The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 116 The Reason for Marrying Her

"Mother……"

"If you still consider me your mother, then stay far away from that woman."

Xia Guangcheng was taken aback. He glanced sharply at the old lady's servants and maids behind her. The servants shrank back and knelt down.

Honestly, how could they gossip?

The portraits of the noble ladies have been worn out; those ladies from fifteen years ago now have many children, while their own son is still single. The old lady is obsessed with getting her son married, and the servants around her are even more eager for the general to marry a wife soon, so they won't have to live under the old lady's unpredictable moods.

"General, the old lady is worried about you."

At this time, loyalty was especially important, and even while kneeling, Granny Xu raised her head to explain on behalf of the old lady.

"So it's Granny Xu, isn't it? It's understandable for a mother to worry about her son. I just don't know if Granny Xu is worried about your good eldest son." Xia Guangcheng said sternly, "Guards, give Granny Xu twenty strokes of the cane and send her out."

"Cheng'er, how dare you?"

Madam Xia was stunned: "Granny Xu is an old servant who has been serving me. What are you trying to do?"

This son has really grown too big for his britches; he actually dares to mess with the people around her.

“Mother, it is precisely because Granny Xu is old and confused that she betrayed her master for the sake of her eldest son.” Xia Guangcheng said, “If it weren’t for the fact that she had served by your side for many years, you would have sold the whole family instead of returning her indenture and letting her go.”

"General, spare my life! Madam, please understand! This old servant has always been loyal and devoted; how could I have betrayed my master?" Sweat poured down Xu's forehead as she repeatedly kowtowed, pleading with the old lady, "Madam, this old servant has served you for twenty-eight years..."

"Shut up!" Xia Guangcheng couldn't stand these old servants taking advantage of their age and their mother's senility to act with increasingly no bottom line: "How did your eldest son pay off his gambling debt of five hundred taels?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Xu collapsed to her knees!

The general found out, the general...

"Cheng'er, what do you mean?"

"Mother, someone took advantage of your eagerness to marry your son and deliberately set a trap to lure Xu's gambling son out of his trap. Then they bribed Xu so that they could put his daughter into the mansion as the general's wife. Their scheme is not small."

"Miss Tao?"

Although Madam Xia is old, she is not senile. In the past few days, when she was choosing a daughter-in-law, Granny Xu kept mentioning the fourth young lady of the Tao family, both openly and subtly.

The Tao family was of decent social standing, but the Tao and Xia families did not share the same political views, and their relationship had always been superficial. When it came to discussing marriage, the old lady was still a little hesitant, so she had not told her son about it.

“Exactly,” Xia Guangcheng said. “Mother, when choosing a wife, choose a virtuous one. If you marry a troublemaker, not only will you not be able to live a normal life, but she will also bring disaster to three generations.”

"Granny Xu, do you have anything else to say?"

"Please spare me, Madam! I was wrong! I was so desperate to save my son that I was blinded by greed! Madam..."

"Guards, drag her away and give her twenty strokes of the cane. Considering the years she has served you, we will return your indenture to you. What else do you have to say?"

"Old lady..."

There's really nothing to say about Granny Xu.

The feud between the Tao and Xia families was nothing new. The old woman who served the matriarch knew perfectly well that Miss Tao was unsuitable to be the general's wife, but her son's life was in the Tao family's hands, so she had no choice but to reluctantly betray them. Who knew that before she could even succeed, the general would discover her scheme, leading to this tragic end? She truly had nothing to say.

"This old servant thanks the old lady." Returning the indenture is indeed much more merciful than giving it away. Given her actions, even beating her to death wouldn't be an exaggeration.

He's clinging to his old life so he can go back and clean up his son's mess.

Granny Xu kowtowed heavily, tears streaming down her face, and went to accept her punishment.

Xia Guangcheng's gaze swept over the crowd behind the old lady.

“If there are any more traitors, beat them to death and sell their whole family.”

"This old servant wouldn't dare!"

It's truly terrifying! I never imagined that Xu Mama, who was deeply trusted by the old lady, would end up like this. Her fate is truly tragic!

"Cheng'er..."

"Mother, your son is unfilial and has caused you worry." Xia Guangcheng stepped forward to help his elderly mother: "Mother, let's go inside and talk."

In the inner courtyard, pastries were laid out in front of the old lady. Xia Guangcheng had insisted that they be placed there. The old lady didn't eat them, but he ate them with great relish.

"Cheng'er, why are you doing this to yourself? There are so many noble ladies in the capital. With your status, you could have anything you wanted. Why do you..."

“Mother, His Majesty is getting old, and besides the princess, he only has a sickly eldest prince.” What could Xia Guangcheng say? He could only break down the affairs of the court and the country into pieces for the old lady: “My marriage is not just a marriage. They may not even be interested in me as a person. If we are not careful, we will choose the wrong side. Mother, it is not easy for the Xia family to stand up to this day. I cannot ruin the future of the Xia family because of my own negligence.”

The old lady remained silent; these were indeed matters of great importance, and she dared not be careless in the slightest.

Therefore, arranging a marriage for one's son is an especially difficult matter.

"Finding a girl from a respectable family of modest means isn't that difficult. Why do you have to compromise yourself for that abandoned woman..."

"Mother!"

The words "abandoned woman" deeply stung Xia Guangcheng: "Mother, she was just blind to have chosen the wrong person, not that she had any other problems."

"Her biggest flaw is that she can't have more children." Hearing her son raise his voice in defense of the woman, Old Madam Xia was furious. "Marry a virtuous wife, for a virtuous wife brings prosperity to three generations, you're absolutely right. But if we marry her, will the Xia family still have three generations? By her generation, the line will have ended!"

"Mother……"

"Why did the Wu family divorce her in the first place? Wasn't it because she ruined her health and couldn't have children? She even stopped the Wu family from taking a concubine. When the Wu family divorced her, she directly filed a lawsuit with the emperor and sent the entire Wu family to prison. What is it about such a vicious woman that you care about so much?"

She was anxious when her son wasn't interested in the girl, but she was even more anxious when he became interested in this woman.

“Mother!” Xia Guangcheng felt a pang of pain in his heart. How much she had suffered in the Wu family, yet the world blamed her for everything. “Mother, let me tell you the truth, marrying her will bring you nothing but benefits.”

"you……"

This is deliberately trying to drive my elderly mother to her death!
"Mother, why hasn't your son gotten married all these years? Do you know the reason?"

Isn't it just bad luck?

I was a bit unlucky.

“Mother, your son was wounded on the battlefield, your son…” Xia Guangcheng’s face suddenly turned red: “Your son is impotent and cannot have offspring.”

What?
(End of this chapter)