After dragging on for several days, Mrs. Li in prison finally couldn't bear it anymore and confessed that she intended to murder her two daughters-in-law. In the confession, she said that she was angry about the death of her eldest son and felt that her eldest daughter-in-law was the culprit who killed her eldest son, so she wanted to kill her.
She was also dissatisfied with her third daughter-in-law because after her dowry was used up, she was unwilling to deal with the family debts anymore. She felt uneasy about the heavy debt, and her son was still spending a lot of money on wine and women outside, so she couldn't stand it and wanted to teach her youngest daughter-in-law a lesson.
At first, she was just teaching her a lesson. Later, because her daughter-in-law's family was powerful and always came to visit her, she was afraid that the truth of her abuse of her daughter-in-law would be exposed, so she kept it hidden from the Wei family. Later, the Wei family became desperate and had no other choice. In addition, her daughter-in-law threatened to make their family pay the price, so she became anxious and wanted to kill her. She thought of poisoning her daughter-in-law to death with a bag of arsenic and be done with it.
The news spread and everyone in the streets and alleys treated it as news.
Because this story was even more exciting than those in operas, many storytellers modified it and started telling it in teahouses and taverns as if it were a new thing. Suddenly, everyone knew about the Li family's scandal and the reason why the Wei family wanted to divorce.
Old Mrs. Li became a well-known wicked mother-in-law. Everyone was paying attention to why she was so cruel, and fewer people paid attention to Wei Yuyou's divorce.
After all, besides Wei Yuyou, there was also Mrs. Li who was getting divorced.
Mrs. Li appeared in the court despite her illness. Her pitiful appearance was seen by everyone, which had a great impact on everyone. Seeing how sick she was and the horrible wound on her forehead, everyone felt that Mrs. Li was such a mean and evil mother-in-law. People in the county were the first to sympathize with Mrs. Li.
After the lawsuit, Mrs. Li and her family sold some of their belongings in the capital, left the capital overnight and returned to her hometown. People around her thought that she was afraid of Mrs. Li's revenge. What's more, when Mrs. Li left, she took not only her own children, but also her illegitimate children.
She had mourned for Master Li for three years and had planned to remain a widow forever. Now she can still take care of Master Li's children. This shows what kind of person Mrs. Li is.
Even though she is such a good mistress, Mrs. Li is always making things difficult for her and is mean to her. She is such a bad person.
With the departure of Mrs. Li, the discussions about them in the capital finally died down a lot, but Li San, the person involved, was not any better off.
Because he became a rat crossing the street.
Friends who gambled and drank with him on weekdays avoided him when they saw him, saying that they could not bear to see him as a loser. They felt that he indulged his mother in mistreating his widowed sister-in-law, squandered his wife's dowry, and almost forced her to commit suicide, and he didn't want his own flesh and blood, so he was a good-for-nothing.
Apart from that, he was no longer allowed to enter the Xu family.
Although he was not allowed to enter before, the Xu family had sent people to give him money to spend. But now they just ignored him. He owed so much money and got into so much trouble, and no one helped him to settle it. It really scared him.
At the beginning, he went to cause trouble for the Wei family and knelt outside the Wei family. He thought that the Wei family had to save face. After all, it was a marquisate, and they would not watch him kneel outside and let public opinion ferment.
But he didn't expect that the people of the Wei family would not care about their face at all, and they also ignored his promise to reform and treat Wei Yuyou well, and they brought their men out to fight.
He was beaten half to death, and the onlookers burst into laughter. From then on, he could not even go to the Wei family to beg for mercy.
The Wei family went to the government to file a petition requesting a divorce, and their appeal was soon successful. He never even saw Wei Yuyou again, and Wei Yuyou no longer had any relationship with the Li family.
If I had known the Wei family was so difficult...
He was angry and raged at home facing the empty house.
After getting rid of this plague god and successfully obtaining the divorce certificate, Wei Yuyou was in high spirits. He smiled for the first time in recent times, leaning in the arms of the Third Lady, feeling deeply moved.
The Third Madam hugged her and patted her on the back gently: "Don't be afraid, from now on, he has nothing to do with you. Even Zhao Ge'er, the document clearly states that because he is worse than an animal and has never fulfilled his father's responsibility to raise him, and now he is entangled in a lawsuit, he will not be raised by him..."
The Third Madam's expression became subtle, and she said with a hint of sarcasm: "Why does he think he can win the favor of others? Does he really think he has such great talents that others are reluctant to let him go? In the final analysis, it is because of our family. Others just want to use him as a knife to stab our family. If he leaves our family, once the matter is exposed, who dares to come forward to help him?"
Wei Yuyou nodded, knowing in his heart that this was because no matter where they were, everyone had already determined that the Li family was the first to be unkind and unjust, abusing even children, so the Li family had no foothold at all, and the people that Li San relied on did not dare to lend a hand.
She coaxed Zhao Ge'er to eat a mouthful of egg custard, and whispered to the Third Lady, "Mother, now that I have the divorce document, I am completely relieved. I never want to see that unfaithful man again."
The Third Madam raised her eyebrows and sneered, "Don't worry, I know what's going on. It's too easy for a man like this to die. He has nothing now. Although Mrs. Li is old and the attempt was unsuccessful, she was only sentenced to twenty strokes of the cane. But these twenty strokes are enough to take away half her life. You know, it's not easy to take care of a patient. It costs money to hire a doctor and buy medicine. He is now heavily in debt. What can he use to exchange for money? He may have a hard time from now on. A penny can make a hero fall. We just need to watch him die."
She leaned over and touched Zhao Ge'er's head lovingly, sighed and said, "I am now sincerely grateful to An An and Ping Xihou. With such sisters, and the old lady being fair and kind, no matter what happens to me, you guys should not have to worry about your future. You can just live here peacefully. In the future, I will always find a future for you. All the children in the mansion are good children, and with An An here, when time passes a little longer... no one will mention these things anymore. You can do whatever you want, mother will follow you."
Wei Yuyou had not expected that the Third Madam had planned so well for her. Seeing the Third Madam nodding with a smile, she held Zhao Ge'er's hand and was speechless. (To be continued)