Chapter 384 Loss of Heart

What are you talking about?

The Fifth Madam was shocked when she heard this, and then she heard Wei Tingyu say with some joy: "Of course! How could our Wei family covet the daughter-in-law's dowry? It's just that we don't like you to rely on your rich dowry and go back to your parents' home whenever you have something to do. If you don't see your mother-in-law anymore and wholeheartedly become a daughter-in-law of the Wei family, why should we entrust your dowry to the Dou family to manage?" He added, "When you marry into our family, "It has been half a year since you came home. Ask yourself, how did my mother treat you when you first got married? How does she treat you now? My mother has a gentle temperament and is very kind to others. Why did she suddenly become a different person? Why don't you think about the reason? Instead, you only know how to blame my mother. Look at yourself, what kind of person have you become? Where is the shadow of you when I first met you!"

Dou Ming remained silent.

Mrs. Wu couldn't help but get anxious when she saw this.

How could Dou Ming be so confused?

Which couple doesn’t start out as being in perfect harmony with each other but gradually develop rifts and even become disgusted with each other?

After all, it is these seemingly insignificant frictions that are caused by the accumulation of time.

However, she believed what Wei Tingyu said, and thought that as long as she obeyed Wei Tingyu, their relationship would return to the good state it was when they first got married.

But human desires are insatiable.

Today he can trick you into not recognizing your own mother for the sake of a happy marriage, tomorrow he can trick you into giving him a concubine for the sake of a virtuous reputation, and the day after tomorrow he can trick you into selling your dowry for the sake of the prosperity of the family...

This is what a mother should tell her daughter before she gets married.

But looking at Dou Ming's expression, it was clear that Wang Yingxue had said nothing.

Wang Yingxue is really good at causing trouble but not at achieving anything!

He didn't say a single word that should have been said, and didn't say a single word that shouldn't have been said, and he forced Dou Ming to become like this - he stole his sister's fiancé and can still walk on the street with a clear conscience.

How shameless!

Mrs. Wu couldn't help but curse Wang Yingxue in her heart.

But she couldn't analyze the serious relationship to Dou Ming in front of everyone in the Wei family, so she could only tell Dou Ming afterwards.

The Fifth Madam's tone suddenly became a little anxious: "Ming Jie'er, you are not in good health. Be careful not to get dizzy if you stand for too long. Let Madam Zhou help you to rest for a while! Your aunt and I are here, so you don't have to worry!"

Dou Ming shook his head gently.

In order to marry Wei Tingyu, she not only offended her father and Dou Zhao, but also made people from both the Dou and Wang families look down on her.

She had long lost her place in the Dou family and the Wang family.

If she left the Wei family and went back to the Dou family or the Wang family, wouldn't those people laugh their heads off?

In fact, from the day she married Wei Tingyu on behalf of Dou Zhao, she had no way out.

She can only live a good life, not a poor one.

The Wei family has become her only safe haven. How can she break off relations with the Wei family? Where will she go then?

Dou Ming felt bitter and said sadly, "Thank you for your concern, Fifth Aunt. But as the saying goes, obey your father at home and obey your husband after marriage. Now that I am the daughter-in-law of the Wei family, I naturally have to respect my husband as the heaven." She knelt down to greet the Fifth Madam and whispered, "As for my mother, please forgive me for being unfilial. Fifth Aunt, please take care of me."

"Ming Jie'er!" Ji's face changed drastically. She stood up suddenly and said in a sharp voice, "Do you know what you are saying?"

"Sixth aunt," Dou Ming said calmly, "I can't be both loyal and filial now, so I have to choose one. Don't blame me for being cruel."

Ji looked at Dou Ming solemnly, with the corner of her mouth trembling slightly.

After a while, she sat down dejectedly and sighed.

Wei Tingzhen looked at him, his face flushed, his brows filled with unconcealable pride.

So what if the Dou family is powerful? As long as Dou Ming still wants to be the daughter-in-law of the Wei family, the Dou family must bow their heads!

But she was always a little smart, and knew that it was not appropriate to anger the people of the Dou and Wang families at this time, otherwise the Dou and Wang families would break the jar and throw it all away, and in the end, the ones who would suffer would still be Dou Ming and Wei Tingyu - Dou Ming was only the niece of the Fifth Madam, but Wei Tingyu was her brother. The Dou family could not feel sorry for Dou Ming, but she could not help feeling sorry for Wei Tingyu.

She lifted the warm curtain and shouted to the maid, "Why don't you tell the maid at the stove to cook some of her specialties? The relatives from the Madam's family are staying here for lunch today!"

The women of the Dou and Wang families had no face to stay at the Wei family for lunch. They had already suppressed the Wei family to the point of suffocation, and they were about to make a comeback, but who knew that Dou Ming would come out and drag his own feet, not only making the situation reverse, but also losing the initiative. I'm afraid that Dou Ming will not be able to control the Wei family in the future. Fortunately, the Dou and Wang families did not give the Wei family a good face this time. If the Wei family wanted to bully Dou Ming again, they had to think about the power of the Dou and Wang families. It was a fight that was barely evenly matched.

The Fifth Madam said with a sullen face, "We are not like the Crown Prince's wife who can stay at her parents' home whenever she has nothing to do. I have a lot of things in my room waiting for my instructions when I go back. There is no need for lunch. I will come to bother Sister Ming another day." After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked out with Ji without even looking at Dou Ming.

Gao looked at Dou Ming deeply, then followed the Fifth Madam and Ji out of the banquet room.

Wei Tingzhen giggled as she saw the guest off.

Mrs. Wu just felt like there was a breath of foul air stuck in her chest that couldn't come out.

