Hearing that King Xian was coming, Shilang Zhou was startled at first, but then he felt that this was expected. With Princess Xian present, it is not a strange thing for Lord Xian to make a special trip.
If things were as expected by the Zhou family, after King Xian was welcomed in, and after meeting the two elder brothers and cousins of the Hua family, they would sit together hand in hand with Princess Xian, and they would bow their heads and talk to Princess Xian from time to time. what.
"What are you doing?" Yan Jinqiu glanced at Zhou Yunheng, who was kneeling on the ground, with a half-smiling smile, and turned to Zhou Shilang and said, "Zhou Shilang, what's wrong with your son?"
Zhou Shilang didn't dare to say anything.
"Zhou Shilang is an honest man, and he is a rare good official, so what is there to feel guilty about?" Yan Jinqiu glanced at Zhou Yunheng, who was kneeling on the ground, "but your son's actions are indeed too absurd, and your son loves his concubine. The news of the miscarriage of the first wife by the servant has spread all over the capital, how do you think this matter should be resolved?"
Zhou Shilang felt helpless and guilty in his heart, and said to Hua Qingmao and Hua Changbao on the side: "Xiaguan must discipline this unsatisfactory thing well. As for the concubines in the house, I will let them all chase them away. go, please..."
"I don't think it's necessary, lest in the future, it will become unbearable for a woman from my Hua family," Hua Qingmao put down the teacup heavily, and said a little aggressively, "My sister and the son of your family have no relationship as husband and wife, we The Zhou Hua family has been in love with each other for many years, and they should also pay attention to getting together and dispersing. It is better to ask your house to agree to the reconciliation between my sister and the son of your house, so as to save some love and meet in the future."
These words sounded a bit threatening. If the Zhou family was unwilling to reconcile, the Hua family would be immortal with the Zhou family. But the Zhou family is unwilling to really divorce. If they don't, the Hua family will prevent Hua Yiliu from daring to kill the Zhou family. If Hua Yiliu leaves the Zhou family, then their Zhou family will There's really nothing to rely on.
"If Zhou Shilang insists on making things stiff, then we can only meet in the Jingzhaoyin lobby, and we must be able to make a deal with Li." Hua Changbao saw the Zhou family's thoughts early, so when Zhou Shilang hesitated. , and threw out another sentence, "Although my family is incompetent, I am willing to do more for my girl."
Hua Changbao, the most senior of the younger generation of the Hua family, opened this mouth, which means that the Hua family is already extremely dissatisfied with this matter. Shilang Zhou knows that this matter is over, unless his daughter-in-law is unwilling, otherwise Heli will become a certainty. thing.
"The young lady is here."
Zhou Shilang was overjoyed, and when he turned around, he found that his daughter-in-law, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, had walked in from outside, and her body was so thin that it seemed as if a gust of wind could blow it over. His brows wrinkled, how did his wife discuss this daughter-in-law, and why didn't she think about this daughter-in-law's identity
"Bang!" The tea cup was smashed to the ground, and it was torn apart instantly. Hua Qingmao stood up from the chair and pointed at Zhou Yunheng, who was kneeling on the ground, "Your Zhou family is too deceiving!"
The concubine who was kneeling on the ground was shivering with fright. She wanted to squeeze next to Zhou Yunheng, but was pressed to the ground by the two servants, with a handkerchief stuck in her mouth, and she couldn't even speak.
Zhou Yun looked at her beloved concubine being treated like this. She didn't dare to say more and buried her head deeply. She wished that this matter would be over soon, even if this concubine was sent away, it wouldn't matter. more flavorful.
"The concubine Hua Shi has seen King Xian, Princess Xian," Hua Yiliu was too thin, and the flesh on her cheeks was deeply sunken, making her look a few years older than her actual age. When I was in Mao, the emotions in my eyes were complicated and difficult to distinguish, and finally my eyes slowly turned red, and I called out "brother."
"Sister," Hua Qingmao walked to Hua Yiliu in a few steps, looking at her pale face and thin body, she was so angry that she wanted to strangle Zhou Yunheng to death. He sneered: "Your Zhou family treats my sister like this, it's really deceiving!" After saying this, he was about to take Hua Yiliu out, "Let's meet at the Jingzhaoyin lobby."
The Zhou family naturally did not dare to let Hua Qingmao really go out like this. It was an apology and an apology. Mrs. Zhou even knelt in front of Hua Yiliu with a thud and made countless promises, even saying that in the future, the Zhou family will only have Hua Yiliu. Young mistress, no concubines will appear in the room.
"Heh," Hua Yiliu sneered and looked at Mrs. Zhou who was kneeling in front of him, "what do you think your son is, I'll be by his side when I die, what will he do with any woman in the future? You yourself As a woman, she treats other people's daughters so harshly, such a vicious mother-in-law, if I stay, I'm afraid there will be no bones left."
After saying these words, Hua Yiliu knelt down in front of Yan Jinqiu and Hua Xiwan with a puff: "Hua's injustice, please ask the prince and princess to decide. Since marrying into the Zhou family, the concubine has been filial to her parents-in-law and took care of her sister-in-law. Even if the husband has a romantic character, he has never complained, but he never thought that he would be harmed by his favored concubine, and his children would not be guaranteed, and then he was placed under house arrest by his in-laws, and he was not allowed to go out.
