Chapter 8 Hunger Strike
Her words were truly shocking!
How could a mother-in-law persuade her daughter-in-law to divorce?
Su Qingwan's face turned pale with fear. She pulled her hand away in terror and was about to kneel down before Xie Changning. "Mother, what did I do wrong? Please tell me clearly. I promise I won't do it again. Please don't chase me away."
"Qingwan, it's not you who did something wrong, but that beast Shen Zhixu." Xie Changning helped her sit down, turned around, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to her.
Su Qingwan was startled, fearing her mother might know what had happened in her room. She felt guilty and lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Xie Changning. "I'm sorry for not getting pregnant. Please rest assured, mother. I'll definitely find a way to make my husband change his mind."
"Qingwan, that's not what mother meant. What should mother say so that you can understand?" In the previous life, the mother and son had been in the mansion for only two years when Qingwan died of illness.
She had just died, and the unfilial son couldn't wait to make that woman his wife.
That bastard Shen Zhixu is the eldest son and will inherit the Marquis's mansion in the future. Qingwan is the daughter-in-law she carefully chose.
Her grandfather was Lord Su. Although her father did not hold a high official position, the Su family was a well-known noble family.
The people who came to propose marriage almost broke down the threshold of the Su family.
"Mother, I don't want to leave..." Su Qingwan was so anxious that she burst into tears. Although her husband treated her indifferently and never wanted to stay overnight in her room, she had already married into the Marquis's Mansion and this was her fate.
She doesn't blame anyone.
My grandmother is not someone who is easy to get along with because my husband is like this.
But her mother-in-law was one in a hundred. Since she married into the Marquis's Mansion, she not only never set any rules for her, but also never tortured her.
Xie Changning knew that he couldn't convince her with just words.
She told Mother Du to prepare the car.
A woman's youth is fleeting, and she doesn't want Qingwan to waste it any longer, not even for a single day.
"Mother, where are you taking me?" Su Qingwan followed her and the two of them got on the carriage.
"You'll know in a moment." Xie Changning patted her hand gently.
Soon, the carriage stopped in an alley.
Su Qingwan looked at Xie Changning with confusion.
Xie Changning signaled Su Qingwan to keep quiet. She lifted the car curtain and looked towards the nearest house.
Su Qingwan's gaze also fell on that family.
Mother Du went forward and knocked on the door. She only knocked three times as instructed by Xie Changning.
"Who is it?" A response came quickly from inside.
Mother Du didn't say anything.
moment.
The door opened with a creak.
"Father, is that you?" A young woman appeared at the door, holding a child in her arms. The child looked exactly like Shen Zhixu, and the moment she opened her mouth, she called out "Father."
"I'm a newcomer and I'm lost for a moment. Could I ask Madam for a bowl of water?" Mother Du had no prior knowledge of this and her eyes widened suddenly. It was this vixen. She knew at a glance that the child in her arms was the prince's. Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough and didn't reveal any clues.
"Where did this old hag come from? She's such a bad luck. Get out of here now." The door slammed shut with a bang.
Mother Du turned her head and spat.
Xie Changning narrowed her eyes slightly. Just like in her previous life, should she call this woman Bai Xizhi?
Or, should I call her Jiang Yunrou?
"...What is this?" Even if Su Qingwan was stupid, she could see it. Her heart suddenly skipped a beat and hot tears slid down her cheeks.
"Mother discovered it by chance yesterday. Qingwan, mother is sorry for you. You have also seen that Shen Zhixu is a cruel beast. Is such a beast worth wasting your best years?" Xie Changning gently wiped the tears from Su Qingwan's face.
"Mother, I..." Su Qingwan wanted to say something.
Xie Changning shook her head. "Mother knows you're still a virgin. Don't make any rash decisions. Mother will take you back to your parents' home first. You don't have to come back tonight. Discuss this with your mother. Once you've thought it through, it won't be too late to tell Mother."
Su Qingwan nodded while crying, "Okay, I will listen to mother."
