Chapter 1 Asking Mother to Go

"Today is the day when the entire Xie family will be executed. I know you want to go and see them off, but the demise of the Zhenguo Mansion is a foregone conclusion. If you insist on going, it will only anger His Majesty and will not bring any benefit. Please think twice and do not implicate the Marquis' Mansion." The person who spoke was her eldest son, Shen Zhixu, who was not even forty years old but was already the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

What he said was righteous and righteous.

Xie Changning wanted to laugh so much that she couldn't hold herself back and burst out laughing.

How can a person be so cold-blooded and heartless?

Suddenly her laughter stopped. "Get out of here! No one of you can stop me today."

"I'm afraid that's not possible. Mother should know that His Majesty has been dissatisfied with my maternal grandparents' family for a long time. The wisest choice right now is to sever ties with my maternal grandparents' family. I have written a letter of severance, and I ask mother to sign and seal it. From now on, I am no longer a girl from the Xie family, but a wife of the Shen family." The second son, Shen Zhiyan, not only did not back down, but handed her a letter of severance.

As a Taifu, his handwriting is elegant and freehand, and it is priceless.

"You also know that's your grandparents' house? How could you do such a cruel thing? I'll beat you to death, you bastard." Xie Changning cried and laughed. She looked like a madman. She raised the crutch in her hand and hit her second son hard.

Who can tell her how she could raise such an ungrateful group of people after so many years of painstaking education?

"That's enough, mother, stop messing around. No matter what, you can't step out of this door today. Your son doesn't understand. As a mother, shouldn't you consider your own children first? Have you ever thought about us? Is our future worthless in your eyes? Please sign this letter of severance honestly and don't make things difficult for your children." The third son, Shen Zhizhou, questioned her sternly.

The great general with great military achievements showed no mercy even towards his own mother.

For the first time, Xie Changning experienced firsthand what it meant to be heartbroken.

"Are you trying to kill me?" She staggered backwards, her old and decayed body like a fallen leaf in the wind.

"It's not us who force mother, but mother who wants to force us to die. You feel relieved when you step out of this door, but what about us? Once we arouse His Majesty's suspicion, we will all die. If that really happens, will mother be happy?" The eldest daughter, Shen Jingyun, looked aggressive.

"Pa!" Xie Changning raised his trembling hand and slapped her across the face. "Shut up, all of you! I will never sign this letter of severance. I advise you to give up on this idea as soon as possible and get out of my way. It will be too late if you delay any longer."

She was extremely anxious and just wanted to see her only nephew off for the last time. His two elder brothers had died in the battlefield, leaving him the only one left in the Duke's Mansion.

If she doesn't go, who will collect the bodies of everyone in the Duke's Mansion?

She is a married woman and is already old. Why would Your Majesty be suspicious of her?

This was just an excuse for them to stop her.

Unexpectedly, her youngest daughter, Shen Jingshu, actually signed her name on the letter of severance for her.

She continued to argue, "Mother is really going too far. Why did you force me to do it for you when you were asked to sign? Do you think you can still control us like before? It's ridiculous."

"No, no, I am your mother, how can you do this to me?" Xie Changning wailed in despair. This was her most beloved youngest daughter.

After a few swipes, her name appeared on the letter of severance.

It’s written in black and white, how ironic!

"That's good, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Xie family's affairs will no longer involve us." Shen Jingshu smiled and blew the ink on the paper dry.

Xie Changning fell heavily to the ground, her whole body trembling, and she vomited blood. She wanted to cry but no tears came out. She could only sob with her mouth open in despair.

Less than ten years after she married into the Marquis's mansion, her husband died on his concubine's bed.

She was a widow for thirty-two years and worked hard to raise her children into successful people. It can be said that she lived her whole life for her children, but in the end, this was the result.

No one looked at her.

Shen Zhiyan sneered, "Second sister thinks too simply. This alone is not enough to dispel His Majesty's doubts, unless..."

Shen Jingshu didn't understand what he meant.

Until Shen Zhixu took out a white silk from his sleeve, knelt in front of Xie Changning, and said word by word, "Please let mother go on her way."

"Brother still has a way." Shen Jingyun chuckled.

The brothers and sisters had no intention of stopping her. They all came forward and knelt in front of Xie Changning, asking her to go on her way.

These are the children she raised with so much hardship!!!

Xie Changning's eyes were bloodshot as she stared at her children. Her blood was boiling in her chest and she vomited blood several times.

"You want me to die, but I won't let you have your wish. No matter what I say today, I will go to see them off for the last time, even if I have to crawl step by step from the Marquis' Mansion to the execution ground." She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and tried her best to move her body bit by bit.

"Then don't blame me for being ruthless!" Shen Zhixu didn't hesitate at all. He stood up and strangled her neck with the white silk in his hand.

"You rebellious son, how dare you kill your mother..." Because of the obsession in his heart, Xie Changning struggled desperately.

Seeing this, the other children immediately rushed over, some grabbed her hands, and some held down her feet.

Until she was unable to move and had to watch the flesh and blood falling from her body, they joined forces to strangle her, their biological mother, without blinking.

Xie Changning is dead.

Died on a cold winter day.

Die with eyes wide open...

"Mother, please wake up! My eldest brother is still in jail, waiting for you to rescue him! Don't you care about him anymore?"

Xie Changning just felt it was very noisy. Someone kept chattering in her ears and shaking her hard. She really couldn't let her rest in peace even after death. She opened her eyes suddenly in annoyance and met several faces that were both familiar and unfamiliar.

What's going on? Why do all her children look younger?

Besides, isn't she dead?

"Mother, you're awake. That's great." The youngest daughter, Shen Jingshu, hugged her happily, completely unlike the cold and heartless look she had shown when she was forced to sign the divorce agreement.

"Mother, now that you're awake, please find a way to save our eldest brother! He was just riding his horse on the street after drinking and injured a lowly commoner. It's not a big deal. It's not worth it for the Ministry of Justice to make such a fuss." The second son, Shen Zhiyan, said with an unhappy look on his face.

The third son, Shen Zhizhou, was even more outrageous. "If it doesn't work, I will go to the Ministry of Justice myself to rescue my eldest brother."

The eldest daughter looked at her without saying a word, as if she was angry.

Xie Changning felt as if she was in a dream. It was absurd. She pinched her thigh hard before accepting the reality.

She actually survived.

He was reborn when Shen Zhixu was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice for riding his horse and injuring someone in the street.