With the end of the year approaching and the imminent performance assessment, Li Yuan was accustomed to always obtaining first-rate results, attributing it to his own abilities. However, after the news about him and Zhu Yue's upcoming divorce got out, his superiors had indirectly hinted their displeasure on several occasions.
Gone was the pleasant demeanor of the past.
If things continued like this, any hope of promotion was unlikely.
Moreover, those lands and shops were Zhu Yue's dowry. If the divorce were to happen, these would all have to be returned. Even the house they were currently living in had come as part of her dowry when they got married.
Over the years, he had been solely focused on his public duties, and left all household affairs to Zhu Yue. His mother was just a villager who lacked the ability to earn money and only spent every day figuring out how to reprimand her daughter-in-law.
