Chapter 10 Is there such a good thing?
Hunger strike!
Refusing to take medicine!
And, such a good thing?!
It was exactly what she wanted.
Everything went well today.
Xie Changning slowly finished the last bite of the bird's nest. Mother Du took the bowl from her hand, picked up a handkerchief, and wiped the corners of her mouth elegantly, as if she didn't hear what they said.
Shen Jingyun and Shen Jingshu didn't have the expression they wanted to see on her face at all.
Sadness, sorrow, worry, none of that.
"Mother, you..." The two sisters looked incredulous. How could their mother's heart be so dark? She didn't even care about her eldest brother's life or death.
You know, the eldest brother is her most valued child.
"Did you all hear what the prince said? Give orders immediately. From today on, there is no need to send him food or medicine. It would be a waste to send them to him anyway." In her previous life, Xie Changning hoped that she would have several children to bring honor to the family so that she could enjoy her old age.
But what is the result?
They strangled her, their own mother, to death without blinking an eye.
Will she still care about their life or death?
One death is not too many.
Two deaths is not a small number.
"Mother, how did you become like this? Just because my eldest brother doesn't want to go to the Hanlin Academy, you want to kill him? You are too cruel." Shen Jingyun was stunned.
"Mother, you have already caused my eldest brother to be beaten with thirty sticks, and not only have you taken away all of my grandmother's property, but you have even occupied the Marquis's Mansion. Isn't that enough? Do you really have to force all of us to die?" Shen Jingshu yelled at her with red eyes.
"Kneel down!" Looking at them, Xie Changning felt extremely annoyed, and even his mood was not so good.
Shen Jingyun and Shen Jingshu looked at her angrily, standing there with their necks stiff, motionless, obviously having no intention of kneeling down.
"I gave birth to you and raised you, and this is how you treat me, your mother? All you say is blaming me. Which noble lady is like you? This is how you are filial to me? You are so unfilial." Xie Changning also brought up the concept of filial piety.
Are they the only ones who use filial piety to pressure her?
Shen Jingyun's eyes widened suddenly. She tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand. How could her mother say that to her?
She is the one who is going to discuss marriage.
If a reputation of being unfilial spreads, even if Brother Wen Jing likes her much, the princess will never allow her to marry into the family.
The mother wanted to destroy her.
"My daughter was wrong, please forgive me, mother." She knelt on the ground with a plop.
Shen Jingshu gave her a look and said, "Fourth sister, don't be afraid of her. I will go find our grandmother to support us."
She turned and was about to leave.
"Jingshu, didn't you hear what your mother said? Kneel down quickly." A word of unfilial piety from their mother could ruin them. What would be the use even if their grandmother came?
For the first time, Shen Jingyun knew what fear was!
This was the first time her mother spoke such harsh words to her.
Shen Jingshu hesitated for a moment, then she reluctantly knelt beside Shen Jingyun and glared at Xie Changning angrily, "Mother, I don't like you anymore."
She didn't understand why her mother punished them.
Everything she and her fourth sister said was true, and they did not say anything wrong.
Xie Changning hummed calmly. It was a good thing for a group of ruthless matricide bastards to just dislike each other. "Are you going on a hunger strike? I can give you the order all at once."
Shen Jingyunqi's eyes were red, and her heart was extremely sad.
Shen Jingshu is not much better.
The two of them had the same feeling at the same time: does their mother no longer want them?
They couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
But as soon as this thought came out, it was quickly suppressed by them.
No, they are their mother's daughters and that will never change in their lifetime.
They wanted to be tough, but they could see that their mother was serious about it, so they didn't dare to mention the hunger strike.
Seeing them kneeling obediently, Xie Changning felt a little relieved. It was good to be afraid. This was the first time such a thing happened, but it would definitely not be the last.
In the future, they will suffer...
"Xie Changning, you black-hearted person, get out here." Shen Lanyue's arrogant voice sounded, and then she rushed in aggressively.
"Bang!" There was no expression on Xie Changning's face. She raised her hand and swept the teacup on the table to the ground.
The teacup fell accurately at Shen Lanyue's feet, breaking into pieces in an instant, and the splashing tea splashed all over her.
Shen Jingyun and Shen Jingshu were startled.
Is mother so fierce now?
The one who came was her aunt, how dare she treat her like this?
It's really ridiculous. They only saw Xie Changning smashing the teacup, but chose to ignore the words Shen Lanyue used to scold Xie Changning.
"Xie Changning, how dare you do this to me? Are you crazy?" Shen Lanyue was so angry that she jumped up and down. She yelled and screamed, without any manners that a lady of an earl should have.
"I wonder what your identity is as you are cursing at me?" Compared to her, Xie Changning seemed much more elegant. There was no expression on her face from beginning to end.
She didn't even give Shen Lanyue a chance to speak, and immediately said, "If you claim to be the wife of the Yongning Earl, you'd be committing an insubordination. But I'm the Marquis' wife, so I have the upper hand over you!"
"A sister-in-law is like a mother. If you, as a younger sister-in-law, speak to me like this, you are being unfilial and disrespectful."
Shen Lanyue choked. When did this bitch become so sharp-tongued?
She glared at Xie Changning fiercely, "You still dare to talk to me about filial piety? What daughter-in-law is like you? How dare you plot against your mother-in-law's private property? You are committing a serious crime of unfilial piety."
Xie Changning didn't want to take the blame for this. "Wait until you use your dowry to support the Yongning Marquis's Mansion for twenty years, then come and talk to me about this."
"Mother Du, please go quickly and tell the old lady of the Earl's Mansion this good news. Just say that the Earl's wife is very kind and is willing to use her dowry to support the Earl's Mansion for twenty years, not a year less." The Yongning Earl's Mansion also has an old lady who is putting pressure on Shen Lanyue. Even though she has become the Earl's wife, her life is still not easy.
"Yes, I'll go right away." Mother Du cooperated tacitly and turned around and left.
"Come back here. Who said I want to use my dowry to support the Yongning Marquis's Mansion?" Her brain was not kicked by a donkey. The dowry was her private property. Even her dead husband had no right to use her dowry.
"Oh! So the Lady Bo doesn't want to! Then what qualifications do you have to say that to me?" Xie Changning made no secret of the sarcasm in his words.
"..." Shen Lanyue opened her mouth several times, but she couldn't utter a word.
"The people of Shengjing have witnessed it all today. If I really planned to take my mother-in-law's private property, you wouldn't have the chance to criticize me. I'm afraid I would have been drowned in everyone's saliva by now."
Xie Changning paused, "Since Madam Bo looks down on me so much, I guess you don't want the things I gave you before. I'd like to ask Madam Bo to return all of them. If others knew about this, gossip would inevitably spread."
"After all, going back to your parents' home frequently and asking for money from your sister-in-law is not a good thing to say."
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