Chapter 117 – Breaking off All Relations

In fact, Cui Xingzhou was originally going to accompany Miantang and her sister to the temple today, but suddenly something happened in the military department, and he could only come a little later.

 

He was originally thinking of waiting for them to finish praying and then picking them up at the foot of the mountain, but he didn’t expect to see black smoke rising from the top of the mountain from afar before he could reach the foot of the mountain.

 

Cui Xingzhou suddenly became anxious and started galloping up to the foot of the Wangfeng Temple mountain. He happened to see Miantang and the others coming down.

 

Now listening to Miantang’s words, Cui Xingzhou only asked the guards to quickly send his sister back to the residence, and at the same time sent someone to seek medical treatment from a famous doctor in the capital to the residence.

 

Cui Fu’s face had turned pale at this moment, and the pain was unbearable. Her pregnancy this time was not stable. When she first found out that she was pregnant, she had a big reaction. Later, when she arrived in the capital, she found that there was an extra concubine in her house, which made her feel even more suffocated. Later, when she arrived at her younger brother’s place, although she felt a little relieved, she still felt depressed as she planned on separating from her husband.

 

All of this has made it difficult for pregnant people to calm down. Today, being pointed at and scolded by the Old Lady of Qingguo, all the grievances and pain surged up in her mind.

 

When they arrived at the prince’s residence, her lower body was already red and bleeding profusely.

 

The three doctors invited by the royal family shook their heads repeatedly, saying that the fetus could not be saved. What they can do was to try to recuperate the pregnant woman’s body as much as possible, so as not to leave any sequelae of infertility.

 

Cui Fu knew the news of the fetus’s safety and did not speak, but her expression was complex and she silently shed tears.

 

Jin’er’s face turned white with fear as she watched his mother being carried back. After the doctor’s treatment, he only huddled up and lay by his mother’s side, unwilling to go anywhere.

 

Miantang watched with a burst of heartache and ran to the corridor quietly wiping away her tears. Cui Xingzhou settled down her sister and when he walked out, he saw Miantang crying. She quickly walked over and said, “I just advised my sister not to shed tears and hurt herself. Why are you crying now?”

 

Miantang rubbed her eyes slightly rudely with the back of her hand, and then said with hatred, “It’s all my fault. It would have been better if someone had set fire earlier. Why bother making my sister suffer like this?”

 

Cui Xingzhou had already learned about what had happened under the Wangfeng Temple, and his eyes were filled with coldness as he said, “How can you be blamed for this? If you hadn’t tried to scare away those damn women, I’m afraid our sister will not only suffer from miscarriage now but her life will be threatened. However, some people think that the women in the Huaiyang Residence are easy to bully, so we should take action and make them pay for it with blood!”

 

Just as the doctor was treating their sister, the memorial accusing the fleet of Imperial Concubine Yun of neglecting the people and injuring many citizens had already reached the Court. Since she was the emperor’s woman, he should take good care of it himself. Anyway, he has already preserved all the evidence. After the injured people were treated, he sent people to kneel in front of the official residence of the governor in the capital, only stating that they had no money to continue to buy medicine. Please ask the master to make the decision and demand the money for the medicine.

 

The official residence was located in a bustling area of the capital, and within half a day of preservation, it spread throughout the entire city.

 

As for the Duke of Qingguo, he also needed to carefully calculate with them!

 

On the second day, Prince Huaiyang led a hundred servants and went straight to the Qingguo Residence and kicked on their door. The newly painted door of the residence was kicked out of shape by the leader of Prince Huaiyang.

 

The overwhelming number of people rushing in desperately smashed on the items.

 

People from Qingguo Residence have never seen such a big crowd. They hurriedly speak up to ask them to calm down and talk.

 

Unfortunately, Prince Huaiyang was too lazy to talk to the people of the Qingguo Residence. He only moved a chair and sat in the hall, inviting Guo Yi to sign the divorce document.

 

At first, Guo Yi was still very angry, only saying that Prince Huaiyang was using his authority to suppress others.

 

Cui Xingzhou slowly got up and sat over, then raised his hand and gave Guo Yi two loud slaps in the face, saying, “It was supposed to be hitting your cruel mother, but she is a woman, and I don’t want to do it myself. Since you are the son, you can bear it on behalf of your mother! My sister has already suffered a miscarriage from your mother’s argument, and I have to carefully calculate this account with your Guo family.”

 

The incident of the mountain fire at the Wangfeng Temple caused a lot of noise. It was said that some people later examined that it burned down a small part of the mountain slope, and the burning marks looked like a sitting Guanyin.

 

At that time, the noblewomen who went with them were aware and secretly discussed whether it was the Old Lady of Qingguo who was harshly criticizing her pregnant daughter-in-law, so the Guanyin was angered. Thus, the sign of God befall and took away the children originally given to the Duke of Qingguo.

 

Anyway, the Old Lady of Qingguo didn’t handle this very well, and the sharp and forceful words spoken by other provinces were truly eye-opening. In just two days of effort, the capital was discussing the incident where the Qingguo Residence angered Guanyin and caused the mountain fire.

 

Guo Yi also heard about what his mother had done, feeling angry and anxious. He only felt that his mother had taken the capital city as their own.

 

Isn’t these actions gave the Huaiyang Residence chance to hold onto such evidence of a dishonest matter?

 

It’s just that no one in the Qingguo Residence thought that Cui Fu would miscarry after she had returned.

 

Upon hearing this, Guo Yi was also dumbfounded. After all, they had been a couple for many years, and although the love between them had faded, there was always a family relationship. Upon hearing this, he was eager to visit Cui Fu.

