Chapter 68: No one knows how to act like a rogue

"What happened to my sister?"

Xu Su was stunned. He never expected that what his mother asked him for was actually for his elder sister Xu Lingyi who was married out.

Mrs. Xu took a deep breath and lightly brushed the quilt covering her son with her fingertips. A bitter feeling rose in her throat, but she didn't know how to explain it to her son.

"Mom, please tell me what happened to my sister. If you don't tell me, how can I ask Xie Yuheng for help?" Xu Su urged.

Madam Xu raised her head and looked at Xu Su. "Promise me first that you won't be impulsive after hearing this. This matter cannot be rushed. Even your grandfather and father don't have a better solution at the moment. We can only wait for an opportunity and then make a long-term plan. But..." She sighed, "I am your mother after all. I am really worried that your sister will be upset at this moment."

Xu Su was so anxious that his head was sweating. His mother talked for a long time but couldn't explain what was going on.

"Okay, okay, okay! I definitely won't be impulsive, Mom, tell me quickly!"

"You have such a quick temper. Why don't you take after your father?"

"Uncle Xiao, my nephew!"

Madam Xu: “…”

When he mentioned his brother who was stationed at the border, his eyes reddened, "It would be great if your uncle was in the capital."

Xu Su said, "Mother! When you talk to me about my elder sister, why do you always dodge the subject?"

Mrs. Xu opened her mouth, hesitated for a second, and then sighed deeply.

Xu Su and others felt very upset.

"Your father didn't let me tell you. You just went to Dengzhou to take up your post and your future is very important..."

"No matter how important my future is, it's not as important as my family's lives. Besides, I made a mistake by secretly leading the troops to the Jingwei Mansion. I'm afraid of being bitten by lice. If anything happens to my sister, it will be too late to regret it."

Xu Su scratched his head helplessly. His mother always hesitated and delayed things when talking about his eldest sister.

Her son's words touched upon Mrs. Xu's concerns.

"Your sister took the wrong medicine, and now her health has deteriorated significantly. Your grandfather asked the imperial physician for emergency treatment, but he can only save her a little bit. But your sister is still upset. If this continues, mother is really worried that she will make a mistake and get into trouble one day."

Mrs. Xu finished her story in one breath, but Xu Su still didn't quite understand.

"What kind of medicine did my sister take for no reason? Was she taking the wrong medicine?"

Madam Xu looked up at him, also furious. "The Anbo Mansion is going too far. Your sister has only been married for seven years, yet they think she has no children. I don't know where Madam Anbo got this prescription from, claiming it will help Lingyi have a son. She coaxes your sister into taking tonic soup every day, and this is... Alas!"

I got angry as I talked.

Xu Su frowned and also got angry, "Didn't my sister give birth to two children for Zheng Xifan? What the hell is this tonic?"

"Then... isn't she a girl?" Mrs. Xu said.

Xu Su: "..."

The handsome face turned dark in an instant.

Seeing the gloomy expression on her son's face, Mrs. Xu didn't dare to say anything else.

The Xu family has a kind mother and a strict father. When Xu Su grew up, he didn't even listen to his father. In the family, only Old Master Xu and his brothers from his mother's family who were sent out to other places could control him.

His face darkened, and sometimes even Mrs. Xu herself felt uneasy.

Xu Su was also smart. How could he not understand his own mother?

"Mom, is there anything else?"

Now that things had come to this, Mrs. Xu simply poured out all the bitterness that had been in her heart for the past month.

"Prince Zheng had a mistress outside. That mistress was young, and she had a son and a daughter before her. They raised them until they were three or four years old before bringing them home. How could the people in the mansion not be unhappy? But your sister was pregnant at the time, and she didn't even know it. Then she took that medicine, which caused the child in the mansion to miscarry, and her health also deteriorated. You know your sister's temper. She's not usually a pushover, but she can be stubborn. She caused a commotion in the mansion for a while over this matter, and finally fell ill. She was on the verge of death, so she came to the mansion to report the news. Your grandfather was furious and sent for the imperial physician that night."

Xu Su's face was gloomy. "Mom, tell me everything at once."

"Then don't be impulsive. Find a way to save your sister first."

"Okay." Xu Su agreed readily.

"Prince Zheng wanted to bring the three of them into the mansion, but your sister refused. The Zheng family wanted to raise the two children under your sister's name, but your sister...nearly committed suicide." Madam Xu paused. "Now both sides are at a stalemate, but this won't last long. Your sister's health has deteriorated, and she's afraid she won't have any more children. The son of the concubine will eventually return to his ancestral home."

Xu Su only felt a dull pain in the wounds on his body and was angry.

Mrs. Xu thought of the Xie family's affairs and said, "After the Xie family's incident, Xie Zhen, the second daughter of the Xie family, was also divorced by the Zhuang family and left home. I heard that she went to pursue her parents. Do you know?"

Xu Su shook his head, then suddenly remembered what his men had mentioned, and nodded again, "It seems like they are together."

Madam Xu sighed, "Your sister is now stuck in a dead end, determined to fight them to the death. If she had been more open-minded like Xie Yuchuan's second sister Xie Zhen, why couldn't the family protect her? If she refuses to let go, the Zheng family will be able to use the three of them to control our Xu family. The situation is at a stalemate, and the Zheng family can't do anything about it now. If it continues for a long time, your sister will suffer greatly."

"Besides, you're just lying there sick and can't hold out for long. You'll have to give way to others in the end."

Xu Su was so angry that he was about to burst into tears. He suppressed his anger and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Your grandfather meant that if things really couldn't get along, we should just divorce and bring the three of them back home to live. The Xu family has a quiet manor in the suburbs, where we can live comfortably."

"feasible."

"The Zheng family disagrees and refuses to release her. Unless your sister agrees to keep the child in her name, she will be allowed to return to her parents' home to recuperate for a period of time."

"Zheng Xifan, you bastard! How dare you bully my sister!"

Xu Su threw back the quilt, grabbed his arm and got down to the ground, "I'm going to pick up my sister! I wonder if anyone from the Zheng family dares to stop me!"

"Don't be impulsive!"

Xu Su was tall and strong, and his complexion was already bad, and now it was even darker.

"Mom, you should have told me about this earlier!" He sneered, "I know why the Anbo Mansion didn't dare to say anything before, but now they're so bold. Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it! I'll skin Zheng Xifan alive!"

Mrs. Xu thought her son was impulsive, but she thought he would be more stable because of his injuries. However, she didn't expect Xu Su's temper to be so easily ignited.

That night, he ordered the soldiers brought back from the mansion to carry him on a stretcher to the front door of Anbo Mansion, and ordered people to bang on the door with hammers!

The noise was so loud that the masters and servants in Amber's mansion lit lamps and put on their clothes in the middle of the night.

Want to play rogue?

No one is as clear-headed as Xu Sumen!

The noise in the Xu Mansion in the middle of the night naturally reached Old Master Xu's room.

Mr. Xu came over to apologize for his son.

Old Master Xu looked calm, "Just go ahead. The Anbo Mansion just climbed up the social ladder and yet they dare to treat Yi girl like this. Brother Su will go and judge the matter. It won't be a problem."

Master Xu was a little worried: "Brother Su just got into trouble outside, and now he's making such a big noise when he comes back, is it okay?"

Old Master Xu raised his eyes, looking rather disdainful at his son's hesitation. "If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have let you study literature."

Mr. Xu looked embarrassed.