Shen Xiuming was so angry that his face turned red: "You old bitch, I'll tear your mouth apart."
Shen Wei hurriedly grabbed Shen Xiuming’s hand and begged bitterly: “Brother, be obedient and don’t offend Rong Mama.”
Shen Xiuming was full of anger and tried hard to control his impulse.
He knew that if he beat Rong Mama today, his third sister's life in the palace would become even more difficult.
Rong Mama looked even more contemptuous, and said in a sarcastic tone: "It just so happens that the palace is in need of a servant to serve as a night incense servant. Your younger brother is young and quite suitable for serving as a night incense servant."
Shen Xiuming’s face was burning with pain.
He is a juren after all, how could he go to pour night incense! These slaves in the palace are taking advantage of their masters!
Shen Wei, who looked cowardly, clenched her fists and retorted when she saw her brother being bullied: "Mammy, my brother learned to read at the age of three, memorized at the age of four, and entered a private school at the age of five. He will definitely have a promising future!"
Aunt Rong sneered: "Just him?"
Aunt Rong shook her head mockingly and said angrily, "Shen, let's go. If you don't return to the palace soon, you will be beaten again."
Shen Wei trembled with fear and returned the silver to Shen's mother. She held Shen's mother's hand and said, "Mother, leave the ten taels of silver you collected for your brother to marry a wife. Your daughter is unfilial, so I will serve you in my next life."
Mother Shen shed tears in large drops.
Rong Mama became even more impatient. She stepped forward, grabbed Shen Wei's sleeve, and pulled Shen Wei out rudely.
“Brother, take good care of mother…” Shen Wei stretched out her hand painfully, as if she still wanted to hug her family again.
But she couldn't resist and could only be dragged out like garbage.
Shen's mother and Shen Xiuming chased after him and chased him to a remote alley. I saw Rong Mama roughly pulling Shen Wei's hair and stuffing her into a shabby carriage.
"Third girl! Third girl! Let the third girl go!" Mother Shen staggered after her.
The two young eunuchs beside the carriage frowned and said angrily, "How dare you bump into the carriage of the palace! You are tired of living!"
Seeing his mother about to be beaten, Shen Xiuming stepped forward to stop them: "I am a juren after all, how dare you touch my mother?"
The young eunuch Jixiang chuckled and said viciously, "You? Bah, who do you think you are? If you were the top scholar, I would look up to you. How dare a poor scholar show off in front of me? Deshun, beat him!"
Jixiang and Deshun have some skills.
They grabbed Shen Xiuming's arm, pressed him against the wall and beat him severely.
Shen Wei lifted the car curtain and cried loudly: "Stop fighting! Brother, take mother away!"
I thought to myself: Hit me hard.
He stole his mother's life-saving money to gamble, causing his sister to sell herself into slavery. This unfilial man must be punished.
Jixiang Deshun started beating him up.
Shen Xiuming was beaten black and blue, but he was not killed.
Jixiang looked ferocious and spat at Shen Xiuming twice, and the sticky saliva was on Shen Xiuming's face.
Jixiang and Deshun laughed and mocked: "Your sister is just the lowest-ranking concubine in the palace. Everyone in the palace can bully her. Who do you think you are? You are not even worthy of carrying my shoes!"
After cursing, Jixiang jumped on the carriage and drove away.
Shen Xiuming lay paralyzed on the ground for a long time before he staggered to his feet. His eyes were bloodshot and his fists were clenched tightly.
After suffering such a great humiliation today, Shen Xiuming's self-esteem was wiped out.
Mother Shen’s knees went weak and she collapsed to the ground, sobbing.
She beat Shen Xiuming angrily, cursing in pain: "It's you, it's you who caused your sister to go to that cannibalistic palace... If you hadn't stolen my medical treatment money, would your third sister have sold herself to the palace as a maid? Would she have become a concubine? Oh, God, why did I give birth to such a fool like you!"
"How have I ever done anything wrong to you? Your second sister and third sister have never done anything wrong to you! But you have broken up our entire family!"
Mother Shen cried heartbreakingly.
Shen Xiuming lowered his head, feeling guilty, self-blaming, angry, and unwilling.
He bit his lips so hard that blood came out from the corners of his lips.
His father died early, his eldest brother died in the battlefield, his second sister suffered torture in Shu, his third sister lived a life worse than death in the palace, and his mother is now old... There is no one in this family who can shelter him from the wind and rain, and this family can only rely on him to support it.
Thinking of his past misdeeds, Shen Xiuming almost wanted to bang his head against the wall.
With a bruised face, Shen Xiuming knelt down in front of his mother, raised his hand and swore: "Mom, I will study hard, pass the imperial examination next spring, and save my third sister from danger!"
Shen Wei was trapped in the palace all her life. She had no one to rely on and her mother's family was still an ordinary farmer.
Shen Xiuming decided to study hard and pass the imperial examination in the future to enter the officialdom.
He has to shoulder the burden of the family's prosperity. He is Shen Wei's backer. With him around, those servants in the palace who look down on others will never dare to bully Shen Wei again.
Shen Xiuming supported Shen's mother and went to a Confucian temple outside Yanjing and rented two small rooms.
All things are inferior, only reading is superior.
Shen Xiuming decided to study hard here until he took part in the spring imperial examination next year.
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Fangfei Garden.
After performing a play, Rong Mama, Jixiang and Deshun knelt on the ground and apologized. They played the villain and offended Shen Wei.
Shen Wei smiled and helped them up, saying in a friendly manner: "No need to apologize, you did a good job - but don't publicize this matter."
The more vicious Rong Mama and the other two behaved, the more motivated Shen Xiuming would be. Shen Wei gave each of the three people a reward of one or two taels of silver.
Jixiang and Deshun received the reward money and kowtowed happily to express their gratitude.
Chen Wei left Rong Mama behind and whispered to her, "Mama, my brother is really not worth much. You go to the Confucian Temple in the suburbs on time every month and give a small amount of silver to my mother and brother. You must act fierce."
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