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"You, why did you divorce me!" He stood up and asked sharply, describing his madness.
The three mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law of the He family looked at each other, Mrs. He held her head high, and then said: "That's right, the second aunt gave birth to children for your uncle, and she didn't meet the seven children, why should you divorce your wife!" β
The Tang clan on the side was already frightened, his face was pale and white, and he was completely speechless.
She originally pointed to the He family to support her, but now Duanmu Xian even has to take a break from the He family, so what about her?!
Her master can be said to be difficult to protect himself now, I am afraid that as long as Duanmu Xian says a word, Duanmu will not be able to protect her at all.
Tang secretly shrunk his neck, just wanting to reduce his sense of existence, wishing that others would forget her.
The He family is still shouting excitedly, and you say word by word:
"There must be a reason for divorce!"
"Even if you are the first assistant, you can't ignore the rules of etiquette!"
"Aren't you afraid that Yushi will impeach you for your bad character and unworthy of being the first assistant!"
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In the face of the reprimands of the He family and the He family, Duanmu Xian didn't even raise his eyebrows, he was still so calm and relaxed, and Taishan collapsed in front of him without changing his face.
He just said lightly: "You can find a time to go to the mansion to carry her dowry." β
What he meant was that it was imperative to divorce his wife.
Looking at Duanmuxian, who didn't eat oil and salt, He Shi was almost crazy, his mouth opened and closed: "You ......" Her mind was booming, heartache, sadness, anger, unwillingness, fear...... A variety of flavors are mixed together.
His heart is too ruthless!
Duanmu Xian didn't care what the He family and the He family thought at all, pointed to the envelope placed on the small square table, and said: "The letter of resignation is here, if you don't want to accept it, then I will go to Jingzhao Mansion today to talk about the He family's crime of arson in my Duanmu family!" β
Arson?!
There was an eerie silence in the room for a moment.
The Tang family and the He family were all wide-eyed and suspicious, especially the Tang family, their heartbeat was pounding faster, echoing in their ears like a drum, and there was a voice in their hearts saying, Father-in-law knows, Father-in-law actually knows!
Duanmu Chao was also shocked at the three brothers, and subconsciously looked at each other.
Father's meaning is that today's Yongxi Hall is the He family's doing?!
How is this possible! Duanmu Chao frowned, and his first reaction after being surprised was that his father must have been provoked by Changfang to think so.
Mrs. He's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quickly exchanged glances, and quickly calmed down.
They did this in a secretive way, and certainly did not leave any evidence.
Mrs. He twisted her eyebrows, raised her voice and scolded Duanmu Xian: "Second uncle, you are too much!" In order to divorce his wife, he reversed black and white, and blamed the crime of arson on our He family, is there any royal law! β
"That's right!" Second Mrs. He's voice was even higher and sharper than that of Mrs. He, and she straightened her chest and said, "Our He family has a clear conscience. You have no evidence, why did you wronged our He family! Even if you go to Jingzhao Mansion to theorize, we won't be afraid! β
The more they talked, the more determined they became, and the more they talked, the more they felt that Duanmuxian was just bluffing.
"Unfounded?" Duanmu Xian raised his right eyebrow, his expression was still calm and relaxed, which made He's heart a little uncertain. Based on her understanding of Duanmuxian, Duanmuxian has always been cautious and cautious, and never fights unprepared battles.
Duanmuxian said methodically: "The fire was burned from the ear room of Yongxi Hall, and you pretended that the stove overturned and caused the water to go away, but in order to fuel the fire, you also deliberately poured fierce fire oil in the ear room. There are only a few shops in Beijing that sell fierce fire oil, and it is not difficult to find out who has bought a large amount of fierce fire oil recently! β
The faces of the three mothers-in-law and daughter-in-law of the He family turned pale with fright for a moment, but they didn't expect Duanmuxian to find out about this in just half a day.
Others don't know, but they know very well, there are no more than five shops selling fierce fire oil in Beijing, and fierce fire oil can be used for fire attack.
If you start with fierce fire oil, you don't need to check!
Arson is a felony!
According to the laws of Dasheng, anyone who burns down the private premises or property of the government shall be sentenced to three years' imprisonment; If the value of the damaged goods reaches five horses of silk, they shall be exiled for 2,000 miles; Ten horses of silk are to be hanged; If arson injures human life, it is considered to be killed.
