The follower was stunned. He didn't expect that the general's wife, who was usually patient, would suddenly become tough.
What he said just now was indeed very rude. If he brought this to the attention of the uncle, he would not end up in a good situation.
After hesitating, he restrained himself a little and replied with a stiff smile, "Madam, you are joking. My uncle is old, how can he go to guard the border? The general is very filial, I am afraid he would not agree even if he knew."
The general's wife was too impatient to deal with him and started to chase him away. "Take your things and go back. Tell the uncle that the general is fine and doesn't need these herbs. Next time you send someone over, remember to find someone who knows how to behave."
After that, she instructed the butler beside her, "You go with us, to prevent some people from distorting the facts and accusing us of disrespecting our elders."
"Yes, ma'am!" the butler agreed immediately, then pointed to the door, signaling the attendant, "Let's go, let's go talk to the uncle."
The follower regretted it completely, his eyes rolled around, and he tried his best to make amends.
"Madam, please forgive me. I have a foul mouth and cannot speak well, so I have offended you. Please be magnanimous and forgive me this time."
As he spoke, he was about to kneel down.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and Chen Qiong, full of anger, rushed in with a horsewhip in hand.
Without even checking to see if there were any outsiders in the room, he immediately started shouting, "Mom, why are there so many outsiders in my horse racing farm? Did you give the farm to your eldest brother, and did your eldest sister-in-law secretly give it to the Jiang family?
"Mom, you're biased! You know that farm is my favorite, but I still want to go horse racing every day! No, you must give me an explanation today!"
Jiang was afraid she would let slip the news of the border fund-raising, so she quickly tried to cover it up and persuaded him, "Second brother, you misunderstood. The manor wasn't given away, it was... yes, it's for rent!"
Unfortunately, Chen Qiong didn't listen to her explanation at all. She even waved her away and cursed, "Shut up, you shrew! Don't think I don't know. You've been urging Mother to favor you all day and move all our belongings to the Jiang family! Our Zhao family is really blind to marry a troublemaker like you!"
From childhood to adulthood, Jiang had never been scolded like this. No matter how calm she was, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
The general's wife was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood. She had planned to tell her playboy son about the sale of the farm at night. After all, if she wanted to tell him during the day, her son would not be at home.
I didn't expect him to be so brainless and start making trouble without any reason!
When she saw the followers of the Bo Mansion with their eyes rolling around and their ears perked up, as if they had not missed a single word, she felt dizzy!
"Butler, show the guests out!" The general's wife shouted, then snatched the whip from her youngest son and swung it out fiercely.
Zhao Qiong also discovered that there were people from the West Mansion in the house at this moment. He was a little stunned. Before he could react, his mother's whip hit his back. He screamed in pain and started to run away!
"Mother, mother! I was wrong, wuwu, stop hitting me, I didn't know there were outsiders!"
"I'll beat you to death, you unfilial son!" The general's wife was really furious, and the whip in her hand was merciless...
The butler walked quickly and pulled the attendant out of the house. The attendant pretended to stumble, just to delay for a while and listen to a few more words!
Chen heard the noise and rushed over from her yard. She watched her husband being beaten from afar and started crying.
"Woo woo, there's no place to live in this house! Help, my mother-in-law is partial to the eldest son and wants to kill the youngest!"
The general's wife in the room was so angry that her heart ached and the whip in her hand fell down.
Zhao Qiong found an opportunity and slipped away, leaving Chen with a hurried word.
"You stay at home and I'll go out and hide for a few days!"
After saying that, he ran away, leaving Chen to watch her mother-in-law fall down in the house and then quickly hide back in her own yard!
Jiang was so angry that she patted her mother-in-law on the back and asked the maid to bring her tea.
After a lot of effort, the general's wife drank some water and calmed down, and tears began to fall.
"What a sin! This beast was born to collect debts! I want... I want to separate him and make him get out of here!"
Jiang was delighted, as she had long been fed up with her sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
But it was hard to say this, so she could only advise, "Mom, this is a serious matter. Let's wait for Dad to come back, or write a letter to ask."
The General's wife was reminded of this and remembered that her husband had something important going on. She couldn't let herself be distracted by trivial matters at home, so she could only suppress her thoughts...
Zhao Qiong ran all the way out of the General's Mansion and headed straight for Chunfeng Tower. After reuniting with his friends, he guzzled several glasses of wine before heaving a sigh of relief, "I finally escaped with my life!"
All his friends started asking him about it, hoping to have some fun.
"What's going on? You're the second son of the general's mansion. Who would dare to make things difficult for you?"
"That's right, you're exaggerating. No matter who is in trouble, you won't be in trouble either!"
"Is there some young lady pestering you and insisting on marrying you?"
Everyone was talking and laughing, it was very lively.
Zhao Qiong waved her hands and whispered, "It was my mother. I said something unpleasant, and she whipped me with a horsewhip. She almost beat me to death!"
One of his friends pressed the issue, "Oh my god! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs! What made you piss your mother off this time? She actually hit you!"
"He's still my father!" Zhao Qiong yelled without hesitation, but halfway through, he was still a little cautious and stopped talking in time, changing the subject, "Forget it, forget it. If a mother hits her son, how can I hit her back? Come on, drink, drink!"
He hurriedly picked up the wine glass and promised openly, "I was going to have fun at the farm today, but I didn't expect to ruin my mood and not be able to celebrate Brother Wu's birthday. This banquet is my apology to all the brothers. It's my treat!"
Chunfenglou is the best restaurant in Kyoto. A table like this would cost at least ten taels of silver. Of course, everyone was happy to eat and drink for free.
Then everyone started to make noise and cheer loudly...
Soon, after half an hour, everyone was staggering and their speech was stuttering.
Someone suddenly brought up the previous topic and asked, "Zhao Er, you haven't told me yet. Why did your mother beat you? Doesn't she love you the most? Your father is not around, so you have no one to teach you?"
"Don't mention this to me!" Zhao Qiong stuck out his tongue, his face full of grievance and anger.
"It's all that stubborn guy's fault. He's a worthless general, he can't even take care of his family, and he's causing trouble for them! Other people take up official positions to enrich their families, but he's the opposite, asking his family to sell their fields and land to give him money to support the border troops!
"Those who know him say he's stupid, while those who don't think all the soldiers guarding the border are his sons!"
A few drunks didn't know what it meant and asked while burping.
"What are you talking about? Aren't border guards supported by the imperial court? How can they be your father's sons?"
"Exactly. Why sell the land? Is your father keeping a concubine at the border?"
"Hahaha, that's hard to say!"
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