Chapter 443: Divorce

Chen Afu smiled and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Chen Yulan's forehead and said, "That's not the case. It's easy to add flowers to a cake, but it's difficult to offer help in times of trouble. True love is revealed in times of adversity..."

Chen Yulan sat for a while and then said goodbye. Chen Afu didn't persuade him to stay, he still wanted to go back and help receive the guests.

Chen Afu later regretted not going to Chen Mansion today and not seeing that exciting scene.

Chen Yulan returned home and saw that the front yard was empty, without a single customer.

The servant reported in a low voice that several clan elders came from my hometown, saying they were here to give birth to wives. The guests all left, and the master accompanied them to discuss matters in the study outside.

After hearing this, Chen Yulan didn't show it on her face, but she was a little happy in her heart. He felt that it was bad and unfilial to have such emotions, but he couldn't help but be happy.

At the end of last year, Chen Shiying heard about Zhao's accident from his hometown. I heard that Zhao had done so many evil things and hindered Chen Shiying's future. Even Chen's father's death was related to her. Patriarch Chen was extremely angry. Chen Shiying was the glory of their clan, how could they allow Zhao to harm her. At that time, he wanted to take his tribe to Dingzhou Prefecture to represent the family as a bride.

However, the patriarch, Mr. Chen, was more thoughtful and said that he did not know whether Chen Shiying had done any other illegal things in private, nor did he know the extent of his crime. If it's so big that it will implicate the clan members, don't force yourself to come forward.

Later, the stories about Chen Shiying gradually spread to Hu'an Province, became more concrete, and became known to everyone. Chen Shiying didn't do anything illegal, it was all done by that evil wife of the Zhao family. Chen Shiying's supervision was not good, and she wanted to take the blame for his mother...

This made the Chen family members, who had always been proud of Chen Shiying, extremely ashamed. No one wanted to marry the girl from the Chen family who had always been in high demand, saying that the Chen family's wife was unworthy.

In early March, Patriarch Chen came to Dingzhou Mansion with his clan leader Chen Laobo, several highly respected clan members, and one of his great-grandsons. They took an ox-cart for three days and a boat for seven days to arrive at Dingzhou Prefecture in mid-March. A few old men were still smart and did not go to the Chen Mansion, but stayed in the inn.

This morning, Chen Shiying returned to Dingzhou Mansion. The news that he was still appointed as the magistrate of Dingzhou suddenly spread, and also reached the inn, and several old men came to Chen Mansion together.

At that time, Chen Shiying was welcoming guests with a cheerful face when he saw several old men coming home with unkind expressions. He knew that they came with bad intentions, so he quickly stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said with a smile, "Ancestors, uncles, and uncles, if they come to be guests, I welcome them. If you want to do anything else, can you wait until the guests leave?"

Old Ancestor Chen waved his hand and said loudly, "Why do you have to wait until the guests leave? Your family's scandal has long been spread around, and people know about it even if we don't tell them. We are here to help you, and you can't bear to deal with that evil woman. We will help you deal with it." He sat on the chair brought by his great-grandson and continued, "Boy Shiying, although you have become an official, you are also a member of my Chen clan. I watched him die. The boy grew up and was able to study well. Unfortunately, his parents died early, and we couldn't bear for him to interrupt his studies because he had no parents to support him. They provided him with food, clothing, and education. He also strived to be a scholar and passed the imperial exams. Unfortunately, he failed to win the imperial examination in Beijing. He fell ill on the way back, and married that evil woman of the Zhao family, which led to his death at a young age... ...Boy Shiying, you are a good boy and the glory of our Chen clan, but you are so soft-hearted and so kind that you indulge the evil woman. I have ruined the reputation and family tradition of my Chen family."

He then raised his hands to the guests who were watching the excitement and said, "My lords and lords, you must have heard about Zhao's evil deeds. Today we are here to represent Mr. Shiying's dead biological father as a bride. Please do it." A testimony.”

When the guests saw Chen Shiying's face flushed, of course they would not stay here to be an eyesore. They knew Chen Shiying, but they didn't know anyone from the Chen family. They all stood up one after another and said goodbye.

Someone else advised Patriarch Chen, "Old man, if you have anything to say, please speak up and don't be angry. Master Chen has been solving cases for more than ten years, and he is the best at deciding right from wrong."

Chen Shiying could only blush and clasped his fists and said to the leaving guests, "Chen is ashamed. I will definitely treat him to a guest another day."

Chu Lingxuan is also there. He didn't leave, not only because he was the son-in-law and wanted to help Chen Shiying handle the affairs, but also because he wanted to see what happened to the old lady so that he could explain it clearly to his young wife.

Seeing that all the guests had left, Chen Shiying invited the clan elders to go to the outer study room. After the servants served tea, he stood up and bowed to the clan elders, "Ancestor, my mother did something wrong, but she buried my father and raised me up. Based on these two points, She cannot be abandoned."

Old Ancestor Chen snorted coldly and said, "I want to give birth today, not only because that evil woman did bad things, which affected your future and made it difficult for the Chen family's daughter to find a husband, but also because he killed her own husband. ”

Chen Shiying said, "Ancestor, these words are not nonsense. If my mother killed my father, the government would arrest her and bring her to justice."

Old Ancestor Chen snorted coldly, "I'm not talking nonsense, but you know better." Then, he gave Patriarch Chen a look.

Patriarch Chen cleared his throat and read out several reasons for having a wife.

One is that Zhao indirectly killed her husband. When Chen's father was seriously ill, an eminent monk guided him to marry Mrs. Wang as a child bride. However, Mrs. Zhao acted in a shady manner, refusing to favor Mrs. Wang, not treating her as a daughter-in-law, and even planning to drive her away. Offending the gods made Chen's father, who was already well, sicker and worse until he died.

Second, he was unvirtuous and unkind. As soon as his son passed the imperial examination, he secretly drove away his daughter-in-law Wang, who was in mourning for his father, and instigated others to sell her to the mountains.

Third, he was greedy and disregarded the law. He accepted huge bribes in the name of his son many times, and indulged the Zhao clan members to bully the people in the village and seek money, which hindered his son's future.

Fourth, he was selfish and vicious. In order to cover up his evil deeds, he instigated others to sell his granddaughter.

Chen Laozu also said that Zhao was sentenced to divorce only because she killed her husband because of Chen Shiying's promising face, otherwise she would have been sentenced to drowning. If Chen Shiying dared to use his official status to oppress them and not allow them to divorce Zhao, he would lead his clansmen to ask the parents of his hometown to make the decision. Anyway, Chen's father and Zhao's household registration were both in Hu'an Province, and the local officials directly sentenced them to divorce...

Chen Shiying knew that if this matter was not handled well, not only would he be embarrassed again in his hometown, but his mother might really be divorced. Although he was also angry that his mother had done so many evil things, he couldn't bear to see her divorced at such an old age.

Of the reasons for divorce, he had no way to refute the latter ones, but he absolutely could not admit the first one. If he admitted it, his mother would definitely be divorced.