newbobooks Chapter 138 It's all Mother's fault
Chapter 138 It's all Mother's fault
Nie Nian'an did not immediately agree to Yun Yi's suggestion, but promised to think about it.
Yunyi didn't think that the other party would believe her so easily. If that were the case, then Madam Du's intelligence would be questionable. However, the fact that the other party agreed to consider it meant that they would investigate.
Although the Nie family did not pursue official careers, they were wealthy.
Du Renyi's success today is inseparable from the support of the Nie family. After all, if you want to pursue a career in government, you need money to pave the way.
This is also why Du Renyi couldn't kill Nie Nian'an.
"Alright, think it over carefully. I'll come back tomorrow."
Yunyi jumped out of the window: "Oh, right, there's something else I need to tell you. Your son, Du Ziming, once had the idea of eloping with the woman he loved."
"what?"
"Is your first thought that some seductive slut seduced your son?"
Nie Nian'an fell silent, clearly thinking the same thing.
"Why don't you try to think about it from a different perspective? If he felt happy at home, would he have those thoughts? Perhaps what you perceive as family happiness is just your perception. After all, how could someone who passed the imperial examination at a young age be a fool? Your son probably knows more than you do, which is why he has the idea of escaping."
“I…” Nie Nian’an opened her mouth as if to say something, but then she didn’t know what to say.
Yunyi did not linger any longer, but leaped away and disappeared into the night.
Nie Nian'an stared blankly at the night outside the window until a gust of cold wind blew in, making her shiver. She then came back to her senses, closed the window, and called in the servants: "Go and see if the young master has rested."
The servants were puzzled, but they dared not neglect their duties and hurriedly ran out. They returned shortly afterward, saying that the young master was still reading.
Nie Nian'an got up and walked out.
"Madam, the master's orders..."
"What? Can't I even go out?" The maid lowered her head and remained silent.
"Summon Xiliu." Nie Nian'an took a deep breath. Du Renyi was truly ruthless; he had confined her to her quarters and even taken away her trusted maid.
"This……"
"Hurry up!" Nie Nian'an shouted sharply. "Don't I, as the lady of the house, have any say in this?"
The servants could only kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy, but they were not allowed to pass or be summoned.
"You dog slaves." Just then, Du Zimo strode in and kicked all the kneeling servants to the ground. "Since you disrespect your master, just sell them off."
"Young Master, spare our lives!" Several servants began to beg for mercy.
"Butler, take them away and sell them." Du Ziming showed no mercy whatsoever.
"Second Young Master, this is what the Master ordered, to sell them off directly..." the butler hurriedly reminded him.
"Then give them thirty lashes each. If they're not dead by then, we won't sell them."
Upon hearing this, the steward could no longer refute it, and immediately summoned men to drag several servants away and beat them with a board.
“Fight right here.” Du Ziming’s face was sinister.
Helpless, the steward could only set up benches in the courtyard of the hospital and then send someone to beat the four servants with boards.
"Anyone who dares to let them win will take the beating for them," Du Ziming said, then helped Nie Nian'an into the house.
Soon, the sound of boards being struck echoed through the courtyard, accompanied by the screams of the servants.
"Mother, why is Father confining you to your quarters?"
“Mo’er, you…” Nie Nian’an looked at Du Zimo, with a bellyful of words but not knowing how to say them.
“Mother,” Du Ziming sighed, “I originally thought you didn’t know about those things, so I would just bear with those unpleasant experiences and hope you could have a better life. But now…”
"Mo'er, when did you find out?" Nie Nian'an felt as if all her strength had been drained away. She wanted to cry, but found her eyes were very dry and she couldn't cry at all.
"five years ago."
"What? Five years ago? You..." Nie Nian'an felt as if his heart was being gripped by something. He reached out and grasped his son's hand. Five years ago, his Mo'er was only thirteen years old. He had to face such unbearable suffering. How cruel it was to him. "So, you want to leave? You want to leave the Du family, is that right?"
Du Ziming's eyes were also slightly red: "Yes." He paused for a moment, "That day, my essay received praise from the teacher, and I was so happy that I wanted to show it to my father, but I found them in the study..."
"So, the reason you suddenly had a high fever that day wasn't because you kicked off the covers while sleeping, but rather..."
Du Ziming nodded: "I was scared."
"My son." Nie Nian'an hugged her son tightly. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault."
“Mother, if you had never known, I might have continued to hide it. But now that you know, can you still pretend nothing happened? The pain is truly unbearable… So, Mother, please leave. My sister and I both want you to be happy.”
"But your career path..."
“Mother, the Great Zhou Dynasty doesn’t have a rule that divorced children can’t take the imperial examinations. Your divorce won’t affect my ability to continue taking the exams. Mother, I will definitely earn you an official title.” Du Zimo took a handkerchief and wiped Nie Nian’an’s face. “You need to apply medicine later, otherwise it will definitely be swollen tomorrow.” Father is really ruthless.
"Okay, Mother will think about it, Mother will definitely think it over carefully." Nie Nian'an didn't care about her face at all, she just felt extremely confused.
"Nie Nian'an, what are you doing?" Just then, Du Renyi's furious voice rang out from outside.
Nie Nian'an released her son, wiped her face, and got up to leave: "What is the old man saying? As the mistress of the household, can't I deal with a few disloyal servants?"
"you……"
"Father." Du Ziming also came out, bowing respectfully but distantly, "What did Mother do wrong to make you so irritable?"
“Mo’er is here too.” Du Renyi’s anger could no longer be vented. After all, he only had three children. His eldest son was born out of wedlock and was of mediocre talent. The Du family would have to rely on his youngest son in the future, so he couldn’t be estranged from him. “I just think your mother is making a mountain out of a molehill.”
"I had someone beat me up."
"you……"
"Mother wanted to go see her son, but these servants kept making excuses. What kind of rule is this? Does the mistress of the house have to put up with the servants' attitudes?"
"This..." Du Renyi took a deep breath. "Alright, the fight is over, let's put it behind us. It's getting late, Mo'er, you should go back."
"Where is Sister Xiliu? My satchel was torn, and she took it to get it repaired, but I haven't seen it all day. I need it tomorrow."
Du Renyi frowned but didn't say anything more. Instead, he had someone call Xi Liu over. Just as he was about to say something, his personal servant came over, whispered a few words to him, and then left in a hurry, saying, "I have something to do."