Chapter 5: Tear off this fig leaf with your own hands
Everyone stood in the court.
The person who opened the court to try the case was none other than Pei Zhi.
As soon as Qin saw the managers, she knew what Xie Changning wanted to do. This bitch didn't want to pay the money.
She dares!
"Xie Changning, what do you want to do? Zhixu was injured so badly, and you, as a mother, didn't even look at him. Why don't you allow us to take care of him? Is there any mother in the world as cruel as you?" The person she loved the most was her eldest grandson Zhixu. Whenever she thought of the injuries on his body, she wished she could skin Xie Changning, the bitch, alive.
Zhixu had just won the third place in the imperial examination and was about to become an official. Now, not only was he beaten with a stick, but even his reputation was tarnished.
She wanted to destroy Zhixu.
"Mother, it's just a small matter. You can just pay the money. We, as children, can handle it, but your grandmother is old. Is this how you, as a daughter-in-law, show filial piety to her?" She was being accused of being unfilial! This was said by her second son.
He truly lived up to being Qin's good grandson, inheriting all of Qin's true teachings. Whenever he was not satisfied, he would use filial piety to pressure her.
Is it worthy of you to talk about filial piety with a woman who killed her mother?
"Pa!" Xie Changning slapped him hard across the face. She looked at him coldly and disdainfully, "You're not worthy enough to talk to me about filial piety? You're a scholar, and this is how you talk to your mother? I'm afraid all those books you read have been turned into dog stomachs."
Are they the only ones who would use filial piety to pressure her?
"Mother, you hit me?" Shen Zhiyan's mouth was stained with blood. He covered his burning face and looked at Xie Changning in disbelief.
This was the first time his mother hit him.
Everyone was stunned.
"You unfilial thing, shouldn't I hit you?" What was more hurtful than the slap was Xie Changning's words.
"Mother, you..." Shen Zhiyan's eyes suddenly widened. He looked at Xie Changning in astonishment and couldn't help but take a few steps back.
He is a scholar.
Doesn’t my mother know that the word “unfilial” is like a disaster for a scholar?
How could his mother do this to him?
"You dare to hit my grandson? I will fight you, you vicious woman." Qin came to her senses and rushed forward, raising her hand and slapping Xie Changning hard.
"Dong, dong, dong..." At this moment, the sound of the gavel rang out, and at the same time, Pei Zhiqing's cold and indifferent voice rang out, "Silence!"
"As a mother, isn't it natural for me to teach my children? Just like my mother always taught me, is this wrong?" Xie Changning grabbed Qin's wrist.
She thought about it for a whole night before she figured out why her children became like this?
Everyone hated her to the core.
Just like now, every time she teaches her children, Qin will jump out to act as the good guy.
In addition, she fanned the flames every day, and over time, the children naturally felt that she was a bad mother.
In her previous life, not long after, Qin collapsed on the couch, and the only part of her body that could move was her mouth. She served her wholeheartedly, but instead of being grateful, she provoked the children everywhere.
In this life, she wants Qin to pay with her life.
Qin choked.
If she was wrong, how could she use her status to control Xie Changning, the vicious woman, in the future?
"This is the court. Please go back and deal with your family affairs. Now tell me! Who will return the money?" Pei Zhi looked very businesslike.
"She is in charge of the household expenses, so naturally she should pay it back." Qin said with confidence.
"Mother, I hate you." Without waiting for anyone to speak, Shen Zhiyan's eyes turned red. He clenched his fists, roared at Xie Changning, and then rushed out without looking back.
Even when Qin called him, he didn't turn around.
It was Pei Zhi who asked someone to stop him.
Even though she knew that they all hated her as a mother, Xie Changning still felt very uncomfortable when she heard him say that with her own ears.
She was feeling sorry for herself.
"It's true that I've been in charge of the finances these years, but mother probably forgot that when you handed the Marquisate over to me, there was only a mere three hundred taels of silver in the official account, a few failing shops, and two suburban farms. Together, the two farms had only a dozen acres of barren hills and thin farmland. Everything else was transferred to your own name, becoming your private property."
Everyone in Jing'an Marquis's Mansion went to court.
This explosive scene attracted many people to watch.
Xie Changning said this.
The onlookers' eyes changed immediately when they looked at Qin.
What? The Jing'an Marquisate is so poor, even worse than an ordinary wealthy family!
Although the Jing'an Marquis Mansion has declined, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. It shouldn't be so poor. It's fresh and refined...
Even Shen Zhiyan and the others were stunned.
Qin was furious. "Shut up! I'll pay this month's money today. You can pay me back when you get back."
Can this be told to others?
Now she just wants to get out of here quickly.
Xie Changning refused to let her have her way. "Mother must know that for the entire twenty-three years, everything from food and drink to every expense in the Marquis's Mansion has come from my dowry. In other words, I'm the one supporting the entire mansion."
This is what Qin is most taboo about.
It can be regarded as a model of both being responsible and being upright.
Today she will tear off this fig leaf with her own hands.
Let everyone see clearly what kind of face she has.
There was an uproar at the scene.
"What? This is too outrageous! The dignified Jing'an Prefecture actually set their sights on their daughter-in-law. This is too shameless!"
"Only the most worthless families would plot against their daughter-in-law's dowry. I would never do such a thing."
"That's not the case. We all have to have dignity. Unlike some people, who appear glamorous on the surface but actually do the most shameless things."
“…”
The discussion among the crowd grew louder and louder.
Every word he said hit Qin's heart.
"You, all of you shut up! It's not like that. It's not like that at all." Her vision darkened, and she pointed at Xie Changning and shouted, "She's the one who's talking nonsense, deliberately slandering the Marquisate."
Shen Zhizhou reached out to support her and looked at Xie Changning reproachfully, "Mother, even if you are angry, you can't treat Grandmother like this. As a daughter-in-law, respecting your elders is a natural thing, isn't it? Why do you have to dwell on these trivial matters?"
"That's right, what do you mean by you support the entire marquis's mansion? We believe what our grandmother said, why do you have to say this now?" They were almost embarrassed. Having a mother like her was really unlucky.
This sentence was said by Shen Jingyun.
Although Shen Zhiyan and the others didn't speak, there was resentment in their eyes.
Obviously, they didn't believe her.
"I have an account book here. The accounts of these years are clearly shown. Please take a look." Xie Changning was already prepared. Since he wanted to settle the accounts, how could he not have an account book?
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