Chapter 450: Three Years of Mourning
Xiao Min cried out, "Brother, is it wrong for me not to go? Why do you hit me? You haven't seen those refugees, you don't know how terrible they are, I can't go and die - woo woo woo -"
The prince said coldly, "It's not up to you, you have to go, you have to go."
"If you are still a human being, you still have moral principles, you can't say such words!"
He knew that it was useless to reason with Xiao Min, and he was too lazy to say anything, and directly ordered: "When Chen'er gets better, I will arrange for guards to take you there."
Xiao Min sat on the ground, covering his forehead, and kept shaking his head.
The prince stared at her coldly, "Also, after you go to the capital, you must stay there obediently and mourn for your husband for three years!"
Xiao Min screamed, "Brother--"
The prince stood up and sneered at Xiao Min on the ground, "Why, isn't it natural for a wife to mourn for her husband?"
Xiao Min collapsed on the ground and cried, "I don't want it, I don't want to mourn for three years, I will go crazy! Brother, how can you do this to me? I don't want to go to the capital, I don't want--"
She was fed up with her parents-in-law in the capital. When she went to the capital, she had to pay respects to them every day and read their faces.
No one cared about her living in her mother's house, and she didn't have to pay respects to anyone. Life was as comfortable as it could be.
Moreover, she had to wear plain clothes to mourn, and she couldn't go out to visit guests. How could she live in the house for three years!
The prince walked up to her, looked down at her, his eyes cold, "Xiao Min, you'd better be honest and mourn. If you dare to make trouble in the capital and do something that embarrasses the palace, you will spend the rest of your life in the family temple!"
"I will often communicate with Prime Minister Su. You should be careful and take care of yourself."
The brother-in-law died suddenly, and the prince was caught off guard. Originally, because of this marriage relationship, Prime Minister Su and the Qi Palace were firmly tied to the same boat.
But now that the brother-in-law is dead, this bond is not so strong, and the sister is so cold-hearted, she is afraid of causing Prime Minister Su's dissatisfaction.
Now the Qi Palace is not powerful enough in the court, and many places still rely on Prime Minister Su.
This line must not be broken!
Xiao Min heard the prince's words and threw herself on the carpet and cried. She couldn't understand why her brother was so cruel to her suddenly. In the past, even if she did something out of line, her brother would turn a blind eye and ignore her.
It's over, it's all over. She knew her brother wasn't trying to scare her. He said it and did it. How could she live from now on?
When the maids saw the prince had left, they hurried in and helped Xiao Min up. Chunying first took off all the pearls and jade on Xiao Min's head, and then took the mourning clothes to change Xiao Min into.
When her husband died, the wife had to wear the heaviest mourning clothes. Within a hundred days, she had to wear mourning clothes made of linen.
Xiao Min looked at the rough linen mourning clothes and pushed Chunying away fiercely, "I won't wear this, it's so ugly!"
Chunying lowered her head and whispered, "If the lady doesn't wear it, the prince will find out and I'm afraid he will blame her."
Xiao Min wailed and had to let Chunying put on the mourning clothes, "Why is my life so miserable? I lost my husband at such a young age. How can I live in the future?"
Xia Cao took the ointment and wiped it on Xiao Min's forehead. Xiao Min suddenly screamed, "My forehead is broken. Will it leave a scar?"
Several maids didn't say a word.
Following a master as heartless and ungrateful as Xiao Min, they were also very disheartened.