Liu Yanyan looked outside and saw several burly female guards. She nodded in understanding and said, "Shuhui, you are so kind. How many women will be saved!"

Wang Shuhui wrote the registration form, blew the ink dry, and then sighed, "This is helpless. Women are oppressed too harshly. They are forced into a situation where they are pulled back. Some of them can never get out again. I can save too few."

Yuzhen supported Liu Yanyan and trembled with fear when she heard the matchmaker's words. Is this a marriage or imprisonment? Will these people survive after being taken back? I dare not think about what kind of life they will live when they return. I will definitely serve my wife well in the future and will never get married.

While Liu Yanyan was chatting with Wang Shuhui, she caught a glimpse of a young woman with a bruised face and nose rushing in. Several female guards nearby hurried forward and protected her behind them.

Wang Shuhui stopped chatting and hurriedly flipped through the files. After turning it, she took the young woman's hand and was about to press up.

A man with a fierce face came running over with a butcher knife and yelled, "Don't press it. If you press it, I will chop you to death. I will chop you to death."

Several female guards held up knives to stop them, stared nervously at the butcher in front of them, and snatched the butcher knife from his hand. The young woman behind him was still kicked several times and curled up on the ground in pain.

Wang Shuhui listened to the threats without changing her expression. She took the woman's wounded hand and pressed it on the file. Looking at the blurry bright red mark, she said to the woman, "You're divorced. You can live on your own in the future." Then she took the badly damaged divorce certificate and put it in the file.

The little woman collapsed on the ground and sobbed, unable to stop her tears. “Wow, wow, wow, wow, that’s great, that’s great, I finally don’t have to go back.”

Seeing that the matter was already settled, the butcher grabbed the butcher knife and walked back, staring at Wang Shuhui fiercely as he left, "Mind your own business, be careful where you walk."

Wang Shuhui was so angry that her veins popped out. She shouted directly, "Who gave you the courage to look at me like that? I am a fifth-rank official after all. Believe it or not, I will have someone torture me."

The butcher was arrogant and said disdainfully, "You, you are the only woman."

Wang Shuhui gritted her teeth in anger and said fiercely, "My brother is the feared Wang San Shao on your street. I want him to come to your house today? What do you think?"

When the butcher heard this, he was so frightened that his face turned pale and he ran out in such a hurry that one of his shoes fell off.

Liu Yanyan looked at him with amusement, and turned to look at Shuhui, "He is not afraid of you, a fifth-rank official, but is afraid of your third brother, a dandy boy? Why don't you mention your father's title as the Minister of Rites!"

Wang Shuhui pulled up the wounded little woman and asked her to sit aside. "He knows that we women have many rules and regulations when we are officials, so he is not afraid of me. My father is the Minister of Rites, a high-ranking official, and he usually doesn't bother with people like him. My third brother is different. He got into fights on their street and ruined his reputation. Of course he is afraid of my brother."

Liu Yanyan was surprised, then smiled and said, "Brother, you are very good at using the title of a playboy!"

Wang Shuhui rubbed her head and sighed, "Isn't this just a matter of convenience? How could he not help me? He has loved me since I was a child. He was afraid that I would be bullied if I wanted to be an official. Seeing that I was determined to become an official, he had no choice but to come to pick me up every day."

Liu Yanyan asked doubtfully, "Your brother is very good to you! Aren't you married? Do you have your family's consent to become an official?"

Wang Shuhui shook her head and said, "I divorced him a long time ago. He was petty and didn't agree with me coming out. He said I should be in the spotlight. I didn't want to stay in the backyard, so we divorced."

Liu Yanyan nodded. "How did you get the divorce letter?"

Wang Shuhui chuckled, "My third brother forced him to sign. If he didn't sign, he would beat him. He was covered in wounds. We had to get a divorce."

Liu Yanyan smiled and said, "That's great." My father just couldn't bring himself to do this. It's not right. Gu Beichen has just returned from the border. It's not right to take the divorce letter like this.

