Chapter 444: Retreat in the Nunnery
Chen Shiying couldn't bear his mother being divorced and said harshly, "It's my mother's fault that she doesn't treat Wang as her daughter-in-law and doesn't give her a higher status. But my father has been ill for many years and unfortunately died young. I can't blame my mother entirely." On the body. It is just speculation that my mother has offended the gods, but there is no evidence. The yamen is talking about evidence..."
Old Ancestor Chen's nose was so angry that he shouted, "Boy Shiying, although you have become an official, you are still a member of our Chen clan. You will be buried in the Chen clan's ancestral grave after your death. Don't show off your official authority with me."
Old man Chen also said unhappily, "Nephew Shiying, we are not a yamen, we are not deciding cases, we are telling the facts. Mrs. Wang is not an ordinary daughter-in-law, but a daughter-in-law who married into the house for happiness. If you don't treat her as a daughter-in-law, you won't To give her a higher position is to pretend to be happy. If your father died of illness, who should blame your mother? We were right when we said that she killed her husband, even if you don't treat us like this. The old immortals should take this into consideration. You should also think about your father who died young, and think about the fact that there are still so many children in the clan. You can’t let your father die in peace, your children, or the girl because of that evil woman. Isn’t it easy to get married?”
This is a bit harsh.
Chen Shiying knew the power of the clan, not to mention that his father was raised by the clan, and his mother had indeed made unforgivable mistakes. He quickly bowed and said, "Old man, you have misunderstood me. No matter where I go, no matter how high an official I am, I know that my hometown is in Hu'an, and I am grateful to the Chen family for raising my father and providing for my father." Studying and taking the imperial examination... Starting from this year, I will add another one hundred taels to the clan's annual donation to make life easier for the clan. In addition, I have been thinking that there are so many in the family. Good young people should be given a better education. I will donate another fifty taels of silver to build a family school so that every boy in the Chen family can study. All expenses are funded by me.”
These two conditions were so attractive that the eyes of several clan elders lit up and they started discussing in low voices.
Money moves people's hearts. Chu Lingxuan shook his head secretly. It seemed that the old woman would not be divorced.
Chen Shiying didn't show it on her face, but she felt much more relaxed in her heart.
After the discussion, Old Man Chen said, "We all know that Mr. Shiying has not forgotten his roots and has always cared about the clan. However, Zhao's evil deeds are too great. If he continues to keep her in the Chen family, it will not only harm you, but also Chen." The child and daughter of the family. For your sake, you can stay in the Chen family until you die."
Old Ancestor Chen continued, "We can only retreat to this step. We will never allow Zhao to stay in the Chen family and cause harm to others. If Mr. Shiying is still unwilling, we will have nothing to say."
Chen Shiying knew that this was the best result. When she went to the nunnery to clean up her body, her mother was still the wife of the Chen family, and she could be buried in the Chen family's ancestral grave after her death.
He nodded in agreement.
His mood was very contradictory. He was sad that his mother would have to suffer in the nunnery for the rest of the year, but he also felt relieved.
It was already the end of noon, so the clan elders were invited to have lunch.
Chu Lingxuan also accompanied him and toasted several clan elders.
Old Ancestor Chen is seventy-eight years old this year. He is so old that his teeth are almost falling out and his hair is gray. However, he is still in good spirits and has a clear mind. He said to Chu Lingxuan, "Go back and tell Ah Fu. We all know that she is a good child, and she and her mother have been wronged. After we deal with the evil woman Zhao, we will write Wang down when we return to our hometown." According to the genealogy, Ah Fu is the real eldest daughter of my Chen family."
Chu Lingxuan bowed and thanked him.
After the meal, the group went to Antang, where the clan leader announced the disposition of the Zhao family.
Chu Lingxuan felt that it was not good for him as a son-in-law to follow, but he knew that his wife had wanted to see this scene for a long time, so in order to tell her in more detail, he still followed shamelessly.
When they came to Andang, they couldn't enter the old lady's inner room, so they all stood still in the courtyard.
Patriarch Chen stamped the ground majestically with his cane and said to Mrs. Jiang, "Go and have Mrs. Zhao carried out."
Mrs. Jiang led the ladies into the inner room. The old lady was still angry and smashed the tea bowl on the floor. Her son is back, and her backbone is finally back. But her son only came to Antang to talk to her for a few words yesterday, and he has never shown his face until now. She knew that her son was angry with her.
She thought that her son was a filial son with a soft heart, and she would be able to coax him to come over with a few kind words. She asked her servants to carry her to see her son. She wanted to tell him that she missed him very much. No mother in the world would harm her own son. Everything she did before was for his good...
But the servant was still the same as before, as if he didn't hear her words and ignored her at all.
The old lady was so angry that she cursed, "This family belongs to my son, not to the Jiang family! My son is back, and if the Jiang family dares to disobey me again, I will ask my son to divorce her..."
The servants still didn't look up to her.
Mrs. Chen was so angry that she wanted to drink tea. The servant didn't dare not listen to this, so he put the tea in her hand. She followed the servant and slapped it over, and then asked for tea again. The servant cleverly didn't hand it to her, but put it on the small table beside the bed and kept it far away.
The old lady couldn't move easily, so she picked up the tea bowl tremblingly, and then threw it at the next person. She couldn't hit anyone at all, and it fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
Seeing Mrs. Chen who was obviously in better spirits, Mrs. Jiang bent her knees and said, "Mother-in-law, the elders from my hometown are here and they want to see you."
The clan elder from her hometown wants to see her? Old Mrs. Chen had a gut feeling that something was wrong and said loudly, "I don't want to see them, I want to see my son."
Jiang said, "Master is also outside."
When Mrs. Chen heard that her son was outside, she felt relieved. Her son was still a high-ranking official, and those clansmen must have come to curry favor with her again. They wanted to meet her, the old lady, but it was not convenient for them to enter the house, so they asked her to go out and meet them.
She smacked her lips and said to Jiang, "People always flatter the powerful and trample on the weak. When my son was in trouble a few days ago, they didn't come to the door. Why did they come to the door after my son was reinstated? My son is a kind person. He shouldn't pay attention to those who only care about money and not people." She looked at Jiang and said, "Don't say clansmen, even my own daughter-in-law is like this. When my son was in trouble, he left me here and spoke bad words to me. After my son was reinstated, his attitude changed and he ran more frequently."
Seeing that Jiang looked at her calmly instead of saying something hurtful as before, the old lady felt happy. She wanted to scold this shameless daughter-in-law, but when she thought about the clan members who were still outside, she resisted the urge to scold. She called the maid who served her and said, "Comb my hair and put on that red jacket with embroidered patterns. Those old fools have eyes on the top of their heads."