 

But Cui Xingzhou remained calm and said, “We don’t welcome your family members at the gate of our Cui family. Coming here today is to end a bad relationship between you and my sister. Since your mother doesn’t like my sister, please sign the divorce agreement as soon as possible. From then, you two will be unrelated.”

 

Guo Yi became anxious and said, “This… This is just a quarrel between my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Why should we divorce?”

 

Isn’t divorcing now a testament to the harsh treatment of his mother to her daughter-in-law by the Qingguo Residence? It will also have a great impact on his reputation at that time.

 

At this moment, Duke Qingguo couldn’t pretend to be a shrunken turtle and hid in his study playing with his calligraphy and paintings further. He can only negotiate with Prince Huaiyang by stepping on the mess that has been smashed on the ground.

 

Unfortunately, Prince Huaiyang did not come to argue with them today. When Duke Qingguo recounted the old friendship of his father, Prince Huaiyang waved his hand and interrupted, he doesn’t want to listen to those old almanacs, “My father is not around anymore, and as a son, I need to take good care of the women in the residence. I didn’t know how your Qingguo Residence treated my sister before, but now I can see through it. It was because of the old friendship between the two prefectures that I only smashed the halls of your residence. If it weren’t for this friendship…”

 

He drew his hand and took out the sword of the guard beside him. He wiped and cut a lacquered wooden round table in half in the hall, and then told the Duke of Qingguo, “I will make you guys pay by blood! Why not make a guess? See if I dare to kill!”

 

Prince Huaiyang was a commander in the northwest and had personally fought on the battlefield. His hands were stained with unknown blood. Duke Qingguo, looking at his sense of awe, was frightened to the point where he felt that with the temperament of this crazy Prince, he might also dare to kill someone at the feet of the emperor.

 

There was indeed no need for the in-laws of the two families to go on like this. So Duke Qingguo hesitated for a moment and nodded to ask his son to sign the divorce document.

 

Guo Yi gritted his teeth and opened the literary book, then widened his eyes and lost his voice, saying, “Jin’er is the legitimate son of our Guo family. Why are you raising him in your Cui family?”

 

Cui Xingzhou snorted coldly and said, “Jin’er is still young, so it’s better to stay with his mother. Our Huaiyang Residence is also reasonable and has not changed Jin’er’s lineage and surname. When he enters school at the age of thirteen, he will return to your Guo family.”

 

At this moment, the Old Lady of Qingguo, who had been hiding outside the corridor to eavesdrop, couldn’t help but jump out immediately and exclaimed in a sharp voice, “She wants to leave the residence, no one will keep her! But Jin’er is the legitimate grandson of our Qingguo Residence, and no one can take him away!”

 

Cui Xingzhou glared coldly at her, suddenly carrying a knife and rushing straight toward her. The guards of Prince Huaiyang on the side came to stop her and shouted to the Duke of Qingguo, “If you don’t tell her to leave, our lord was furious in his residence yesterday and indicate that he wanted to come and chop her down. It was the princess consort who finally stopped him. If she still remains, you can wait to collect the body of your wife!”

 

In a burst of tugs, Prince Huaiyang kicked his chair onto the beam and smashed it to pieces! That’s not like acting!

 

Guo Yi’s hands were sharp and his eyes were quick. He grabbed his mother and walked outside, only letting her hide. Otherwise, Prince Huaiyang would have been so angry that he would have killed someone!

 

The Old Lady of Qingguo was usually accustomed to the women in the residence, but she has never seen anyone chasing her with a knife. She was also scared out of her wits and stumbled back to the backyard.

 

For a moment, the Qingguo Residence was in a state of chaos, and some servants ran to the governor of the capital to get reinforcements.

 

But the magistrate was busy dealing with the medical expenses of the injured at the Wangfeng Temple. How dare he go to the residence to ask for money? He can only be a sensible local official and pay from his own expenses first to quell public anger.

 

As he was pulling out his money and feeling suffocated, he heard the report from the Duke of Qingguo’s Residence and his mind shook like a rattle, “This is the family business of your two residences. Your lords have a higher authority than me. How can I meditate on your affairs? If there is no harm done, it will not be my responsibility, otherwise… When the morning court arrives, you can let the emperor make a decision…”

 

After such a situation, when they returned to Qingguo Residence again, they were stunned. It turned out that the entire residence was surrounded and enfeoffed by the servants of Prince Huaiyang.

 

The meaning of Prince Huaiyang was very clear, and no negotiation can be changed from him getting the divorce letter and demands signed! If he signs today, they will return. If he doesn’t sign, he will send someone to seal the residence, so that not a single fly can enter. When the grains in the residence were emptied and a few people were starved to death, it will be easier if Jin’er become the son and grandson of the passed-away Duke. He can then directly change his maternal nature to the Cui family and he will have nothing to do with the Duke of Qingguo.

 

The Qingguo Residence has never encountered such unreasonable bandit princes, who used extremely wicked tactics.

 

The Old Lady of Qingguo was so angry that she suffered from a headache, but the soldier at the door refused to let even the doctor in.

 

Cui Xingzhou said leisurely, “The Duke and Old Lady of Qingguo are not suffering from a miscarriage and blood loss, and they won’t die for a while. Let them endure it.”

 

Duke Qingguo also knew that his family was unreasonable. If such a thing caused trouble for the emperor, he couldn’t afford to lose that face.

 

And since his grandson doesn’t change his surname, it’s the same with raising him with the Cui family.

 

So he discussed it with his son and signed the divorce letter.

 

Just when Guo Yi signed and pressed his fingerprint, he poured sad tears and said he wanted to see Cui Fu again.

 

Cui Xingzhou ordered someone to collect the signed document without even looking at Guo Yi. He only ordered to “evacuate back to the residence.”

 

After the bandit prince smashed the Qingguo Residence, he led a large team of people and left the long alley of the residence.