bookrebus Chapter 492 The Minister Wants Divorce
Chapter 492 The Minister Wants Divorce
"A man this generous must also be generous to women. He has a good relationship with his wife, so he must be afraid of being discovered by her, so he will send Hong Qiao away in time. Then there will be another sum of money."
"I was the one who made the contact. What happened afterwards had nothing to do with me. I didn't even know Hong Qiao was pregnant until afterward."
"After Hong Qiao and Kong Lin had been in contact for a while, she suddenly told me that she was pregnant. She also said that she wanted to use this child to marry into the Shangshu Mansion, and then get rid of this child and put the blame on Mu Yao. Mu Yao had a lot of dowry, and Kong Lin would definitely divorce her if he killed the child in her belly. According to our Dajin law, after a woman is divorced, all her dowry must belong to her husband's family. She also said that there was no one who could support the Shangshu Mansion. As long as Mu Yao was divorced, she would beg Kong Lin, and Kong Lin would naturally hand over the power of the Shangshu Mansion to her. By then, we would have countless wealth."
"I really believed what this bitch said at the time and agreed to her proposal immediately. But she asked me to help her, saying that it would be difficult for her to accomplish anything alone. She also said that she needed money to bribe the people in the Shangshu Mansion. I didn't want to help or pay. She said that this was a small investment to get a big gain, and if she didn't control those people well, she wouldn't be able to drive Mu Yao out of the mansion. If she didn't drive Mu Yao away, even if she found a way to marry into Kong Lin's family, she wouldn't be able to get so much property. It was the dowry of the entire Shangshu Mansion and Miss Pingxibo. I was really obsessed at the time to agree to this proposal."
"I never thought that I would be caught by an eagle after playing with it all day. If Hong Qiao hadn't made such a big fuss about it, my deeds wouldn't have been exposed and I wouldn't have been caught."
"You will eventually perish if you do too many evil things. Even if there hadn't been any incident today, it would have been a matter of time before you were caught. After all, you have done so many evil things." Wen Zhu kicked Cao Li on the calf, and Cao Li grimaced in pain again.
Gu Jianchu frowned and nodded, "You didn't lie?"
"Your Majesty, now that my kidnapping has become public, and I've killed so many people, I'm definitely going to die. This is just one more thing. If I did it, there's no need for me to deny it. After all, I've already ordered this woman to do so many evil things."
There is nothing wrong with what Cao Li said.
This matter alone cannot be sentenced to death, and Gu Jianchu already knew the truth. Asking it twice was unnecessary to give an explanation to everyone and the people, and it also made Cao Li's words seem somewhat credible.
Hearing this, Hong Qiao completely collapsed to the ground. Especially when she saw the punishment Cao Li received, besides feeling happy, she was more afraid. Perhaps the Queen would torture her in order to find the truth.
Hong Qiao almost crawled to Gu Jianchu using her hands and feet, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, "Empress, I confess, I confess everything. These things are all my fault. I was the one who planned it all and deliberately wronged Miss Mu Yao. Since I entered the mansion, although Miss Mu Yao hasn't been very kind to me, she has never caused me any trouble or tortured me. Instead, I was the one who didn't know what was good for me and repeatedly caused trouble for Miss Mu Yao."
"I went to trouble Miss Mu Yao because I wanted to climb up the social ladder. I wanted to escape Cao Li's control. I thought that as long as I sat in the position of the young lady of the Shangshu Mansion, Cao Li would not be able to do anything to me. I was really afraid that Cao Li would beat us up, not give us food, and not give us the antidote. If we couldn't get the money back or if we didn't obey, Cao Li might even kill us. I was really afraid, so I thought about climbing to a high position to be free from everything I'm going through now."
[Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, you really have enough excuses to climb up the ladder.]
If it weren't for Gu Jianbai's incident, if it weren't for the Jiangnan Provincial Government's incident, she would probably have believed the nonsense that Hong Qiao explained.
Some things are just a mess, there is no need to pursue them too clearly.
"The Cao Li case should be handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple for joint handling. Once the truth of the matter is revealed, we must give an explanation to those women who were abused and killed."
"As for Hong Qiao, she deceived the Shangshu Mansion and used other people's children to pretend to be the Shangshu Mansion's heirs. She even used this to frame the eldest daughter of Pingxi Marquis Mansion. Her crime is unforgivable. She shall be whipped twenty times and punished as a slave. She shall never be able to restore her status as a good family." Gu Jianchu promised to save Hong Qiao's life and naturally he would keep his word.
Hong Qiao didn't expect to be able to survive, so she immediately knelt down and thanked the Queen, "Thank you, Queen, for not killing me."
"As for Kong Lin, he failed to judge people and caused chaos in the palace. He will be exiled three hundred miles. As for repeatedly contradicting me, he will be caned for a while and then executed."
"Ms. Mu, you and Kong Linbian were clamoring for a divorce before. Now that the matter is clear, do you still insist on getting a divorce? If you still want to get a divorce, I will make the decision for you. If you regret it, I will also make the decision for you. You just need to think it through." Gu Jianchu looked at the eldest lady of the Pingxi Marquis's Mansion again.
Mu Yao walked out from behind Lady Pingxi, knelt politely in front of Gu Jianchu, and kowtowed. "Your Majesty, I have now understood. The fate between you and Mr. Kong has ended. If we continue like this without a divorce, we will only be tormenting each other. Rather than becoming a pair of resentful couples, it is better to divorce and fulfill each other and pursue the life we want. Therefore, I beg Your Majesty to make the decision and allow me and Kong Lin to divorce."
Once Mu Yao leaves, all the dowry will be taken away.
Once the dowry was taken away, their Shangshu Mansion would become a complete empty shell.
They still had to pay back the silver they owed every month, and even with the monthly salary from the Shangshu, it was not enough to support their lives.
It is now rumored that Kong Lin is infertile. If he divorces Mu Yao, it will be difficult for Kong Lin to marry. Even if he does, he can only marry a merchant girl or a girl from a commoner family. Where would she get such a generous dowry? There is not even anyone to help Kong Lin.
Even if she is a merchant girl, she still needs the help of their Shangshu Mansion. Otherwise, they will consider whether to marry her daughter to their family.
If you marry a commoner, you will have nothing at all.
Mrs. Kong reacted quickly, rushing to Mu Yao's side, holding her hand and saying, "Yaoyao, you have to think carefully about the divorce. Once you divorce, you will be a second-married woman, and you may not be able to find a husband that suits your heart. Besides, our family has been very good to you and has never tortured you. Your relationship with Kong Lin is so enviable, so you have to think carefully."