There's not much to say, really. It's just that Master Li wanted to seize the Li family's assets and make them disappear. If Madam Li died, he wouldn't get anything. All that money was Wanwan's dowry.
But if he marries Wanwan to someone he can control, all that money will be his.
Mr. Li is around forty years old this year. Li Wanwan was a little out of sorts. The three of them walked slowly down the street. After a while, the young lady finally uttered a sentence.
"For such a small amount of money, can a person endure humiliation and pretend to be respectable for twenty years?"
Xu Qiushui remained silent; she was wealthy and didn't understand.
"This little bit of money?"
"Wanwan, is this all the wealth your family has inherited over generations worth?"
"I'd be willing to spend a lifetime, let alone twenty years."
Sixteen nodded and began to speak.
“Gold and silver may not be important to Miss Li, but in the village, brothers in the same family can fight over fifty taels of silver, let alone a century-old business.”
"What are you going to do?" Qiu Shui asked.
"Sue the official."
“I will tell my mother about this. I have also read the letter from the Prince of Zhenbei to all women.”
"It's perfect that she's here; I want my mother to get a divorce."
"What divorce? Your father is the one who deserves a divorce."
The witness was Wu Xuan, and with the help of Ming Zheng and An Dou, the physical evidence was also found in a hidden compartment in Master Li's study.
Inside the government office, Madam Li was still savoring the words her daughter had spoken to her the night before when she snuggled into her arms.
"Mother, my father wants to marry me off to Wu Xuan so that our family line will end."
How could she not know?
Since his parents passed away two years ago, he could no longer hide his affairs with women outside. Fortunately, he had money, so his wife dared not bring those mistresses into the house.
More than twenty years.
Old Master Li, with his disheveled hair and a dejected expression, knelt on the ground.
He never expected that physical evidence would be found. Now, in court, the prefect of Jiangnan is hearing this case of a woman divorcing her husband for the first time.
But then the Prince of Zhenbei sat down right next to him, like a pillar of strength.
"Li Ke, do you plead guilty to every single crime?"
Mr. Li turned his gaze to his wife, but all he received in return were eyes as dark as the Dead Sea. He wanted to try again; if he were to truly separate from her, he would have nothing left.
"lady……"
"Please, Your Honor, grant me an immediate divorce from Li Ke. I truly dare not live with such a man; I wouldn't even know if I were to die one day."
The people outside pointed and whispered, and even though Master Li was unwilling, he was forced to put his fingerprint on the divorce papers.
Looking at the dejected man, Madam Li really wanted to ask a question.
"Did you ever have me in your heart?"
But it's no longer needed.
If there was such a thing...
She could never do such a thing, especially since Wanwan is her own daughter.
What followed was the trial of Master Li and Wu Xuan for their collusion, and the two were exiled together for three hundred li.
Mrs. Li held her daughter's hand. She still had to get busy. Whether there was a man in the house or not was not important. What mattered was that she still had a daughter.
There are quite a few cases of people taking advantage of their children's children, but this is the first time I've seen it taken to court. Besides, Madam Li and Mr. Li didn't get a divorce, but rather divorced.
"So, it turns out that women can divorce their husbands too?"
"Let alone women divorcing their husbands, I heard that in the border town, all the virtues and precepts for women were burned by the Prince of Zhenbei."
"real?"
"They've been granted land, so they get to call the shots."
"How wonderful! I wish I had been born in a border town too."
The people of Jiangnan have completely lost their hearts. In fact, most people have an attitude of indifference, and they think it's a good thing that their wives can earn money.
As for whether it's shameful or not, whether it's saving face or not, everyone did it, so who's going to mock whom?
Miss Li did not lose her chastity; instead, she was rescued.
The lecherous man who assaulted her also received his due punishment.
From then on, girls from Jiangnan gained more courage.
"This looks nice, wrap it up."
"And this too, all of them except this color, please wrap them up and send them to the Liu residence."
Inside the silk shop, Lan Tingche was selecting fabrics as if he were buying goods. He had recently learned all the needlework techniques in Jiangnan and needed to go back and make some clothes for Long'er.
The girl stood beside him and pointed to the fabric that hadn't been chosen.
"I want this one too, my little sister likes this color."
Speaking of this, Lan Tingche recalled Hou Xiangxiang's incident from a few days ago.
This little girl has terrible taste, but she doesn't even realize it, and she always argues with her mother about it.
"Mom, do you believe me or not? Everyone will say this dress looks good on me."
"Go ask! If anyone other than your senior brother or master says it looks good, I won't care what you wear anymore."
Within Doctor Gu's sect, the little girl was the junior sister, and given her exceptional intelligence, everyone doted on her. Moreover, and most importantly, they themselves had virtually no aesthetic sense.
They thought these colorful clothes were very festive, and every time they asked, they said they looked good.
Hou Xiangxiang then went to ask the men at the brothel.
The first person to be mentally attacked was Lu Wangji. As a man who, like Lan Tingche, liked to fuss over his wife's clothes, he would always turn his eyes away whenever he saw Hou Xiangxiang dressed like this. Who knew that today she would come over and ask him directly.
"Brother-in-law, do I look good in this outfit?"
The sickly beauty had long since learned to lie, he said with his eyes closed.
"nice."
Hou Xiangxiang didn't care whether it was real or fake, as long as it looked good!
Then she went to ask her dream lover, what could the eagle say? He sat there with Erhei, giving her a thumbs-up.
"It looks good, it would look even better with a pink flower in your hair!"
"Absolutely, Uncle Huo."
The obedient little girl went straight to the courtyard, picked a pink peony, and pinned it in her hair. Just then, Lan Tingche was in the courtyard learning needlework from the embroiderer.
"Brother Tingche, do you think my clothes look good?"
The embroiderers were stunned. Whose young lady dresses like this? Did this girl buy up all the unsold stock from all the silk shops and clothing stores in Jiangnan over the past ten years?
Lady Hou was standing next to Lan Tingche, watching the acupuncture techniques together.
The man swallowed hard, remembering that the girl in front of him was his future mother-in-law. He then said...
"nice."
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