Chapter 28 Husband and wife fight, daughter poisoned
Min Rong was still not satisfied after slapping Wu Shi, so he kicked her to the ground.
Wu was stunned by the beating. By the time she came to her senses, Min Rong was already pointing his finger at her nose and angrily shouting, "It's all your fault! You stupid woman!"
"I entrusted you with the matter of breaking off the engagement, and I asked you to handle it properly. Is this how you handled it? You didn't even step in yourself, and just sent a little girl?"
"You incomprehensible idiot!"
"After something happened, instead of trying to make amends, you actually dared to come up with some underhanded and despicable ideas to shift the blame onto the old lady?"
"You brain-dead idiot!"
"Do you think that Lady Annam is some kind of good person?"
"That's a notorious blabbermouth! And you actually dared to invite him to your house to talk! Utterly foolish!..."
Wu was furious at Min Rong's constant insults, calling her a "stupid thing" and a "fool."
She didn't get up, but sat on the ground and started arguing with Min Rong.
"Now you realize I'm stupid? Where were you all this time? Such a big matter as breaking off an engagement, neither the old lady nor you, the Marquis, stepped forward, yet you had the nerve to ask a stupid woman like me to do it?"
"Now that this has happened, the Marquis is scolding me for sending a mere maid to annul the engagement. But when I ordered Feixu to lead the people to annul the engagement, the Marquis was clearly sitting right there! Why didn't the Marquis object then? Now he's blaming me?"
"Ha, saying I shouldn't have shifted the blame! But this happened a few days ago, why didn't you say anything then, Lord Marquis? Now you're getting angry. But isn't this anger a bit too late?"
If you were really angry, would you have waited until today?
Ultimately, it's just that he thinks it's more advantageous for him to let the old lady take the blame than to let him take the blame himself!
She saw through this man; he was hypocritical, pretentious, and selfish!
I wonder what triggered her to come back so angry today.
Faced with Wu's sarcasm, Min Rong trembled with anger, "You, you dare to talk back to me?"
Madam Wu snorted coldly, stood up, patted her bottom, and said disdainfully, "Am I wrong? The Marquis himself doesn't want to break off the engagement and wants to push it to the old lady. But the old lady would rather hand over the power of managing the household than go against the Marquis's wishes."
"You, Lord Marquis, have the audacity to dump this task on me! Who do you think I am? I come from a humble family, incompetent, powerless, and foolish! And yet you dare to entrust me with this task! Now that it's been botched, who can you blame, Lord Marquis?"
"If you ask me, the Marquis should blame himself the most! If the Marquis hadn't been interested in the marriage proposal from the Minister of Works' family, and hadn't thought about using his daughter to climb the social ladder, why would he have thought of breaking off the engagement?"
"Since the Marquis wants to annul the engagement, shouldn't he handle it himself? But instead, for the sake of his own reputation, he dumped the matter on me. Is he perhaps thinking that if something goes wrong, I'll take the blame?"
"Ha, now look what's happened. You've made a mess of things, so the Marquis is thinking of taking it out on me?"
“You…you…” Min Rong stared at Wu Shi, speechless for a long time.
I was so angry! And so speechless!
Because what Mr. Wu said is true!
He did indeed want to use his daughter's marriage to establish a relationship with the Minister of Works.
It was indeed out of consideration for their reputation that they were unwilling to personally cancel the engagement. They originally thought that the old lady was the most reliable person to handle things, and that it would be most appropriate for her to handle it.
But the old lady wouldn't have his way! She even threatened to die. Left with no other option, he had to hand the matter over to Madam Wu.
Although he knew that Wu was not capable of great things, he ultimately underestimated Wu's stupidity.
It would have been fine if they had just broken off the engagement properly, but how did they end up being accused of bullying, trespassing, and stealing the marriage certificate?
Finally, in an attempt to cover up their bad reputation, they shifted the blame onto the old lady...
Contrary to her usual behavior, the old lady made no attempt to conceal anything and revealed everything in front of the Prince's mansion...
Min Rong felt that he had worked hard for half his life, only to have it all come to nothing in the end!
No! It's not his fault! It's all that idiot Wu's fault! It's all her fault! Everything is her fault!
Min Rong grabbed Wu by the collar, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at her. "It's all your fault! It's all your fault!... You ruined the reputation of the Marquis's mansion and ruined my future!"
Wu tried to pry Min Rong's hand away, yelling, "What are you doing? Let go! Let go!"
Min Rong not only didn't let go, but instead grabbed Wu's collar with one hand and slowly choked her neck with the other.
No sooner said than done, at that very moment, a panicked shout came from outside the door.
"Madam, something terrible has happened! Madam, the eldest young lady has been poisoned! She's vomiting blood! Madam! You must go and see her!"
The old woman's terrified voice, accompanied by a series of hurried footsteps, came from afar and grew closer.
Min Rong quickly regained her composure and let go of his hand.
With a deathly pale face, Madam Wu rushed out of the room, grabbed the old woman, and asked, "What did you say? What happened to the young lady?"
The old woman said tremblingly, "The young lady ate the sweet soup sent from the main kitchen and has been poisoned, vomiting blood! You must go and see her quickly!"
Wu didn't care about anything else and ran towards Ruyunxuan, where Min Yuexi lived.
Although Min Rong is selfish, Min Yuexi is his first child and has received a lot of his love since she was a child.
Upon hearing that Min Yuexi had gotten into trouble, Min Rong composed himself and quickly followed Wu Shi.
***
When Madam Min returned home that evening, a doctor had already examined her at Ruyunxuan. The doctor said that what had been added to her food wasn't a potent poison and shouldn't have been easily detected. It was only because it clashed with Min Yuexi's medicine that she suffered poisoning and vomited blood.
Ever since the news of the broken engagement broke, Min Yuexi has fallen ill. She has seen several doctors, but her condition has not improved. She has been taking medication and recuperating these days.
If one medicine and one poison clash, wouldn't trouble inevitably arise?
Fortunately, Min Yuexi didn't have a good appetite and didn't eat much.
The person was saved, but their health was still damaged. The doctor said they might have difficulty conceiving in the future.
Upon hearing the news, Madam Min Qiao went straight to Ru Yun Xuan without even changing her clothes.
Seeing Min Yuexi lying on the bed with her face pale and her eyes closed, looking like a rag doll with no life in her eyes, Min Qiaoshi couldn't describe the feeling in her heart.
In her past life, her eldest granddaughter stood proudly by her sickbed, so radiant and imposing. In this life, because of her indulgence, she has suffered a tarnished reputation and emotional and physical pain before even getting married. How can one not feel a pang of sorrow?
Madam Min Qiao came out of Min Yuexi's room, sat down on a chair in the center of the main room, and looked coldly at Min Rong and Madam Wu, "How could someone be poisoned like this?"
Mrs. Wu kept wiping away her tears.
Min Rong frowned and said vaguely, "We don't know yet. We've already sent people to investigate."
Just then, a series of rustling footsteps came from outside the door. Occasionally, a loud shout from an old woman could be heard: "What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and bring them inside!"
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