"You still talk about arranged marriages and parental orders? Bah..." Fu Wanning put her hands on her hips and retorted angrily, "Old feudal thinking. Last time, Captain Cheng told us to feel free to report you. Does your Pei family still dare to break the law?"
Shi Zhenxiang felt she had to turn the tables, so she waved her hand arrogantly and said, "What are you afraid of? With the Gu family protecting you, how dare that Captain Cheng not give me face? My family is the head of the five families, after all."
With the Gu family backing her up, Pei Danfeng's face instantly lit up with smugness. "Did you hear that? Madam Gu's words still carry a lot of weight. What is Captain Cheng anyway? With just one word from the Gu family, Captain Cheng would have to release the Du family's bodyguards without any harm."
"Gu Wanwan is a complete liar. She herself is a proponent of feudal superstition and made a solemn prediction that my in-laws would suffer misfortune. But the next day, nothing happened. Because of her instigation, her mistress and illegitimate child moved into the house, causing me to become an abandoned wife and my children to become abandoned children of the Xie family. Madam Gu, you must help me get justice and severely punish this scourge, Gu Wanwan."
"They both have the surname Gu, but Gu Wanwan is not as outstanding as your daughter Ya Rou. If she had even one bit of Ya Rou's good qualities, would my Pei family still object to this marriage?"
Unexpectedly, Gu Wanwan's next words directly slapped Shi Zhenxiang in the face: "Captain Cheng would give her face? That's ridiculous. Her husband, the head of the Gu family, came here without any legitimate reason. Who would take the second branch of the Gu family seriously? Only you few scum would flatter her."
"If you're so capable, try telling her to talk to the special department. The Du family's bodyguards were sent to the special department by Captain Cheng yesterday. It'll be hard for them not to spit something out!"
Her words were like a bomb, stunning everyone present.
Suddenly, onlookers who had gotten firsthand 'intelligence' returned to share the news.
"Fresh news! Pei Danfeng's children secretly went to the Xie family to claim kinship behind her back. Guess what happened?"
"We can't really accept her back and live peacefully with the mistress and her child, can we? That would be too humiliating!"
"They were just about to acknowledge the relationship when the special department came to arrest them, taking down the entire Xie family. Pei Danfeng's children were terrified and were interrogated by the special department. The acknowledgment of their relationship turned into a collective denunciation of the Xie family's crimes, clearing their names completely."
"That mistress was really unlucky. She went to jail as soon as she entered the family. Even her son couldn't escape it. The mistress wanted to get a divorce and sever ties with her family, but it was no use. The marriage certificate was the ironclad proof. She got so agitated that she miscarried, almost losing both her and her unborn child."
"Pei Danfeng's children were lucky to have severed ties with their parents early on, otherwise they would have been the ones arrested. Now Pei Danfeng still has the nerve to criticize Gu Zhiqing. Such an ungrateful person should be sent to the countryside for labor reform."
Pei Danfeng was struck dumb, collapsing to the ground in a daze. She pointed in Gu Wanwan's direction, never expecting the prophecy to actually come true. The Xie family's downfall was so sudden, almost dragging her and her children down with it, and her daughter-in-law almost miscarried...
Just then, Gu Peichuan and his girlfriend Sheng Chuxuan stepped into the Fu family's gate. "Tsk tsk, it's really lively. Sorry, my wife and I are late!"
Shen Chun was overjoyed. "Your Highness has arrived! Please come in!"
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