When Jinshu learned that several big Buddhas and troublesome people in the house had already left, she couldn't help but feel that this was a godsend opportunity, and there would probably never be such an opportunity again in the future.
She couldn't hold back, so she quietly walked out of the yard and ran directly to Peng Jing's yard. The maids, big and small, who were loyal to their duties, did not dare to stop Shi Zhongwen according to etiquette, but still stopped Jinshu outside the yard.
So Jinshu yelled Shi Zhongwen's name outside. Shi Zhongwen took Jinshu into the courtyard and asked her, "What's the matter? How could you sneak out?"
Jinshu whispered to Shi Zhongwen in the courtyard, "There's no one at home now except us, so why don't we ask her to write down the ugly deeds she did in the past and sign it today?
This way, she can easily divorce him with this document she wrote herself."
Shi Chongwen was a little hesitant. Originally, Jinshu only wanted to divide some industries for him to manage, but now he suddenly asked Peng Jing to write such a document. He was not sure whether this was the right thing to do.
Jinshu then said, "You've already said that your relationship with her is in name only, and you want to give me and the child a proper status.
You have also seen how everyone in this mansion treats me. What kind of good treatment will our children receive in the future?
If you don't divorce me, I will always be a concubine, and my children will never be able to call me mother in this life. Can you bear to let me suffer such an injustice?
I have followed you in the outer village villa and suffered hardships for eighteen years. I have been wronged for eighteen years and have not been able to get pregnant and have children for eighteen years. If you don't take this opportunity to get this letter of self-explanation in one go, how can you divorce me and marry me in the future?
If this matter is not fulfilled, how can you divorce your wife?
Even if you divorce her, her own sons and daughters, as well as the housekeeper's daughter-in-law, are all on her side. What can she lose?
You and she have been living your own lives for a long time, separated for eighteen years. If you divorce her, it will not be a loss to her, but it will be a great help to me and our children."
After hearing this, Shi Chongwen felt that this seemed to be the case. Anyway, he and Peng Jing had already missed each other for eighteen years. Regardless of who was right or wrong in the past, the knot in his heart that he could not get over back then, eighteen years later, their relationship might have also become a knot in Peng Jing's heart that he could not get over?
Since it can't be healed no matter what, let's just end it. Didn't I come back home just to give Jinshu and her child a legitimate status?
Shi Chongwen turned around and went back to the house and asked Peng Jing to write a self-explanation, explaining that she had had an affair with a man outside the family, that the birthmarks on her body had been seen by others, and that she had colluded with the man outside the family to privately use the business seal of her husband's family and try to steal 250,000 taels of silver from her husband's family.
Peng Jing was shocked. If she wrote down such a confession, not only would she be divorced, but she would even be sent to jail. How could she admit to such a false charge of defrauding 250,000 taels of silver?
Peng Jing asked, "What do you want? If you think I'm getting in your way and Jinshu's way, we can get a divorce."
Shi Zhongwen said, "Before Shi Wei got married, the old lady would never let us divorce. Even if the old lady were alive, she would never let me divorce her. Since it's not something that can be done right now, I need a written guarantee. Please write this down, and I will use this document in the future. We can part ways and live happily ever after."
Peng Jing said: "I have never had any affair with any other man, and no other man has ever seen my body except you.
It was indeed my fault that the Shi family almost lost 250,000 taels of silver, but I was also deceived by others, and because of my mother's efforts, the final loss was only a piece of land worth no more than 2,000 taels. I have already made up for this loss of 2,000 taels from my dowry and added it to the public account.
If you are forcing me to write such a document that denies my innocence in order to reconcile or divorce me in the future, why not we write a divorce letter now, have both of us sign it, and then I will leave after the old lady passes away."
Shi Chongwen thought this should be fine, so he wanted to discuss it with Jinshu again. If it was possible, then he would do it this way. He turned around and walked into the yard.
Leng Mei came to Peng Jing and whispered, "Madam, I'm afraid we can't get a divorce easily. We don't care whether we get a divorce or not, but once we get a divorce, Concubine Jin will most likely be promoted to the position of wife. If she gets promoted, it will be a big trouble for the young master, the young mistress, and the young lady.
At that time, she became a legitimate mother, and because of filial piety, the young master, young mistress and young lady would be subject to more restrictions in everything they did.
You are the legal wife, so the children of your concubines will not be able to skip over the young master, young lady and young lady in the future.
Otherwise, if they have several children in the future and all of them are legitimate children, and if the old lady is gone, and the master supports the children to separate the family property, even if the master does not favor it, married women rarely participate in the division of the family property. How come our young master only has one share? Wouldn't all the efforts of the young lady now be in vain, and everyone else would benefit? Once the family property is divided, wouldn't our Shi family and the Rong family be the same?
By then, the young master and the young mistress will be kicked out of the master's house. They will use the share they are given to start their own business, and the master's house will become theirs.
If they were just illegitimate children, they wouldn't get much even if they tried to divide the family property. Considering the dowry of an unmarried daughter, there wouldn't be much either, so the bulk of the money would still be with the young master and the young mistress.
With the young master and young mistress here, the young lady will have someone to support her even if she gets married.
Madam, no matter how they make a fuss, we won't write anything. It won't be too late to discuss it later when the masters of each household have returned home."
Peng Jing had originally thought of getting a divorce in a fit of anger, but now after hearing Leng Mei's words, she realized that it made sense. For the sake of her child, she had to come up with a foolproof plan.
After Shi Chongwen comes back after discussing everything, we can sign the divorce agreement first. Most of the assets that Peng Jing currently manages must be divided and given to Jinshu to manage.
Peng Jing disagreed and wanted to think about it again.
Jinshu started crying and yelling, and Shi Zhongwen also felt that Peng Jing was going back on her word and that something unexpected had happened. He became anxious and slapped Peng Jing in the face.
Leng Mei, Qing Zhu and the other three stepped forward to protect them. Shi Zhongwen pulled one away with each hand. Even though Jin Shu was shouting "Kill them", he still wanted to take action.
Ling Lan stepped forward and said, "Auntie, please respect yourself. You are still under house arrest. If you come to the mistress's courtyard and cause trouble like this, how will you explain it to the old lady when she returns?"
Jinshu suddenly calmed down, looked Ling Lan up and down, and said, "You're a servant, but you think too much about your body. But you may not be able to wait until the old lady returns alive.
Chongwen, call the housekeeper and servants, drag these four maids out and beat them to death one by one, starting with this one. Let's see when your master will write the divorce letter!"
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