RPAGF Chapter 259 Roadblock
Chapter 259 Roadblock
The next morning, Zhao Fangyu took Zhao Fangyun, Liuyao, and several maids and servants who came with the dowry to go to Jingzhao Yin.
Today is a big market day, and the road in front of Jingzhao Yin is crowded with people.
Few people would go to the government office to cause trouble during such a busy time, unless there was a bloody disaster.
The carriage that Zhao Fangyu was riding in was not from the Hewang Mansion. The Zhao family's emblem was not very secret. There were four exquisite incense balls hanging in front, behind, left and right, with crisp silver bells underneath.
As the carriage moved forward, bells jingled.
Zhao Fangyun kept holding his handkerchief, and sweat kept secreting from his palms, making his hands feel wet all the time.
Zhao Fangyu sensed Zhao Fangyun's discomfort: "The news has already leaked out. They sent someone in yesterday to investigate. They are probably coming to look for you today."
Zhao Fangyun looked nervously at the exquisite display tray in front of him. The scent of bergamot was light, not pungent, with a hint of strange fragrance, which invisibly relaxed the string that had been tense all night.
"I'm just afraid..."
Zhao Fangyun was extremely panicked. When he looked at Zhao Fangyu, his eyes were moist and clear, like a lost little animal.
"I don't know what I'm afraid of. I just feel like there's an insurmountable mountain in front of me, blocking my way."
After all, she had never thought that there would be a day in her life when she would have to go to court with someone.
The carriage paused slightly and then stopped in the busy city.
Before the groom's voice could be heard outside, Song Yuan's cry could be heard first: "Madam! What's wrong with you? Why did you come to the government to sue me after returning home?"
When Song Yuan was outside, he wore a jade-colored round-necked robe, looking neat and refreshing, and the hair crown on his head was a common white jade crown.
He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looked quite human. With the way he dressed, he stood out among the crowd in the busy city.
Especially when compared with the burly and unkempt farmers around him, he was like a handsome young man from a storybook, attracting the attention of countless young girls who came out to attend the fair with their parents.
Zhao Fangyu did not get out of the car, nor did he even make a sound.
Zhao Fangyun held the calming sachet that Concubine Song handed to her today, fixed her eyes, and shouted to Song Yuan outside the car: "You bullied and killed my dowry maid, indulged the wicked slave to bully the master, and even drank and became violent, and attacked me!"
"I will never let you have it easy!"
Zhao Fangyun used to be an outspoken and enthusiastic person. At that time, she had Zhao Minshan's support. She didn't have to think too much about what she said or did, because there was always someone to back her up.
But it's different now. Without Zhao Minshan, she has no one to rely on. If it weren't for Zhao Fangyu, she wouldn't dare to go to this extent even if she wanted to divorce.
The divorce of aristocratic families is not about the relationship between the two families.
Marriage is a union of two families.
If the Song family was not too weak, this marriage would be a union between the Song family and the Zhao family.
The matter of divorce needs to be mediated by both clans. If the Zhao family were not small, and they came from humble origins, with almost all of their relatives killed in the war, how could they let Zhao Fangyun divorce so easily?
Most likely they wanted to order Song Yuan to mend his ways, provide guarantee, and then release Zhao Fangyun.
Zhao Fangyun didn't want this to happen, and neither did Zhao Fangyu.
Song Yuan's disgusting and pretentious voice came from the window again: "What are you talking about, my lady? When did I ever torture and kill your maidservants? I built two separate houses for them in the garden. They were disrespectful and hooked up with servants. When did I ever say a word?"
Seeing that Song Yuan was going to continue to confuse right and wrong, Zhao Fangyun pulled aside the curtain and walked down with the help of his own Liu Yao.
A carriage has always been a symbol of status, and those who can afford to ride in a carriage are mostly powerful officials. The people around them stepped back tacitly to provide ample space for the carriage in the middle and Song Yuan beside it.
Zhao Fangyun was not bad-looking. There was no ugly girl in the Zhao family. She was pregnant, with a bulging belly and bruises at the corners of her lips from the beating Song Yuan gave her that day.
"If you continue to stir up trouble and tarnish the reputation of my Zhao family, I..."
Without being able to catch his breath, Zhao Fangyun's momentum weakened.
But looking at Song Yuan's hateful face, she could no longer endure it.
"You don't have to evade the main point. You coveted my dowry, were lustful and tyrannical, and even my personal maid was killed or injured by you."
"Your Song family is marrying into the Zhao family, which is a great achievement! You are greedy. When I was pregnant, you slapped me after drinking and threw me to the ground several times. Sometimes you even came to my house to make trouble and beat me!"
"Which of the injuries on my face and body were not caused by your Song family?"
The people around looked at Zhao Fangyun's frail and beautiful face, and when they saw her stretching out her hand, their wrists were so thin that even a bracelet could hardly hang on them, they immediately sighed.
"I thought only the worthless peasants like us liked to beat people up after drinking, but I didn't expect these wealthy families to be like this too?"
"Who said it wasn't? You're willing to hit such a pretty face. Aren't men supposed to be unable to walk when they see a pretty girl?"
There is a big market today, with men, women, old and young coming together. The liveliness here is much rarer than the new things in the market.
In big families, people believe in hiding broken arms in sleeves and not letting family disgrace be made public. So who would bring the affairs between husband and wife to the market?
Song Yuan did not expect Zhao Fangyun's reaction. He didn't even guess that Zhao Fangyun dared to come down!
His original plan was to stand outside the carriage and confuse right and wrong, forcing people back to the Zhao family, and then he would go to the Zhao family to apologize. Who knew that Zhao Fangyun would not give him face and come out of the carriage to confront him in public!
She is a girl from a big family, but she is so unruly? !
Even the concubine he redeemed from the brothel knew this, but she didn't understand it? And she was still trying to save face for him in public?
Song Yuan slowly raised his head, his eyes sinister, and he was not a good person at first glance. He even forced himself to smile to confuse the people around him who didn't know the whole situation: "What are you doing? I have never done what you said before."
"It's obvious that you're overthinking during your pregnancy. Your family called a doctor for you, and he said you have epilepsy and often see imaginary things. Your family is afraid that you might fall or get hurt during an attack, so they tied you to the bed. Why are you so bothered?"
"You called your sister and sister-in-law to your house yesterday to make a scene, and you still feel that it is not enough. You want to sue me in court? Are you my wife or my enemy? Why do you want to harm my Song family like this?"
Song Yuan was still confusing right and wrong, but the people around him had gradually sided with Song Yuan because of his words that Zhao Fangyun suffered from epilepsy and liked to make trouble.
Zhao Fangyu listened quietly in the carriage and couldn't help but sigh at the end. He didn't expect that Zhao Fangyun's brain had become dull and his mouth had become dumber over the years.
"I won't argue with you about what you said. Everything will just have to wait until the Jingzhao Yin arrives. You can explain it in front of the government office!"
Zhao Fangyun couldn't argue with him, and was afraid of saying more and making more mistakes, so he just insisted that he would go to Jingzhao Yin to sue him.