The mistress is reborn, no one who bullies me can escape

Zhao Yuxuan's heart was shaken. "Your Highness, Xue Jinhua is my wife. How can I let others take care of her funeral?"

"Is Madam Xue an outsider?"

Zhao Yuxuan's face turned pale as paper in an instant, as if all the blood had been drained away.

The Crown Prince sneered, "This prince is following the order of the emperor to give the first lady peace. Since your Zhao family is not doing a good job and the Xue family is not in line with etiquette, we can only let Madam Xue take her back and take care of it."

"However, what you said is not without reason. Xue Jinhua is still the Zhao family's matriarch after all..."

Zhao Yuxuan's eyes flickered with a glimmer of hope.

However, the words of His Royal Highness were like a gust of cold wind, ruthlessly blowing out the fire of hope in his heart. "But fortunately, His Majesty is wise and has already known about the situation of the first lady, and has specially granted you permission to divorce."

Zhao Yuxuan felt as if his heart was broken into countless pieces, each piece bringing sharp pain.

He took a deep breath, trying to suppress the uncontrollable pain, but his voice couldn't help but tremble: "Your Highness... You must not do this!"

The prince seemed not to have heard his words and continued to nonchalantly fiddle with the jade ring on his wrist, his eyes so cold that it made people shudder.

He slowly said, "Zhao Yuxuan, are you trying to disobey the emperor's order?"

Zhao Yuxuan's face turned pale in an instant, and his body trembled involuntarily.

At this moment, he just felt difficulty breathing, as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest.

Not to mention that he is now in a state of decline, even in his most glorious time in the past, he was just a small official.

With his identity and status, how could he compete with the royal family who are so high and mighty?

A sneer appeared on the corner of His Royal Highness's mouth. He looked at the members of the Zhao family with a cold light flashing in his eyes, as if he wanted to see through them.

"Or do you, the Zhao family, want to disobey the emperor's order?"

The patriarch's face was pale, with cold sweat dripping down his forehead. He looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in horror, his heart filled with fear.

How dare the Zhao family disobey the emperor's order? He quickly shook his head and denied, "Your Highness, our Zhao family absolutely does not have such an intention! Our Zhao family will obey the emperor's order."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded slightly, seeming satisfied with the patriarch's answer.

However, his gaze immediately turned to the Zhao family members standing beside him, his eyes revealing a sense of majesty and indifference.

His tone became serious: "You know, this is not only my personal wish, but also the will of His Majesty."

The prince then said, "Madam... Oh, no, she should be called Xue Jinhua now. She is a third-rank imperial lady appointed by His Majesty himself. How could His Majesty tolerate any stain on her?"

Everyone remained silent and did not dare to express their opinions easily.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's words were like a sharp sword, piercing everyone's heartstrings.

They understood that if there were any flaws in Xue Jinhua, it would be a blasphemy against the imperial power.

In this era, divorce was often seen as a symbol of the woman's mistake, while divorce by amicable consent usually meant that the man was at fault first.

His Majesty's intentions were very obvious. The fact that Xue Jinhua received such special treatment clearly showed that the Zhao family had made a mistake.

This was undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face to the Zhao family...

More importantly, the Zhao family could not raise any objections to this situation.

Since the Zhao family has done this, the Xue family must now act cautiously and carefully weigh the pros and cons.

No matter how capable the Xue family is, they are just subjects after all. How dare they disobey the emperor's will?

Moreover, the only purpose of their visit this time was to bring back Xue Jinhua. Now that things have come to this, they have no reason to stay any longer.

As for Zhao Yuxuan, although he was extremely reluctant in his heart, the elders in the family would never tolerate him acting recklessly again.

At this moment, the corpse in front of him was about to be transported away. Zhao Yuxuan's face instantly turned red. He wanted to rush forward excitedly, but the patriarch ordered someone to stop him: "Drag him away."

However, Zhao Yuxuan still refused to give up. He struggled again and threw himself at the corpse, his eyes full of affection and attachment, and shouted in a trembling voice: "No, no one of you can take her away without my permission!"

Looking at Zhao Yuxuan's affectionate and infatuated appearance, if someone doesn't understand the actual situation, they would probably be really moved by his deep affection.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sneered and said sarcastically: "If Mr. Zhao could be as affectionate as he is now, and showed it when the Madam was still alive, perhaps things would not have developed to the point today. It's a pity that there is no turning back in life. The dead are gone and cannot be resurrected. We can only mourn and accept the change."

Hearing what His Royal Highness said, Zhao Yuxuan became even more agitated. He wanted to rush over regardless of everything, muttering to himself, "No..."

At this moment, the patriarch could no longer endure it and slapped Zhao Yuxuan in the face, shouting, "Zhao Yuxuan, are you crazy? You don't want to live anymore, do you want to drag the entire Zhao family down with you?"

