in2ebook Chapter 338 Divorcing Wife in Place of Father
Chapter 338 Divorcing Wife in Place of Father
"I hate you all!" Ye Shi hissed, her twisted emotions, pent up for decades, bursting forth. "Why is it that your Ning family is born into luxury? Why is it that my Ye family has to starve to death in a ditch? How did my parents die? They starved to death!"
Ye trembled all over, but her eyes burned with a terrifying light. Every word she uttered was filled with blood and poison.
"And then there's my poor little brother... He was only eight when we got separated, and I didn't see him again for four years. He was twelve, but his body was still that of an eight-year-old, so thin he was just skin and bones, covered in wounds..."
Her voice suddenly dropped, as if a memory was choking her, then rose sharply again, sharp as a knife!
“From that day on, I swore that I would marry into the Ning family and become the wife of the Ning family! With money, I can buy a house and shops for my younger brother, so that he can marry and have children in style and live a life of wealth and luxury!”
Her gaze swept over every member of the Ning family, and a near-maniacal smile spread across her lips.
"But that's not enough... far from enough. I want to take everything the Ning family owns, leaving nothing behind, and turn it all into the Ye family's property! Money, assets, mansions... your Ning family bloodline is only fit to be dogs for the Ye family!"
She tilted her head back and laughed maniacally at her son: "So you don't deserve to have any children, and even if you do, they must be idiots! Idiots... Hahahaha... With me here, your Ning family will never have an heir..."
Qin finally broke down completely, wailing as she lunged forward, slapping Ye's face like a madwoman: "You vicious woman! You ruined my life... ruined my child! You're not human! You're a demon!"
Ning Dechang stood frozen in place, as if struck by lightning, his face drained of all color. He had struggled for half his life, gritting his teeth to pull his family back from the brink of collapse, all for the sake of his mother's approval—but in the end, in this "mother's" eyes, he was nothing more than a dog that could make money.
All that superficial "cultivation" and false "care" was nothing but ruthless scheming and exploitation. What he revered throughout his life was, in fact, a filthy lie at its core.
"The Ning family will always belong to the Ning family. Your Ye family is just a bunch of rats in the gutter, despicable rats. Even if you were given a mountain of gold and silver, you wouldn't be able to keep it, because you are rotten to the core!"
Ning Haochen stepped forward expressionlessly, holding a box in his hand. He emptied the contents of the box and spread them across the entire table.
"Please, elders of the clan, bear witness to this: these are the gambling debts and prostitution fees owed by Ye Jiashu and his two sons over the years, as well as the receipts for business losses, totaling eight million taels of silver, along with the properties and shops they have mortgaged!"
When Ye saw this, her teeth were clenched in fury, and her face was contorted in a terrifying grimace. This was all the wealth she had accumulated over decades!
"You, you, you little brat! You dare to scheme against our Ye family, you bastard born of a whore... you dare to scheme against our Ye family..."
Ning Haochen sneered: "The Ye family? What Ye family? A bunch of thieving rats, what are you, daring to call yourselves the Ye family?"
He waved his hand expressionlessly. Several servants dragged in three people—the leader being a short, stout old man, Ye Jiashu, Ye's younger brother, and behind him were his two sons.
"No, don't kill me... It's not my fault!" Ye Jiashu collapsed to the ground as soon as he entered the hall, kowtowing repeatedly!
"It's all her fault! She forced us to do this! It was her! It was all her idea!" He pointed frantically at Madam Ye, drenched in sweat.
"Yes, yes! She's the one who wants to seize the Ning family's assets... We were just following orders!"
Ye Jiashu's two sons also collapsed to the ground, too ashamed to look up in front of so many Ning family members.
On the contrary, when Ye saw her younger brother and two nephews, her emotions immediately softened: "Jiashu, Jiashu, don't be afraid! I'm here. They won't dare to do anything to you. They have no evidence. I've already destroyed all the evidence... Those IOUs are all forged. They were forged by the Ning family. We don't recognize them, so they can't do anything to you!"
After hearing what Ye Shi said, Ye Jiashu actually believed it: "Sister! They came to our house with IOUs to collect debts, kicked us all out, and even occupied our house."
"It's them...!"
Ye Jiashu's two sons were used to being arrogant and were about to stand up and argue with the Ning family when Ning Haochen kicked them to the ground.
Before they could even cry out in pain, Madam Ye erupted in fury: "Rebellion! Rebellion! You little beast, you dare kick them? I'll kill you! Dechang, what are you standing there for? Beat him! Beat this little beast hard... If you don't kill him today, I'm not done with you..."
A woman rushed out from the Ning family crowd, shielding Ning Haochen behind her with her small frame. This woman was none other than Ning Dechang's concubine, Ning Haochen's birth mother—Hui Niang!
It's always been like this! Whenever Ning Haochen resists even slightly, he gets brutally beaten by Old Madam Ye. Only Hui Niang dares to stand up and protect her son, otherwise, she would really be beaten to death by Ye.
But things are different now!
Ning Dechang stood in front of the mother and son, his cold gaze fixed on Old Madam Ye. He then raised his hand and slapped Old Madam Ye hard across the face.
Old Madam Ning's head was tilted to one side, her mouth full of blood, as she looked at her once most obedient son in disbelief!
"You, you, you dare hit me! Even if I'm wrong, I'm still your mother! How dare you disobey and be unfilial? You actually dared to hit your own mother for this prostitute and her child?!"
Slap! Slap! Two more slaps landed on Old Madam Ning's face, making her head buzz and nearly causing her to faint!
“These three slaps can’t make up for the suffering they’ve endured over the years. You know better than I how many beatings they’ve suffered. In the past, I naively thought that you would treat them kindly because Haochen is your grandson. I was so naive. It turns out that in your heart, even I am just a dog, so what are Haochen and the others?”
Ning Dechang's face was filled with grief, indignation, and determination: "Since you are so protective of your Ye family, I will grant your wish. Today, in front of all the elders of the clan, I will divorce you on behalf of my father. From now on, you are no longer the matriarch of the Ning family, but a daughter of the Ye family. Let the government judge the crimes you have committed!"
Under the watchful eyes of all the clan elders, Ning Dechang, on behalf of his father, wrote the letter of divorce.
Ye was immediately removed from the Ning family genealogy and handed over to the authorities on charges of murdering the matriarch, harming offspring, and stealing family property.
The lives she has taken are waiting for her to pay for; to let her die like this would be too easy for her.
Ye's younger brother's family, whom she had painstakingly supported for decades, were expelled from the mansion, and all the property she had embezzled was returned to the Ning family. Even Ning Haokun, whom Ye had personally raised, was sent back to the Ye family.
Their property was confiscated, but the debts they owed will never be paid off, not even in several lifetimes!
In court, Ye Jiashu shifted all the blame onto his sister. At the last moment, Ye Shi silently lowered her head, taking all the blame upon herself.
Overnight, the Ye family plummeted from their stolen wealth to become beggars on the streets.
No one cared about Ye's life or death anymore.
Ning Dechang seemed to have aged ten years overnight. He dared not face Qin Shi, and looking at his mentally challenged eldest son, he was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.
The Ning family will begin a difficult process of healing and rebuilding from this decades-long conspiracy.
After this incident, the Ning family completely sided with Crown Prince Yunqing. Ning Dechang donated half of his family fortune to fund the military, both to atone for his sins and to find a new patron for the Ning family.
Ning Huiying finally sees the light of day again, and she is going to find her long-lost younger brother and sister! Regardless of whether they are alive or dead, she wants them to have a place to belong and no longer wander.