Chapter 399: This is definitely a form of torture
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Ge Chunru was truly flustered now.
She had been with Xiao Yuanshi for so long, and had already fallen in love with him before her father passed away.
Therefore, she understood his character very well.
He was really angry today, and he really wanted her to make a choice.
She knew that Xiao Yuanshi’s heart was more ruthless than anyone else’s.!!
“Can’t you just give me one more chance?” She begged as she tugged at the hem of his clothes.
“General, I’m begging you, please don’t do this to me.”
Xiao Yuanshi sighed. “Chunru, I’ve given you many chances.
“Every time you say you’re wrong, you’ll say that you’ll change, but not only did you not change, you’re even become worse.”
Xiao Yuanshi looked at Ge Chunru, who was begging him in a low voice. not only did he not soften his heart, but he also felt a little disgusted.
If she was really unyielding, she would be like Mdm Kong.
She would be unwilling to be demoted to a concubine and would propose a divorce.
At that time, when they split the family up, Mdm Kong only received a run-down courtyard.
She didn’t have any silver on her and didn’t have much food. Her character was also weak and easy to bully.
However, she didn’t beg him, she took the initiative to ask for a divorce.
After the divorce, she did not ask him for help or money.
She took care of her children alone and supported her family.
This surprised him.
Ge Chunru, on the other hand, had a lot of money in her hands and some properties under her name.
Even if she had to live alone, it would not be difficult.
In comparison, Ge Chunru’s moral integrity was much worse than Mdm Kong.
He felt that Ge Chunru’s was much more plain that Mdm Kong.
What was the difference between her and those vain and greedy women outside?
Ge Chunru grabbed Xiao Yuanshi’s clothes and refused to let go.
“I’ll definitely change this time. Give me one last chance.”
She didn’t want to be a concubine, and she didn’t want to be divorced.
She only wanted to continue being the wife of the deputy governor.
Xiao Yuanshi was really disappointed in Ge Chunru. “From today on, you are Concubine Ge of the deputy governor’s office.
“If you don’t want to be a concubine, then come to me to ask for the divorce papers.
“We are already husband and wife. If you really choose to leave, you can change it to a divorce letter.
“All the money in your hands and the properties under your name will also belong to you.”
This was his last straw and his bottom line.
Ge Chunru’s heart turned cold as she looked at Xiao Yuanshi’s determined expression.
She really wanted to write a divorce letter and throw it in his face, but she resisted the urge.
She only had a few thousand taels of silver in her hands, and there were only two shops under her name in the capital. In total, she only had ten to twenty thousand taels of silver.
Compared to the deputy governor’s office, what was it?
She sobbed softly. “Do you really have to be so ruthless? ”
“There’s no need to say anything more. This matter will not change. ”
Xiao Yuanshi didn’t want to stay here any longer.
He shook off Ge Chunru’s hand that was grabbing his clothes and left.
Ge Chunru was still sitting on the ground.
She couldn’t help but burst into tears.
Xiao Yuanshi, who was walking out of the door, heard it, but this time, he did not change his mind and quickened his pace.
He also asked the butler to inform everyone in the house that from today onwards, the Madam would be Liu Ru, and Ge Chunru would be Concubine Ge.
Moreover, she would just eat and wear according to what a concubine would and wouldn’t require dedicated care and service.
This news shocked all the servant boys and girls in the deputy governor’s office.
No one had thought that their Madam would be demoted to a concubine after going out for a while.
However, no one felt indignant for Ge Chunru.
After all, everyone already knew that she had ordered her people to beat her in-laws.
She had once made the deputy governor a cuckold.
The deputy governor was already being very kind by not divorcing such a woman.
Moreover, compared to a madam who didn’t have much human touch, everyone preferred the kind and gentle Concubine Liu, the current Madam Liu.
At the side courtyard.
Tao Liu was making small clothes.
As for the clothes for her future child, she didn’t let the servant maids do it. Instead, she sewed it herself.
Then, Xiao Yuanshi walked in.
She immediately put down her clothes. “You are here, governor.”
She stood up and poured a cup of tea for Xiao Yuanshi.
She noticed that Xiao Yuanshi’s expression was not good, so she served him carefully and did not dare to say anything.
Xiao Yuanshi found that he would feel relaxed with Liu Ru.
“From today onwards, you will be the wife of the deputy governor. Ge Chunru will be demoted to a concubine,” he said after a while.
“I’ll still hand over the management rights to you. You can handle the residence when you’re free. I’ll get the butler to help you take care of it before you give birth.”
Tao Liu looked at him in shock. “Governor, how did my sister offend you?
“Don’t be angry.
“If there’s anything between a husband and wife, just say it. Don’t say it in a fit of anger.”
She looked at Xiao Yuanshi with a gentle and dependent expression. “As long as I can be by your side and our child’s side, I don’t mind whether I’m your wife or your concubine.
“Let sister continue to be the madam.”
Her heart was beating very fast, and she was even more excited.
An hour ago, Shi Qingluo had sent someone to pass on a message to her, telling her to be mentally prepared that she was going to be promoted from a concubine to his wife.
At that time, she was only partially-convinced.
After all, she found that Xiao Yuanshi still had feelings for Ge Chunru.
She didn’t expect it to be true.
Shi Qingluo was definitely the one who incited the Xiao family to make trouble for Xiao Yuanshi, and she was also the one who had suggested demoting his wife to a concubine.
Furthermore, she had managed to get this matter done as soon as she arrived in Northern City.
At this time, Tao Liu had completely let go of the little schemes in her heart.
In the future, she would follow Shi Qingluo and her husband.
Ge Chunru was a good example of this matter.
In the past, Ge Chunru could get anything she wanted in the general’s residence.
Ge Chunru was pampered by Xiao Yuanshi, who even abandoned his children for her.
However, she had been schemed against by Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng.
Ge Chunru had gradually lost Xiao Yuanshi’s heart and his feelings for her dipped.
Now, she was being treated the same way she had treated Mdm Kong in the past.
Tao Liu knew why Shi Qingluo didn’t let Xiao Yuanshi divorce Ge Chunru, but instead demoted her to a concubine.
Such a change in status was the greatest humiliation and revenge for Ge Chunru.
Others went from a concubine to a madam, but Ge Chunru went from a concubine to a madam and then became a concubine.
Such a status disparity would be very embarrassing as she stayed in the deputy general’s residence.
In particular, many servants acted according to one’s identity.
In the past, when Ge Chunru was his wife, everyone had to treat her with respect no matter what their opinion of hers was.
Now that she had become Concubine Ge, she had obviously lost the favor of Xiao Yuanshi and would soon taste the humiliation of being stepped on by others.
This was more painful than being divorced.
Especially when Ge Chunru saw the change in the servants in the residence after she became the first wife, and was no longer despised and looked down on by others.
The madams outside treating her differently and ignoring her, a concubine, would definitely be a form of torture to Ge Chunru.
Shi Qingluo passed on the message, telling her not to express her excitement and happiness, but to pretend to decline.
In this way, Xiao Yuanshi would feel more at ease and felt that she was considerate, and there would be a sharp contrast between her and Ge Chunru.
Her position as the first wife would be stable.
Therefore, she did as she was told.