jdhmnovel Chapter 419: Planning to Divorce
Chapter 419: Planning to Divorce
[It would be a miracle if they could uncover the truth. They have been living off Mu Yao's dowry for years, yet they have no gratitude at all.]
They could manage to save a bit on other things, but it was the end of the month, and the mansion's monthly stipend had to be paid. Although there weren't many servants at home, there were still a lot of scattered money, and they had never had the time to come up with it. As the weather got colder, the old lady's condition worsened, and she needed to see a doctor and take medicine. The medicine the old lady took was extremely expensive. When the father and son saw the accountant, they were stunned. They knew their mansion was poor, but they hadn't expected it to be so poor. They had been relying entirely on Mu Yao's dowry for years.
They wanted to invite Mu Yao back, but after all the trouble, they were too embarrassed to do so.
[Are they trying to invite Mu Yao back, or are they eyeing her dowry? They're simply a bunch of leeches sucking Mu Yao's blood. They're shameless to a certain degree.]
[I'm really pissed off. There are even more shameless things.]
Xie Ci’an:…
This is already shameless enough, what more shameless thing could they do? But even if they did it, it wouldn't be shocking.
The old lady was suffering from a severe illness, but they had no money to buy medicine. They also couldn't bring themselves to ask Mu Yao to come back, so they deliberately spread rumors, saying that Mu Yao was unfilial and had cut off her mother-in-law's medicine. They even said that Mu Yao couldn't tolerate concubines and children. They no longer planned to pursue these matters.
This matter has been widely circulated. Everyone is saying that Mu Yao is vicious and that the Kong family is so wise that they didn't even bother to investigate after such a thing happened.
[Ugh, what a shameless bunch of people! I don't know how they managed to get to where they are now. Why is there no one praising Mu Yao and Kong Yang's love now?]
[This bunch of worthless people are simply taking advantage of Mu Yao's soft heart. They spread this rumor in the hope that Mu Yao would come back to prove her reputation. Besides, they have already forgiven Mu Yao.]
Fortunately, Mu Yao has completely seen through the true colors of the Kong family, especially Kong Lin, so she has no intention of returning. Instead, she is preparing for a divorce and has someone send a letter to the Kong family.
Upon reading the letter, Madam Kong and Kong Lin were both furious. Madam Kong had never expected her easily manipulated daughter-in-law to disobey her, so she became malicious. Since Mu Yao didn't want to live with her anymore, then they shouldn't divorce her. They wanted to ruin her reputation and then divorce her. That way, they wouldn't be able to take all the dowry with them, as it belonged to the Kong family. Mu Yao's dowry was quite large, because the Pingxi Marquis' Mansion knew the Kong family was relatively poor, so to prevent their daughter from being wronged and without money, they gave her a large dowry. That dowry would not only solve their immediate needs, but also make them completely wealthy.
[The clacking of the abacus beads was so loud that I could hear it even in the palace.]
The Kong family began spreading bad things about Mu Yao, causing her reputation to become extremely bad. Some people, instigated by the Kong family, even threw rotten eggs at the Pingxi Marquis's mansion.
Now, not only Mu Yao, but even Pingxi Bo was being scolded by the people, saying they had failed to raise their daughter properly, were unfilial to their mother-in-law, and could not tolerate concubines and illegitimate children.
[The Pingxi Marquis's Mansion has yet to issue a clarification or response.]
[Some things have no evidence, and there is really no way to come forward to clarify and respond.]
Lady Pingxi was so upset by the Kong family's actions that she fell ill.
[Now the Kong family has begun planning to divorce his wife.]
If this kind of thing had happened in the past, Gu Jianchu would have just watched it and not intervened.
But this Kong family is really annoying.
The clattering of the abacus beads was deafening.
Besides, Mu Yao and A Jie were good friends, and she often bought snacks for her when she was a child, so she couldn't be too ungrateful.
After hearing this, Xie Ci'an's face turned gloomy.
If it were in the past, he would not have interfered too much. After all, it was the family affair of the court officials. As long as it was not too serious, he would let them resolve it through negotiation. After all, such trivial matters were the most troublesome, not to mention that it would be inconvenient if they were too trivial or too serious.
Ever since he and Achu got together, what he hates most is people who treat their first wife harshly.
He knew that Gu Jianchu would take the initiative to find an excuse to tell him about this matter. After all, the memorial was in her hands. If Gu Jianchu was not going to take care of it, then he would quietly send someone to threaten the Shangshu Mansion.
As expected, before Xie Ci'an had to wait too long, Gu Jianchu took action. She first handed the memorial in front of her to Xie Ci'an, and then said, "Your Majesty, look at these censors who believe everything they hear, and they don't know how to distinguish the truth from the false before reporting it."
Gu Jianchu not only wanted to tell the emperor about this matter, but also reported it to the censor.
Xie Ci'an pretended to be ignorant and asked, "What's wrong?"
"These censors say that the legitimate daughter of the Pingxi Marquis's mansion is unfilial to her parents-in-law and cannot tolerate concubines and illegitimate children. This is all nonsense. Sister Muyao of the Pingxi Marquis's mansion is a good friend of my elder sister. She mentioned this matter to me before when she came to the palace. She said that the Kong family had wronged Sister Muyao and had taken a concubine and child without her knowledge. The concubine coveted Sister Muyao's position and framed her to get rid of the child, putting the blame on Sister Muyao. Sister Muyao has no evidence and cannot come out to clarify, so she can only return home."
"As for the idea of being unfilial to one's parents-in-law, it's completely unfounded. Since Sister Mu Yao married into the Shangshu Mansion, she has been using her dowry to subsidize the Shangshu Mansion. I'm afraid that if Sister Mu Yao returns home and doesn't have her dowry to subsidize the Shangshu Mansion, they will accuse Sister Mu Yao of cutting off her mother-in-law's medicine."
"How can this be justified? This dowry is private property. I say that this dowry cannot be used to subsidize them. Not only has it not brought any benefits, but it has also made them feel that it is their due. Now they are using this matter to slander Sister Mu Yao."
"The memorial written by this censor is really not entirely true. He only looks at the surface and not the facts."
Xie Ci'an rubbed Gu Jianchu's puffed-up face and said gently, "Okay, Ah Chu, don't be angry. I will now order someone to reprimand the censor. If you don't know how to write memorials in the future, don't write them."
Xie Ci Anye had long been fed up with the memorials written by these censors, but he had not found any evidence against him before, so he could not say anything. Now that the evidence was finally handed to him, how could he not seize it?
Xie Ci'an glanced at Cheng Song.
Cheng Song immediately understood what he meant and left the hall. He asked someone to return the memorial and gave the censors a good scolding.
Gu Jianchu calmed down a little. The censors were going to reprimand them, but the Kong family was the one that needed to be dealt with more seriously.