Chapter 8: Confusion
Jiang Qingning raised his head with satisfaction and turned to look at him.
He seems to be very polite, but in fact he is being sarcastic.
"Mr. Anping heard it. All of this is just your imagination."
"What about a peaceful home, a loving mother and filial children? It's all a joke."
"If you want to clean up the shit and piss, just go by yourself. Why involve innocent people? Pah, you are a family of unlucky things!"
Jiang Qingning frowned in disdain and glanced at the servant.
"Except the servants, Shisu, let's go."
Zi Su was originally very worried, but now seeing Jiang Qingning so lively, all the worries in her heart seemed to disappear.
She ran forward cheerfully: "Yes, miss!"
Walking out of the gate of Anping Marquis' Mansion, Jiang Qingning felt for the first time that the air was so comfortable when he could hold his head high without having to worry about the Xun family.
"Huh, it's really hard to get out of the Anping Marquis's Mansion. Since I came back last time, I haven't been allowed to go out for three whole months. If you didn't know, you would think that the deposed concubine was imprisoned in the cold palace."
Jiang Qingning frowned in disgust, wishing he would never go in again.
But no, her dowry was still inside, and it was her lifelong support.
"Miss, please be careful with your words. Let's leave first and talk later."
Zi Su hurriedly tried to dissuade them and quickly walked onto the road to stop the carriage.
The two men told the coachman the address of the Jingzhao government office, and the carriage set off slowly.
Soon, the carriage stopped outside the Jingzhao government office.
Jiang Qingning got off the carriage wearing a veiled hat and walked towards the gate of the government office.
"Who are you two? You are here to report a case. What grievances do you have that you would like to appeal for?" The bailiff stepped forward to stop them and asked.
"Big brother, our wife is the wife of the Earl of Anping. Our young lady is getting a divorce today and has come here specifically to change her household registration and identity."
Zi Su came forward with a smile on her face and hurried forward to explain.
"Did the wife of the Earl of Anping divorce him?" The bailiff looked surprised.
"Yes, you don't know that the Anping Marquis's Mansion is not a good place.
Our young lady has been here for eight years, but she has only seen her husband a few times."
"If my young lady had not been in good health while she was still at home, she would have died of depression long ago.
After three years of marriage, they finally had a child, but after the birth, they refused to let anyone see the child.
"Now the child has been raised astray by the old lady and her niece from her mother's family, and they are holding our young lady, who was just brought back from the Taoist temple, responsible, saying that she has corrupted the child and is even clamoring to divorce our young lady."
Zi Su became more and more angry as he spoke, and his eyebrows were dancing.
"What? So the Earl of Anping and his old lady are this kind of people?" The bailiff was shocked.
"Yes, yes, brother, you will know when you see it with your own eyes next time." Zi Su's eyes were red, and she looked so pitiful.
Jiang Qingning was helpless and curled his lips lovingly: "Zi Su, don't delay my brother from getting a job."
"Yes, miss, thank you for your help." Zi Su said aggrievedly.
The bailiff glanced at Jiang Qingning, whose face he couldn't see clearly, and saw that Zi Su's dress did not seem like that of an ordinary maid, and these remarks were evidence of this.
So he believed it halfway and said, "Come in with me."
The yamen runner led the two men to the reception room. With pity in his eyes, he softly instructed, "Please wait a moment. Someone has been sent to inform you that the chief clerk will be here shortly."
"Thank you, bro."
Jiang Qingning spoke gently, and Zisu thanked him repeatedly.
After everyone left, Jiang Qingning raised his hand to take off his hood and smiled at Zi Su.
Diagonally opposite the living room is the study.
This year's new top scholar, Cheng Yan, the fifth-rank Jingzhao Tongzhi, was wearing a blue official uniform with a silver satin and leather belt around his waist. His official robe was embroidered with egrets. He had a gentle smile and a warm temperament.
He has been the top scorer in the local imperial examinations for three consecutive years. Now he has won the top three places in a row, and has won the trust and high praise of the emperor. It can be seen that he is upright and steadfast.
At the Chengyan Palace Examination, the emperor made an exception and directly granted him the fifth rank of Jingzhao Tongzhi. He went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to receive his official uniform on the spot and was granted the privilege of riding a tall horse in a parade through the streets wearing his official robe.
"Miss, today's divorce was truly difficult, but Zi Su also feels lucky that you managed to escape this den of tigers and wolves."
The woman's choked voice was heard, and the conversation in the study disappeared, turning into silence.
"Zi Su, I'm sorry for you and Aunt Zhang. You have to follow me and not be able to return home. You have to suffer together."
The woman's gentle voice was refreshing.
Hearing the noise outside, Cheng Yan apologized to his friend guiltily, then stood up and opened the door.
Jiang Qingning heard a creaking sound behind him, turned around and looked at Cheng Yan who was looking towards him in the direction of the sound.
Is this the chief clerk?
He looks too gentle and youthful. Could he be this year's candidate?
Jiang Qingning was surprised. They looked at each other from a distance. She bowed her head gracefully and said, "I greet you, Master Zhubu."
Cheng Yan concealed the surprise in his eyes, walked out of the room and closed the door, then quickly walked to Jiang Qingning and looked back at the closed door.
He turned around, glanced at her bun, and asked gently, "Madam, do you need any help?"
This person is very well-educated and has a lot of knowledge.
Jiang Qingning denied his identity as the chief clerk. Only when he saw the pattern on his official robe did he realize that it was the robe of a fifth-rank official. The person he met by accident turned out to be the chief official of the Jingzhao government office.
"Excuse me, sir. I am Jiang Qingning, the ex-wife of the Earl of Anping. Today, I have divorced the Earl of Anping, and I have come to the government office to change my household registration and identity documents."
Jiang Qingning took out the divorce agreement from his sleeve, opened it with both hands and handed it to Chengyan.
"Bang! Boom!"
Not far away, there was a sound of tables and chairs colliding in the study, followed by the sound of a stool falling to the ground.
"Madam, don't worry. A friend happened to be here to visit. He has a disabled leg, so I hope you won't mind."
Cheng Yan comforted him gently, raised his hand to take the divorce letter that needed to be filed, suppressed the surprise in his eyes, and lowered his head to read it carefully.
After reading it, Cheng Yan felt a surge of shock in his heart. Xun Jiang, the woman in front of him, had been ignored by her husband and punished by her mother-in-law for so many years.
There was a complex look in his eyes: "The divorce documents and identity documents can be completed in an incense stick of time.
However, to change the household registration back to her mother's family, Ms. Jiang's mother's family head must come in person to witness it, otherwise Ms. Jiang will have to set up her own household."
It is not easy for a woman to set up her own home nowadays. It will be even more difficult if she has no father, no husband, no children, and is divorced.
The current head of the Jiang family is her second uncle, the culprit who forced her to marry early eight years ago.
Jiang Qingning shook his head: "Then let's do these two first. I'll go buy a house later and come back to change the household registration tomorrow."
If you happen to buy a house, you also need to go to the government office with the original owner to change the owner of the land deed, which saves trouble if you do it together.
"In that case, please wait here for a moment, Miss Jiang."
Chengyan took the identity document and turned back to the study to write a new one for her personally.
When the chapter comes to an end, it just symbolizes a new life.
After closing the door, Chengyan turned around and looked at the person in front of him with a smile: "Chengyuan, your heart is in turmoil."
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