Chapter 139 Qingyue's Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Battle
Su Yuyao's courtyard was unusually quiet.
A thin, small, and unhappy old woman sat on a stone bench in the middle of the courtyard, tapping the stone table with her withered fingers.
Behind the old lady stood Qingyue, whose expression was even more displeased, holding Feihua's dusty and dirty hand.
In front of the stone table, Yu Qing knelt silently, tears streaming down her face. Behind Yu Qing, Su E, Fang Chun, and Bai Er knelt respectfully.
The air was eerily still; the only sound was the faint tapping of scorched fingers on the stone table, a sound that tested everyone's taut nerves.
The atmosphere was frighteningly cold, as if it were the icy aura released by Qingyue, making everyone careful even when they were breathing.
"Come in!" Langzhi's voice came from afar. "Let your mother teach you a lesson! You've been bewitched by a stinky man like this, don't you have any shame?!"
"Why are you lecturing me?! Aren't you completely infatuated with my mother?! Look at how you always fawn over her! So obsequious..." Su Yuyao retorted mercilessly.
"You child! How can that be the same?! It's only natural for me to listen to your mother! You don't even learn from your mother's tricks, you're always getting completely controlled by Xuanfeng..." Langzhi carried Su Yuyao into the courtyard, and suddenly realized that something was wrong!
Su Yuyao stumbled into the courtyard, and was instantly aroused by the cold energy in the courtyard.
She looked over, and...hmm? This old lady looks familiar...ah?! Honey candy?!
Oh no! Why are they calling the parents?! We're doomed! We're doomed!
She searched anxiously for Feihua, but wait, why was Feihua's face covered in ash?
She looked around the courtyard again. Huh? Why are they all kneeling?
She hid behind Langzhi before daring to look at Qingyue. Mother seemed really angry...
Su Yuyao swallowed hard, clutched Langzhi's clothes tightly, and whispered, "Father, save me! Mother is angry!"
Lang Zhi instinctively protected Su Yuyao, staring blankly at the old woman sitting by the stone table, and suddenly exclaimed excitedly, "Mother?!"
“Zhizhi…” the old lady replied kindly.
"Huh?!" Su Yuyao's voice was even more surprised.
"Mother!" Langzhi took a few steps and knelt at the old woman's feet, throwing herself into her arms and weeping bitterly.
Su Yuyao stared wide-eyed as Lang Zhi, as big as a small mountain, threw himself into the arms of the monkey-like old lady and cried like a child...
"Silly child, why are you crying?" the old woman said gently, stroking Langzhi's bald head.
Langzhi looked up, sobbing, and asked, "Mother, how come... you're not completely dead?"
The old lady's expression changed, and she tapped Langzhi's forehead, "So big! Still so naughty!"
Watching the interaction between Lang Zhi and his mother, Su Yuyao suddenly felt a physical discomfort, as if something was pushing up from her chest.
"Ugh—!" Su Yuyao finally couldn't hold it in and started gagging.
"Yao'er! Come here quickly!" Qingyue saw that Su Yuyao was not feeling well and called Su Yuyao to her side with concern.
Su Yuyao quickly circled around Lang Zhi and his mother, then threw herself into Qing Yue's arms.
Qingyue stroked Su Yuyao's shoulder, and seeing that Su Yuyao had returned to normal, she finally felt relieved.
Fei Hua watched as Su Yuyao was being held by Qing Yue, her eyes wide open, and she squeezed into Qing Yue's arms as well.
"Feihua! What are you doing?!" Su Yuyao pushed Feihua away.
"Yao'er..." Qingyue was about to get angry when she heard Su Yuyao say, "This is my mother!"
“I want a mother too…” Fei Hua said blankly.
Qingyue quickly pulled poor Feihua into her arms, "Feihua, come here too!"
"No!" Su Yuyao said domineeringly, "Mother won't allow me to hug Feihua!"
Qingyue was in a dilemma. In the past, if Su Yuyao had spoken like that, she would have been beaten or scolded!
But now... Qingyue actually started to feel sorry for Su Yuyao.
"Yao'er, be good, let Mommy hold you both, okay?!" Qingyue coaxed softly.
"No! I don't want to!" Su Yuyao's face turned red with anger as she stomped her feet and said, "If Mother hugs Feihua, I will never speak to Mother again!"
Qingyue was being dominated by Su Yuyao on one side and pulled by Feihua on the other, with the two children pushing and shoving each other from time to time...
Unable to resist any longer, Qingyue cried out, "Fangchun! Come here quickly! Take Feihua back inside..."
Fangchun was anxiously watching Feihua being bullied when she heard Qingyue calling her. She immediately got up and rushed over!
"Did I tell you to get up?" the Mountain Goddess asked hoarsely.
