Chapter 745 Bad News
Mr. Liao's face turned dark and he asked bluntly, "Mom, what do you want? The Zeng family has given birth to two legitimate sons for my cousin, and she is still pregnant with one. You still want to let your cousin abandon your wife?" Can’t you marry someone else?”
"I never thought about asking my cousin to divorce Zeng." Mrs. Liao curled her lips and said.
She knew that since Mrs. Zeng gave birth to two legitimate sons for Liao Jingtang, her previous plans had failed. If Liao Jingtang abandoned his wife and married another legitimate daughter of a high family, I am afraid that his career would also come to an end. It will become a stain on him for life, and his and the Liao family's reputation will be ruined to the end.
Just because her hope was shattered, she felt even more resentful towards Mr. Zeng.
If she doesn't lick the plug, she won't be able to let go of the feeling in her heart.
Mr. Liao looked helpless and said earnestly, "Mom, if you don't think about Mr. Zeng, you also have to think about your cousin. If you target his wife like this, it will be very difficult for him to be caught in the middle. The other one is his own grandmother. One is his daughter-in-law, how can he not feel sad when her daughter-in-law is wronged?”
"You did that to the Zeng family last time and almost killed the Zeng family. You had already forced them to leave the Zeng family. If you really go to Jiangning City this time, you will force them to leave again. ”
Maybe, Liao Jingtang would get so stubborn that he would resign, take his wife and son away from the capital, and never come back.
He didn't want to see that kind of result.
Mr. Liao sighed deeply.
Mrs. Liao's face turned black with anger, "What, why can't I go see my grandson or my great-grandson? I forced them away. When did I force them away? Did I drive them away or did I scold them? They left, didn’t they leave on their own?”
"I just asked her to serve me for a few more days. Who knew that her health was so bad? Hmm... If I had known that her health was so bad, I wouldn't have been able to agree to this marriage."
"My cousin is the most promising child of our Liao family. Except for Zeng Yiran, who is still an official, everyone else in the Zeng family is doing business. The Zeng family has long been a merchant, and a merchant's daughter is in love with him. Our cousin, our cousin doesn’t dislike her and is affectionate to her. What else can she say about her grievances?”
Mrs. Liao became angry when she mentioned this, "If I had known you would reach this point, we shouldn't have married my cousin to a daughter of the Zeng family."
I gave you a son, and now you still say this?
Mr. Liao rubbed his forehead and said, "Mom, it was our Liao family who went to the Chu family to propose marriage in person, not someone who used a pole to curry favor."
That's not just to allow her cousin to curry favor with the Chu family, and by the way, the Second Prince's Mansion and the Chu family. Otherwise, how could she, a good grandson, marry the daughter of a merchant family?
Mrs. Liao curled her lips, kept a straight face and said nothing.
"The Zeng family has also been a scholarly family for generations, but in those decades no descendant of the family has entered the officialdom. Now that Zeng has resolutely entered the officialdom, the Zeng family is planning to enter the officialdom again. What kind of merchants, mother, you can't say this to others, otherwise , if you want to be heard, you have to laugh at your old age.”
"Huh, are you kidding me? Who doesn't know that the Zeng family has a big business in the southwest?" Mrs. Liao curled her lips again, with a look of disdain on her face.
Mr. Liao said, "The Zeng family does business to make a living. Let's not talk about the Zeng family, let's talk about the noble families like us in the capital. Which family has no business at all, no business, no money, and the family relies on With the little salary given by the imperial court, the whole family will have to go drink the northwest wind." "Our family also has several shops. Well, my mother also owns three shops, so the Zeng family has also opened several shops, but they are famous for being good at opening and making a lot of money. Our shop is low-key and makes little money, so it is not known to outsiders. That’s all, but no one has this kind of thing. It’s just that no one is going to uncover it. Mother, why do you put down the Zeng family?”
Seeing her son contradicting her every word and speaking for the Zeng family and the Zeng family, Mrs. Liao felt a fire rising in her stomach. She glared at Mr. Liao bitterly, "You mean, I'm confused. Are you messing around and deliberately looking for trouble with the Zeng family? ”
"Mom, vent your anger, calm down, and think carefully about what I said. My son did not say anything against my mother. He just told the truth."
When Mr. Liao saw that his mother was angry, he hurriedly calmed her down, rubbed her back and shoulders, and served her tea and water. It wasn't until Mrs. Liao sighed and said she didn't want to go to Jiangning City that Mr. Liao felt relieved. tone.
Zeng Jing, who was far away in Jiangning City, had no idea that she had escaped the fate of being teased by Mrs. Liao.
But there are always surprises.
On the ninth day of April, Mrs. Liao received the sad news that her grandson-in-law suddenly fell ill and died.
She had just recovered, but because she felt sorry for her granddaughter who had lost her husband at a young age, she became anxious for a while and fell ill again. After the funeral of her grandson-in-law was completed, Mrs. Liao couldn't wait to recruit her granddaughter back to the Liao family. , keep her company.
"Mom, isn't this good? Girl Qingtong is still mourning." Mrs. Liao complained quite a bit about Mrs. Liao's idea of bringing Zhu Qingtong to live with the Liao family.
A woman whose husband has just died has bad luck and must mourn her husband at her husband's house. She cannot go anywhere, but Mrs. Liao feels sorry for her granddaughter and insists on bringing her here. This is difficult for Mrs. Liao.
Mrs. Liao's face was serious, "Why, I feel sorry for my granddaughter. Do you have to look at your face to pick her up to live with me?"
"Don't dare, mother, I'm just worried that girl Qingtong's husband's family won't agree." Mrs. Liao didn't dare to say what she was thinking, so she found a suitable excuse.
Mrs. Liao just stared at her, expressionless, and snorted coldly, "Don't think I'm really old and confused. You know what you did behind my back."
Mrs. Liao's face changed drastically, "Mom, where do these words come from, my daughter-in-law doesn't understand?"
"Huh, you know it yourself." Mrs. Liao snorted again. Seeing that Mrs. Liao wanted to refute, she waved her hand impatiently and said, "Okay, don't say so much, just send someone." Bring girl Qingtong. If her husband’s family doesn’t agree, then you can tell me that I am weak and ask her to serve me for a few days.”
The family has a lot of daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law, but they have to pick up a granddaughter-in-law whose husband has just died and is still in mourning to serve her. When word spreads about this, what will outsiders think of the daughters-in-law of the Liao family?
Mrs. Liao felt sad in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey her and complied.
Three days later, Zhu Qingtong was taken to the Liao family.
Mrs. Liao saw that she had lost a lot of weight, her complexion was yellow, and she was more than ten years older than when she was waiting for marriage in the Liao family. She did not look like a young woman in her early twenties at all, but more like an experienced woman. Seeing the vicissitudes of life of a peasant woman in her thirties, Mrs. Liao felt extremely distressed. Her grandparents and grandson hugged each other and cried.
(End of chapter)