Zhao Yuxuan covered his face, his eyes full of tears, and choked up and said, "Patriarch, I just want to bury her myself."

Zhao Yuxuan had an affectionate look on his face, and the patriarch looked at the person in front of him and didn't know what to say.

"The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not cherishing it well in the beginning. What's the point of you humiliating yourself like this now?"

The chief patriarch looked at Zhao Yuxuan with anger, as if he was disappointed with his friend. "Someone, drag him away and lock him up."

"No………"

Zhao Yuxuan shouted loudly, trying to resist.

The chieftain was getting impatient, frowned and said, "Someone, shut his mouth for me."

For a moment, the scene became unusually quiet, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at Old Madam Xue, "You will be the first..."

Before she even said the word "Madam", she suddenly changed her address to "Take Xue Jinhua away."

After all, they have divorced, so of course she can no longer use her husband's surname.

When Old Madam Xue heard this, she was delighted, but on the surface she pretended to be grateful and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace."

The moment the body was carried away, Zhao Yuxuan was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.

At this moment, he finally realized that he had lost the most important thing, and his heart was filled with regret and self-blame.

He regretted why he had not treated her well in the past, regretted his cowardice and incompetence, regretted that he had broken her heart time and time again...Now that she was dead, he couldn't even bury her properly.

Why is this happening?

why!

When the body was carried away, everyone had different expressions on their faces.

It was as if what was being carried away was not a corpse, but the face of the Zhao family.

But because of the prince, he didn't dare to stop it.

"All the people have been carried away, and what remains is to count the dowry."

Although dowry is private property, only a few are actually taken back to the mother's home after death...

The faces of the Zhao family members turned pale and blue, but Zhao Yuxuan didn't think it was embarrassing enough. He pushed away the clansmen who had restrained him, and while he was in pain, he opened the cloth on his mouth and stood in front of them.

"No, since we are getting divorced, half of Xue Jinhua's dowry must be kept."

Hearing these words, even though His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very knowledgeable, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly and marvel in his heart.

Although he had heard of Zhao Yuxuan's reputation a long time ago, he was still shocked when he saw his shameless behavior with his own eyes.

All the members of the Zhao family showed expressions of extreme shame. Their faces flushed red and they lowered their heads, not daring to look at others, as if they wished they could find a hole in the ground to crawl into immediately.

The patriarch was so angry that his face turned blue, veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes were wide open as if they were about to spit fire.

Restraining his anger, the patriarch quickly stepped forward, grabbed Zhao Yuxuan's arm, and pulled him aside.

Then he lowered his voice and gritted his teeth and said, "Yuxuan, what nonsense are you talking about? If you want the dowry, take it away. Our Zhao family can't afford to lose this person!"

His tone was full of anger and disappointment, as if he had reached the point where he could no longer tolerate this disappointing Zhao Yuxuan.

After all, if a man is even concerned about a woman's dowry, how can the Zhao family maintain its reputation? If this gets out, how can the Zhao family gain a foothold in Kyoto in the future?

However, facing the rebuke from the patriarch, Zhao Yuxuan showed no sign of repentance.

He stiffened his neck and refuted without showing any weakness: "No, after all, I married Xue Jinhua with three matchmakers, six betrothals, and eight bridges. Although part of her dowry was given by the Xue family, it also included the betrothal gift from the Zhao family. Now that we are divorced, it is understandable for the Zhao family to take back what belongs to them."

His remarks not only stunned everyone present, but even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could not help but frown.

This kind of greed without bottom line is really despicable.

Seeing him speak in a logical and orderly manner, the Zhao family members felt a burning pain on their faces and wished they could find a hole in the ground to crawl into immediately to avoid being seen in their ugly state.

At this moment, an angry voice rang out: "Someone, drag this disgraceful thing out!" the patriarch cursed loudly.

However, when the guards were about to step forward, they were stopped by a loud shout: "Stop!" It turned out that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who spoke.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at Zhao Yuxuan with deep eyes, and then said thoughtfully: "After being married for many years, if the first lady had a child, it would be understandable for her to leave a dowry. But since she has passed away and had no connection with the Zhao family when she was alive, this Crown Prince thinks that Xue Jinhua's spirit in heaven would not want to be tied to the Zhao family."

"So, let's do as Mr. Zhao wishes. Take half of the dowry, and from now on Xue Jinhua will have nothing to do with the Zhao family." After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said this, everyone was shocked.

At this time, people around began to talk.

"Oh my, I've lived to this age, but this is the first time I've seen such a shameless person. Even after the person has died, he still wants to keep the dowry."

"You didn't care about her when she was alive, but now that she's dead you're still holding on to her dowry. Could it be that you got married just to get her dowry?"

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