Zhang Zhao's words were a threat. Tao Yu shuddered with fear and nodded silently.
Zou Jinglan was not panicked at all. Her daughter had a melon-like personality and had to listen to everything she said. She never resisted at all, so she didn't dare to talk nonsense.
This kind of thing is also shameful for her. She is too busy trying to cover it up. Who would she dare to tell?
The three of them arrived at the living room. Old Mrs. Tao looked at her timid granddaughter and felt a pain in her heart. This child was spoiled by her daughter-in-law.
Zou Jinglan gave a perfunctory bow. "What brings you here in person? This is the Zhang family, not the Tao family. General Zhang is a first-rank general who has fought on the battlefield and killed people."
The Tao family can barely be considered a scholarly family. Can it be compared with a military family?
Old Madam Tao said calmly: "Let him kill, I am an old woman who is upright and honest, how dare he kill me?
Since you have remarried into the Zhang family, I, your former mother-in-law, don't want to come to see you. It is my incompetence that I failed to discipline my daughter-in-law. I have no words to face my son.
But my granddaughter is the blood of my Tao family, I must take her away no matter what."
Zou Jinglan was anxious: "She is my daughter, how can I treat her unfairly? No, I won't agree."
Zhang Zhao followed up, "Madam Tao, I, Zhang Zhao, have always treated Ah Yu like my own daughter and will never treat her unfairly.
It’s fine to marry her in my house in the future. If you really love your child, you should consider her future.”
Mrs. Tao clenched her cane and refused decisively: "No, I don't ask my granddaughter to be rich and powerful, I just want her to live a peaceful life.
Ah Yu, grandma is here to pick you up. You will live in grandma's yard from now on. Grandma will help you plan your future. Are you willing to follow grandma?"
Zou Jinglan threatened: "Think it over carefully. If you leave now, it won't be easy to come back later.
I gave birth to you, raised you, and gave you my heart. No matter what I do, it's all for your own good."
Tao Yu clutched her sleeves nervously. Under the threat of her mother and stepfather, she was so scared that she didn't dare to say a word.
But when I think of Zhao Letong, such a young child, and how I encouraged and cared about her, I realize that whether she can get out of the quagmire depends on her own efforts to climb up. This is her only chance.
Tao Yu raised her head, the timidity in her eyes turned into bravery, "I am willing to go back with my grandmother. I am originally the daughter of the Tao family."
Zou Jinglan was furious. Zhang Zhao was also shocked and a little flustered. "Have you thought it through?"
"I've thought it through."
"You little bitch, how dare you leave me? You're being disobedient and unfilial. Believe it or not, I'll beat you to death!"
"You dare!"
Old Mrs. Tao pointed at her with her cane and said, "You've remarried and are no longer the daughter-in-law of the Tao family. How dare you lay a hand on my granddaughter?
When my son was alive, you deceived him and he obeyed you in everything. As a mother, I love my son so much that I won't bother with you. But you still dare to torture my granddaughter. I will not forgive you even if I give my life to you."
The old lady had a strong aura and had long hated her. Her son's early death was also related to her. If she hadn't been clamoring for some mountain flowers, her son wouldn't have fallen to his death while climbing the mountain.
This vicious woman is the scourge of her Tao family.
Tao Yu burst into tears with excitement. She was also loved by her grandmother and was not an unloved child.
In the past, her grandmother was strict and not nice to her mother. She had heard her mother scolding her grandmother behind her back since she was a child, and she also felt that her grandmother was not nice.
Now it seems that grandma is the one who is truly sensible. Maybe she doesn't like her, but she is willing to help her when she is in trouble.
Zou Jinglan was afraid of the old lady. Mothers-in-law naturally suppress their daughters-in-law. This is filial piety, so she didn't dare to contradict the old lady too much.
He subconsciously glanced at Zhang Zhao, who had no other choice but to threaten Tao Yu: "Alright, since you don't know what's good for you, then go. But if you have to suffer in the future and can't survive, don't blame me for not warning you today."
Old Lady Tao said, "General Zhang, it's said that military commanders are upright and honest, and value friendship and loyalty. Are you threatening my granddaughter by saying this?"
"No, I'm just telling the truth."
Mr. Tao supported his mother, and Mrs. Tao held Tao Yu's hand. They left without packing up their things. Zou Jinglan was so angry that she threw the teacup violently.
"Master, what do you say we should do now?"
Zhang Zhao glanced at her and said, "As long as you don't show any mercy, she's just a little girl. It won't take more than a finger for me to deal with her."
"Hmph, that damned girl doesn't know what's good for her. She actually wants to escape from my control. As long as she doesn't die, I'll let her know that I gave birth to her and everything she has belongs to me."
"Okay, she will come back. The Tao family dares to come to my house and act so presumptuously. They must be tired of living."
Zhang Zhao was disappointed and went to a brothel to have fun that night, which made Zou Jinglan furious.
Zhao Letong and others have been paying attention to this matter. Tao Yu was able to return home and have the protection of his grandmother, which was a good start.
But things will be more troublesome in the future. That belly is like a time bomb that can blow her and her entire family to pieces.
Zhao Letong went to the clan school but was only active for three days and rested for two days. He might as well sneak away to find Fang Xinyue and help her to the end, otherwise the good deeds would turn into bad debts and the gain would not be worth the loss.
Fang Xinyue studies medicinal herbs at home and studies Chinese medicine hard. All her skills come from Western medicine. She is okay in surgery, but her Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis is a little worse. She still needs to work hard.
Medicine is a subject that one must learn throughout one's life. Fang Xinyue has an uncle who is a medical supervisor and can get any rare medical books for his niece to study.
Combined with the many medical skills Fang Xinyue had seen in her previous life, she had mastered them all. She only needed some experience, and her medical skills would be no less than those of the famous doctors in ancient times.
Zhao Letong was happy when he smelled the fragrance of medicine in the yard. People who are self-reliant and strong are always admired.
"Sister Fang, are you busy?"
"Xiao Letong is here, I don't have much to do, so I'll study more medicinal herbs. I have nothing to do anyway, so it's always a good idea to learn more.
Come in and have some tea. This freshly brewed honeysuckle tea is very effective in clearing away heat and reducing internal heat."
"Thank you, Sister Fang."
Zhao Letong drank a cup and found it tasted good. She said, "Sister Fang, cousin Tao has returned home, but her stomach..."
Fang Xinyue frowned. If this happened in her previous life, she would definitely have an abortion, which would be better for both the adult and the child.
An unwelcome birth is also a tragedy for a child.
However, people in ancient times attached great importance to offspring, and even abortion was not allowed. It was considered to be detrimental to one's virtue, and no doctor was willing to help people with abortions.
Zhao Letong also didn't want her to have an abortion. After all, it was a life. In the world of cultivation, it was difficult to give birth. As long as there was a child, most of them would give birth to it.
Fang Xinyue pondered for a moment and said, "It depends on how the Tao family handles this matter. It would be best to send the child out of the capital, far away from the capital, so that the child can be handled more easily.
The Zhang family will not let him go if he stays in the capital, and this child is also a hidden danger to Zhang Zhao."
"Leaving the capital? This is the only way. But Aunt Zou is too much, and Zhang Zhao is not a good person either. These two evil people are a pair, and who knows who they will bring trouble to in the future."
Zhao Letong rolled his eyes and thought of a solution. He must not let them off easily.
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