Chapter 9: The Divorce

  The Great Xia Empire is the undisputed overlord of the world of Great Xia, with a strong position that no one can shake. Since its founding, it has experienced several storms but has never been overthrown.

  The Great Xia divided the world into 3,600 counties. Those who could occupy one county were all heroes with high autonomy.

  In Yongcheng County, Xia Wudang is the Emperor of the Soil, with the power to kill or spare anyone. The county is like a small country.

  The Wangfu of Yongcheng County is located in the very center of Yongcheng County, and a palace was built, which can be known as the inner city of the county castle.

  Under the escort of a team of soldiers and horses, they traveled unimpeded, with the speed of the carriages extremely fast, not taking a moment, the group arrived in front of the Wang Fu.

  Get off the carriage and horse in front of the Wangfu gate, walk into the Wangfu, Xia Fu's expression added a few more urgent and anxious, urging Xia Tian: "Hou Ye, please hurry up, Wang Ye must be waiting anxiously."

  "No rush, no rush, so much time has been wasted, what's the big deal about this little bit of time."

  Xia Tian replied faintly, still doing his own thing.

  I remember in the past, I was very afraid of Xia Wutang. When I saw him, it was like a mouse encountering a cat. Now, however, things are different.

  Under Xia Fu's lead, summer slowly moved forward, dragging down everyone's overall speed, making Xia Fu anxious and wide-eyed, but there was nothing he could do.

  "Your Highness, Master Hou, please wait for a moment, I'll go in and announce your arrival first."

  Outside the reception hall of the Wang's residence, Xia Fu stopped in his tracks, his expression becoming increasingly cautious and careful, speaking softly to Wang Su Ya and Xia Tian.

  In the Wang's mansion, the rules were strict and not to be trifled with. Xia Wu Tang was a somewhat hot-tempered person who would not tolerate even the slightest carelessness or laziness from his subordinates.

  Not only the servants, but also some masters, in front of Xia Wutang, did not dare to relax too much, and would feel apprehensive when facing him, which can be imagined how great Xia Wutang's prestige was.

  After entering the reception hall, Tong Gong announced in a loud voice. Xia Fu didn't have any difficulties and quickly came out, bowing respectfully to Wang Su Ya and Xia Tian: "Princess, Lord Hou, the King requests your presence inside."

  In the reception hall sat five people, and the majestic middle-aged man sitting in the main seat was none other than Xia Wutang, the Prince of Yongcheng County, a powerful figure in the Yuan Ying realm.

  On the lower left and right sides, a man and a woman sat respectively. However, on the left side sat a young woman and a middle-aged uncle, while on the right side sat a young gentleman and a mature lady.

  These four people all knew each other in the summer, namely Hu Mei'er, Hu San Dao, Zhang Huan and Xia Yongfang, who were all acquaintances.

  These four people all have some connection to Xia Tian, Hu San Dao is the father of Hu Mei Er, and Hu Mei Er was engaged to Xia Tian since childhood.

  Zhang Huan is Xia Yongfang's biological mother and also Xia Wutang's concubine, having an inexplicable hatred towards Wang Suyan, who is also a concubine of the royal family.

  "Yah also came, come, sit here."

  His gaze swept over Xia Tian, jumped past him, and landed on Wang Su Ya's body. A serious face with a few strands of smile, Xia Wu Tang greeted.

  "Thank you, Prince Wang."

  Wang Su Ya cleverly agreed.

  "I saw Father in the summer."

  Expressionless, summer big gift worship.

  Although I'm not too fond of Xia Wutang, the father-son relationship is still indispensable. No matter how arrogant and proud Xia Tian is, it's hard to completely deny this point.

  "Uh-huh."

  His calm gaze fell on Xia Tian, his expression unreadable. Xia Wudang said slowly, "Xia Tian, the master of the Hu family has something to discuss with you today."

  "Oh, Master Hu, I don't know, what's your business?"

  Although he asked this question, Xia Tian had already had an answer in his heart. Hu San Dao and Hu Mei Er came over, it must be about the cancellation of the engagement.

  In the previous life, at about this time, the Hu family used a resolute attitude and strong measures to have Hu Mei'er and Xia Tian cancel their engagement. In this life, this scene has arrived as scheduled.

  "Good nephew, it's your uncle who owes you an apology. After what happened with you became known, Mei'er has been clamoring to cancel the engagement, and I've tried to persuade her otherwise. I told her that one shouldn't waste their youth being foolish, and also explained to her the importance of keeping up appearances, but she still insists on calling off the wedding. So, it's your uncle, it's the Hu family who owes you an apology."

  He let out a sigh and Hu San Dao said in a low voice, feeling somewhat guilty.

  "Father, why do you need to apologize? This matter is clearly his fault. We didn't arbitrarily want to break off the engagement or cancel the wedding. If he hadn't done something so shameful that it tarnished the reputation of the Wang family and implicated the Hu family, we wouldn't have ended up like this."

  Hu San Dao's low profile made Hu Mei Er very dissatisfied, and she suddenly jumped out, her small mouth "patter patter" a string of words, enumerating the shortcomings of Xia Tian.

  What Hu Mei'er said was the ugly thing that happened a few days ago when Xia Tian and Xia Yongfang had a conflict, in which Xia Yongfang insulted Wang Su Ya, Xia Tian got angry and hit out, but ended up getting beaten badly and knocked unconscious.

  Afterwards, Xia Yongfang also spread rumors and slandered Xia Tian for fighting with his own brother over a courtesan.

  Rumors and gossip spread the fastest, especially when they involve high-ranking officials, and before long, the whole city is in an uproar.

  Nowadays, Xia Tian can be said to be speechless and unable to explain himself even if he wants to. The worst part is that the conflict between the two indeed occurred in a brothel, making it even harder to dispel the rumors.

  In her past life, after learning about this rumor, Xia Tian was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She felt a sense of injustice and grievance, like Dou E's unjust case could not be redressed.

  At that time, in order to prove himself, Xia Tian did a few more absurd things. Who would have thought that the more he messed around, the more he got into trouble and the harder it was to clean up the mess.

  Like a movie, scenes of past lives flashed through my mind. What should have been an angry summer, inexplicably, didn't even feel a bit of anger, and my emotions were surprisingly calm and tranquil.

  Going through this matter again, the cause and effect are clear as summer. It can be said that this matter was planned by Xia Yongfang and Zhang Huan together, and Hu Mei'er also played a role in it.

  Zhang Huan has always been at odds with Wang Suya. Recently, Xia Tian had a conflict with Xia Yongfang. Although Xia Yongfang was in the upper hand and humiliated Xia Tian, he still didn't want to let go of Xia Tian.

  Thus, under Zhang Huan and Xia Yongfang's machinations, a vicious plot was freshly concocted, with the aim of sabotaging Xia Tian and Hu Mei'er's engagement, leaving him utterly discredited and stinking to high heaven.

  Here, Hu Man'er also had a deal with Xia Yongfang. Xia Yongfang promised that as long as Hu Man'er was willing to cancel her engagement with Xia Tian, he would be engaged to Hu Man'er and marry her in the future.

  Compared to the Duke of Summer, who was not valued by Xia Wutang and was driven out of the palace early, with only a nominal title, Xia Yongfang, this Marquis, is more attractive to Hu Mei'er.