Chapter 432: Chapter 432, Resolute Divorce
One remark set off a thousand waves, and everyone was already very curious about this lawsuit. Now, with all this commotion, who could still be unaware of what’s going on?
This Fen Family and the He Family are scheming against a helpless woman.
The old have no shame, and neither do the young; the whole household is shameless.
Heartless and unrighteous, those who are unkind and unjust don’t deserve to stay in Hengzhou City.
Madam Chen of the Fen family had already been left speechless, and Fen San was also completely astonished.
It wasn’t that Mrs. Xia insisted on marrying him, nor was it she who tore him apart from the girl he loved, but rather that the young lady, greedy for vanity, wanted to leave him. And his mother knew it all, even extorted her.
Mrs. Xia...
Fen San wanted to say something, yet he felt unable to utter a single word.
Then he saw Mrs. Xia, her head wrapped in a scarf, stepping down from a carriage, holding a child in her arms, with four others following beside her.
That was his daughter...
Mrs. Xia, holding a child, walked very slowly, her four daughters accompanying her, careful and cautious for fear she might fall.
"Who is this person?"
"That is the pitiable Mrs. Xia!"
"Seeing her so emaciated, and the children are not well-nourished either, it seems life has been truly difficult for her!"
Mrs. Xia, holding her child, walked to the front of the court hall and slowly knelt down, "Your Honor, this humble woman has been wronged!"
Yun Bi looked at Mrs. Xia and was reminded of once Han Shu Niuang.
He felt even more pity for her.
"Speak!"
"This woman married into the Fen family at the age of fifteen, abided by her duty, respected her in-laws, maintained harmony with her sisters-in-law, and treated the younger generation kindy, yet she was bullied by her in-laws and sisters-in-law; even the younger relatives would hit and insult her whenever they wished, not to mention my four poor daughters!" Mrs. Xia’s voice was filled with sorrow.
"Your Honor, this woman wishes to take her daughters and be divorced from this Fen San, so that henceforth we go our separate ways and have nothing to do with each other!"
Upon hearing this, Fen San was about to open his mouth and disagree.
But then he heard several women saying, "Your Honor, please grant Mrs. Xia’s request. With such a wicked mother-in-law and spiteful husband, if you don’t grant it today, Mrs. Xia and her daughters can’t survive!"
"Yes, Your Honor, please grant it!"
Yun Bi swept his gaze over and realized these women might have been brought in by someone, but he did not expose it.
"Mrs. Xia, besides the divorce and taking your five daughters, what else do you want?" Yun Bi asked.
"Your Honor, aside from my daughters and the divorce papers, this woman wants nothing else, only that after the divorce, he must no longer come to trouble this woman and her daughters!" Mrs. Xia said, as she continued to kneel and kowtow.
Yun Bi looked on and could not bear it.
"In doing so, you can indeed be considered to have compassion and righteousness!" Yun Bi said, then looked at Fen San, "Are you willing to divorce?"
Fen San, his mouth agape, wanted to say he was not willing to divorce.
But facing the icy Mrs. Xia, he found himself unable to speak a word.
The more he understood how much he had hurt her over the years; if not for the children, Mrs. Xia would have long stopped being with him. Now that she had someone to rely on, she was all the more determined to leave him.
In the end, he just nodded slightly.
"If that’s the case, then as the official here, I shall decide that you two may divorce. Mrs. Xia wants the five children and seeks not a single penny from you. Let all past grievances evaporate with this divorce paper!" Yun Bi said as he quickly took up a pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote swiftly. He had two copies made and showed them to the literate crowd before instructing Mrs. Xia and Fen San to press their finger prints and write their names. With this formality, the divorce was counted.
Mrs. Xia wanted nothing, not even her own dowry.
Yun Qi regarded the people of the Fen family, "I never dreamed that there could be such parasites in my household. It’s a sign of my blindness and folly. You all best go back and pack your belongings and take your leave!"