Chapter 379 Women are never the cause of a family's rise and fall
Shen Zhao interrupted the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty with a sharp shout.
"She is your daughter, not your father's murderer!"
"Open your eyes and look at Miss Wu. What has she done wrong? She just doesn't want to be bullied anymore. She just wants to protect herself and live her life to the fullest. What's wrong with her?"
Shen Zhao's eyes turned red.
“Why should the rise and fall of a family be blamed on a woman?
The current situation of the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion has nothing to do with Miss Wu and it is not her fault.
Wu Yunhai’s life or death is not something Miss Wu can control.
Just because she didn't obey your orders and marry into your mother's family, you are going to pin false accusations on her.
Having a mother like you is Miss Wu’s life’s sorrow.
You are unworthy of being a mother!"
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty was pinned to the spot by Shen Zhao's words.
She didn't, she wasn't!
"I...I did this for Zhiyou's sake."
"Women always have to marry, and it's better to marry someone you know well than a stranger.
What's more, he was her cousin who grew up with her from her maternal grandparents' family.
Am I wrong to think so much about her?"
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty was completely unaware that she had done anything wrong.
In her heart, she thought Wu Zhiyou was too rebellious, did not obey her arrangements, and did not understand her difficulties.
Wu Zhiyou was so angry that her body was shaking, and she was overwhelmed by endless despair.
Every word was tearful and bloody:
"Mother!"
"Are you really doing this for my own good? You're doing this for your own good, for Big Brother's good, for the Chen family's good, but not for my own good!"
"You threw me to Jiangnan when I was still a baby. Can't you raise me?"
“Not really!”
There was a look of insight in Wu Zhiyou's eyes.
"Because my father was bedridden, the power of the Wu family gradually fell into the hands of my uncle.
You were afraid that the Wu family would no longer protect the Chen family, so you sent me, your legitimate daughter, to the Chen family.
Seek refuge from the Wu family for them."
"You send large amounts of money and gifts to the Chen family every year in my name because you are afraid that your mother's family will decline. You will have no say and status in the Loyalty Marquis Mansion.
You are afraid that your uncle will take power in the Wu family from now on, and you are afraid that Wu Yunhai will not be able to inherit your father's title.
You are more afraid of others looking down on you!"
"The only thing you're not afraid of is that I won't have enough to eat, won't have enough clothes to wear, will suffer from hunger, cold, humiliation and torture!"
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty burst into tears instantly. She covered her mouth tightly, fearing that she would cry out loud.
Zhiyou, how could she think of her like that?
She is her mother, how could she harm her?
Chen Zhao listened to the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty's inner thoughts and almost couldn't help but swear.
If you're not harming her, what are you doing?
Under the guise of doing good for her, he did everything to hurt her.
Wu Zhiyou continued.
This time she pulled up her sleeves.
Her arms, which should have been flawless white jade, were now even more terrifying than the scars on her legs.
She pointed to the scar on her left arm and spoke in a flat tone.
"Mother, look at this scar, look at it!"
Wu Zhiyou stretched out her arm in front of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty.
She didn't want to make such a scene in someone else's house.
But she knew what would be waiting for her if she compromised now!
It was a burn, and Chen Zhao looked at Wu Zhiyou with heartache.
The scar occupied half of Wu Zhiyou's forearm.
You can imagine how badly she was burned that year.
The wrinkled and white burn scars made the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty tremble with her hands as she wanted to touch them.
How could Wu Zhiyou let this mother who only had eyes for someone else touch her?
She took two steps back.
"Zhiyou..." The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty cried out with sobs.
"Does it hurt? Zhiyou, does it hurt... wuwu... Mother doesn't know... Mother doesn't know... Tell me how it got so hot... How did it get so hot?"
Wu Zhiyou looked at the heartache in her mother's eyes and felt extremely mocked.
"This is what you bought when I was six years old, in exchange for sending five sets of clothes from Kyoto to Jiangnan on a whim."
Thinking back to those days, Wu Zhiyou exuded endless hatred and resentment.
"My cousin likes the skirt you sent me. It was the first time you sent me something.
