1240, imperial decree
"You are now a celebrity in front of the emperor. How dare I, an old woman, have any resentment towards you? Even if you disrespect your elders, I can do nothing! But if you disrespect your elders, it is because your mother did not teach you well, which makes you disrespect your elders, so I punished her!"
The old lady's sarcastic tone made Xu Shu extremely disgusted. Today she was exhausted and she really had no intention of dealing with the old lady anymore. She immediately raised her eyebrows, "It is best if the old lady dare not be resentful!"
"You!" After being rejected by Xu Shu in person, and in front of her daughter-in-law, the old lady was very embarrassed and immediately pointed at Mrs. Zheng Si and cursed, "How did you teach her? It turns out that she was a inferior person raised by the inferior family, but there was no rules!"
"Mother!" Before Xu Shu could speak, Mrs. Zheng Si's face was constantly standing up and interrupting the old lady's words, "No matter how you say I can punish me, but you shouldn't say that Xiaojiu. If it weren't for Xiaojiu, would you think you could still enjoy the blessing of your old Fengjun? Without Xiaojiu, the Zheng family would probably have been gone long ago. Xiaojiu said nothing to give you dignity, but if you don't want this dignity, then you can't blame others!"
"Without her, there would be no Zheng family? You are so good at giving her face!" The old lady snorted coldly, "She just pleased the Queen Mother, and was blessed by the Queen Mother, and became the young lady of the Zheng family. If there was no Zheng family as a backer, the emperor would like her? The emperor liked our Zheng family!"
Mrs. Zheng Si sighed. The old lady was so stubborn that she couldn't listen to other people's explanations. No wonder Xu Shu never said that, because she wouldn't be believed even if she said it, so she simply didn't waste her effort.
"So you plan to let Sister Wanying replace me, right? Replace me and become the "person who is favored by the emperor"..."
Xu Shu said the calculation in his heart directly. The old lady was stunned for a moment and suddenly said with confidence, "So what? You are not the serious daughter of my Zheng family. Letting you enjoy the glory of the Zheng family has given you great face. You dare to love the emperor. Do you have such great blessings? If you are unwilling to be content with yourself, I will expel you from the Zheng family!"
"The old lady is right. I am a person with no luck. From today on, you will only think that the Zheng family has no one! Whatever you plan has nothing to do with me, nor with the fourth room!"
"Xiaojiu!" Mrs. Zheng Si called out softly. What does Xu Shu mean? What does it mean to pretend that the Zheng family has no such person? Is she going to leave the Zheng family? Mrs. Zheng Si couldn't help but feel panic.
"I will move out of the Zheng family in two days. From then on, there will be no Miss Zheng Jiu in the world!" It was time to leave. Xu Shu touched her chest. Instead of waiting until the end to say goodbye, she can leave for a while now as a buffer.
"What? Xiaojiu, what did you say?" Mrs. Zheng Si pulled Xu Shu anxiously.
"Mom, thank you for your care, I will always remember it!" Until I die.
It is natural for Xu Shu to leave the Zheng family, but now the emperor's mind has not been moved away from Miss Zheng Jiu, and Zheng Wanying has not yet made the emperor worry. What if something goes wrong? The old lady pondered for a while and immediately said, "You can't leave!"
Xu Shu sneered, "You are the one who wants to drive me away, and you are the one who doesn't allow me to leave. What exactly are you going to do?"
"You have enjoyed the glory brought to you by the Zheng family. Do you want to leave without rewarding?"
"How do you think I can repay me?"
Anyway, the plan has been seen through, so the old lady will not hide it. "Next time the emperor comes to Zheng's house, you must bring Sister Ying with you, so make sure that the emperor is impressed by Sister Ying!"
"I can't do it!" Xu Shu refused coldly. Not to mention whether Zhou Jin will fall in love with Zheng Wanying is still a question, it is impossible to be sure whether Zhou Jin will come to the Zheng family again.
"You..." The old lady was furious and was about to scold her when she suddenly heard a voice coming from outside.
"Old lady, the imperial edict has arrived!"
The old lady immediately calmed down and ordered, "Create the incense case quickly and notify the masters and wives to prepare for the order! Feiyan, change clothes!"
Feiyan flashed in in a very embarrassed manner. It seemed that Yuzhu and Yuanyuan were outside just now, without any mercy.
Seeing Xu Shu still standing there, the old lady immediately shouted, "Don't get back yet, I'll take care of you carefully when I come back today!"
"Mom, let's go back too! You're going to change your clothes, and your skirt is wrinkled!"
"Okay! Are you really saying it? Are you really going to leave the Zheng family?"
"Mom, let's go back to change clothes first. The imperial edict is important. It's not too late to talk about it after you receive the imperial edict!"
Xu Shu's eyes flashed and she refused to answer positively. Mrs. Zheng Si's heart immediately became half cold.
"It's the Zheng family who is sorry for you, Xiaojiu..." Mrs. Zheng blamed herself, "If it weren't for the sake of defending me today, you wouldn't have had a dispute with the old lady, and you wouldn't have said such words..."
"Mom, I cherish the three years I spent in the Zheng family. You gave me the warmth of my mother whom I longed for in this life but never got. Although I have not been at peace in the Zheng family these years, I am very happy with your consistent trust and care. Even if I leave, you are still my mother..."
"You really want to leave?" Mrs. Zheng Si's eyes blushed.
"Yeah!" Xu Shu nodded, her eyes filled with tears.
"But where can you go? You are a girl, where can you go?"
"I'll go accompany my master..." It was Master Miaofan who gave Xu Shuxinsheng, so let everything end from where it starts!
"You... are you going to become a monk?" Mrs. Zheng Si was shocked.
Xu Shu smiled, "It's just practice! Okay, mother, go and change clothes quickly, let's talk about this later!"
Mrs. Zheng Si was dragged to change clothes and dress up by Jin Ling and others in a daze. Until she knelt in front of the incense table to receive the order, she had not woken up. She could not accept the fact that Xu Shu was about to leave. She came so suddenly that she was not mentally prepared at all.
This is the first imperial edict received by the Zheng family after the new emperor ascended the throne. The Zheng family attached great importance to it. Although they did not know what the imperial edict was, judging from the new emperor's preferential treatment to Empress Dowager Chun'an, this imperial edict should be rewarded by the Zheng family no matter how you think about it.
With such speculation, the old lady prepared the incense table very piously, put on the uniform of the madam who would only wear when entering the palace, and led her son and daughter-in-law to receive the order.
Everyone in the Zheng family knelt one by one. The eunuch Xing'an, who came to send the order, glanced around, looked around one by one, and suddenly asked, "Why didn't you see Miss Zheng Jiu?"
The old lady was stunned, "What does your father-in-law mean? Could it be that this will has something to do with her?"
Chapter completed!