Chapter 2 Please handle this impartially
This year, she was just forty years old.
"Zhixu has been captured, why are you still standing there, Xie? Go and rescue Zhixu quickly. If you don't see Zhixu tonight, don't blame me for being rude and punishing you according to family rules." Perhaps hearing the news that she had woken up, her mother-in-law Qin rushed over and scolded her.
Xie Changning suddenly laughed.
It’s good to be reborn!
In this life, she wants to kick all these ungrateful people out of the house.
"Why are you howling for no reason? You are so unlucky." Qin's eyes almost popped out.
Suddenly, Xie Changning remembered something. She panicked and ran out barefoot.
In her previous life, she devoted all her heart to her children and neglected her relatives.
Half a month later, news will come from the border that the eldest brother has died in battle.
The mother was shocked by the bad news and died on the spot vomiting blood.
After the eldest brother was buried, his sister-in-law hanged herself in the room with a white silk thread.
In this life, she wants to save her elder brother and prevent this tragedy from happening again.
"Madam, Madam..." Seeing that she was barefoot, her children were indifferent. Only Mother Du chased after her with her shoes in hand.
It turned out that at this time, they had become alienated from her as their mother.
Looking at her panicked back, Qin smiled complacently. Even if this daughter-in-law was of nobler birth than her, so what?
As long as she holds the position of mother-in-law, she can always dominate her.
Not to mention, she also holds her children in her arms, and she can only endure her torture and difficulties for decades, otherwise, she would be unfilial.
“Don’t be afraid, Jingyun. Although your mother is planning to arrange a marriage for you, your grandmother knows what you are thinking and will definitely make your wish come true.” She smiled and patted Shen Jingyun’s hand.
"I knew that grandma loved me the most!" Shen Jingyun's eyes turned red and he threw himself into her arms.
Chen Jingshu snorted softly, "Yeah! If it weren't for our grandmother protecting us from childhood, we don't know what our mother would have done to us."
She used the word "consultation".
Shen Zhiyan and Shen Zhizhou nodded in agreement.
After getting on the carriage, Xie Changning wrote furiously that there was a spy in the army and that his elder brother was attacked from all sides and died in the battlefield. The most urgent thing was to tell his elder brother about this.
Mother Du looked at her distressedly, "Madam, are you going back to the Duke's Mansion?"
Xie Changning shook her head. She sealed the letter with wax and held Mother Du's hand tightly. "Give this letter to Xie Lin. Tell him to travel day and night and make sure to personally deliver this letter to Big Brother."
Her voice trembled when she said this. Xie Lin was the secret guard trained by her father since she was a child.
Mother Du was a little surprised. She thought the lady was worried about the prince, but she didn't expect that the letter was actually for the Duke.
She went to do it immediately.
Xie Changning leaned against the carriage, her heart trembling, but fortunately it was not too late.
She thought carefully about her previous life.
Why did Shen Zhixu ride his horse in the street?
He had just won the third place in the imperial examination and was in high spirits.
Over his future, the mother and son had a dispute. She wanted Shen Zhixu to enter the Hanlin Academy and follow the path of a noble civil official so that he could enter the cabinet in the future. Shen Zhixu insisted on going to the Ministry of Revenue.
He was unhappy and drank too much, which led to this disaster.
In order to rescue him and protect his reputation, she used her mother's family connections and thus sought help from...the Minister of Justice Pei Zhi.
The person she felt most sorry for in her life, besides her family, was him.
He was an upright man, without a wife, children or daughters. The only time he bent the law for personal gain was because of her.
Not long after, he was framed by his political enemies and committed suicide in prison, leaving him burdened with infamy after his death.
He was concerned about the country and the people all his life and should be admired by everyone. He really shouldn't have ended up like this.
All this is because of her.
"Go to the Ministry of Justice." She raised her hand and slapped herself hard.
Madam Du was horrified. "What has Madam got into with the misfortune that the Crown Prince has committed? In my opinion, Madam, there's no need to blame yourself. You've devoted all your energy and painstaking efforts to educating the children over the years, and your hair is now gray. You've done enough."
"You are right. He is wrong, not me." She asked herself if she had ever owed anything to all her children. She had done everything she could and should do.
When they go astray, we pull them back time and time again and train them to become successful.
But how did they treat her?
Ministry of Justice.
Pei Zhi was wearing a crimson official uniform. He was working in his office. When he heard that Xie Changning had arrived, he narrowed his eyes slightly and a hint of self-mockery flashed across his face.
Although he is over 40 years old, his angular face is still handsome. After years of precipitation, his noble temperament has not changed. He looks low-key and introverted, like a sword with a deliberately subdued edge.
He paused, raised his hand and asked someone to invite Xie Changning in.
Xie Changning was wearing a plain dress, and she looked indescribably haggard.
"I wonder what business Madam has with me?" Pei Zhi's eyes flickered slightly, his tone was cold, and he asked the question even though he knew the answer.
Mother Du is waiting outside.
They were the only two in the room.
Without waiting for Xie Changning to speak, Pei Zhi raised his eyes and asked, "Madam, are you here for the Crown Prince?"
Pei Zhi asked her the same question in her previous life.
"Madam, please go back! It's better not to humiliate yourself." He looked as if he was keeping people at a distance, and his words were exactly the same as in his previous life.
But how did he do it?
"Your Excellency has misunderstood." Xie Changning raised her distinct black and white eyes and bowed to Pei Zhifu. "It is my fault for not raising my son well. I have caused trouble for you, Your Excellency. Please handle this impartially and give justice to the victim."
Pei Zhi, “…”
Did he hear it wrong?
He casually played with the brush in his hand, staring at Xie Changning intently, as if he wanted to see through her.
Is this still her?
"Goodbye, sir." Xie Changning bowed to Pei Zhifu, turned around and left calmly.
"Is this what you really think?" Pei Zhi frowned.
Xie Changning looked back, her face full of seriousness. "Yes, my son has been acting recklessly. It's time to teach him a lesson. Otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble he will cause in the future. I beg you to fulfill my wish to teach him a lesson."
Pei Zhi remained silent, his slender fingers tapping lightly on the table, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.
I heard that Xie Changning is back.
The old lady and Lady Lin, the Duke's wife, came out hurriedly.
"Mother, I miss you." Xie Changning threw herself into her mother's arms, hugged her tightly and cried heart-wrenchingly.
Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lin, comforted her, "Come on, little sister. You're already a grown-up, and you're still acting like a spoiled brat in your mother's arms. Even if Zhixu made a mistake, it's not a big deal. I've already discussed this with mother, and I'll step in to help Zhixu. He'll be back safe and sound in two days."
My second brother and his family are stationed at the border.
The two nephews followed their eldest brother to gain experience in the military camp, leaving only their mother and sister-in-law at home.
"Don't worry, Sui Sui. If things don't work out, I'll do it myself. Pei Zhi is your uncle's disciple. He won't even give you this face." The old lady called her nickname and touched her head lovingly.
Xie Changning thought, it's great to have a mother...
Her eyes were red as she spoke word by word, "Mother, sister-in-law, please don't interfere in this matter. You should teach Zhixu a lesson so that he will remember this lesson. Consider this as my plea to you."
She wanted to make Chen Zhixu, the rebellious son, suffer the consequences of his own actions.
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