As Chu Mingzhu spoke, she stood up and rushed towards Chu Jinyu, but Xie Yushu pulled Chu Jinyu behind her.
Enough!
Chu Mingzhu, why are you pressuring Jinyu like this? Is it to restore the Chu family's reputation, or to elevate your own status by stepping on Jinyu?
Stop bringing up the Chu family's reputation. Don't you know why the Chu family declined?
Forming cliques for personal gain, embezzling and perverting the law!
Who is your father doing all these things for?
Isn't it enough to ruin your whole family? Do you want to drive Jinyu to her death too?
"I can't control whether you're courting death or not, but if you insist on dragging Jin Yu into it, I will absolutely not let you off!"
Whether it was because Xie Yushu had seen through her thoughts or not, Chu Mingzhu became furious and pointed at Chu Jinyu.
"Chu Jinyu is the only male heir of the Chu family. If he doesn't revive the Chu family, how can he face his father and grandfather? How can he face the ancestors of the Chu family?"
Xie Yushu slapped away the hand that was pointing at Chu Jinyu.
"Stop with your nonsense. If your father were alive, he'd be furious to see you tormenting his only grandson every day. He'd probably flip his coffin lid in anger."
"Put your hand on your chest and ask yourself, who are you doing this to, pressuring Chu Jinyu like this? You're abusing someone's child like this, aren't you afraid your older brother and sister-in-law will come knocking on your door at night?!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Mingzhu's composure crumbled instantly. She recalled hitting Chu Jinyu with a ruler, pinching him when he dozed off, and remembering Chu Jinyu's eyes welling with tears of pain but his reluctance to cry. She immediately screamed in guilt.
"I did it for his own good, and I'm sure my brother and sister-in-law will understand."
Xie Yushu!
Stop distorting the truth and trying to sow discord between us, aunt and nephew.
I think you're just jealous, so you deliberately made Chu Jinyu not get close to me. I think you're trying to use Chu Jinyu to seduce Xiao Yi into coming to see you.
You're just jealous that Xiao Yi is marrying me instead of you, and jealous that Xiao Yi treats my Chu family better than you.
Haha, speaking of which, you are the sacrifice Xiao Yi made to repay my Chu family. He was willing to give up his official position for my Chu family. He spent ten taels of silver to buy you back, which was also to take care of my Chu family bloodline.
And you, from beginning to end, were just a maid or servant that Xiao Yi bought for Chu Jinyu!
So what if you became a first-rank princess? So what if you can make glass? Xiao Yi still chose me.
So what if you try to sow discord? Even if Chu Jinyu is with you, Xiao Yi's legal wife is still me!
"I am the one who will grow old with him, the one who will share his life and death, the one who will be the mother of Xiao Yi's child, and the one who will be able to be buried in the Xiao family's ancestral tomb after my death. And you, you will be nothing more than a discarded woman divorced by the Xiao family your entire life!"
Chu Mingzhu spoke with great enthusiasm, as if marrying Xiao Yi was something extraordinary, as if she had won over Xie Yushu. She thought that Xie Yushu was the one who seduced Xiao Yi to come to her time and time again. She thought that she was stabbing Xie Yushu in the heart, and that she could see Xie Yushu's jealous face by saying this.
Xie Yushu responded with a mocking laugh and a cool remark.
"Huh! Did I hear that right?"
What are you showing off?
The Xiao family's ancestral graves are said to possess magical energy; burying someone there could bring you back to life, or something.
In all my years, I've heard of people taking pride in becoming the top scholar in the imperial examinations, and of people being proud of becoming rich. This is the first time I've heard of someone being honored to be buried in an ancestral grave!
Not only can you, Chu Mingzhu, enter the Xiao family ancestral graves, but Old Madam Xiao and your dear sister-in-law Xie Yujiao can also enter!
I wish the three of you to live in harmony, and that even a hundred years from now, you will live in harmony in the Xiao family ancestral graveyard!
Nanxing, see the guests out!
