"You are a two-faced scumbag. I used the power of the Sheng family to help you rise to prominence and become the prime minister, but when you were full of vigor, you beat and scolded me."
"I even allowed the women in the red-light district to trample on me, humiliate me, laugh at me, and even poison me."
"Do you dare to say that you didn't know that Yimeng poisoned you?"
A trace of guilt flashed across the Prime Minister's face, but he would never admit it and just gave a firm answer.
"I don't know."
When these words reached Shen Yuerong's ears, her eyes became even colder.
A hypocritical person like the prime minister would only truly admit it when the evidence is clearly presented before him.
So Shen Yuerong waved her hand lightly, and Taohua took the evidence and personally delivered it to the prime minister.
"Prime Minister, please take a look. According to our investigation, when Yi Meng poisoned you, your servant accidentally saw it and told you about it, but you pretended to know nothing."
After the prime minister received the charges, his face turned grim.
"You are talking nonsense. How could I do such a thing?"
He raised his hand and tore up the charge sheet, his expression turned cold, as if he was very angry.
Chen Yuerong smiled faintly and said, "It doesn't matter. We have many copies here, including your servant who can bring it up to prove it at any time. What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Her words seemed to be a subtle reminder to the Prime Minister.
As expected, after hearing this, the Prime Minister could only speak with gritted teeth.
"No need to bring it up, what on earth do you want to do?"
After hearing this, Shen Yuerong looked at Sheng Qinglan, with a gentle smile in her eyes.
"It's your turn now. I believe you can do it."
Sheng Qinglan walked slowly to the Prime Minister, raised his chin slightly, just like his former proud and confident self, and slowly uttered a word.
"I want to divorce you and we will each take half of the dowry."
Logically, they should have taken everything back, but Sheng Qinglan didn't want to make things too embarrassing, so she was lucky to be able to divorce amicably.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the Prime Minister directly refused coldly.
"Impossible. You can only divorce your wife, but you can't take all the dowry with you."
He was firm in his attitude. Even if he wanted to let Sheng Qinglan leave, he would never divorce her.
If I divorce, it would mean proving to everyone that I was the one who did something wrong.
The prime minister stood there with his hands on his hips, his face full of pride and sarcasm.
Sheng Qinglan pursed her red lips, her heart filled with sadness. They had been husband and wife for so many years, and it was not certain whether they still had feelings for each other, but at least they should not take things to such an extent.
He wanted to let the prime minister go, but he was obviously unwilling to do so and even tried to kill him.
She hesitated for a moment. In fact, divorce and reconciliation were the same to her.
As long as I can escape from the Prime Minister's Mansion, it would be a great thing.
Just when she was about to agree, Shen Yuerong suddenly stood up and refused.
"Wait a moment."
The Prime Minister looked at Shen Yuerong sarcastically, "Princess, this is our family affair, I'm afraid you don't have the power to intervene?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a steady and powerful voice suddenly sounded.
"The princess has no power to manage this, but do I have any rights?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw the Sheng family walking into the banquet, led by none other than Old Man Sheng.
The moment Sheng Qinglan saw Mr. Sheng, she went to greet him.
"Dad, why are you here?"
At the same time, Sheng Qinglan felt ashamed. As a married daughter, she actually needed her elderly parents to stand up for her. She felt extremely embarrassed.
Old Master Sheng patted the back of Sheng Qinglan's hand with a kind and friendly smile.
"Silly child, you have been wronged, so of course I have to come."
"Although my Sheng family has not interacted much with the outside world in recent years, this does not mean that my daughter should be bullied."
The moment the Prime Minister saw Mr. Sheng, he couldn't help but feel a little scared, but he quickly came to his senses and spoke with confidence.
"Father, I didn't bully her. She was the one who insisted on divorcing me."
"Why don't you try to persuade her to live a good life with me. There's nothing to quarrel about between husband and wife, so as to avoid being laughed at by outsiders."
After he said this, Mr. Sheng turned and looked at Sheng Qinglan.
"Is what you said true? Do you really want to divorce him?"
Sheng Qinglan felt ashamed and had never been good at arguing with others, so she just pursed her lips and nodded.
Seeing Sheng Qinglan like this, Shen Yuerong couldn't help but feel a little worried. What if Sheng Qinglan was persuaded to go back with just a few words?
Her eyes fell on Sheng Qinglan, her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just called out.
"Mrs. Sheng..."
Sheng Qinglan raised his eyes and looked at Shen Yuerong, tears welling up in his eyes, and suddenly spoke.
"Princess, can you..."
Shen Yuerong frowned slightly. Did she want to regret it?
"Do you want to go back with me?"
Sheng Qinglan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly shook her head and said, "No, I want to ask the princess for help. I... am not good at arguing with others."
After hearing Sheng Qinglan's words, Shen Yuerong finally breathed a sigh of relief. That's good, as long as she doesn't want to retreat.
So Shen Yuerong stood up regardless and spoke directly to Mr. Sheng.
"Master Sheng is well. This princess will mind her business for a while today."
"The Prime Minister favors his concubine over his wife. Not only does he allow his concubine Yimeng to bully him, he also allows her to put drugs in the incense burner. Madam Sheng, on the other hand, is fat and weak, and is bedridden."
"If Wanjun hadn't risked her life to come and beg for mercy, she would have died long ago. Now she just wants to ask for a peaceful divorce so that she can continue to live and escape from that den of tigers and wolves."
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Sheng looked at Shen Yuerong in disbelief.
"What did you say? My daughter has suffered so much."
Tears welled up on his old face. He wiped them away and looked at the prime minister angrily.
"At the beginning, we took pity on you, a scholar without parents, so we married our daughter to you and supported you all the way to becoming the prime minister."
"I didn't expect you to act like this and cause my daughter to suffer so much. You are simply a ruthless person."
He turned his head and looked around, then made a resolute announcement.
"Today I will make a decision for my daughter. She will divorce the Prime Minister and return all her dowry. Otherwise, I will risk my old bones to seek justice from His Majesty."
The Prime Minister began to get scared by Mr. Sheng's decisive words, and he knelt down in front of Sheng Qinglan.
"Madam, please forgive me. I know I was wrong. Now that Yimeng is dead, no one can bully you anymore."
He reached out to grab Sheng Qinglan's hand, but she dodged with a cold look in her eyes.
"You never understood from the beginning that the harmony of a family depends on the husband, not the woman."
"If you hadn't favored your concubine over your wife, how could I have been poisoned? The moment you thought of using my life to exchange for family harmony, it was too late."
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