Chapter 3 The Sucker
From now on, whoever wants to be the sucker can do so.
Seeing Xia Xing'er getting up and about to leave, the old lady said anxiously, "Wait."
His expression darkened. "Xing'er, this is why you're so ignorant? What man doesn't have three wives and four concubines? You don't even have that much tolerance. If it gets out that you're narrow-minded and jealous, it's not enough. You still have two brothers in the Changxin Marquisate who haven't married yet."
It may be because Xia Xing'er has been too obedient in the past three years and seems to have a soft personality, which makes them have the illusion that they can manipulate her at will.
In my previous life, I let them do whatever they wanted and take whatever they wanted.
If I were to live again, I would still treat her as a softie.
Xia Xing'er changed her usual respectful expression and said calmly, "Other people have their mouths on their bodies. I have no control over what they say, and I don't care. As for my brothers, they will agree with my ideas."
The old lady was really anxious now. She stood up and wanted to go forward to grab Xia Xing'er, but she didn't pay attention to her feet and tripped herself.
In the past, Xia Xing'er would have come forward to help her and asked her about her well-being.
At this moment she stood there motionless, the sunlight outside the door shining on her cold and fair face, as if the high and mighty god was looking down on the lowly ants.
Helian Rong stepped forward to help the old lady up from the ground, and said angrily, "Sister-in-law, you didn't even bother to help Mother when she fell. You just stood there and watched. Is this what a daughter-in-law should do? And you're a legitimate daughter from a marquis's mansion, and this is how you're brought up. Don't forget, you're married to my eldest brother. Aren't you afraid that he'll divorce you if you treat Mother like this?"
Xia Xing'er looked at the girl in front of her who was accusing her. She still had baby fat on her face and was wearing a light blue dress that she had ordered in early spring. Now she was wearing her clothes and accusing her.
Good sister-in-law.
Ever since she married into the general's mansion, I have treated her like my own sister and given her plenty of clothes and jewelry. What's the result?
She also contributed to my tragic death in my previous life.
Thinking of this, Xia Xing'er suppressed the hatred in her heart and said calmly, "Take off what you are wearing and take off what is on your head before you preach to me. Don't do the same thing as eating with a bowl in hand and cursing your mother when you put it down."
Helian Zhi's face turned red with anger. "I didn't ask you to give me these. You gave them to me to curry favor with me. Do you think I care about these broken things of yours? I'll throw them all back to you later, humph."
"Okay, I hope you will do what you say and return it to me later." After Xia Xing'er finished speaking, she glanced at the others, all of whom had gloomy faces.
"It's nothing, I'll go back." Xia Xing'er said and strode out.
The rest of the Helian family members looked at each other in silence. None of them had expected that someone who was usually easy to talk to would be so tough today.
Someone who always respected her mother-in-law actually didn't even listen to her this time.
The old lady said coldly, "Don't worry, she will agree and will be as obedient as before."
Even if people from the Marquis of Changxin's Mansion came, they were not afraid. The Helian family had not wronged her, and she was still the legal wife.
Even if this matter were to be made public, Xia Xing'er would be in the wrong. The Marquis of Changxin's Mansion was not good at educating their daughter, and they would not say a bad word about the General's Mansion.
After leaving the old lady's room, Xia Xing'er took Chunliu and got on the carriage that had been prepared long ago and headed straight for the palace.
It was noon, the sun was scorching, and Xia Xing'er and Chunliu stood motionless at the palace gate, waiting for the empress dowager's summons.
"Miss, will the Queen Mother call you? We have been waiting for so long. In the past, when you entered the palace, you would be summoned within a quarter of an hour."
They had been waiting for almost an hour, but the Queen Mother still hadn't announced an audience. Chun Liu was a little worried about her young lady.
"Miss, are you hungry? You haven't had breakfast. Can your body still hold on?"
"I'm fine, not hungry." Xia Xing'er really didn't feel hungry at all. She now had only one belief, which was to ask for a decree of divorce and return to the Marquis of Changxin's Mansion with dignity.
God knows how hard it was for her to endure that she didn't go home immediately to see her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law.
"Miss, why don't you just forget it? After all, you are the legal wife, the general's wife, and she is just a concubine. Let's go back and just bear this loss."
When Xia Xing'er heard Chunliu say this, her eyes instantly turned cold. "Chunliu, you know your young lady is me. In the future, please don't say such words that will boost others' prestige and destroy your own ambition. Your young lady doesn't like to hear them."
Chun Liu sighed. There was nothing she could do. She just felt sorry for her young lady.
I thought that the young lady's life would be better with the return of her son-in-law, but I didn't expect it to be like this.
She now misses the lady in Meishan so much, who was so lively, unrestrained and free.
I should have known that I should not have listened to my wife and let my daughter get married and suffer this kind of bullshit.
Inside Shoukang Palace, Aunt Hua reported to the Queen Mother, "Your Majesty, Miss Xing'er has been waiting at the palace gate for almost an hour. Do you want to see her or not? Do you want me to have someone send her back?"
Aunt Hua served the Empress Dowager since she was still a girl.
The Empress Dowager put down her fan and said, "This girl has never come to the palace to see me since her marriage. She came to see me at this critical moment, it must be because Helian Zhi and Ye Qingyu asked the Emperor to grant her marriage."
The Empress Dowager also felt unhappy. "I am close friends with her mother, and I have raised this child like my own daughter. But how can I interfere in the affairs of the previous dynasty?"
Aunt Hua understood what the Queen Mother meant. "Your Majesty, why don't you summon him in and let him tell her about his suffering? I heard that he hasn't had an easy time in the General's Mansion these past three years."
The empress dowager then thought of how the wife of Marquis Changxin would bring Xia Xing'er with her every time she entered the palace. At that time, she was fair and tender, and as cute as a porcelain doll. Later, she was rarely seen after she was sent to Meishan. The last time she was seen was three years ago when she was about to get married. At that time, she no longer had the liveliness and cuteness of her childhood, but had the serious and reserved look of a girl from a noble family.
"Well, just summon her to the court."
After hearing this, Aunt Hua immediately went to summon Xia Xing'er.
Xia Xing'er followed Aunt Hua to Shoukang Palace, knelt down and saluted without looking up.
The Queen Mother looked at the person kneeling on the ground, and her heart ached. "Stand up and talk."
Xia Xing'er folded her hands and kowtowed in thanks, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I'm here to see you today, hoping to ask for a favor."
The Queen Mother asked, "Is what you are asking for today about Helian Zhi marrying Ye Qingyu as his concubine?"
"Reporting to the Queen, this is exactly what happened."
The Queen Mother sighed and spoke slowly, "Xing'er, although I am the Emperor's mother, I cannot interfere in the affairs of the previous dynasty."
"I know you want me to stop the emperor from granting the marriage."
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