The onlookers were all pointing and whispering.
"You can get your dowry back after the divorce."
"What do you know? General Wu killed Lord Tao. Logically, the Tao family could have divorced Miss Wu with a letter of divorce. Out of consideration for their past relationship as husband and wife, Young Master Tao gave her the divorce papers as a way of saving face for Miss Wu. Under such circumstances, how could the Wu family have the nerve to take back the dowry?"
"But General Wu has already paid with his life, so we're even."
"If someone is killed, there should be compensation, right?"
"It was an accident, and it's not Miss Wu's fault. We can't blame it on her."
“I think so too. Besides, with General Wu gone, the Wu family is left with only orphans and widows. If we don’t return their dowries, how are they supposed to survive?”
"That's right, this young master Tao even keeps a mistress, and he still has the nerve to ask for other people's dowry."
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The people were gossiping, but Madam Tao paid no attention to them and directly told the servants she had brought, "Go and move these things out!"
Relying on their superior numbers, the servants stormed into the general's mansion.
Wu Yichen drew his sword and stepped forward. Perhaps Madam Tao had anticipated this, for two or three of her servants were skilled in martial arts and were armed with knives, clubs, swords, and other weapons, and they began to fight against Wu Yichen.
The remaining servants seized the opportunity to rush inside, and servants from General Wu's mansion also rushed out to fight them.
The scene was chaotic. Madam Wu felt dizzy and began to sway. Wu Ziyun quickly supported her mother, gritting her teeth and enduring the pain in her abdomen.
"Stop!" a voice rang out.
Everyone looked toward the voice, and the person who came was Tao Zhengyu, the son of Tao Rong, the former Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
Upon seeing Young Master Tao approaching, the Tao family servants stopped.
Tao Zhengyu strode to Madam Tao's side, his face grim. "Mother, what are you doing?"
"Yu'er, what brings you here? Your mother has come to retrieve our Tao family's belongings. You should go back now; this is none of your business."
Ultimately, this was a matter for the inner quarters of the household, and Madam Tao did not want her son to get involved, lest it damage his reputation.
“Mother, Yun’er and I are divorced amicably, so this dowry should rightfully be returned to the Wu family. This is what I had sent back. Mother, let’s go back,” Tao Zhengyu advised.
Madam Tao looked at him with a look of utter disappointment, "Yu'er, are you confused? Wu Ziyun has been married into our Tao family for over a year and has not borne any children. She has already committed one of the seven grounds for divorce. It is only right that you divorce her. Giving her a divorce agreement is already more than enough. How can you return her dowry to the Wu family?"
Seeing this, Su Ruojin whispered to Xiao Yanchu, "It seems the General's Mansion has prepared quite a dowry for Miss Wu."
Otherwise, Madam Tao wouldn't have been so concerned.
Xiao Yanchu replied, "General Wu's current status is the result of his victories in battle after battle. Every time he returns from a great victory, the Emperor's rewards are never lacking."
This Vice Minister of Justice, Lord Tao, is said to be an incorruptible official. If that's true, then receiving only his salary means he certainly doesn't have much money in his pocket.
This information was obtained by the secret guards beforehand.
Now that Lord Tao is dead, and Young Master Tao has yet to secure a suitable official position, it seems that Madam Tao is getting anxious and needs to use Wu Ziyun's dowry to pave the way for her son.
“Mother, this matter has nothing to do with Yun’er. General Wu has been brought to justice, and now only the Wu family, mother and her two children, remain. We cannot be too ruthless,” Tao Zhengyu said.
Looking at Tao Zhengyu, who still had a shred of conscience, Wu Ziyun burst into tears.
In fact, after she married Tao Zhengyu, the couple lived harmoniously. Even when Madam Tao saw that she was not pregnant for a long time, she forced Tao Zhengyu to take a concubine, but Tao Zhengyu refused.
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