Chapter 1309 - 1316: Divorce (1)
Xiang Yun was the daughter of Madam Wu, her own flesh and blood. Madam Wu, of course, knew her daughter’s temperament better than anyone and firmly believed that her daughter was naturally kind-hearted and simple, and would not engage in acts such as infidelity or seducing vile men. However, her daughter was naive and easily swayed by her emotions, quick to trust others and fall for the schemes of others. Therefore, when faced with rumors, she did not dare to guarantee firmly that her daughter was innocent. Seeing her daughter crying as though her life depended on it, she also did not dare to question her son-in-law directly. Only after he had left did she dare to quietly ask her daughter what she was crying about and what exactly had happened.
Seeing her daughter’s disheveled appearance, she thought that it might have been a lovers’ quarrel that had escalated into the bedroom, but when she heard Xiang Yun sobbing and mentioning the words "body examination," Madam Wu felt as if struck by lightning. Understanding what her daughter had endured, she immediately started to weep loudly while holding Xiang Yun in her arms, "My poor child, what kind of days have you been spending in Duke Li Guo’s Mansion..."
This damned Mo Zili, having married her daughter for so long, had unexpectedly still kept her a virgin. Now, he was using this matter to make a big fuss, which was simply too much to bear!
Xiang Yun, too, clung tightly to her mother, crying incessantly, while the onlooking servants hurried forward to comfort her, but to no avail.
As the saying goes, "the pain is felt by the child, but it’s the mother’s heart that aches." Seeing her daughter mistreated and insulted in such a way cut Madam Wu to the core. She was both heartbroken for her daughter and filled with rage towards the unfeeling Mo Zili. Moreover, once the matter of the examination was made public, not only would her daughter lose face, but the reputation of Marquis Jian’an’s Mansion would also be shattered. Duke Li Guo’s Mansion had truly gone too far by tormenting her daughter without any evidence of infidelity. Did they really think Marquis Jian’an’s Mansion was so easy to bully?
"Yun’er, let’s go, Mother will take you to Duke Li Guo’s Mansion to confront them!" Madam Wu wiped away tears, furiously grasping her daughter’s hand, standing up, ready to go.