Xiao Ruyan's face was flushed red, her features were contorted, and she didn't care that anyone was watching; she only wanted to kill Bai Tuantuan.
Those around Xiao Ruyan frowned upon hearing her words.
This insane behavior has truly disgraced a noble lady.
Ignoring the pain on her face, Zheng Fangyu quickly helped Xiao Ruyan up, looking at her disheveled state with heartache: "Even a county princess cannot punish people arbitrarily!"
"So, is Madam Xiao deaf?" Bai Tuantuan retorted. "Didn't you hear what she just said to me?"
Zheng Fangyu reacted quickly, saying in a deep voice, "Yan'er only spoke recklessly because she was angry, why does the county princess have to make things difficult for her..."
"Make things difficult for her?" Bai Tuantuan looked at Zheng Fangyu with a half-smile. "Fine, since Madam Xiao thinks I'm making things difficult for her, then let's just send her to the authorities and let the officials decide."
Zheng Fangyu's temple throbbed violently: "Princess, are you sure? If this gets out, your reputation will be ruined!"
"Isn't it Miss Xiao's reputation that's being ruined? I didn't curse anyone." Bai Tuantuan's smile deepened.
"Fine!" Zheng Fangyu suppressed her anger. "Since the county magistrate doesn't respect my Xiao family or my Zheng family, then I have nothing more to say."
“We can’t afford to be labeled as Mrs. Xiao,” Chen Zhixiu said, stepping forward and glancing at Zheng Fangyu. “If Miss Xiao hadn’t insulted Tuantuan, why would my Tuantuan have stepped in to teach her a lesson?”
"The Xiao and Zheng families can't raise their children well, and they blame it on Tuantuan? Madam Xiao, you have such a big reason!"
"Very well, tomorrow when this princess enters the palace to meet the Emperor, I will explain this matter in detail and ask Your Majesty to make a decision!"
Zheng Fangyu's heart sank, and she quickly looked at the Bai family: "Prime Minister Bai, Madam Bai, are you just going to let them do whatever they want?"
"Madam Xiao, what exactly have my Xiu'er and Tuantuan done? Isn't it you and Miss Xiao who are insulting and verbally abusing my Xiu'er and Tuantuan? What, is your Xiao family and Zheng family more powerful than the royal family? Do you really not respect the Princess and the County Princess?"
Yuan Chenchen snorted coldly: "Our Bai family will not allow your Xiao family and Zheng family to bully us!"
"What's going on?" came an uncertain voice from outside.
But this voice was the voice that Chen Zhixiu and Bai Tuantuan would remember for a lifetime!
Chen Zhixiu suppressed her anger, turned her head slightly, and looked at the man in front of her. The hatred in her eyes was about to annihilate her!
Bai Tuantuan wasn't much better off, but luckily she had a soup spoon that kept trying to calm her down.
Xiao Guangyuan felt the gloating looks from many people, and then looked at Zheng Fangyu, who was surrounded in the center, and Xiao Ruyan, who was in a terrible state. His brows were furrowed. What was going on?
"Father! Waaah! Father!" Xiao Ruyan rushed into Xiao Guangyuan's arms and cried loudly, "Father, they bullied me and Mother, Father..."
Xiao Guangyuan patted Xiao Ruyan's head, gave Zheng Fangyu a reassuring look, and then cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister, what has happened?"
However, instead of Bai Han and the others responding, Chen Zhixiu turned around and asked, "Husband?"
A voice made everyone gasp, and their faces showed surprise. What was going on?
Tears streamed down Chen Zhixiu's face, her expression filled with sorrow: "Husband, how did you get here? How did you become his husband? What happened?"
Chen Zhixiu's words made everyone eager to watch the show.
Xiao Guangyuan was struck dumb, feeling dizzy and his eyes were filled with shock. How could Chen Zhixiu be here!
Wasn't she dead?
Wait, what's going on here?
