Chapter 269 Falling out
Upon hearing this, Madam Rongchang felt that the man in front of her was so ridiculous, "You actually still think we can go back to the past?"
Rongchang Hou grabbed her and said anxiously, "Yes, yes, Ziyuan, as long as you forgive me this time, we will be as happy as before. I swear!"
Madam Rongchang looked at the man coldly, "Yes, as long as I forgive you, what a simple thing to say. My husband and my sister had sex behind my back, and my mother-in-law personally covered for them. The three of them worked together to create a child out of wedlock. Then my husband told me that as long as I didn't get angry, everyone would be happy as usual!"
Rongchang Hou's face turned pale and he said in pain, "Ziyuan, this is all my fault..."
Mrs. Rongchang was unmoved. "You know it's your fault, yet you keep hanging out with my sister behind her back. You know it's your fault, yet you watch coldly as your mother insults me every day using the child as an excuse. You know it's your fault, yet you still want to have this child with my sister. You know everything, yet you still do it without hesitation.
If I hadn't discovered your affair today, you would have continued doing it behind my back. Let me guess what you would have done next. Oh, you wouldn't have let me discover your dirty deeds, so you'd have kept it a secret from me and adopted this illegitimate child. You'd have used the excuse that I couldn't have children, and you'd have raised this illegitimate child under my name. This would have given your child a legitimate identity. Who knows, then, I, a woman who can't have children, might even be grateful to you, a good husband!
Upon hearing this, Marquis Rongchang turned pale as paper, and his face froze with an expression of pain!
Mrs. Rongchang stared at the man in front of her. "Li Changrong, I've been with you for so many years, and I never knew you were so filthy, despicable, and disgusting."
Rongchang Hou's body trembled, but he still held her sleeve tightly and said, "Ziyuan, I know you are upset now. Go ahead and scold me. As long as you feel relieved and as long as you forgive me, I will do anything you ask of me."
Upon hearing this, Madam Rongchang raised her head and laughed coldly, "Li Changrong, after all this, do you still think I will forgive you?"
Madam Rongchang smiled and said, then suddenly lowered her head. Then, with a cold and gloomy look in her eyes, she said, "Okay, you want me to forgive you, right? Then you'll conceive that evil seed now."
These words made Rongchang Hou, who was kneeling on the ground begging for forgiveness, and the old lady and Ji Zihan, who were hiding aside pretending to be deaf and dumb, all change their expressions at the same time.
Especially the old lady and Ji Zihan, who were suddenly caught on the spot and felt guilty, couldn't sit still at this time.
The old lady hurried up and shouted at the top of her voice, "Ji Ziyuan, I am still alive, don't even think about touching my grandson!"
Madam Rongchang looked at the old woman pointing at her and sneered, "Of course I won't touch your grandson. How could I get involved in such a dirty business?"
The old lady didn't hear the hidden meaning, nor did she notice her son's changed expression. She immediately nodded in satisfaction and said, "You are right. To be honest, we were at fault in the beginning, but since you can't have children, there is nothing we can do."
She softened her voice and said, "Mother, I have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Although I said that you are childless and unworthy of the position of Rongchang Madam, that is just words. The position of Rongchang Madam can only be held by you, the legitimate daughter of the Ji family. As for Zi Han, she is only a concubine's daughter, and her status is obvious. I just want Changrong to give her the position of concubine. Her status will definitely not surpass yours, the legitimate wife of the Marquis."
Upon hearing this, Madam Rongchang sneered at her mother-in-law, who appeared to have good intentions. "Old Madam, please listen to me. Aborting someone else's child is such a dirty thing that it should be left to those who enjoy doing such dirty things. Don't you think so, Marquis Rongchang?"
The old lady was stunned when she heard this, then subconsciously looked at her son.
Marquis Rongchang clenched his fists tightly, but did not say a word.
The old lady's heart skipped a beat when she saw this. She turned around and glared at Madam Rongchang, "Well, you bitch, you have such a cruel mind that you actually want Changrong to kill his own child with his own hands?"
"Am I cruel?" Madam Rongchang suddenly lost control and shouted, "If I were cruel, I should have killed this adulterous couple with my own hands, as well as you, this old hag who has tortured and drugged me for so many years!"
Princess Duanyang, who was standing by, looked at the person with bloodshot eyes, roaring and staggering, and immediately stepped forward to support her out of concern!
The old lady was startled by this and took a step back and asked timidly, "You, what do you want to do?"
Madam Rongchang looked at her with a red face, "For so many years, you have forced me to take so many medicines, both openly and secretly, in the name of being childless. I'm afraid you can't even count them, right?
You know full well that some folk remedies are harmful to my health, that they have no effect at all, yet you still find ways to make me drink them, crying and making a fuss. The more I drink, the worse my health gets, but you still won't give up. You use all those underhanded methods on me, under the guise of treating illnesses. Now, those so-called acupuncture treatments on my back are actually torture. Do you think I don't know this?"
The old lady felt uneasy after hearing what she said. She stepped back and said, "You can only blame yourself for being useless, not me..."
Madam Rongchang looked at her coldly, "You said I was useless. Why would I, the legitimate daughter of the Ji family, marry into a poor marquis's house like yours? Your Ji family knelt down and swore to the heavens to get it. Your good son never told you that he promised so many things in front of my parents, didn't he?
Those words, not to mention that I, Ji Ziyuan, can't have children, even if I, Ji Ziyuan, treat him as a slave every day, it's enough, but I'm too stupid, I was blinded by greed, and I actually believed in these nonsense about life and death, never leaving, and being a couple for life."
The more Madam Rongchang spoke, the colder and more sarcastic her expression became. "Aren't you always resenting me for not helping your good son lobby the nobles? Then have you ever asked him how many opportunities I secretly found for him? I even disregarded my dignity and repeatedly begged my father to arrange a job for him in the court, but he still hasn't achieved anything!"
The old lady glared and retorted angrily, "Impossible! My son is so talented, how could he accomplish nothing? It's obvious that you don't want to help him at all."
Mrs. Rongchang sneered, "If I say it's true, you can ask your son and find out."
Upon hearing this, the old lady immediately looked at her son and said, "Changrong, please come and tell us. We can't let her slander you like this."
Rongchang Hou suddenly felt the gazes around him filled with contempt, and he immediately said, "Mother, please stop causing trouble!"
The old lady opened her mouth when she saw this. What else could she not understand? But she would never admit it. She turned her head and glared at Madam Rongchang with a stiff neck. "Even if what you said is true, as a wife, you should do all this for your husband."
Madam Rongchang laughed outright in ridicule. "No matter how vicious and shameless something is, you can still speak of it with such a natural and confident tone. So, in terms of viciousness and shamelessness, how can I be even one ten-thousandth as vicious as you, an old hag?"
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