Seeing that Xie Yushu didn't care about her status as an abandoned wife at all, and even mocked her, Chu Mingzhu was so angry that her face turned ashen. She wanted to curse in resentment, but Nanxing covered her mouth and dragged her out.
Even her maid, Tao Hong, was grabbed by the back of the neck and thrown out by Chun Yu.
Chu Jinyu finally relaxed after seeing Chu Mingzhu being kicked out. Xiao Haitang, on the other hand, secretly remembered Xie Yushu's words: one should not take pride in entering someone's ancestral grave. If she couldn't become the top scholar in the imperial examination, then she should just get rich.
A woman should only be proud if she has her own abilities.
This is Xiao Haitang's own understanding.
Hmm—all correct!
In the following days, Xie Yushu continued to teach at the Imperial Hospital in the mornings, and took her two children shopping in the afternoons whenever she had free time.
It is worth mentioning that Xuan Yuanche heard about Xie Yushu's various romantic scandals, and as a result, on the same day, Xuan Yuanche carried a small package and moved into the princess's mansion with two guards.
When asked, he said he wasn't feeling well and only felt safe staying at Xie Yushu's house.
During this period, Zhou Yi'an visited twice but was kicked out by Xuan Yuanche. The Fifth Prince visited once, wanting to discuss cooperation with Xie Yushu, but was also kicked out by Xuan Yuanche. Xiao Yi was made to come and pick up Chu Jinyu after Chu Mingzhu cried for him, but was also kicked out by Xuan Yuanche.
Xie Yushu examined him several times but saw no signs of illness. However, he insisted that he was just feeling unwell and refused to leave. Xie Yushu had no choice but to let him be.
As a result, Xuan Yuanche became the king of the children in Xie Yushu's mansion, spending his days playing wildly with his two little followers, Xiao Haitang and Chu Jinyu.
With Xuan Yuanche in charge, Xie Yushu calmed down considerably. Apart from Xuan Yuanche being a bit picky, insisting on the best of everything, everything else went smoothly, and no one dared to cause trouble. Xie Yushu enjoyed a period of peace and quiet.
Time flew by, and it was time for Chu Mingzhu and Xiao Yi's wedding. Xie Yushu asked Mu Li and Chunyu to go back to Anlehou with Chu Jinyu to escort Chu Mingzhu to her wedding.
Chu Mingzhu had no elders, and Chu Jinyu was young and didn't have many social circles, so there weren't many people at the Anle Marquis's residence on their wedding day.
The only connections they had were with the Fifth Prince's faction; a few of them came to support him out of respect for the Fifth Prince.
Aside from the Fifth Prince adding to the dowry for the Sixth Princess, there's not much else worth mentioning.
After Xiao Yi arrived, Chu Jinyu handed one end of the bright red ribbon to Xiao Yi. The two went to the ancestral hall to burn incense, and then went out to return to the general's mansion with Xiao Yi.
Although the manor wasn't very lively, Chu Mingzhu's dowry was quite impressive. All twenty-four loads given by Xiao Yi were included in Chu Mingzhu's dowry and taken back with her. She also plundered sixty loads from the Anle Marquis's manor herself. Including the six additional loads given by the Fifth Prince, she had a total of ninety loads, which was considered a generous dowry in the capital.
If one disregards the empty storerooms of the Marquis of Anle's mansion, Chu Mingzhu's magnificent dowry, stretching for miles, would truly be the envy of many young ladies.
Not only the dowry, but also most of the dowry attendants were chosen, leaving only a few old, weak, sick, and disabled people who were of little use and were left to guard the gate.
It could be said that after she got married, the Marquis of Anle's mansion was completely empty.
Xie Yushu truly hadn't expected Chu Mingzhu to be so ruthless. But even if she had, she couldn't interfere with how much dowry Chu Mingzhu brought. Xiao Yi didn't know how much wealth the Anle Marquis's family had, and Chu Jinyu was too young to understand the importance of money, having no concept of his own salary and rewards.
Therefore, Chu Jinyu had no choice but to accept this loss in silence.
However, once he understood, any remaining affection he had for Chu Mingzhu vanished.
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