Chapter 1: ransacked home
Chapter 1 Confiscation and Exile
"Don't hit her, don't hit her! She was just confused for a while, I promise she won't escape!"
Zhao Liya was unconscious, and her ears were filled with loud crying and cursing. The severe pain made her tremble all over. When she opened her eyes, she saw a teary-eyed woman rushing over to hug and protect her tightly. "I beg the officer to be merciful!"
"I don't know what to do, I will break your leg next time! Get up, get out of bed, it's time to hit the road!"
The middle-aged man on the other side patted the trembling children in his arms, and staggered over to help her and the woman up.
The woman took Zhao Liya into her arms and cried bitterly: "Silly boy, be obedient, stop making trouble, stop making trouble!"
Zhao Liya moved her lips, not knowing what to say.
On the other side, the officials who beat people left cursing and leaving—they were only responsible for escorting people out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.
Another six officials stepped forward, the leader with a blank expression: "Come on, put the shackles on Zhao Xiang, it's time to set off."
The whole family looked miserable, and the heavy shackles were put on the middle-aged man's neck, clasping his hands.
"Kacha" locked, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the prince Taifu Zhao Xiang became a criminal and prisoner exiled in Lingnan, anyone can step on it.
When Zhao Liya was on the road, she was still a little groggy, and her body was burning with pain everywhere. The memory of the original owner gradually became clearer.
That's right, the original owner had already passed away after hitting the back of his head on a stone during the beating just now, and the core was replaced by her.
Zhao Liya doesn't even want to throw up, is she more unlucky than her? Once you travel through time, you will be exiled immediately!
She could only rejoice in the bitterness and be thankful that the accomplices and children under the age of ten would not have to wear shackles, otherwise the family might not be able to walk for fifty miles.
Finally arrived at the Spring Breeze Yangliu Pavilion ten miles away from the city. This is a farewell pavilion. If there are relatives and friends to see off, they will wait here.
The clan had already removed their branch before the incident happened, and no one would come.
Her father committed "big disrespect", not a trivial matter, but offended the emperor severely, but how many officials in the court would dare to offend?
Just as they were about to continue on their way, a carriage came quickly, and everyone was taken aback.
The carriage stopped in front of it, and a middle-sized steward with a mustache jumped out of the carriage.
"Who are you-"
"Master Zhao, please take a step to speak."
Zhao Xiang glanced at him suspiciously, "Please."
The steward took out a token from his bosom and waved it in front of him, then said with a smile: "I am the third-class steward of the Duke of Li's mansion, so Mr. Zhao must know why I came here, right?"
Zhao Xiang was taken aback for a moment, his expression changed, and his heart sank suddenly.
is here to annul the engagement!
Although a daughter is engaged to be a member of her husband's family, they can completely save her, but he can understand that they want to divorce.
It’s just that, in order to cover people’s eyes and ears, a little butler that no one knows was specially sent here, and he rushed here in an inconspicuous carriage.
He had misread the Liguo Mansion by mistake!
"Can the Duke know about this matter?"
The steward avoided answering, smiling kindly and condescendingly: "Master Zhao, it's meaningless to say that. What is Miss Zhao's status now? How can she be worthy of being the eldest son of our Duke's Mansion? Our Duke's Mansion doesn't Face? Master Zhao, please recognize the facts."
Zhao Xiang was furious, his face changed several times, and he clenched his hands in shackles tightly: "Marriage is about your love and my wish, and since the Duke's government repents, I, the Zhao family, will not entangle you! I think you have all the words and ink." Are you ready? I'll write the divorce letter right now."
The little steward laughed heartily, without any complacency: "Hey, Mr. Zhao is worthy of being a scholar, he is polite and kind! I'm going to get the pen and ink right now, please wait in the pavilion."
There are stone tables and benches in the farewell pavilion, just right for use.
"Dad!"
Hearing this sound, Zhao Xiang and the little manager turned their heads to look at Zhao Liya together. I don't know how much she heard, and both of them changed slightly.
Although Zhao Xiang was strong and strong, facing his daughter felt a little bit heartbroken and guilty, gritted his teeth and promised, "Ya'er, be good, dad will definitely find you a good marriage and keep you safe for the rest of your life."
He didn't even dare to look at his daughter. The daughter didn't really want to escape when she tried to escape, but she wanted to go to Li Guogong's mansion to ask for help for the family. It can be seen how much she values this marriage. but now-
The little steward became vigilant, for fear that Zhao Liya would cry and play tricks and cause trouble, and immediately said: "You are Miss Zhao, it is impossible for the eldest son of our Liguo government to marry the daughter of a criminal official. Your lord has already agreed to retire. Can you marry me?" Don't make trouble, otherwise, you will lose the face of your Zhao family. Miss Zhao doesn't want to make a joke before leaving Beijing, right?"
"You think too much," Zhao Liya snorted lightly, "It's just that you are dignified to manage the Duke's mansion, isn't it too unkind to do things?"
The little steward sneered: "Not kind? The marriage contract of the wrong household will naturally be terminated. How can you be so unkind!"
Zhao Liya: "Now that my Zhao family is in trouble, it's fine if you make trouble and break the engagement. Don't you have any indication?"
The little steward was stunned for a moment, and understood a little bit, but his eyes became more contemptuous: "Miss Zhao means—"
"Shouldn't the Duke of Liguo compensate me? It's not too much to exchange three thousand taels of silver and a carriage for the position of Mrs. Shizi?"
The little steward sneered, and took a look at Zhao Xiang: "I thought Mr. Zhao was a glorious man with a noble character, but I didn't expect—hehe, he smelled like copper!"
Zhao Liya also sneered: "My father, you are not worthy of commenting. Even if a small family breaks the engagement, it will take the initiative to give the other party a twenty taels of silver as compensation. It's good for you, you don't want to pull out a penny! The dignified government is so petty, huh !"
"you!"
The Duke's government acted like this, it was really not bright enough.
To put it harshly would be demeaning.
The little steward turned to look at Zhao Xiang angrily: "Master Zhao also means the same? It takes three thousand silver to break the engagement?"
Such a straightforward question made Zhao Xiang slightly embarrassed, but he is not a pedantic person, and he naturally understands the current situation, the difference between having money and not having money.
Even if he didn't know it at first, he also experienced the difficulty of traveling ten miles from the capital. Without money or a carriage, my wife and children would never be able to go to Lingnan.
He was confused, but luckily Ya'er has a heart.
He nodded: "Not bad."
Zhao Liya: "Three thousand taels of silver and a carriage, remember. Your Duke's mansion is glorious and noble, and you must not deliberately use an old horse and a broken carriage to fool us, right?"
The little steward was so angry that he said, "I didn't bring so much money!"
Zhao Liya said without hesitation, "Then go back and get it."
“.”
There is no way to continue talking.
The little steward had no choice but to stomp his feet and sneer: "Okay, you guys wait! No matter how much you delay, it's useless, this marriage contract with the duke's mansion has been withdrawn! Hmph!"
After finishing speaking, he slammed his hands and left with a dark face.
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(end of this chapter)