Chapter 8: Broken Engagement
at night.
Xu stayed awake all night, standing at the gate and looking at the Xu Mansion a few streets away.
There was a blaze of fire over there, and faint wailing could be heard.
"Madam, it's okay." Dengzhi held Madam's hand and found that her hands were cold and her whole body was trembling.
Xu's lips turned purple and her body trembled slightly. It took her a while to squeeze out a few words.
"Almost... just a little bit..." Just a little bit and the Xu family would be finished.
Fortunately, she heard Chao Chao's voice.
Her Chao Chao is the treasure given to her by God.
It was not until the sky gradually brightened that Xu moved stiffly.
Dengzhi hurried forward to support him.
"Is the Marquis back?" Xu looked pale and a little weak.
Dengzhi shook his head: "The Marquis did not come back all night."
Xu held Dengzhi's hand, closed her eyes, and suppressed the fear and suspicion in her eyes.
She didn't dare to think about whether the Marquis was behind this.
"Ma'am, I found out."
"Last night, the imperial guards turned the Xu family upside down and dug out a blood letter under the crooked tree outside the lady's boudoir. Now Mr. Xu is kneeling outside the imperial study to attend the trial." Yingxue walked hurriedly. As soon as the curfew was over, she rushed over to inquire about the news.
The two maids Yingxue and Juexia were a little worried.
But I saw that the lady's face seemed to be a little relaxed. When I looked up again, she was still frowning. Maybe she had seen it wrong.
Xu pursed her lips tightly and said nothing more.
She felt on pins and needles the whole day. Since marrying Lu Yuanze, she gradually lost her backbone and became dependent on him.
She gave birth to children for him, cooked for him, and had long lost the edge she once had as a talented woman from Kyoto.
Even her beloved family members abandoned her.
There was a hint of bitterness on Xu's face.
She sent someone to invite Lu Yuanze, but Lu Yuanze never returned home.
She actually wanted to give Lu Yuanze another chance, a chance to confess. But Lu Yuanze never even came back.
I sat there until evening.
The concierge came hurriedly to report.
"Madam, someone from the Jiang family is here." Xu stood up suddenly.
The Jiang family is the family that the eldest son Lu Yanshu is engaged to.
If someone from the Jiang family comes at this time, I’m afraid it’s not a good thing.
The Jiang family and the Lu family were both founding heroes. The Jiang family was good at literature, and their descendants worked hard to make a name for themselves. This generation even held the position of the third-rank Minister of the Dali Temple.
The Lu family is a martial arts family, and Lu Yuanze was born weak, so he had no choice but to follow the path of martial arts, and he has been neither advancing nor advancing over the years.
Fortunately, he was able to make some progress after marrying Xu.
But compared to the Jiang family, it is still a little worse.
"Back then, Young Master Yanshu was quite famous for his talent, and they came themselves to arrange the marriage for him." Dengzhi changed Xu's clothes and saw that she looked more energetic before helping her out.
Xu paused and said, "Hold Chao Chao."
Little Chaochao is already forty days old. He has grown up like a balloon and is now round and plump. His little face smiles to everyone he sees, and he looks so happy.
When Mrs. Xu went to the front hall, Mrs. Jiang had been sitting there with a stern face for quite a while.
There was also a tray on the table, covered with a red cloth.
Xu paused slightly.
"Sister Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't even come to your full moon party. I feel really guilty." Mrs. Jiang sighed, with a shrewd look on her face.
She really had high hopes for Lu Yanshu back then, but who would have known that he would become a cripple, unable to take care of himself, and even go crazy.
After dragging it on for so many years, and now that the Xu family has been sent to prison, she has no more scruples.
"Our two families are as close as one family. We are all one family. How can I blame the Jiang family?" Xu said with a smile.
Mrs. Jiang paused slightly.
He frowned slightly and was silent for a moment before saying, "Sister Xu, let's not beat around the bush. I'm afraid Yanshu's marriage will have to be called off."
Xu's face fell.
"Yanshu is living a half-human life now. He is not worthy of my Yunjin. Yunjin is the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family. How can she marry a disabled man? This marriage should have been called off long ago." Mrs. Jiang glanced at Xu. Xu now is not the same as before.
The Xu family was imprisoned and Lu Yanshu was a disabled person, so it was natural for him to cancel the engagement without any scruples.
"You!" Xu was so angry that her chest hurt.
"Isn't it because of Yunjin that Yanshu fell into the water?" Xu gritted her teeth.
Yan Shu, who was extremely intelligent, became like that just for Jiang Yunjin!
Jiang Yunjin fell into the water, Yanshu jumped into the water to save him, and Jiang Yunjin was saved.
But her inkstone and books had been submerged in the water for a long time and could not be rescued.
Whenever Xu thought of this incident, she felt extremely heartbroken and hated it to the extreme for countless nights.
Madam Jiang looked a little unhappy: "My daughter Yunjin is a legitimate daughter, how can she marry a cripple? Besides, Yunjin didn't ask him to save her, she jumped down on her own! This marriage should have been called off long ago, it has brought bad reputation to my son! Your cripple, please stop harming the daughter of a good family. Don't you have no conscience?"
"He goes crazy and doesn't care about the consequences. He should be locked up for life. Why would he marry a wife?"
"My son feels ashamed of being engaged to him. That's all from the shameful past!"
"You have to withdraw from this marriage even if you don't want to."
"I don't agree to cancel the engagement!" Xu's eyes were red and she gritted her teeth. Yanshu became disabled because of her, but the Jiang family wanted to abandon Yanshu!
Her inkstone and calligraphy were ruined for the rest of her life.
Little Chao Chao stretched out his chubby hands from the cradle [Back, back, back, beautiful mother, back off quickly...]
[She really hurt my big brother...]
[After she married the older brother, she secretly beat him, made him bark like a dog, made him crawl into her crotch, and even made him drink urine. She even brought the person home and let her older brother see her sleeping with someone else. Big brother was so angry that he died...】
Xu's hand holding the tea trembled, her breathing became heavy, and some of the tea spilled out.
He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh.
A trickle of blood oozed from the fingertips.
How much suffering her child has endured!
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