"Enough!" Qin Lu was so angry that his whole body was shaking. He pointed at Mrs. Qin with a trembling finger and said coldly, "Don't you want everyone to hear it?"
Mrs. Qin lowered her voice, but she still sobbed: "If anything happens to Chong'er, I won't live anymore! Anyway, I have been living in fear for the past ten years. I don't want to live anymore..."
Qin Lu was annoyed by her. He put his hands behind his back and went into the study. As soon as he opened the door, he heard Madam Qin's suppressed crying. He loosened his hands again, sighed at the carved door, and then turned to Madam Qin. He took out a handkerchief to wipe Madam Qin's tears. He whispered, "Okay, don't cry. I will go to the Queen Mother to plead for mercy tomorrow. While it's still early, let the Queen Mother write a letter to Xu Chengjin to exempt Chong'er from this trip with the army."
"What will happen if you go and beg for mercy?" Madam Qin cried even harder, tears welling up in her eye wrinkles. No matter how she wiped her tears away, they could not be wiped away, so she simply gave up. She let the tears "crackling" fall, "It's obvious that the Queen Mother is blackmailing you on purpose. If Concubine Hui doesn't get pregnant and give birth to a prince, the Queen Mother will never let Chong'er go, and... even if Concubine Hui gives birth to a prince, the Queen Mother will probably not let Chong'er go, let alone our Qin family. In this life, we... we can only let ourselves be led by the Queen Mother by the nose, wuwuwu! My Chong'er is so pitiful, what should I do with him?"
Qin Lu said nothing, and sat down beside Madam Qin in a decadent manner, with his shoulders drooping. For a moment, he seemed to have aged ten years.
Madam Qin was right. Over the years, he had done so many things for the Queen Mother that were not allowed to be seen in public. Even if Concubine Hui finally gave birth to a prince as she wished, how could the Queen Mother let them go? The best outcome would be to always hold Chong'er in her hands so that he would continue to be obedient like a lapdog.
But, which minister is not a lapdog?
There are tens of thousands of people in this world, and tens of thousands of nobles, but in the final analysis, there are only two real masters, and he has no choice but to let his pug tail wag more happily to please his master.
"That's enough." After a while, Madam Qin's crying gradually subsided. Qin Lu reached out and patted Madam Qin's hand, saying in a deep voice, "You've been through this for so many years, how can you be so weak?"
"Yes, it's been so many years," Mrs. Qin said while wiping her tears and sobbing, "Sometimes when I think back, I really don't know how I managed to get through it."
Yeah, how did you manage to survive all these years?
For a moment, Qin Lu and Madam Qin felt lost.
"Master, you should resign from your post after Concubine Hui gives birth to a prince." After a while, Madam Qin suddenly said.
"That also requires the approval of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor." Qin Lu pursed his lips bitterly.
"We are not going to escape. We can go to southern Xinjiang. You can also be a military doctor. Can we reunite as a family of three?" Madam Qin suddenly grabbed Qin Lu's hand and asked anxiously, "We are right under Xu Chengjin's nose. The Queen Mother will definitely be relieved. Master, I don't ask for anything now. I just hope that I can spend more days with Chong'er and you in my lifetime, Master!"
"Okay," Qin Lu looked at Madam Qin's wrinkled face, and all kinds of emotions surged in his heart. This was his first wife, the mother of his son, the woman who had been with him for most of his life, and also the poor woman who had never had a peaceful day since she married into the Qin family. He owed her too much. After a while, he nodded, "I will ask the Queen Mother for mercy when the time comes."
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April 26, 1934
Ningguta.
"Master, Madam, the Nanshan Villa has been renovated," Pang Yi opened the book and reported to Zhong Mingwei and Mei Ya after breakfast. "The swing in the front yard, the pomegranate tree in the backyard, and the flowers in the garden have all been renovated according to Master and Madam's wishes. The pond has also been dredged. Today, someone has been asked to come and put some fish fry in it. In half a month, lotus seeds can be planted in the pond, and lotus flowers can be seen blooming in July."
"Really? We can see lotus flowers this year?" Mei Ya was a little excited. She pushed Zhong Mingwei and said, "By then, the fish will have grown up. We can cast the nets and catch fish whenever we want to eat them. By the way, Zhong Mingwei, you definitely won't cast the fishing nets, right?"
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