The Zhou family was stunned, as if they did not expect Hua Yiliu, who has always been gentle, to make such a move, but actually took his own future against the Zhou family.
It's not a big deal for a woman and Li to remarry, but suing the in-law's family, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to remarry in the future. After all, who would dare to have such a daughter-in-law, maybe one day they will be accused again.
But Hua Yiliu did it, and did it without leaving any room, as if he wanted to die with the Zhou family.
Mrs. Zhou was frightened, but in front of Yan Jinqiu, she didn't dare to take any offensive actions, so she could only hold back the things she had done in the bottom of her heart, and secretly thought, if I knew this earlier, it would be better to have a small birth in Huayiliu. At times, trying to find a way to kill people is also better than the current situation.
"If that's the case, let's go to Jingzhaoyin," Yan Jinqiu put down the teacup and glanced at Hua Xiwan, who didn't speak. "Let one of the king's elders accompany you."
It's a matter of the Hua family and the Zhou family. As a prince, he has no reason to care about the affairs of other people's back houses. The same is true for Hua Xiwan. This kind of trivial matter is not worth the dignified princess going to a place like Jingzhaoyin.
Hua Qingmao also knew this very well in his heart, not to mention that King Xian was willing to send a long entourage to be with them, which was already considered to be the best of benevolence and righteousness. thing.
Hua Yiliu looked down at the toes of her embroidered shoes, and when she heard that Yan Jinqiu would not accompany him to Jingzhaoyin, there was a wry smile on the corner of her mouth. She should have given up this thought long ago when she married Zhou Yunheng. Not to mention that she looks like a person who is neither a ghost nor a ghost, compared to Hua Xiwan, who is extremely elegant and beautiful, it is really different.
It is a rare kindness in the world that Hua Xiwan can let go of her honor as a princess for her and compete with the Zhou family and the others. How many married cousins are willing to do such things for her cousin. Even though Hua Yiliu was jealous of Hua Xiwan's current life, she knew in her heart that she owed Hua Xiwan a big favor.
If the princess Hua Xiwan was not here today, the Zhou family would not be so frightened, and King Xian would not mind her business. As for her fate, only God knows.
Yan Jinqiu spoke, but no one dared to stop Hua Yiliu, so the group went out of the gate of Zhou Mansion smoothly, followed by a series of sincere Zhou family members.
After leaving the gate of Zhou's house, Hua Yiliu discovered that there were many people watching the fun outside. The moment she appeared, everyone exclaimed, not for anything else, just because Hua Yiliu was so thin now that only the skeleton and a layer of flesh were left on her body, it looked like she was being abused the way it was.
People like to sympathize with the weak, so even though the Hua family has not said anything, in everyone's eyes, it has been determined that the Zhou family dotes on their concubines and destroys their wives, and abuses their first-class wives.
In the eyes of Da Zhao people who are open to folk customs, if they are tired of seeing each other, it’s okay to have a divorce. of
Hua Yiliu watched the carriage leaving the palace, slowly withdrew his gaze, and turned to the Hua Family carriage.
After Jing Zhaoyin received the case, he asked people to go to court to try the case, but he secretly complained, this week Shilang is a royalist, but the Hua family is the Zhongding family for hundreds of years, and there is another one behind him. With the support of the Xian Wangfu, things would be troublesome.
The most important point is that the Zhou family did this in a way that was really ingenious, and they were too mindless. If the Hua family found out what they had done, could they pretend it didn't happen
Sitting in the hall, Jing Zhaoyin recognized at a glance that a certain person standing on the side was a long attendant to be used by King Xian, and when he saw that Hua Shi was tortured so badly, he had a decision in his heart.
When neither of them is easy to offend, the case is decided according to the situation. The matter of Zhou's favored concubine killing his wife is known to the whole city. The Hua family decided to make the matter so big. If he helped the Zhou family again, he would be courting death himself.
As Hua Yiliu's accusations were filed one by one, Jing Zhaoyin's face became more and more ugly. After Hua Yiliu finished speaking, he said to the Zhou family on the other side: "Do you have anything to defend?"
The Zhou family were speechless, wanting to say that Hua Yiliu had framed the accusation, but they were not confident enough, and with the presence of King Xian Changsui, Zhou Shilang had to come forward and apologize to Hua Yiliu, and promised Hua Yiliu and his son to reconcile, and their Zhou family returned Hua Yiliu. Yiliu tripled her dowry and did not return the dowry.
In the end, Jingzhao Yinnian had a good attitude in admitting his mistake at the Zhou family, and sentenced Hua Yiliu and Zhou Yunheng to reconcile. In addition to the dowry compensation, Zhou Yunheng was also fined twenty sticks. As for the concubine, she was sent to a place of bitter cold.
Listening to Zhou Yunheng's wailing outside the hall, a smile appeared on Hua Yiliu's face, and with that sunken face, it was somewhat gloomy.