Unexpectedly, this incompetent woman had the guts to bring the new marriage law to the magistrate, claiming that she wanted to sever ties with her husband. Severance referred to the separation of husband and wife if one party fought, insulted, murdered, or raped the other party's relatives.
This form of divorce favored the rights and interests of the husband's family.
For example, if the wife had the intention to murder her husband, she could sever ties with him, but if the husband had the intention to murder his wife, it did not constitute a condition for severance.
After Han Yu's amendment and Jiang Pengji's adjustment, the law was given a new meaning.
If one party of husband and wife beat, murdered, attempted murder, or raped the other party's relatives, it would be considered as severing ties between husband and wife.
If the husband stole his wife's dowry, beat his wife, insulted and beat his relatives to the point of disability, or took a concubine as his wife, the wife could also propose severance.
The lady from Chang 'an Lane met the conditions for severance.
After the severance, she fought for custody of her two children with the excuse that her husband was violent and cruel and had beaten her son until he was deaf. Although her husband's family was angry and ashamed, they thought that their children would not be implicated after the severance, so they swallowed their anger.
Of course, if the new marriage law had not been announced at this time, the lady from Chang 'an Lane would have ended up like this.
If she returned to her hometown with her husband's family, she would most likely be tortured to death, and her children would have no future.
If she chose to sever ties with her husband and become independent, she would at least have a way out.
When these ladies got married, most of them had a large dowry, which was enough for the three of them to live on for decades.
After seeing her example, the wives of the criminals clamored to divorce or sever ties with their husbands.
They all wanted to take advantage of this loophole.
There was no hope for their husbands in this life, but there was hope for their children.
He didn't know if he could succeed in taking advantage of this loophole.
Madame Dou heard all this and sighed. "It's not easy for a woman to be independent."
Someone laughed. "Even if it's not easy, you have to live. No one has it easy in this world."
Madame Dou looked at the person and found that it was a tall and beautiful woman who looked to be in her early twenties.
But she was confused by the way she dressed.
She was in her early twenties, but she still had her hair in a bun.
Madame Dou did not know the identity of the person, so she responded with a smile, "That makes sense."
That person sat down on the empty seat beside Madam Dou. His eyes were filled with curiosity, as if he had never been to such a tea party before.
"How should I address you, my lady?"
It turned out that the gossiping madam had gone to find another group. Madam Dou was rather bored and took the initiative to talk to the woman who was just now.
"Me?" The man rolled his eyes and smiled. "My surname is Jiang."
Madam Dou's eyes flashed and she asked in surprise, "Could it be … Captain Jiang?"
Madam Dou's conjecture was confirmed with a smile.
Little did he know that the person who impersonated Jiang Nongqin was being mocked by countless salted fish.
Toudu Feiqiu: "Leaving your subordinates and work behind to look at a beauty? Does your conscience not hurt?"
Jiang Pengji smiled as she touched a handful of melon seeds and started munching on them.
Host V: Why does it hurt? Not only was it not in pain, it was also alive and kicking.
Madam Dou looked around as she continued to munch. Seeing that she was behaving so rudely, the smile on Madam Dou's face disappeared and she quietly moved further away.
As expected of a woman from the military camp, she did not have the slightest bit of elegance and nobility.
Jiang Pengji ignored Madam Dou's reaction and happily finished munching on a plate of melon seeds.
Before coming to the tea party, she went to visit Jiang Nongqin, who was said to be suffering from morning sickness. By chance, she found out that there was a well-made invitation on her table. After asking about it, she found out that it was a tea party hosted by Madam Han. She happened to be bored, so she brought the invitation to join in the fun.
Three women in a play.
With more than 30 women gathered together, it was not just 10 plays.
Jiang Pengji used her extraordinary hearing and strong spirit to memorize everyone's conversation in her head.
Judging by the reactions of the madams, the new marriage law that was announced was not bad.
She touched the empty plate and realized that it was empty. She hurriedly called for the servant girl to add another plate.
Because of the small mountain of melon seed shells on the table, the group of noble madams could not help but move away from her, leaving an empty space.
The salted fish in the streaming room felt very embarrassed. The streamer was such a disgrace to salted fish!
At that moment, Madam Han happened to notice the strange situation in the corner. She glanced around and suddenly froze on the spot.
Among the many madams present, Madam Han was the only one who had seen Jiang Pengji up close.
She dismissed the other ladies with a stiff smile and came to Jiang Pengji's side with some apprehension.
"May I know how I should address you?" Madam Han probed.
Jiang Pengji was obviously pretending to be innocent, so it was not appropriate for her to expose her identity.
"Madam, just call me Madam Jiang."
Madam Han could not sit still. She did not know why the other party had come.
Jiang Pengji chose to be honest. "I'm just here to slack off. You don't have to be nervous. You don't have to call me over."
She had a good memory, so of course she remembered Han Yu's wife.
It couldn't be said that he hated her, but it also couldn't be said that he liked her.
In her eyes, the other party was the most ordinary noble lady of a landowning household. She was a woman who had been instilled with the ideology of a clan since she was young.
She could also see that Han Yu and his wife were not as respectful to each other as the rumors said. But this was the official's family business, and she could not intervene.
Husband and wife matters should be left to the husband and wife to resolve. Outsiders' interference would only add to the chaos.
Jiang Pengji did not intend to provoke Madam Han, but Madam Han had something to say.
"This concubine has something that I don't understand. I wonder if Madam Jiang can dispel my doubts?"
Jiang Pengji held her forehead and said, "Are you also going to ask me why I am friendly to the poor and ignore the landowning households?"
Madam Han's face turned red, and then it gradually turned pale.
Jiang Pengji said, "I am not friendly to anyone or ignoring anyone. I heard that you are well-read, so you are naturally different from the ordinary ladies in the boudoir. Why can't you jump out of the fence? The way the ladies in the inner house look at things is different from the way the lord looks at things. "
Although it was not meant to be sarcastic, Madam Han was still embarrassed by her words.
"Madam Han was born in the inner house. You only know your father, brother, husband, and children. It's good that they are doing well, and the family is happy. They are your backbone, but I am the backbone of millions of common people. " Jiang Pengji said while eating melon seeds, "The landowning households and the common people are all officials to me. In my eyes, the only difference between them is that they are 'useful' and 'useless.' Use the useful ones and discard the useless ones. "
She had so few landowning households. Apart from herself, most of the reasons should be attributed to the landowning households.
It was fine that the landowning households refused to work for her, but now they blamed her for colluding with the poor. What a robber's logic!
Having said that, let's say a few more words.
"I heard that you have a close relationship with your maiden family?"
Madam Han looked unhappy. "Yes, so what?"
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