Chapter 120 Is Aunt Zhou's husband not dead?
When Aunt Zhao saw her arrive, she put her hands on her hips and said sternly, "When it comes to accumulating virtue, it should be your Zhao family accumulating virtue! You ruined my daughter's reputation and still refuse to marry her!"
Aunt Zhou sneered, "My son has never said a word to your daughter. What do you mean by ruining your daughter's reputation? It's you who came to our house to make a scene, as if you're afraid the villagers won't know that your daughter is in a hurry to get married!"
Aunt Zhao's face turned ashen. "Chen Yue'e! It's clearly your family that wronged my family!"
Aunt Zhou continued with a cold laugh, "Everyone in this village knows that my Zhao'er is only fourteen or fifteen years old, not old enough to get married yet. We don't know who ruined whose reputation, and we're already being lenient by not blaming your family."
Here, men typically marry at the age of sixteen.
Hearing this, Aunt Zhao realized she was in the wrong and angrily retorted, "If your son hadn't seduced my daughter, would she have ended up like this?!"
Aunt Zhou laughed loudly, "Seduction?! What a joke! My son walking past your daughter is seduction! Does that mean the wild boar passing by your daughter seduced her? Why don't you marry your daughter off to the wild boar and make her a mountain king!"
When she first came to the village, Aunt Zhou was very polite and refined, but now she can curse people without hesitation.
Aunt Zhao was momentarily speechless after being scolded, so she pointed at her and angrily said, "You stinking widow! What's there to be proud of! I wonder which wild man you've been relying on to open that incense shop! Did your son learn his seductive skills from you?!"
Women who disliked Aunt Zhou often used the fact that she was a widow as a point of contention.
In villages where there are no men in the household, the women often gossip and spread rumors about them.
Aunt Zhou was used to it, but the Third Prince outside the door couldn't stand it.
"Shut up!" The Third Prince strode into the courtyard and shielded Aunt Zhou behind him.
He traveled by carriage to Cheng'an County, met Master Fang, and learned about the Zhou family from him. He then immediately rode his horse to Changliu Village.
I just arrived at the door and witnessed the scene from earlier.
Seeing his beloved being slandered like this by a group of people was absolutely devastating!
"Who are you calling a widow?!" the Third Prince said sternly to Aunt Zhao.
Although the Third Prince was already middle-aged, he was tall and handsome. Standing in front of Aunt Zhou, he was like a mountain, making Aunt Zhao and Uncle Zhao feel breathless for a moment.
Aunt Zhou was stunned by the arrival of the person, frozen in place, her eyes wide open, her mind filled with thoughts of whether the Emperor had discovered her and her three children.
"Oh! This wild man is here!" Aunt Zhao was the first to react, and she sneered at the Third Prince.
The Third Prince spoke in a deep, authoritative voice: "Who told you I'm a bastard? Who told you her husband is dead?!"
What he meant by saying this was that he and Aunt Zhou were completely innocent, and that her husband was still alive.
The current emperor doesn't stay in the palace properly; he dotes on this person and that person, and while he's indulging them, he's also lamenting the death of his first wife, whom he supposedly "killed."
But Aunt Zhao seemed to have misunderstood something, and widened her eyes, saying, "You're Chen Yue'e's man in the capital?!"
It is said that Chen Yue'e became a child bride to a stable boy in Beijing.
The Third Prince was afraid of being too conspicuous today, so he wore a servant's clothes, making him look somewhat like a groom. However, this groom had a noble air about him, so Aunt Zhao was a little unsure.
The Third Prince was somewhat confused.
At this moment, Aunt Zhou realized what was happening and immediately pulled Prince Wang behind her, saying to Aunt Zhao, "That's right, he is the man I have in the capital!"
Aunt Zhao was shocked. "Didn't everyone in the village say that your husband is dead?"
Aunt Zhou quickly thought for a moment and said, "My husband was driving a horse-drawn carriage for a security escort agency. On the way, he encountered bandits and accidentally fell off a cliff. I thought he was dead."
After saying that, she looked at the bewildered Third Prince, winked at him, then her eyes reddened and she burst into tears, "You heartless bastard, why didn't you come looking for us sooner if you weren't dead!"
The Third Prince was already excited to see her, and now, going along with her words, he hugged her tightly, saying, "Isn't this why I'm here now?"
Du Wanchun, standing to the side, also tactfully called out, "Father!"
Hearing the word "father" from the Third Prince, he felt particularly pleased. When he arrived, he had heard Master Fang say that Ruiyuan had married a good wife, and he guessed that it must be this girl. He quickly responded loudly, "Yes!"
Seeing the "husband and wife" reunited, Aunt Zhao and Uncle Zhao didn't dare to go forward and cause trouble.
That tall guy could kill the couple with one punch!
The two of them took two steps back and turned to leave.
The Third Prince didn't forget to call out to them, "Stop!"
Aunt Zhao turned around hesitantly.
The Third Prince released Granny Zhou and said coldly and sternly to them, "If anyone dares to cause trouble at the Zhou family again, I will cut off their legs!"
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