The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Xia Mianwan took all the evidence about Zheng Xiaoyun from Ah He without much effort. After Pei Yanxu got the evidence, he discussed with Xiao Jinyan and decided to go to the palace to see the emperor first.

After the emperor looked at the evidence presented by Pei Yanxu, he was so angry that he smashed several teacups.

"Such a disloyal and unfilial thing actually dared to join forces with the Japanese pirates. How dare he do that? Have I not been good to him? Have I not been good to the Zheng family?" The emperor was really angry. These evidences made him realize that Zheng Xiaoyun's actions were even bolder than he had imagined.

"How dare he gamble with the people of the entire city? How can he be qualified to be a general?" The emperor was still not satisfied and was still angry.

After Pei Yanxu and Xiao Jinyan looked at each other, Pei Yanxu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, now is not the time to be angry. You will have to make the decision on what will happen next. Besides, we are afraid of alerting the enemy."

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "Forget it. You will present the memorial and evidence to me tomorrow after the court session."

Pei Yanxu bowed and said, "Yes, but...can I ask for a favor for Zhuang Sasa?"

"How about this, Zhuang Sasa will be spared from exile, and her child with Zheng Xiaoyun will take her surname." After considering it for a while, the emperor gave Pei Yanxu an answer.

Pei Yanxu was satisfied. This meant that something had happened to the entire Zheng family, otherwise the emperor would not have given the child to Zhuang Sasa.

When he went to court the next day, Pei Yanxu impeached Zheng Xiaoyun with lightning speed, and brought the witness, Zhuang Sasa, in at lightning speed.

The moment Zheng Xiaoyun saw Zhuang Sasa, his eyes bulged out. She had clearly been exiled. He turned around and saw Xiao Jinyan and Pei Yanxu looking confident, and he had a bad feeling in his heart.

Something is wrong…

However, who is Zheng Xiaoyun? How could he lose his composure because of Zhuang Sasa? He looked at Zhuang Sasa gloomily, then knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am innocent."

The emperor sneered and said, "Then tell me where you were wronged?"

"I haven't done it. Zhuang Sasa hates me for divorcing her, so naturally she wants to slander me. But I didn't expect Zhuang Sasa to be so heartless. She completely disregards the love between husband and wife, and doesn't consider the future of our children. I cannot admit it because she slandered me out of hatred. I have a clear conscience." Zheng Xiaoyun spoke righteously, without any sign of guilt. If Pei Yanxu hadn't presented the evidence yesterday, the emperor might have really been deceived by him.

Zhuang Sasa sneered when she heard this. What Zheng Xiaoyun said just now was a blatant threat. If anything happened to him, their children would be killed without a burial place.

However, Zheng Xiaoyun could not have expected that someone had already gone to the Zheng family to announce the decree and took the child away.

"Zheng Xiaoyun, you said that I didn't care about the love between husband and wife. How could you have had any affection for me? Without me, your father and me, could you still be alive? I do hate you, but I won't slander you. What I said is true, and heaven and earth can bear witness to it. I still have evidence, and the emperor can check it out." Zhuang Sasa was also very calm at this time. She thought he would be very nervous today, but she didn't expect that at this moment, she was not afraid of anything.

When Zheng Xiaoyun heard the evidence, doubt flashed in his eyes. Zhuang Sasa couldn't possibly have evidence. Not to mention that he was usually cautious. When Zhuang Sasa was taken away, he also searched the entire yard. Zhuang Sasa couldn't have left any evidence. Thinking of this, Zheng Xiaoyun felt relieved, "I am innocent."

As a box of account books and letters was presented, Zheng Xiaoyun still felt that this was a frame-up until he saw the letter that Pei Yanxu held in front of him. It was a letter between him and the Japanese pirates. At that time, he planned to keep it to threaten the leader of the Japanese pirates, but later Pei Yanxu suddenly attacked. Zheng Xiaoyun was unable to cope with the situation, so he had to ask Zhuang Sasa to destroy it immediately.

Zheng Xiaoyun looked at Zhuang Sasa in shock. He couldn't believe that Zhuang Sasa didn't destroy the letter and hid it under her nose.

When Zhuang Sasa saw Zheng Xiaoyun’s shock at this moment, she felt infinite joy in her heart.

Ever since Zhuang Sasa married into the Zheng family, she has never felt pain for a single day, but today she was really happy, so happy!

There was extreme joy and sadness in Zhuang Sasa's eyes, which made everyone present sigh.

In addition to those who were sighing, there were also those who were trembling, such as Duke Xu. Fortunately, his contact with Zheng Xiaoyun was face to face, not through a third party.

After reading the evidence, the emperor glared at Zheng Xiaoyun and said, "You are truly my beloved minister. Are you innocent or wronged? Take a look for yourself!" As he said that, the emperor threw the account books and letters on the ground.

Zheng Xiaoyun knew that the game was over and he dropped his hands dejectedly. He couldn't figure out where he had gone wrong and why he had lost.

This time, Zheng Xiaoyun was not so lucky. The emperor pardoned the Zheng family members in the capital out of consideration for their old age, while all other members of the Zheng family were exiled to the north as military guards.

Zheng Xiaoyun actually still had his life left, and Xia Mianwan lamented that the emperor was still too kind-hearted.

Zhuang Sasa received pardon from the emperor and lived alone with her child.

On the day when the Zheng family left the city, Old Madam Zheng prepared a bunch of things and waited at the city gate. Xia Mianwan also came. She came to see the fun.

Looking back, Xia Mianwan also started her life here.

Madam Zheng sighed when she saw Xia Mianwan, "Mianwan, I heard that Sasa was convinced by you this time."

Xia Mianwan nodded, "Madam, that's indeed the case."

Madam Zheng was silent. "Why do you insist on biting the Zheng family? Why do you have to do this?"

Xia Mianwan raised the corners of her lips slightly, "Old Madam, you turned a blind eye to evil, or even if you saw it, you couldn't make up your mind to cut it off and survive. This is the cause and effect of what is happening now. Am I the one who is holding on to the Zheng family? Has the Zheng family ever really wanted to let me go? If I weren't smart, do you think I would still be able to come to the capital? I would have died in Yanzhou a long time ago. Old Madam, you have always known these things, but you pretended not to know. You indulged Zheng Xiaoyun and let him do whatever he wanted. The Zheng family has the result it has today, and no one else can be blamed."

Old Madam Zheng knew that Xia Mianwan was right. She remained silent and couldn't help but wonder if she had been more ruthless at the beginning, would this be the outcome?

Just then, the escorting officers came with the Zheng family members. When the officers saw Xia Mianwan, they gave him some face.

Mrs. Zheng almost went crazy after seeing Xia Mianwan, "Xia Mianwan, you bitch, how dare you come here? Why did you do this to us!"

Xia Mianwan gave Ruzhu and Rumeng a look and grabbed Madam Zheng. She walked up to her and slapped her on the face. "This slap is to tell you that if you make a mistake, you will be beaten."

Mrs. Zheng was stunned by Xia Mianwan's slap and looked at Xia Mianwan in a daze.

Seeing this, Zheng Lingwan hurried over and looked at Xia Mianwan pleadingly, "Sister Xia, I know we did too many wrong things before, please don't take it to heart."

Xia Mianwan shook her head. "Lingwan, I will teach you one last thing. If you do something wrong to others and make them suffer, you have no right to ask them not to take it to heart. Because they will definitely take it to heart. With your temper, you should change it if you are going to the North."