After getting on the carriage, she couldn't help but whisper, "We are really meddling in other people's business."

Cai was also very angry.

I have seen stupid people, but I have never seen anyone as stupid as Dou Ming. With the right time, right place and right people, she actually begged for mercy, and gave it to Wei Tingzhen who didn't take her seriously.

She wanted to ask what the matter was about having a child out of wedlock, but seeing that her mother-in-law and Sixth Aunt looked very unhappy, she had to suppress her suspicions in her heart, poured a cup of tea for Fifth Madam and Ji, and comforted the two elders in a polite manner: "Fifth Aunt is still young, it is inevitable that she will make mistakes. Mother and Sixth Aunt should not take it to heart, it will be fine when Fifth Aunt is older."

"She is still young." Ji, who was sitting opposite the Fifth Madam, said coldly, "But the younger she is, the more her true nature can be seen. Even a dog would not mind abandoning a poor family, but she, who has read the Book of Filial Piety and the Book of Women, could actually say, 'If I don't see my mother, will this matter be forgotten?' This shows how cold-blooded she is!" She added, "Look at Shougu again. , she knows good and bad at a young age. Tuo Niang, she only took care of her for two years under the order of Zhao, and she added makeup to her and raised her man, taking care of her so that she had no worries about food and clothing. But look at our Fifth Aunt, how many of the maids and servants around her can stay for a long time? Not to mention those who are willing to work hard for her! It can be seen that it is not that I am biased, but that she is a person that people don’t like! "

And he said he was not biased!

Isn't there Nanny Zhou by Ming Jie'er's side?

Cai secretly laughed when she heard this, and felt that Ji was really partial to Dou Zhao.

The Fifth Madam was stunned when she heard this. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Ji's words made sense. She even began to feel a little wary of Dou Ming.

I feel that Dou Ming is really hard-hearted. She is so cruel to her biological mother who gave birth to her and raised her, so she has even less feelings for me. No matter how good I am to her, I am afraid it will be difficult to warm her cold heart.

She returned to Huaishu Hutong in silence.

Dou Shishu went to the yamen, but was afraid that the women of the Dou family would be humiliated in the Wei family, so he sent a servant to wait for news at home.

The Fifth Madam felt depressed when she thought about what happened today and lost interest. She asked the servant to tell Dou Shishu that "the matter has been successfully resolved" and then she lay down in a sullen mood.

After Cai waited for her mother to rest, she immediately sent her caring nanny back to her parents' home.

The nanny whispered to Mrs. Cai, "Our Tenth Grandmother said that something bad has happened to the Dou family, and asked you to go see her when you have time."

The Dou family is the cabinet elders of the current dynasty, and they are related by marriage. If something big happens to the Dou family, it might implicate the Cai family.

Mrs. Cai had no time to sit still, so she immediately asked someone to prepare some cakes. As soon as the nanny left, she went to the Dou family.

Knowing that her mother-in-law was only here to see her grandson, the Fifth Madam, who was in a bad mood because of Dou Ming's incident, exchanged a few words with Madam Cai and then asked her personal nanny to take Madam Cai to the Cai family's house.

Cai closed the door and talked to Mrs. Cai for the whole afternoon.

At the Wang family, Gao and Gao Mingzhu sighed: "Parents should sometimes reflect on themselves. Otherwise, even their own children will be implicated. What's the point of living?"

Gao Mingzhu is graceful, with bright eyes and white teeth, and she deserves the name "Mingzhu".

She was helping Gao to wash and comb her hair. When she heard this, her hand holding the comb paused and she said hesitantly, "Although my aunt is not nice, it's not good to be rejected by her daughter like this..."

Gao Mingzhu wanted to say that we should not interfere in Dou Ming's affairs in the future. Dou Ming's surname is Dou, and if there is a problem, the Dou family will come forward. What's the matter with the Wang family being caught in the middle?

But she knew that the Wang family treated this cousin differently, and almost married Dou Ming to Wang Nan. Others could say this, but she couldn't.

Gao knew her niece and daughter-in-law very well, so she naturally understood what she meant. Moreover, she and Gao were thinking the same thing, so she turned around, smiled at her, and said, "If this happens again in the future, just avoid it. I will tell your grandmother."

Gao Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

Gao was worried about how to reply to her mother-in-law.

Pang Yu Lou does not have so many concerns.

She exaggeratedly made a gesture of pulling someone, and said loudly: "... I couldn't stop her, Ming Jie'er just said that. Not to mention me, even the fifth wife of the Dou family, Mrs. Huo, changed her face. You say, my aunt is her biological mother, how can she say such cruel words? Could it be that she really forgot her mother after having a man?"

"Nonsense!" Wang Xu slapped the edge of the couch, fearing that Pang Yulou would say something embarrassing, "Just talk about the matter, why are you talking nonsense?"

Pang Yulou sneered in his heart as he listened.

Don't you treat your daughter who was brought back by her husband's family as your treasure? If you eat and drink my food and drink my drinks and still boss me around, I will hate you to death!

She immediately shuddered and murmured, "The Dou family is too stingy. They just asked them to give two hundred-year-old ginsengs to Ming Jie'er to replenish her body, but they acted like they wanted their lives..."

"Shut up!" Wang Xu was so angry that her face was as red as a pot. Finally, she turned away from Pang Yulou and asked Gao in a sharp voice, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Mrs. Pang had already said everything she needed to say. What else could she say? She just didn't believe that Dou Ming would not even acknowledge his mother.

Gao muttered to herself and respectfully told Wang Xu what had happened.

Wang Xu fainted on the spot.