Wang Shuhui looked at the young woman next to her, calmed down, and said, "You're divorced, where are you going now? Do you want me to arrange a job for you? I still have some ideas."

The young woman stood up and bowed, and said softly, "I have no home to return to. I can embroider, can I go to the embroidery room?"

Wang Shuhui nodded, and then she called a female guard over, "Take her to the embroidery room and let her try. If it doesn't work, we can move her to another place."

The little woman knelt down happily and said, "Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir, for saving my life."

Wang Shuhui raised her hand, and the guard pulled the little woman up and walked out.

Liu Yanyan asked tentatively, "Can I press my fingerprints first, and then bring over the divorce papers?"

Wang Shuhui shook her head. "There must be a divorce agreement first, or the woman's life must be in danger. These two conditions are set." She lowered her voice and said, "Look to the right. There are three chief clerks over there, keeping an eye on it! They keep count every day. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so troublesome."

Liu Yanyan looked at their upright appearance, sighed and gave up, "Okay, thank you, Lord Wang~, keep going."

Wang Shuhui chuckled, "Just call me Shuhui, why call me adult?"

Liu Yanyan also smiled and said, "You are becoming more and more powerful. I will have to be polite to you when I see you in the future. I will go back first."

Wang Shuhui nodded and waved, "I won't keep you here. I'm busy here."

After leaving the government office, Liu Yanyan said, "Yuzhen, nothing happened today, did you hear me?"

Yuzhen nodded and said, "Today I followed Madam and was looking for medicinal herbs. Nothing happened."

Liu Yanyan nodded and got on the carriage. All along the way, she was thinking about the little woman who had just been beaten and had bruises all over her body. If there was no divorce, would she be beaten to death by the pork seller? It was not until the carriage stopped at the general's mansion that she came to her senses, held Yuzhen's hand, and walked towards the mansion. As soon as she returned to the mansion, the scene of the day of delivery flashed before her eyes, and the feeling of suffocation swept over her. After a long time, the bitterness in her heart could not be shaken off.

He returned to the room, took off his cloak and deerskin boots, and sat on the pear blossom chair with his hot water bottle in his arms, muttering to himself, "How can I get the old lady's signature? Daddy's signature will be fine once he comes back, but the old lady's signature is hard to get. This old woman usually doesn't even touch a pen, so how can I get her handwriting?"

After thinking for a long time, I couldn't come up with a solution, so I could only lie down and hope that things would work out when I got to the bridge.

Late night

Yuzhu ran over hurriedly, saying breathlessly, "Madam, madam, wake up."

Liu Yanyan narrowed her eyes and said impatiently, "It's the middle of the night, is there a ghost? It's yelling."

Yuzhu hurriedly said, "Madam, the general has woken up. Would you like to go over and take a look?"

Liu Yanyan frowned. How come she wasn't dead? She woke up? She reached out and put on the clothes Yuzhu was holding. Yuzhen also came over and put on her pleated skirt, cloak, and deerskin boots.

Liu Yanyan was afraid of the cold, and was holding a hot water bottle. She was supported by Yuzhu and Yuzhen as she walked towards Gu Beichen's yard, muttering, "It's so cold, this damn weather is so freezing." Why didn't she just die? If she died, she could go home directly.

When we arrived at Gu Beichen's room, it was crowded with people. Gu Beichen was leaning on the bed, his face pale and silent, like a piece of wood.

Liu Yanyan approached, her eyes complicated, pretending to be worried, "Mother-in-law, what's wrong with my husband? Why isn't he talking?"

The old lady looked worried. "I don't know. Beichen didn't speak after he woke up. He couldn't move his right hand. It hurt when he moved."

Lin Rou also cried and said, "Sister-in-law, my aunt has called the doctor, and he will be here soon. Don't worry too much."

Liu Yanyan nodded, stood aside, supported the old lady and said, "Mother-in-law, go sit aside. The doctor will be here soon and it will be better to check on your husband's condition. Rou'er is so virtuous and has always been with Beichen. We should really thank her." You silly girl, you want to run away when you see Gu Beichen is in trouble. How can you do that? You must lock her up.

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