Phoenix Reigns Over The Nine Heavens - CHAPTER 2: This Princess Decides To Divorce Her Husband

Hearing this, Xiao Yunheng’s face instantly turned livid: “What did you say?”

“Yun Zishu, what exactly do you want?” Madam Xiao angrily walked over, pointing at her with uncontrollable rage, “This marriage was granted by the Emperor. You caused Xue’er to have a miscarriage just over a month after marrying in, and now you want a divorce? Do you really think that the Xiao family, a prestigious military family, is a place where you can come and go as you please?”

Yun Zishu’s expression turned cold.

That’s right, she indeed just got married a little over a month ago and hasn’t consummated the marriage with Xiao Yunheng yet.

The emperor arranged the marriage, and the wedding had been grand.

To demonstrate the emperor’s favor toward the Xiao family, he directly arranged for the princess to marry into the Xiao family, becoming a daughter-in-law, instead of having Xiao Yunheng move to the princess’s residence to become the prince consort—completely reversing the traditional roles of the princess and the prince consort.

This is already an immense imperial favour, a blessing earned by the  ancestors.

However, the Xiao family didn’t know how to cherish what they had. Relying on their military power and close ties to the Crown Prince, they had arranged for Xiao Yunheng to take a concubine even before she entered the household. That concubine happened to be Li Xue, the niece of Madam Xiao’s family.

The cousins were deeply in love, while she, a royal princess, became the unwanted outsider.

On her wedding night with Xiao Yunheng, the concubine fainted in her own room. The servants rushed to report the incident, and the groom, still in his wedding attire, had turned away without a second thought and gone to the concubine’s room.

Spending the wedding night alone in an empty room was an absolute disgrace for a royal princess.

However, Yun Zishu endured it.

After the concubine fainted, a physician was summoned, and the next day she heard the news that the concubine was pregnant.

And this was just the beginning of Yun Zishu’s nightmare.

Recalling every moment of the past and the things the Xiao family had done to her, Yun Zishu wished she could reduce the Xiao family to ashes on the spot!

A cold glint flashed in her eyes as Yun Zi Shu remained silent, confronting the mother and son with icy indifference.

The atmosphere was clearly tense.

In the previous life, it was also around this moment that Madam Xiao, accompanied by her servants, came over in a furious manner to seek justice. After a barrage of baseless accusations, she ordered Yun Zishu to be taken to the ancestral hall and punished by kneeling.

At that time, Yun Zishu was only focused on clarifying the truth and  clearing her name. Even when punished, she insisted on proving her own innocence, completely unaware of Madam Xiao’s malicious intentions.

She didn’t even think about using her status as a princess to intimidate the other party.

Because her father, the Emperor, had repeatedly reminded her that after entering the family, she must respect her in-laws, not be willful and unreasonable, and not bring shame to the royal family.

However…

Yun Zishu sneered coldly. When has the royal family and the Xiao family ever given her any dignity?

In her past life, she had been foolish beyond measure, and even her death had been her own fault. In this life, she will strike first and see who dares to slander her again.

“Yun Zishu.” Xiao Yunheng, seeing that the situation was spiralling out of control, had a dark expression on his face. “Don’t go too far; you were in the wrong first—”

“Who is going too far?” Yun Zishu surveyed the scene before her, a cold, sarcastic smile playing on her lips. “You two, mother and son, have brought so many people to confront this princess. Are you worried that you alone can’t handle this princess?”

“You—” Xiao Yunheng gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, “Yun Zishu, you are being too outrageous!”

“The Xiao family can’t accommodate me, so I’ll withdraw myself,” Yun Zishu said calmly. “This princess, born of noble blood, hasn’t stooped so low as to cling to the Xiao family.”

Xiao Yunheng said coldly, “You are already a member of the Xiao family!”

“This princess can divorce her husband.”

“Yun Zishu, you are simply crazy!” Xiao Yunheng’s face turned ashen with anger as he grabbed her wrist, “Behave yourself! The Xiao family can’t afford to lose face like this!”

Yun Zishu’s expression turned cold, and she suddenly raised her hand to seize his wrist.

