The Emperor's heart is won, she sits on the Phoenix Throne! The Divine Physician's Eldest

Seeing Meng Zhanting's exasperated expression, Song Siyao smiled calmly.

"Meng Zhanting, so the money your mother spends on medicine every month comes from my dowry?"

"What do you mean your dowry? When you marry into the General's Mansion, your dowry belongs to the General's Mansion! Otherwise, do you think I would have married you given how you were back then?"

Meng Zhanting spoke with disdain, his condescending manner as if he were bestowing a favor upon Song Siyao.

"Is that so? Meng Zhanting, you're not going to be living off me anymore. You'll have to spit out every single copper coin your General's Mansion took from me!" Song Siyao's eyes were as cold as ice.

"Song Siyao, you think you can take it all? Ha! I'll see how you make us spit it out today!"

Meng Zhanting was extremely arrogant; he was certain he had Song Siyao under his thumb.

Song Siyao's only relatives, the Song family, would never help her.

She's just an orphan, what has she to fear?

"Of course, it wasn't just her; I was there too!"

As Meng Zhanting's voice fell, a dignified and cold voice suddenly rang out.

He turned around and looked at him with surprise, "Minister Yan, what brings you here?"

"If I hadn't come, how would I have known that Deputy Commander Meng was so utterly depraved, oppressing the orphan of a hero!" Yan Bo'an was furious.

Meng Zhanting did not expect Yan Bo'an to suddenly appear and support Song Siyao.

He was unaware that Song Siyao had written a letter to Yan Bo'an, and assumed that the news of her and Song Yu'er being caught in adultery yesterday had reached Yan Bo'an's ears.

"Lord Yan, this is my family matter, it's none of your business, is it?"

"Of course it's my business. As the Minister of Revenue, matters concerning civil affairs fall under my jurisdiction."

Yan Bo'an, radiating righteousness, declared, "Meng Zhanting, your mother-in-law has only been gone for a month, and you and Miss Song the Second have only been married for three months. Yet you have already slept with Miss Song the Third, attempting to seize Miss Song the Second's dowry. Such heartlessness and ingratitude are outrageous. I hereby order Miss Song the Second to sever all ties with you!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Song Siyao with a guilty expression, "Niece, I'm late, I'm sorry you had to suffer."

Song Siyao stood up and bowed, "Uncle, you've come at just the right time."

"Fine, Song Siyao, you actually colluded with outsiders to plot against the General's Mansion! I'm divorcing you!" Meng Zhanting was furious. Even if he divorced Song Siyao, he could still get her dowry.

"Unfortunately, you have no chance!" Song Siyao glanced at Yu Xiang, who handed over the severance letter she had prepared beforehand.

Song Siyao handed the letter of severance to Yan Bo'an, "Uncle, please take a look and see if there are any problems?"

She wrote the letter of severance last night.

Yan Bo'an quickly glanced through it and said, "No problem. Sign and affix your seal. It will take effect immediately once I stamp it with my official seal."

He returned the letter of severance to Song Siyao, who then signed it.

"Bring the official seal!" Yan Bo'an ordered, and his attendant immediately handed over the official seal.

"No!"

At that moment, a roar came, and then the attendant handing over the official seal stumbled, and the seal fell to the ground.

The two old ladies immediately fell to the ground, tightly embracing the official seal in their arms.

She glared at Song Siyao and angrily questioned, "Song Siyao, what has Ting'er done to wrong you? Why are you breaking off all ties with him!"

If Song Siyao successfully breaks off relations with Meng Zhanting today, then Meng Zhanting's hopes of being promoted to commander will be dashed.

She would never allow such a thing to happen.

Song Siyao didn't even glance at the two old ladies, but instead asked Yan Bo'an, "Lord Yan, what is the punishment for intentionally damaging an official seal?"

"The lightest punishment is fifty strokes of the cane, the heaviest is death!" Yan Bo'an looked at the two old ladies with disgust. With such a domineering and ignorant mother-in-law, one can imagine how difficult Song Siyao's life was in the general's mansion.

"Please handle this officially, Lord Yan." Song Siyao showed no mercy to the two old ladies.

Upon hearing that she would be punished, the Second Madam was so frightened that she immediately scrambled to her feet and respectfully handed the official seal to Yan Bo'an. "Lord Yan, please forgive me. I was just in a moment of panic and wanted to keep Si Yao here. I did not mean to damage the official seal."

Yan Bo'an snorted coldly, "Stop making excuses! I saw it with my own eyes, and I won't tolerate your lies!"

He immediately ordered, "Men, take this woman away and give her fifty strokes of the cane!"

He already knew what the two old ladies had done to Song Siyao, and this was a good opportunity to punish her properly.

The second old lady looked terrified; she knew that fifty strokes of the cane would surely cost her her life.

She can't bear to be punished; she can't afford to lose face like that!

"Ting'er, save your mother!"

Meng Zhanting's face softened with anger. "Song Siyao, my mother is also your mother. How dare you be so unfilial! Today, I will teach you a lesson on behalf of my mother!"

He raised his hand to hit Song Siyao, but before his hand could touch her, Song Siyao slapped him across the face, knocking him to his knees.

“From now on, she is just your mother, not my mother!” Song Siyao’s voice was icy.

"Meng Zhanting, you dare to commit violence in front of me! You are extremely arrogant!" Yan Bo'an was so angry that his beard trembled.

Meng Zhanting didn't have time to think about how he couldn't beat Song Siyao. He knelt on the ground and pleaded with Yan Bo'an, "Lord Yan, my mother is really old. She definitely can't bear fifty strokes of the cane. I am willing to take the punishment in her place!"

"Out of consideration for your filial piety, I will allow you to take forty strokes of the cane in place of your mother," said Yan Bo'an.

"grown ups……"

"If you plead again, I will take back what I just said and make sure you receive fifty strokes of the cane, without missing a single one!" Yan Bo'an's voice was cold and stern.

He knew that the second lady could not withstand fifty strokes of the cane, and he did not want to cause a death. Ten strokes of the cane would be enough to dampen the second lady's spirit.

Making Meng Zhanting receive forty strokes of the cane would be a good way for Song Siyao to vent his anger.

Meng Zhanting clenched his fists tightly, but had no choice but to yield, "Thank you, sir!"

Soon, in front of Song Siyao, the two old ladies and Meng Zhanting were tied to a long bench. The long, thick board fell heavily on the two of them. The two old ladies screamed loudly, and Meng Zhanting gritted his teeth and endured the pain.

After ten strokes of the cane, the Second Madam fainted. Yan Bo'an ordered the servants of the General's Mansion to carry her back.

"Mother!" Meng Zhanting shouted, biting his lip until blood flowed from his mouth.

After being given forty strokes of the cane, Meng Zhanting lay on the ground, unable to get up.

"Meng Zhanting, today I, the official, hereby declare that Miss Song and you are severing all ties. Do you accept this?" Yan Bo'an asked.

Meng Zhanting's icy gaze fell on Song Siyao; he was unconvinced.

He realized that Yan Bo'an was here today to support Song Siyao.

If he disagrees, Yan Bo'an can send him to prison on the grounds that he is obstructing the government's handling of the case.

He couldn't keep Song Siyao in the mansion to continue tormenting her, but he believed there would always be a chance to get revenge.

He spoke slowly...