Minglan really liked Xiao Zhuo, but when she found out that he was still obsessed with his ex-fiancée, she let him go decisively.
She did not speak, nor did she jump out to interrupt the former lovers from reminiscing about the past, but quietly left the scene.
The gentle beauty saw Minglan leave, but she couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhuo and said, "Mr. Xiao, have you been well these years?"
When she saw Minglan's age, she knew that Xiao Zhuo must have still been thinking about her all those years ago, so she wanted to know, did she still have a chance?
"...Madam Li, why did you return to Beijing?" Xiao Zhuo asked.
Looking at the gentle beauty, his eyes suddenly turned red, and crystal tears filled his eyes, and he was about to cry.
"Xiao Lang... I... I have divorced my husband..."
She was taken back by her parents. Her husband treated her badly and wanted to favor his concubine over his wife.
Although her parents did not love her very much, they still broke up with her husband and took her back to her parents' home.
She also knew that her parents actually thought that it didn't matter if she didn't live a good life after marrying her husband, and now she could marry Xiao Zhuo.
Her parents said that Xiao Zhuo had been waiting for her for many years, and even though she married someone else, there was still no one else by his side.
Her parents found out that the Xiao family was busy arranging marriages for their younger generations. Thinking about how she was not living well in her husband's family, they decided to bring her back and let her marry Xiao Zhuo.
The Dayun Dynasty did not prohibit widows from remarrying, nor did it prohibit divorced women from remarrying.
The founding emperor of Dayun once married a widow as his empress, and the third emperor's empress was a woman who remarried him after a divorce.
Therefore, the Dayun Dynasty did not have many restrictions on the remarriage of widows or divorced women.
Anyway, her parents knew that she was not living a good life, so they thought that if she could divorce and remarry Xiao Zhuo, it would be good for her and the family.
After all, the Xiao family was the late queen's family, and the prince's married-in family. Xiao Zhuo himself grew up with the prince.
How could her family be willing to give up such a promising son-in-law?
The previous breakup was in the past, and now her family wants to rebuild the relationship.
"Xiao Lang... Li Jidao is a scoundrel... He... He actually beat me... and caused a miscarriage... My poor child..."
The woman started to cry as she spoke, her frail body swaying as if she was about to fall into Xiao Zhuo's arms.
Xiao Zhuo looked at her and said, "Li Jidao beat you and caused you to have a miscarriage? When did it happen?"
Although he was not very concerned about his ex-fiancée's life after marriage, he had heard that the man she married had a good reputation. Why would he beat his own wife?
"Two years ago... Li Jidao got drunk and beat me up..."
"Li Jidao's concubine bullied me..."
"After my parents found out, they finally forced Li Jidao to divorce me..." The woman said, then raised her head and looked at Xiao Zhuo, "Xiao Lang... you're the only one who treats me the best..."
"Li Jidao is not a human being... Xiao Lang..."
Xiao Zhuo frowned and asked, "What do you want to say?"
"Xiao Lang, that wasn't your wife just now, was she?" the woman asked, sobbing. "She was wearing her hair in a girl's bun, not a woman's bun..."
"Besides, it's been a while since I returned to Beijing, and I haven't heard that you've gotten married... So, Xiao Lang, are you... still willing to marry me?"
"Xiao Lang, I know it was my fault to break off the engagement, and it was my family's fault...but...but..."
"How many years can a woman's youth last? I'd love to stay with you, but my parents don't agree... and there are other girls of marriageable age in the clan who need to get married..."
"If I wait for you to marry, the marriages of the girls in the tribe will also be delayed..."
"Xiao Lang, I know I was wrong. I will definitely live a good life with you in the future."
"Will you marry me?" The woman looked at Xiao Zhuo with red eyes. She was much shorter than him, and when she looked up at him, it was as if she was looking at the god who saved her.
Xiao Zhuo was a little dazed.
He seemed to be hallucinating.
The girl he once loved deeply, his ex-fiancée who had already married, actually told him to marry her?
Xiao Zhuo suddenly felt that this was a bit absurd.
"Madam Li..." Xiao Zhuo blurted out the name, but when he saw her coaxing eyes, he swallowed it back and changed his words to "Madam Yang..."
"We've missed each other for many years." Xiao Zhuo said, "Don't you know what the Yang and Xiao families said when they broke off their engagement?"
"I have to observe mourning and cannot get married, so your family is unwilling to wait. The Xiao family and I don't blame you or the Yang family for canceling the engagement."
"But Madam Yang...there has been no relationship between you and me for a long time." Xiao Zhuo said seriously.
"How can it not matter?" Madam Yang asked anxiously, "How can it not matter?"
"Have you forgotten the vows we made to each other? You once said you would treat me well for the rest of my life!"
"You once said... that we would be together for the rest of our lives!"
"You haven't married in all these years, and you don't even have a concubine or a maid. Isn't it because you still care about me?"
"You haven't married yet, isn't it because you still miss me?" Madam Yang asked excitedly.
Xiao Zhuo is the best man she has ever met and the best husband candidate she can get. She doesn't want to give up easily.
After experiencing her previous husband, she realized how rare a husband like Xiao Zhuo was.
Her ex-husband looked like a scholar, but he was a violent man and even beat his wife to the point of causing her to have a miscarriage.
He obviously looked like a gentleman, but he favored his concubine over his wife and allowed his concubine to bully his wife.
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