"You actually want to expel me from the Xie family!"
"Xie Jun! You are so cruel and ruthless! I am the eldest son of Xie, and the Xie family should be mine. If you drive me out of the Xie family, you and I will be incompatible!"
Xie Yuanting was shocked and angry, and struggled to stand up. However, his hands and feet had been tied up, and he had not eaten for three days. His whole body was stiff and weak, and he fell back heavily as soon as he stood up, making a muffled sound.
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Xie Yuanting screamed miserably, and his forehead was bleeding profusely. He was still yelling and cursing.
Aunt Ding did not rush forward as anxiously as before, nor did she open her mouth to comfort her. She was just like a wooden sculpture, motionless.
Aunt Ding's choice is already obvious.
Xie Jun ignored Xie Yuanting and said to Aunt Ding: "Hanxiang, you have made your choice. From now on, you will stay in Lanxiang Courtyard honestly and peacefully. You will not take another step out of Lanxiang Courtyard. I will be free when I have time."
Come to see you."
Aunt Ding nodded numbly.
Xie Yuanting looked at Aunt Ding with a ferocious look, his eyes were like spitting fire: "You want to stay at Xie's house! What about me? You just ignored me and threw it aside, didn't you? You used to treat me like a lifeblood.
Now after two years of hard life, I can’t stand it any longer!”
"Ding Hanxiang! What kind of mother are you? What you care about is not me at all, but your own prosperity!"
"Get out of here! I, Xie Yuanting, am alone and don't want any relatives!"
Xie Yuanting thought he shouted at the top of his lungs, with great force!
In fact, he was already panicked and confused, and even his voice was filled with deep sorrow.
In the past two years, Aunt Ding has heard countless similar insults. She tolerated them silently every time. At this moment, the resentment and dissatisfaction that had been accumulated for a long time finally burst out.
"Xie Yuanting!"
Aunt Ding squeezed out three words through her teeth, her eyes full of disappointment and pain: "Do you have any conscience?"
"If it weren't for you, why would I beg Ming Niang to take the exam for me, how could I break up with Ming Niang and her daughter? How could I end up in this situation today?"
"If it weren't for you, I would have been straightened up and become Mrs. Xie. Now I am a serious mistress of the Xie Mansion, the mother of the seventh prince's concubine, with honor and dignity, and infinite glory."
"Everything is for you! Everything is because of you...Ming Niang has the right to scold me for not caring about her and not being worthy of being her mother. How do you have the right to say that?"
Aunt Ding, who had always spoken softly, now looked excited and her voice became more and more intense. Suddenly, Aunt Ding burst into tears, her skinny and dark yellow face covered with tears.
Different from the previous times when I saw her sobbing in pity for her fragile body, now Aunt Ding was crying so heart-wrenchingly that she lost all manners.
It felt like I wanted to cry out all the grievances, regrets, and resentments in my heart.
Yes, she regretted it.
She regrets it!
She should not have left Xie's house with Xie Yuanting on impulse. She should not have left Xie's family, her husband and daughter.
However, there is no regret medicine in the world. Her daughter has turned against her, and her husband is looking at her with cold eyes like a stranger. There is no possibility of reconciliation.
The only way left for her was to return to Xie's house and stay safely in Lanxiang Courtyard. Although she had no chance to go out, at least she had enough food and clothing.
…
Seeing Aunt Ding's face full of regretful tears, Xie Jun felt no fluctuation in his heart and said calmly: "Now that you have made your choice, I will also fulfill my previous promise."
Then the order was passed: "Come here, untie my aunt and wait for her to go to the house to rest."
After a while, two maids, about 20 years old, with mediocre looks and stout figures, came over and each untied the hemp ropes from Aunt Ding's wrists and ankles. Then, they held Aunt Ding's arms on the left and right and walked out.
Aunt Ding's legs were weak and sore, so she had to rely on the help of her maid to barely move forward.
Behind her, Xie Yuanting was still yelling angrily, and her tears fell more quickly and fiercely.
But she never looked back.
After Aunt Ding was helped away, Xie Jun called the two guards expressionlessly: "Break Xie Yuanting's left leg!"
Xie Yuanting's head was pounding with shock, fear and hatred: "Xie Jun! I am your biological son! How could you be so cruel...let me go! You all let me go!"
The two guards had a stern look on their faces, ignoring Xie Yuanting's struggles and curses, and pushed him to the ground. One of the stronger guards picked up a wooden stick and smashed it down hard.
"ah!"
An earth-shaking scream sounded.
Xie Yuanting no longer had the strength to shout and curse, so he fainted from pain.
Xie Jun breathed out the turbid air in his chest deeply and called his chief attendant Xie Qingshan: "Qingshan, please order someone to prepare a carriage now. Put this evil obstacle on the carriage and send it out of the capital overnight. All the way to the old house in Lin'an. Leave a few guards behind.
Guard him at the old house and don't allow him to show his face in front of others."
After a pause, he added coldly: "If he dares to run away privately again, his right leg will also be broken!"
He would not kill his own son. He also did not want to put Xie Yuanting under his nose anymore. He simply sent Xie Yuanting back to his old home hundreds of miles away.
The chill in Xie Jun's words made Xie Qingshan feel cold in his heart, and he whispered.
Xie Jun's mood didn't get any better, and he quickly opened his mouth to give instructions: "Have someone send a message to the Seventh Prince's Mansion immediately... That's all, it's getting late, so I'll send the message early tomorrow morning."
Xie Qingshan cheered up and responded one by one.
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The next day, the Seventh Prince's Mansion.
Xie Mingxi is used to getting up early and wakes up at the fifth hour as usual.
When he opened his eyes, he saw Sheng Hong's handsome face with a smile.
"Why don't you sleep more?" Sheng Hong laughed in a low voice: "Within this month, you don't have to go to the palace to pay my respects. Just sleep peacefully."
After this month, Sheng Hong recovered from his injury and returned to the court. Xie Mingxi, the seventh princess, also had to get up early every day to go to the palace to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Li and Empress Yu.
Xie Mingxi smiled helplessly: "I get up at five o'clock every day, and I wake up at this hour. I can't fall asleep even if I want to."
Sheng Hong laughed dumbly: "So, we are pretty much the same. I get up at the fourth watch. After practicing martial arts for an hour every day, I shower and change clothes before going to court."
Then he sighed: "Fortunately, I have always been practicing martial arts, never being lazy, and have developed good martial arts skills. Otherwise, I may not be able to escape on the day of getting married."
That day was truly extremely dangerous.
Sheng Hong had no time to think too much at the time and tried his best to dodge. When he thought about it afterwards, he was still frightened.
Xie Mingxi's eyes darkened and she said calmly: "The mastermind behind the scenes must be the fourth prince. The Criminal Department has been fully investigating the case. I'm afraid that it will be left unsolved until the end."
"It's not easy to bring down the fourth prince through this matter. However, he can't escape safely!"
"This time, I will definitely make him cut off one of his arms!"