This time, Yongxi Hall walked through the water, but it did not hurt anyone's lives, but the property burned was enough to be sentenced to "hanging".
Second Mrs. He's hand holding the handkerchief trembled slightly uncontrollably, and she looked at Mrs. He in trepidation.
Duanmuxian looked at the frightened mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and calmly turned the topic back to divorce his wife, "There are seven women who go, and there are evil diseases." He Yimin has been sick for so long and has not recovered for a long time, since your government is willing to take people back to take care of them, then take care of them in the future. β
"......" He Shi almost didn't go down when he heard this, his heart plummeted, and he fell into the bottomless abyss, chilling all over.
She wished it was a nightmare, and the next moment, she would wake up from it. He pinched his palm with his fingertips in fear, and the pain told her that it was all reality.
Since everything that should be said has been said, Duanmu Xian didn't want to stay in this smoky place anymore, so he stood up without hesitation.
He casually dusted off his sleeves and said to Duanmu to the three brothers, "Let's go." β
Before leaving, Duanmu Xian glanced coldly at the Tang clan in the corner.
Tang Shi trembled, almost lost his soul with fright, and there was only one thought left in his heart: she couldn't be divorced!
Duanmuxian left with his three sons, the footsteps faded away, and after a moment of silence in the room, the pot exploded.
"Sister-in-law, what should we do?" Second Lady He looked at Lady He at a loss.
Mrs. He sat there with a dazed expression, her heart was in turmoil, and she didn't know what to do. That's not how things should go!
He also sat dumbfounded, not knowing how to react.
It was Mrs. He who was the first to react, first instructed the maid to call the old lady, and then said to He: "Amin, go back quickly!" β
The He family must not be divorced, if she is divorced, then their He family will completely break off the relationship with the Duanmu family.
That's right.
"Amin, hurry back and beg your sister-in-law!" Mrs. He grabbed He's hand and subconsciously held it tightly, making He's hand hurt.
Mrs. He didn't care about these details, and continued: "Your husband and wife have children and daughters. There is a saying that you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha. There's no way he doesn't have any affection for you. β
He Shi was panicked and uneasy in her heart, she had been strong for most of her life, and she didn't want to lower her body and go back to the house to ask Duanmu Xian, so she said in a tough tone:
"If I don't go back, I don't believe he really dares to divorce me!"
"The concubine is still there! Just for the sake of the face of the concubine and the eldest prince, he didn't dare to divorce his wife! β
"If he divorces me, will the Duanmu family still want to marry a daughter-in-law in the future? I think he's just waiting for me to go back and beg him! β
She seems to be tough, but in fact, her eyes are erratic, but in fact, she is just strong from the outside.
"Second sister, have you made enough trouble!"
A rough and impatient male voice came from outside the door curtain, and almost at the same time, the door curtain was opened, and Mrs. He strode in.
Mrs. He had already heard the maid tell her what had just happened, her face sank like water, and she felt that Mrs. He really didn't know how to do anything.
Old Mrs. He barely suppressed the anger in her heart, and the spearhead was aimed at the He family first, and scolded cracklingly: "You are too useless, you have been married for so many years, and you are about to have a great-grandson, and you can't even get a man!" β
"You give me a hurry back, if I can't ask my sister-in-law to change her mind, our He family won't keep you."
Old lady He was stricter than every word, and he didn't care that there were still subordinates and juniors here, and he didn't save face for the He family at all.
"......" He's face turned even paler, and his body was shaky.
At this moment, the He family suddenly realized that for his brother, he was far inferior to the interests of the He family. The reason why the brother "rescued" her was not for her, but for the sake of profit.
She's been deceived!
He's eyes opened violently, almost to the extreme.
She was originally good in Duanmu's house, they used her as a gun for their careful thinking, they are really greedy, and they don't miss a little brother and sister affection, if it weren't for them, how could they fall to the point of being abandoned!
The hatred in He's heart rose little by little, and his eyes became more and more gloomy, burning with rage.
He stood up, no longer had the grace and luxury of the past, and said hysterically:
"Big brother, are you embarrassed to talk about me?!"
"If it weren't for you, how would I be here? If it weren't for you, how would I have gotten to this point! β
"You hurt me, don't think about how to make up for me, and reprimand me! Do you have a conscience?! β
Old Lady He and Mrs. He's faces were not very good-looking.
