"And... that glass workshop! It infuriates me! Ye Yiren is supposed to be your savior, why didn't you tell me?"

"Fine, you won't talk about it then, but you actually made things difficult for her at the tea shop last time! My God, you don't repay her kindness, and you even made things difficult for her?"

"This immense wealth has simply vanished! Vanished!"

The Duke of Pingguo suffered from a heart attack; just thinking about that glass workshop made his heart bleed.

Although he was uneducated and incompetent, he knew the importance of money better than anyone else!

Without money, how could he buy jewelry for his beloved concubine? How could he make her happy?

Liu Xiawei, standing to the side, also glared resentfully at the Duchess. If he had half a share in the glass workshop, he could gamble however he wanted.

Lady Pingguo's face turned pale and then red. She wanted to argue, but she knew she was in the wrong.

“Madam…” At this moment, Xiao Lü hurriedly walked in.

But when they saw that Duke Pingguo and the others were there, they were so frightened that they stopped in their tracks.

The Duke of Pingguo glared at him: "What's wrong?"

"N-nothing."

"Speak! If you don't, you'll get twenty lashes!"

Xiao Lü had no choice but to grit her teeth and say, "Miss... the medicine requires top-quality ginseng, which can only be obtained with Madam's seal."

"What did you say? That wretched girl Li Jiaojiao was actually sent back to our manor?" Duke Pingguo stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "Are you crazy, or am I crazy?"

"Are you blind or deaf? Don't you know she's a cheater who's been to jail! Instead of throwing her far away, you actually brought her home!"

"Guards, throw Li Jiaojiao out of the manor! And drag this ignorant girl away and give her twenty lashes!"

Little Green turned pale with fright and fell to the ground with a thud.

At this moment, two servants came in to drag someone away.

"I'd like to see who dares!" The Duchess, unable to contain her anger any longer, glared at the Duke of Pingguo. "No matter what, Jiaojiao has already served time in prison, that's enough to be punished. Regardless of what she did before, since I've accepted her, she's my daughter. Anyone who dares to abandon her is making trouble for me!"

Duke Pingguo roared, "Fine, if you want to protect her, then get out with her! I, Liu Jiasheng, will divorce you today! You've taken in a morally corrupt adopted daughter and tarnished the reputation of the Duke's mansion, so divorcing you is justified!"

The Duchess sneered, "Go ahead and divorce me! But before you divorce me, you'd better give me back all my dowry! You sold off and squandered the entire estate of the Duke's mansion five or six years ago! All your eating, drinking, entertainment, buying courtesans, and keeping concubines—wasn't it all my dowry money that you spent!"

"According to the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, regardless of whether it is a divorce or a separation, the woman's dowry must be returned in full!"

The Duke of Pingguo's face froze.

The two sons also had contorted expressions.

Liu Shangwei: "Father, what divorce? She's still my mother. Mother, these are just words spoken in anger!"

Liu Xiawei: "Father, apologize!"

The Duke of Pingguo's face turned bright red: "..."

The Duchess sneered and glanced disdainfully at the Duke of Ping: "Divorce? Humph!"

After saying that, he flicked his sleeve and turned to leave.