Shen Chi smiled to himself and left with heavy steps. In the closed door behind him, Mu Xuechu did not leave. She leaned against the door and listened to Shen Chi's footsteps walking away. She Then he closed his eyes and held back the tears in his eyes.
Soon she calmed down and entered the inner room.
The old lady was sitting on a chair and had already heard the movement outside the door. When she saw her daughter coming in, she glanced at her and saw that she had no nostalgia on her face. She turned her head away angrily and said, "What are you doing here?"
Mu Xuechu knelt on the ground: "My daughter is unfilial."
"Ha~"
The old lady sneered: "You also know that you are unfilial? Let me ask you, are you so greedy for power and status and want to be His Majesty's woman? Do you think you can defeat the Queen and Concubine Yan with your methods? Are you afraid that you can't even do it? Even the dead ones don’t know!
I have pity on your brother and I, we tried our best to get you out of that prison and find you a husband of good character, but you don't know how to cherish it, and you still resent us for ruining your beautiful life?
It's a pity that Shen Chi's talents were buried because of you, and he was trapped by you for half his life. Fortunately, you have finally let him go, so it's good that we owe Chen Chi a lot, and you can all be happy in the future."
Mu Xuechu lowered her eyes and knelt on the ground without saying a word. How could she not know that Shen Chi was a good husband? He had treated her meticulously and without any complaints for so many years.
But the more he behaved like this, the angrier she became.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said, "So mother, you shouldn't have let me marry him back then."
"you......"
The old lady glared at her and asked: "So, you want to treat others like that? How can he be sorry for you? And Brother Rui, he looks nothing like Shen Chi. Whose child is he?" "
Mu Xuechu's eyes were startled when she heard this, and she looked at the old lady in a panic: "Mom, what are you talking about? Brother Rui, of course he is Shen Chi's child."
"Still trying to lie to me!"
The old lady suddenly swept down the tea cup on the table and said: "Sister Yue said you didn't want him to touch you. It's been ten years since you gave birth to Sister Yue before you had Brother Rui. You said this child Whose is it?"
Facing the old lady's oppressive interrogation, Mu Xuechu collapsed a little. She shook her head and covered her ears and said, "Mom, please stop talking."
Seeing this, the old lady became even more suspicious of Brother Rui's life experience. She walked over and held Mu Xuechu's shoulders and said: "Chu'er, if you still recognize me as your mother, tell me the truth about the matter, and my mother will bear the responsibility together with you. "
"mother."
Mu Xuechu cried and hugged the old lady, and said in a choked voice: "I was forced. He threatened me with Shen Chi's life and the entire Mu family. I hate him, I hate him."
The old lady was surprised: "Who is he?"
Mu Xuechu cried and said: "Who else can it be? Who else can threaten me except His Majesty today?"
The old lady's expression changed in vain. She looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes. Her mind went blank until she heard Mu Xuechu's voice: "Don't you want to know why I don't let Shen Chi touch me? Because I feel that I Dirty, I was defiled by His Majesty when I went to the palace for a banquet shortly after I got married.
Your Majesty threatened me with Shen Chi and the whole Mu family. I didn't dare to tell anyone, and I felt even more ashamed of Shen Chi. Not long after, I got pregnant, but I didn't know whether it was Shen Chi's child or His Majesty's.
After the child was born, I kept telling myself that this was Shenchi's child, and His Majesty sent him to a remote place in Shu County in order to take revenge on Shenchi. Because of this, I felt even more ashamed of Shenchi.
But he was very nice to me, relied on me for everything, and never got angry with me. But I hated myself even more, feeling that I was not worthy of him, so I made things difficult for him in every way, and even blamed him for all my misfortunes. It's on you.
If I hadn't married Shen Chi, I wouldn't have endured this. I would have become His Majesty's woman, enjoying all the glory and wealth in the palace, and having no worries about food and clothing.
I thought I could escape His Majesty's clutches by leaving the capital, but he still didn't let me go. He took the opportunity of his southern tour to live in Shen's Mansion, and then occupied me.
I’m not sure whose child Sister Yue is, but Brother Rui is indeed His Majesty’s, and a filthy woman like me really shouldn’t be dominating the Chenchi.”