The officers quickly snapped out of their amazement.

The head constable, Wang, took out another marriage contract from his pocket and handed it to him with a guilty expression.

"Young Master Xie, this matter is truly not our magistrate's fault; he was powerless to do anything about it. A letter came from above, saying that you must marry into the Xie family to sever the direct line of the Xie clan. They even instructed the magistrate to find you a beggar or a violent, mentally challenged man so you would suffer greatly after marriage. Our magistrate searched almost the entire county before finding Miss Lin Yan as a suitable candidate. Although she is somewhat mentally challenged, we have inquired about her. Miss Lin is beautiful, and her parents are reasonable. If you marry into the Xie family, you will at least have a good life. We saw her today, and she is indeed beautiful. She doesn't seem particularly mentally challenged; she might just be a little slow to react."

After saying so much, Officer Wang licked his lips, which had become a little dry.

Pick up the water bottle you carry with you.

I had only taken a sip when I heard a loud thud from the doorway, like something heavy had fallen to the ground.

Madam Xie was always worried about these officials.

Fearing they might harm their son, he deliberately stayed close behind them.

Naturally, he listened to every word the constable had just said.

She could no longer bear this blow.

His body went limp instantly, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, completely unconscious.

"mother……"

A flicker of pain crossed Xie Muqing's eyes.

He wanted to reach out his hands to help her up.

But for some reason, he could only suppress his feelings and resolutely turn his head away.

"lady!"

"Madam Xie!"

Officer Wang quickly put down the kettle.

Together with Xie Rui and his brother who shared the room, they helped Madam Xie to a chair and pinched her philtrum hard.

Finally, Madam Xie slowly woke up.

Her senses and memories have also returned.

Even in front of outsiders, she could not maintain the dignity of a noblewoman in the capital, and covered her face and wailed.

"Heavens above, why are you doing this to our Xie family? We have never done anything wrong. We accepted exile and confiscation of our property, but why are you even taking my son away now? This is to ensure that the Marquis will have no descendants! How can I face the Marquis after I die!"

Officer Wang didn't know how to comfort her.

The once noble lady of the Marquis's mansion now lives like an ordinary peasant woman.

He could only sigh silently.

“Oh, Madam Xie, there’s nothing we can do about this. It’s a request from above, and our magistrate really has no choice. The magistrate knows that the young master has a leg problem, so he specially found Miss Lin from the same village. That way, he doesn’t have to travel so far, and you can see each other every day. Madam, please get up quickly and help the young master pack his clothes. We have to carry him to Miss Lin’s house to complete our mission before we can return to the county office to report back.”

After crying for a while, Madam Xie wiped away her tears, suppressing the intense pain in her heart, and got up to pack her son's things.

There's really not much to pack, just two changes of clothes.

At that moment, a deep sense of guilt crept into Xie Muqing's heart.

He suddenly realized that he had been failing his mother all along.

In the past, in the capital city...

Even now, after being exiled, the situation remains the same.

“Mother, don’t be sad. At least Miss Lin is a good person and capable. I won’t have a bad life if I marry into her family. Don’t blame yourself. This has nothing to do with you, and Father won’t blame you either. If anyone is to blame, it’s the person who brought us to this point. Mother, I’m not the only direct descendant of the Xie family. You still have Xie Fu and Xie Ya. When they grow up, you can find husbands for them. Aren’t their children also descendants of the Xie family?”

For the first forty years of her life, Madam Xie received an education that focused on arranged marriages among the children of prominent families.

Therefore, she never had the idea of ​​her daughter marrying into another family.

Today, my son suddenly enlightened me.

Yes, she has two daughters!

Their children can simply take the surname Xie.

For the Xie family, their bloodline is definitely purer than that of their daughter-in-law!

After figuring all this out, Madam Xie was like a ray of sunshine suddenly illuminating the dark clouds that had been hanging over her for days.

She shook off her earlier somber mood and regained a lighthearted one.

Seeing that her mother had finally come to her senses and stopped crying, Xie Muqing's heavy mood was finally swept away.

He let out a heavy breath.

When that thought first crossed his mind, he also considered that his mother might be heartbroken.

But a short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one.

He had to act swiftly and decisively.

Otherwise, he could only watch helplessly as others "usurped" his place!

That won't do!

Given the current situation, only marrying into her family would be most beneficial for his family...

After it's all over, he will divorce her.

Of course, he will give her generous compensation and will not mistreat her.

Moreover, he was very confident in his appearance.

He was confident that she would easily fall in love with him and do anything for him, even die for him!

Before long, Madam Xie had packed all her things.

It mainly consisted of a large box of books and two sets of old clothes; that was all.

The Xie family and the Lin family lived just across a wall.

Officer Wang then carried Xie Muqing on his back and delivered the person over, with Madam Xie following behind carrying the package.

Xie Rui and Xie Zhi carried the boxes and followed silently behind them.

His long eyelashes drooped slightly, concealing the turbulent emotions in Xie Rui's eyes.

When they arrived at the Lin family's house, Lin Yan was in the yard learning how to plant vegetables from Ye Lan.

Because there was no mirror, she didn't even realize that there was mud on her cheeks.

He just stood there, dumbfounded, watching the officials carry Xie Muqing in.

To the officials, her appearance made her seem even more like a fool.

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