Chapter 1894: Who's the Adulterer (Patreon)

Chapter 1894: Who's the Adulterer

Pan Shi's words were clear, the timeline matched up, and her reasons were well-founded.

Chen Bing's veins bulged, and his wounds throbbed so intensely that his face turned a shade of green. He raised his head, blood oozing from his clenched teeth, and asked, one word at a time, "Who? Who is that man—"

"Pan family's steward," Pan Shi turned her head to say.

eldest Master Pan was dumbfounded. The Pan family's... steward? Yes, the Pan family's steward was brought in after they became well-off, but he was just a servant. Had his sister gone mad? She had children with a servant, bearing two of his children.

Not only him, but Chen He and Chen Qiu were also stunned. Although they weren't Chen Bing's sons, they were the steward's sons? Born to a servant?

Chen He slumped to the ground, feeling weak all over. He knew he wasn't Chen Bing's son, but he had no idea who his biological father was. It was an uncomfortable feeling, caught between admitting and not admitting, making him sick to his stomach.

Suddenly, Chen Bing fell to the ground, laughing hysterically. He looked deranged as he exclaimed, "You betrayed me, hahaha, you... you adulterous woman, you're doomed to die!!"

He remembered now; things were finally making sense.

Why the accounts for the grocery store often went awry after Pan Shi gave birth to a daughter. Why she took her daughter to the city from time to time, saying she wanted to mend relations with her natal family.

So, she had been meeting her lover, and the grocery store's funds were being spent on him.

If he hadn't hired Guo Zheng as the accountant back then, would the entire grocery store have been handed over to him?

"You actually betrayed me, hahaha, you... you wicked woman."

Chen Bing's loud shout left Pan Shi slightly taken aback.

She had already thrown caution to the wind; she had nothing to fear anymore.

Pan Shi turned her head and sneered at Chen Bing, "I'm doomed to die? Back then, because your first wife couldn't conceive, you divorced her with such despicable and vile methods. What's this? You couldn't have children and refused to admit it. Does that mean I can't find someone else to have children with? You can do it, but others can't?"

"No!!" Chen Bing roared, his eyes so red it seemed as if blood would pour from them, "I'm divorcing you, I'm divorcing you!"

"Spit on you! If anyone's divorcing anyone, it's me divorcing you! You useless waste."

A 'pu' sound came from Chen Bing, who suddenly coughed up blood, his anger affecting his health.

Pan Shi was startled, worried that he might be driven to death in the courtroom. Would she then become a murderer?

Qi Lie was a bit disappointed. He wanted to hear them argue some more, hoping to uncover even more shocking revelations.

Since they had stopped arguing, he decided to let it go.

Qi Lie slapped the table, "Alright, quiet down in the courtroom. I've heard everything Pan Shi said. Pan Shi, do you know that according to the laws of Dasu, engaging in adultery carries a sentence of two years?"

Pan Shi was taken aback; she genuinely didn't know about this.

Qi Lie sighed inwardly; the laws of Dasu were relatively lenient. If it were in the previous dynasty, women found guilty of adultery would have faced capital punishment.

In Dasu, though less severe, if a woman were caught engaging in adultery in some villages, she would still be drowned in a pig cage, losing her life. In such cases, no one would report it to the authorities.

Now, since Pan Shi had confessed to adultery in the courtroom, she might be able to save her life.

"Of course, you can also choose to receive a lighter punishment through caning."