I'll tell you the secret and let's laugh together!

After receiving the news, Li Zhi hurried back home. As soon as he reached the door, he heard his wife say that she wanted to divorce him.

Although the two were married by their parents' arrangement, they developed real feelings for each other as they got along later. He liked his gentle and considerate wife very much.

"Mother, I will not divorce Mei Niang, and I will not marry someone else, so just give up on this idea!"

Seeing Li Zhi returning home, Wang felt guilty for a moment. She wanted to cut the Gordian knot while her son was in the government office and get rid of La Mei quickly. This way, no matter how much trouble her son made after returning home, it would be of no use.

I didn't expect that he would come back so quickly for the woman who didn't lay eggs.

He quickly calmed down and pretended to be angry, "She has not given birth to a baby boy yet. Could it be that she wants to cut off our family's incense? This is a serious sin under the seven grounds for divorce. You must divorce her even if you don't want to!"

Seeing Li Zhi, La Mei's eyes turned red. Li Zhi looked at his wife worriedly, first helped Butler Ning to sit on the chair, then knelt beside his wife and said:

"I will not abandon my wife and daughter for the sake of my future. If you insist on divorcing Mei Niang, I will resign immediately and will never step into the officialdom again in my life!"

"You, you bastard!" Wang was shocked, and the confident expression on her face disappeared. "Do you want to piss me off to death? If you don't divorce her, I will announce to the world that she is disrespectful to her mother-in-law, jealous, and incompetent at managing the household. Do you think this world can tolerate her?"

"You don't want to keep her, huh? If you're not afraid of her being tortured to death by me, then stay."

Mr. Li looked at his wife in surprise and wanted to say something but didn't open his mouth in the end. Li Zhi was so angry that his eyes went dark and he was barely able to steady himself with the help of La Mei.

Wang struck while the iron was hot, "Zhi'er, don't forget, this marriage was proposed by the wife of the Minister of Rites. If you refuse to accept it, our family and even your Yue family's helpless father and daughter may have to bear their wrath!"

Now Lamei also understood that Wang was using filial piety and power to oppress people. Li Zhi's face was full of struggle. He could disobey his mother and divorce his wife, but he could not ignore the life and death of his family and his wife and father-in-law.

He took off his official hat, knocked his head heavily on the ground, tears in his eyes, and said:

"Mother, please don't force me. I can't abandon Mei Niang. I will explain to the Minister myself."

Wang sneered, her already harsh look even more bitter, "Go ahead, if you dare to step out of the door, I will die right here!"

"Father-in-law, I am doing this for the sake of my son's future. I'm sure you can understand. If you think what I said is wrong, you can ask someone from Ning Mansion to speak up for you."

"Heh, but there are only a few young men left in the Ning Mansion to support the family, and there are also Ning family branches eyeing them covetously. I'm afraid they have no time to take care of you."

La Mei pulled her hand away from Li Zhi and looked at Butler Ning. Butler Ning was also looking at her. The old man, whose face was marked by the years, was full of tears. He could not protect his daughter!

She felt bad for causing her father to be humiliated along with herself. The father and daughter had never thought of asking the eldest son to seek justice. The young masters were in a difficult situation, and they absolutely could not make enemies for their masters.

"You are a worm in my stomach, so you can make decisions for me!"

Ning Zhiyi came in from outside the door. This matter would be best handled by a female member of the family, so Ning Zhiyi took the lead.

"Master, Miss." Unexpectedly, this incident still alarmed several people. Butler Ning and La Mei felt even more guilty.

Ning Yuanzhi: "Mr. Ning, it's okay. Although our Ning Mansion has fallen into decline, it is not to the point where it can be bullied by some random people."

Seeing the people coming from the Ning Mansion, Wang didn't dare to continue to be arrogant. Ning Zhiyi's mouth was clanging as if it was poisoned.

"Mrs. Li, did you just eat garlic? Why do your words smell so bad? You are quite good at laying eggs. After giving birth to three daughters, you finally laid an egg."

"Why not ask Madam Li to teach us some experience!"

After Wang married into the Li family, she gave birth to three daughters before giving birth to Li Zhi. However, her mother-in-law was a good person. Not only did she not blame her, she also advised the couple not to be anxious and to take it slow.

But when Wang became a mother-in-law, her actions were not even one-tenth of her mother-in-law's.

"this......"

"What? She's dumb, can't she even speak? Tanchun, go to the Minister of Rites' residence and inform him that I'm going to complain to the Queen and hold her accountable for taking advantage of her power to bully others, stealing someone else's husband, and disregarding the law!"

In the blink of an eye, this matter was brought to the attention of the Queen. Wang had never even met the Queen. She became completely panicked and looked to her husband for help.

Mr. Li didn't want to make this a big deal, so he said in a smooth talk, "Miss Ning, calm down. This is just our family affair. How can it be polluted by your Excellency?"

This statement was obviously intended to make a big deal out of a small matter, but Ning Zhiyi refused to do as he wished and instead exaggerated the matter.

"No, this matter is not just a family affair of your Li Mansion. Today, she, a mere wife of a minister, dared to use her power to oppress others. Who knows what evil things she will do in the future."

"If the families of high-ranking officials all act like this, then everyone will be in danger. If this continues, it will definitely endanger the country!"

"As the saying goes, a wife follows her husband's lead. The vice minister's wife is like this. The vice minister of the Ministry of Rites is also worthy of scrutiny. Your Majesty and the Empress should investigate thoroughly!"

Wang slumped in her chair, wondering how things had come to this. "Son, say something!"

Li Zhi smiled bitterly, "Ms. Ning is right, what can my son say?"

"My son no longer has the face to continue to serve as an official. I will go to my superiors to resign later."

"No, I can't." Wang covered her face and cried, "Master, please persuade your son."

Wang bullies the weak and fears the strong. Even though she acts unruly in front of Lamei and housekeeper Ning, she doesn't dare to be arrogant in front of Ning Zhiyi.

The housekeeper of the Li Mansion came over with a maid, who was the maid serving the wife of the Minister of Rites.