Chapter 350 Take the Person Away
Wu Ren felt confident.
What Xiangjun said is right.
The Wu family did ask Ma Wenpo to kill Tong Pandi, but wasn’t Tong Pandi fine?
Even if Ma Wenpo told the truth, her confession alone would not be effective.
The government cannot control whether their daughter-in-law gives birth to a son.
As long as he insisted that his daughter-in-law could not give birth to a son and wanted a divorce, the government would also stand on the side of the Wu family.
After figuring this out, Wu Ren said, "All of this is a slander by the county lord in order to take away the daughter-in-law of the Wu family. Lord Jiao, think about it, why would our Wu family kill our daughter-in-law. If she can't give birth to a son, she can just keep giving birth. It's not like our Wu family can't afford to support her. To put it bluntly, if she can't give birth, she can take a concubine to give birth to my son. Why would our Wu family kill her? If we kill her, we will be sued. Our Wu family just wants a son, not a lawsuit involving murder."
Jiao Yayi stroked his beard and said, "County Master, where is the midwife? We need to ask the midwife for her opinion before we can draw a conclusion."
Tong Huaqiong said, "The midwife is in the woodshed. Lord Jiao, please take your time to interrogate her. I'll give you a trick. This midwife not only wants to harm my niece, but she has the blood of so many innocent women on her hands. Whether you can find out the truth from the interrogation depends on Lord Jiao's ability."
Ma Wenpo did not have time to carry out her plan and Tong Pandi did not die.
It is difficult to drag Wu Ren and Qiao into this.
But if we can take down one, we'll take it down. A troublemaker like Ma Wenpo deserves to be brought down.
Tong Huaqiong continued, "My niece has been treated harshly by the Wu family and can no longer live. Lord Jiao, you just heard that it was her idea to divorce. As her aunt, I cannot bear to see my niece suffer. She has nowhere to go after the divorce, so I can only take her away."
Jiao Yayi was very troubled.
Let’s put the matter of Ma Wenpo aside for now. It’s obvious that the Wu family is unwilling to let her go.
Divorce is not something a woman can do unilaterally; it must be agreed upon by her husband's family.
Tong Huaqiong insisted on taking people away, which was against etiquette.
Jiao Yayi did not agree with Tong Pandidi's divorce. He said that the woman was too young and did not know how difficult life would be after divorce.
How will she live in the future with two children at such a young age?
It would be better for her to stay in the Wu family and continue to occupy the position of the principal wife. If she can give birth to a son, she can do so. If not, she can take a concubine to have one. With her aunt, the county lady, supporting her so much, no one can surpass her as the principal wife.
Divorce is the worst option. He has never encountered a divorce in the entire Pingchuan County.
"My dear, your niece is young and doesn't understand many things. You have to help her open her eyes. It's so hard for a woman to live after divorce. Not only that, it will also affect the girls at home."
Jiao, the yamen runner, gave Tong Huaqiong some truths.
Tong Huaqiong was too lazy to reason with Jiao Yayi and asked directly: "Master Jiao, let me ask you, does the law say that women can divorce?"
Jiao Yayi said: "The law is the law, reality is reality, our Pingchuan County..."
Tong Huaqiong said, "Since the law states that women can divorce, no one can stop my niece from getting a divorce. As for her life after the divorce, you don't need to worry about it."
Seeing that Tong Huaqiong could not be persuaded, Jiao Yayi said, "Divorce is possible, but it cannot be done today. We need to go to court and get the divorce documents from the government before the divorce can be considered successful."
It seems that it is too late to divorce today.
Given the Wu family's character, they will definitely obstruct it.
Tong Pandi's body, which had just given birth to a child, could not withstand the stress.
Tong Huaqiong can take the person away first, and then go to court for the formal divorce after Tong Pandidi has finished her confinement.
It's no big deal.
Tong Huaqiong then ordered Su Chengmin to carry Tong Pandidi onto the carriage.
The Wu family began to stop them.
