Chapter 104: The Old Lady Faints from Anger
"Qin Chongshan, I tell you, if you dare to divorce me, I will never let you go!" Even with the old lady staring at her, Chu Furong could no longer sit still. She pointed at Qin Chongshan and cursed him with a fierce look on her face but a weak heart.
The old lady of the Qin family also slammed the table and forced, "Chongshan, open your eyes and look. Ever since you married such a daughter-in-law, there has been no peace in our family!"
"You have to think carefully, should you take a break today or not?"
On one side was Chu Furong's sharp and piercing curses, and on the other side was the voice of Old Lady Qin muttering in frustration. Qin Chongshan frowned in pain, and after a long while, he forced his eyes shut and shouted, "I'm writing a letter of divorce."
The old lady of the Qin family breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Chu Furong with a sarcastic look in her eyes.
She had long disliked such a daughter-in-law. After divorcing her, she would marry a gentle and lovely woman to her youngest son.
Chu Furong slumped in the chair as if exhausted, pointing at Qin Chongshan in disbelief, "Qin Chongshan, you ungrateful thing! I've been with you for three years, and you actually divorced me."
Marquis Jingning was also in a dilemma standing aside. Logically speaking, he was Chu Furong's relative, so he should help Chu Furong mediate. At the very least, he should help his sister to scold her.
But today, because of the loss of such a big person by Chu Furong and Ji Jinglan, he didn't want to care about his sister anymore from the bottom of his heart. He was also troubled by the matter of the third prince, so he didn't even want to say anything at the moment, so he simply shut his mouth and pretended to be deaf and blind.
Only the old lady was left. She was so angry that her eyes turned black. When she recovered, she heard her son-in-law shouting that he wanted to divorce her. She was so breathless that she almost fainted again.
When he felt better, he hugged Chu Furong and cried, cursing her in a roundabout way, "It was your Qin family who rushed to ask for my son's hand in marriage. Now you want to divorce me. Who knows if you have done something wrong and are feeling guilty!"
"Don't try to embezzle my Furong's dowry to fill your own family's holes!"
When the Qin family heard this, the fourth daughter of the Qin family, who had married into Luojin with her mother, was the first to be upset. She looked at the old lady and sneered, "You, the Marquis of Jingning, are using your daughter-in-law's dowry to fill the deficit. Don't assume that other families are the same as you. With her small dowry, my Qin family wouldn't even bother to touch it."
"Wait until my fifth brother finishes writing the divorce letter, and then ask the elders of the Qin family to witness it. Chu Furong's dowry can be carried out the same way it was carried in. If you don't trust me, you can ask someone else to come with it."
After Miss Qin Si finished speaking, the old lady's face suddenly darkened, and Chu Furong wanted to stop her but failed.
"What do you mean by 'I, the Marquis of Jingning, used my own daughter-in-law's dowry'? I can eat whatever I want but I can't say whatever I want.' Do you have any evidence?"
When the Qin family heard this, they realized that the commotion outside was so big that it was almost spread everywhere, but they themselves didn't know about it yet.
Miss Qin Si was immediately amused and kindly explained to her, "This is what the Marquis's wife said herself. She used up most of her dowry when she married in. And your daughter also asked her sister-in-law for many good things when she got married."
Miss Qin Si told the old lady exactly what the two of them had said and done during the banquet.
The old lady's breath was stuck in her throat, and she gasped with her eyes wide open.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the maidservant next to her hurried forward to pat her back to soothe her breathing, pinch her Ren Zhong and insert pills.
At this time, Qin Chongshan had also written the divorce letter and had someone submit it to Chu Furong.
Seeing that he had actually written it and even put his red handprint on it, Chu Furong was so angry that she threw the divorce letter aside and rushed over to Qin Chongshan, who was about to leave, pointing her finger at his nose and scolding him, "You spineless thing! Your mother told you to write it and you actually wrote it!"
"You're just a wimp!"
The Qin family members who were about to leave all looked unhappy when they heard this. The fourth Miss Qin even turned around and slapped Chu Furong hard in the face.
"This slap is for my mother. You've been married here for so many years, but instead of respecting your elders, you've ruined the reputation of our Qin family. Is it wrong for our Qin family to divorce you?"
Chu Furong fell to the ground after being slapped, and the old lady kicked her legs and fainted.
Marquis Jingning looked at the mess in the house, frowned, smashed an ornament, and left.
It was all because his mother doted on this little sister and would come home from time to time to give her advice and let her act powerful in her husband's family. But now she had caused such a big disaster and was divorced by her husband's family, bringing shame to their mansion.
If he were to do so, he should be sent to the farm to recuperate and not stay in Luojing, so that people would not point fingers at him and embarrass him.
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There was not much commotion when the daughter of the Marquis of Jingning was divorced and abandoned in Luojing by her in-laws. Everyone was still paying attention to the Crown Prince and the Third Prince who were reprimanded by the Emperor, as well as the upcoming Autumn Examination.
This is a major event that happens every three years. Many families with daughters of marriageable age and prominent family backgrounds are waiting to find a husband from the list. Those who don't have daughters also want to see what kind of person will enter the court this year and whether it is worth winning over. Even several gambling houses in Beijing have opened for business, and people are betting on the top three.
On the day of the Autumn Examination, Shen Shuwei personally went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for his elder brother Shen Heng. He and Shen Zhiyang and Shen Zhang counted the things he was going to bring into the examination room again and again, and only sent him into the examination room after confirming that everything was correct.
When they came back, the three brothers and sisters were still excited, especially Shen Zhiyang, who kept muttering to himself all the way and ran straight to his yard as soon as he got home, saying that he wanted to burn incense and worship Buddha for his eldest brother.
Shen Shuwei and Shen Zhang entered the flower hall, thinking that they would make do with the leftover breakfast of Chen Heng. However, when they entered, they found that Shen Yuan, who had never been seen before, was actually sitting on the chair, eating the leftover breakfast of Chen Heng.
Shen Shu was startled and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile to take the dishes and chopsticks, "Father, this is what I just made for my eldest brother. If you want to eat, I'll go to the kitchen to make some more." Although she didn't meet Shen Yuan many times when she returned to the Shen family, Shen Yuan was a fair father. Whatever Shen Zhiyang had, he would ask someone to send her a portion, and the portion he sent was often even richer than Shen Zhiyang's. However, he didn't talk much to her.
Shen Shuwei didn't have much admiration for him, he just did what he was supposed to do.
At this moment, she was about to clean up with the bowl in her hand, but she saw Shen Yuan staring at her with a complicated expression, "Did you make this breakfast for Shen Heng?"
Before Shen Shuwei could speak, Shen Zhang behind him took over and said, "Yes, Dad, Third Sister's cooking skills are really good. Big brother has had a poor appetite recently, so he ate a lot this morning."
"My third sister and I were just thinking of just taking a few bites of something that Big Brother hadn't tried, but we didn't expect you to get there first."
It was rare for Shen Zhang to show off his literary talent.
"You bastard! Who asked your third sister to cook?" Shen Yuan unexpectedly scolded him harshly, looking very angry. "Next time, you, your eldest brother, and Ayang can ask the kitchen to prepare whatever you want to eat. If all else fails, you can cook it yourself and don't bother your third sister."
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