When I was young, I thought this was my mother’s annual birthday gift to me.
My cousin asked me to give it to her, but for the first time I didn’t give it to her as she wished.
When she was hiding from my hand, her dress accidentally fell into the charcoal basin.
She had the maids and old women force me to kneel in the snow.
The servant sent someone to invite my grandmother and aunt over.
My cousin cried so hard that her eyes turned red because she couldn't wear the skirt she brought from Kyoto.
My grandmother punished me by making me kneel in the snow until my cousin forgave me."
Wu Zhiyou's voice trembled. She would never forget that winter day and that snowy day.
"That year was a cold winter, with a rare heavy snowfall in Jiangnan. I soon became a little snowman in the courtyard. I was so cold... Mother, do you know? The snow looked light, but it fell on me layer after layer, so heavy... It weighed down my frail body, and I fell heavily to the ground."
"At the moment when I was crushed by the snow, I asked God if I had done something wrong, if I had been bad, if I had not been good enough, why my mother did not want me and why everyone hated me."
At this point, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty burst into tears.
"Zhiyou... stop talking... stop talking!"
Wu Zhiyou smiled bitterly, "Why not? I haven't told my mother how I got the burn.
Didn’t mother just ask me that? Doesn’t mother want to know anymore?
Wu Zhiyou's voice trembled.
"My aunt had me taken to the warm room, where she, my cousin, and my grandmother sat.
He lay on the skins that his mother had sent to the south of the Yangtze River, and he wore the silks and satins that his mother had sent to the south of the Yangtze River and the finest furs from Luhan.
I was drinking the tribute tea that my mother sent from Kyoto, and the silver charcoal burning in the charcoal basin was also sent by my mother.
I was cold... I begged my grandmother and aunt to give me a piece of clothing that wouldn't get wet with snow, but they said I was an unwanted bastard who couldn't even tell my own place.
She even dared to ask for things and asked me to kowtow to my cousin, kowtow deeply. If I didn't kowtow, the maids and old women would force me to kowtow.
Mother, do you know how painful it was when my forehead hit the marble floor? The blood flowed down my bloody forehead, blurring my vision.
The red is glaring.
Even so, my cousin still wasn't satisfied."
At this point, a hint of fear flashed in Wu Zhiyou's eyes, a fear that came from the depths of her soul.
"My cousin asked me to go to the charcoal basin to get the dress that had been burned to ashes.
Mother, that charcoal is so hot, I don’t dare, it’s too hot… too hot…”
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty suddenly stepped forward and hugged Wu Zhiyou.
"I'm sorry... Mother Zhiyou is sorry for you... Mother is sorry for you, my daughter..."
Wu Zhiyou did not push the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty away, but continued to speak as if she was possessed by a demon.
"I desperately begged for mercy, yelling that I knew I was wrong... I would never argue with my cousin again... I called out to my grandmother and my aunt... begging them to let me go..."
"But... they just looked at me coldly, watching the maid press my hand into the brazier..."
"I desperately called out to my mother and father, asking for help..."
"No one rescued me, I struggled desperately and kicked over the charcoal basin, and the charcoal flames splashed onto their embroidered shoes with Dongzhu beads.
That Dongzhu was also sent by you, mother!
My grandmother and aunt were furious and ordered the maids and servants to hold me down on the red-hot coals.
Chen Zhao's eyes turned red when he heard this. How could these beasts have the heart to treat a blood-related child like this?
Wu Zhiyou lifted up her other sleeve.
Equally shocking burn scars appeared on her arms.
"I still want to read and write, and I want to write letters to Mom and Dad asking you to come and take me home.
I wanted to keep these hands, so the moment I fell, I used my arms instead of my hands to land on the hot coals.
Mother, the charcoal you sent was really hot...it burned my skin and flesh, leaving me covered in scars..."
After saying this, Wu Zhiyou could no longer bear the heart-wrenching pain. She closed her eyes, her body went limp, and she fainted in the arms of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty.
"Zhiyou...Zhiyou..."
"Your Highness... Your Highness, please quickly summon a doctor to save my daughter..."
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