mesbooks Chapter 365 Cui
Chapter 365 Cui
Cui looked at the red mark on her daughter's face and couldn't help but complain in her tone. She whispered, "Since we are the ones who suffered the loss, how can we let Shen Li go so easily? Didn't you say goodbye to her?"
There was a loud bang, which scared Cui.
The old lady slammed the table, furious.
"You bastard," she pointed at Cui, her pent-up anger finally finding an outlet, seething. "Why don't you ask your good daughter what she did? You're still trying to argue with her? If it weren't for the Queen Mother and me pleading for her, we don't even know if your daughter would ever wake up. You don't have the ability to do that, yet you still go up to her and provoke her. The Chu family has been completely disgraced by your good daughter. I was wondering why she was so fearless and so brainless. It really is you who indulged her here."
Her face turned ashen, and her heavy eyes stared at Cui as if she were a stranger.
Every time she looked at Cui with such eyes, Cui would feel a chill from the soles of her feet up and shudder.
That year, her family followed her father to the northern border to take up his post. It was the first time she saw such thick snow. She followed a group of people to play on the ice, but unexpectedly there was a man-made hole there, which was used by the local people to fetch water and ice.
She didn't know and accidentally slipped into the water through the hole.
After she slid in, she was pushed under the ice by the force. The people on the ice anxiously reminded her to swim towards the opening, but she couldn't swim at all.
The people on the ice shouted in panic and picked up stones to smash the ice, but the ice was too thick and it was of no use.
The river water was icy cold and it looked like the man was about to die.
At this moment, the Duke of Zhenguo and the Crown Prince who were passing by saw the panicked people on the ice.
Without a word, the prince swung up the hammer, one hit, two hits...
He smashed the ice, revealing the unconscious Cui. The others had already been driven ashore, and the Crown Prince had no choice but to personally pull Cui out, wrap her in his cloak, and order the military doctor to induce vomiting in Cui, emptying her stomach completely before handing her over to the Cui family's servants.
When Cui's father heard that it was the prince of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion who saved his daughter, an idea suddenly came to his mind, and he quickly asked his confidant to go out and find someone to spread the news.
He said his daughter had had physical contact with the prince of the Duke's Mansion and would not be able to marry again. However, she knew her status was low and she could not bring trouble to her benefactor. So she planned to find a nunnery and become a monk after she recovered, spending the rest of her life in seclusion.
The news reached the ears of the Duke of Zhenguo. The Duke of Zhenguo was an upright and honest man who valued his reputation the most. He immediately sent people to the Cui family and told them to take care of Cui without worry. He would let the prince marry Cui and he would not have to become a monk.
In this way, after the three-year performance evaluation, Cui's father returned to the capital with the help of the Duke of Zhenguo and was successfully promoted.
Later, Cui married into the Duke's Mansion as she wished and married the then Duke's son, Chu Hengsheng.
The Duke's wife was not in the Northern Frontier when these things happened, but three months after Cui married into the Chu family, the Duke's wife looked at her with a cold look.
She thought that the Duke's wife looked down on her family because of their low social status, so she wanted to take advantage of the situation to show off her status.
So, she used the excuse that Nanny Ping was not respectful enough when she met her, and got furious with Nanny Ping, and even wanted to use family rules to punish Nanny Ping.
When the Duke's wife heard about it, she sent someone to call her over.
"Madame Ping is my servant. She's been taking care of the affairs of the mansion for me for so many years, and she's never made a mistake. Everyone in the mansion knows she represents my reputation. You were angry with her today because I look down on you. You had nowhere else to vent your anger, so you took it out on Madame Ping. In fact, you did it to show me, am I right?"
At that time, Cui was young and energetic, and she had just learned that she was pregnant, so she felt a little fearless.
After hearing what the Duke's wife said, she didn't show the usual fear and trepidation. Instead, she looked very indifferent, her eyelids drooping as she said, "Mother-in-law, I can't bear what you said. That old servant was rude to me. I was just teaching her a lesson. How could I beat her in front of you?"
As she spoke, Cui wanted to sit down.
The Duke's wife swept the teacups on the table to the ground. The crisp sound startled Cui so much that she stopped in her tracks. She covered her stomach, her heart almost jumping out of her chest.
"Did I ask you to sit down?" The Duke's wife spoke in a cold voice, with no warmth in her eyes.
Cui was stunned.
Ever since she was diagnosed with pregnancy, the entire mansion has been praising her to the skies. Wherever she goes, people would quickly ask her to sit down, fearing that standing for too long would be harmful to the fetus.
"Kneel down."
The Duke's wife shouted loudly, and Cui was frightened by her aura. She no longer had the courage she had just now, and she knelt down holding Nanny Zhong's hand.
Nanny Zhong felt sorry for her and wanted to plead for her, but the Duke's wife glanced over and a maid came up to hold Nanny Zhong and drag her away.
Without even waiting for the old lady's instructions, the maid took a piece of cloth and stuffed it into Nanny Zhong's mouth, making her unable to speak.
Nanny Zhong struggled hard, as if she was unwilling to accept and wanted to resist.
The maid kicked down, sending Nanny Zhong tumbling several times. Then, she patted her skirt and said calmly, "In my early years, I followed my master to the battlefield and killed many Northern Di people. I haven't practiced for so many years, so my hands and feet are a little rusty."
They are all people who have followed the Duke of Zhenguo into battle and killed the enemy. Now all the men in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion are guarding the national border in the northern border, and the mansion is full of female relatives. How could he not leave some maids with martial arts skills in the mansion?
The master and servant of the Cui family were short-sighted and careless.
Cui clutched her stomach, intimidated by the Duke's wife's aura. Unable to confront her head-on, she feigned weakness, tears welling in her eyes. "Mother-in-law, why do you treat me like this? I really don't mean to criticize Madam Ping. But no matter what, it was my carelessness that angered you. I know I was wrong, and I beg you to forgive me. Please forgive me this time."
The Duke's wife held up the replaced teacup with a cold look in her eyes. She nodded to Matron Ping, and Matron Ping sent everyone out of the room.
"Ms. Cui, go back to your parents' home tomorrow," the Duke's wife said. "Have your father submit a memorial to the Ministry of Personnel, saying that his health is declining and that he should resign and return home to retire."
"what?"
Cui's face was filled with shock. "Why is this?"
"Why?" The Duke's wife's face was gloomy. "You still remember how your marriage to my son was arranged, right?"
"Of course I remember," Cui's face faded a little from shock, and a warm feeling gradually emerged. "It was my husband who saved me. My parents are extremely grateful. They still remember it in their hearts and are extremely grateful to our Duke's Mansion. Mother-in-law..."
She thought of her mother-in-law asking her father to resign, and asked anxiously, "Did Dad do something wrong that would bring disaster to the Duke's Mansion?"
Otherwise, why would she ask her father to resign for no reason?
Isn't the mother-in-law's hand too long? She even wants to interfere in her family's affairs.