Fangchun could only kneel down awkwardly, looking at Qingyue with difficulty, not knowing what to do.
“Grandma Mountain Goddess,” Qingyue said, suppressing her anger, “Fairy Flying Flower suffers from hysteria and is usually cared for by Fangchun, so…”
"So! Su Yuyao should be more magnanimous. If both of them are in her arms, then she won't have to... be in such a mess!" The Mountain Goddess said sternly, implying something.
Qingyue was startled, and the guilt buried deep in her heart was brought up again.
"Mother!" Langzhi exclaimed, "Why are you bringing this up again?!"
"Shouldn't I have brought this up?" The Mountain Goddess's gaze swept over Qingyue like a nail.
Qingyue also sensed the extremely unfriendly and even hateful aura, so she protected Su Yuyao and Feihua in her arms and turned to the side to avoid the Mountain Goddess's direct gaze.
"Hmph!" The Mountain Goddess rolled her eyes at Qingyue, then continued stroking Langzhi's head, saying, "Zhizhi, you're such a simpleton! You listen to everything she says, and that's how you've gotten yourself into this mess!"
"Mother! Please stop!" Langzhi quickly cut off the Mountain Goddess's words. "This is all my own choice! It has nothing to do with Tuanyue!"
Seeing Langzhi's expression, the Mountain Goddess didn't say anything more and changed the subject to Su Yuyao, "I don't want to dwell on the past anymore! I came here mainly to see Yao'er..."
As she spoke, she turned to Su Yuyao and pointed at her with her left hand, which was missing an index finger, "You little rascal, you've got some nerve!"
Upon hearing this, Lang Zhi immediately beamed with joy. He stood up, walked over to Qing Yue, pulled Su Yuyao out, and said smugly, "That's right! Don't you even know whose seed it is!"
The mountain goddess held up her hand, missing a finger, and her lips twitched twice. "Fool, was I praising her? Look! She cut off all my fingers!"
Langzhi stared at the Mountain Goddess's hand for a long time, then his face suddenly darkened.
He looked down at Su Yuyao, "Daughter, did you do this?"
Su Yuyao pursed her lips, looked at Qingyue, then at Langzhi, and whispered, "It's...it was her who scared me...that's why I was careless..."
"Langzhi, let go!" Qingyue said coldly, pulling Su Yuyao back into her arms. "Didn't you hear what Yao'er said? She was scared!"
Langzhi glanced at Qingyue, then at Su Yuyao, then at her own mother, and finally stole a glance at Yuqing, who was kneeling on the ground and constantly glancing at her...
He clicked his tongue, scratching his bald head. Any one of these four women could give him a headache, and now they were all together! What was he going to do...?
Qingyue protected Su Yuyao, then gently rubbed Feihua's face, and said loudly, "Fangchun! Take Feihua to wash up!"
Fangchun cautiously glanced at the Mountain Goddess, but the Mountain Goddess stared intently at Qingyue.
Langzhi hurriedly said, "Fangchun! What are you standing there for?! Quickly take Feihua to clean up! What happened? You're covered in dust..."
"Hmph! She can't even watch one child properly!" the Mountain Goddess said, pursing her lips. "A perfectly respectable fairy, playing with fire in the courtyard? What kind of behavior is this?! In this courtyard, the master and servants have no respect for each other! I really don't know how she became a queen..."
"Hmm?" Su Yuyao then took a good look at the ground and saw two charred marks in front of the pile of firewood.
Huh? I lit a fire at the Vermilion Bird Palace, and Fei Hua lit one right here? Is this... a coincidence?
Fangchun, under pressure, helped Feihua into the room and finally breathed a sigh of relief, having escaped a bloodless struggle.
"Tch!" the Mountain Goddess said, sniffing the air. "No wonder Yao'er is so unruly; it's all inherited from her ancestors!"
“Grandma Mountain God, our Yao’er was raised with love and care, so she is naturally a bit spoiled. But she knows all the basic manners and rules, unless…” Qingyue glanced at Grandma Mountain God with a cold face and said, “She would only be forced to fight back if she was threatened!”
Upon hearing this, Langzhi's eyes widened, and she roared, "Tuanyue! What are you saying! How dare my mother threaten Yao'er?!"
"Then why did Yao'er attack?!" Qingyue retorted without backing down. "Even if Yao'er is reckless, she has never intentionally hurt anyone!"
"Ah..." Langzhi glanced at the Mountain Goddess again, "Mother, did you scare my daughter?"
"What? You're blaming me?!" the Mountain Goddess said, her eyes blazing. "It was your precious daughter who cut my finger!"
"Ah..." Langzhi turned to Su Yuyao again, "Girl, don't cut it next time!"
