Mo Yunxiang continued, "I know you might think I'm unfilial for saying this, but I have no choice. My mother was a young lady from the Yun family in Jiangnan. When my father passed through Jiangnan, my mother accidentally fell into the water. It was my father who rescued her. My mother was from a good family, and after being rescued by my father, she could only stay with him. My maternal grandfather did not agree at the time, thinking that my mother was a lady from a respectable family, and it would be inappropriate for her to follow a man from the martial arts world and live a life of wandering and hardship."
"Is this the Yun family of the great Confucian scholar Yun Chengxiu? If it really is the Yun family, your father is really marrying above his station. If I were your maternal grandfather, I wouldn't agree either," Ma Si Niang said indifferently.
Mo Yunxiang sighed, "It was that Yun family. Yes, my mother often regretted it. Back then, my maternal grandfather disagreed. My father's martial arts skills weren't as good as they are now when he was young, and he wouldn't dare to bully a great scholar of our time. It was my father who repeatedly spoke well of my mother. My mother was moved by his sincerity and went on a hunger strike to force my maternal grandfather to agree to my father and mother's marriage. After the marriage, he gave her countless dowries and silver. My father took my mother back to our hometown, which is how the Mo Family Manor was established later."
Mo Yunxiang wiped her eyes and continued, "At first, my father was grateful to my mother, which was quite nice. The daughters of the Yun family had a more prestigious and impressive reputation. However, as you all know, later, when the foreign regions and the imperial court were about to clash, the Yun family was the pro-war faction. But the emperor did not want to fight and dismissed my maternal grandfather's family. From then on, my father treated my mother badly. From the time I can remember, there was a big fight every three days and a small fight every five days. Once, my mother was pregnant, but my father beat her until she lost her pregnancy."
"This man is a beast! It's a shame that Mo Tianci, who is supposed to be a well-known figure in the martial arts world, is actually such a shameless scoundrel." Meng Sandao stood up, his face filled with extreme anger.
"Thank you, Master Meng. Although he is my father, I would rather he weren't." Mo Yunxiang's tears flowed again as she said, "After my mother miscarried, it was a boy. My father regretted it a little when he found out, and he didn't beat my mother for a while. However, my mother's health was damaged after that, and she never got pregnant again. So my father found another woman outside and brought her into the family, making me call her Aunt. My mother was a well-bred lady who was raised to be obedient and virtuous. Knowing that she couldn't have any more children, she didn't say anything. Actually, after my father had Aunt, my mother and I had a much better life. My father came less often, so he naturally didn't dislike my mother, and he beat her and me much less often."
"But later, my aunt became pregnant and gave birth to a boy. She became very proud of herself. At first, she said that my mother mistreated her and instigated my father to beat my mother. My father already disliked my mother, and he immediately took her seriously. Regardless of whether it was true or false, he beat my mother. When my aunt gave birth to her second boy, my father became even more ruthless. Those days are still like hell to me."
Ma Si Niang was furious. "Your mother is truly a coward. Why didn't she take a knife and kill your father and that concubine?"
"Oh, Miss Ma, please calm down. Her mother is a frail woman who doesn't know martial arts. She'll probably be discovered if she gets close."
Mo Yunxiang paused for a moment, "Sister is right. My mother is indeed cowardly. Even if she can't beat my father, she can still use poison. But she is stubborn. She said that if she poisons someone, it will ruin my grandfather's reputation. She has already let my grandfather down, and she can't tarnish the Yun family's reputation. She said that if she can't take it anymore, she might as well die. She is not afraid of death, but she is afraid that if she dies, no one will protect me, and I will be bullied even more."
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