A car accident, our family of three crossed

Well, now she doesn’t have to answer it herself, her stomach is very honest.

Xiangcao, who was serving beside her, heard her stomach growling and explained with a smile on her lips, "The young lady heard about Xianghuan's incident after she woke up and was so worried that she didn't even have time to eat!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Huan ordered, "Go and bring the food over!"

They hadn't had time to eat a single bite the whole day and were starving now!

Soon, the steaming food was served on the table.

Zhou Ru smelled the fragrant food and felt even hungrier. She gave her father and brother a piece of food each and started eating by herself.

Only after eating half full did I start to care about what happened today.

"By the way, Dad, Big Brother, where did you go? Why did you come back at this hour? How's things going at the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion?"

They planned to have her marry in place of Zhou Rong, but the plan failed. No one knew how they would explain this to the Marquis Boyuan's Mansion. Zhou Ru really wanted to know.

Zhou Ting glanced at her, feeling relieved that she finally cared about things related to him.

"My father and I just came back from the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion to seek justice for you. Look what this is."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.

Zhou Ru took it and looked at it carefully.

"Is this a letter of severance?"

Zhou Ru was surprised and incredulous. Hadn't the Cheng'en Marquisate always coveted their fourth branch's wealth? How could they agree to cancel the engagement so readily?

Of course, the Cheng'en Marquisate did not agree to sever the relationship, but Zhou Huan threatened to expel himself from the Zhou clan as a threat, and the clan leader who had originally intended to smooth things over could no longer sit still.

You know, the benefits that the fourth branch contributes to the clan every year are far more than those of the Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion, and the money for repairing the ancestral hall every year is fully covered by the fourth branch.

If the four branches were expelled today, they would have no relationship with the Zhou family in the future, and the Zhou family would no longer be able to enjoy the conveniences that Zhou Huan brought to the family. When the ancestral hall needed repairs again, without Zhou Huan's funding, the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion could not count on it at all.

After weighing the pros and cons, the clan leader had to stand up for justice and personally wrote a letter of severance between the Cheng'en Marquisate and the fourth branch. The written document only stated that the Cheng'en Marquisate and the fourth branch had severed their relationship, but the fourth branch still belonged to the Zhou family.

Although the Cheng'en Marquisate was dissatisfied with the result, they were the one in the wrong. After discussion between the clan leader and the elders, they all stood on the side of the fourth branch.

Although the old lady of Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion kept throwing a tantrum, she was ultimately unable to prevent the breakup of the engagement.

After hearing what happened, Zhou Ru read the letter of severance again and again, feeling that it was not real.

Zhou Ting continued to surprise her: "Zhou Rong was rejected by the Boyuan Marquisate. After what happened today, the Boyuan Marquisate will definitely not accept a new daughter-in-law like her. The various noble families in the capital have seen through the lies of the Cheng'en Marquisate, so naturally no one will be willing to accept her. Her future life will not be easy."

The spit alone would probably drown her, so they didn't need to use any means, Zhou Rong would get the retribution she deserved.

Don’t even think about a marriage between people of equal social status. It’s still unknown whether she can stay in the capital in the future!

Zhou Ru had no sympathy at all for someone who wanted to plot against her. It turned out that people should not do evil. Those who harbored evil thoughts would eventually suffer the consequences.

"Humph! She deserves it for scheming against me."

Through this incident, Zhou Huan and Zhou Ting also realized that they were too careless.

In fact, there were signs of the Cheng'en Marquis's plan a long time ago. As early as when they returned to the capital, they noticed that the attitude of the Marquis's Mansion had changed, but they didn't care, let alone think about it.

In the past, I only knew that the Cheng'en Marquisate was only interested in the family business of the fourth branch of the family. In other aspects, they looked down on the fourth branch of the family.

Who could have thought that this time they would actually set their sights on Zhou Ru, and their plan was so shameless.

Fortunately, their shameless scheme was eventually foiled.

After dinner and filling her stomach, Zhou Ru said she was going to look after Xianghuan, said goodbye and left.

So many things happened today, but it seemed that only Xianghuan's injury concerned Zhou Ru, and other things did not seem to have any impact on her.

Watching her leave, Zhou Huan and his son sighed helplessly, "Fools have their own luck!" They didn't know whether this was good or bad.

Zhou Ru had slept all day and was not sleepy at all at this time.

"You guys go down and rest! I'll stay here to guard the incense ring."

How could the maids dare to really go and rest while letting their master stay to take care of the patient? They all shook their heads and advised her to go back to her room as soon as possible.

Zhou Ru naturally refused. She would not go anywhere tonight and insisted on staying with Xianghuan. She wanted Xianghuan to see her safe and sound by her bedside when she woke up.

In the end, it was Xiangcao who came up with the idea of letting the little girl who was responsible for taking care of Xianghuan go and rest, while she stayed to accompany the young lady.

Zhou Ru ordered someone to move a recliner to Xianghuan's bed and stayed there all night. When it was almost dawn, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and dozed off, falling asleep in a daze.

After a night of fermentation, the excitement at the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion had spread like wildfire, reaching every corner of the capital.

In the court, just as Marquis Cheng'en had expected, as soon as he entered the court, memorials impeaching him were flying all over the place.

So many people saw it with their own eyes that even if Marquis Cheng'en wanted to refute it, he had no way to do so and could only put the blame on the woman in the back house.

But then again, he was not aware of this matter in the first place. The reason why he became the target of a group of censors' attacks today was entirely because he was implicated by the women in his family.

After learning the whole story, Emperor Xiao Yun simply scolded Marquis Cheng'en and did not take any action against him.

After all, we had just taken away his power and fined him a year's salary not long ago. Now there is nothing on Marquis Cheng'en worth punishing.

Just when Marquis Cheng'en thought that the matter was finally settled and heaved a sigh of relief, Xiao Yun issued an imperial decree.

The wife of Marquis Cheng'en has a flawed moral character and has undermined the ideals of a lady from an aristocratic family, so her title and honor of a third-rank lady have been revoked.

When the imperial edict arrived at the Marquis Cheng'en's Mansion, the old lady refused to accept it on the spot, clamoring to see the emperor, and claimed that the title of Lady of Imperial Concubine was bestowed by the late emperor and the current emperor had no right to take it back.

Upon hearing this, the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict's message immediately darkened his face and shrilled, "You daring and treacherous woman, how dare you defy the Emperor's authority!"

The father-in-law said, pointing with his orchid finger, "Come here! Slap him in the face."

It was not until she was picked up and slapped in the face that the old lady of Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion realized that she had spoken out of turn. Before she could say anything else, the slaps were already falling one after another.