The Marquis fainted from the pain, and the old lady was heartbroken, "Quickly call a doctor, quickly call a doctor."
Su Jinchen picked up his father and ran into the house, "Third brother, go get the medicine for the wound."
"Second brother, I've already prepared everything." After the two brothers entered the house, Su Jinnian slammed the door shut. "Grandma, your grandchildren will apply the medicine to father. Please wait a moment."
The old lady stopped at the door. Her son was injured on his butt, so it was not appropriate for her to go in now.
"Is your father awake? If not, call a doctor."
Su Jinnian glanced at Su Nanting, who had already taken out the butt pad. "Don't worry, Grandma. I just got a needle stuck in his philtrum, and he's awake. He's lying on the bed getting medicine applied. He's a bloody mess, so miserable."
The old lady was extremely worried. When she heard her son's scream, she shuddered in fear. "Jinchen's hands are heavy. Jinnian, you apply the medicine to your father. Be sure to be gentle and not cause any secondary damage."
"Okay, I'll apply the medicine to father now."
Su Jinnian and Su Jinchen sprinkled some medicine powder in the room and covered it with the lid when it was almost done.
Su Nanting changed his pants and lay on the bed, crying out "ouch, ouch" towards the door, his voice trembling.
The old lady felt sorry for her son and didn't know why the emperor punished him so severely.
Su Jinrui just came back from seeing off the guests, and the old lady stopped him and said, "Rui'er, what's going on?"
Su Jinrui looked at the old lady, hesitant to speak, with a sad face, "It has nothing to do with grandma, my father won't let me talk about it."
Su Nanting wailed inside, "Su Jinrui, don't tell your grandmother about this and let her worry about it."
"Mother, just do what you want to do. If the sky falls, your son will hold it up. If your son can't hold it up, you still have your four grandchildren."
"Oh, oh, it's just a little physical pain. My son can bear it. This time I have made amends. The emperor will not pursue it further."
When the old lady heard this, she was shocked and realized that her son’s punishment was definitely related to her. She wondered if the matter had been exposed.
The old lady was terrified. How could this matter be brought to the attention of the emperor? The man swore that he could succeed, but in the end he failed and even betrayed her.
Su Nanting continued inside, "Mother, I am an unfilial son and cannot come out to kowtow to you. I will kowtow to you when I feel better."
The old lady felt extremely guilty for having harmed her son to this point. Her son happily returned to the capital, but was beaten with a stick by the emperor as soon as he arrived. Not only did he suffer, but the other families must have laughed at him.
The old lady opened the door, rushed to the bedside and held Su Nanting's hand, "Son, it's all my fault. I hurt you. It's all my fault. I was confused for a moment."
"Mother, my son is young and a few beatings will heal him quickly. You are not wrong. It's all my fault that I don't have time to accompany you. That's why you listened to slander and acted irrationally."
Su Nanting lay on the bed and said weakly, "I just made a small mistake. I have my son to support me. At worst, I can give up my title of Marquis, hand over my military power, and retire with my family."
"That was great. The whole family was together every day and had a deep bond. It just wasn't as prosperous as it is now."
The old lady's mouth trembled. "I, I was just worried that the woman would deceive your wife. I was afraid that your wife would be confused by the situation, so I wanted to teach her a little lesson."
"I didn't expect the matter to be so serious. I reported it to the emperor and implicated you. My son, I'm sorry."
Thinking about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Su Nanting was in a state of panic. He couldn't do anything to his mother, so he had to make an example of her. "The old lady has always been kind and would never do such a thing. Someone must have instigated it. The old lady has been deceived. Don't you people around her know how to persuade her? Every one of you, except for Madam Wu, will be dragged out with twenty lashes."
The old lady didn't dare to stop the beating of the people around her. Soon, a maidservant shouted, "My Lord, please understand. The one who gave the old lady the advice was Miss Gu Yuanfang from the Marquis of Dongping's Mansion."
One maid said it, and the others followed suit. Su Nanting looked at the old lady, "What did mother say?"
The old lady hesitated, not knowing what to say.
Su Nanting sighed and said, "Forget it, my son will go to Guliang County tomorrow and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival there."
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The old lady immediately objected, "Fang'er was bullied by that woman and saw that she had bad intentions. She was worried that the Song family would be deceived and suffer losses, so she came up with this idea. She was also trying to share my worries. After all, she is young and has not thought it through."
"She meant well but ended up doing something bad. You can't blame her. It's all my fault for not making good arrangements."
At this time, the old lady was still stubborn and refused to change her mind. No one knew what kind of love potion Gu Yuanfang had given her.
Su Nanting closed his eyes and said, "Son is tired, mother please go back."
The old lady stood up and said, "Then you should have a good rest. I will come to see you later."
As soon as the old lady left, Su Jinrui closed the door and asked others to guard the door. "Father, this self-torture trick of yours is not very ideal."
In fact, this matter had been resolved when Su Nanting went to the palace to apologize. In order to teach the old lady a lesson, Su Nanting took the initiative to ask the emperor to send someone to the marquis's mansion to beat her with a stick.
The old lady is the type who won't cry until she sees the coffin, and won't feel the pain until she is hit by the stick. She must see him being punished with her own eyes.
The pain of beating a child is felt by the mother, because she feels both distressed and guilty when she is beaten.
Su Nanting sat up. "Your grandmother must be regretting her decision and feeling very guilty. At least she won't cause any trouble in the near future. Bring your mother back so we can have a harmonious Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Your grandmother definitely wouldn't let Gu Yuanfang come to the Marquis' Mansion in the past few months. She must be blaming Gu Yuanfang in her heart."
Su Jinnian didn't understand, "Why is Grandmother so protective of Gu Yuanfang? Has she been bewitched?"
Su Jinrui said, "They seem to be attracted to each other. I can also use Gu Yuanfang to stimulate my mother and remind her of her sister's disappearance, so that she will worry too much."
The three brothers looked at Su Nanting and asked, "How can you have such a mother who makes them afraid of marriage?"
Su Nanting was helpless. His mother's desire for control was too strong. She scared their father away and he didn't come home. She then controlled the three brothers.
He is the only one who resisted marriage and was willing to give up everything to marry the woman he loved. He got what he wanted, but his wife has had a hard time over the years.
He is not at home all year round, so he can't reach that far even if he wants to protect himself.
Su Nanting said guiltily, "The person I owe the most in my life is your mother."
The three brothers also felt guilty. They were often in the military camp and could not help their mother. Their grandmother could control them with just the word "filial piety". Only Su Jinyao didn't care about that and often argued with his grandmother.
Therefore, the old lady did not like Su Jinyao and exempted him from visiting her every morning and evening. His mouth could make her very angry.
The old lady was indeed not as calm as she appeared. She was frightened and asked someone to inform Gu Yuanfang not to come to the Marquis' Mansion in the next few months.
In her heart, she still blamed Gu Yuanfang for coming up with such a bad idea that was so easily exposed, implicating her son and creating a rift between them.
This time the Song family succeeded.
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