Li choked up and covered her mouth to stop herself from crying, still trying to persuade him: "If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have remarried. Hui'er! Accept your fate! Even though they are a merchant family, you will be the mistress after all."
Su Qinghui shook her head desperately, "No, I won't go. I won't accept my fate. Mother! We haven't reached the end of our rope yet. We have to wait for an opportunity and try again."
Mrs. Li shook her head: "Mother can't fight anymore. She's tired. Mother has fought for you all her life, but what did she get in the end? Hui'er! This is how the rest of my life will be. I don't want to think about anything else, and I can't think about anything else."
She was divorced and sent home, which had already brought shame to her parents and brothers. What good would it do to continue fighting? There were only two paths for women: either get married or die.
It's impossible for her to get married. She's already middle-aged and who would want her?
I can't die now. My daughter's future has not been arranged yet. If I die, what will happen to her Huier?
"Mom! I don't want to live such a miserable life. I want to be myself again." Su Qinghui threw herself into Li's arms and cried bitterly, "I am so glorious in my dreams, why is my life so difficult in reality?"
Touching her daughter's head, Li also started crying.
"It's all mother's fault. I did something evil and now it's your turn to pay it forward. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have killed them. I should have kept them. Your position as the legitimate daughter would not have been shaken, and someone would have sent a legitimate son to me.
Why did I plot against them? They died in the end, and we didn't end up in a good situation. Hui'er! Remember, you should be kind in the future, and don't do things that are against the will of heaven or you will be punished.
I didn’t believe it before, but I do now. Don’t look at others, just look at me and you will know that retribution will come, it’s just a matter of time.”
Su Qinghui cried so hard that her shoulders shook. She was heartbroken and regretted her behavior.
If I had known that I would end up in this situation, I would have become a well-educated and well-mannered lady, and would not have gotten entangled with Lin Hong.
He is a spineless and irresponsible man who listens to his mother in everything. He had sex with her and had a child with her, but he didn't even marry her.
She was kicked out of the house by her father and became destitute and embarrassed. If it wasn't for him, why would she buy that dirty medicine? Why would she let him use it as an antidote for her?
She got angry every time she thought about it! She was so angry that she wanted to kill someone.
Lin Hong ruined her life, so why can he live a carefree and dissolute life all day long?
She wanted to kill Lin Hong and then run away.
But now that she is gone, what should her mother do?
Looking up at Li, Su Qinghui suddenly asked, "Mother! If your daughter leaves, will you live well?"
Li thought Su Qinghui had come to her senses and agreed to marry the 46-year-old businessman as her second wife.
Touching her head, she looked at her lovingly, "Hui'er! As long as you get better, everything will be fine for me. I have been staying in the Li family just to find a marriage for you.
After you leave, I will go to the temple to practice Buddhism and accumulate virtues and do good deeds for the sins I have committed."
Su Qinghui's eyes lit up: "Mom! Why don't we go now? It's not a good idea to stay at the Li family all the time. I will feel at ease only when I see that you are settled in the temple."
Li showed a relieved smile: "Is it a bit too hasty to go now? Mother knows the abbot of Pulan Temple in the suburbs of Beijing, and once donated a small building there.
Because of this favor, I believe the host will not refuse to accept my daughter."
"Then let's go. Don't stay here any longer. I've had enough." Su Qinghui stood up and began to pack her things. "Mom, let's go now. Right away."
Li was suspicious: "Hui Er! Do you have to be so anxious?"
Su Qinghui gritted her teeth and said, "Today is Su Qingran's wedding day. There are cheers from the people everywhere. It's disturbing to hear."
Li: “….”
How is that possible? We live in the backyard and can't hear the noise outside.
But whatever her daughter said was what she believed, and she always put her daughter first. If her daughter said to leave, then she left.
The mother and daughter packed some clothes, shoes and socks, sewed the remaining banknotes into their clothes, and left the Li Mansion secretly while the servants went outside to watch the fun.
No one in the Li family knew they were leaving, so the mother and daughter didn't dare to hire a carriage and took the small road. When they reached the city gate, they hired an ox cart and headed to Pulan Temple.
Li and Su Qinghui were not well dressed now, wearing coarse cloth clothes and looking haggard. They did not look like people who could afford to ride in a carriage.
Riding in a bullock cart seems quite appropriate and not at all out of place.
Pulan Temple was more than ten miles away from the capital. The ox cart slowly brought the mother and daughter there. Su Qinghui and Li got off the cart and walked up the mountain.
The abbot received them warmly, and the mother and daughter settled down in the temple.
When the bride entered the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion, firecrackers and other objects all went off with a "crackling" sound.
Su Qingran was helped by others to marry Chu Yifei, and then was sent to the bridal chamber.
The bridal chamber was the courtyard where Chu Yifei used to live. It had been refurbished and looked brand new.
When they got to the room, Chu Yifei asked Su Qingran to sit down first, lifted the veil, and the two smiled at each other.
"Brother Yifei! Do I look good today?"
Su Qingran and Chu Yifei often meet in private, and because of their childhood friendship, they speak more casually.
"Beautiful! My little girl is always so beautiful."
"Hehehe! I think so too. Today is my best-looking day."
Chu Xiaoxiao ran in and looked at her new sister-in-law and older brother, her black eyes shining with shrewdness.
Then he took out some snacks from his pocket, handed them to Su Qingran, and said in a baby voice: "Qiqiqiqiqi..."
Su Qingran took it and put it into his mouth without any hesitation and started eating. Zhenzhu was unable to stop him even though she reached out her hand.
"Miss! How can you ask for food from a child?"
Su Qingran said confidently: "I'm hungry. Third Aunt is very strict. She didn't even give me water to drink in the morning. I've been hungry ever since."
Chu Yifei quickly turned around and walked out: "Wait, I'll find you something to eat."
Chu Xiaoxiao smiled when she heard this.
[Ahaha! You can’t eat after getting married? What a weird rule. Have you eaten since last night? It’s good enough that you didn’t pass out from hunger.]
Before Chu Yifei stepped out of the door, Furong came in with a bowl of noodles and handed it to Su Qingran: "Young Madam! Madam was afraid that you would be hungry, so she asked me to bring you a bowl of noodles first. We don't have so many rules in our Chu family. You should fill your stomach and not really starve."
Seeing that she had food, Chu Yifei didn't dare to stay any longer, for fear that Furong would tease him. He left after saying "I'll go to the front to greet the guests."
Su Qingran knew that Furong was the head maidservant serving Yang, so she should call her aunt. She stood up, took the noodles from Furong's hand, and thanked her with a smile.
"Thank you, Aunt Furong! And thank mother for me, I'm really hungry."
Pearl bent down and knelt to salute Furong: "Thank you, auntie!"
Furong felt that the master and servant were too polite, so she also behaved politely and then left as she had other things to do ahead.
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