Chapter 141: All Of You, Stop Right There!
The onlookers present were initially somewhat moved by his deep affection, but upon seeing his head, they remembered the disgusting things he had done, and suddenly felt it was very hypocritical.
Everyone showed expressions of scorn.
Wei Chang also lost patience, his gaze shooting toward him like shattered ice, “Lin Ningkun, you really are affectionate enough, but if you had been like this when Jiang Ruanxi was alive, I think things wouldn’t have developed to this point. Life has no way back, do you think you can change it now.”
Lin Ningkun paused, pretending not to hear, and quickly pounced again, “You all stop.”
“Pa.”
Before he could finish his words, his face was heavily slapped, and soon a clear palm print appeared on his face.
“Lin Ningkun, have you made enough trouble? If you don’t want to live, then go die, don’t drag the Lin family clan members down with you as scapegoats.”
Following that was Lin Runkun’s angry voice.
Lin Ningkun seemed stunned and no longer struggled, only saying with a wronged expression, “Clan Leader, I just want to bury her with my own hands.”
Seeing this deeply affectionate appearance, Lin Runkun didn’t know what to say.
“Imperial Decree cannot be violated. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not cherishing her properly back then. What’s the use of tormenting yourself like this now?”
Lin Runkun looked exasperated, then ordered the servants beside him, “Come, drag him down for me and lock him in the woodshed.”
“No…” Lin Ningkun struggled with veins bulging, Lin Runkun was annoyed beyond measure, “So noisy, block his mouth for me.”
No one knew who, but someone took off a smelly sock and directly stuffed it into his mouth.
After it quieted down, Wei Chang looked toward Jiang Ruanxi’s adoptive mother, “You take Lin”
At this point, he paused for a moment and changed his words, “You take Jiang Ruanxi away.”
Since they were already divorced, she naturally could no longer use her husband’s surname.
Old Madam Jiang knelt down gratefully and kowtowed, her voice choking, “This commoner thanks Crown Prince for his great kindness.”
Watching Jiang Ruanxi’s coffin being carried away, Lin Ningkun felt heartbroken to the point of being unable to breathe.
At this moment, he thoroughly regretted it.
He regretted why he hadn’t treated her well back then, hated his own cowardice and incompetence, and even after she died, he couldn’t properly bury her.
As Jiang Ruanxi’s coffin was carried away, the Lin family members’ expressions varied.
It was as if what was being carried away was not Jiang Ruanxi’s body, but the Lin family members’ face.
But because the Crown Prince was here, they couldn’t be as rampant as before and could only watch helplessly as Jiang Ruanxi’s coffin was carried away.
“The person has been carried away, now inventory the remaining dowry and let Old Madam Jiang take it with her.” Wei Chang said indifferently.
As soon as his words came out, the surroundings were so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.
Although dowry is private property, very few cases exist where it is really taken back to the maternal home after death; almost none in the entire Qin Dynasty.
The Lin family members’ faces were also very unsightly, but none dared to say a word.
But Lin Ningkun, who had been seized, seemed not embarrassed enough, and halfway there, he forcefully stepped on the people pressing him down, taking advantage of their pain to struggle free forcefully, tore off the smelly sock from his mouth forcefully, and quickly returned to the previous spot.
There was no longer any deep affection on his face, instead it was full of ferocity, “You dare. Since Jiang Ruanxi and I are already divorced, but Jiang Ruanxi’s dowry is still the Lin family’s, no one can take it away.”
This shameless speech from him shocked even Wei Chang, who had seen all kinds of scenes, with his shamelessness.
The Lin family members were even more ashamed, wishing they could devour Lin Ningkun, Lin Runkun was so angry his body trembled, and he threw the cane in his hand onto his face.
Just beat this disgraceful person to death.
Enduring the anger in his heart, he stepped forward and glared fiercely at him, “Lin Ningkun, do you know what you’re saying? That dowry originally belonged to Jiang Ruanxi, you’ve already divorced, she has no relationship with our Lin family anymore, it’s only right for them to take it away. Shut your mouth, our Lin family can’t afford to lose such a person.”
Coveting a woman’s dowry, if word got out, the Lin family, which didn’t have much face to begin with, would have none at all.
In the future, they would become a laughingstock in the Capital, even throughout the entire Qin Dynasty.
Lin Ningkun seemed unaware of the severity of the matter and instead became even more resolute.
“Why give it to them. Jiang Ruanxi was married into our Lin family with the three letters and six etiquettes, her dowry is not only the Lin family’s, but also the Jiang family’s betrothal gifts, all belong to our Lin family. Now that we’re divorced, it’s still our Lin family’s, how can they take our Lin family’s things.” Seeing his shameless justification, the Lin clan members all wanted to find a hole to crawl into and pretend not to know this person.
Lin Runkun could no longer endure it, directly raising his cane fiercely and striking down at him, “Come quickly, lock this disgraceful thing in the Ancestral Hall for a good reflection.”
The servants hurriedly rushed forward in a mess, but Lin Ningkun was prepared, dodging around, and the servants couldn’t catch him.
The entire scene was messy.
“Stop.”
Suddenly, Wei Chang called to halt the chaotic scene.
He looked thoughtfully at Lin Ningkun.
“Married for five years, if Jiang Ruanxi had offspring, it would be reasonable to keep the dowry. But since there are no offspring, the dowry naturally cannot be kept. When she was alive, there was no connection between you, the harm you caused her, I believe even now that she’s dead, her spirit in heaven probably doesn’t want any ties with the Lin family. The Lin family takes half the dowry, from now on Jiang Ruanxi has no connection with the Lin family, are you Lin family members satisfied?”
The Lin family members looked at each other, not daring to speak.
While Lin Ningkun contemplated for a moment, with a reluctant acceptance, “Since Crown Prince has spoken up for Jiang Ruanxi, I’ll reluctantly accept by stepping back.”
As soon as his words came out, the surroundings erupted in an uproar.
“Oh my, I’ve lived to this age, and it’s the first time I’ve seen someone so shameless, the person is dead, yet still coveting her dowry.”
“Didn’t care when she was alive, but now clutching her dowry after death, could it be that when they got married, he was already eyeing her dowry?”
“You know, when she was alive, he fooled around with her sister, otherwise why not marry her sister. Clearly a person greedy for money, truly shameless to the extreme.”
“…”
Back then, everyone knew the Lin family had fallen on hard times, and now that old accounts were brought up, everyone had a realization.
Thus, the onlookers’ gazes toward the Lin family members changed.
The Lin family members wished they could find a crack to crawl into, wishing they could take away this disgraceful Lin Ningkun.
