The husband who forced her to marry her couldn't keep her warm, and she didn't want him to

Li looked a little uncomfortable. She quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief and chuckled:

"Fifth brother's sister-in-law, I'm talking about the woman in the book. Why are you coming towards me..." Her eyes flickered and she seemed a little flustered.

Gu Jinchu smiled openly and said slowly: "What is written in the storybook is not derived from life. What's more, the reality is even more cruel. She is also us, and we may become them one day..."

The storybooks that women like to read are mostly about love, and the endings in reality are hundreds of times more miserable than those described by scholars.

Liu narrowed her eyes and said jokingly, "Fifth brother is so young, it's time for him to be romantic. Why are you so pessimistic for no reason?"

There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and her eyes moved between Gu Jinchu and Li.

When the imperial decree granting marriage was delivered to the Jiang family, the women in the backyard thought that Master Jiang Wu had to marry Gu Jinchu out of necessity.

From Madam Jiang inviting Madam Zhou, to taking Fifth Master Jiang to the Zheng family for the engagement ceremony, to the contact they had during the days after the marriage.

If someone said that the imperial decree granting the marriage was requested by Mr. Jiang Wu, they would believe it without a doubt.

Zhang held her daughter in her arms, her face indifferent, "The orders of our parents and the words of the matchmaker are just us moving from one roof to another. At home, we obey our fathers, and after marriage, we obey our husbands... It's just for the sake of respectability."

Her gaze fell on the daughter in her arms, her eyes were full of love, but also with a hint of helplessness that she herself was not aware of.

Speaking of respectability, the three sisters-in-law in front of her were more respectable than her, and Li's not-so-bright eyes dimmed.

Mr. Jiang, a fourth-rank official, was nearly forty years old. Not only did he not have any concubines, but he had also never been heard of frequenting brothels.

Although Jiang Siye's official position was not high, his power and influence were enormous. After the two concubines in the backyard gave birth to illegitimate children, Jiang Siye no longer set foot in their rooms, and even sent them to the farm two years ago.

Master Wu Jiang did not have a concubine before his marriage. Now that Gu Jinchu is pregnant, Madam Jiang has never said anything, which makes it clear that she does not care about Master Wu's sex life.

They are all marrying men from the Jiang family, so what is decent?

Inexplicably, Li blurted out something, staring at Gu Jinchu and said, "Even if you lose your dignity, you can still get a divorce, right? Right, Fifth Brother's wife?"

Inside the room, the light was dim and the air seemed to freeze, and it suddenly became quiet.

The already depressing atmosphere became even more dull.

Gu Jinchu's jade-white face was still smiling, her eyes were clear and firm: "Since the law supports divorce by marriage, and women can set up their own households, it means that divorce by marriage is allowed."

"My mother is indeed divorced, but this matter is not suitable for all the unhappy women in the inner house." She raised her chin slightly, with a hint of calmness in her tone.

Li felt that Gu Jinchu was talking about her, but she had no evidence, after all, her fifth brother's wife did not mention her name.

It made her face look a little ugly.

Liu smiled and said, "My wife is very strong-willed and has the support of the Zheng family. This is not an easy thing to do..."

There were rumors about what happened in the Gu family. Those who had laughed at Zheng Mudan at the time now felt that she had saved her life by insisting on divorce.

It’s just that some things are hard to say in front of Gu Jinchu.

Li's eyes turned slightly red and she sighed. She knew that she seemed to have said something wrong again.

Mother Xia came over with a bowl of medicine and whispered, "Madam, is your injury hurting again? Take the medicine the doctor prescribed."

Liu stood up and said, "I'm sorry to bother you for so long. Take good care of yourself, Third Sister-in-law. When you're well, we'll go to the courtyard together."

Her attitude was intimate, and she was not affected by the awkward atmosphere at all. There was still a faint smile on her face.

Zhang stood up with a cold expression, nodded to Li who was lying on the bed, and walked out first, holding her daughter's hand.

Li leaned back on the bed and called out to Gu Jinchu to stop her. She looked at the crabapple flower on her head with a hint of envy and asked her, "Fifth brother's wife, you look so beautiful today. Is this the flower that Fifth Master gave you?"

After seeing Gu Jinchu nod slowly, she closed her eyes and turned her head to the side so that no one could see the expression on her face.

There was already a tiny crack on the corner of the inner fence of the bed. Li reached out her hand and found that her nail was broken and she didn't know when the bleeding stopped.

Although Mr. Jiang Wu was very busy investigating cases in the Dali Temple, he would come back every day to have dinner with Gu Jinchu.

When her eldest sister-in-law mentioned it, she had sneered at it, and even said shamelessly that she was just relying on her new marriage and the good looks of her fifth brother's wife.

It turns out that likes and dislikes can be seen in the small details everywhere in life.

Gu Jinchu looked at Li's profile and could clearly see the water in her eyes. He said, "Before I got married, my grandmother once told me that a man's heart is where his money is.

If you have a carefree life and no worries about money, then it depends on whether this man pays attention to you. If he has none of these, then you have to keep your money in your pocket. "

Li was a little angry when she heard this, she turned around and pointed at her: "Gu Jinchu, what do you mean by these words? I knew you were here to watch me make a fuss..."

Her face flushed red, her eyes were full of anger, and her voice trembled slightly: "You, what do you know?"

Li started crying again, tears still falling from her eyes, her voice was soft and she had no energy at all.

Gu Jinchu felt that she was going to faint in the next second. He took two steps back, lowered his eyes and looked at her, and said lightly:

"What can I know? If you know who the woman in the book who was in love but couldn't get it and tried every means to please her husband is, please tell her what I just said!"

Li choked, that was her!

Gu Jinchu wasn't looking at her. As soon as he stepped out of the main room, he heard the sound of teacups breaking inside.

Liu, who was waiting outside, didn't know what they had said. She held her hand with a concerned look on her face, "Fifth sister-in-law, are you okay?"

It was she who suggested visiting Li. If anything happened to the baby in her fifth brother's wife's belly, she would be the sinner.

Gu Jinchu shook his head and looked away.

Mr. Jiang Sanye is the legitimate son after all. Li comes from a wealthy local family in Quanzhou Prefecture. He just saw the furnishings of the third bedroom and the inner rooms, and wondered how he could live like this.

To care for a man does not mean to let him trample on your sincerity.

I watched him stabbing a needle into my heart!