Zheng Fangyu turned around abruptly and looked at Chen Zhixiu in disbelief. Was she the woman her husband lived with in the countryside?
this……
"Husband? It's me, Xiu'er! Don't you recognize me?" Chen Zhixiu wiped away her tears, overjoyed. "My parents are here too! Oh, and I've found my biological parents! Look!"
Xiao Guangyuan looked in the direction Chen Zhixiu was pointing. Who else could it be but a member of the Bai family?
In an instant, the string in Xiao Guangyuan's mind snapped completely. What else was there that he didn't understand?
The eldest daughter of the Bai family has been found, and it turns out she was his first wife!
"Husband, what's wrong?" Chen Zhixiu feigned confusion as she looked at Xiao Guangyuan's pale face. Seeing him looking at her, she quickly smiled and said, "Husband, it's good that we found you, it's good that you're alive. By the way, back then, someone impersonated you and divorced me. I know it definitely wasn't your intention, right?"
Xiao Guangyuan took a deep breath and forced a smile: "Of course it wasn't me. I sent someone to bring you to the capital, but the message I received said that you had already... I should have come to find you myself."
Chen Zhixiu sneered inwardly. What a Xiao Guangyuan! He was indeed only after profit. In the blink of an eye, he had already come up with a story that would benefit him.
But how could she possibly do as he wished!
“How could this be… how could this happen…” Chen Zhixiu was heartbroken. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she immediately said, “Husband, look, this is our child. He has been recorded in the Bai family genealogy and is a county princess personally appointed by the Emperor!”
Xiao Guangyuan looked at Bai Tuantuan, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
Seeing Chen Zhixiu's actions, Bai Tuantuan immediately understood her meaning and excitedly asked, "Are you my father? My mother always says my father is very powerful! Can you take me riding a big horse?"
"Husband, is it because I am dead that you were forced to marry another woman in the capital?"
Chen Zhixiu looked at Zheng Fangyu, whose face was pale, and slowly said, "Now that I'm back, what will happen to her? Husband, when you married me, you promised me that you would be with me for life!"
"Get away from me!" Xiao Ruyan shoved Chen Zhixiu aside. "This is my father!"
Chen Zhixiu stumbled, and Bai Tuantuan quickly supported her, immediately scolding, "This is my father! My mother is the first wife! Even if your mother married my father, she can only be subordinate to my mother! She'll only be a concubine!"
"Nonsense!" Xiao Guangyuan immediately shouted, "Who taught you all this?"
Bai Tuantuan feigned confusion: "Isn't that right, Father? I know you must have had no choice but to marry her!"
Chen Zhixiu nodded: "Tuantuan is right. Your father and I were deeply in love. If no one had forced him, why would he have remarried..."
"This eldest daughter of the Bai family is truly foolish!"
Someone couldn't help but say, "Zheng Fangyu was the one Xiao Guangyuan proposed to, yet he claimed he wasn't married. Now it seems Xiao Guangyuan was clearly lying!"
"That's right! If he were truly deeply in love with the eldest daughter of the Bai family, why would he marry Zheng Fangyu and have a child who is almost the same age as the county princess? Tsk tsk tsk."
"By the way, didn't the eldest daughter of the Bai family say she received a letter of divorce? I think it was Xiao Guangyuan who had it taken back, right? I definitely don't believe him when he says he'll send someone to bring her back to the capital."
The murmurs of the crowd naturally reached Xiao Guangyuan's ears.
Xiao Guangyuan's hands, hidden in his sleeves, clenched into fists: "Xiu'er, let's discuss this later..."
"Why?" Chen Zhixiu asked softly, "Our family is reunited now, it's a joyous occasion! Husband, come with me, I'll introduce you to my biological parents and brothers!"
Xiao Guangyuan dared not go over! He took two steps back and said in a low voice, "You come back with me first."
As he spoke, he pulled Chen Zhixiu and Bai Tuantuan outside.
However, after taking only two steps, Chen Xiaoran and his seven brothers blocked his way.
"Don't go! Let's settle the debts from all these years..."
Xiao Guangyuan panicked completely. If he had known this would happen, he shouldn't have come! He should have gone home with his father-in-law!
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