Chapter 55 Fortunately, the Fifth Princess only talked but did not do anything
Such a good thing certainly cannot be known only to the princes, nobles and ministers present here!
The next article of Beijing Weekly is scheduled!
The price of the weekly newspaper is too expensive. In the past, only the nobles bought it. Now, only a few wealthy businessmen in the capital buy it. It doesn't matter.

Teahouse storyteller, arrange!

Yun Shu's letter was quickly sent back to the capital by a special person at full speed.

So, when the autumn hunting team finally returned to the capital, Wang Zhongcheng heard many people talking outside before he returned to his house.

"Have you heard? The current emperor actually promised the Fifth Princess that if the Fifth Princess's future husband is not to her liking, the Fifth Princess can decide for herself whether to divorce or reconcile!"

"What? Divorce? Is this true? Where did you hear this news?"

"Where else can we get it from? Isn't there a storyteller in the Yuanlai Teahouse in front?
He didn't tell a story today, but read an article from something called the Capital Weekly.

It is said that the Capital Weekly was founded by the fifth princess and the sixth prince. It not only contains all kinds of interesting news and novel stories, but also many reports on aristocratic families and even real events that happened in the palace!
As for the news I just told you, it is said that Her Royal Highness the Fifth Princess wrote it herself, it is definitely not false!"

"Hiss... Oh my goodness! It's all fate!"

The person who spoke later was a woman in her forties, but her hair was already gray.

As she sorted out the remaining embroidery in the basket, she sighed quietly:

"Only someone as noble as a princess can have the right to divorce her husband!"

"Who said that?"

Perhaps it was because she was the only one among the people around who was setting up a stall next to the teahouse today, so she overheard it.

The man who spoke earlier puffed out his chest, looking somewhat proud:

"Wang Zhongcheng of the Imperial Censorate said it himself that the laws of this dynasty never say that a woman cannot divorce her husband!
Do you know what the Censorate is? The Censorate is responsible for supervising affairs and supervising all officials!
If we encounter someone who doesn't abide by the laws of our dynasty, it won't work even if they are princes or princesses!"

"so……"

The woman paused while arranging the embroidery. She stared at the embroidery blankly, but her eyes were clearly unfocused.

"Can a woman really divorce her husband?"

"absurd!"

A pedantic scholar passing by heard this and could not help but angrily scolded:
"How can a woman divorce her husband? Do they understand what is a woman's virtue? Are such women worthy of being wives and mothers?
What a joke! This is simply going against the will of Heaven and against human ethics!"

That’s right! That’s how you should scold me!

Wang Zhongcheng was delighted after hearing this.

He just didn't believe it. If the Fifth Princess could make him shut up, could she make everyone in the world shut up?

The whole world should know how ridiculous the Fifth Princess is!
The corners of Wang Zhongcheng's lips curled up little by little, but the next moment, he heard the scholar continue angrily:
"What the hell is this Imperial Censorate? I think that Wang Zhongcheng is just a sycophantic villain!"

Wang Zhongcheng: “……?”

The smile that had just appeared on his face froze in an instant, and he didn't know how to vent the anger in his heart.

Outside, the scholar was dunked on the spot with a bamboo basket.

"Are you crazy?"

The scholar was passionately criticizing Wang Zhongcheng and making remarks that he thought were correct, when he was caught off guard and someone dumped a basket on his head. He felt pain and annoyance.

Just when I wanted to see who was so crazy, I was beaten again before I could even take down the basket.

"Your Majesty, the Fifth Princess, and that Lord Wang have clearly said that the laws of the dynasty never forbid women from divorcing their husbands!

It's all because of you bastards! If it weren't for you, my daughter wouldn't have been beaten to death by her man at such a young age!
What a shitty scholar! Pah! You only speak for your own selfishness, but don't care about the life and death of women.
I think the books of sages you have read are just like those of a dog!
If I were your mother, I would be ashamed of you!"

Wang Zhongcheng: “…”

He silently retracted his neck.

So scary, luckily the Fifth Princess only talked and didn't do anything that day, hiss...

Why did that woman suddenly start throwing a tantrum?

Wang Zhongcheng felt that the woman was truly fierce and hateful, but he could not help but lift the curtain and secretly look outside through the gap.

At that time, the woman who beat the scholar had been grabbed by her companions.

She struggled twice but failed to break free. Her legs went limp and she sat down on the ground and started crying:

"My poor daughter! She married a drunkard and gambler and gets beaten every day. She can't even get a divorce!
That gambler refused to let my daughter leave, and asked the police for help, but the police just said that they had no business intervening in family matters!
My daughter is still pregnant! She is already seven months old!

Poor my daughter, when she was beaten to death, I was still trying to protect her belly...

If I had known that I could divorce my husband earlier... I, an old woman, would definitely help my daughter divorce that vicious husband even if I had to risk my life!"

The gray-haired woman cried heartbreakingly, and her words made anyone who heard them sad and cry.

Even Wang Zhongcheng, who had previously thought that this woman was unreasonable, froze his hand that was lifting the curtain.

He actually has a daughter at home.

If his daughter also... Stop! Don't even think about it!
Wang Zhongcheng's chest rose and fell violently several times. The resentment and depression that had been weighing on his heart for the past few days suddenly dissipated a lot at this moment, miraculously.

perhaps……

Wang Zhongcheng pursed his lips, and without thinking any further, he just told the driver in a deep voice:

"The road is blocked, so just go around it. Why are you stopping here?"

"Yes."

The carriage slowly turned around.
And some of Wang Zhongcheng's decades of persistence seemed to be gradually thrown behind him, and gradually deviated amid the woman's wailing.

……

Yun Shu, who had already returned to the palace, had no idea what had happened to Wang Zhongcheng, nor did she care.

She is currently dealing with Yun Chuhuan, the energetic kid——

"Fifth sister, you will definitely leave the palace tomorrow, right?"

"Um……"

After the autumn hunt, there is one day of rest. You don’t have to go back to the study room to study immediately.
But Yun Shu had something to do when she left the palace, and she didn't want to take Yun Chuhuan with her:
"But I have to go to the Tang Mansion tomorrow first, and then look at the location of the restaurant. Even if you come with me, it won't be fun."

"This is easy!"

Yun Chuhuan had already thought about it:

"Fifth sister, you just need to take me out of the palace. After I leave the palace, I will go find Ziming to play by myself, so as not to delay your work!"

(End of this chapter)