be born, and as the father and grandfather, oh, does he even remember what his son looks like? Does he know who his daughter-in-law is?
When she was giving birth, he didn’t come back. When the eldest son got married, he still didn’t return. Now he’s finally back, but what for! To come back and chase after his sister-in-law?
Mrs. Qin had never felt so wronged before. She’s already of a considerable age, yet her husband still treats her like this. At this moment, she truly doesn’t know what the meaning of her life is! The command of her parents, the words of a matchmaker, marrying him, she really doesn’t blame anyone; it was her fate. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t love her; it’s her fate. But after so many years of marriage, can he at least give her a little dignity!
"If you are unwilling, I’ll give you a letter of divorce, free to go wherever you wish!" Han Si Que forcibly suppressed the impulse to hit someone, coldly uttering a sentence before pushing the door open and leaving!
He was afraid that if he heard her say another word, he would break his own rule of not hitting women!
He also doesn’t know why his life has ended up like this!
He had been escaping for so many years, only to ultimately find that he hadn’t escaped from anything at all.
On the battlefield, he was strategic and decisive, yet upon return, it was as though he had stepped back into that inescapable cage.
He owed Su Yaogeng a lifetime of affection, and he owed Mrs. Qin too. One was the woman he deeply loved, whom he sacrificed for duty, and the other was his responsibility, whom he let down for the one he loved dearly; he truly doesn’t know why it has come to this point, who to blame?
He is a man. He cannot simply forsake his responsibilities for love, yet faced with responsibility, he cannot forget the woman he loves dearly at every moment.