Chapter 248 Words That Pierce the Heart
"You didn't take a single word she said to heart, did you?"
"She told you she didn't want to acknowledge her ancestors, and that having no descendants was the punishment that family deserved. Can't you tell she was speaking out for you?"
She treats you with utmost sincerity, but you are only focused on making her act according to your wishes.
“You don’t care about her feelings and wishes at all. In fact, in order to achieve your goal, you deliberately avoid thinking about the difficulties and dangers she might face if she went back alone.”
"Don't you know that the Prince of Nanyang and his mother only use her and have no feelings for her? Don't you know that the Princess of Nanyang will see her as a thorn in her side? No, you know, you just deliberately make yourself not think about it."
"Ask yourself honestly, is it that she doesn't treat you like her mother, or are you taking advantage of your status to squander the affection she has for you?"
Originally furious, Xie Jingshu was rendered unable to pretend that she was in the right by her brother's sharp words.
As Xie Daoheng said, she ignored Xie Wanniang's wishes and feelings, and did not cherish Xie Wanniang's protection and affection for her.
She also...deliberately ignored the pain and danger that Xie Wanniang might face.
As for whether she loved Xie Wanniang, she certainly did, but it's hard to say exactly how much she loved her.
Of course, there is one difference between her and the Prince of Nanyang. The Prince of Nanyang is selfish and never reflects on himself. He also likes to take his anger out on others. Xie Jingshu not only did not take her anger out on Xie Wanniang because of the Prince of Nanyang, but she also did not use Xie Wanniang as a tool for revenge.
In her failed marriage with the Prince of Nanyang, she blamed herself for being too trusting and also vaguely blamed her elders for their poor judgment of character. However, she never harbored any resentment towards Xie Wanniang, even though she didn't love her much.
Her desire for Xie Wanniang to be recognized as a member of the royal family was not to offend the Prince of Nanyang's family. She was simply fixated on the idea that everything the Prince of Nanyang owned should rightfully belong to Xie Wanniang and should be taken back by her.
She believed that titles and wealth were important, and that Xie Wanniang's life would be bright and smooth as long as she outlived the Nanyang King's family. However, Xie Wanniang believed that her freedom, dignity, and life were far more important than titles and wealth.
Neither mother nor daughter could understand or persuade the other. Or, to be more precise, Xie Jingshu, who was in a terrible mood because she had seen the Prince of Nanyang and his mother again, simply did not have the leisure or mood to communicate properly with Xie Wanniang.
She arrogantly believed that she had more life experience than Xie Wanniang, and that everything she did was for Xie Wanniang's good. She thought that even if Xie Wanniang resented her now, she would eventually understand her good intentions once Xie Wanniang became rich and powerful.
After Xie Wannian's accident, when she disappeared without a trace, Xie Jingshu regretted her tough attitude. However, when she learned that Xie Wannian was alive but not returning to the Xie family, and that Xie Wannian and Xie Daoheng had never even thought of telling her about such an important matter as their marriage, Xie Jingshu's regret turned into anger at being distrusted.
When Xie Daoheng questioned her repeatedly, Xie Jingshu's previously forced composure vanished due to her guilty conscience.
She cried for a long time, but Xie Daoheng neither comforted her nor continued to rub salt into her wounds.
Only after she calmed down did Xie Daoheng say without any emotion, "If there's nothing else, you should go back to your Taoist temple and continue your quiet cultivation."
Xie Jingshu wiped away her tears and shook her head, "I'm going to find her."
Xie Daoheng frowned. "She doesn't want to see you."
Xie Jingshu raised her eyebrows, "I am her birth mother!"
"So what?" Xie Daoheng was truly enraged now. "Just because you're her birth mother, does that mean she has to be controlled by you for the rest of her life? I'm her adoptive father, so can I ask you to stay away from her?"
Xie Jingshu felt as if her heart had been stabbed twice. She pursed her lips and it took her a while to suppress the sharp pain. "I will no longer force her to acknowledge her ancestors, but brother, you have no right to ask me to stay away from my own daughter."
Xie Daoheng sneered, "When you asked me and your sister-in-law to raise your child, why didn't you say I wasn't qualified? Now that you want to continue manipulating that child, you suddenly remember that the child is your own daughter."
Xie Jingshu's voice trembled and trembled with sobs, "I said I would never force her to acknowledge her ancestors again."
Xie Daoheng retorted sharply, "Then what do you plan to force her to do? Or do you plan to find fault with her husband and her life in every way possible, making her home unbearable and restless?"
"I..." Xie Jingshu was indeed dissatisfied with Xie Wanniang's unauthorized marriage, and she did intend to give Jiang Yuan a hard time, but she didn't think there was anything wrong with her thoughts.
She is Xie Wanniang's biological mother. Even if Xie Wanniang lives to be seventy or eighty, as long as Xie Jingshu is still alive, she will still have the right to interfere in Xie Wanniang's life.
Moreover, she didn't think there was a problem with this kind of interference. She was willing to take care of Xie Wanniang out of concern, wasn't she?
She has always been too lazy to pay attention to, discipline, or interfere in the lives of others, even her own nieces.
Xie Daoheng could tell what she was thinking just by looking at her expression. There was no way around it; he knew Xie Jingshu, his younger sister, all too well, having watched her grow up.
He took a deep breath and tried to make his tone sound objective and calm.
“Jing Shu, you’re almost forty. You can’t keep demanding that your child interact with you according to your logic.”
"You can express your concern, but please try to do it in a different way."
"If you give your child what they need and want, that's care and love."
"Your child has said they don't need or want something, but you insist on forcing it on them under the guise of 'I'm doing this for your own good'..."
"On the one hand, you create trouble and pain for your children, pushing them into a pit of fire, and on the other hand, you demand that they obey you and be grateful to you. Even if they suffer and almost lose their lives, they cannot have the slightest dissatisfaction or estrangement from you, otherwise they are ungrateful ingrates."
"With such willful and unreasonable behavior, showing no regard for the child's feelings, emotions, or even life, do you still think you are giving the child care and love?"
"You don't really think that just because you say 'I'm doing this for your own good,' everything you do is truly for Sixth Sister's sake, right?"
"Wake up, stop deceiving yourself. Some of your actions are just to satisfy your own desires, so you insist on imposing your will on your child."
"To manipulate children like puppets for your own selfish desires and purposes, while still claiming 'I'm doing this for your own good'... Don't you find it absurd, or feel guilty?"
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