Lin looked coldly at the housekeeper Su Zhong who was already kneeling on the ground, knowing that this was a test of her by Su Chengye.
Although one thousand taels of silver is not a lot, as long as she compromises this time, there will be countless things to come.
Su Chengye was trying to use his daughter and son-in-law to control her.
In the main hall, the movement outside also attracted the attention of everyone in the house.
A few people were still chatting about family matters, but they were all trying to listen to the noise outside.
Su Chengye was waiting for Lin to compromise. As long as Lin could pay the money today for the sake of her daughter's face when she returned home, he would find a way to make her pay the extra dowry money tomorrow.
Su Qingyu smiled, but her eyes were cold. She was also waiting, waiting to stand up for her mother at the critical moment.
Su Zhong glanced inside the room and whispered, "Madam, the son-in-law is still here on the day when the eldest lady returns home. Madam, please don't embarrass me. I am only following orders."
In Su Zhong's opinion, if Lin gave him 1,000 taels of silver, the matter would be over. Why bother to cause trouble on a day like this?
Lin stood there motionless, not letting Su Zhong get up. Today she could either endure it or make a big fuss.
She had endured it for twenty years and didn't want to endure it anymore.
Since that’s the case, let’s just tear off this fig leaf.
Lin's expression gradually became firm, and she said in a cold voice, "Taking a concubine requires the mistress to pay for the dowry. Is this the rule of the Marquis' Mansion or the rule of the capital?"
He shouted again, "Get up! What are you doing kneeling here like this? If you didn't know, you would think the Marquis was using a cruel trick to force me to give you the silver."
Everyone in the room was startled by Lin's voice. Before they could react, Lin had already turned and walked into the main hall.
"My Lord, I cannot pay this money, and there is no reason for me to pay it."
"The Marquis and I have always had many conflicts over money. I have been thinking about this for many days. Let's just get divorced."
Lin had made up her mind and didn't want to drag it out any longer. She had wanted to wait until her daughter returned home safely before discussing it, but Su Chengye's behavior today made her unwilling to endure it for another day.
As soon as the words of divorce came out, Su Chengye froze in place.
He never dreamed that Lin would divorce him.
Su Qingyu and Shen Zhixiu looked at each other. They were both relatively calm because they had been prepared.
Hai stood up and walked over to Lin. "Sister-in-law, why are you talking about divorce? We should talk it over nicely. There's no need to divorce. The child is still with us."
Hai had also heard about what had happened over the past two days, but in her opinion, if Lin didn't want to give the money, then she could just not give it. It wouldn't come to the point of divorce.
Lin had no objection to Hai's sister-in-law and spoke softly, "Sister-in-law, there's no need to persuade me. I've already made up my mind."
After saying that, he pulled Hai aside and sat her down.
Su Chengye had also come back to his senses at this point. He stood up and pointed at Lin and said, "What did you say? How dare you bring up a divorce on such a happy day?"
"Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by your daughter and son-in-law? Is there any mother like you?"
Su Chengye pretended to be calm at this time, but he was actually very panicked.
He had never thought of divorcing Lin, let alone thought that Lin would make trouble in this way.
Su Qingyu saw Su Chengye speaking in her name, so she stood up and walked over to Lin. At this moment, she had to stand by her mother.
Seeing her coming, Lin hurriedly whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Don't say anything. I have my own arrangements for this matter. You two, just stay out of it."
Lin didn't want her daughter and son-in-law to get involved in such an occasion. On one side was her father and grandmother, and on the other side was her mother. Whatever her daughter said would easily be criticized.
In addition to Shen Zhixiu's status, there were countless eyes staring at him in the capital.
Su Qingyu frowned slightly, "Mother, you..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Lin, "Listen to mother, I will take care of this matter."
Seeing Lin's firm attitude, Su Qingyu stepped aside and stood next to Shen Zhixiu.
Su Chengye continued to question in a deep voice: "Lin Wanyin, are you crazy?"
"How has the Su family wronged you? You could be living a good life, why are you making such a fuss?"
Lin Wanyin walked forward step by step and stopped at an arm's length away from Su Chengye.
He sneered and stared at Su Chengye.
"I'm crazy. I was driven crazy by your Su family."
"Back then, you planned to marry me with all your heart, but after we got married, I realized that you only did it to help Su Chengyan."
"That's fine. Our Lin family has accepted hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Just treat it as feeding the dog."
"But how have you treated me all these years? And how have you treated my daughter?"
"I worked diligently to take care of our family's assets, and all the money I earned was spent on the family. Yet, you kept a mistress behind my back, and even wanted me to raise her son."
"You have schemed against my daughter, whom I raised so pampered, time and time again."
"Are you surprised that I'm divorcing you, someone as selfish as you are, who only cares about yourself?"
Lin Wanyin said these words, already restraining herself. If she really wanted to talk about how the Su family had wronged her, she could talk about it all day long without repeating herself.
But she didn't have time to argue with them about these meaningless words. She just wanted to cut the Gordian knot and free herself from this deep mansion.
Su Chengye wanted to argue a few times, but he had no way to refute because everything Lin Wanyin said was true.
But he didn't think he had done anything wrong. Isn't it normal for a man to have a mistress?
Among his colleagues, seven out of ten had mistresses. But they were living well, so who was like Lin Wanyin?
As for money, he was willing to condescend to marry the daughter of a merchant family, so what's wrong with her family paying some money?
"Don't say so much useless stuff. Believe it or not, I'll have you locked up. If you want a divorce, maybe in your next life."
Su Chengye said without thinking.
Su Qingyu couldn't bear it any longer, so she stood up and was about to speak.
But before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of messy footsteps outside.
The eldest master of the Lin family, Lin Wanli, and the third young master, Lin Wuchen, walked in.
Su Shunci, who was following behind the two of them, walked up to Su Qingyu calmly and said, "Big sister, I met my third cousin in the shop and told him."
Su Qingyu whispered to Su Shunci, "Don't tell anyone else it was you who said that."
Su Shunci nodded and stood behind Su Qingyu. She was petite and no one paid her any attention.
When Lin Wanyin saw her elder brother and nephew coming, she calmed down a little.
Su Qingyu and Shen Zhixiu went forward to greet their uncle and cousin.
Lin Wanli ignored the matter between Lin Wanyin and Su Chengye and called Su Qingyu and Shen Zhixiu aside.
He said earnestly, "My mother's uncle is the most important, so I'll entrust him with this matter. I'll take full charge of this matter later. You two should stay out of it."
Just like Lin Wanyin thought, Lin Wanli also felt that Su Qingyu and Shen Zhixiu were not suitable to be involved in this matter.
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