"Mrs. Li He!" Third Lord Li roared in a towering rage.
"You dirty - hearted and muddle - headed fool!"
He shook off the younger generation who were supporting him. His graying hair stood on end as he pointed at Mrs. Li's nose and shouted, "I've always thought about the fact that you've given birth to children for the Li family, so I intended to spare you some dignity. But who would have thought that you're such a traitorous fool! You can't tell right from wrong, can't distinguish between the close and the distant!"
"You're a daughter - in - law of the Li family, yet you're partial to outsiders. Usually, it's okay for you to use our family's money to subsidize your natal family. But now you even want to let your natal family's grandson inherit our family's lineage? You're daydreaming!"
"I'm telling you, even if the three sisters like Wanming are not the best, they still carry the Li surname and are the blood of our Li family! It'll never be the turn of an outsider to lord it over us!"
"Today, on behalf of Rusong's late father, I'll divorce you, this ignorant fool, and set the Li family's customs right! Someone, go get the writing brush and ink for me!"
A young member of the Li family nearby immediately responded and went into the house to fetch the writing tools.
Adopting an outsider was like cursing the entire Li family to extinction. How bullying!
A group of uncles and brothers were so angry that their faces turned red. Some elderly aunts even wanted to rush up and tear Mrs. Li apart!
Mrs. Li was shocked and angry. "What did you say? You want to divorce me? You... What right do you have to divorce me?"
"Because I'm the elder of the Li family! Because you're a traitor! Because you've violated the seven grounds for divorce with your gossiping and stealing!"
"I... When did I ever steal..."
An aunt beside her sneered, "If we weren't here today, you would have almost moved the entire Li family to your natal family. Isn't that stealing? Oops, I was wrong. It's not your natal family but your sister - in - law's family in your natal family!"
"Exactly. A distant relative. How can you adopt a heir from them? Do you really think all of us in the Li family are dead!"
Third Lord Li's face was ashen as he said firmly, "Even if I have to lay down my old bones here today, I'll clean up this muddle - headed fool for the Li family! Otherwise, your branch of the family will surely be ruined by her sooner or later!"
Mrs. Li looked at the angry faces of the Li family members and then at Li Rusong, who was sweating profusely and trying to put out the fire in a hurry. Finally, she realized that this matter might not be as simple as she thought.
She thought it was just about adopting a grandson for herself, but she forgot that this grandson would inherit the Li family's lineage.
Without the approval of the Li family elders, no one dared to put this child into the Li family genealogy.
Seeing Third Lord Li, who had already picked up the pen and was writing the divorce letter, she finally felt scared.
She was already old. If she was divorced at this time... How could she have the face to live in this world?
Mrs. Li's face was pale as she moved her lips and pointed at Mrs. He beside her. "It's... It's all her idea... She said that after adopting Bingwen, Bingwen would surely be filial to me..."
Mrs. He had been shrinking her neck like a quail, planning to find an opportunity to slip away. She never expected that the fire would suddenly turn and burn on her.
"I... I didn't..." Mrs. He said in panic.
"How could you not?"
Li Wanming added fuel to the fire on the side. "Grand - aunt, I've heard you say more than once that there are only three daughters in my father's branch of the family. Even if there's a fortune, it'll just end up in the hands of outsiders. It's better to adopt Bingwen. Then the family's properties and fields will end up in our own hands in the future..."
"Bullshit!"
Third Lord Li was so angry that he no longer cared about his self - restraint and used all the vulgar words he had learned from farming in the past.
"You're just spouting nonsense! Mrs. Sun He, you worship a different ancestor from ours. What kind of 'our own people' are you!"
Just then, Sun Miaoqing walked over with a piece of paper. "Grandma, the adoption document you asked me to write is done!"
She hadn't been in the main hall just now and didn't know how terrifying the situation was here.
According to Xiao Jingnan's plan, she first let Sun Bingwen expose this matter. Since he was a child, children don't lie. Then she would throw out the adoption document at the right time and force Li Rusong to sign on the spot...
It was a perfect plan!
Mrs. He wished she could rush up and tear her apart!
This woman coming over with the adoption document now was just pushing her into the fire pit!
Sure enough, Third Lord Li snatched the document and trembled with anger. "Good! You've even written the document? Do you think you can transfer all the Li family's property to the Sun family today?"
He turned to kneel in front of Princess Chengping with tears streaming down his face. "Your Highness, Minister Han, you must uphold justice for this old man!"
"The Li family has had a hard time. It took generations for the Li family to produce a promising person like Li Rusong. Just when things were starting to look up, there are people eyeing to devour our family..."
Princess Chengping's expression remained unchanged. "Minister Han, what's your opinion?"
Han He observed her expression and carefully replied, "According to the laws of our dynasty, matters related to clan rites should be reported to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites. But if someone wants to embezzle someone else's property, they should be reported to the Chief Magistrate of the Capital and the Ministry of Justice."
"Good! I'll take you to the yamen right away! We'll go to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Rites first, and then to the Chief Magistrate of the Capital and the Ministry of Justice!"
Third Lord Li stood up and grabbed Mrs. He's arm with an iron - like hand. "Let's go! We must clarify this matter today! I don't believe there's no law in our Great Sheng Dynasty!"
Mrs. He was so anxious that she was sweating all over and tried to shrink back desperately.
Originally, she thought Mrs. Li was easy to deceive and wanted to give it a try.
If it succeeded, it would be a great profit for the Sun family. If it failed, there would be no loss.
Who would have thought it would turn out like this?
How dare she go to the Ministry of Justice?
That was the place where all kinds of criminals were detained. Just the thought of it was terrifying!
A strong aunt from the Li family came over to grab her. "Let's go! We must go to see the official today!"
They, the proper daughters - in - law of the Li family, didn't even dare to covet Li Rusong's property, yet this woman from the Sun family was eyeing it?
It was simply outrageous!
The aunts were so angry that their noses were crooked!
"I'm not going..."
Mrs. He shrank back with her butt sticking out and refused to move forward no matter what. Her clothes and hairpin were already in a mess.
Sun Miaoqing was stunned. "What's going on? I thought it was about adoption. Why do we have to go to see the official?"
...
At a table beside, Cheng Liqing was sipping a glass of wine leisurely.
"Wife, do you think this show is interesting?"
"It's quite lively. Did you send someone to find Sun Miaoqing?"
Cheng Liqing smiled. "A drama should have a beginning, a development, a climax, and an ending... It should be well - connected and unexpected to be wonderful. Miss Sun has such a strong desire to perform. We should give her a chance to show off."
Li Wanming said, "My third grandfather is so old. How dare you use him like a knife?"
"The mountain doesn't need to be high as long as there's a dragon in it. The knife doesn't need to be new as long as it's useful."
Cheng Liqing emptied the wine in his glass and said, "Wife, let's go and have a look too. This grand drama should be coming to an end."