Chapter 6 Master, I don’t want to eat fresh fish! "Woo~wu~wu~" In a relatively quiet inner hall, there was a sobbing sound, neither loud nor soft, someone was crying. Chu Yu and Chu Hong happened to walk around here, and the sound of crying was undoubtedly very obvious. It was Mrs. Xu, she was crying softly. Chu Yu knew why without much thought, and immediately took Chu Hong with him and strode into the inner hall. "Humph! Hong Er'er's reputation for kindness and filial piety will soon spread throughout the land of Jiangnan. Who are you showing this to? Don't you think it's unlucky?" Chu Yu looked very dissatisfied. He and Hong'er had been planning for so long and now it had come to a perfect conclusion. It seemed unlucky to see a woman crying. "Master, I don't want to eat fresh fish!" Xu's tears flowed like rain, full of grievance, and her eyes looking at Chu Hong were full of resentment. "What if you don't want to eat?"
Chu Yu had been in the officialdom for many years, and Xu's expression management could not be hidden from him. He immediately became impatient: "This is all for the prosperity of the family. Since you are married here, what's wrong with making some sacrifices?" "Da Lang lay on the ice to beg for carp, and my husband and Da Lang reconciled, which became a good story. But I am just a woman, and now I am branded as jealous and mistreating the eldest son. I am afraid that I will be criticized by thousands of people in the future. How can it be said that I asked Da Lang to release the fish and play tricks on his filial piety? How can I face outsiders?" Xu's resentment was obvious, and she was shocked and angry. Chu Hong glanced at Xu and said nothing. "Humph! I haven't settled the old score with you about the child who fell into the water with Li Xiaoniang. It's also true that you treated Hong'er harshly. You have never lived in harmony with Hong'er and have failed his filial piety in the past. What are you aggrieved about? If Hong'er can become famous all over the world, and by the way rely on the towering tree of Han Shangshu, the old man will give Hong'er a little promotion in his career path for the sake of the friendship between the old officials. With Hong'er's talent, the prosperity of the family in the future is just around the corner. Isn't this wealth for generations?" Chu Yu was very angry. The future official position of the eldest son meant the status of the whole family. Was there anything wrong with sacrificing the reputation of his vicious stepmother for this? Xu felt very aggrieved. She wanted to say something but didn't dare to. She looked at Chu Hong with resentment. Chu Yu snorted coldly and strode out. Chu Hong had a blank expression on his face. The Xu family had really treated him harshly in the past few years, but his life was really not bad either. After all, the real boss of a family is the head of the family. Just because the stepmother treats the eldest son harshly doesn’t mean that the eldest son has a bad life. Chu Hong smiled slightly, and suggested in a gentle and elegant manner: "Mother's resentment is too strong, so try to hide it a little!" "Humph! A filial son, a gentleman of ancient times, [Jiangnan Phoenix]? Just a hypocrite, bah!" Xu ignored her tears and spat with disdain. Gently wiping the spit off his shoulder, Chu Hong shook his head, "Mother, whether he is a hypocrite or not, he is still related to a gentleman, isn't he?" "Humph! You went to chisel ice to catch carp, and the servant who told you to release the fish was your man, and you pretended to be wronged and sad, and made a name for yourself in Yangzhou. I did nothing, the illness was fake, the servant who informed me was sent by you, the father-son harmony is between you and your father, but I am the bad guy. How can a person like you be associated with a gentleman?" Xu was both angry and furious, full of disdain. "What does mother want to express?"
"Does mother feel wronged?" "Mother, a gentleman judges deeds, not hearts. We lived in harmony before I was eight years old, but you changed your heart after my third brother was born! You were the first to change your face, you were the first to persecute my father's concubine, you were the first to be arrogant and domineering outside, and you ruined the reputation of my Chu family, right?" "If that's the case, then why are you feeling wronged?" Xu looked indifferent and turned her head away, "Humph, aren't you afraid that the news of using Yangzhou celebrities to spread your reputation will be leaked out?" Chu Hong was stunned. "Ha ha!" "Hahaha!" "Mother, are you planning to leak this out? Hahaha!" Chu Hong laughed, laughed wantonly. "Humph!" Xu turned her head away and said nothing, yet said everything. Chu Hong's smile suddenly faded, and he stepped forward and lifted Xu's white chin. "What are you doing, you beast? I'm your stepmother!" Xu was a little frightened, she saw a Chu Hong who was no longer so gentle. "Humph!" Chu Hong snorted coldly, threw Xu aside fiercely, turned around and walked out of the house. "Keep an eye on her, don't let her step out of this room." "Yes!" Several strong and fat women hurriedly saluted respectfully and stood guard at the door in unison. "You beast, I am the mistress of the house, how dare you imprison me?" Xu's eyes were full of disbelief and fear. She was the mistress of the household, and her family was the Xu clan, one of the four major families. How dare this beast do that? Chu Hong did not answer. At the moment when his left foot was about to step out of the house, a voice that seemed cold and gentle came into the house: "If you dare to walk out of this house, neither you nor your mother's family, the Xu family, will have an easy time." "If you and I were living in harmony, why would it be the case that the son is filial but the mother is unkind? In my opinion, you have been bewitched by your close servants. In a moment, all the servants in your house will be locked up in the manor outside the city. Without your close servants, don't even think about getting out. You can't get out!" "As for Cuiwei and Xiuyun, they are servants who have signed a death contract." "You beast, you even treated my maid who came with my dowry? How dare you?" Xu swallowed her saliva. She instinctively didn't want to believe it, but... "Cuiwei?" "Cuiwei." "Xiuyun?"
"Xiuyun." Xu quickly called for her dowry maid, who had been her trusted servant since she was a child and had been by her side for nearly twenty years. But, no response! The more Xu called, the more anxious and frightened he became! Even when she learned that her reputation was ruined, she didn't panic like this! After all, as long as he has a son and is not divorced, he can live his life as usual. But without trusted servants, life would be really difficult! panic! Panic! anger! "Aren't you afraid of your father's punishment?" Xu's face was full of horror, and she suddenly felt a little scared. "This is a joint decision made by the family elders. It was also proposed by my father. The Xu family also informed us and they acquiesced." "Mother is now infamous. Even your maternal family, the Xu clan, is ashamed of you. You'd better not show up in public in the future. Although I follow the example of [Lu Yi Shun Mu] to plead for mercy, it does not mean that Mother's reputation will improve." "The ending of [Lu Yi Shun Mu] is that the mother and son are in harmony, and the stepmother treats the stepson as her own son. Mother, guess what your ending is?" The sound became farther and farther away and fainter, causing Xu to sweat profusely and his face turned pale instantly. She was not stupid and knew that if the ending was exactly the same, this rebellious son would not say it out loud. "What is it?" Xu's frail body trembled slightly, and her hands and feet couldn't help shaking. In this era where reputation was more important than anything else, if the ending was not that mother and child were safe, her family would be brought shame. no answer. "what exactly is it?!" There was no response, and Xu's voice became heavier to hide her inner fear. Still no response, the person seemed to have walked away. "What is it exactly?" no respond! Xu's whole body was trembling, her eyes were slightly dull and a little empty, and she vaguely guessed why she was imprisoned. "no no!" "The story should be about a loving mother and a filial son!" "Hong'er, I was wrong. The story should be about the harmony between mother and son!" "Mother and son are in harmony!"
"No!" The shrill roar was terrifying... Chu Hong quietly turned his head to look at Xu's courtyard, his eyes slightly cold, and the folding fan gently held in his hand broke quietly. By the time the heat of this incident dies down, Mr. Xu will have caught a cold! (End of this chapter)