Mrs. He said angrily, "Amin, what are you talking about? We didn't tie you up from Duanmu's house! You came back with us yourself, and now you're embarrassed to blame us for everything? β
"Yes, you didn't tie me back, you 'tricked' me back." He said coldly.
Several people refuted each other word by word, their emotions became higher and higher, and their faces turned red.
At this moment, there was a sound of messy footsteps outside, and a short and fat old woman hurriedly came in, and said with a frightened expression: "Old lady, Mrs. Tai, the royal envoy has just been raided by Dongchang!" β
A sentence was like a thunderclap on the ground, and the sound in the room disappeared in an instant.
Old Lady He's feet softened, and he staggered back two steps, and sat down on a Taishi chair.
How so?!
"Old lady, how can this be?!" Mrs. He said what Mrs. He said in her heart, and her face couldn't hide her panic and helplessness.
Mrs. He and Mrs. He were also terrified.
How could Wang Yushi be raided?! Could it be that Cen Yin is looking at Duanmu Fei's face and standing up for Duanmu Xian?!
So, I'm afraid that their He family instructed Wang Yushi to impeach Duanmuxian can't be hidden, will it be their He family that will be raided next......
Just thinking about it, Second Mrs. He almost didn't faint.
Tang was already stunned on the sidelines, and only then came back to his senses at this moment.
She didn't care about anything, didn't tell anyone, and stumbled out alone.
Outside, it was darker, and the sun was almost completely setting, leaving only the last rays of the western sky.
The cold wind was howling, revealing a biting cold, but Tang Shi was unaware, and walked forward with his head covered, panicked.
She didn't dare to go back to Duanmu's house now, let alone go back to Tang's house, and after thinking about it, she wanted to simply let the carriage go straight to the city gate, and prepared to go to Duanmu to "recuperate" Zhuangzi to live, and wait for the limelight to pass and think about it later.
Duanmuxian didn't care about whether the Tang family would come back or not, and when he returned home, he couldn't help but look at the distant sunset and sighed, but there was a sense of relief in his heart, as if he had unloaded a burden of many years.
The He family is mediocre and incompetent, but they have no self-knowledge, they are insatiable, he has endured it all these years, and he can help if he can, but the He family has to make inches, and he actually wants to hit Mu Yan with his idea.
Duanmuxian withdrew his gaze from looking at the setting sun, and turned around and walked in the direction of Zhenqutang. Duanmu followed behind the three brothers with complicated expressions.
Night is about to fall, and big red lanterns are lit up all over the house, illuminating the surroundings and reflecting Duanmu Xian's eyes extremely brightly.
Duanmuxian walked forward unhurriedly, his thoughts racing.
After talking to the eldest prince last time, Duanmuxian thought for a long time, if Feng Yan was really the son of Emperor Chongming, then he might succeed to the throne the greatest, far better than the third prince.
Others, such as the He family and the Tang family, may envy their granddaughter for being engaged to Feng Yan, but Duanmuxian feels scared.
Cen Yin controls the government in the court, and the status of the Duanmu family as the first auxiliary mansion is actually very delicate, it is not only the foreign family of the eldest prince, but also married with Feng Yan, as if he wants to curry favor with both ends in the succession, no matter how he looks at it, he is ambitious, and even eats the bowl and looks at the pot.
Cen Yin may have been wary of the Duanmu family for a long time, but he was still watching and hadn't made a move yet...... Now that the situation is complicated, perhaps it only takes a little flame to ignite the fuse to inspire Cen Yin's murderous intent.
Now at this urgent time, the He family and the Tang family actually want to stuff people to Feng Yan, isn't that clearly telling Cen Yin that they support Feng Yan's accession to the throne?!
I don't know what their brains think!
Do they wish that their Duanmu family would suffer?!
Just thinking about it, Duanmu Xian couldn't help but gasp and looked at the True Fun Hall in front of him.
The lights in the Zhenqu Hall were lit, as bright as day, and the inside was still crowded, and the families in each room were sitting inside and stretching their necks waiting for Duanmuxian to return.
He is the head of the Duanmu family, and everything should be the priority of protecting the Duanmu family.
Duanmuxian's eyes were deeper and more determined, and he said to himself that he had made the right decision to survive.