Seeing that Tong Pandi was determined to divorce, Wu Musheng said, "There is no way to divorce, unless you divorce Tong Pandi."
Tong Pandi wanted to leave the Wu family as soon as possible, so he agreed.
Tong Huaqiong pointed at Wu Musheng and yelled, "Why don't you try writing a divorce letter? What did Tong Pandi do that you want to divorce her?"
It is not so easy to divorce a wife in this era. A man cannot just write a divorce letter if he is displeased with a woman.
To open an ancestral hall, one must obtain approval from the clan and get the divorce letter stamped by the government.
With the pressure from the county lady Tong Huaqiong, the Wu family cannot divorce Tong Panddi now.
Tong Huaqiong was considering Tong Pandi and her two daughters.
Tong Pandi's divorce left her two children with a "stain".
At least divorce will reduce the burden.
Su Chengmin carried Tong Pandidi into the carriage, and Hong and Cai Wenpo followed behind, carrying large and small bags.
Tong Huaqiong picked up Duoer personally.
Seeing that they couldn't stop them, the Wu family started to snatch Duo'er away.
Jiao Yayi shouted, "What are you doing? This is a county lord appointed by our emperor himself. Who dares to touch him?"
If Tong Huaqiong gets injured today, he won't be able to succeed. County Magistrate Liu will be the first one to not forgive him.
Although he did not agree with Tong Pandidi's divorce, he could not bear to see the Wu family and Tong Huaqiong going against each other.
Tong Huaqiong carried the crying Duo'er into the carriage.
It was very windy outside and it was warm in the carriage.
Su Chengmin guessed that Tong Pan'di would leave today, and he had already created a comfortable space in the carriage using the quilts he had looted from the upper room.
He also took advantage of the situation and brought Qiao's hand warmer onto the carriage.
Mrs. Hong and Cai Wenpo wrapped Tong Pandyi tightly.
Perhaps because he was about to escape from the Wu family, Tong Pandi felt that the carriage was more comfortable than the room.
Tong Huaqiong lit the angry lantern and hung it on the carriage. When the carriage curtain was drawn, warm light came out from inside the carriage.
"Is there any law here? Just because you become a county lord, you can take away someone's daughter-in-law?"
Wu Ren stamped his feet in anger, wishing the carriage would overturn.
"Master Jiao, you don't care?"
Jiao Yayi was in a dilemma. He said to Wu Ren, "I am not saying that you are too unkind to your daughter-in-law. No matter how bad the girl from the Tong family is, you married her with three matchmakers and six betrothals. She is not a maid you bought to abuse, but a legitimate daughter-in-law. It's no wonder that the county lord is angry and supports my niece's divorce."
Jiao Yayi often came to Heilongtan and knew that the Wu family treated Tong Pan'di very harshly.
"If they really divorce, it will be a disgrace to your Wu family. Suifeng Xiangjun is not an unreasonable person. If you treat your daughter-in-law sincerely, she would not have taken her away today. In my opinion, Xiangjun is angry now, so you should let Suifeng Xiangjun vent her anger. You should give money to your daughter-in-law during the confinement period, and when she is out of the confinement period, you should sincerely apologize and take her back."
"As for the words that I said to my divorced wife because I was angry, I will never mention it again. The most important thing is to live a good life."
Jiao Yayi felt that a harmonious family was the key to success. Tong Huaqiong was angry now. Once she calmed down, the Wu family might be able to persuade Tong Pandidi to change his mind by being humble.
Wu Ren bowed to Jiao, the yamen runner.
Wu Mu stiffened his neck angrily.
He would never agree to divorce.
Since Tong Pandi had not committed any of the seven grounds for divorce, no one would interfere if he demoted his wife to a concubine on the grounds that she had not given birth to a son.
Yes, that’s it.
As long as he doesn't agree, Tong Pan'di can only return to the Wu family obediently, and then he will be bullied by him.
Sooner or later, he will take revenge on Tong Pandi for the humiliation he suffered from Tong Huaqiong and Tong Pandi, the aunt and nephew, today.