Chapter 260

The emperor nodded slightly, what Duan Wangye had said was right, once Duan Wang Fei divorce him, Gu Zezhi’s future position would be awkward.

Although according to the law of etiquette, the divorce of parents does not affect the status of Gu Zezhi as the legitimate son. But Duan Wangfu already has an heir so if Duan Wangye was divorced, he would need to remarry, if there was another first son born from the new wangfei, how would Gu Zezhi be able to handle himself?

Gu Zezhi certainly knows this, but he still made it clear that he supports Duan Wang Fei, and it was as if also showing how disappointed he was with Duang Wangye…

Alas, because Duan Wangye’s partiality was too extreme, it reached the point where husband and wife, father and son would separate, and he couldn’t even realize what his mistakes were.

“Imperial Aunt, divorce is a very important matter.”

After thinking things thoroughly and taking some considerations, the emperor could only persuade in a gentle voice.

“You are the wangfei who has been given a jade document*. You can’t say that you can divorce and leave, nor can I say that I have the final say.”

(*a book that records the genealogy, calendar, and government decrees of the emperor)

These words were not purely coaxing Duan Wang Fei.

Imperial couples couldn’t just sign divorce papers that easily, especially marriages in the imperial clan, even those aristocratic families with little background couldn’t just divorce that easily!

“Right.” Duan Wangye seemed to have grasped the straw to save his life.

Feeling that the emperor was really wise, he urged Duan Wang Fei kindly, “Wangfei, let’s discuss the matter of divorce… another time!”

“Wangfei, it’s getting late, let’s go back to Duan’s residence first.”

Dripping with cold sweat, Duan Wangye’s back was already soaked when he suddenly remembered that wangfei has always been virtuous and sensible, with decisive nature, especially when she was young, she was an uncompromising lady. These years as she gets older, she lived reclusively and her temper became milder.

True to his memory, Duan Wang Fei didn’t bother with Duang Wangye and just curtsied to the emperor before going out, still ignoring wangye.

Since she had already said the word “divorce”, she would never take it back.

The emperor asked Duan Wangye and his wife to retreat, leaving only Gu Zezhi to speak with him alone.

“Zezhi, don’t go, I have something to tell you.”

Duan Wangye was curious about what the emperor was going to say to Gu Zezhi, and was also afraid that Gu Zezhi would persuade the emperor to agree to the divorce. However, at the moment he was hopelessly alone.

Seeing that Duan Wang Fei walked out of the imperial study room, he gritted his teeth and could only go after Duan Wang Fei first.

An incense stick later, Duan Wang Fei’s vermilion paint wheel carriage drove out from the palace, and since Duan Wangye was not able to get on the carriage, he could only follow on a horse while feeling very upset: he still found it hard to believe, they had been married for forty years, and yet wangfei wants to divorce him!

How could this be possible!

Duan Wangye almost pinched his thigh to see if he was dreaming.

When Duan Wangye and Duan Wang Fei arrived at their residence, it was already midnight.

As soon as Duan Wang Fei returned to the mansion, she ordered people to tidy up. The whole main courtyard was in a commotion, and it was simply cleaned up in less than half an hour.

Duan Wang Fei had a dowry house in the capital. She only took some clothes with her, and directly asked the servants to carry several boxes of personal belongings onto the carriage.

Since returning home, Duan Wangye had been following Duan Wang Fei all the way, persuading her in a cold sweat.

“Wangfei, it’s already getting late. What can benwang do for you to calm down? We’ll talk about it tomorrow.”

“Wangfei, if you don’t believe benwang, benwang can swear to heaven right now that he will give you an explanation.”

“I can go to Luo’an now…”

However, no matter what Duan Wangye said, Duan Wang Fei ignored it.

Seeing that Wang momo had ordered the gatekeeper to open the gate, Duan Wangye became anxious and ordered the royal guards, “Stop it! Don’t let Wangfei go!”

A group of guards looked at each other, but could only stand in a row and blocked the entrance.

Seeing this, Duang Wang Fei gave only one word: “Go!”

The guards were able to stop them but did not dare to be rough on Duan Wang Fei, so in the end, wangfei’s carriage was able to squeeze out from among several guards and drove away along the open street.

The sound of horses’ hooves and cartwheels was particularly loud in the silent midnight.

“Wangfei!”

Duan Wangye chased out the gate, but he didn’t let go of his arrogance to chase the carriage after all, but his face was so ugly that it was about to drop ink while the guards surrounding him were silent.

The commotion in front of Duan Wang’s mansion could not be concealed from the eyes and ears of other nearby residents, so that night, some people knew that Duan Wang Fei wanted to divorce Duan Wangye.

Not only that, but by the next day, almost all the people in the capital knew the news, and there was an uproar.

All of them inevitably had a few comments about it in private.

They only knew that Duan Wang Fei suddenly fainted when they were watching the fireworks last night. And right now, Duan Wang Fei was making a scene of divorcing her husband causing people to inevitably have various guesses.

Some people say with conviction that it was most likely due to the dispute between Duang Wangye’s wangfei and concubines, or perhaps Duan Wangye wants to spoil his concubine and neglect his wife.

While some people think that Duan Wang Fei was too stupid if she divorces Duan Wangye, wouldn’t she be giving up Duan Wangfu whom she had worked hard to manage to a concubine?

And others think that Duan Wang Fei wanting to divorce was a way to use as an advantage to force Duan Wangye to re-establish her son…

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