Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1235 - 1241: I Want a Divorce with You (4)

Chapter 1235: Chapter 1241: I Want a Divorce with You (4)

Cui Lu and Cui Wen, along with Cui Ping and Cui Lan, plus the deceased Nanny Xie, were all part of Xiang Yun’s dowry. Originally, these two girls were very afraid of Mo Zili, but because Mo Zili had ordered the beating to death of Nanny Xie, the two girls were moved by shared sentiment and became filled with grief and anger. They didn’t even spare Mo Zili a glance, agreed with a word, and were about to walk away.

"Stop right there!"

Mo Zili stepped forward, saying urgently, "Wu Xiangyun, who gave you permission to leave? As the saying goes, ’A wife follows her husband,’ you are my wife, Mo Zili, and without my permission, you can’t go anywhere!"

Xiang Yun lifted her head, her pale face streaked with deep hatred. She stared into Mo Zili’s eyes and said solemnly, "Mo Zili, I am no longer your wife. I want to divorce you!"

"Nonsense!"

Mo Zili roared sternly, "You want to divorce me over a servant? Do people like us even have divorces? Even if I agreed to it, would your parents, your brothers and sisters agree?"

In the house, Old Lady Zhang was eavesdropping through the window and, hearing Xiang Yun’s request for a divorce, she immediately hurried back beside the couch and whispered, "Girl, Young Madam wants to divorce the Young Master!"

Du Wanqing said with immense surprise, "What did he say? Did he agree?"

The maid shook her head, "The old servant didn’t see?"

Du Wanqing said in a low voice, "Then go quickly and see. Come back and tell me the result when you’re done."

"Yes!" Old Lady Zhang scurried off to eavesdrop again.

Du Wanqing lay on the couch, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, showing a smug smile on her face.

Since Mo Zili had already taken a liking to Wu Xiangyun, and even knowing that it was Wu Xiangyun who "caused the loss of" their children, still refused to break with her, then she had no choice but to turn Wu Xiangyun against him. She had been fretting over how to stir up trouble with Wu Xiangyun, and conveniently she spied Wu Xiangyun’s wet nurse sneaking around the door, keeping watch on them. How could she miss this excellent opportunity? She immediately complained to the men that the reason the young madam pushed her was all because of this maid’s instigation. This maid, as the young madam’s wet nurse, not only failed to stop the young madam from making a mistake but encouraged and abetted her, causing the death of their unborn children!

Mo Zili was already displeased about the earlier issues with Nanny Xie cursing in public and the incidents where she had argued in favor of Xiang Yun against him. Hearing the instigations, he immediately ordered Nanny Xie to be caught and to be beaten with fifty sticks as a warning to others.

And she, taking advantage of the situation, covertly instructed Old Lady Zhang to go outside and tell Nongyu to make the little boy’s beating harsher. If they managed to kill the maid, she would reward each person with one hundred taels of silver, and if left crippled, fifty taels.

Both little boys were greedy for money. Hearing there was silver to be earned, they didn’t care about consequences, flexing their arms and beating viciously. Not even reaching thirty strikes, they had beaten Nanny Xie until her tendons and bones were broken, flesh torn and flying. Before the fifty were up, they had beaten her to death!

With Nanny Xie dead, Wu Xiangyun, that foolish woman, naturally wouldn’t forgive Mo Zili, and any chance of reconciliation between the two was now impossible.

And her, having miscarried her children because of Wu Xiangyun, her man would have some pity for her. In time, she could find a way to first heal her own face, then have another child, and work to win the favor of Grandmother and Mo Zili’s mother, climbing step by step to the position of Young Madam.

As for Wu Xiangyun, since the man had already taken an interest in her, she could not be allowed to stay. It’s a pity that she currently had no one at her disposal, it seems she would have to find a way to get Wang Cai back. That slave, although greedy, was at least greatly so, and as long as there was silver involved, he would dare to do anything.

Thus, Du Wanqing’s eyes turned as she pondered her next moves.

Outside, Xiang Yun was tidying up Nanny Xie’s disheveled hair, looking at Nanny Xie’s face tenderly and said, "She is not a servant, she never was. She is my wet nurse, more caring to me than even my own mother..."