Chapter 402 The deposed prince VS the squeamish prince (24)

Minglan really liked Xiao Zhuo, but when she found out that he was still obsessed with his ex-fiancée, she decisively let him go.

She didn't speak, nor did she jump out to interrupt the former lover's reminiscence, but quietly left the scene.

The gentle beauty saw Minglan leaving, but she still couldn't help but look at Xiao Zhuo and said, "Mr. Xiao, how have you been doing these past years?"

When she saw Minglan's age, she knew that Xiao Zhuo must still be thinking about her in those years before, so she wanted to know, would she still have a chance?

"...Mrs. Li, why did you come back to Beijing?" Xiao Zhuo asked.

Looking at the gentle beauty, her eyes suddenly turned red, and crystal tears filled her eyes, and she was about to cry.

"Xiao Lang...I...I have reconciled with my husband..."

She was brought back by her parents. Her husband treated her badly and wanted to spoil his concubine and destroy his wife.

Although her parents didn't love her very much, they still broke up with her husband and took her back to her parents' home.

She also knew that her parents still thought that it didn't matter if her husband did not live well when she was married to her, now she could marry Xiao Zhuo.

Her parents said that Xiao Zhuo had been waiting for her for many years, and even though she married someone else, there was still no one else by his side.

During this time, the Xiao family was busy arranging the marriage for the younger generation. Her parents knew about it. Thinking about her poor life in her husband's family, they planned to take her back and let her marry Xiao Zhuo.

The Dayun Dynasty did not prohibit widows from remarrying, nor did they prohibit divorced women from remarrying.

The founding emperor of Dayun once married a queen who was a widow, and the queen of the third emperor was still a woman who remarried him after he divorced.

Therefore, the Dayun Dynasty did not have many restrictions on the remarriage of widows and divorced women.

Anyway, her parents knew that she was not living well, so they thought that if she could marry Xiao Zhuo with Li Gai, it would be good for her and good for the family.

After all, the Xiao family is the natal family of the first empress and the prince's out-marriage. Xiao Zhuo himself grew up with the prince.

How could her family refuse to give up such a promising son-in-law?

The engagement was broken off before, but now their family wants to rebuild the relationship.

"Xiao Lang... Li Jidao is not a human being... he... he actually beat me... and aborted me... my poor child..."

The woman cried as she spoke. Her thin body was shaky and she looked like she was about to fall into Xiao Zhuo's arms.

Xiao Zhuo looked at her and said, "Li Jidao beat you and caused you to have a miscarriage? When did it happen?"

Although he didn't pay much attention to his ex-fiancée's life after marriage, he also heard that the man she married had a good reputation. How could he hit his wife?

"Two years ago...Li Jidao beat me when he was drunk..."

"Li Jidao's concubine still bullied me..."

"After my parents found out, they finally forced Li Jidao to make peace with me..." As the woman spoke, she raised her head and looked at Xiao Zhuo, "Xiao Lang... you are the only one who is the best to me..."

"Li Jidao is not a human... Xiao Lang..."

Xiao Zhuo frowned and said, "What do you want to say?"

"Xiao Lang, that lady just now is not your wife, right?" the woman asked with sobs, "She still wears her hair in a girl's bun, not a woman's bun..."

"And I've been back to Beijing for a while, and I haven't heard of you marrying a wife... So Xiao Lang, are you... still willing to marry me?"

"Xiao Lang, I know it was my fault and my family's fault for breaking off the engagement...but...but..."

"How long can a woman's youth last? I would love to protect you, but my parents don't agree...and there are still girls of the right age to get married in the clan..."

"If I insist on keeping you unmarried, the marriages of girls in the clan will also be delayed..."

"Xiao Lang, I know I was wrong. I will definitely live a good life with you in the future."

"Will you marry me?" The woman looked at Xiao Zhuo with red eyes. She was much shorter than him. When she looked up at him, she seemed to be looking at the god who saved her.

Xiao Zhuo was in a daze.

He seemed to be hallucinating.

The girl he once loved, his ex-fiancée who had been married a long time ago, actually told him to let him marry her?

Xiao Zhuo suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

"Mrs. Li..." Xiao Zhuo blurted out the title. When he saw her coaxing eyes, he swallowed it and changed his words, "Ms. Yang..."

"We have missed each other for many years." Xiao Zhuo said, "Don't you know anything about what the Yang family said when they broke off their engagement with the Xiao family?"

"I want to keep my filial piety and cannot get married, so your family doesn't want to wait. The Xiao family and I don't blame you, nor the Yang family, for breaking off the engagement."

"But Mrs. Yang... there has been no relationship between you and me for a long time." Xiao Zhuo said seriously.

"How come it doesn't matter?" Madam Yang asked anxiously, "How come it doesn't matter?"

"Have you forgotten the vows we made? You once said you would be good to me forever!"

"You once said...promise me to be a couple for the rest of my life!"

"You haven't married a wife for so many years, and you haven't even married concubines. Isn't it because you still care about me?"

"You haven't married yet, isn't it because you still miss me?" Madam Yang asked excitedly.

Xiao Zhuo is the best husband she has ever had contact with, and the best husband candidate she can get, and she doesn't want to give up easily.

After experiencing her previous husband, she realized how valuable a husband like Xiao Zhuo was.

Her ex-husband obviously looked like a scholar, but he knew how to beat people and beat his wife until she had a miscarriage.

He obviously seems to be a very upright gentleman, but he spoils his concubines and destroys his wife, allowing his concubines to humiliate his wife.

Such a scumbag ex-husband made Madam Yang miss Xiao Zhuo even more.

Now that she finally had the chance to catch Xiao Zhuo, she didn't want to let go or miss it.

Xiao Zhuo was silent for a while and said, "Ms. Yang, the reason why I haven't married yet is not because I still have you in my heart...it's because I have been keeping my filial piety for a long time."

The reason why he delayed his marriage after observing mourning for so many years was not because he still cared about her.

The reason why he had a complicated expression when he first saw her was because he felt a little dazed when he saw an old friend again after so many years.

"Ms. Yang, if you miss it, you miss it. There is no fate between you and me." Xiao Zhuo said seriously.

"What did you say? Why are we not destined to each other?" Madam Yang grabbed his sleeve anxiously, "Xiao Lang, you clearly said that we are a match made in heaven."

"You obviously said..."

Xiao Zhuo gently took his sleeve out of her hand and said seriously and firmly, "It's impossible between us."

"The reason why I stay and tell you this is just to make a break with the past. From the moment the Xiao family and the Yang family broke off their engagement, there has been no relationship between us."

"Ms. Yang, your experience is indeed worthy of sympathy, but sympathy cannot make me marry you."

"I'm sorry." Xiao Zhuo said sincerely.

Then he raised his head and said with stern eyes, "I already have someone I want to spend my life with, and that person is not you, Madam Yang."

Seeing him like this, Madam Yang finally took a few steps back dejectedly, staggering a little.

"...Is that the girl just now? Is she the person you want to spend your life with?" Madam Yang asked.

"Yes." Xiao Zhuo confirmed, "I still have something to do, so I won't continue to bother Madam Yang. Please do as you please."

With that said, Xiao Zhuo left decisively, leaving Madam Yang alone and dejected.

If you miss it, you miss it...

Was the fate between her and him broken from the moment the engagement was broken off...?

Madam Yang's tears finally fell and hit the ground.