"What?!" The Mountain Goddess slammed her hand on the stone table, her voice trembling with anger. "Zhizhi! You protected that woman so much back then, and look what happened?! Look at yourself now, what a terrible end you've gotten! I was so kind to you back then! In terms of background and looks, who can compare to Qingjin?! I swallowed my pride and finally convinced Mother Yi to let you marry both of them, and look what happened!"
She pointed angrily at Qingyue, "That woman is ungrateful and actually disagrees! Who does she think she is!"
"Mother!" Langzhi hurriedly stopped her, "Don't say anymore!"
"You won't let me speak?! Why can't I speak?! Zhizhi! You're supposed to be a mountain god, shouldn't you be more discerning when you're looking for people?! One's a tea cake spirit, the other's a fox or dog spirit, you really aren't picky!"
"Mother!" Langzhi exclaimed anxiously, "Why are you still saying that?!"
"Grandma Mountain Goddess, you don't need to put anyone down here. My birth is not noble, but I am now the Empress of Binglun Palace. In terms of rank, I am no lower than you. My respect for you is only out of affection! As for Yuqing, she is not even considered part of Langzhi's household, so you have no right to scold her!" Qingyue said sternly. "Tomorrow, I will take Yao'er back to Binglun Palace so as not to delay your reunion!"
After saying that, she walked over to Yuqing, helped her up, and said, "Go do what you're supposed to do! This is none of your business!"
Yu Qing nodded gratefully and limped towards the small kitchen. The fish wasn't finished cleaning, and the meal wasn't ready yet...
"Su'e! Bai'er! Get up!" Qingyue ordered with the air of an empress, "Those who haven't finished packing, hurry up and pack; those who have finished, take inventory!"
"Yes!" Su'e and Bai'er responded and went about their respective tasks.
Qingyue slowly turned around, coldly glancing at the Mountain Goddess. "Mountain Goddess, what a brilliant plan! So this ingenious way of killing two birds with one stone was your idea! But... you underestimated your son's determination to love me! It was you who ruined your son!"
"Tuan Yue!" Lang Zhi roared.
"Langzhi!" Tuanyue shouted even louder.
Seeing Qingyue's grief and indignation, Langzhi helplessly rubbed his head, hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "Um... do you need my help...?"
Seeing Langzhi soften, Qingyue also lowered her voice, "No need..."
"Don't forget anything for your daughter! If she's missing anything, think about getting her what she needs!" Langzhi looked at Qingyue with reluctance.
Qingyue also looked at Langzhi with a longing gaze, and replied softly, "I know..."
“You can leave! Yao’er must stay!” the Mountain Goddess interjected. “Although Yao’er has reincarnated several times in the mortal realm before returning, she is still of our Mountain God’s bloodline! How can we let outsiders take her away?!”
"An outsider?!" Qingyue's blood rushed to her head instantly, and she gripped her sleeve, saying, "She's inside my belly!"
"So what if she's inside you?! Did you even give birth to her?! You still couldn't keep her?! You useless thing!"
"Mother!" Langzhi finally snapped, "Can you please leave our business alone!"
"I don't care? You'll regret it if you don't!" the Mountain Goddess said firmly. "Yao'er must stay!"
"No! Impossible!" Qingyue's eyes widened as she shouted, "Yao'er must come with me!"
"Zhizhi! Look at what you've chosen!" the Mountain Goddess shouted, slapping the stone table.
"Langzhi!" Qingyue yelled at Langzhi, "Are you listening to me or this old hag?!"
"What?!" the Mountain Goddess roared, her body emitting a black and yellow aura that transformed into several long, mane-covered legs that waved in the air. "You stinking tea cake! You don't even have roots! You are not worthy of my son at all!"
Qingyue's eyes narrowed, and a huge and sharp hexagonal ice flower instantly materialized behind her. "You old hag, your precious son is just as old and ugly as you. I don't care about him at all!"
"What?!" The Mountain Goddess was completely enraged.
Whoosh! The scythe-like long legs slashed towards Qingyue.
Clang! A glistening icicle blocked the long-legged attack!
The two started fighting, clanging and banging.
Langzhi silently retreated to the side, squatted on the ground, rubbing his head and clicking his teeth. What should he do?!
Su Yuyao squatted down next to Lang Zhi, scratching her chubby cheeks and asking, "Dad, what should we do?"
"Hey... I smelled my mother's scent on you last time, and I've been looking for her ever since, but I haven't been able to find her..."
"Last time?" Su Yuyao recalled, then suddenly realized, "Oh! The time I cut off her finger! She sprayed something all over my face! It stank!"
"What are you talking about! That's your grandma!" Lang Zhi pointed at Su Yuyao's head and said, "You cut off your grandma's fingers, and you complained that they smelled bad?!"
