funbook-pk Chapter 161 Reversing the Heavenly Gang, truly reversing the Heavenly Gang!
Chapter 161 Reversing the Heavenly Gang, truly reversing the Heavenly Gang!
"You wretched child! Who gave you permission to divorce on your own? A woman should be faithful to her husband until death. Divorce? It's a disgrace to the family and a disgrace to the household!" Zhao Wenyan's first words to Zhao Yining were insults.
“Father.” Zhao Yining’s face turned deathly pale.
"You still know I'm your father? Kneel down!" Zhao Wenyan shouted sternly.
Shen Jinzhu, who was standing to the side, wanted to speak up to smooth things over, but Zhao Yining pulled her back.
"Father, can we go home and talk?" Zhao Yining felt extremely embarrassed.
She never expected that her father would come to the capital in person after receiving the letter.
They even found Jinzhu's sister's residence.
She really shouldn't have gone out today.
"So you do know that family scandals shouldn't be aired in public," Zhao Wenyan sneered.
"Kneel down!" he shouted sternly.
Zhao Yining struggled for a while, but finally knelt down on the ground in grievance.
Shen Jinzhu, feeling extremely uncomfortable, quickly dismissed the servants around her and hurriedly left as well.
The house was left to the father and daughter, whose relationship was already tense from the moment they met.
Unexpectedly, he ran into Yu Ningyao, who had just returned home, as soon as he stepped out.
She tried to take her daughter away, but was refused.
"Father, there were reasons for my divorce, and I have already explained them to you," Zhao Yining said, tears welling in her eyes, trying to explain.
Even now, she still hopes that her father can understand her.
"It was Yu Kangnian who hit me. He wanted to kill me. I was almost dead..."
"That's no reason for you to divorce without saying a word." Zhao Wenyan's eyes were icy.
The moment Zhao Yining met his gaze, she felt a chill run through her heart.
"Your divorce has caused the Zhao family to lose face and ruined the family's reputation. I wish I had never given birth to a daughter like you."
"If you still care about me as your father, go and apologize to your son-in-law right now and make peace. Otherwise, I will expel you from the entire clan!"
Zhao Wenyan's words were piercing, causing Zhao Yining, who was kneeling on the ground, to sway precariously.
"If that's the case, why did you come here in the first place?" Yu Ningyao couldn't help but retort from the doorway.
"What business is it of yours how I discipline my daughter?" Zhao Wenyan looked at Shen Jinzhu and Yu Ningyao with displeasure.
"Shen, is this how you raise your child? They don't know respect and talk back to their elders. As expected of a merchant's daughter, you've raised such an unfit child."
Zhao Wenyan attended the wedding banquet when Yu Kangjing and Shen got married, and thus recognized Shen Jinzhu.
He has always looked down on Shen Jinzhu's background.
Yu Ningyao was originally just standing up for Aunt Ning, but when she saw the old man shooting indiscriminately and even targeting her and her mother, she became furious.
"This is my home. You came here uninvited, and you still have the nerve to complain?"
"You're not one of my elders, so what right do you have to tell me what to do?"
"You think you're qualified to lecture children? You didn't stand up for her when she was wronged and almost died, so what are you doing jumping around now?"
"You have the nerve to criticize my mother for not knowing how to raise children? You're not even half as good as my mother. My mother would never let anyone beat me half to death and then scold me."
"What's wrong with merchants? Merchants pay taxes to the imperial court every year and make countless contributions. If you look down on money so much, why don't you tell the emperor that you don't want a salary and don't let that silver dirty your hands?"
"Besides, if you don't want to acknowledge Aunt Ning as your daughter, why did you rush to the capital to find her? Could it be that you heard she can earn several hundred taels of silver for a single screen, and you're just as envious as your good-for-nothing son, wanting to steal her money?"
"A hypocrite, a disgrace to society, unworthy of being a father!"
Yu Ningyao's small mouth babbled out a long string of words, leaving everyone in the room stunned.
I never expected her to be so good at roasting people!
Shen Jinzhu, who was initially sad, was instantly relieved after her daughter defended her.
Zhao Yining's muddled mind was shattered by her few words.
Yes, how could Father do such a thing...
Where was he when she was wronged?
Why didn't he step forward and claim he was her father back then? Now that her life is peaceful and uneventful, he's suddenly jumping out to exercise his fatherly authority and lecture her.
Zhao Wenyan never expected a child to be so quick-witted.
Every word Yu Ningyao said pierced his heart, and he was so angry that he trembled all over.
Pointing at Yu Ningyao, he stammered, "You, you, you..."
"What do you mean, 'you'? This is my home. If you think my mother is a merchant's daughter, then you'd better leave right now. Otherwise, I'll report you to the authorities for trespassing." Yu Ningyao was young, but her aura was no less imposing than his.
"You still dare to report this to the authorities?" Zhao Wenyan trembled even more violently.
It’s the reversal of Tiangang! It’s really the reversal of Tiangang!
He had never suffered such an insult before.
He's the county's top official, after all. How did a little kid get the right to point his finger at him and insult him?
"At your age, you're still so clueless. No wonder you're only a county magistrate with gray hair!" Yu Ningyao continued to stab him in the back.
Zhao Wenyan could no longer bear it and fainted on the spot from anger.
"Father!" Zhao Yining was startled and quickly got up and ran over.
Shen Jinzhu was also startled. She quickly apologized to Zhao Yining: "Sister Yining, please don't take Yaoyao's words to heart. She didn't mean to offend Uncle."
Zhao Yining shook her head: "I won't take it to heart. On the contrary, I'm very grateful to her for speaking my mind."
For so many years, she has endured humiliation and hardship for the sake of her reputation.
It wasn't until after the divorce that she truly began to live a life that she was happy with.
She wouldn't allow anyone to disrupt this life.
Even the biological father is not acceptable.
Moreover, she is no longer a helpless drifter.
So what if she's no longer part of the clan? She still has a son.
Thinking of her two sons, Zhao Yining straightened her back.
She asked Shen Jinzhu to send two servants to help carry her father home.
After all, he is her biological father, and she can't just ignore him. But once he wakes up, she will have to talk to him about it.
……
Zhao Wenyan woke up the next day.
He looked at the unfamiliar room, threw off the covers, jumped out of bed, and shouted angrily, "Zhao Yining, Zhao Yining, where the hell have you been?"
Hearing his voice, the maid outside the door hurriedly went to invite Zhao Yining over.
Upon seeing her, Zhao Wenyan began to scold again: "Zhao Yining, do you even care about me as your father? You just watched your little son make me faint with anger."
Zhao Yining said calmly, "Didn't Father say yesterday that he wished he had never given birth to a daughter like me?"
Zhao Wenyan was speechless.
Before he could get angry, Zhao Yining said, "Oh, right, there's something else I need to tell you. Your youngest son, whom you're so proud of, failed the exam."
"What?" Zhao Wenyan looked at her incredulously, his anger replaced by anxiety and confusion.
"Impossible, Chang Geng is definitely not a problem."
He personally tutored his son for so long, how could he possibly fail the exam?
Where is he? Where is he?
"He's staying at Chaoyun Inn," Zhao Yining revealed her brother's whereabouts.
Zhao Wenyan, not having time to scold her, hurriedly went to find his youngest son.
At the same time, the Yu family next door also received the news.
Yu Ziheng failed the exam and was rejected.