Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 428

Shen Lingxia fell silent.

Wen's heart was in her throat. She felt a tightness in her chest, and the anger that had just subsided resurfaced.

She vowed that if Shen Lingxia dared to say another word that she still couldn't let go of Yin Bohong and still wanted to be a slave to the Yin family, she would immediately take a big broom and kick this stupid daughter out of the house, and never care about Shen Lingxia's life or death again!

Shen Lingxia clenched her teeth tightly, and after a long while, she managed to squeeze out a sentence through her teeth.

"I want a divorce from Yin Bohong!"

She truly used all her determination and courage to make this decision.

She truly loved Yin Bohong. Her years of infatuation and affection had become a habit etched into her very bones, something she couldn't simply give up.

But now that she knows the whole truth, she can no longer allow herself to be mired in the quagmire of the Yin family.

Even if it's etched into her very bones, she still has to undergo painful treatment.

It was like cutting away a piece of rotten, pus-filled scabies that was already life-threatening; no matter how painful it was, she had to make this ruthless decision.

"it is good!"

Shen Jingyang clapped his hands heavily.

"They should have divorced long ago! Divorcing a husband like that would be letting him off easy!"

Wen snorted: "At least you're not completely stupid."

Shen Wei immediately made the decision: "Since Lingxia has brought it up, let's go to the Yin family tomorrow to discuss a divorce! Anyway, Lingxia didn't have any children with them, she's innocent, and she doesn't want anything from the Yin family. She can just leave, a divorce is the simplest thing!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Lingjun frowned slightly and shook his head.

“Although Second Sister doesn’t have children, a divorce might not be so easy. You all know the Yin family. With the Yin family’s traditions, they absolutely do not allow divorced women. They will definitely divorce Second Sister.”

If the husband's family divorces his wife, then it is entirely the woman's fault, and the husband's family stands on the side of right and superiority, without having to face the slightest questioning or condemnation.

However, while divorce is said to mean a peaceful separation, it is well known that such cases are extremely rare.

It's often the man who makes a serious mistake, and the woman simply can't tolerate it anymore, which leads to divorce. Basically, it can be seen as the woman dumping the man.

The Yin family has an extremely rigid and outdated tradition of male superiority. Over the generations, there have been instances of wives divorcing each other, but never of them getting a divorce.

For them, this was a very undignified thing to do, and it would bring shame to the Yin family.

Shen Wei sneered, "They're a den of snakes and rats, not a single one of them is good. They try to talk about family traditions like those big families, but what kind of family traditions do they have! ...Why can they divorce Lingxia? Because of the seven grounds for divorce—childlessness? Don't they even know why Lingxia hasn't had a child for eight years!"

Wen agreed, "That's right. We'll expose Yin Bohong's affair and see who's right and who's wrong."

At this point, she had put aside her resentment towards Shen Lingxia and was wholeheartedly trying to come up with a solution for Shen Lingxia.

However, this time it was Shen Lingxia who shook her head.

She whispered, "Father, Mother, I'm afraid it really won't work... Based on my understanding of the Yin family, they will definitely just put all the blame on me, saying that I'm too useless and can't win my husband's favor. Otherwise, why would Yin Bohong favor his mistress?"

One sentence left Shen Wei and Wen Shi speechless.

Indeed, that's just how the world is.

If a husband favors his concubine over his wife, it's because the wife hasn't performed well enough. Who told you, as the legal wife, to fail to hold onto your husband's heart? How can you blame him for favoring someone else?

Given the patriarchal nature of the Yin family, one can only imagine how they would relentlessly smear Shen Lingxia.

They would definitely portray Shen Lingxia in the worst possible light, and might even slander her by saying she has some kind of illness or disease. That's why Yin Bohong hasn't touched her even once in nearly nine years of marriage. Otherwise, what normal man would act like that?

Even if they are in the right, they won't be able to clarify the situation.

There was once a family in Kyoto where the husband was always out having fun and neglecting his wife. When the wife's family came to support their daughter, the husband actually argued that his wife was a barren woman and he couldn't touch her at all.

The wife, suffering a tremendous injustice and unable to publicly undergo a medical examination to prove she wasn't impotent, committed suicide by striking her head against a pillar in a fit of grief and anger to prove her innocence. However, the husband insisted that his wife had committed suicide out of unbearable shame, relying on the fact that her family wouldn't send her body for a medical examination, thus preventing the lie from being exposed.

In the end, all the wrangling and arguing just fizzled out. His wife died in vain, and the man remarried and continued living his life as before, without much impact on his reputation.

This bloody example before them forced Shen Wei and the Wen family to be wary.

The Yin family is absolutely capable of doing such a thing, and may even go beyond that.

They absolutely cannot allow Yin Bohong to have the opportunity to slander Shen Lingxia, not even to utter a single word!

Shen Jingyang frowned and said, "Divorce is not an option, so what about widowhood? Isn't that what Ling Jun did?"

Shen Lingjun smiled bitterly: "I have Yao'er as my son, and the Qin family is a small family. Once we get rid of those few people, we can take over the Yongning Marquis's mansion, which is why I, as a widow, can live so comfortably. But the Yin family is such a large family. It's not something that can be resolved by losing a husband. It would require the extermination of the entire clan."

Everyone thought so.

Without Yin Bohong, Shen Lingxia, a lonely widow, couldn't live a good life in the strict and rigid Yin family.

It's obviously unrealistic to kill all of the Yin family members.

Ms. Wen sighed, "Then let's go back to divorce. I refuse to believe I can't think of a solution..."

Shen Wei said angrily, "Since they've already done such a shameless thing, then we don't need to think about bringing up divorce openly anymore. We'll go and use underhanded tactics! I'll go and catch that bastard Yin Bohong. If he refuses to divorce, I'll make sure he's childless and lineless. I don't believe the Yin family will dare to disagree!"

Shen Lingjun laughed.

“We should indeed use some means to threaten the Yin family into a divorce, but what Father said is unnecessary. We should already have a ready-made handle on Yin Bohong’s side.”