Please make the decision

"Miss Lu, what are you doing?"

The eldest princess was also confused by Lu Yaoyao's sudden behavior.

Isn't this a good ending?

As the persecuted party, Emperor Hongwen just now pointed out directly that Xu Zhao was a father in vain.

Even if word of the scandalous thing he did today spreads, Emperor Hongwen's comments, plus the fact that he was abandoned and raised in the village for ten years before, are all there.

It won't have much impact on her.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"

Regarding the girl in front of him, Emperor Hongwen's mentality was somewhat complicated and subtle.

"The common girl will tell a story to Your Majesty."

Everyone was stunned again.

Aren’t you going to make the decision? Why do you want to tell stories again?

However, everyone was still interested in her words.

"Fifteen years ago, there was a poor scholar in Jiangdong"

The story she told was really about how Xu Zhao married into the Lu family.

From the very beginning, everyone knew who the protagonist of this story was.

"I am honored to meet His Majesty and all of you sirs today. You are well-informed. There is a question in the hearts of common women that I have not been able to figure out for ten years."

"I wonder if your majesty and your lords can help me clear up my doubts?"

When he heard her talking about the Lu family in Jiangdong, Emperor Hongwen's attention was attracted.

"Oh? Please tell me and let me hear it."

"As a son-in-law, after the death of the first wife, can I marry another wife?"

Emperor Hongwen was startled. He didn't understand this very well.

When he was thinking about how to answer, the right minister stood up and first bowed his hands to Emperor Hongwen.

"This dynasty has not had any specific explicit regulations, but the common understanding among the people is that a surrogate son-in-law is not allowed to marry another son-in-law."

"Of course, if you can get the master's consent, it's not impossible. After all, the law is nothing more than human relationships."

Everyone nodded heartily.

The status of a son-in-law is very underground, and in some cases, he is even inferior to a woman.

As Lu Yaoyao said, in this situation, a son-in-law is actually not much different from a widow.

There is no rule that a widow is not allowed to remarry, but in some cases, if someone is kind-hearted, they will still let the widow remarry.

"Then the son-in-law has the right to raise the children?"

"No."

The right minister gave an affirmative answer.

"If the surrogate son-in-law marries another person, it is equivalent to a widow remarrying. Naturally, she cannot raise the children of the original wife, especially when the original wife still has family members."

After hearing what the right minister said, everyone nodded.

"Huh?"

"Since the adopted son-in-law cannot raise the children of the first wife, then why is Miss Lu in the Xu family?"

"And she is still the eldest daughter of the Xu family?"

As soon as the eldest princess said this, everyone looked at Lu Yaoyao.

"The civilian daughter just wants to ask His Majesty to make the decision for this."

"Oh? Is there something hidden in this?"

Although Emperor Hongwen had heard about Xu Zhao's former son-in-law, he didn't know the specifics.

Likewise, other people are in the same situation.

Only two or three people present really understood it.

"This matter started when my mother died of illness ten years ago."

"On the day my mother was buried, Xu Zhao openly announced that he was leaving the Lu family. According to the rules, civilian daughters should be raised by the Lu family."

"But Xu Zhao is really..."

She paused slightly and continued, "Xu Zhao was born in a poor family and has no foundation."

"You should have heard about what kind of life he has lived in the capital these years."

Everyone nodded again, Xu Zhao's life over the years was not bad at all, and in some cases he even lived better than some people with good foundations.

"At that time, Xu Zhao announced his separation from the Lu family and did not hesitate to ask the local county magistrate to put pressure on the family."

"The grandmother of the civilian daughter had no choice but to agree to his request for separation, but Xu Zhao not only showed no gratitude, but went even further and demanded the custody rights of the civilian daughter."

"After he succeeded, he threatened the lives of civilian girls and asked the Lu family to send a lot of money to the Xu family every year for the purpose of raising civilian girls."

Hearing this, everyone present was in an uproar.

"Isn't this too shameless?"

"I asked someone for money, but I abandoned my biological daughter to live on the farm for ten years, and squandered the money on my own with my step-brother."

"Xu Zhao is truly the most shameless person."

"I heard that Xu Zhao sends a lot of money and items to the Gao family every year. Doesn't the money also come from the Lu family?"

"Does that need to be said? Xu Zhao is a poor scholar's son-in-law, although he has been sitting in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for the past two years."

"But how much is his salary? It's not like we haven't seen how he spends so much money."

"He must have robbed the money from the Lu family."

The high minister who had already stood up was really ashamed when he heard such a round.

The look he looked at Lu Yaoyao was full of coldness.

"How could there be such a shameless person?"

"I suddenly feel that the punishment you just imposed on Xu Zhao, Your Majesty, is too light. He is in vain."

Emperor Hongwen also nodded in agreement.

"Then what do you mean by letting me make the decision for you?"

"Just now, Your Excellency, Your Excellency, also said that a son-in-law is not qualified to raise a daughter."

"Xu Zhao used blackmail to detain the daughter of the people in the Xu family. The daughter of the people hopes that your Majesty can give the women of the people justice."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen nodded and said, "It should be so."

"From today on, you are the daughter of the Lu family and no longer the daughter of the Xu family."

"As for the money Xu Zhao has robbed from the Lu family over the years."

Emperor Hongwen paused and turned to look at Li De.

"You go with Miss Lu, investigate thoroughly, count Xu Zhao's existing assets, and ask him to return them."

"If he refuses, or if he doesn't have enough money, he will be directly charged with seizing other people's property."

Li De quickly bowed and responded.

"The daughter of the people thanks His Majesty for upholding justice."

"Get up."

Emperor Hongwen smiled and waved his hand.

Then the eldest princess stood up. With something like this happening today, she couldn't hold the birthday party anymore.

I have to ask you all to leave.

Lu Yaoyao followed Li Degang out of the Princess's mansion.

His Royal Highness King Jin and the eldest prince walked over with smiles.

"Congratulations, Miss Lu."

"Thanks."

Lu Yaoyao smiled and saluted one by one.

Because of her subsequent request, she had completely drawn a clear line with Xu Zhao today.

Therefore, the scandalous things Xu Zhao did today will not affect her. Even if they do, it is completely within the acceptable range.

The most important thing is that while completely getting rid of the identity of the eldest daughter of the Xu family, it also drove both Xu Zhao and the Gao family into dust.

It is indeed something worthy of congratulations.

Afterwards, the two of them followed Lu Yaoyao and Li De to Xu's house in a lively manner.

Both Xu Zhao and Gao have been sent back.

Both of them lost half their lives, Xu Zhao was particularly miserable, not only did he receive fifty more blows than Gao.

It was a double blow, both mentally and physically, to have my official position and fame all over the place.

He has been unconscious since returning to the mansion.

Li De came with the emperor's oral instructions.

How could he be in a coma? Just ask someone to wake Xu Zhaochong out of his coma with a bucket of cold water.
Chapter completed!