The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 317 Bullying goes too far

Tao Ziyi shuddered and hurriedly covered her abdomen with her sleeves. Just as she was about to say something, Shen, who had been suppressing her anger for a long time, slammed the table and shouted:

"Shi Mingzhen, what are you crazy about? Quickly release Yunxiao and Yunxing, and get your people out of the backyard. Do they dare to set foot here?"

Shi Mingzhen smiled gently: "Madam, don't be angry. We can discuss it in a good way. Am I not discussing this with the Tao family? The Tao family has their demands, but they also have to listen to mine, right?

Ziyi and I are married, and if we don't make things clear when we divorce, Ziyi will blame me for tarnishing her reputation in the future."

Shen was already worried about the portraits hidden in Shi Mingzhen's study, and her son's attitude only added fuel to her anger. She had no time to save face for her son and sneered:

"As long as I am still alive and your father is still alive, I will not allow you to make decisions in this family, and I will not allow you to disobey me!"

Disobeying parents is considered unfilial. If reported to the government, the person's future prospects will be ruined and he may even have to eat the emperor's food for a few more years.

Shi Mingzhen said nonchalantly, "Madam, calm down. If you can't calm down, your son will go to the government office and make it happen. Your son will never dare to disobey. Isn't this what we are discussing with the Tao family? Otherwise, we can each take a step back. I don't want to return the betrothal gift. Second uncle, can you persuade Ziyi to tear up the divorce agreement so that our family of five can live well?"

Tao Ziyi's face turned pale and she quickly shook her head at Uncle Tao.

She couldn't stand being with Shi Mingzhen in the first place, and after a few days of quiet time, she felt that the air without Shi Mingzhen was sweeter.

I have never felt so free.

For example, if a bird is locked in a cage for its entire life, it can endure depression or longing for its entire life.

If you let it go, allowing it to experience the vastness of the sky and enjoy the pleasure of flapping its wings freely, how could it be willing to go back to the cage and be locked up for the rest of its life?

If she returned to the Shi family and continued to be the third grandmother of the Shi family, Tao Ziyi felt that she might die of depression in a few years.

Uncle Tao hesitated for a moment and was indeed moved.

After all, my niece and Shi Mingzhen already have three children, and one is in the womb and has not yet been born. How can they let the child be without a father before he is born?

If it gets out, it won't sound good.

But when he saw his niece's pitiful look, his softened expression hardened again: "Don't mention how much grievances Ziyi has suffered in the Shi family. It will hurt feelings and dignity if you talk about it. For the sake of the children's future, we must divorce and the children must change their surnames.

We did as we had agreed before. After three generations, the male descendants would change their surname back to Shi. Our Tao family agreed.

Since you want to take a step back, we can take a step back. The betrothal gifts will be returned tomorrow, and our Tao family will sell everything we have to get all the betrothal gifts back!"

Shen was in a great pain and decided, "The betrothal gift does not need to be returned. Ziyi has given birth to our Shi family's children, taken care of the house, and respected the elders. If the betrothal gift is returned and spread out, it will tarnish her reputation. Shi Mingzhen, if you are a man, just let go without hesitation and don't drag your feet and make everyone look down on you!"

Shi Mingzhen chuckled and said, "If I wasn't a man, how could Ziyi's belly be so swollen? Madam, don't say anything careless. Although you and Ziyi have divorced, she was your daughter-in-law after all. Don't humiliate her."

After that, he bowed to Uncle Tao and said, "Uncle, divorce is not uncommon, whether it is among nobles or common people, but divorce in which the woman takes the child away is rare.

Since the founding of the Daxing Dynasty, I have never heard of such a strange talk. Second uncle, please think twice, will this move also harm the reputation of your daughter? "

Tao Ziyi couldn't bear it any longer when he pressed her words and made fun of her reputation and the Tao family's reputation. She stood up suddenly, rushed to Shi Mingzhen, and slapped him in the face:

"Shi Mingzhen, if you push me again, don't blame me for exposing your dirty deeds!"

Shi Mingzhen could have dodged it, but he stopped when he raised his hand in the air and let her slap him once. When Tao Ziyi slapped him a second time, he grabbed her wrist and exerted force, and she sat on his lap.

Everyone:"……"

The men covered their faces and turned their heads away.

Uncle Tao coughed violently.

Shi Yao and the others widened their eyes and stared at the two of them intently.

Tao Ziyi blushed, became angry and struggled, "Shi Mingzhen, let me go! We are divorced!"

Shi Mingzhen supported her waist and waited until she stood firmly before letting go. He coaxed her in a gentle voice, "Ziyi, don't be upset. I'm just afraid that you'll get angry and hurt Song Ge'er or yourself.

No matter what, you have to think about Song Ge'er, right? You don't want Song Ge'er to be born with an unknown father, right?

Ziyi, we are parents, we are adults, now that the child is here, we should consider their reputation. How about this, you stay at Shi's house temporarily, I will move out, and when Song Ge'er is born, we will discuss the divorce?"

Tao Ziyi was so scared that she hid between Third Madam Rong and Le Anning, and asked tearfully, "Shi Mingzhen, do you really want to make such a scene? We are divorced, we are no longer husband and wife, do you understand what this means? I can't live in the Shi family!"

Shi Mingzhen said in a gentle voice: "I am just thinking about Song Ge'er's reputation."

Tao Ziyi was about to collapse, tears falling, clenching her hands and shouting, "I don't want him, I don't want him anymore, okay? Why do you have to hold on to me and my children?

You can marry again in the future, and take as many concubines as you want. They can give birth to eight or ten sons for you, and you can have as many as you want. Why do you have to force me?"

Shi Mingzhen's face instantly sank and became cold as ice.

Tao Ziyi's heart skipped a beat and she immediately shut up.

Shi Mingzhen relaxed his expression and said, "Ziyi, don't say such things. Song Ge'er will be sad. He can hear it."

He kept calling Tao Ziyi Songger, which made her recall the time with her three sons. The more vivid the memory was, the more she couldn't let go of the child.

She leaned on Le Anning's shoulder and burst into tears.

Rong patted her hands and wanted to help persuade her, but she was afraid that she would not be able to do it well and would be hated by both sides, so it was better to say nothing.

Shi Yao felt sad.

She couldn't think of any way to end this situation.

Uncle Tao sighed again and again.

Shen glared at her son.

Shi Mingzhen was still sipping tea, his expression unchanged and as gentle as the breeze.

The troops of both sides are still in confrontation.

After a while, Shen was afraid that Tao Ziyi would be so upset that she would hit the fetus in her belly, so she lowered her head and advised softly:

"Ziyi, crying is not good for the child. I am sorry for you for not teaching this beast well. Today, I will make the decision for you. Someone, go to the outer courtyard and tell them to call the soldiers I brought back from the border!"

The maid stood up from behind her and said with a fist: "I obey your command!"

Just as she was about to leave, Tao Ziyi said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, Madam, for making the decision for me. I have decided. I will go to the ancestral temple to accompany the eldest Madam until Song Ge'er is born.

By then, I will definitely leave the Shi family. As for the children, Madam, I will take as many as I can. I just want to... never see him again in this life!"

After she finished speaking, she walked out with tears on her face.

Le Anning and Shi Yao hurriedly followed, one on the left and one on the right.

Shi Mingzhen finally changed his expression and stood up suddenly. As soon as he moved his feet, Shen drew the sword of the maid in front of him, held it horizontally in front of him, and said coldly:

"Stop right there! Are you satisfied with this?"