Xu Mingzhu and Zhao stood at the door with their heads tucked in like quails, fearing to attract attention.

They originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that there were fewer people in the morning to go to the mourning hall to burn some incense for Zhang Chengyi and then leave.

After all, the General's Mansion and the Xu Mansion were old acquaintances. Furthermore, such a major incident had occurred in General Zhang's Mansion.

I didn't expect to encounter such a thing as soon as I arrived in the backyard.

Zhao and Xu Mingzhu were so frightened that they huddled at the door, fearing that they would be implicated.

Ever since the news of her giving birth to four sons came to light, Xu Mingzhu became the object of everyone's ridicule.

Wherever she went, people would bring up the incident and make fun of her. Zhang Ruyi even went so far as to scold her at her home.

As a result, she was afraid to go out recently. A few days ago, Zhang Chengyi found her and said that he was going to suppress bandits and asked Xu Mingzhu to wait for him to come back after gaining military merits.

Xu Mingzhu was so moved that she burst into tears in front of Zhang Chengyi.

She really regretted not marrying Zhang Chengyi earlier. If she hadn't had evil intentions and had married into the general's mansion earlier, there wouldn't be so many people laughing at her.

Besides, no matter what Mrs. Zhang and the others do, Zhang Chengyi is sincere to her and only wants good for her.

Even though Zhang Chengyi knew that Xu Mingzhu could give birth to four sons, he never complained about her.

Even Zhao advised Xu Mingzhu to wait for Zhang Chengyi to come back from suppressing the bandits and marry into the general's mansion as soon as possible.

But just a few days later, the tragic news came that Zhang Chengyi had died for his country.

But Xu Mingzhu was heartbroken and cried her heart out at home. When she heard that Zhao was going to the general's mansion to pay her condolences, she insisted on going with her.

She wanted to see Zhang Chengyi for the last time to commemorate the love she would eventually lose.

But after seeing this scene, Xu Mingzhu and Zhao both regretted it, especially Xu Mingzhu, she almost regretted it to death.

She's already dead, what's the point of commemorating her? Fortunately, she didn't marry into the general's mansion. If she had, she would be a widow now.

After General Zhang dealt with Zhang Ruyi, he looked back at the wife of Duke Dingguo with an apologetic look on his face, bowed, and apologized.

"Please forgive me, Madam Dingguo. It's all because my little girl is ignorant. I will definitely teach her a lesson."

"I hope I didn't scare the lady just now."

Before the lady could say anything, she heard the angry voice of Butler Qian coming from behind: "The General's Mansion is so majestic! Our lady came to offer condolences despite being pregnant, but she couldn't move anyone in the General's Mansion."

"In that case, there's no need to burn incense. The General's Mansion doesn't need the Duke Dingguo Mansion."

"Madam, let's go!" Butler Qian domineeringly protected his master.

After saying this, Steward Qian stepped forward, took the arm of Lady Dingguo, turned around and shouted to Xu Miao and the maidservant following behind, "Go back to the mansion."

Butler Qian carefully helped his wife out while cursing in his heart.

The general's mansion was in turmoil. They came to pay their respects to save face for the current emperor.

If the emperor had not awarded Zhang Chengyi the title of a man who died for his country, the general's wife would have had to come in person to offer condolences for the death of that brat with only his hair still growing.

Humph, he is so beautiful!

What an ungrateful person, he even wants to hurt his wife, he's looking for death!

Butler Qian was righteously furious when he saw Zhao and Xu Mingzhu huddled at the door.

I got so angry that I went up and yelled, "What are you doing, blocking the door? Can't you see we're going out?"

When General Zhang and his wife saw that the wife of Duke Dingguo was about to leave, they were extremely anxious and didn't know how to deal with the matter.

They didn't expect that Butler Qian would come up and help the wife of Duke Dingguo back.

What the hell is this?

After Butler Qian started to scold them, Madam Zhang and the others realized that Zhao's mother and daughter were standing at the door.

General Zhang was busy following Butler Qian outside to see how he could make up for it.

Mrs. Zhang looked at Zhao's mother and daughter, her eyes turned red with anger, and she started yelling wildly.

"Get out! You are not welcome in our General's Mansion. Both you and your daughter are a nuisance."

"Xu Mingzhu, how dare you come to my house? You are such a jinx. If it weren't for you, Cheng Yi wouldn't have gone to suppress the bandits."

"It's you who killed my son Cheng Yi. Get out of here!"

Madam Zhang... She didn't dare to offend the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, but she could still control the Xu Mansion. It was a good opportunity for her to vent her anger on these mother and daughter.

Seeing Madam Zhang's crazy look, Zhao knew that the Xu family and the general's family had completely broken up.

He didn't indulge Madam Zhang and said, "If it weren't for the fact that the Xu Mansion and the General's Mansion had some friendship before, do you think we could come?"

"Don't you know how your son died? It's all your fault. You killed Zhang Chengyi."

"If you hadn't forced him to go on a blind date, Zhang Chengyi would have thought of leading troops to suppress bandits."

"Now that something's wrong, you want to blame it on my Mingzhu? Bah, you wish!"

After Zhao finished speaking, she pulled Xu Mingzhu hard and turned to go out.

Seeing this, Xu Mingzhu was so frightened that she dared not say a word. Her face turned pale as she followed closely behind Zhao, wishing she could lower her head into the dirt.

It would be best if no one saw her.

When Zhao and the others arrived at the gate of the general's mansion, they saw the wife of Duke Dingguo get into the carriage without looking back.

General Zhang stood at the door with a bewildered look on his face, watching the wife of Duke Dingguo walking away.

General Zhang turned around and saw the Zhao mother and daughter coming out. He stared at them and snorted.

Zhao: "What are you humming? Do you think I'm willing to come? You're the only one who hums, but I can't?"

"Hmph...Hmph." After saying that, Zhao turned her nose up to the sky and snorted several times at General Zhang.

General Zhang was so angry that his chest heaved violently, his face flushed red, his hands trembled, and he pointed at Zhao, not knowing what to say.

He couldn't argue with Zhao in the street, let alone slap Zhao.

Finally, General Zhang roared, "Get out!"

Zhao pulled Xu Mingzhu and gave General Zhang a cold look: "Go away if you want to. Do you think I am willing to come here?"

Zhao also took the risk. She had already broken up with Madam Zhang, so General Zhang didn't matter.

Besides, her husband wrote to her a few days ago, saying that Xu Jingyi seemed to have made some great contributions to the court.

When he comes back from this southern tour, he might be rewarded handsomely, or even promoted to a higher position.

So, it's not certain who is afraid of whom. Hum...

Xu Miao got on the carriage, hurriedly took his wife's hand, and looked through it carefully.

While watching, he complained to his wife: "Madam, you are so careless. It would be so scary if that crazy Zhang Ruyi caught a handful of it."

"Thank goodness you're okay, ma'am. Don't do this again next time."

As he spoke, Xu Miao laughed.

He gave the wife of Duke Dingguo a thumbs-up: "My wife, you are truly mighty. That slap was truly satisfying!"

Lady Dingguo was also amused by Xu Miao's amusement. "It really relieves my anger. This is the first time I've hit someone. Oh, it feels pretty good to hit someone."

"My hand is just a little sore, Xu Miao, please massage it for me."

Xu Miao took his wife's hand and pressed it, then asked her with a smile: "Why did you think of hitting someone?"

Madam: "Do I need to think about hitting someone? I'm just too well protected by the Duke, so I don't have the chance to show my strength."

"Besides, I can't let them bully our Duke's Mansion. I'll just beat her up."

Xu Miao: "Madam, you are so powerful!"

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