Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Song Jing sat upright, and after hearing what Wen Xian said, he said, "If our two families part ways now, we can still meet in the future. If we go to court, it will be embarrassing. It's better for Lord Wen to think carefully about how to deal with it."

Song Wanning sat beside Song Jing and felt warm in her heart.

Seeing that Song Jing had made up his mind, Wen Xian didn't know what to say. He just sighed and said, "It's our family that has let Wan Ning down. If we can go our separate ways from now on, it can be considered as making amends."

Song Wanning wore her hair in a bun today, with a simple jade hairpin on her head. Her face was not made up, but she looked cool and charming, and even the purple dress had lost its color.

Wen Tingbai sat at the other end, staring straight at Song Wanning. Only now did he realize that Song Wanning was much more beautiful than Cui Xiaoxiao. He just didn't know why he only loved Cui Xiaoxiao and didn't pay enough attention to Song Wanning.

Gradually, resentment began to flow from Wen Tingbo's eyes.

He had only neglected Song Wanning and shown more favor to others. Song Wanning had been married to him for three years, but she was so heartless and ungrateful that she wanted to divorce him. She was unwilling to give him a chance to be good to her and unwilling to let him correct his mistakes. In this case, don't blame him for being ruthless.

When Wen Tingbai thought of this, he moved his gaze to Song Jing on the other side and said slowly, "Father-in-law, your son-in-law has something to say."

Song Jing frowned and said calmly, "What do you want to say?"

"Three months ago, my concubine opened a rouge shop in the capital, but lost money due to poor management." Wen Tingbai moved his eyes to Song Wanning and sneered, "As my wife, Wanning didn't help to clean up the business, but she lent me money at interest to make up for the loss. She secretly bought the shop and started running it again, and now I'm afraid she has made a lot of money. It shows that Wanning has never regarded me as her own."

Wen Tingbai said this, glaring at Song Wanning with gritted teeth, "Now that they want to divorce, I'm afraid they have planned it all along. My Zhongping Marquis Mansion has never made any mistakes, so why should we be trampled into the mud by your Song Mansion?"

Song Lan sat beside Song Jing, looking at the smug Wen Tingbai, and said, "Do you have any evidence to prove what you said? If you accuse my sister out of thin air, we won't admit it."

Song Wanning didn't expect that Wen Tingbo actually knew from somewhere else that she had taken over the rouge shop. She has always been cautious in doing things, and she wore a veil when she went to the shop. She couldn't figure out what went wrong for a moment.

"The shopkeeper Liu was blamed by Wan Ning for a small mistake, so he followed Wan Ning out of anger and saw her enter the Song Mansion." Wen Tingbai's eyes showed a hint of pride, "Wan Ning, did you think no one noticed you left with your veil on?"

Wen Tingbai took out a petition from his sleeve and presented it to everyone, "This is the petition written by the Liu family themselves, signed and sealed, there is no way to deny it."

"This..." Wen Xian and Madam Wang looked at each other, their faces not looking good. Madam Wang looked at Song Jing and said, "My dear, my Tingbai is wrong, but Wan Ning did such a ruthless thing when she was at my house. We must give an explanation to the Marquis' Mansion."

"Madam, I'm afraid you're wrong." Song Wanning looked at Madam Wang and said frankly, "Wen Tingbai favored his concubine over his wife, and allowed his concubines and housekeepers to squander the family property, which led to disaster. Seeing that he had dug a huge hole that could not be filled, and the Marquis's Mansion was unwilling to pay money from the public, Wen Tingbai actually set his mind on my dowry. I am willing to lend him money to deal with the shop, which is already a special favor. I lent him three thousand taels and only charged him a few hundred taels in interest. Madam, you might as well go out and ask around. Where can you borrow so much money with such a small interest?"

"I don't care. You're breaking the law by lending money at interest." Wen Tingbai was now insane, gritting his teeth and saying, "Either we go to court and get a divorce, and you go to jail for lending money at interest. Or we don't get a divorce, and we live a good life from now on."

Song Wanning's eyebrows jumped. She didn't expect Wen Tingbo to set a trap for her here. No wonder she gritted her teeth and agreed to the loan when she mentioned it. It turned out that he was waiting for her here.

Nowadays, there are many merchants in the capital who lend money at interest, but they all do it privately, and no one brings it to the surface. The officials of the court also turn a blind eye, making Song Wanning think that this matter is no big deal. Song Wanning is fine now, but if the Marquis's Mansion contacts her to kill her, I'm afraid it will be difficult to escape.

Now the loan contract is in two copies, and one copy is with Wen Tingbo, so the evidence is indeed in his hands.

Song Jing looked unpredictable, looked at Wen Tingbai, and said bluntly, "If this matter is over, my family can give up the three thousand taels of silver, and just regard it as a loss to avoid disaster."

Song Wanning felt pained when she heard Song Jing's words, but she also knew that this was the only way to do it now. After the divorce, she would definitely find another way to get the money back.

Mrs. Wang knew that she was in the wrong and did not want to offend the Song family anymore, so she just said, "Tingbai is just joking because he is angry. How could he possibly go to court? Since my in-laws have said that they are willing to give three thousand taels to my family, let's just let it go. I will ask someone to write the divorce agreement right away."

Song Wanning had never expected that Mrs. Wang would be so shameless that she would embezzle the three thousand taels of dowry. It was all because the Marquis' Mansion was a paper tiger, strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and they really couldn't come up with the three thousand taels of silver to make up for it.

Wen Xian also felt ashamed. He glanced at his son Wen Tingbai angrily but said nothing else.

"No, Song Wanning is so heartless and ungrateful, I will not divorce her." Wen Tingbai looked angry, clenched his fists, and walked straight towards Song Wanning, "Wanning, there are people everywhere in the Marquis' Mansion now, do you really want to go this far with me?"

Song Lan was immediately displeased. He stood up and pushed Wen Tingbai, then stood in front of Song Wanning and said with a dark face, "Wen Tingbai, what do you mean by this? Are you going to break up with my family?"

"That's right." Wen Tingbai was now extremely angry and was unwilling to let Song Wanning go. "Now I have her handle in my hand. You can decide how to choose me. If you insist on a divorce, I will use all means to send her to jail."

"You..." Song Lan looked unhappy, staring at the crazy Wen Tingbai, "Do you really want to do this?"

"If the Zhongping Marquis's Mansion really wants to do this, our Song Mansion is not afraid." Song Jing was not someone who could be bullied. He stood up and said, "Wen Tingbai wants to send my daughter to jail, but he doesn't know if he has the ability to do so."

Just when the situation was tense, the servant outside could be heard running in hurriedly and saying to Wen Xian who was sitting on the upper seat, "Master, Prime Minister Yin is here and is about to come in."