Chapter 6 It actually swallowed the letter?
Zhang couldn't contain herself and was extremely anxious.
Just as Shen Lingyi was about to shout, Shen Qingshu suddenly yelled in a low voice, "Shut up!"
Immediately, his face regained its usual warm smile, and his voice softened: "Zhaoruo, alas, your father understands that you have managed everything in the house for the past three years. You are virtuous and filial, and it has really wronged you. Rongzhi has not returned for three years, alas, it is indeed outrageous... But why should it come to the point of going to the county government to ask for a divorce?"
“Rongzhi does care about you! In the end, his trip to sea to do business was still about giving you a good life. When he returns with a full load, I will make him kneel down in public, kowtow to you and apologize, and thank you properly for all your hard work over the years.”
At this point, he said with a benevolent look, "Besides, how can you two, who grew up together, just break off your bond like that? This is a match made in heaven. When Rongzhi returns, you will be a perfect couple and grow old together in harmony."
Lu Zhaoruo sneered inwardly.
If it weren't for the fact that thirty years later, Shen Rongzhi brought his mistress and a house full of children home to enjoy the fruits of his labor, and then left her to freeze to death in the woodshed, she would have truly believed these lies.
Should we make him kneel down in public?
May you live in harmony, growing old together in blissful old age?
That's ridiculous.
Shen Rongzhi and Lin Yingyu are probably pregnant with their second child now, and they might be standing side by side at the dock, laughing and mocking their silly daughter.
Lu Zhaoruo raised her eyes: "Lord Shen, Shen Rongzhi has been silent for three years, most likely he has remarried outside. In these three years, I have been extremely kind and righteous to the Shen family. Now I only want to ask for a divorce, take back my dowry, and go our separate ways."
Although her family was poor, her father and brothers treated her like a treasure and saved up a dowry of 100 taels for her early on.
If she chooses to leave, she can take all her dowry with her.
If she is divorced, she will not be able to take away a single penny of her dowry.
Although she had been with the Shen family for three years and had opened two shops, a fabric shop and a tailor shop...
But ultimately, it was a shop run by the Shen family's wife. According to the law, if a woman divorces, is either dismissed or estranged, all the property she acquired after marriage belongs to her husband's family. Lu Zhaoruo couldn't take a single copper coin with her.
This era is so harsh on women...
The reason why the old couple in the Shen family disagreed with her request for a divorce was that they were afraid that if she left, the two shops would be left unattended, and they would have to be sold off, leaving them to live off their savings.
After all, Zhang was illiterate, Shen Qingshu was only mediocre at business, and he was also ill...
Doesn't the Shen family's business depend on her?
"Bang!"
Shen Qingshu slammed his hand on the arm of the chair and shouted, "He wouldn't dare! If he really dares to marry someone else, the Shen family will disown him!"
Feeling guilty, Zhang quickly replied, "That's right, with you at home, why would he marry someone else? Perhaps the trade route is just blocked, and he'll be back soon..."
Lu Zhaoruo chuckled softly.
Even now, these two old people are still helping that unfaithful man cover up the truth.
She clenched the 'Request for Divorce' petition, turned around, and said firmly, "My mind is made up. I will go to the county government office today to submit the 'Request for Divorce' petition."
You can't live without it!
Zhang, standing behind him, suddenly shouted.
Lu Zhaoruo's gaze shifted, and she turned around, saying calmly, "Zhang, what makes you say that?"
Zhang raised her chin: "My son has sent a letter! Since there is a letter, it cannot be said that there has been no news at all. Even if you go to the county government, you cannot completely cut off contact."
Sure enough, there was a letter!
Lu Zhaoruo smiled slightly...
In her previous life, she was kept in the dark and never knew that Shen Rongzhi had contacted his parents. After being reborn, she returned to the third year after marrying into the Shen family and guessed that Shen Rongzhi must have contacted his parents as well. Otherwise, why would he have sent back the child he had with his mistress?
But this letter will definitely have to be said by them themselves.
Indeed, Zhang was right. Since there is faith, there is no need to seek separation.
Therefore, Lu Zhaoruo did not go directly to the county government to submit a divorce petition, because she could not get a divorce!
Even though she knew the baby girl was his child with his mistress, knew he had married and had children overseas, and knew he was heartless and ungrateful...
