novelhk Chapter 650 Begging in the Rain
Chapter 650 Begging in the Rain
She didn't want her people to betray her over money.
As for other aspects, they are difficult to guard against at the moment. We'll just take it one step at a time and muddle through life.
As for whether these people will secretly pass messages to the government in the future, she really can't guarantee it, and she doesn't care.
Moreover, this was a loophole she deliberately left, intentionally allowing the emperor to see her "full view" with just a peek, so that he would feel at ease.
If the emperor no longer trusts her in the future, it only means that people's hearts have changed, and she should withdraw her loyalty.
After all, it's easy to find a pretext to falsely accuse someone; if you dislike someone or want to eliminate them, you can always find a way.
The newcomers, who had only been there a few days, were somewhat unaccustomed to Shen Ruyi's tendency to give out money so readily.
However, seeing that others had taken them, they happily took them too.
No wonder so many people loved to work with the King of the East Sea; he's really willing to spend money on that.
At the same time, Shen Ruyi had Yuan Gun Gun's father send another 20 taels of silver notes to the Emperor.
After all, the emperor had rewarded her with such an outstanding expert, so she had to show her appreciation.
Anyway, her habit has always been to start spending money whenever she's happy or excited.
It doesn't matter who you flatter, flattering the emperor is always better than flattering a horse.
The next morning, Ni Minghui knelt in the pouring rain at the entrance of the guest house, begging Shen Ruyi to uphold justice for her.
Shen Ruyi had just finished practicing two sets of boxing techniques and was about to have breakfast when she heard this news.
Looking at the heavy rain outside, I felt utterly helpless.
I thought to myself, "Art truly originates from life but transcends it." Is she about to stage a scene from a play here?
Xihe came over and asked, "Should I see her or not? I told you, she has a story to tell."
"I'll see, but let her go back and change into some dry clothes before coming over, so she doesn't catch a cold."
I don't need her to show sincerity. As long as what she says is true, I'll take care of it.
We managed to grab breakfast while we had some free time. It's raining so hard, and we have nothing else to do anyway, so there's no rush.
"it is good."
The story is so clichéd it's sickening, yet this extremely vulgar thing keeps repeating itself everywhere.
Ni Minghui's husband, Li Xiangzhang, after passing the imperial examination with the third-highest rank, was captured by the Princess of Zhaoyun County under the pretense of being single, and then his wife was demoted to a concubine.
Ni Minghui tearfully said, "My lord, I can accept that he has changed his mind. After all, people's hearts are fickle. He wants to move up in the world, and I accept that."
Who told me that my father passed away and I was all alone, with no one to stand up for me?
I can't offer him any help, but what I can't accept is being demoted from wife to concubine.
I begged him for a long time, hoping he would spare my life, but he just wouldn't listen and told me to give up on him.
He even said that I am his person whether I live or die, and that even if I die, I will die in his Li family.
But his new wife is hunting me and my son down everywhere; they're leaving us no way out.
Shen Ruyi asked, "What do you want? Just a divorce? Or do you want them both to pay the price for it?"
Ni Minghui had originally planned to quit while she was ahead, but after hearing Shen Ruyi's tone, she suddenly decided to take a gamble.
He mustered his courage and tentatively asked, "If possible, I'd like them to pay the price, is that alright?"
Shen Ruyi raised an eyebrow and asked, "What if he loses his academic title and is never employed again? Would you accept that? Are you sure you won't regret it?"
Upon hearing this, Ni Minghui immediately knelt on the ground, prostrating herself in a passionate plea: "Your Excellency, I have no regrets."
You may not know, but Li Xiangzhang was originally someone who was swept down from upstream during a flood.
His entire family had died, and he was the only survivor. He lay on the road like a beggar.
He was 8 years old at the time, and the girl was 6 years old. The girl was on her way back from offering incense with her mother.
Because he was young and kind-hearted, and seeing his pitiful state, she begged the woman's mother to take him home.
He was extremely thin at that time and it took him many days to recover.
Later, he became a servant in the woman's household. Although he was called a servant, he was too young to do anything at the time.
The girl's father was a teacher at Yunwang Academy. Later, he accidentally discovered that she had a talent for studying, so he took the initiative to free her from slavery.
We let him go to school with the commoner's father. Everything he has today is thanks to my parents' hard work and effort.
Truly, my lord, I could accept his change of heart, but I never imagined he would be so ruthless.
He took the initiative to propose to the commoner girl. She didn't need him; several of my fellow disciples had also proposed to my father at the time.
But the young woman was blind at the time, and out of consideration for their childhood friendship, her father asked her to accept his marriage proposal.
Before she could even rejoice at the news that her husband had achieved the third-highest rank in the imperial examinations, she heard all sorts of rumors that he had married someone else in the capital.
At that time, the girl was five months pregnant, and her father had just passed away unexpectedly. Whether I believed it or not, I had no choice but to think about it.
I could only wait and wait, but I never received any news from him. By then, I was more than seven months pregnant, and he seemed to have vanished.
My other senior brothers, fearing I might do something rash, also kept the news from me, and I foolishly waited and hoped for another month.
As a result, I received news of being demoted from wife to concubine and was subsequently hunted down. These two events arrived almost simultaneously, and I began my escape while heavily pregnant.
Many times I almost died on the road, but I didn't give up. How could my beloved Li Lang, who promised to grow old with me, have changed?
After overcoming countless hardships, I finally arrived in the capital. I just wanted to get to the bottom of this and understand why he treated me this way.
As a result, the woman saw him supporting his heavily pregnant new wife while they strolled through the streets.
He pulled me away before I could question him. I asked him why he did this? Why was he chasing me?
He said he wasn't after me, that he had no choice but to do it, and that he couldn't survive in the vast capital city without any help.
Therefore, he needed to marry a woman from a powerful family, as this was his only chance to rise to the top.
He told me to obey him and said that as long as I behaved, he would support me for life.
I never imagined that the vows and affections of my youth would fade so easily.
When I saw that he had become someone I didn't recognize, I asked for a divorce. There is no such thing as a concubine for a daughter of the Ni family.
I am my parents' only child, and I was raised with the utmost care and love.
There was absolutely no way he would let me be his concubine, but he said I was ungrateful and that no one would want someone like me if I left.
I can give up everything my family has invested in him; all I want is a divorce agreement.
But he wouldn't even give me this. He felt I was ungrateful and challenged his authority.
As she spoke, she gave me a hard shove, and I fell to the ground and went into premature labor, bleeding profusely.
He didn't care at all that I was about to give birth, and I completely gave up the moment I collapsed to the ground.