Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

"Again?"

Qin Yunhe didn't know what expression he should have.

After taking the petition and reading it again, I found that the content of this petition was much shorter than the last one. After all, the cause and effect of the grudge between Yang and Gao Zhong were clearly stated last time.

Although this time the complaint still accused the child of disobedience and was still based on the charge of disobedience to parents, the wording was still different.

Yang said that when Gao Ran was alive, he had agreed with his brother Gao Feng that Gao Chong would inherit both families.

Gao Chong's current wife, Qianniang, was married to him by Gao Feng. She now asks Gao Chong to marry another wife to continue the family line of Gao Ran.

Needless to say, the remarried wife must be her daughter.

She sued Gao Chong because he did not follow her wishes and refused to marry her daughter.

Qin Yunhe really had a headache.

It is true that a jian tzu can marry two wives, but it is not certain.

Qin Yunhe looked at the petition for a while and said, "Tell Yang that Gao Zhong must be present for this matter. Ask her to find an inn to stay in first, and then notify her when Gao Zhong arrives."

After Liu Dianshi left, Qin Yunhe called Zhuzi over and gave him some instructions, and Zhuzi left again.

Qin Yunhe had other cases to deal with, so he dealt with the other cases he received that day and then left the office.

"What's wrong? Did you encounter a difficult case?"

When she returned to the inner court at night, Qin's mother saw Qin Yunhe's frown and guessed that her son was worried about something.

"Alas. That Yang from before came again today to accuse her adopted son of being disobedient."

"Didn't we make it clear last time? Go back and live a good life. Why are you suing again?"

Later, Qin's mother found out that Yang sued her adopted son because of her own daughter. Although she was speechless, she still sighed that Yang was thinking about her mother.

But she didn't expect that it would come again after just a month. This time even she couldn't help but feel that Yang was so troublesome.

"Who knows why she came back after thinking about it for a month. This time she didn't let Gao Chong divorce his wife. The petition said that she wanted Gao Chong to marry another wife to inherit her family, but Gao Chong refused."

Mother Qin said, "I guess she took it to heart when you told her last time that her adopted son had a bright future and would become an official. She went back and thought about it, and the more she thought about it, the better it would be for her daughter to marry Gao Chong."

"But Gao Chong already has a wife. If you want someone to marry you, you have to get her consent."

There have been a lot of things going on recently, and Yang kept pestering him, so Qin Yunhe couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

"Alas, Yang's temper, I don't know what her daughter's son is like. If he is like her, Gao Zhong will have a hard time in the future."

"Oh my god, how could Gao Chong marry Yang's daughter?"

"Then he won't give up until he marries Yang."

A few days later, Zhuzi came back with Gao Chong.

This time Gao Zhong's face looked even more sad, and he almost cried when he saw Qin Yunhe.

"Sir, please make the decision for Gao Zhong."

Qin Yunhe also understood his feelings, asked him to sit down, and said: "Do you know what Yang is suing this time? What do you think about this matter?"

"Sir, I will never marry another wife, especially...especially Yang's daughter.

It’s not that I’m not interested in women.

The key point is that my two children will get married in a few years. If I marry another one at this time, and she will be my legal wife, my daughter-in-law will have to face two mothers-in-law as soon as she gets married. If this gets out, who would be willing to marry their daughter to my family?

Don’t I know how difficult it is for my own daughter-in-law to serve two mothers-in-law?

Besides, when we agreed to the co-optation of the family lineage, it was agreed that my eldest son would inherit my adopted father's family lineage, and my second son would inherit my biological father's family lineage. There was no mention of marrying two wives to inherit both families."

"Your two children will inherit the affairs of the two families respectively. Was it clearly stated in the will?"

"It is written clearly."

"Okay, that's fine. Zhao Ping, go and ask Yang to come over."

Soon, Zhao Ping came back with Yang.

This time Yang did not kowtow, but just bowed.

Gao Chong didn't even greet his aunt, he just turned his head and looked to the side.

It seems that the two sides had a big quarrel this time.

"Ms. Yang, Gao Ran's will clearly states that Gao Zhong's two sons will inherit the two families respectively. Why are you still making trouble and asking him to marry another wife?"

Yang answered straightforwardly: "The will clearly states that the two sons will inherit the family business separately, but it does not say that he is not allowed to marry another wife. The wife Gao Feng married for him now only takes good care of his mother and ignores me. I now hope that he will marry another wife to be his daughter-in-law here to serve me."

"This is simply ridiculous. Even if a male patriarch can marry two wives, it is to continue the family line, not to serve the mother-in-law. Besides, the neighbors have all testified that Gao Chong and his wife have never treated you badly. Whenever you need anything, they rush over. Isn't this filial piety?

If you want to accuse them of being unfilial, you must provide solid evidence."

"Just because he refuses to follow his mother's order to marry another wife, he is unfilial! If the law does not allow it, it would be fine, but the law allows it but he refuses to obey. He can clearly make his mother's life better but he is unwilling to do so. Isn't this disobedience and unfilial?"

Gao Zhong suddenly said, "How can you be a mother like this? My mother never makes things difficult for Qianniang and me, let alone accuse me of being unfilial and putting me in an unjust position."

"How did I put you in an unfair position? I gave you a large amount of my family property just so that you could take care of me in my old age. I asked you to marry me a wife to serve me, but you refused. What do you mean by filial piety? Have you read so many books? Is the fame above your head just for show?"

Gao Zhong was so angry that he was shaking. He suddenly said, "Property, right? You've been struggling for so long just for this little bit of property. Okay, I don't want that half of the property, okay? I said at the beginning that half of the property was for your old age and funeral. Now I don't want it, okay?!"

Qin Yunhe was shocked and was about to stop Gao Zhong from speaking, but Yang had already reacted and pointed at Gao Zhong and said, "Okay, okay! You actually cut off the mother-son relationship, right? And you said you were not disobedient or unfilial, what else do you have to say now?"