“How would I know that’s my grandma…” Su Yuyao pouted.
"Sigh..." The father and daughter squatted together, hugging their knees, and sighed as they watched the two opposing forces battling it out in the courtyard.
"You stinky tea cake! You actually dare to fight back?!"
"Why can't I fight back?!"
"Emotionally, I am Langzhi's mother! Legally, I am the Mountain Goddess! How dare you, a mere brat, use your true qi against me?!"
"Hmph! In terms of sentiment, it's your son who's clinging to me! In terms of reason, you're a dead man, while I'm the Empress of the Ice Wheel Palace! Why aren't you enjoying your life of comfort and sustenance, instead of running around causing trouble?!"
"Father... what does 'already gone' mean?"
"He... died..."
"Huh?!" Su Yuyao looked at the spirited mountain goddess in surprise. "But this is..."
"This is... not completely dead..."
"oh……"
Lang Zhi sighed, glanced at Su Yuyao, and suddenly understood Su Yuyao's feelings.
Seeing the situation escalating, Su Yuyao thought that continuing this argument would not benefit anyone. The only solution was to get the mountain goddess to leave as soon as possible!
But... what is the purpose of this mountain goddess's visit?
Just to spite his mother? That's unlikely! If he were simply trying to get back at his mother, he wouldn't be doing it now!
Is it because of Yuqing? That's unlikely. If she didn't agree, why didn't she step in to stop it from the beginning?!
It's even less likely because of her father! Her son has lived here for thousands of years without her ever showing her face. Why would a mother-son reunion only happen at this time?!
The only possibility is me!
Su Yuyao's eyes widened. When we were controlling the flood, she touched my stomach; when she went to ask for candy, I chopped off her hand; this time she came... could she be planning something against me...?
"Stop!" A roar shook the chaotic energy field that had been tangled together in the courtyard.
Xuanfeng strode into the courtyard, kicking his long robe, his eyes blazing with anger and his face contorted with rage.
He looked around and asked bluntly, "Grandma Mountain God, is there anything else you haven't finished wishing for?"
The Mountain Goddess, panting heavily, glared at Qingyue, then turned to Xuanfeng and said, "We can't let this woman take Yao'er away! Otherwise, you'll regret it!"
Xuanfeng frowned slightly. "Grandma Mountain God, the girl will stay with me. No one will take her away."
"Xuanfeng!" Qingyue steadied her qi field and said, "I will take Yao'er away tomorrow! I don't feel comfortable leaving her with you!"
A look of surprise slowly spread across Xuanfeng's face. He looked at Qingyue in disbelief, "Aunt?! You don't believe me?! Didn't you see how I treat the girl?"
"I saw her! That's why I'm taking her away!" Qingyue said angrily.
“I…” Xuanfeng truly could not explain the beastly things he did to Su Yuyao in the main hall.
He glanced guiltily at Su Yuyao, who was squatting to the side watching the commotion, and then at Lang Zhi, who was also watching the commotion. The two of them looked rather dim-witted, as if they were cut from the same mold!
"Listen up! I don't care what you all discussed!" Xuan Feng shouted. "No one is allowed to take Su Yuyao away without my permission!"
Upon hearing this, the Mountain Goddess became even more imposing, glaring fiercely at Qingyue and shouting, "Did you hear that?! You still want to take the child away? No way!"
Qingyue's eyes were filled with hatred as she gritted her teeth and said, "My child! Why can't I take him away?!"
“Aunt, if you want to go back to Ice Wheel Palace, you can go back!” Xuanfeng said coldly, “but the girl can only stay by my side!”
"No way!" Before Qingyue could object, Langzhi exploded, "You brat, you don't want to let my daughter go?!"
Xuanfeng rolled his eyes and said, "Lord Langzhi! Can you please stop interfering?!"
"No! You beast!" Langzhi cursed.
"Lord Langzhi!" Xuanfeng's eyes widened. "Watch your words!"
“Lord Xuanfeng!” Langzhi retorted without backing down, “Please keep your pants in check!”
Xuanfeng roared, "Lady Langzhi! She is my wife!"
"Lord Xuanfeng! She is also my daughter! I must protect her!"
"As her husband, I will protect her well!"
"You're protecting my ass!"
"Xuanfeng! We saw what you did to Yao'er! She is our child! We will not allow her to be hurt again!"
"You stinky tea cake! If you take her away, you'll only be harming her!"
"Mother! Tuan Yue must be allowed to take the child away!"
"No! No one is allowed to take the girl away!"
"Yao'er is my child! I must take her away!"
"Stinky tea cake! Don't even think about it!"
"Old hag!"
"Tuanyue! How dare you speak to my mother like that?!"
"Lord Langzhi! I advise you to be more polite to my aunt!"
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