Chapter 235 Decision
The room suddenly fell silent, and Xi Jianan and Song Yunhe fell silent at the same time.
After all, he couldn't bear to deny Xi Qingtong a bit of dignity. After a moment, Xi Jianan said with a sullen face, "Let's go out first."
He had never felt so humiliated in his life. How could this evil girl cause him one trouble after another?
As soon as they reached the pavilion, Xi Jianan lowered his voice and said, "Follow me. No one is allowed to leave until we figure this out today!"
"Please, sir, arrest these two maids."
Xi Jianan nodded to the eunuch waiting outside, and the eunuch immediately waved his hand, and four young eunuchs came running over from a distance and took the gold and silver beads.
The group followed Xi Jianan to the room farthest from Xi Qingtong. A group of people surrounded the two maids and asked, "Tell me, who has your wife been seeing recently? Who is the adulterer?"
At first, the two maids said they didn't know, but with so many people surrounding them, they soon lost their patience. After racking their brains, Yinzhu finally broke down and said, "It's... it's Prince An! That day, Madam met His Highness Prince An alone in the mountains behind Baoguo Temple!"
Jinzhu also added tearfully, "When Prince An saw Madam, he personally lifted up Madam's curtain..."
No one present was a fool. Thinking about the fact that Princess An came uninvited and the truth she had revealed, it became self-evident who the adulterer was.
"Haha, no wonder Prince Ning knew about the exchange. Prince An must have told him."
Xiao Ji sneered and clenched his fists. "I knew she was immoral, but I didn't expect she was so stupid that she even dared to get close to Prince An and told him about this."
Xi Jianan had obviously thought of this as well. He stumbled a step, holding onto the wall to barely stand. His old face flushed crimson, and he was so ashamed and angry that he almost felt embarrassed.
He had a clean reputation throughout his life, yet he raised such a shameless daughter!
"I...I'm not a good parent..." His voice trembled, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Your Highness..."
But now it was no longer a matter of which to be laughed at or not. The next moment, Xi Jianan staggered two steps again. Qingwu supported him in time. He turned his head to see his daughter beside him. Looking at the identical face, his heart was filled with anger, sadness and guilt.
They are obviously twin sisters, why are there such big differences?
One is loyal and righteous, and has both moral integrity and talent, while the other is heartless and ungrateful, and does not observe the virtues of a woman.
Song Yunhe was also stunned. He had never thought that Xi Qingtong's adulterer was Prince An. Prince An... a prince of a country...
Song Yunhe, who was already both inferior and proud, felt as if his heart was grabbed by a big hand and he could hardly breathe.
Why did she want to have an affair with Prince An? Did he despise her official position? Did he think the Song family wasn't wealthy enough? He told her to stay with Prince An even while pregnant. Was he really that worthless?
The music coming from the main hall was so festive, but no one in this pavilion had a smile on their face.
After an unknown amount of time, Qingwu broke the silence. Her eyes were red and her tone was not calm, but angry.
"Father, what are you going to do with her?"
If Qingwu still felt a tinge of pleasure of revenge in her heart when she asked Jinzhu and Yinzhu to hold Xi Qingtong down to prevent her from struggling, her mood became complicated when she found out that Xi Qingtong was actually having an affair.
The moment she saw Xi Qingtong being caught cheating in bed, she did not feel any pleasure like "I asked you to choose Xi Qingtong, and now she is cheating on you", but rather confusion and even some pity.
Qingwu doesn't like Xi Qingtong. She is aloof, proud, and looks down on herself. But precisely because Xi Qingtong has such characteristics, Qingwu doesn't understand why she still has an affair with another man. She is both talented and beautiful, and she used to care about her reputation. How could she do such a thing so easily?
Until it was guessed and confirmed that the person she cheated with was Prince An, and today Prince Ning exposed the matter of twin sisters in public...all the facts pointed to Xi Qingtong leaking the sister swap.
Then why did she tell Prince An about it? Qing Wu could only think that she was trying to get revenge on him. Xi Qingtong wanted to get revenge on him, so she told Prince An about it, and Prince An then told Prince Ning about it, hoping to kill someone with a borrowed knife.
"Are you going to delay for her again this time? Are you still unable to make a decision? She almost ruined me and the Xi family again."
Qingwu's voice trembled slightly. She knew that Xi Jianan had been procrastinating and had not yet figured out how to punish Xi Qingtong. She even felt that if this incident had not happened, the punishment might have been left unresolved after a year or two.
But after learning that Xi Qingtong had leaked the secret, she was unwilling to delay any longer. She could not keep Xi Qingtong outside, as she didn't know when she would get into trouble again.
She let go of the hand that was supporting Xi Jianan, took a step back, and quietly waited for Xi Jianan to make a decision. However, Xiao Ji quietly stood beside her without her knowing when, and then firmly held her hand. The two of them interlocked their fingers and stood side by side.
Xi Jianan also understood Qingwu's behavioral language. He knew that if he was soft-hearted again this time, his daughter would probably become alienated from him.
He clenched his fists and took a deep breath, "Father will not be soft-hearted..."
These words woke Song Yunhe up. He looked in the direction of Qingwu. The couple standing side by side looked like two big trees leaning against each other and supporting each other. This scene hurt Song Yunhe's heart.
He regretted it, he really regretted it. He had chosen Xi Qingtong over such a good wife and mother. At this moment, he wished he could go back to more than three months ago. If he could go back to that day, he would definitely refuse...
He chose Xi Qingtong, but he lost his two children, was cuckolded, and lost the care of the Xi family...
Thinking of this, Song Yunhe turned his gaze to Xi Jianan, lifted his robe, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed heavily: "Uncle..."
Hearing the word "Uncle", Xi Jianan had a bad feeling. Sure enough, the next sentence Song Yunhe said: "I beg Uncle to agree to my divorce from her. My nephew really can't live in the same room with her..."
Xi Jianan closed his eyes and sighed, but he couldn't blame her. Which man could accept such a wife? But -
"Song Yunhe, it's not that I don't agree, but I've already told His Majesty and all the ministers that you and that evil girl were childhood sweethearts, deeply in love. How can you divorce me right now?"
Upon hearing this, Song Yunhe froze in place, as if he had just remembered this matter and realized that he and Xi Qingtong were inseparable.
That helpless and humiliating look made Xi Jianan feel a little ashamed. Even though Song Yunhe was not a good person, his daughter was indeed at fault. He looked to the left at Qingwu, then to the right at Song Yunhe, and finally made up his mind.
He spoke in a hoarse voice: "Father...Father will take that evil girl back to the mansion."
Xi Jianan continued with difficulty, "Break one of her legs, assign someone to guard her day and night, and make sure she never steps out of the courtyard again... That way, she won't cause any more trouble."
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