Chapter 463 Conflict and Truth
Just as everyone was overjoyed, Min Yuexi, with a gloomy face, said to Madam Wu perfunctorily, "Mother, please wait a moment."
After saying that, he looked at Min Changli with a cold expression and waved to him.
Min Changli, puzzled, grinned and happily walked forward, "Big sister, it's so good that you're back..." Alright!
Before he could finish speaking, Min Yuexi slapped him across the face.
He looked at Min Yuexi in disbelief, "Why, why did you hit me?"
Min Yuexi looked at him coldly: "What were you trying to do to Grandmother just now?"
Min Chang-rye seemed to suddenly remember something, "You hit me for her? I'm your own brother! You actually hit me for her!?"
"Slap!" Another slap landed on Min Changli's face.
"What do you mean 'she'? Don't you have any sense of respect for elders? Who is she? She's our grandmother!"
Min Yuexi rebuked her sharply, "Show me some respect!"
Min Chang-rye stared at Min Yue-xi in disbelief, his expression as if he wanted to devour her.
Madam Wu quickly stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Xi'er, your brother is just being immature, don't take it to heart."
Min Changzhong also chimed in, saying, "Big sister, second brother is still young. We'll teach him slowly later. Don't be angry."
Ms. Wu stood aside without saying a word.
They are a mother and son, siblings; it's best for her, an outsider, not to interfere.
"Is this how you spoil him? Still young? He's twelve years old, still young? He's old enough to be beheaded, still young?"
Min Yuexi said with exasperation, "Didn't you all see him trying to attack Grandmother just now?"
Wu stammered, "Isn't your grandmother alright? Your brother even got kicked!"
In the end, it was Min Changli who suffered the loss.
"Mother!" Min Yuexi's chest heaved violently with anger.
Yu Hua quickly tried to calm her down and gently comforted her, saying, "Your Highness, please don't be angry. Take care of your health."
Min Yuexi took a deep breath, slowly calming herself down, before saying, "Mother, have you forgotten what I told you?"
Wu opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.
She didn't say it, but Min Yuexi spoke for her: "I've said it before, you must respect your grandmother, be filial to your grandmother, and obey your grandmother in everything."
"Don't talk back, cause trouble, or complain in front of your grandmother. If you do something wrong, apologize immediately. Never upset your grandmother."
Have you forgotten all of this?
Madam Wu muttered, trying to explain, "I haven't forgotten. But, but your grandmother wants your eldest and second brothers to change their surnames. How can that be allowed?"
"There's no reason in this world for a grandson to take his grandmother's surname!"
"Your younger brother is angry because of this."
"You are also a daughter of the Min family. Don't you get angry when you hear about this?"
Min Yuexi closed her eyes weakly, suppressing the anger that was about to erupt from her heart, before trying to speak calmly: "Mother, don't you understand what's going on?"
"And you, you, you..."
Min Yuexi pointed to Min Changzhong, Min Changli, and Xiao Wushi, one by one.
When it came to Xiao Wu's turn, Min Yuexi said disappointedly, "Wu Qin, I'm very disappointed in you. I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect..."
She shook her head and said nothing more.
He turned his head and looked at Wu again.
“Mother, I promised Grandmother in front of Prince Qi yesterday that I would change my surname. My name is now Qiao Yuexi.”
"What did you say?!" Wu looked at Min Yuexi in disbelief.
Min Changzhong also looked dumbfounded.
"What do you want to do?" Min Changzhong frowned. "You want to lay a hand on your older sister?"
Min Changli was a few years younger than Min Changzhong and couldn't break free. So, he stopped struggling and started cursing: "She's not my eldest sister! She's a traitor! She actually changed her surname! She actually abandoned Father and the Marquis's mansion! No wonder Father doesn't like her and calls her a rebellious daughter! Father wasn't wrong at all! She is the rebellious daughter of the Min family! The traitor of the Min family!... Ugh..."
Finally, Min Changzhong covered his mouth tightly.
Min Yuexi scoffed, gesturing for Min Changzhong to release him. "Let him curse. He's a complete idiot, oblivious to his impending doom!"
“I’ll say it one last time: Grandmother is not exaggerating or trying to scare you.”
“If you don’t agree to change your surname now, you’ll never have another chance.”
“Xi’er…” Madam Wu finally panicked, “Is there really no other way besides changing her surname?”
"Aren't you the Princess Consort of Qi? Could you ask the Prince of Qi for help?"
"Mother!" Min Yuexi said with exasperation, "Have you forgotten how I became the Princess Consort of Qi?"
"I was able to become the Princess Consort of Qi entirely because of my grandmother!"
"Even the fact that I can stand here and speak to you today is all because of my grandmother!"
"Without my grandmother, I would still be the same Min Yuexi whose reputation is ruined and no one dares to marry me!"
"No! It's even worse than that!"
"If I hadn't been fortunate enough to marry the Prince of Qi, my father had originally planned to marry me off far away from the capital! He wanted me to disappear from his sight forever!"
"My reputation would be ruined, I would be married off to a distant place, all alone, with no family to rely on... Can you imagine what kind of situation I would be in?"
Mrs. Wu cried, and wailed loudly.
She rushed forward, wanting to hug Min Yuexi, but before she could get close, Yu Shu reached out and stopped her.
Min Yuexi gestured for Yu Shu to move aside, "My mother won't hurt me."
After hesitating for a moment, Yu Shu stepped aside.
Madam Wu rushed forward, hugged Min Yuexi tightly, and cried, "My Yuexi, I didn't know your father would treat you like that!"
"Madam, have you forgotten how the Marquis treated us, mother and daughter, back then?"
Aunt He, who had returned sometime earlier after packing her things, said earnestly, "Madam, please wake up. The Marquis only cares about the eldest daughter, not you. He only ever thinks about himself!"
With a gritted teeth, as if to make a statement or to make amends for herself, Madam Wu hurriedly followed behind Aunt He and advised, "Mother, have you forgotten why Father was taken away? That night, Father almost killed Grandmother with his own hands!"
A person who dares to kill their own mother is capable of anything!
Upon hearing this, the entire room fell silent.
"What did you say?!" Min Yuexi's eyes suddenly widened.
Min Changzhong and Min Changli looked at Madam Wu in disbelief. "This is impossible!"
Min Changzhong questioned, "Even if my father and grandmother were at odds, they would never have killed my grandmother! I don't believe it!"
Having been released at some point, Min Changli retorted emotionally, "You're talking nonsense! You must be slandering my father! My father would never do such a rebellious thing!"
Just then, Wu suddenly shouted, "It's true! Your father really wanted to kill your grandmother! Wu and I saw it with our own eyes! We were there at the time!"
After Min Rong was arrested, both Wu Shi and Xiao Wu Shi tacitly kept quiet about it to anyone.
Qiao Qinghe is also a tight-lipped person.
Therefore, apart from the few people directly involved, no one in the Xuanping Marquis's residence knew anything about it.
At that moment, Min Changli's faith crumbled, yet he still refused to believe it, muttering to himself, "This isn't real, this isn't real..."
Min Changzhong was also shocked by the news.
After a long while, he finally turned his head with difficulty to look at Madam Wu, hoping to get a negative answer from her.
But Ms. Wu nodded at him earnestly and firmly.
Min Changzhong felt his emotions were complicated and difficult to understand.
So, the relationship between my father and grandmother had deteriorated to this extent?
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