Xie Nanfeng looked at Madam Xie in shock, unable to understand why his mother was so angry.
Just say he made a mistake by stealing someone else's recipe, why drag his father's illegitimate son into it?
Madam Xie grabbed Xie Nanfeng and punched and kicked him, making Xie Nanfeng, who was already injured by Meng Meng, howl in pain.
When Madam Xie saw that blood was seeping through Xie Nanfeng's clothes, she stopped hitting him because she was tired.
Madam Xie felt very sorry for her disheveled son. As the saying goes, "It hurts a mother's heart when her son is beaten."
Xie Nanfeng knelt down in front of Madam Xie: "Mother, I was wrong, I won't do it again! I will definitely do business well and make money."
Madam Xie was so angry at his words that she couldn't sit still and leaned back. Luckily, she was standing next to the chair, or she would have fallen.
Xie Nanfeng panicked, but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Madam Xie lean back and sit up straight: "Mother, Mother, be careful!"
When Madam Xie looked at Xie Nanfeng, tears streamed down her face, yet her eyes held a frightening glint.
Xie Nanfeng: "...Mother, please don't be like this. Tell me what you want from your son, and I will definitely do it! Mother, please be normal, okay? Don't scare your son!"
Madam Xie wiped away her tears: "Really?"
Xie Nanfeng nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, really."
Madam Xie looked at Xie Nanfeng as if she had made an important decision. She clenched her fist and hardened her heart: "Go to your cousin's camp."
Xie Nanfeng: "Okay, son... Hmm? Mother, what did you say?"
Madam Xie: "Didn't you say you'd agree to whatever I say? Then go to your cousin's camp, go to Kuncheng, and make a living there! Or, go back to the capital and be with Xie Chunfeng, and let your grandfather watch over your studies! Choose one of the two options; there is no third way. You choose for yourself."
Xie Nanfeng exclaimed excitedly, "I'm not going back to the capital! My grandfather doesn't care about me at all; he only cares about Xie Chunfeng!"
Madam Xie: "Alright, then let's go to Kuncheng, tomorrow! Nanfeng, you're all we have left, Zhiyi and I. You and Zhiyi are still young, and as the legal wife, I still have some say. But when you get older, the sons and daughters of the concubines will have grown up. You should be able to understand how much your father, your grandparents, and your mother love Xie Chunfeng! When Xie Chunfeng passes the imperial examination, your father and grandfather will want to give him an important position, and I, as the legal wife, won't be able to make that decision anymore. I'm useless; all I can do is protect you and your siblings until this age!"
Xie Nanfeng felt a pang of sadness. Although he really didn't want to go to that godforsaken place, his mother was already so heartbroken, and he couldn't let her be heartbroken too.
Madam Xie's family is related to the Peng family and they have always maintained contact. According to seniority, Xie Nanfeng should indeed call General Peng his maternal uncle.
Madam Xie is taking a desperate gamble. She couldn't bring herself to be ruthless before, but Gu Xin's actions today have had a huge impact on her.
Even a peasant family with powerful connections could raise their daughter so well, yet this prefect's wife almost ruined her son because she couldn't bear to be ruthless.
She thought about it deeply and then felt extremely frightened.
Therefore, he hardened his heart and sent his son to the frontier to seek a future. Even if it was not as glamorous as studying as a concubine's son, it was at least much better than him wasting his life and causing trouble.
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Gu Xin and the others were naturally unaware of Madam Xie's decision regarding her son. In Gu Hui and Gu Xin's view, Madam Xie was quite good, at least unlike Madam Cheng, the former wife of the magistrate of Taoyuan County. Moreover, the business had been successful, and they were willing to believe that Young Master Xie would not try to "steal" their family's recipe again.
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