Chapter 205 Madam Wei Returns Home
Wei took her people and went straight back to her yard, and Jin followed.
"Mother, you and father are back. Why didn't you send anyone to deliver a letter so that I could send someone to pick you up?" Jin still used the same tone as before when talking to her mother-in-law, and chatted with the old lady Wei.
"Oh, Anping sent someone to ask me to come back with your father, saying that you and Meng'er had a quarrel!"
Wei was actually stating a fact, but Jin felt like she was being accused. She felt upset and wronged. Her eyes instantly turned red.
She felt that everyone was on her sister-in-law's side, so she gave her sister-in-law a cold look, and her mother-in-law and father-in-law came back from far away to blame her.
"Mother...can you please just let this matter go?"
Wei was stunned for a moment, then turned around and carefully examined her eldest daughter-in-law. "Of course, the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion is no longer under the control of your father and me."
"Mother, that's not what I meant. I wanted you to talk to my sister-in-law on my behalf and let this matter pass! I was in a bad mood at the time and my mind wasn't clear, so this happened."
"That's up to you. I can't make the decision for you. But listen carefully to one thing: those uneducated people from your mother's family should stop trying to get Meng'er. Otherwise, I'll just divorce you and you two can still live in harmony. Do you understand what I mean?"
Wei stared at Jin without blinking. She only found out after she came back and heard the report. It turned out that Jin was angry because she kept trying to introduce her brothers from her mother's family to Meng'er, but Meng'er ignored her.
"Daughter-in-law understands..." Jin hadn't expected her mother-in-law, who wasn't even in Yuanjing, to know everything she did, and her confidence instantly waned. But she still felt a little unconvinced, even though she knew her brothers from her mother's family wouldn't amount to anything.
But it was different when my mother-in-law said it so openly.
Seeing Jin's expression, Wei knew she didn't really understand. Meng'er, with her status and son, wouldn't consider marrying. Even if she did, her mother, a jerk like her, wouldn't have a chance.
Since Jin didn't listen and looked unconvinced after being taught, Wei didn't want to see her standing in front of him anymore.
"You should leave! I'm tired and I want to sleep!"
"Daughter-in-law, take your leave!" Jin immediately bowed and left.
"Madam, what should we do now?" The maidservant beside Jin asked worriedly.
"Mother won't do anything. It's just that I really shouldn't have let my parents' words get me in a tizzy and got into a fight with my sister-in-law. Given her personality, even if I apologize, that's the end of our relationship. So, let's just leave it at that!"
Jin saw clearly that there was no turning back. Furthermore, she had already broken up with her sister-in-law, so her family probably wouldn't bother trying to tie her up anymore.
Unbeknownst to Jin, it was her indulgence of her family that led her uneducated younger brother, Jin Mingcheng, to believe Zhao Lingmeng was easy to bully, and he went straight for her. Jin Mingcheng figured that if he could become Princess Funing's consort, no one in Yuanjing would dare deny him face. He also didn't mind that Princess Funing had been married before.
Zhao Anping, on the other hand, was relieved to hear his father and mother had returned. He thought it would be great if his mother could just get Jin to behave herself. As a sister-in-law, she wasn't showing off to a sister-in-law she rarely saw. She was just too bored! He also thought about whether his second son could follow in his sister's footsteps when he entered the Imperial Academy.
Although they also have a quota in the Wu'an Marquis Mansion, his second brother's family also has children, so he can't just use it! Moreover, his three illegitimate brothers also use the quota of the Wu'an Marquis Mansion. Whether there will be any more by then depends on the situation.
But what Zhao Anping didn't know was that the old lady didn't want to get involved in the affairs of the couple at all. She simply said a few words to Jin, and the matter was over.
On Zhao Lingmeng's side, Zhao Houjing seemed to have noticed something. He has always been a little sensitive.
They had just finished dinner that day, and the mother and her two children were still sitting together, drinking tea leisurely as usual.
"Mom, are you and your aunt really breaking up?"
Zhao Lingmeng was surprised to hear Zhao Houjing suddenly ask this question, "Why do you ask that?"
Zhao Houming and Zhao Houyang slowly drank a sip of the digestive and stomach-nourishing tea, glanced at their elder brother and mother, looking as if they were watching a fun event.
"It's not obvious. When we went to the farm before, you would always tell people to send something to Wu'an Marquis's Mansion and something to Wu'an Marquis's Mansion. Yesterday, you sent something to your cousin's mother and others, but you didn't send anything to Wu'an Marquis's Mansion."
Zhao Houjing spoke proudly about what he observed yesterday, and that his eldest cousin Zhimo had not written to them in the past few days, which was very abnormal.
He looked at his mother suspiciously, "Mom, you wouldn't have hidden the letter that Brother Zhimo wrote to us brothers, would you?"
Seeing how attentively Zhao Houjing observed her, Zhao Lingmeng had reached out to touch his head and praise his intelligence. However, upon hearing what he added, she backhanded him and knocked him on the head.
"It hurts... A gentleman uses words, not fists." Zhao Houjing covered his head and jumped up.
"I am your mother, a woman."
"This is a mistake!" Zhao Houjing could only touch his head in frustration.
"Your mother isn't that boring. Maybe Mo'er finds it difficult to be caught in the middle! He probably hasn't figured out how to get along with you two yet."
Zhao Lingmeng had no problem with her nephew, Zhao Zhimo, and wouldn't do anything as frivolous as venting her anger on him. After all, she had raised this little guy in the princess's mansion for a few years, so she had some affection for him.
"Oh, so that's it! Didn't you say that your adult affairs won't affect us children?" Zhao Houjing was still confused.
"That's what I said, but what I think can only represent myself, not others. Do you understand, Jing'er?"
"Brother, you're stupid. What mother means is that my aunt doesn't think so." Zhao Houyang couldn't help but add fuel to the fire while reading the gossip.
"Mom..." Zhao Houjing looked at Zhao Lingmeng again.
Zhao Lingmeng quickly clarified, "I didn't say that! What I meant was that everyone has their own ideas and difficulties. You should be considerate of your cousin."
"Tsk, isn't that what I meant?" Zhao Houyang's main point was that he wanted to be beaten after having eaten his fill.
Zhao Lingmeng immediately rolled up her sleeves. She was determined to give this troublesome guy a beating today. "Zhao Houyang, are you itching for a beating?"
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