Chapter 272 The End of Taking Advantage of Seniority
The old lady was a little panicked and immediately stood up and said, "Ziyuan, it's true that we were at fault first, but Changrong treated you sincerely and always put you first. Even though you couldn't have children for so many years, he never despised you. Now you say you want to break off the engagement with him, isn't that a bit too much?"
After she finished speaking, she saw that Madam Rongchang didn't react at all, and her face suddenly turned bad. However, she also knew that the most important thing now was to appease her daughter-in-law, so she continued earnestly, "Ziyuan, I also heard the conditions you just proposed to Changrong. In this way, Zihan and the child will be sent away by me, the mother-in-law. I will send them to the bitter cold land outside the Great Wall, and no news about them will reach you. What do you think?"
After she finished speaking, the other side was still indifferent. The old lady's face was ugly, but when she looked down at her son kneeling on the ground and begging bitterly, she didn't inspire her daughter-in-law to soften her heart. She spoke again, and her eyes were red and she begged, "Ziyuan, mother knows that you are a good child. It's me, your mother-in-law, who has let you down for all these years since you married into the Marquis' Mansion. I, your mother-in-law, apologize to you here."
As she spoke, she was about to kneel down tremblingly, but Ji Zihan and Rongchang Hou supported her with a distressed hand. The old lady struggled for a few times before giving up. Then, with a face full of sorrow, she wiped her tears and continued to plead with Madam Rongchang, "Ziyuan, I am already old and I don't know how many days I can live. I just want to see Changrong have a descendant, even if we never meet in this life. As long as I have this child, even if I die now and go to the underworld, I will have an explanation to Changrong's father. Can you please pity me, an old woman?"
As she spoke, she wiped her tears and stepped forward to hold Ji Ziyuan's hand. "Mother-in-law knows that we have let you down and made you suffer so much injustice. Mother-in-law can promise you that after this incident, I will no longer care about you and Changrong. You two can reconcile as before and live the life you want. If you don't like it, I, your mother-in-law, can also move out of the Marquis Mansion. I only ask that you don't let this incident ruin the years of love between you and Changrong!"
This act of fighting and singing softened the hearts of many of the onlookers around.
The Marquis's mansion did some dirty things, but putting that aside, it was natural for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Madam Rongchang had no children of her own, and the Marquis of Rongchang did something stupid because he wanted a child. It was understandable.
Now the old marquis' wife has admitted her mistake and corrected it. In order to save Madam Rongchang's reputation, she is willing to be so humble and compromise. It's really pitiful!
So everyone looked at Mrs. Rongchang at once.
Princess Duanyang's face turned pale with anger when she saw this. She turned her head to look at Xiao Tu, who was cracking melon seeds with a smirk on his lips, and showed no intention of stopping her. She immediately waved away the old lady's hand that was holding Ji Ziyuan, glaring at her and saying, "You are so old and so condescending. You are the ones who did such a filthy thing, but you turned it into something pitiful and helpless. You are so shameless."
The old lady wiped her tears and said with a sad face, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I know that what we did was wrong. I said this only to apologize to Ziyuan and to compensate her properly. It has absolutely no intention of following your advice!"
Princess Duanyang was furious, "If you truly acknowledge your mistakes and want to make it up to Ziyuan, you should just let her go free instead of spouting sympathy here, trying to drag her back into the quagmire of your family."
The old lady immediately defended herself even more aggrievedly, "Your Highness, you really have misunderstood. I persuaded Ziyuan to stay just to make amends. Princess, you can ask the ladies, who in the capital doesn't know that my son and Ziyuan have been in love and loving with each other for so many years?
If such an enviable couple like these were ruined because of this little thing, wouldn't it be a pity? And there's an old saying that goes, "It's better to demolish ten temples than to ruin a marriage." Your Highness, you're too..."
Although she hadn't finished her words, her meaning was already very clear. Seeing this, Princess Duanyang was almost furious and asked, "Are you blaming this on me?"
The old lady said aggrievedly, "How dare I think so? It's just that the couple should be reconciled rather than separated. What you are saying now is really..."
Princess Duanyang nearly exploded with rage. She glared and tried to speak, but was stopped by Madam Rongchang. Her expression was also grim, but she shook her head at Princess Duanyang. "Princess, there's no need to be angry with me for being with this woman. No matter what she tries, I won't change my mind. When father arrives, I will sever all ties with the Rongchang Marquisate."
Princess Duanyang knew what she was thinking, but she was still furious at the old lady's shameless behavior. Looking at the other party's self-righteous and shameless attitude, it seemed as if it was her fault that Ji Ziyuan did not forgive their family!
Didn’t you see that many people around them are already siding with them?
How could this be possible? Princess Duanyang was extremely angry and immediately ran to her fairy for help.
Xiao Tu looked at the furious Princess Duanyang, cracking melon seeds with her hand and throwing a melon seed on her angry forehead. Then she said lazily, "You, as a princess of a country, go and reason with an unreasonable and shameless old woman. That's all you can do. Watch carefully. Today I will teach you another trick..."
As she spoke, Xiao Tu glanced at the old woman who was trying to pull Ji Ziyuan away, raised her red lips, and said in a cold voice, "Come here, Madam Rongchang is causing trouble in the palace, stirring up trouble, and disrespecting the princess. Slap her in the face!"
The old lady was planning to make an extra effort to get her daughter-in-law to change her mind, but when she heard this, she immediately widened her eyes and looked at Xiao Tu in shock!
Behind Xiao Tu, several maids with cold faces came out and kicked her to her knees.
The old lady screamed in pain and looked at the beautiful woman beside the princess in fear, "Du, Du Gong Madam..."
Xiao Tu curled her red lips, cracked some melon seeds, and said with a slow smile, "Beat her until she can no longer say that the princess is wrong."
The old lady was about to speak when she heard this, but a slap came down on her face. Just one slap made her scream, but this was just the beginning.
Princess Duanyang looked at the shameless old woman who was beaten and screaming, and all the anger in her heart disappeared immediately. She felt very happy and understood something at once!
Not only her, even the stern-faced Ji Ziyuan's expression improved.
The only exceptions were Rongchang Hou, whose face was extremely gloomy, and Ji Zihan, who was frightened and pale.
Marquis Rongchang felt sorry for his mother and tried to beg for mercy several times, but no one around him paid any attention to him.
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