I Don't Want a Rotten Man

The second prince of Khotan soon entered the palace. Looking at Qingqing before him, he said, "Her? Who is she? I've never seen her before."

Qingqing retorted, "I am the Fifth Princess of the Western Regions, and I don't usually show my face in public."

The second prince of Khotan rolled his eyes and said:

"I watched those children grow up from a young age."

Even though I've only met you a few times, I can still recognize you. I don't know you at all, you imposter."

The princess's husband sneered, "I think you're the imposter! Qingqing is the Fifth Princess of the Western Regions."

The second prince of Khotan said, "Every princess in our Western Regions carries a jade pendant as proof of her identity. Do you have one?"

Qingqing's face stiffened as she said, "I accidentally lost that jade pendant."

The second prince of Khotan rolled his eyes and said:

"Pah! The pendants worn by each princess are not jade pendants at all; the symbols of the princesses of the Western Regions are all necklaces."

The Fifth Princess has also come to Great Xia; she'll be there soon.

Qingqing's face turned deathly pale, and the princess's husband's expression changed as he said, "Nonsense! Qingqing is clearly the princess."

The Fifth Princess arrived quickly, and she said calmly:

I heard someone is impersonating me, and it's you!

"Aren't you just a lowly maidservant in my palace? You wretch, how dare you impersonate me! You deserve to die!"

The eldest princess chuckled and said:

"Hahaha... So she wasn't a princess at all!"

She's just a foot-washing maid. My lord, you have excellent taste!

Song Qingfeng shouted, "Mingzhao, shut up! Even if she's a foot-washing maid, she's the one who saved my life! Is this how you treat my benefactor?"

Song Qingfeng must have truly loved this foot-washing maid.

The eldest princess was trembling with anger:

"Song Qingfeng, you are truly remarkable! I have been waiting for you at home, always thinking you had died on the battlefield. I have been waiting for more than 10 years!"

And you actually said that to me because of a mere foot-washing maid.

Song Qingfeng shouted:

"I already told you not to call her a foot-washing maid, are you deaf?"

Also, buy us a house as soon as possible; we need to move in tonight. And transfer your shops to my name as well.

Otherwise, I'll divorce you.

The Empress Dowager, seated at the head of the table, took a sip of tea and then sat there to watch the show.

Anyway, it's good that her two daughters are alright.

The eldest princess smiled faintly and said, "Divorce? Fine! There's no time like the present, let's do it today!"

The Empress Dowager looked at the Eldest Princess and said, "How can there be a reason for divorce in the royal family? Mingzhao, you're being too reckless."

Mingzhao looked calmly at the Empress Dowager and said, "If your daughter had been wronged today, what would you have done?"

The Empress Dowager looked at her and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Mingzhao looked at her and said, "Because I'm not your biological daughter, you've been able to bully me all these years, but I've always considered you my own mother!"

The Empress Dowager angrily retorted, "This is utter nonsense! I am of course your biological mother. Whom have you trusted?"

Mingzhao laughed loudly, "Mother? All these years, have you ever treated me like your own daughter?"

She sighed and said, "Song Qingfeng, listen carefully, I want a divorce."

Song Qingfeng frowned as he looked at her and said:

"Mingzhao, don't be so impulsive. Let's talk this out. I only lost my memory, but I'm back now, aren't I?"

Besides, I need a place to stay, right?

Grand Princess Mingzhao looked at him coldly and said:

"These are all your own problems. My Princess Mansion is gone now, and I have nowhere to go."

I'll be living in the Cold Palace from now on. You'd better take care of yourself!

Zhou Wanwan followed the Princess back to the Cold Palace, and the Princess shed tears:

"We've been married for over twenty years! How did it all turn out like this?"

Why did this happen? How could he have amnesia?

Zhou Wanwan looked at the Princess and said, "You don't really believe he has amnesia, do you? That's just an excuse he made up."

The eldest princess stared blankly at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Are you saying that even his amnesia was fake?"

Zhou Wanwan thought for a moment and said:

"I think it's fake. What a coincidence!"

However, I've already sent people to investigate, and we'll have the results soon.

Sure enough, a few trees returned shortly afterward. Zhou Wanwan went outside and asked softly, "Any results?"

There is a tree path:

"We went to all the flowers and plants in the post station and asked them, and it turns out that Song Qingfeng has not lost his memory at all."

When he was a general, he suffered a command failure that resulted in the deaths of many people. With no other option, he faked his death to escape.

Now that everything has settled, he plans to use this as an excuse to come back and seize the property.

Zhou Wanwan told the eldest princess about it.

The eldest princess sneered:

"What are you dreaming about? What property are you trying to steal? Everything under my name is my dowry from the palace, and many of these things belong to my mother."

Back then, I didn't understand why my father gave me so much dowry, but now I realize it all belonged to Consort De.

Actually, when my father was alive, he doted on me quite a bit, it's just a pity..."

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and asked, "What do you plan to do?"

The eldest princess sneered, "I don't want a rotten man; a divorce is the obvious choice."

Zhou Wanwan shook her head. "It's not that simple if you want a divorce. The Song Family family won't let you off the hook."

The eldest princess was their cash cow; she managed her business exceptionally well, earning hundreds of thousands of taels of silver annually.

How could the Song Family family possibly let her go?

And then there's the Empress Dowager. She's long wanted to embezzle the Princess's belongings, and now she has a perfect excuse.

Sure enough, Eunuch Hai came to announce the Eunuch Hai decree, "By order of the Empress Dowager, all property under the name of the Eldest Princess shall be confiscated and executed immediately."

The eldest princess was trembling with anger; she was now in the palace and there was nothing she could do.

She wanted to leave the Cold Palace, Eunuch Hai looked at her and said, "Princess, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep any of your properties. You'd better make plans as soon as possible."

The princess was furious, her eyes blazing with rage. "A bunch of robbers and bandits, they're utterly lawless!"

Eunuch Hai sighed and said, "Now that you're living here, it's not good if you get discovered. Sometimes when someone announces an imperial decree, you still have to go out."

Zhou Wanwan said, "It's okay, there are our people at the entrance. If someone else comes in, we'll know."

Only then did Eunuch Hai say with relief, "Then you all take care of yourselves."

He had barely finished speaking when he heard the Old Scholar Tree outside say, "The prince consort has brought that woman from the Western Regions in. Do you want to go to the front?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at the princess and said, "Grandma, let's go to the front! Someone's coming."

They moved very fast, and the princess felt as if she were floating on clouds. She saw some vines lifting them up, and they quickly reached the front.

When the imperial son-in-law Song Qingfeng and his maid arrived, they were already in the cold palace at the front.

The maid who washed feet looked around and said:

"Oh dear! The environment in this cold palace is terrible! It's covered in cobwebs and dust."

Oh! There are mice too! Qingfeng, I'm so scared!