Duanmu Xian stopped, and the three Duanmu Chao brothers behind him also stopped.
They were still a little stunned, as if they were in a dream, until Duanmu Xian took out the letter of resignation and left, they all felt that he might just be scaring the He family and scaring the He family, until Duanmu Xian finally left the He family without looking back, they realized how firm Duanmu Xian's determination to divorce his wife was!
Duanmuteng and Duanmushuo are concubines after all, and they are more surprised than frightened.
Duanmu was stupid directly, and he didn't come back to his senses until this time, looking at Duanmu Xian's back stupidly, Duanmu Xian only stopped for three breaths and continued to walk forward, until he crossed the threshold and walked into the True Fun Hall.
Duanmufei, Duanmujun and the people in each room in the main hall all got up to greet each other, with complicated expressions, some wanted to speak and stopped, and some asked Duanmu Teng and Duanmu Shuo behind Duanmu Xian with their eyes, some were impatient, and some had a little schadenfreude expectation......
Duanmu Xian didn't hide it, and said straight to the point: "I have divorced my wife, and the He family should come to carry He Yimin's dowry recently." Duanmuxian called He's name in a detached tone.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became more subtle, and everyone was a little incredulous, and a little sure enough.
Ren and Ni secretly exchanged glances, and their hearts were a little uncalm.
"Father!" Duanmu Chao outside the main hall finally reacted, ran in three steps and two steps, and knelt directly on the cold and hard bluestone brick floor, crying and shouting, "Think about it again." Give the mother a chance, and the son will definitely persuade her to come back! β
There is a saying that men don't flick when they have tears, but they don't get to the sad place.
At this moment, Duanmu Chao couldn't control his emotions at all, his eyes were red, with a layer of hazy tears, and even his voice was a little hoarse.
Duanmu Xian didn't look at Duanmu Chao, waved his hand and said, "You all disperse." β
After speaking, Duanmu Xian turned around and left, as if he had just entered the True Fun Hall this time to announce the divorce of his wife.
Duanmujun is waiting to disperse, the sky is dark, but my sister hasn't had dinner yet.
"Zhenzhen, are you hungry?" Duanmu Jun took Duanmu Fei's arm and said softly, "Today I asked the kitchen to make your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs and eggplant." β
The sisters said as they walked towards the outside of the main hall.
As he walked past Duanmu Chao, Duanmu Chao suddenly jumped up from the ground like crazy, blocking the sisters' way.
"It's all your fault!" Duanmu Chao pointed at the sisters and scolded angrily, his eyes red like a beast staring at his prey, and he took another step closer to them, as if he was about to swallow them, "If it weren't for you, my father wouldn't have divorced his wife!" β
The incident happened suddenly, and before Duanmujun and Duanmufei could react, Duanmuchao screamed "oops", and the knee of his right leg was hit by something.
Then, I saw a walnut bone the size of a dragon's eye rolling away on the mirror-like ground.
Hey, where did this walnut come from?! The rest of the room looked at each other, and the evening breeze outside the house rattled the trees in the courtyard.
"Father!"
In the next moment, Duanmu Heng rushed over and grabbed Duanmu Chao's arm to stop him from moving forward.
The people in the fourth and fifth rooms neither moved nor spoke, and it was none of their business anyway.
Duanmu Chao was even angrier, trying to break free from Duanmu Heng's shackles with all his might, and scolded: "Let go of me!" β
"Brother Heng, don't stop me, everything your grandmother did was for the good of the Duanmu family, all for your future, it was these two sisters who sowed discord in front of your grandfather, so that your grandfather misunderstood your grandmother!"
Duanmu Chao eagerly wanted his son to know about the He family's hard work, and told everything that happened in the He family in a few words, and the more he said it, the more indignant he became, feeling that Duanmu Xian was really blinded by the two sisters, why was he so obsessed!
Duanmu Heng knew at this moment that the original idea of the He family and the Tang family was to make Miss Sai a concubine for Feng Yan.
This, this, this is really......
Duanmu Heng's whole person was not good, and his expression was strange.
Duanmu frowned, his ruddy cherry lips pursed into a straight line, and his face showed a hint of concern.
First the Feng family, then the He family and the Tang family, why does everyone want to beat their sister and sister-in-law!