She could have easily gone to the authorities to sue Shen Rongzhi for abandoning his wife and remarrying...
You can even expose their true colors right in front of these two old rascals...
but.
According to the laws of the Great Jurisdiction, the government only has jurisdiction over the local area, and it cannot reach people overseas. Therefore, the county government will only file a case, but will never set sail to arrest them.
Even if there is an infant present, the blood test for kinship requires first finding Shen Rongzhi herself.
Zhang and Old Master Shen will definitely tip each other off, and Shen Rongzhi will certainly make ample preparations overseas, perhaps never to return...
To put it bluntly, it's useless if the person doesn't come back.
Even if you can ruin the Shen family's reputation and his reputation, you can't punish him. The other family can continue to have many descendants overseas, while you are still trapped in the Shen family's cage.
In their previous lives, the two old, annoying people died one after the other, and Shen Rongzhi never returned. This shows that even threatening his parents was useless.
So what she needs to do now is to lure Shen Rongzhi back!
It takes two months for her to travel from overseas to her home and return. To lure him back, she would first need to send the message, which would also take two months. In total, it would take four months. She would have to stay at the Shen family's house for these four months, so she needed to make plans for them.
Returning to her senses, Lu Zhaoruo feigned surprise: "There's a letter? How is that possible? I don't believe it."
Zhang sneered, then pulled a letter from her sleeve and waved it in front of Lu Zhaoruo: "It's Rongzhi's own handwriting, still warm."
She took out the letter herself.
Lu Zhaoruo's eyes reddened, and she said aggrievedly, "If you wrote a letter home, why didn't you show it to me? Could it be that you really married someone else?"
She pleaded tearfully, "Auntie, let me take a look."
Zhang gripped the letter tightly in a panic and said sternly, "Nonsense! He told us he was safe and well, what do you mean by marrying someone else? What kind of person have you made my son out to be?"
Lu Zhaoruo pressed further, "If that's the case, why did you hide it from me?"
Zhang was speechless and glanced at Shen Qingshu.
Shen Qingshu quickly smoothed things over: "Rongzhi was afraid that you would become ill from worry after seeing the letter. In addition, the ship capsized on the way, but fortunately you were rescued. He was afraid that if you knew, the bad news would shock you, so he asked us to keep it to yourself."
Lu Zhaoruo wiped away her tears: "My husband meant well, but now that I know he has a letter home, let me take a look."
She reached out to take it.
But who knew?
Zhang crumpled the letter into a ball.
The next second, he shoved it into his mouth, choking and rolling his eyes: "Swallow it! So you won't have to think about it!"
Shen Lingyi clicked her tongue: "Mother, you're really brave. Aren't you afraid of choking to death?"
Zhang nudged her with his elbow: "Tea, tea..."
Shen Lingyi picked up a teacup and handed it to her, who drank it all in one gulp.
Shen Qingshu glared at Zhang Shi, thinking, "Fool! Doing this will only make Lu Zhaoruo more suspicious."
However, Lu Zhaoruo bowed and apologized: "I was confused for a moment. My husband has not written to me for three years, so I couldn't help but blame him for being unfaithful. That's why I had the idea of leaving. Now that I know that my husband has sent a letter home, I am relieved."
She wondered again, "Is it really because they're afraid I'll become ill from worry that they don't write to me? They even wrote to my aunt and uncle, but they kept it from me? My uncle also said that my husband has me in his heart, and that we've been childhood sweethearts since we were little, with a deep bond..."
Zhang secretly tugged at Shen Qingshu's sleeve.
Shen Qing's face tightened, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes, but she immediately straightened her face and retorted, "You're usually so docile, why are you so tough now?"
He narrowed his eyes and looked Lu Zhaoruo up and down suspiciously. "Making a scene last night and making a scene today, constantly mentioning the county government... Normally, you would never dare to say such things as you do today."
Standing next to Li Shi, Li Chunyan pouted and muttered under her breath, "Isn't it just because her brother from her maternal family passed the martial arts examination yesterday and has someone backing him up... He's just a newly qualified martial arts candidate, does he really think he's an official?"
Indeed, on the day Lu Zhaoruo was reborn, her elder brother Lu Bohong passed the martial arts exam and became the top martial arts scholar.
Shen Qingshu asked again, "Even so, why must you say that my son married someone else?"
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