Chapter 12: Collaboration and tacit cooperation
"What do you mean?" Duke Jing jumped up when he saw Nangong Shuang packing her things.
Nangong Hua was already waiting at the door and stopped him.
"Lord Gong Ning, what do you mean by this? You're disturbing the peace of my Duke's Mansion. What do you want to do?"
Nangong Hua sneered, his face gloomy, "Nothing."
"The Duke of Jing is hearing impaired. I'm here to take my sister home."
Pu Qiongzhi stepped forward and said with a smile, "My Lord, my aunt wants to divorce you."
"Let's discuss the details. If this gets to Kaifeng Prefecture, it won't look good."
"Who said we should get a divorce? If she wants to get a divorce, then she can get a divorce." Duke Jing looked down on the woman in front of him.
You just have a few bucks, but you're pointing fingers in front of these people!
He won his dukedom through hard work on the battlefield, so it’s not her turn as a merchant girl to have a say in this!
"Divorce is naturally a matter between two families. But some things can be handled by one family, right?"
Pu Qiongzhi didn't mind his attitude. She glanced at her fingernails and recited slowly, "If a couple is not harmonious and wants to divorce, they won't sit down."
"If an unruly man marries a woman and then takes her property and then dies, and her wife is unable to support herself, she shall from now on be allowed to marry someone else."
"If a wife is raped by her husband's cohabiting relative, even if the relationship is not consummated, and she wishes to divorce him, the matter shall be heard."
"Anyone who makes his wife, children, grandchildren, or daughters into prostitution, or arranges for adultery, even if it does not go through, shall be divorced..."
She carried her on her back, and Nangong Yu was watching from the side, his eyes never leaving her.
"Stop, stop, stop! Don't carry it on your back! It's showing off!" Duke Jing could no longer sit still.
She was clearly threatening him! If he didn't agree to the divorce, I'm afraid the above rules would be applied to him, right?
"You dare to threaten me? I am the Duke of Jing..." Duke Jing pointed at Pu Qiongzhi's nose and was about to say something.
Pu Qiongzhi smiled without saying a word, watching him jumping up and down the whole time.
"Brother! Brother, don't be impulsive!" Cheng was much more anxious than them.
Her current family background is not good.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone back to her parents' home with a sullen face to beg for money.
The Duke's Mansion seems to be wealthy and powerful, but its foundation is shallow... Their Cheng family comes from a small family.
Naturally, her marriage was not going well either.
Now, she was still a little timid in front of these people.
She is different from her brother and has some brains.
Her brother became the Duke of Jing because of his reckless behavior and some luck.
She had been controlling Nangong over the years, thinking that she had given birth to several children and had never caused any trouble.
But this is ultimately based on the premise that the Nangong family does not care and is also weak in reality.
Today, the Nangong family is no longer the same as before.
She saw that this Wen Shushuo was not someone who was easy to control.
They followed her path.
"I heard that this Wen Shushuo is very strange! She's been to the Kaifeng government office several times, and nothing happened to her!"
"So what? Even an honest judge can't judge family affairs! This is our own family affair, officials should stay out of the way!"
"That's different! From what I've seen, they're determined to divorce... Otherwise, brother, ask for more benefits and hold the two children captive!"
Pu Qiongzhi waited quietly for the brother and sister to whisper, without being in a hurry.
"Nangong Shuang can go with you, but the child is from my Cheng family and must stay!" Duke Jing raised his chin and said arrogantly.
Pu Qiongzhi and Nangong Hua looked at each other, as if they had expected him to do this.
"I heard that you bought Zhenxiangxuan as a gift for your nephew. I have three nephews, so I guess it won't be too bad, right?" A greedy look flashed in the eyes of Duke Jing.
"You want a divorce? Fine. Give me at least one hundred thousand, no, three hundred thousand taels as compensation! I'll let these three children go with you!"
When Nangong Shuang heard this, she rushed over and beat him, "Why do you do this? Why do you do this?!"
"You took so much dowry from me, so isn't this your child anymore?"
"You're not fit to be a father! You're not fit to be a human being! You make me sick!"
Nangong Hua thought for a moment and said, "The Duke's condition is not impossible."
"However, I don't know if three hundred thousand taels is enough to make up for the crime of deceiving the emperor."
“…”
Originally, Duke Jing's eyes lit up and he was secretly delighted.
As soon as the words "crime of deceiving the emperor" came out, his smile froze on his face.
"What does this mean, brother-in-law? I don't quite understand."
Nangong Hua raised his eyebrows and said, "It's nothing. You know how my brother-in-law got the title of Duke."
"If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself~" He patted the Duke of Jing on the shoulder.
By now, beads of sweat were already appearing on the forehead of Duke Jing.
His pupils suddenly shrank and he stared at Nangong Hua.
How did he know about this? He did it so secretly...
What's more, it was on the battlefield, and being alive was a blessing!
No one should know...
Cheng on the other side saw her brother's expression as if he had seen a ghost and hurried forward.
"Brother! That's three hundred thousand taels! I've never seen so much money in my life!"
Even her usual cleverness could not stand the test of such temptation.
"Shut up! What do you know?" Duke Jing glared at her with a dark face.
Pu Qiongzhi then spoke up, "Mrs. Kong's necklace looks very familiar."
"What necklace...it's just an ordinary style." Cheng suddenly felt uncomfortable and shrank her neck.
Pu Qiongzhi said, "Oh!" "I thought it was the one that Old Madam Qiao lost a few days ago! What a coincidence."
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"That necklace looks...exactly like yours!"
"But yours shouldn't be it. I heard there's an engraving on it."
Pu Qiongzhi's gaze fell on the engraving on the pendant, with a smile on her face.
"Brother, I suddenly remembered that I need to do something."
"Go away..." Duke Jing waved his hand, obviously very annoyed.
Pu Qiongzhi lowered her eyes and smiled slightly, then turned to look at Nangong Hua and blinked.
Nangong Hua understood now. She probably got the necklace early in the morning just to control Cheng.
He thought again, the wife of Prince Jingkang, Mrs. Qiao, was very close to his own wife.
That necklace was probably made by them together.
Pu Qiongzhi has always been like this.
Since she was going to visit, how could she not make full preparations?
However, although these methods are effective, they are not fast enough.
Pu Qiongzhi listened to what Nangong Hua said to Duke Jing, and was afraid that it was a handle that could strangle the other party.
Although she was curious about what the handle was, there were some things that were better left unknown.
In the end, Nangong Shuang and her three children were successfully taken away by them.
After leaving the Duke of Jing's Mansion, Pu Qiongzhi and Nangong Hua high-fived each other tacitly.
Nangong Yu couldn't help laughing as he watched the interaction between the couple.
Pu Qiongzhi turned around and smiled at her.
"Sister-in-law, I was too shallow before, thinking you were just a money-grubber... Today, seeing how easily you can handle rules and regulations, I'm truly ashamed of myself."
"Auntie, you're joking. I prepared this yesterday. I'm just showing off my skills in front of you!"
The two of them flattered each other and couldn't help laughing.
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