Her mother cared so much about her, she couldn't be ungrateful.
If such a thing happened in another family, every mother-in-law would go to great lengths to cover up for her son. Even if she fails, she would turn the tables and blame her daughter-in-law for not being able to win over her husband.
Xie Changning knew that he had an unshirkable responsibility for raising a beast like Shen Zhixu.
She should have gone to Qingwan's parents to apologize, but it was not appropriate to make this matter public at the moment.
It won’t be too late for her to go and apologize after Qingwan divorces that beast.
Su's parents must know what is best for their daughter, so she is not worried at all.
"The old lady asks Madam to come over." As soon as she returned to the Marquis' Mansion, Qin sent Madam Huang to invite her.
What do you ask her to do?
Of course she is acting like a mother-in-law.
Mother Du couldn't help but worry for her. As long as the girl was still the marquis' wife, that old man would be able to ride on the girl's head forever and poop and piss on her.
But she forgot one thing, that the marquis's family has now changed their surname to Xie.
Besides, Xie Changning has been in charge of the household for many years, and the servants in the mansion have long known who the real master of the mansion is.
Has the old lady ever spent a tael of silver except to show off?
"I have worked hard for many years, and now my chronic illness has relapsed. Please return the cards to me, and I will leave the affairs of the mansion to you from now on." Xie Changning leaned on the couch, with a headband on her head, looking sick.
Upon hearing this, Mother Du hurriedly grabbed the pair of cards and forced them into Mother Huang's hands.
Mother Huang was in a dilemma as to whether to accept or not, as this was a hot potato.
Songbaiyuan.
Looking at the cards on the table, Qin raised her hand and swept everything on the table to the ground.
"I haven't punished that bitch Xie Changning yet! She actually turned the tables on me. What does she think of the Marquis's Mansion? She can take care of it if she wants to, and leave it to me if she doesn't want to. There is no such good thing in the world. I want her to spit out double the silver she swallowed." She looked vicious and leaned over to whisper a few words in Mother Huang's ear.
That bitch Xie Changning will never be able to escape from her clutches.
After being slapped, Shen Zhiyan was filled with rage. After leaving the court, he went to the red-light district to have fun.
Except for him, Shen Zhizhou and the others were all in Shen Zhixu's Wensong Courtyard.
A few people exaggerated and told him what happened in court.
"How dare mother do this? She has been married into the Marquis's Mansion for many years. What's yours and mine? They all belong to the Marquis' Mansion. She is unfilial. I don't know what sins we committed in our previous lives to have a mother like her." Shen Zhixu's eyes were bloodshot, and he said this with gritted teeth.
Several people nodded in agreement.
Shen Jingyun frowned, "Mother is using all means to force big brother to submit. Big brother, why don't you just... give in! In the end, you can't beat mother anyway."
Is she trying to persuade Shen Zhixu to give in?
Wrong.
The eldest brother is the most stubborn.
She is trying to provoke her elder brother!
If her elder brother gives in easily, how can she fight against her mother?
She didn't want to listen to her mother and marry that poor scholar. She liked Brother Wen Jing, and Brother Wen Jing also liked her.
The two of them are in love.
More importantly, Brother Wen Jing is the eldest princess's only son, and he was named Prince of Danyang as soon as he was born.
How can that poor scholar compare with Brother Wen Jing?
"Brother, just accept your fate! It seems that we will never be able to escape from our mother's control in this lifetime." Shen Jingshu lowered her head and twisted the handkerchief in her hand, adding fuel to the fire.
Shen Zhizhou punched the wall and said, "Brother, don't give in. The more Mother acts like this, the more we must confront her."
Shen Zhixu sneered: "What is fate? Our fate should be in our own hands. I accept everything except fate."
As he said this, he looked at Shen Jingyun and said, “Go tell my mother that if she doesn’t return the property to my grandmother and agree to let me take up a position in the Ministry of Revenue, I will start a hunger strike from today.”
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