Recently, the atmosphere in the DPRK and China has been extremely tense. With the exception of Jiang Bo, almost everyone is living in trepidation.
The Zhong family and Shen Muchi were facing each other tit for tat. Everyone knew that a storm was coming.
Some people believe that the Zhong family has been a clan for hundreds of years, and even a hundred-footed insect will never die.
There are also those who believe that the royal bloodline is unshakable.
Everyone knows that a turmoil that no one can survive alone and that will affect the future of Nanming is about to come.
But it’s not about when it will come or how it will come.
They were waiting, as if they were waiting for the death sentence.
But no one knew that at this moment, a carriage drove out from the back door of Zhong's house and galloped towards Gusu day and night.
In the Jiangnan water town of blue bricks and black tiles, a carriage stopped in front of a Soviet-style garden near the water.
Someone knocked on the door overnight.
Ma stepped out of the carriage with the help of a servant, and saw the door inside opened, and the wrinkled old lady came out of the door.
"Suqin..."
The old lady looked at Ma who got off the carriage and couldn't help calling out with a trembling voice.
"mother……"
Ma took off the cloak on her head and saw that the old lady had tears streaming down her face.
This year, she has experienced too many changes and pains, and no one cares about her. Only when she sees her mother can she let go of all her pride.
She dove into the old lady's arms.
The old lady touched her gently, as if she were a child, with a choked voice: "We haven't seen each other for only a few years, why are you so haggard?"
"mother……"
Ma just cried.
In the past, no one cared about her, and she held on to her self-esteem and refused to show weakness. Now, just a question like this from her mother can make her burst into tears.
The old lady hugged Mr. Ma in her arms and sighed: "I have heard all about you. This year has been really hard on you, Suqin..."
After losing two daughters one after another, the old lady could hardly imagine how Ma survived.
The mother and daughter talked in front of the door for a while before entering.
Before Ma stepped into the hall, she was a little afraid.
"Daddy... he must still be angry with me, right?" Ma asked anxiously, holding her mother's hand.
Mrs. Yu patted her hand and consoled her: "Your father misses you very much."
This sentence gave Ma the courage. After hesitating for a moment, he finally took a deep breath and stepped in.
In the hall, an old man with gray hair was sitting there, as if he had been waiting there for a long time, but he was always serious, and now his face was even more sullen, making people intimidating.
Ma walked up to the old man with slow steps and called softly: "Dad..."
Master Ma raised his eyes, his eyes were calm and intimidating.
"Do you still have the nerve to come back?" Master Ma asked.
One sentence made Ma's whole body tremble, and he knelt down with a "pop" sound.
"Dad, my daughter knows she is wrong. Please punish her. Whether it is beating or scolding, my daughter will not even dare to complain."
When Mrs. Yu saw her daughter like this, she couldn't help feeling a little distressed, and touched Master Ma with her hand: "My daughter finally came back, what are you doing?
She has not had an easy year this year, so don’t talk to her about it."
"not easy?"
"Ha." Mr. Ma just sneered.
"It's not easy to ask for it. I said it at the beginning. When the water is full, it will overflow. The Zhong family is already extremely wealthy, so they must know the principle of keeping a low profile and biding their time.
But she refused to listen and followed the bell to make mischief, hoping to trick the whole world into his home.
If you had listened to me earlier, why would you have ended up like this?"
When Ma heard this, she couldn't stop crying.
Yes, her father had warned her a long time ago, but she was blinded by power at that time. If she could listen to her father's advice and retreat early, there would be no chance of a pair of daughters.
Now, it is too late to regret.
But then I heard my father say: "There is also Zhong Ming. I have said before that he is greedy for power and is obsessed with making money. He is not a good person who can be trusted.
Back then, I asked you to find someone with a lower family status and a more loyal minister, live an honest life, and be a smooth man for the rest of your life. What's wrong with that?
But you didn’t listen, and you dreamed those sweet dreams of spring and autumn with the bell, and you didn’t know how to be satisfied. Now, aren’t you reaping the consequences?”
How can parents not love their daughters?
A son is better than a father. Mr. Ma knew that his daughter had mediocre qualifications and was stupid and blunt, so he had paved the way for her early and considered everything carefully for her.
But she insisted on going her own way and was coaxed by the bell's few words. Even if there was a cliff ahead of her, she would plunge headfirst into it.
But she didn't want to think about it. If she didn't have a paternal father, would Zhong Ming look at her more?
She didn't even think about how she might get some advantages by getting involved in such a scene with her temperament.
Thinking of this, Master Ma sighed.
"You, you, in the end, it's our fault too.
Although we have many sons in our family, you are the only daughter, so I support you in everything, spoil you, and raise you to be arrogant, overbearing, and self-righteous.
Ever since you decided to participate in the battle for the right to inherit the throne, I have assumed that I don’t have you as my daughter, so why are you back now?"
Mr. Ma's words shocked Mr. Ma.
She raised her head and looked at her father blankly, tears flashing in her eyes.
It turns out that her father...has been extremely disappointed in her for a long time.
Seeing her daughter like this, Ms. Yu couldn't help but feel distressed and touched Master Ma with her hand.
"The more you talk, the more outrageous you are. When your daughter doesn't come back, you think about it every day. It's rare for father and daughter to meet each other now, and you don't know what to say."
"mother……"
Madam Ma suddenly interrupted Madam Yu: "Mom, there is no need to persuade her any more. My daughter knows that she is extremely confused."
Ma took a few steps and knelt in front of Master Ma.
She looked up at Master Ma with tears streaming down her face.
"Dad, my daughter regrets all the time these days. My daughter is crazy. How could she be deceived by that man's sweet words and break her parents' hearts because of him.
These days, my daughter thinks about her father and mother every day, and the days before she left the government.
It was the parents who planned everything for their daughter, but it was the daughter who did not know what was right and made her parents' good intentions go to waste.
My daughter just wants to come back and see her parents, but she really has no face."
As Ma said, she couldn't hold her hands and lay on Master Ma's knees, "whimpering" and cried.
Nowadays, things have changed, and she has been frustrated by a man to this point. What she feels most sorry for is her parents who gave birth to her.
Mrs. Yu felt really distressed and reached out to help her.
"You should get up first, the ground is cold."
But Ma pushed her away and raised his head to look at Mr. Ma: "But dad, Chang Lin is my daughter's last thought. Please save him, daughter."
Master Ma was stunned for a moment when he heard what Ma said.
Suddenly, he laughed, ironically.
"So, you came back today to ask for something from me?" he said.