Chapter 144 Don’t blame me for being ruthless!

Queen Mother Jiang looked at her eldest son whose face turned pale because of her anger, and suddenly felt a little regretful.

Is she going too far?

This is not her enemy, but her own flesh and blood. She cannot confront him like this and refuse to give in.

She softened her tone.

"Don't be angry. Didn't the Queen Mother accuse you of taking my wife away? When she knew that Shen Yuanwei could give birth to your child, didn't she support you in marrying her?"

"You can give birth to a child and leave an heir, this is more important than anything else. Even if I ask my mother to kill people for you, I will do it without blinking an eye."

She changed the subject.

"For you, the Queen Mother would do anything. Now, for your brother, the Queen Mother will do the same."

"You have a wife and a son, you are happy, but your brother is still alone. Queen Mother also hopes that he can marry a girl he likes, and Queen Mother also hopes that he can leave behind a child..."

Queen Mother Jiang stepped forward, grabbed Xie Junlin's hand, and sighed sadly.

"Jun Lin, don't blame mother. Your brother has become like this because of mother's fault. Mother can't just ignore him."

"Looking back to the past, before he was even a month old, I was forced to embark on the journey to find you, leaving him as a little baby in the den of man-eating wolves. After I found you, I was afraid that it would affect your ambitions. Even though I knew that he would not end up in good hands with your father and the demon concubine, I still stayed with you without saying a word. I waited for five full years before I brought him home with you..."

"He suffered so much and became what he is today. The Queen Mother is responsible."

"You are just his brother. You have no obligation to be responsible for his life, but I am his mother. I have to be responsible. I gave birth to him but harmed him to this point. How can I not think more about his future life?"

"Look, since Shen Yuanwei will become someone else's wife sooner or later and no longer belong to you, then why not give her to your brother?"

Xie Junlin glanced sideways at his sorrowful mother.

When his mother mentioned what happened that year, he also felt deeply guilty.

It was because he, as his brother, failed to protect Ayou that Ayou suffered inhuman torture and developed this illness.

The mother brought up the old matter again just to make him compromise.

But how could he compromise?

Shen Yuanwei is a person, not a soulless object, not a piece of clothing or a pair of shoes, and he cannot just give her to his brother to wear.

He pushed his mother's hand away and questioned her.

"You asked me to give Yuan Wei to Ayou. Have you ever asked Yuan Wei if she is willing?"

"She doesn't even want me, the emperor who owns the whole world. She doesn't even want the two children in her belly. She only wants to go back to Xiao Lingzhao. Do you think she would be willing to marry Ayou?"

"Our family has already bullied her once, and she finally got her freedom. How can we go back on our word again and prevent her from reuniting with her beloved husband?"

Queen Mother Jiang pursed her lips.

yes……

The eldest son is a normal person. He can deal with Shen Yuanwei on his own and is not afraid of Shen Yuanwei making a fuss.

But her youngest son is a patient and cannot deal with Shen Yuanwei. If she wants her youngest son to live a happy life, she must make Shen Yuanwei willing to agree to marry him.

Queen Mother Jiang looked at Xie Junlin silently, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

Xie Junlin said, "Just say what you want to say. You've already said something so absurd, what else is there to be hesitant about?"

Queen Mother Jiang mustered up her courage.

"Then let me tell you, just because Shen Yuanwei doesn't like you doesn't mean she won't like Ah You."

"She told me that she likes clean men. She likes Xiao Lingzhao because he is clean and has no concubines."

"You have many concubines and you are older than her, which is why she doesn't like you."

"But Ayou is different from you. Ayou has never held a girl's hand since he was a child. He is even cleaner than Xiao Lingzhao. Ayou is also young, and he is a perfect match for Shen Yuanwei. In addition, Ayou is handsome and has a nobler status than Xiao Lingzhao. If Shen Yuanwei can like Xiao Lingzhao, how can she not like our Ayou?"

"So, as long as you are willing to give Shen Yuanwei to Ayou, Ayou will definitely be able to win Shen Yuanwei's heart."

“…”

Xie Junlin's expression became uglier than before.

Not only did the Queen Mother help Ayou snatch his wife, she also belittled him again and again!

First she scolded him for violating moral principles and stealing my wife, and now she scolds him for being unclean and deserves to be scolded for being old. Listen, these words that hurt him so much, are they something his own mother could say?

So the younger son is the biological son, and the older son was adopted?

Xie Junlin gritted his teeth and forced himself to remain calm. He looked at Queen Mother Jiang sarcastically.

"Okay, okay, even if what you said makes sense, even if Shen Yuanwei doesn't dislike Ayou as much as she dislikes me, then have you ever thought about how I should deal with it after Shen Yuanwei and Ayou are together?"

"How should I address her from now on? Should I call her my beloved concubine or my sister-in-law?"

"How should my child address her from now on? Should I call her mother or aunt?"

"Also, how can I face my ministers from now on? They are respectful to me on the surface, but I'm afraid they are all cursing me in their hearts as a living bastard whose wife ran away with her own brother!"

"And my child, how is he supposed to live? Others will scold his mother for committing incest with her brother-in-law. How can he face the ministers and the people?"

"Mother, you only considered Ayou. Have you ever thought about how I and my two children will live?"

Empress Dowager Jiang's expression gradually became solemn as Xie Junlin questioned her.

indeed.

A woman marrying two brothers at the same time would be a scandal among ordinary people, let alone in the royal family?

From now on, the eldest son will not be able to hold his head up high.

She pursed her lips and said tentatively, "Let's have Shen Yuanwei fake her death and then marry Ayou under a false identity, okay?"

Xie Junlin sneered, "Didn't she use a fake identity to enter the palace as Concubine Zhao? What's going on now? Hasn't she been found out? There is no paper that can cover up the truth in this world."

Queen Mother Jiang continued, "Then...then let your brother and Shen Yuanwei stay away from the capital, okay? As long as you are willing to give them a city thousands of miles away as a fiefdom, and they never return to the capital, no one will discover Shen Yuanwei's identity."

Xie Junlin was speechless.

He just stared at Queen Mother Jiang with his cold eyes.

After a long time, he finally said in a hoarse voice, "Mother, you have really taken great pains for Ayou. For Ayou, you are so cruel that my children will never see their mother again. If Shen Yuanwei had married Xiao Lingzhao, my children would have been able to see her at least a few times a year, but now mother wants my children to be separated from her by the ends of the earth, and we will never see each other in this life-"

He spoke each word with emphasis, "Mother, you have such a cruel heart!"

Queen Mother Jiang opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Xie Junlin turned around and left.

"Mother, there is nothing more to say."

"I don't care how much you care about Ah You, Shen Yuanwei is my woman now!"

"If you dare to talk to Shen Yuanwei in private about her marrying her brother and then marrying her younger brother, and disturb her so much that she miscarries the baby in her belly, then don't blame me for not recognizing you!"