Minister Min had always admired Xiao Wenshi's gentleness and understanding, and was very unhappy that his son had directly sentenced his own woman. Although he was also angry that Xiao Wenshi had harmed Anshi and Min Jia, he still wanted to spare her life and dignity.

The reason was very high-sounding. "If I divorce Xiao Wenshi, the scandal of my Min family will be exposed, adding to the jokes of others. It is better to let Xiao Wenshi spend the rest of her life in the small Buddhist temple under the name of my wife, and never allow her to appear in public again..."

Xiao Wenshi must be divorced, this is what Min Hu insisted.

Min Hu said, "That's not right. Xiao Wen hates me to the core. If she commits suicide in revenge, not only will my bright future be ruined, but even my two half-brothers who have just entered officialdom will have to mourn."

After hearing this, the Minister of the Court hesitated. He certainly didn't want Xiao Wenshi to ruin the future of his three sons, especially his eldest son, a 27-year-old official of the third rank, the only one in the entire court.

Xiao Wen cried and begged, "Master, I also value my life. How could I commit suicide if you gave me that dignity?"

Minhu sneered, "Xiao Wenshi, you are cruel to others and yourself. My grandmother originally preferred my other aunt, but the condition was that she didn't have any children for five years. But in order to marry into the Min family, you voluntarily gave up having children for ten years."

Everyone understood how important offspring were to women. Forbidding her to have children for five years was already cruel enough for Madam Wen to deal with her concubine. She then proposed a ten-year ban, which was even harsher.

The old lady of Min had initially wanted to save face for her eldest son, but after hearing what Min Hu had said, she was also afraid that if Xiao Wen committed suicide while bearing the title of Grand Lady of Min, her grandsons would have to observe a period of mourning. This was especially true for her eldest grandson, who was the hope of the family's future. Who knew if he could become a third-rank official in three years?

She glared at her eldest son and said, "This evil woman is so cruel and merciless, and has done so many evil things. What's the point of her staying at home? If she wants to die, she should go back to the Wen family and die. I can't let her harm my granddaughter-in-law and my great-granddaughter, ruin the bright futures of several of my grandchildren, and even ruin my Min family."

The old lady made the final decision, and little Wen was so scared that she fainted.

The Minister of Min had no choice but to write a letter of divorce, accusing his stepdaughter-in-law and granddaughter of murder, and directly let Madam Wen and Master Wen Liu take them back to the Wen family's old house. The letter of divorce was given to Master Wen Liu, and it was agreed that the dowry of young Wen would be packed and sent back to the Wen family.

Madam Wen and Master Wenliu had already agreed that they would not allow Miss Wen to stay in the Wen family and harm the Wen family's daughters, and would send her to a nunnery to practice asceticism. Of course, it would be even better if she committed suicide.

The old lady was not feeling well, so the Minister of Min and the Fourth Master of Min stayed here to accompany her, while the Min households sent Madam Wen and others out.

Little Wen was carried out by two maids of the Wen family. A gust of night wind blew in her face, and she actually woke up.

As they passed by Min Hu, he bowed to Xiao Wenshi. This was his last bow to her, thanking her for the love and care she had given him. Although that love was not pure, it was still given.

The maidservant saw that Xiao Wen seemed to have something to say to Minhu, so she also stopped.

Xiao Wen looked at Minhu, her eyes filled with hatred. She said bitterly, "Minhu, I hate you and your mother even more than I hate that old hag. The old hag prevented me from being a mother, but your mother took away the man I loved most, and now you're taking my life." She laughed again, a smile that was terrifying in the moonlight. "Hehe, I'm much better than your mother. So what if she was a legitimate daughter? She was a short-lived ghost after all. That man lived with me for twenty-two years, but he only lived with her for six. What I regret most is that I was too soft-hearted. I should have found a way to kill that same hateful brat earlier..."

Just now, Minhu felt a little guilty, thinking that it was hatred that made Xiao Wenshi become like this. But it turned out that she had coveted her brother-in-law since she was a girl...

Minhu sneered, "Thank you for telling me the truth. It has freed me from the last bit of guilt."

He waved his hand and the maid took her away again.

Minhu looked up at the bright moon in the sky, his vision blurring. The moon was hazy, and in the moonlight, a tearful beauty could be vaguely seen: An Shishi.

Shishi had never had a good life in the few years she had been married to him, and in the end she died in such humiliation.

He murmured, "Shishi, I'm sorry. I'm an incompetent husband and have wronged you for so many years. Today I'm finally clearing your name. You are a good woman, a good wife, and a good mother..."

He didn't return to his study, but instead went to the courtyard where An had once lived. The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, the window paper was torn, and the paint on the pillars and window frames was mottled and peeling. She had been dead for so long, and no one had come to clean the courtyard.

He was away from home for a long time, and Xiao Wenshi was able to marginalize him, the eldest son.

He walked up the steps and saw a big lock on the door. He fell back and stood in the middle of the yard.

The girl who followed didn't dare to say a word and could only light mugwort to help repel mosquitoes.

When the moon reached the zenith, the maidservant saw Min Hu still standing there motionless, "Master, it's getting late, please go back and rest."

Minhu pretended not to hear. He felt that he deserved more pain.

He stood in the yard all night, and only returned to his study to rest at dawn...

On this day, news of the divorce of the former Madam of the Min clan, Xiao Wen, spread throughout the capital. It turned out that there were other reasons behind the death of the Grand Madam of the Min clan, and there was also a reason why the eldest daughter of the Min clan had become mentally retarded. To preserve the reputation of the Min clan and the Wen clan, they kept silent about the story of Madam Wen drugging the concubine's daughter. Instead, they simply said that Xiao Wen, angry at her own infertility, took her anger out on her step-daughter-in-law and granddaughter...

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that Fujian Hu went to the Princess Nanyang's Mansion.

At this time, Chai Zixiao, Min Jia, and Xu Lanyue were playing in the courtyard of the Princess of Nanyang. The Princess had also heard about the Min family's affairs and had them brought here directly.

The Min family was a man from outside the family, so Grandma Chai, her younger sister Chai Jingjing, and the eldest granddaughter of the second branch of the Chai family, Chai Yuanyuan, avoided the room. Only the eldest princess, Madam Chai, the second branch of the Chai family, Old Shen, and three children were left in the room.

Min Jia knew that her father was coming home to clear her mother's name. She worried all night, afraid that her father would not be able to defeat her powerful grandmother. When she heard that her father had arrived, she hurried to the door to wait.

When Chai Zixiao and Xu Lanyue saw this, they went over to wait with her.

Old Madam Shen looked at Xu Lanyue with compassion and whispered to the eldest princess, "The little girl from the Xu family is a pitiful child. The scar on her face is so scary. The day before yesterday, my eldest grandson took one look at her and cried several times in fear at night."

The eldest princess's relationship with the families of her two half-brothers, the old prince consort Chai, had never been particularly close. After the incident involving Little Shen's attempt to murder Chai Zixiao, she became even more hostile to this second-born sister-in-law. However, Old Shen was like a dog-skin plaster, often brazenly coming to pay her respects to the eldest princess. The eldest princess would occasionally meet with her, but when she did, she would send her away after a short while.