Chapter 242: Even at such an old age, he still has no sense of shame
Just as the Duke of Enguo and his wife were looking grim, the Crown Prince's wife stepped forward and said, "Don't bother your Highness to invite me. I was there that day and indeed heard your Highness say that my younger sister is in love with the Prince. Your Highness is not mistaken."
Prince Fang Guangyuan looked at his wife in shock: "Xiang Yuan, what are you talking about? Are you out of your mind?"
"Yes! I'm just not thinking straight, otherwise why would I marry a beast like you!"
The Crown Prince's wife looked at the family she had lived with for five years with such hatred that her teeth were itching. She had already seen from Bu Ruo's attitude that the outcome would most likely happen today, so she decided to just go for broke and vent all the grievances she had suffered in the past few years.
"The dignified Duke of Enguo, at such an old age, still shamelessly keeps a mistress. The son she gave birth to is only four years old, just like my daughter. My mother-in-law, who wasn't from a prominent family to begin with, threw a tantrum in the mansion when she found out, insisting that my father-in-law kill the mistress and her son."
"My husband, the prince, followed suit. Two years after we got married, he also followed his father, the Duke of the State, and started keeping a mistress. He even deliberately delayed my youngest son's birth when he fell ill during his first month. When he was no longer able to recover, he placed the son born from his mistress next to me, claiming he was my own son. My son... was then carelessly thrown into a mass grave by him."
"They thought I didn't know. They treated my concubine's youngest son particularly well and didn't take my daughter seriously at all. They even plotted to kill me in an accident to make room for the concubine, and they wouldn't even let my daughter go."
"My mother-in-law was arguing with my father-in-law about the concubine's son, while at the same time she was making plans for her own son's concubine and child, all because the concubine was her distant niece."
"Mother-in-law, I, Xiang Yuan, have always believed that I have been extremely filial to you and my father-in-law since I married into your Duke of Enguo's mansion. Every time you saw someone else wearing new jewelry outside, you would hint to me that I would buy it for you no matter how much money it cost. But in the end... all those jewelry ended up being given to your concubine."
"God and Heaven, your Enguo Mansion has long been rotten. My mother-in-law can't manage the household. My father-in-law has sold almost all of our shops to support his mistress. There is not a single copper coin in the account of the Duke's Mansion. All the money has been spent from my dowry."
"Your family... is truly disgusting."
The prince was so angry that he stood up and kicked him hard: "Shut up! Do you know what you are saying? We should just solve this kind of thing at home. How can you bring it out and talk about it outside? Don't you know that family disgrace should not be made public?"
The Crown Prince's wife, who was kicked down, quickly got up and slapped the Crown Prince with all her might. The sound was so loud that even Bu Bu subconsciously covered her face and hissed.
"Family scandal? You guys still know about family scandals? Why didn't you know it was a family scandal when you did it? Why didn't you know it was a family scandal when you spent my money to support your mistress? Why didn't you know it was a family scandal when you asked me to raise a son for your mistress and plotted against my life and my daughter's life?"
"I've already prepared myself for a fight to the bitter end by speaking out in front of everyone today. It's true that I, Xiang Yuan, am a merchant's daughter, but I was also pampered and loved by my parents since I was a child. Why should I come to your house to suffer injustice and even lose my life in the end?"
"Princess, if I stay in this Duke of En's mansion any longer, I'm afraid my life will be in danger. Please save me and my little girl. I'm willing to give you all my dowry, and after I return to my parents' home, I'll give you another 100,000 taels of silver."
Crown Prince Fang Guangyuan became anxious and wanted to grab the Crown Prince's wife and beat her up, but was kicked away by Phantom.
"I...I will not divorce you, Xiang Yuan. You are a member of my Fang family in life, and you can only be buried in my Fang family's ancestral tomb after death. I will not let you go. Just give up on this idea."
If Bu Ruo hadn't had to be careful about her status, she would have wanted to kick him twice: "You are reluctant to give up her dowry, right? After all, if she were gone, your Duke of En's Mansion might not be able to make ends meet. How would you two have the money to support a concubine?"
"Tsk tsk, if a scum like you gets away with it, this princess will be so angry that she won't be able to sleep at night."
After Cen Nan finished reading the imperial edict, Bu Ruo personally handed it to Xiang Yuan: "Take it. From today on, you and your daughter have no relationship with the Duke of Enguo's Mansion. You are divorcing each other amicably. You can take all the dowry with you. Even the money they spent can be returned to you by me, the princess."
"This princess doesn't want your dowry or your money. It's not easy for a woman to divorce with a child. I just hope you live a good life in the future."
Seeing this, Duke Enguo's eyes turned red with anxiety. He knew very well what the Duke Enguo's Mansion was like. If his wife left, they would be afraid that they would really have no food to eat.
"Yuan'er, we were wrong about what happened in the past. It was Guangyuan who let you down. I'll ask him to apologize to you right now. Please forgive him. After all, he is the father of your child."
Fang Guangyuan never thought that Bu Ruo would really help his wife to get a divorce. Now he realized the seriousness of the matter. He ignored the pain in his chest from being kicked by Meiying and crawled to Xiang Yuan's legs, crying.
"Yuan'er, my wife, I was wrong. I was really wrong. It was that vixen outside who seduced me. You are the one I love the most. I have never thought of killing you or our daughter. How could I do that? If I did, would I still be a human being?"
Xiang Yuan angrily slapped him again: "You are no longer a human being. What can't you do? Didn't you order someone to put that pot of poisonous flowers in my daughter's room? Don't you want to wait for my daughter to die and then take my life while I am heartbroken?"
"If I hadn't been alert, my daughter would have died by now! Fang Guangyuan, I will never forgive you. I wish you would die!"
Bu Ruo calmed the people down and looked at the few people lying on the ground, looking like ashes, and chuckled: "Okay, now that the matter of the Crown Prince's wife has been resolved, it's Miss Fang's turn."
"Phantom, didn't Miss Fang say she wanted to hug Bubu? Then let's cripple her hands so she doesn't have to hug anyone in the future because she won't know where to put her claws."
Fang Yiyu was so frightened that she kept backing away, and finally fainted with two screams, with her hands and arms hanging at her sides in abnormal bends.
Bu Ruo nodded in satisfaction, and looking at the hatred in Duke En's eyes, he continued, "Are you planning to go to the palace to file a complaint? Your daughter is the Emperor's concubine. I forgot to tell you that your eldest daughter has been deposed and executed by the Emperor because...she had an affair with a guard, intending to confuse the royal bloodline."
"How is it? Are you satisfied?"
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