The Ace Bigshot Becomes A Farmgirl

Chapter 1894: Chapter 1894: Who Is the Adulterer

Ms. Pan expressed herself clearly, the timing matched, and even the reasons were very compelling.

Chen Bing listened, his veins popping, the pain from his wounds turning his face green. He raised his head, biting so hard that his gums bled, and asked word by word, ”Who is it? Who is that man—”

”The Pan Family’s butler,” Ms. Pan turned her head and said.

Eldest Pan was dumbfounded, the Pan Family’s... butler? Yes, the butler was hired after the family became prosperous, but he was a servant, wasn’t he? Was his sister crazy, bearing two children for a servant?

Not only him, but Chen He and Chen Qiu were also stunned. Although they weren’t Chen Bing’s sons, were they the sons of servants? Of lowly birth?

Chen He collapsed weakly to the ground, knowing only that he wasn’t Chen Bing’s son, but clueless about who his real father was. At this moment, it was like admitting and not admitting were both impossible, his heart as nauseous as if he’d swallowed a fly.

Suddenly, Chen Bing fell to the ground and laughed maniacally, his demeanor deranged, ”Whore, hahahaha, you whore.”

He remembered, some things finally made sense.

Why, after Ms. Pan gave birth to a daughter, the accounts at the general store were often wrong. Why she would often take her daughter to the prefecture, claiming she wanted to mend family ties with her mother.

Turns out she was meeting her lover. Turns out the accounts at the general store were unclear because she was spending the money on her lover.

If he hadn’t employed Guo Zheng as the accountant at the time, would Ms. Pan have given away the entire general store?

”You actually betrayed me, hahahaha, you debauched woman, may you die a horrible death!!”

Chen Bing’s shouting made Ms. Pan take two deep breaths.

She had already given up; she had said what should and shouldn’t be said, so there was nothing to fear anymore.

Ms. Pan turned her head, sneering coldly at Chen Bing, ”Die a horrible death? You abandoned your first wife just because she couldn’t have children, using despicable, despicable means. So why is it that you can’t have children but won’t admit it, yet won’t allow me to find someone else to have them? You can do it, but others can’t?”

”No way!!” Chen Bing shouted, his eyes red like they were about to bleed, ”I’m going to divorce you, divorce you!”

”Ha! I’m the one who’s going to separate from you; if anyone’s getting divorced, it’s me divorcing you, you useless man.”

With a ’puff’, Chen Bing was suddenly overwhelmed with anger, spurting out a mouthful of blood.

Ms. Pan was startled, fearing someone might die from anger in the courtroom, and questioning whether she would then be a murderer.

Qi Lie felt a bit regretful, as he had hoped to hear more of their quarrel to see if anything more explosive would emerge.

Since the argument was over, he let it be.

Qi Lie slammed the gavel, ”Enough, no shouting is allowed in the courtroom. I have heard clearly what Ms. Pan has said. Ms. Pan, are you aware that according to the Historical Legal System, having an affair is punishable by two years?”

Ms. Pan was stunned, this... she, she truly didn’t know.

Qi Lie was speechless; the Historical Legal System was relatively lenient. In the previous dynasty, any involvement of women in adultery would result in severe punishment.

Although the current system wasn’t as severe, in some villages, women caught in adultery would still face death by drowning in pig cages. In such cases, it was often overlooked by authorities when not reported by the public.

Now that Ms. Pan had exposed the crime of adultery in court, she could at least preserve her life.

”Of course, you can also request a reduction in sentence with a caning or flogging.”