Duanmujun made up his mind in his heart, and thought with some anger: When Ah Yan comes back from the south, she has to ask him carefully, if he has two hearts, they don't want this marriage, hmph, whoever he likes to marry will marry whoever he likes, whoever he likes to marry, anyway, his sister will not marry such a half-hearted man!
Her sister deserves the best man in the world!
Duanmu rubbed the top of Duanmufei's soft hair, and said softly: "Zhenzhen!" Let's go! β
She didn't bother to pay attention to Duanmu Chao, so she took Duanmu Fei and walked around Duanmu Chao and continued to walk outside the True Fun Hall.
Duanmu blinked, always feeling that something was wrong with her sister's eyes, as if her sister's thoughts had turned to a very strange place.
"Father." Duanmu Heng patiently reasoned with Duanmu Chao, "The four sisters haven't passed the door yet, and the He family is busy stuffing people for their sister-in-law, which is simply inflammatory, not a gentleman's doing." β
What did a gentleman do? Duanmu Chao looked at his righteous and awe-inspiring son, and suddenly there was a weakness of hitting the cotton with a stick, and he suddenly leaked in one breath.
This child is eighteen years old, and he has become a member of the family, how can he still be so naΓ―ve!
There are many storms and clouds in the court, and they are complicated, can you rely on what kind of gentleman's style to stand tall? !
Duanmu Chao's mouth opened and closed, feeling that there were a thousand words to say, but he didn't know where to start.
At this time, Duanmu Jun had already pulled Duanmu out of the True Fun Hall, and the sisters gradually drifted away without looking back, leaving the people in this room behind.
Wisteria walked in front with a lantern and showed the way for the two masters.
The candle flame in the lantern swayed with the night wind, Duanmu Jun stared at the bright and dim candle flame in the lantern, and suddenly said three words: "I didn't expect ......"
Duanmujun said without a beginning or an end, but Duanmufei knew what his sister was talking about.
Duanmu Fei also didn't expect that his grandfather would really take He's leave.
Renouncing a wife is not trivial, and the more a person is in a high position, the more he will not divorce his wife easily. They originally thought that the most they could do was to send the He family back to their hometown and be the companion of the little He family.
In the evening breeze, Duanmu shrunk his body hidden in the cloak, and pasted it on Duanmu's body, saying, "Grandfather has made up his mind. β
Duanmujun nodded, held Duanmufei's little hand in the palm of his hand, warmed her hands, and thought of what Duanmu Chao said just now, and frowned.
Duanmujun suddenly stopped, and Duanmufei also stopped, turning his head to look at Duanmujun suspiciously, blinking with big eyes.
Looking at his sister's cute and innocent little face, Duanmujun felt that his heart was about to melt, and he said: "Zhen Zhen, don't worry, my sister won't let you suffer, if Ah Yan is not good, we don't want him!" β
The wisteria in front of him also heard it, and his hand slipped, and the lantern almost didn't take off. She stopped five or six steps ahead and said silently: "Big girl, is it really good for you to tell the fourth girl this?"
Duanmu Fei didn't expect her sister to say this at all, and blinked again, looking a little confused on her little face.
Then, Duanmu sneered and nodded thoughtfully: "Sister said yes!" β
Then, as soon as the conversation changed, he suddenly looked at her and asked, "Sister, what about you?" β
Duanmu pursed his lips and smiled.
The cold moonlight at night sprinkled on her, lining her fair and delicate skin as flawless as white porcelain, and her jet-black hair was scattered on her cheeks under the cold wind, like an epiphany blooming in the moonlight, which made her face a little more soft and quiet than in the daytime.
Duanmu Fei also laughed again, gently shook the hands held by the two, and changed the words: "Sister, Xiaoba hasn't been back for a long time, let's go pick up Xiaoba together, right?" β
After a pause, she added with a smile: "Anyway, the paper kite is also ready, the spring breeze in February is like scissors, which is just right for the paper kite!" β
She playfully winked at Duanmu Jun with her right eye, and her black and white eyes seemed to be filled with starlight, shining brightly.
Oh, yes. Spring is just around the corner. Duanmu Jun looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and a pleasant arc bent between his eyebrows.
Her eyes were like a clear spring in the moonlight, glowing with a little silver light, soft and delicate.
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I'm really not stuck today.