Chapter 16: Being Wronged

Both brothers were born to Madam Gu.

As long as he, their dear second uncle, is around, Ping'er and they will have a chance to breathe a sigh of relief.

In fact, she made the right bet.

All the open and covert fighting with swords and spears were directed at Shang Ji.

However, he is outside and has the protection of the Gu family, and he has the ability to carry on, so he has been safe until today.

If it were her, a weak woman with a three-year-old child, she would have reported to the King of Hell long ago.

But because of his overprotection, his only son became timid, cowardly and afraid of things.

By the time she realized what was happening, it was no use trying to teach her.

If he were more severe, he would often be frightened.

If you were more loving, he would be like a baby who has not grown up yet, unruly.

Whenever she saw her son like this, sister-in-law Liu couldn't help but blame herself and felt ashamed of the dying trust of her late husband and mother-in-law.

However, habits have been formed over the years.

Even though she was thinking that it was time to let her son go and try to be independent, she would always act faster than she thought and protect him behind her first.

For example, today.

Meeting with Shang Ji and his wife.

She saw the worry in the couple's eyes, but it was also because of this that she felt ashamed and angry.

It is difficult to control emotions.

My son Shang Zhiping is almost thirteen years old now.

If he were placed in any other duke's family, he would probably be proficient in literary talent, riding and archery.

But he alone lives up to his name.

I have lived an ordinary and timid life until now.

Thinking of this, sister-in-law Liu couldn't help but burst into tears.

"It's for mother. I'm sorry, Ping'er..."

Shang Zhiping didn't know why his mother was crying. He was just afraid and thought that he was being naughty and disobedient.

So, he walked forward tremblingly, knelt down in front of Liu, and spoke with tears in his eyes.

"Mother, my son is stupid and can't study well. I am upset. It's all my fault. Please punish me."

Seeing that, Madam Liu was grief-stricken again.

At this point, even if she wanted to correct the situation, it seemed she was powerless. The mother and son hugged each other and cried, just like they had done day and night for the past many years.

The crying sound echoed in Fuqiu Courtyard for a long time.

The servants who served him dared not utter a word.

Because Shang Ji was standing motionless at the door outside the house, he was full of anger and planned to go to his house to question him.

But when he heard the conversation between his sister-in-law and nephew at the door, he completely lost his temper.

Put yourself in their shoes.

If he were the eldest sister-in-law, she would have been only in her early twenties when her husband died. Would she have been able to protect her young children and live a peaceful life in this compound?

While he was outside, he encountered all kinds of strange things.

If it weren't for his grandfather's careful training and his grandmother's attentive care over the years, he might not have lived to this day and achieved this achievement.

So, what right did he have to question his eldest sister-in-law for raising his eldest brother's only child to be like this? Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, he finally chose to leave.

When he left, he didn't even disturb the fallen leaves on the ground.

I was planning to walk back to Xitang Courtyard, but somehow I ended up at the door of Hanyi Courtyard.

After thinking about it, Shang Ji stepped in.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Xue Niang quietly embroidering a picture of two flowers in bloom under the bright window in the room.

Shang Ji didn't understand how the acupuncture was done.

But her focused expression still made Shang Ji's complex emotions feel a little more relaxed.

Cough, cough, twice.

Xueniang looked up and saw Shang Ji, and said with surprise in her eyes.

"Sixth brother, why are you here?"

They had just left Xitang Courtyard not long ago when someone started chasing them.

She put the needle and thread neatly in the box, then stood up and walked in front of Shang Ji.

Seeing that he seemed to be hesitant to speak, Xueniang understood what was going on and asked quite intelligently.

"Sixth brother, do you have something to tell me?"

"Um."

"Please sit down. I'll ask Madam Ge to make some tea."

"good."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

As soon as Xue Niang finished speaking, Aunt Ge, who was serving her, stood up and walked out.

When she left, she also took Chunning, her personal maid, with her.

In the room, only the brother and sister were left talking.

Shang Ji's face was serious and he asked.

"What did you mean when you said that the second sister-in-law was mean to the eldest sister-in-law and Ping'er?"

Hearing this, Xue Niang sighed.

Although she is not very old, she grew up in a family like this and she should know a lot.

Even though her elder sister-in-law Liu protected her very well, she was also the daughter of Madam Gu and her simple mind did not mean she was stupid.

So, she could naturally understand some of the words.

His tone was mixed with anger and helplessness.

"In our Duke's Mansion, except for the Sixth Sister-in-law who doesn't cause much trouble, everyone has said something unpleasant in front of the Eldest Sister-in-law, especially the Second Sister-in-law in Baotao Courtyard."

"She was trying her best to target my eldest sister-in-law. She was probably jealous that my mother left all her dowry to my eldest sister-in-law, so she just tried to get some money from her in a roundabout way at first. But when she saw that my eldest sister-in-law was tight-fisted and unwilling to give out money, she started to talk nonsense."

Speaking of this, Xue Niang was also very angry.

But she is young, and if she really conflicts with her two sisters-in-law, her reputation will be damaged.

Secondly, she couldn't curse in so many roundabout ways, so she could only follow her sister-in-law and keep scolding her.

How many times have they been bullied and unable to fight back?

So, over time, the eldest sister-in-law Liu developed a personality that increasingly protected her and Ping'er.

Thinking of this, Xue Niang burst into tears out of grievance.

"What did they say?"

Shang Ji was obviously suppressing his anger!

This granddaughter-in-law of the third room is really ignorant of the danger.

They even dared to treat their eldest grandson and eldest daughter-in-law like this. Were they really sure that he would not come back? The coldness in his eyes became more and more obvious.

Xue Niang was just sitting next to him and felt it all, so she stopped crying and continued.

"At first, she said that my eldest sister-in-law was ruthless and had taken my mother's dowry so that she could keep it for Ping'er to marry a wife. She also used this to alienate the relationship between me and my eldest sister-in-law."

"But she doesn't know that my eldest sister-in-law has carefully collected the dowry that my mother left for me a few years ago, and she also sent me the gift list. I have carefully looked at it and found that there is not only what my mother left, but also several hundred acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Beijing and ten thousand taels of silver notes given to me by my eldest brother and sister-in-law."

"When I got those things, I knew how my sister-in-law treated me. How could I have been sowed discord between them?"

As he spoke, he became angry and wiped his tears and continued to complain.

"Seeing that I couldn't do it, they started to talk about Ping'er, saying that he was already eight or nine years old, but he was still like a fool, not good at literature or martial arts. They blamed the eldest sister-in-law for not knowing how to raise a child, and even used He'er from the fourth sister-in-law of Chengming Courtyard to make things worse."

"I made my sister-in-law cry several times."

(End of this chapter)