Unknowingly, she suddenly hit a pressure point, and Xiao Yunheng felt a numbness in his wrist, his hand instantly losing strength. Yun Zishu skillfully broke free from his grip and raised her hand to slap him!

Slap!

The sound was crisp.

Xiao Yunheng’s head snapped to the side, five bright red fingerprints starkly imprinted on his cheek.

“Yun Zishu, how dare you hit your own husband? You are simply outrageous! You are completely lawless!” Madam Xiao looked at the scene in disbelief, furious and fuming. She turned around and angrily scolded, “Are you all dead? Why haven’t you subdued the young madam yet? Lock her up in the ancestral hall, and summon the family rules immediately. I will teach her some manners!”

As soon as the order was given, the maids and attendants behind her rushed forward, roughly trying to seize Yun Zishu.

“The Xiao family is really lively today, I wonder what kind of play this is?”

A cold and merciless voice suddenly rang out, like a thunderclap in a clear sky, sending chills down people’s spines and instantly silencing the raucous atmosphere.

Madam Xiao, Xiao Yunheng, the old maid, and numerous maids all turned to look.

Yun Zishu also turned her head and looked at the man leisurely walking down the corridor.

The handsome man, as beautiful as jade, walked over slowly, his noble and indifferent brows and eyes shrouded in frost, with a layer of cold and fierce light lingering at the tips of his brows.

The man was in his early twenties, with a beauty that was almost otherworldly. His eyes were as cold and piercing as distant stars. Dressed in a long black robe with silver edges, he had a tall and imposing figure, exuding an aura as formidable as a mountain standing firm against the sky, making people feel both awe and fear.

The long blade at his waist was his signature emblem, but to this day, no one has ever seen him draw it.

Captain of the Shadow Guard, Si Cang, the most formidable warrior  of the Yong Dynasty.

He approached step by step, exuding an aura that warned others to stay away.

Yun Zishu pressed her lips tightly, unable to suppress a moment of daze in her heart.

“Commander Si, what brings you here?” Xiao Yunheng’s anger instantly dissipated. He stepped forward a couple of paces, clasped his fists in salute, and said, “Today, the Xiao family has some household matters to attend to, we have made a spectacle of ourselves, please forgive us for the inconvenience, Commander Si.”

“Household matters?” Si Cang’s gaze was icy, and his voice was as cold as ice. “Is the so-called ‘household matter’ by the young general Xiao referring to locking the princess in the ancestral hall and dealing with her using the Xiao family’s methods?”

Xiao Yunheng’s expression changed.

“Commander Si, this is indeed a family matter of the Xiao family.” Madam Xiao frowned and said lightly, “Since Her Highness the Princess has married into the Xiao family, she is now a daughter-in-law of the Xiao family. The old lady does not dare to demand that she be virtuous and kind, but she absolutely should not harm the child in the concubine’s womb—”

“Whether Her Highness the Princess harmed the fetus in the concubine’s womb cannot be concluded for now,” Si Cang interrupted her. “What you should do is wait for the imperial physician to come and take the pulse for diagnosis. Only after we have the results can we draw a conclusion.”

Xiao Yunheng’s face darkened: “Xue’er was pushed into the lake by the princess and has already had a miscarriage. Isn’t this evidence enough?”

“She has the final say?” Si Cang’s tone was icy as he shot him a cold glance. “A mere concubine who relies on her looks to serve a man, attempting to frame and slander the princess, she should be drowned in the lake!”

Xiao Yunheng choked, clenching his fists tightly as his face alternated between shades of green and white.

Si Cang is the leader of the royal family’s Shadow Guards, loyal only to the emperor and dismissive of everyone else. Not only is his martial arts unparalleled, but his thoughts are also inscrutable and unpredictable, making him impossible to read.

No one in the entire court, civil or military, dared to offend him.

The Xiao family, a noble first-rank general’s household, originally had no need to regard a mere shadow guard leader with any concern.

But Si Cang has always killed without blinking, and if he gets angry, he might just make someone bleed to death on the spot.