Chapter 20 See how she handles it

Old Lady Wang stared at Lin Zhiyi with her cloudy and sharp eyes.

Seeing that she never knelt down, his face became even colder.

Lin Zhiyi raised her eyes and saw Mrs. Wang's wrinkled face, which should have been kind, but now seemed a little mean.

She wanted to laugh. Originally, her father supported the entire mansion, and Old Lady Wang had to pretend to be nice for the sake of face. But now that the eldest wife's house had collapsed, she no longer had to pretend.

The second and third wives are still fine, as their relatives and friends still send them some food and supplies, but the first wife still has no one.

Is Old Lady Wang afraid that if the family is not divided, the first wife will bring trouble to the second and third wives?

Lin Zhiyi knew in her heart that Old Madam Wang had never liked her, and she didn't need to pretend. "Granddaughter, I don't understand. I was divorced by the Qin family for no reason, so why am I the one who is wrong?"

"How dare you!" Old Lady Wang banged her cane on the ground again. "Being divorced by your husband's family is the biggest mistake! And you still have the nerve to ask why? A girl from our Lin family must either live with dignity or die in innocence! She must not be divorced and become a laughing stock for the whole city!"

After Mrs. Wang finished speaking, she winked at her two sons, Second Uncle Lin and Third Uncle Lin.

Seeing this, they immediately stepped forward and wanted to strangle Lin Zhiyi with light shackles.

They thought to themselves that they had been oppressed by the eldest wife for years and could finally vent their anger.

This time they were sentenced to exile because of the involvement of the eldest wife, and they felt even more resentful.

Everyone around looked at this scene coldly.

They were all royal nobles who had suddenly fallen from the clouds to hell. They had suffered a lot in prison and their hearts had become numb.

He was very indifferent to the fact that Old Lady Wang wanted to strangle her granddaughter.

But some people also think that Mrs. Wang has gone too far.

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyan immediately stood in front of Lin Zhiyi and said, "Let's see who dares!"

"Second uncle, third uncle, Zhizhi is your niece."

Second Uncle Lin and Third Uncle Lin approached, "Yan'er, your grandmother is right. Daughters of our Lin family must have backbone, so as not to be laughed at by others."

Lin Zhiyi pursed her lips as if she had heard a huge joke, "Joke? If my niece remembers correctly, a few years ago, my second uncle went to the gambling house and owed a gambling debt. He was stopped by the gambling house and taken to the Lin family. The debt was 5,000 taels of silver. I'm afraid it was my father who helped you pay it back, right?"

And Third Uncle, it's fine if you're always hanging out in the red-light district, but you actually seduced decent women and toyed with married women. When their husbands came to you, it was only my father who helped you deal with it. How dare you talk about integrity?

Being exposed in public, Second Uncle Lin and Third Uncle Lin's faces turned pale, while Old Lady Wang's face became even gloomier.

"That's a different matter! For a woman to be divorced is a grave offense!"

As they spoke, they tried to push Lin Xiuyan away, but failed. "Yan'er, get out of the way! Otherwise, we'll deal with you too."

Just as they were about to pull Lin Xiuyan away, they saw Lin Xiuran also running over, one on each side protecting Lin Zhiyi, like two door gods. "If anyone dares to touch my sister today, don't blame us for being rude!"

Old Lady Wang was so angry that she was shaking all over. "Rebellion! They're all rebelling! Are you trying to piss me off to death?"

She pointed at Lin Zhiyi and said, "If this girl is divorced and sent home, how will any of our Lin family's daughters get married? You don't care about the family, but instead protect this disgraceful thing!"

Lin Zhiyi sneered in his heart. He had been exiled, but he was still thinking about how the girls of the Lin family would get married.

I should worry about whether I can have food on the way.

At this time, Madam Song rushed over, knelt in front of Madam Wang, and kowtowed three times: "Mother-in-law, Zhizhi is my flesh and blood. If you want her to die, why not let me die first!"

"Mom!" Lin Zhiyi wanted to help her mother up, but was pushed away by Mrs. Song.

Seeing this, Madam Wang's face turned even uglier: "What are you doing? Are you trying to blackmail me?"

"Mother-in-law, what's wrong with Zhizhi? If she's wrong, it's because she doesn't know people well."

Madam Wang sneered, "Okay, okay, okay, you first wife are really rebellious. Do you really think I'm just a decoration?"

She ordered the people from the second and third rooms to work together to pull Lin Xiuran and Lin Xiuyan apart.

Lin Zhiyi stared at Madam Wang. "Madam, you said that according to the Lin family's rules, if a woman is divorced, she can only hang herself. So let me ask you, what if your granddaughter is divorced? Would you be willing to let her hang herself?"

Lin Zhiyi emphasized the word "granddaughter", which made Mrs. Wang's expression change.

Wasn't Lin Zhiyi reminding her that she wasn't her biological grandmother?

"It's the same."

Lin Zhiyi sneered, "Well, now that cousin Jingshu is here, if she is also divorced, please remember what you said, old lady."

Lin Zhiyi pointed to the distance.

Everyone looked towards the official road and saw Lin Jingshu's figure.

Seeing Lin Zhiyi say this, Madam Zou's face suddenly became embarrassed. "Jingshu is just here to see us off. How could she be the same as you?"

Lin Zhiyi: "Seeing her off? Are cousin Jingshu's husband's family so poor that they can't even afford a carriage? And she doesn't seem to have any servants accompanying her. Aren't they afraid that she'll be kidnapped along the way?"

Mrs. Zou paused and had a bad feeling in her heart.

Could it be that Jingshu was also divorced?

No, no.

Her Jingshu is such a good girl, how could her husband's family bear to divorce her?

"Second Aunt, you don't believe it? Then wait for cousin Jingshu to come and ask her in person."

Everyone held their breath, waiting for Lin Jingshu to arrive. If she was also divorced, they wanted to see if Old Lady Wang would strangle her own granddaughter to death.

Chai Ya happened to come to find Lin Zhiyi, and when she saw this scene, she hurried away.

No, she had to report to the master. The old lady was too vicious. It was pitiful enough that the girl had to endure all these things, but she actually wanted to force her to death.

Lin Jingshu appeared in front of her in the blink of an eye. Mrs. Zou saw that she was indeed only carrying a bag, and her eyes were badly swollen, obviously she had been crying. Her bad premonition became stronger and stronger.

"Jingshu, how did you get here by yourself? Where's the carriage? Is it parked far away?"

Mrs. Zou thought to herself that she must be afraid that people would see her getting too close to the Lin family and get implicated.

Seeing her mother and grandmother's family, Lin Jingshu cried in grievance. She knelt down and said, "Mother, grandmother, my daughter has been divorced by her husband's family."

Mrs. Zou was shocked. "What? Why did he divorce you?"

Lin Jingshu replied with tears in her eyes, "They said that my daughter had been to the prison to bring you food many times. They were afraid that my daughter would bring trouble to my husband's family, so they sent her a divorce letter and kicked her out."

Everyone looked at Madam Wang.

Especially the first wife, everyone was watching to see how she would deal with Lin Jingshu.

Lin Jingshu was her most favored granddaughter. She grew up under her lap and married into the Yang family in the capital. She once made Old Lady Wang very proud and praised her granddaughter to everyone she met.

Lin Zhiyi said, "Cousin Jingshu, my grandmother said that the girls of our Lin family must either live a glorious life or die a clean one! If they are divorced, they can only hang themselves."