Chapter 248 Why send Junjun into the tiger's den?
“I am grateful to my mother for raising me. If I were to back down step by step today, I would be no man.” Kwok Ping-man stood up and said, “Since things have come to this, and you are still going your own way, disregarding our years of friendship, I have no choice but to issue a letter of divorce.”
"From now on, you and I will have no connection with each other in marriage."
"Yes, divorce her. I told you to divorce her long ago, but you kept dragging it out. If you had divorced her sooner, you might already be married to that princess today."
"Your old mother went to the capital with you to enjoy a life of luxury long ago," the old lady said, hands on her hips. "Why would I stay here and put up with the humiliation of such lowly people?"
"Guo Bingwen, have you no shame?" Yang Hui, who usually maintained her composure, couldn't care less about manners today. She pointed at Guo Bingwen and said sternly, "What your mother just said clearly means that you have been having an affair with someone outside for a long time."
"Today you actually blame nothing on Junjun, where do you get the nerve?"
Guo Bingwen was no longer going to hide anything, and he spoke with his head held high, saying, "We must speak and act with evidence. What could my mother, a peasant woman, possibly know?"
"That's just nonsense. Can you provide any evidence to support your claim?"
Yang Hui felt a sharp pain in her chest, clutched her chest tightly, and almost fell to the ground. Jiang Yuan quickly helped her up.
"Guo Bingwen, is Ruyue not a witness? Cough cough... Or is that handkerchief not evidence?" Jiang Wanjun asked weakly.
"I've already said it, they framed me." Kwok Ping-man showed no remorse. "You planned to divorce me long ago, and you gathered so many witnesses and evidence just to frame me?"
“I will not accept such slander from you. I have already said that there is no room for divorce, only a letter of divorce.”
Jiang Yuan was unwilling to get entangled with this kind of person anymore. "Let's just get a divorce. Even if Junjun never marries, I can support her. Our Jiang family will just move away from here and that's it. We can't stand people talking about us."
"Guo Bingwen, what good is this dowry to someone like you? Karma will catch up with you sooner or later." Jiang Zheng angrily flicked his sleeve.
“Uncle,” Jiang Wan Ning stood up, “Jun Jun has already suffered a great injustice, how can we let such a despicable person get away with it?”
“Then how can I, a princess personally appointed by the Emperor, face my parents and the ancestors of the Jiang family?”
"And me too." Pei Yanchuan stood up and walked behind Jiang Wanning. "No matter what, I am the son-in-law of the Jiang family. I cannot let my sister be bullied."
Pei Yanchuan sat in the head seat and didn't say much. Jiang Yuan and Yang Hui hadn't expected that the dignified Prince of Langya would step forward to make decisions for their daughter.
They knew relatively little about what was happening in the capital, but the reputation of the Prince of Langya was known to everyone in the entire Dongling Kingdom.
After the initial shock, Jiang Yuan's eyes reddened, and he forced back his tears as he nodded to Pei Yanchuan and Jiang Wanning, "Okay, okay."
“If Ningning, as the older sister, is like this, then I, as her father, naturally cannot continue to tolerate it.”
With Jiang Wanning and Pei Yanchuan by her side, Yang Hui felt more confident. "Yes, our Junjun has suffered such a great injustice."
"You still want to earn a good reputation, but instead you want to ruin her reputation and force her to leave her hometown? Let me tell you, Guo, you have no chance."
"Today, there is only peaceful divorce, not separation."
“If you disagree, I will report it to the authorities. If the authorities don’t care, we will go to the capital and file a complaint with the emperor!” Yang Hui said.
"You still want to file a complaint with the emperor?" The old lady said arrogantly with a smirk, "If my son marries a princess in the future, he will be a member of the imperial family."
"You should call the Emperor your cousin. Who are you? Even if you are a princess, you are surnamed Jiang, not Xiao. Even if your father is a marquis and your husband is a prince, so what?"
"It's just a matter of the Emperor's word; the Prince is merely a prince of a different surname." The old lady didn't care at all.
Guo Bingwen, on the other hand, felt a little uneasy and couldn't help but glance at Pei Yanchuan, wondering whether Pei Yanchuan would really intervene or just say something.
He understood that his mother didn't understand. Throughout history, there have been many princes, but very few were actually granted the title of a prince of a different surname. Once someone was granted the title of a prince of a different surname, it was simply a matter of whether he wanted that position or not.
Guo Bingwen glared at his mother's sleeve and whispered to Pei Yanchuan, "Your Highness, this matter doesn't need to be so complicated."
"No matter what, it's a family matter of the Guo family."
“Intending to kill one’s own wife is no longer a family matter,” Pei Yanchuan said coldly. “Even if it is a family matter, I’m going to interfere.”
"Who do you think you are, and what gives you the right to interfere?" The old lady was itching to make a move against Pei Yanchuan.
Before she even reached Pei Yanchuan, Mo Qing had already drawn her sword and pointed it at the old lady.
The old lady was startled and took a step back. Shrinking her neck, she whispered to Guo Bingwen, "Son, go find that princess and ask her to come forward."
"Doesn't she love you? She'll definitely stand up for you and throw them all in jail."
Kwok Ping-man hissed, "Keep your voice down!"
She then turned to Pei Yanchuan cautiously and said, "That prince..."
Before he could finish speaking, Mo Qing's sword was already pointed at Guo Bingwen. "A person like you is not worthy of bargaining with our Prince."
Guo Bingwen then turned his gaze to Jiang Wanning, "Your Highness, you see, I originally didn't want a divorce. I did all this because I didn't want to divorce Junjun."
"Yes, I believe you genuinely don't want to divorce Junjun."
When Guo Bingwen heard Jiang Wan Ning say this, his shoulders slumped and he breathed a sigh of relief. But before he could fully relax, Jiang Wan Ning said, "You don't want a divorce, you just want Jun Jun to get sick and die."
"In this way, you will gain fame, wealth, official career, and everything else."
"You don't want a divorce yet because you won't get anything if you do. You'll be penniless, and even the gifts you give to the princess will be from Junjun's dowry."
"You don't want a divorce yet because the princess wants Junjun dead."
With each word Jiang Wan Ning spoke, Guo Bingwen's eyes narrowed, his whole body tensed, and his hands clenched tightly.
Jiang Wanning continued, "Since you don't want a divorce, then I'll make the decision and agree."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room except Pei Yanchuan stared at Jiang Wanning in shock.
After saying all that, you actually agreed not to let us divorce?
"Ningning? What's wrong with you?" Jiang Yuan couldn't help but ask.
Yang Hui chimed in, "Your Highness, since you know he harbors wolfish ambitions, why did you still send Junjun into the tiger's den?"
"Although you are not blood sisters, you are cousins, and Junjun has very deep feelings for you."
“She is a princess, so naturally she has the final say.” The old lady jumped out again, speaking imperiously, “There are still reasonable people in your Jiang family.”
“Since the old lady says I am reasonable, then I will make the decision today.” Jiang Wan Ning said calmly, “I do not agree to your divorce.”
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