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By this time, Lin Siyu’s mind was already blurred, let alone opening her eyes, she might not even be aware of Lady Ma’s wailing cries.

Mother Li glanced at her coldly and snorted disdainfully, "Now you’re reluctant to part with her, but you were so quick to sell your daughter in the beginning, weren’t you? Alright, enough, get a move on! I still have to report back to Madam!"

"No, my Siyu!" Lady Ma crawled forward trying to grasp Lin Siyu’s hand that dangled outside, but before she could reach it, Lin Jiazhong pulled her back.

Lin Jiazhong lowered his head in agony; by that point, he no longer had the face to look up at Lin Siyu, who was locked inside the pig cage. With his daughter already in such a state, what other path to survival was there besides the dunking in the pig cage?

As the Li family’s people slowly carried away Lin Siyu, at the moment she left the Lin family’s gate, her eyes suddenly snapped open—eyes devoid of any spirit fixed on the weeping parents below her. A tear slowly formed and fell to the ground...

The affair between Li Chengzhi and Lin Siyu was forbidden to be spread by Li Changming, but you can’t wrap up fire with paper; and since the torment of Lin Siyu by Mother Li had caused such an uproar, it was impossible to keep hidden.

Moreover, with Lady Jin determined to destroy Li Chengzhi, she certainly wouldn’t miss such a good opportunity.

Within two days, the dirty deeds of Li Chengzhi and Lin Siyu were the talk of Zhuma Town.

Li Chang’s face lost all color, and sitting in the yamen, he felt the glances of the government officials upon him were filled with suspicion.

Moreover, the news that Jin Lingling had been deceived into miscarrying by Lin Siyu had reached Jin Mansion.

Even though the Second Oldest Jin and his wife had ulterior motives wanting to downplay the incident, they couldn’t stand against Old Lady Jin’s grief for her granddaughter, who insisted on visiting the Li Mansion personally to demand an explanation from Li Chang.

By this point, Jin Lingling had long lost the will to continue her life with Li Chengzhi, and with Lady Jin harboring a murderous intent toward him, Old Lady Jin presided over the matter and immediately had Jin Lingling and Li Chengzhi divorce.

For Li Chang, feeling uneasy about his son molesting his concubine and causing the death of his grandson was an understatement. Every time he saw Li Chengzhi, he was reminded of something as disgusting as eating several flies.

So, without even waiting for Li Chengzhi to recover from his illness, right after he regained consciousness, Li Chang had him sent to the countryside and was extremely grim-faced, forbidding anyone to mention any matter related to this eldest son.

Given the distance from the Emperor’s reach and Li Chengzhi’s already fragile health, it certainly provided Lady Jin with a prime opportunity to act.

However, as the saying goes, ’If you don’t commit sins, you won’t die’; before Lady Jin could make her move, Li Chengzhi dug his own grave yet again.

Truthfully, Li Chengzhi had been unaware of Lin Siyu’s abortion of their child, so upon learning the truth, whether out of self-destruction or seeking to draw Li Chang’s attention, he left the manor less than half a month later and began to wander around again.

Such wandering was bound to lead to trouble.

He encountered a young and beautiful village maiden. While the girl was not stunning, her pure temperament captivated Li Chengzhi, suddenly reminding him of that girl from Wang Family Village he had met in the past.

What he didn’t expect was that this casually encountered village maiden would also be someone another man would vie for, but the lone man was no match for the several young servants that accompanied Li Chengzhi.

Li Chengzhi had fought over women with wealthy scions many times before and did not take this man seriously at all.

Unexpectedly, this time he had kicked an iron board; the fragile man he had ordered to be beaten was actually a maternal cousin of Madam Tang Qing, the wife of Sir Prefecture.

The relatives of Madam Tang went crying to their son-in-law to seek justice.

Tang Qing was clever and knew that dealing with Li Chengzhi on account of his wife’s cousin would not stand on solid ground.

He promptly looked into Li Chengzhi’s background and not only learned he was the eldest son of the County Magistrate of Zhuma Town but also uncovered the incident of his forcing a civilian girl into suicide from years before.

With such a pretext, Sir Prefecture had a legitimate reason to act.

With Tang Qing, the Magistrate intervening, added to Uncle Wang as a witness, the charges against Li Chengzhi were quickly determined.

Since private grudges were also mixed in, when Li Chang rushed over with a hefty sum of silver taels to intercede with Tang Qing, the latter remained resolutely impartial, showing no intentions of favoritism.

Lady Jin, of all people, was the happiest about this situation; without needing to lift a finger, someone else put Li Chengzhi in jail. Yet to truly eliminate the weeds, you need to pull out the roots, and even if he was in jail, there’s always the day he might come out, right?