She is dressed very noble today. She is embroidered with gold and silver thread wrongly embroidered with bats, a hundred descendants and thousands of grandchildren. She has a string of round and shiny southern beads hanging from her neck. This string of southern beads is more rounded and larger than those of the queen mother in the palace. The position of the too old lady, boasting that there is no need to be behind the queen mother Su.
Her sitting posture is still dignified and noble, her waist is straight, her shoulders are tucked back, her neck is slender, her hands are placed on the armrests of the chair, and she looks at the hazy door with grace and majesty, her eyes blank.
Chu Shoufu's hands are trapped in his sleeve pockets, like an old man in the market squatting on the street watching people play chess. His back is slightly humped, his shoulders are bent, and his eyebrows are drooping, but the light in his eyes is bright and hopeful. Looking outside, but under that kind of gaze, no matter what monsters there are outside, they can't hide.
"Why do you treat your mother like this? I raised you and made you, why are you so unfilial?"
In the end, it was the old lady who spoke first, full of resentment.
"Not filial?" Chu Shoufu looked over at her, "Is the son not filial enough in recent years? What did the mother say, what did the son do, you have to wind and rain, you have to go to each other every day, no less than ten people. Your honor, your wealth, which one lacks you?"
The old lady sneered, "But none of these were given by you."
"It was not given by your son, who gave it? Do you think that the people outside and the people in the house all respect you?" Chu Shoufu said indifferently.
"You are taking revenge on your mother, you don't have a son like you." The old lady was angry.
Chu Shoufu shook his head, "I won't wait until now to get revenge on you."
"Then why are you doing this?" The old lady looked at him and shook her head in disappointment. "Do you know that if you do this, our Chu family will completely lose their respected position. How is it different from other aristocratic families? It may not even be like others? , You ruined the foundation of my Chu family."
"Foundation? Regardless of whether it is a foundation, I will ask my mother, is the foundation important, or the life of the whole mansion?" Chu Shoufu asked.
Seeing that he was willing to speak from her heart, the old lady corrected her attitude and said with a serious face: "The foundation is important, and life is also important, but there is no conflict between the two. If you stabilize the foundation, no one can touch my family. Life, but if you do this today, it is hard to guarantee that my Chu family will be bullied."
"Did you really treat you as the emperor of the earth?" Chu Shoufu sighed softly. "You can smell the fragrance of the coffin, and you are still so old-fashioned. This world is not surnamed Chu. How many people have been offended by the Chu family over the years? Tolerate, I stretch my feet in the future, how many heads will the Chu family have to lose to pay off?"
The old lady said anxiously: "That's why the old body allows you to promote more people in the clan. As long as the influence is deep enough, even if I die, you die, this Chu family will not have any successors."
"Promotion?" Chu Shoufu's voice was full of sarcasm, "Are you talking about your grandchildren, great-grandchildren? Chu's family has indeed produced a lot of talents, but they are definitely not the ones under your knees. You indulge them so that they are lawless, and they only know mischief all day long. Is there someone with enough responsibility to entrust important tasks? I am the first assistant of the court. I have seen a lot of the ups and downs in this officialdom. I have witnessed the rise and fall of this family. I have also witnessed the rise and fall of this family. The edge will be uprooted sooner or later, and everything in the world is always prosperous. Nothing lasts forever. At your age, if you can’t even understand this point, you have been in Yuemei'an for these years, and you have been thinking it for nothing. So many Buddhist scriptures."
After he finished speaking, he stood up, "rest early."
The old lady stood up immediately and sternly said: "You said so many high-sounding words, and you can't conceal your true purpose. You are because of the maidservant, you are all old, what else can't let it go? If you don't realize it anymore, The old man ordered someone to take her head."
Chu Shoufu had already taken two steps, hearing this, he turned around and stared at her fiercely.
The old lady had never seen him so fierce and cold, she fell back on the chair with a scream of fright, "You... what do you want to do? Do you still want to kill your mother?"
Chu Shoufu was full of cold air, like a ghost from hell, "You dare to move a strand of her hair, I want Tong's family to be wiped out!"
Tong's family is the mother's family of the old lady.
The old lady was so frightened by this tone that her heart trembled, "You...you are so brave, do you dare?"
"Mother, please try!" He turned slowly, and the wind from outside came in, the candle was still extinguished, and his face was uncertain. "You are old, and it is good to have a peaceful old age. Your children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. , There is nothing you worry about. Tomorrow your son will order you to return to Yuemei'an. If there is nothing wrong, you don’t have to come back again."
"You are so desolate!" The old lady roared mournfully, and the skin on her face trembled and she almost fell to the ground with anger.
Chu Shoufu strode out amidst the curse.
Early the next morning, as the sky dawned, someone packed her things, and the carriage was ready to send her back to Yuemei Temple.
The old lady was supported by Mother Tong and walked out step by step.
She is still wearing the same clothes last night, she is the noble princess.
However, the whole face is already haggard, and even the steps are already unstable.
She was swearing in her mouth, and her heart was full of resentment.
At the door, she saw the unfilial son.
All the anger in her heart turned into strength, she slapped it over, and said angrily: "I think you died under the nine springs, how can you see your ancestors."
Chu Shoufu didn't change his face, he just smiled coldly, "Being a son, let his mother enjoy the honor of a lifetime, why didn't I meet my ancestor?"
"You have no intentions, you have always hated me, you have been obedient all these years, you can do what I tell you to do, never disobey me a little bit, don't have intentions!" She scolded hoarsely.
"Yes!" Chu Shoufu looked at her coldly, "Because you are not dead yet, and you still have people who make you move. I can't be by her side. To protect her, I have to obey the things you arrange. It’s not necessary today, because starting from today, I will stand by her side to see who dares to move her."
"You... You..." The old lady crooked her mouth a few times, and she was speechless.
Madam Tong supported her and cried: "Don't say a few words, let's go back, the princess."
Chu Shoufu led the horse and ordered the people below, "Send the old lady back to Yuemei'an."
He turned on his horse, hit the horse and went away, the smog that had been gloomy for a long time, as if all at once dispelled.
Yes, since today, he will stand by her side, to see who dares to touch a strand of her hair.
The old lady seemed to be dead. She was helped into the carriage. She kept holding back tears. When the carriage curtain was clicked, she covered her face with her hands, "I have been so desperate for him in my life, why did he treat me like this?"
Madam Tong sighed softly, "Princess, you have worked hard for him, but the old man is not happy for a day, he has not had a happy life for a day, he forbears most of his life, and has been busy for most of his life, and there is no day for him. Over."
The old lady leaned her head heavily back, "But why? That's just a cheap maid, not worthy of him."
"That's also what he likes, who can make him laugh happily." Madam Tong swept her chest, thoughtfully, "Some people may not be able to meet that person in a lifetime, but he did. He can't get it, he doesn't like it."
"The old man doesn't understand, the old man doesn't understand..."
She murmured, the carriage walked slowly, away from Chu Mansion, away from all the glory and excitement here.