With Empress Dowager Tian's intercession, Tian Cong was finally able to get out of the Dali Temple prison ahead of schedule. Tian Chengzhong still felt that incense was more important. Although he was angry, he still went to pick up his son home. As soon as he got home, he first suppressed his anger and told him to kneel down. He also slapped him hard and scolded him angrily: "What a little beast, how old are you? You are courting death. How dare you mess with the secret door?! If your reputation spreads out now, which girl will dare to marry you in the future?! You are really stupid. Where will your parents put their face in the future?!"
After scolding him profusely, Tian Chengzhong saw Tian Cong kneeling on the ground with a pale face and shaking non-stop. He was furious and said something even more outrageous: "People who have given birth to sons all hope that their sons can make progress, but look at me! What kind of crap are the ones I gave birth to?!"
Mrs. Tian's eyebrows were throbbing as she listened to this. She suppressed her fear and uneasiness and stepped forward to gently pull Tian Chengzhong's sleeve: "Duke, don't say anything more. He already knows he was wrong. After all, he just came home..."
In fact, Mrs. Tian did not want Tian Chengzhong to discipline his son. On the contrary, if Tian Chengzhong could really discipline his son, she would be very happy. But the problem was that Tian Chengzhong had always been like this. He always doted on his children. When they were doing well, he was very good to them. But once his children did not do what he wanted, he would become a completely different person.
For so many years, Tian Chengzhong has never taken the right path in raising his children, let alone setting a good example himself.
If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked. If you yourself are not upright, how can you raise good children
Tian Chengzhong became even more irritable. He had been idle at home since he came back from Ziwei Pass in disgrace. He had tried to find a job over the years, but was always stuck. The more worried a person is about the current situation, the more timid he becomes, as if the situation would get better if he just deceived himself.
After so much time, Tian Chengzhong still had the same temper as before, he was ambitious and very concerned about his reputation. It would have been fine if he had been scolded enough, but at this time, he insisted on challenging his authority as the head of the family. Tian Chengzhong shouted loudly, then slapped Mrs. Tian in the face, causing her to scream and fall to the ground.
The room was silent for a moment.
Even Tian Cong, who had been in a daze, looked up at his father in shock, screamed, and rushed towards his mother.
He was a good-for-nothing, a bastard, and he didn't really listen to his mother, but seeing his mother being humiliated, he felt indescribable anger in his heart. He couldn't help but roar, "Dad, how could you hit my mother?!"
Mrs. Tian was completely stunned. From the time she married Tian Chengzhong until now, she had already taken care of her parents-in-law for six consecutive years, given birth to children for him, and taken care of the household chores. She had never disobeyed his wishes, even though she disagreed in her heart, but she thought that if she married a chicken, she followed the chicken, if she married a dog, she followed the dog, so she forced herself to convince herself and tolerated him again and again.
But what is the result
What did she get in the end
It was verbal abuse, accusations, humiliation, and beating in front of my son!
Years of resentment were released in one day. Madam Tian almost jumped up from the ground and rushed towards Tian Chengzhong, tearing at him: "How dare you hit me? What qualifications do you have to hit me?! You are arrogant and incompetent. When I gave birth to Acong, if it weren't for your highness coming to rescue me, I would have died! Where were you at that time? You have never been capable. If it weren't for your good aunt, who would you be? How could you continue to inherit the throne and get the position of Duke?! You relied on the Queen Mother in the past and now rely on your daughter. What kind of man are you?! My children are all ruined by you!"
Mrs. Tian was hysterical. She had been tortured and suppressed for many years. Now her eldest daughter, Tian Rui, had difficulty getting married and her reputation was ruined. Her second daughter was alienated from her and was selfish. Her youngest son was a useless playboy. She was discouraged, disappointed, and filled with grief and indignation, and finally stopped blindly tolerating it.
Tian Chengzhong was caught off guard. He did not expect his usually docile wife to suddenly go crazy. She scratched her face with several bloody marks. When he finally pulled Mrs. Tian away, his face was already disfigured, and even the skin on his neck was broken. He was immediately furious: "Crazy! You are really crazy! How dare you hit your husband?! I want to divorce you, an unvirtuous woman!"
Mrs. Tian sneered, feeling disheartened for a moment: "Divorce?! I have been in mourning for my parents-in-law for three years each, and helped the Tian family raise children and take care of the household expenses. What have I done wrong for you to divorce me?! If you want to divorce me, I want to divorce you! I have had enough of this kind of life!"
She endured for so many years for the sake of her children, but in the end, all her compromise did not help her children become successful.
Mrs. Tian had a splitting headache and pointed at Tian Chengzhong and shouted, "Divorce!"
After saying that, he glanced at Tian Cong and said with a complicated look: "Cong'er, don't learn from your father in the future. That's what really ruined you."
She held her son's face and smiled bitterly, then stood up and walked out the door.
Tian Chengzhong was left standing in the hall, so angry that he was stunned for a while. It took him a long time to beat Tian Cong again. If it weren't for this useless guy causing trouble, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened today, and that crazy woman wouldn't have suddenly gone crazy and said those ugly words.
Tian Cong was beaten so badly that he lay in bed unable to get out. Mrs. Tian was so angry that she packed up her things and left with the servants who came with her as a dowry. Tian Chengzhong didn't expect that she would actually dare to run away from home. He sneered and made up his mind that unless Mrs. Tian came back on her knees and admitted her mistake, he would just think that the Tian family was without a lady in charge.
When the farce of the Tian family reached the palace, Queen Mother Tian was watching Tian Xun weaving a string in the style of a bamboo message of peace. Tian Xun's fingers deftly flew up and down among the colored ropes, and after a while he had woven a very delicate string. Queen Mother Tian could not help but nod and praise: "He is indeed clever and skillful, very interesting and unique."
Tian Xun smiled sweetly: "It's nothing, practice makes perfect. This cord is perfect for your chalcedony. If you don't mind its crudeness, I'll wrap it for you."
Queen Mother Tian now treated Tian Xun as her own daughter. Besides, this was just a small matter, so she naturally would not refuse. She smiled and nodded in agreement.
The palace was full of joy, but Mother Tian suddenly came in hurriedly. She glanced at Tian Xun hesitantly before reporting softly, "Empress Dowager, the Tian family sent a letter in, saying that they want to invite the second young lady to leave the palace and go home." (To be continued)