Chapter 425: Chapter 220 New Year_1
At the second watch, a plea for pink.
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"Mother, this..." Erlang became somewhat anxious, wishing to chase after Zhao Xiue and also wanting to persuade Lady Zhou to take back her words just now.
Lady Zhou was gasping for breath; Zhao Xiue had really infuriated her. For so many years, whenever she said a word in the Lian Family, who would dare not to listen? But it was precisely this newly-wed granddaughter-in-law, whom she considered herself to have treated especially well, that didn’t take her words seriously at all. A new daughter-in-law, upon hearing she was to be sent back to her parents’ home, should be trembling with fear, kneeling before her begging for forgiveness, shouldn’t she? But Zhao Xiue, she just turned around and left.
"What sins have I committed in a past life!" Lady Zhou slapped her knees, pointing at Lady He and Erlang as she scolded them, "Look at you two, what kind of thing have you married? Does she even have elders in her eyes? Disobedient and unfilial! You two good-for-nothings can’t even control a wife, and now I, an old woman, have to endure the outrage from a grandchild-in-law. What sins have I committed... If she doesn’t want to go, let her go, no one stop her. Once she steps out this door, she’s cut off from our Old Lian Family; let’s see if she has the nerve to ever come back!"
Old Master Lian walked in from outside, gesturing to Lady Zhou to stop scolding.
"Erlang, take the Zhao Family’s young lady back home," Old Master also said to Erlang.
Erlang quickly left the room to catch up with Zhao Xiue.
Zhao Xiue had yet to leave the Lian Family’s main gate and was standing in the middle of the courtyard, seemingly having heard all of Lady Zhou’s words.
"...Everyone says it, that your Old Lian Family’s the best at wearing down daughters-in-law, advising our family not to be kin with you. It was you, begging shamelessly for a matchmaker to come to our door, and you kept running to our home every other day, speaking flowery words, deceiving a fine young unmarried girl into entering your doors to be ruined, looking down on me as no one. Who doesn’t have calamities and sicknesses? Isn’t it just that I didn’t give the right answer for a moment, and you trample me underfoot? And now you want to divorce me." Zhao Xiue, holding a handkerchief, covered her eyes, sobbing as she listed her grievances, "For doing such immoral things, there will be retribution sooner or later."
Lady Zhou’s complexion changed with anger back inside the house.
"Listen, all of you listen, are these words that could come from a decent family’s young lady? She has no propriety, is disobedient and unfilial, and now blames others for her faults. Let her get lost, and never set foot in our Lian Family’s door again."
Erlang walked up to Zhao Xiue, as if to persuade her.
"You spineless thing, are you even a man? Others are stepping on me, and you join them in throwing dirt on me!" Remembering that if Erlang hadn’t been inept, admitting she helped with cooking at her parents’ home on the third day of the New Year, she wouldn’t have suffered this humiliation today. Anger rose from her heart, and Zhao Xiue raised her hand, slapping Erlang across the face.
This slap stunned everyone in the Lian Family.
It turned out that Zhao Xiue was so violently bold, only a few days into the marriage, she dared to slap Erlang in a situation where she was completely unjustified. Zhao Xiue was challenging the heavens! Lian Manman was also shocked.
After striking Erlang, Zhao Xiue turned around, still covering half her face with the handkerchief, her slim waist swaying as she quickly headed out. Despite Zhao Xiue’s tiny feet, she walked remarkably fast.
Erlang stood dazed for a while before he remembered to chase after her.
Inside the Upper Room, Lady Zhou, pointing at Lady He, scolded her for a long while in frustration that they did not meet her expectations, while Old Master Lian was puffing on his dry pipe with a serious face, not uttering a word.
"I’ve only heard of mothers-in-law disciplining daughters-in-law, never daughters-in-law disciplining their mothers-in-law," Lady Zhang discussed in the West Wing Room with Lady Zhao, both sighing. Zhao Xiue’s behavior had truly opened their eyes. "She is a new daughter-in-law, yet doesn’t feel any shame, dares to say anything. Our own children have grown this big, and there are words even we feel too embarrassed to say."
"She’s got more nerve than even my grandmother ever did," Lian Manman whispered.
Lian Zhizhi and Lian Yeye, hearing this, both giggled on the side.
"I haven’t spoken about you girls yet." Lady Zhang, hearing her three daughters laughing, turned around and said, "Young ladies should not listen to what they should not hear... Stay away from her in the future."
Lady Zhang was afraid the young girls would be negatively influenced by Zhao Xiue.
"Mother, this time I think grandfather and grandmother really intend to divorce Zhao Xiue," Lian Manman said to Lady Zhang after returning to the inner room. Lady Zhou’s declaration to send Zhao Xiue back to her maiden home was clearly not her personal decision, but a result discussed with Old Master Lian.
"It’s not that easy, just watch. Zhao Xiue has left now, but later, she will have to come back," Lady Zhang said.
