Chapter 90 Shen Ruzhi is not his biological daughter.
"What did you say?"
The old lady said, "You said you want a divorce?"
"Absurd! Utterly absurd!" The old lady slammed her hand on the table beside her. "Since ancient times, it has always been the husband who divorces the wife."
"Where has a wife divorced her husband?"
"Wang, I think you've been confused by these people!"
"I have never been clearer than I am now!" Wang raised her voice, "Just because something has never existed before doesn't mean it can't exist!"
"If a man can divorce his wife, why can't a woman divorce her husband?"
"Today, even if it has to be taken to the Emperor, I will divorce him!"
"Yue... Yue'er?" Marquis Rong'an looked at Madam Wang in disbelief.
"You can hurt me, but you disregard Zhinu and our Wang clan! You're trying to kill our entire clan!"
"I was blind and misjudged you!"
"That's not how it is, listen to me..."
"Lord, what's the point of talking to her anymore?!" the old lady said. "I think they've made up their minds today."
"In that case, let's divorce her!"
Rong Anbo gripped his sleeves tightly for a long while, then said, "Yue'er, since you've made up your mind, don't blame me for being ruthless."
“This gold mine is privately owned by your Duke’s Mansion, and it bears your Duke’s Mansion’s seal.”
"Lord Shen has always upheld the law impartially. You should know better than I whose crime should be punished."
"You!" Upon hearing this, Madam Wang almost choked on her breath.
Shen Zhao glanced at the Duke of Rong, even though it was the Earl of Rong who had instigated this matter.
However, it was the seal of the Duke of Rongguo that was used, and the people at the gold mine only knew that I was working for the Duke's mansion.
If a crime must be punished, then only the Duke of Rongguo can be punished.
“Moon, if you are divorced and sent back now, neither you nor Zhinu will escape.”
"Now that Shen Zhao knows about this, His Majesty will soon find out as well."
"If you obediently stay with me and pretend to be this loving couple, I might spare your life."
"Don't even think about it!" Wang roared.
"Are you really going to go this far?"
“You’ve gone too far, so don’t blame me,” said Marquis Rong’an. “If you hadn’t insisted on being used by them, this matter wouldn’t have been discovered.”
"We are still living our lives peacefully and happily as usual."
“But now that this matter has been exposed, someone has to die.” Marquis Rong An simply stopped pretending.
'ah--'
Duke Rongguo punched Earl Rong An hard in the face, "You've been pretending for so many years, it must have been really hard."
"Lord Rong'an covered his swollen cheek and sneered, 'Zhi Nu, now you are the only master left in your Duke's mansion.'"
"Isn't it better for one person to die than for a group of people to die?"
"All these years, haven't I done so much just so that your older sister can have a better life?"
"As for the safflower, we'll just make sure she can't have children. We won't really do anything to her, after all, we've been husband and wife for so many years."
"How dare you say such a thing?" Duke Rongguo roared. "Is our Duke's mansion some kind of poor place?"
"Do I need you to make my sister live a good life?"
"Since you've dragged me into this mess, I'll kill your entire household today." The Duke of Rong pointed at the room full of people from the Earl's mansion. "At worst, I'll be beheaded."
Before you die, go and explore the road to the underworld.
After speaking, the Duke of Rongguo drew the sword of the guard beside him and pointed it at the Earl of Rong'an.
"Zhi Nu, you...you...please calm down." Marquis Rong An leaned back slightly. "Aren't you afraid of death? Do you want your sister to die with you?"
"Only if the Earl's mansion is safe can your sister be safe."
"Whether you die alone or your sister dies with you, you should think it over carefully."
The Duke of Rong tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword. "If it weren't for my sister, I would have cleaved you in two long ago."
Suddenly he turned to look at Shen Zhao, "You, surnamed Shen, you betrayed my sister more than ten years ago."
"Today I'll ask you one question: My elder sister is divorced. Would you marry her or not?"
The world is not just about Rong Anbo, but also about men. If my sister marries someone else, she will also be considered a woman who has married out of the country.
If he were to marry this annoying, stubborn mule in front of him, he would settle the case.
Perhaps the Emperor will think he has put righteousness before family, and as a result, his sister will also have a better life.
He lost his mother at a young age and was raised by his elder sister. He would kill anyone in the world who harmed his sister.
"Zhi Nu, calm down first." Madam Wang stepped forward and grabbed the arm of the Duke of Rongguo with heartache. "Put the sword down."
Duke Rongguo glared at Shen Zhao, his neck stiff, and demanded, "You, surnamed Shen, answer me!"
"Zhi Nu, what are you thinking?" Marquis Rong An asked with a hint of sarcasm. "How many men in this world would be willing to do such a thing?"
"Your older sister... isn't the little girl she used to be anymore."
"Given her current state, only I would want her."
"Moreover, if Lord Shen didn't cherish it back then, let alone now."
"Shut up!" Shen Ruzhi couldn't help but yell. "You think you're so great?"
"His skin is thicker than the floor tiles under my feet."
As she spoke, Shen Ruzhi stomped on the floor tiles, "Did my dad say he didn't want to?"
"I'll tell you today," Shen Ruzhi said, hands on her hips. "I agree to this marriage."
"My family will definitely send off the bride in a grand sedan chair carried by eight men, with a ten-mile-long procession of red bridal procession."
"What do you know, you're just a child?" Marquis Rong sneered. "Aren't you afraid of hurting your birth mother's feelings by saying such things?"
Shen Zhao's eyes flickered slightly.
Shen Ruzhi didn't care at all. "I'm an orphan that my father picked up. I've never even seen my biological parents. Why should I be afraid of hurting them?"
"What?"
Everyone inside the room was shocked.
Shen Zhao also suddenly looked up at Shen Ruzhi. He had never mentioned this matter to anyone.
Shen Ruzhi waved her hand and said to her father, "You were drunk that day."
“Holding the pillar, calling out to Yue’er, Yue’er, I heard it all.”
"You still say you didn't let him down? My background was revealed when you were drunk."
Shen Zhao suddenly remembered the day his daughter had sneakily brought a pot of wine to him, saying she wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk.
"I originally planned to get you drunk and ask you where you hide your secret stash of money..."
As Shen Ruzhi spoke, her eyes glanced towards the roof.
At first, she didn't know who Yue'er was. It was only after hearing Rong Anbo call Wang Shi that she began to have suspicions.
Shen Zhao looked at his usually carefree but actually thoughtful daughter, opened his mouth, but didn't know how to start speaking.
Wang stared blankly at Shen Zhao, "Is everything Zhizhi said true?"
"Back then, when I asked you about the child, you wouldn't say a word, just like a gourd with its mouth sawed off."
"That's because you didn't get him drunk. My dad would have said everything after just one drink," Shen Ruzhi added, adding insult to injury.
Shen Zhao coughed twice.
"Oh, you don't need to worry about my feelings. You raised me and treated me like your own child. That's enough."
Whether she is truly his biological daughter or not is not important; what she doesn't want is to ruin her father's life because of her.
She came today to take advantage of the chaos.
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