Chapter 283: Full of Regret

The two brothers were handsome. Du Jinxuan looked more stable and mature, with a small mole in front of his eyebrows. His younger brother had slightly pale features, but his eyes were lively, and he looked very smart and gentle.

He took the lead in bringing his younger brother Du Jinchen to pay respects to the elders in the room.

"Dad, grandmother, mother."

The two brothers stood in the middle of the hall. Mother wiped her tears and trembled her shoulders. Old Madam Du sat beside her with a pale face, and Marquis Anguo had a cold look, and his whole body was filled with a kind of majesty.

"Xuan'er Chen'er."

Marquis Anguo suddenly spoke.

The two immediately knelt down and saluted in the direction of Marquis Anguo.

"Son is here."

The two said in unison, very politely.

Marquis Anguo did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point: "Dad and your mother are going to divorce. Do you two brothers plan to stay with dad or leave mom?"

"!!!"

The two of them raised their heads suddenly, their eyes fell directly on Marquis Anguo above them.

Du Jinxuan's eyes widened. He never expected to hear such news.

It was like a bolt from the blue, and the two brothers were stunned.

"Dad, what did you say?"

Marquis Anguo was still sitting in the main seat, looking at his two sons with a sharp gaze.

He also knew that blood ties could not be severed. Even though Liu had mixed up a bit, she still took good care of her two sons over the years.

The two brothers would definitely not let it go.

"Dad has made it very clear that he wants to divorce your mother. This is not a sudden impulse, but I have considered it and made up my mind. You two should give Dad an answer now."

Du Jinchen's eyes were red.

He lowered his voice and his tone was obviously sad: "Dad, you want me and my brother to give you an answer now, but this news is too sudden for us two. It is a bit hard to accept. I wonder if Dad can tell you why you must divorce your mother?" Liu

was still sitting paralyzed on the cold ground.

Du Jinxuan felt a little bit reluctant, so he walked over and helped his mother up from the ground.

Seeing the two brothers like this, An Guohou saw it.

Both of them are filial children. If not, he would not have tolerated Liu for so many years.

"Well, today I will tell you two why I want to divorce you. It's because your mother, regardless of the distance between us, did not know the limits and meddled in government affairs without authorization. She almost put the entire mansion into a trap. I didn't divorce her directly because I saw how hard she worked over the years!"

After saying this, the two brothers were silent.

They knew what kind of person their father was, so they naturally would not disbelieve him.

Seeing that her son was about to let go, Liu grabbed Du Jinxuan's sleeve.

"Xuan'er, don't go. Mother already knows that she was wrong, but your father won't forgive her. Please help her plead for mercy in front of your father."

Hearing Liu's cry, it was impossible for the son not to be soft-hearted.

Du Jinxuan pursed his lips, raised his head and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Marquis Anguo.

"Don't mention the words of begging. If you haven't made up your mind, it won't be too late to make a choice when your mother leaves the Marquis' Mansion in three days."

As he spoke, Marquis Anguo didn't even look at the family, turned around and walked inside.

How could he not feel uncomfortable? It was

also very uncomfortable

. However, if he didn't give up today, he would feel even more uncomfortable in the future.

When Liu saw that Marquis Anguo had left them and their son here like this, she burst into tears immediately, and her cry was filled with endless regret.

She only hated herself for believing what others said and making the Marquis unhappy.

Even Old Lady Du did not dare to say anything this time. The coldness and ruthlessness of Marquis Anguo was really unexpected.

"Grandma, what happened?"

Du Jinchen was very anxious to know the details.

Old Lady Du rolled her eyes and was about to speak, but she saw an official coming in at the door and said to the two young masters, "Young masters, it is actually like this."

Marquis Anguo kept this person here for the purpose of telling the details.

To prevent Old Lady Du and Liu from taking the initiative and distorting the truth of the matter.

There would be no good words from these two women.

Old Lady Du's face was extremely stiff, listening to the housekeeper telling the whole story.

After hearing this, the two brothers Du Jinxuan and Du Jinchen looked at their mother and grandmother with changed eyes.

Liu was shocked and a little at a loss.

"Xuan'er, Chen'er, mother actually..."

Du Jinxuan immediately said: "Mother, son already knows, but what you did is indeed wrong."

The two spent more time with An Guohou since they were young, so they were influenced by him and their personalities were more like their father.

Liu only doted on them endlessly.

Of course, this does not mean that the two brothers do not care about their mother.

Du Jinxuan helped Liu and asked her to sit down again.

"Our family is so prosperous now, and father and you are respected by officials and noble ladies in the capital, all because of Yunxi's family. Although the third prince and his mother are somewhat related to grandmother, they are not so close that we need to risk our lives for them."

Liu lowered her head and whispered, "It's just for the sake of kinship that I asked An Yunxi for a pardon. It's not as serious as you said."

Du Jinxuan was speechless.

He finally understood why his father insisted on divorcing Liu.

Liu was just the daughter of a small family, a collateral branch of Mrs. Du. It was definitely a high marriage for her to marry into a marquisate.

Madam Du chose her because she was easy to control and obedient. She felt that if the Marquis of Anguo married a daughter of a famous family, her stepmother would be bullied in the Marquis’ mansion.

He was very patient: "Mother, you can't say that. Do you know who ordered the killing of the third prince?"

Liu said, "Isn't it the Regent Prince?"

Du Jinxuan had heard a lot of news from his father. He shook his head and said, "It was the Emperor."

Liu was a little confused. She didn't understand the twists and turns.

"That was also proposed by the Regent Prince?"

Du Jinxuan sighed, "It's true that the one who proposed to kill the Third Prince was the Regent Prince, but the one who ordered to kill the Third Prince was the Emperor. There is a big difference. The Third Prince will definitely die. No matter who pleads for him, it will be useless. If you really said this, it would be equivalent to being in cahoots with the Third Prince and suspected of treason."

Liu's face turned pale.

She didn't even dare to think about the crime of treason.

"Xuan'er, mother didn't know. She had no idea that the matter would be so serious. She just felt that the Third Prince was your cousin and that he couldn't die."

Du Jinxuan's face was serious: "Father avoided this matter as much as possible and didn't dare to mention it outside. But mother and grandmother still have to take the initiative to get involved. If the emperor orders the extermination of Concubine Hui's nine clans in the future, we will definitely be implicated. No one in the court dares to ask for this."