Can't a princess ascend the throne?

Chapter 92 Unexplained Panic

"What? Are you trying to attack me?"

Chunyu Shuang was not intimidated at all.

"Look closely, I'm wearing official robes, and my rank is higher than yours. If you lay a hand on me, that's assaulting a high-ranking official. Do you want to face legal trouble? Or do you want to lose your positions and be dismissed?"

Hearing these words, the three hesitated again. They valued their hard-earned official positions; otherwise, they wouldn't have rushed home immediately upon hearing of Chunyu Shuang's return. However, Chunyu Shuang was far too difficult to please. They hadn't done anything, yet she was shouting and yelling as if they had done something wrong.

As expected of a woman, she's incredibly emotional.

“We never intended to do anything. Besides, are you just an official from the Ministry of Justice, or are you not Chunyu’s daughter?! What’s wrong with us, as her older brothers, disciplining our younger sister?”

"You weren't my brothers when I was still wearing official robes, so don't try to pull any strings with me! I..."

"Snapped!"

Chunyu Shuang was suddenly slapped across the face, and she fell to the side. Everyone present was stunned.

Even Chunyu Hong couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Chunyu Hong's first wife, the woman whose name was almost unknown, stared in astonishment at her hand, seemingly unable to believe that she had just struck her daughter. Seeing Chunyu Shuang stand up straight with a blank expression, she panicked and tried to grab Chunyu Shuang.

"No, I didn't mean to, Shuang'er, don't be angry, Mother really didn't mean to..."

"I see."

Chunyu Shuang interrupted the other person, her face seemingly frozen in ice. She had never looked at her mother with such a cold gaze before. At this moment, everyone, including Chunyu Hong, panicked. They had never actually intended to harm Chunyu Shuang. Especially since Chunyu Shuang was still wearing her official robes!
Chunyu Shuang was somewhat disappointed at this moment.

“I’ve always known you would never speak up for me. You would only say, ‘Shuang’er, who made us born as women? As women, we must be gentle and virtuous, and dedicate our lives to our husbands and children. Your father has a bad temper, so please be more tolerant of him, just for your mother’s sake, okay?’”

"Ha, I should have known! What kind of mother would say something like that to a five-year-old daughter?! You've made a mess of your own life, do you want me to make it a mess too?! The person I hate the most isn't Chunyu Hong, the person I hate the most is you! Why can't you be completely evil? If you were like those four, I wouldn't have to suffer so much! You're like a spider's web, barely holding me up, yet always giving me hope to live! You might as well be a purely evil person!"

"Mother, no, Mother really didn't mean it, Shuang'er, can't you forgive your mother just this once? Mother isn't a bad person..." "Let me tell you, don't even think about trying to persuade me anymore. I will not live the same life as you, I will not become like you! In this life, I will never, ever be a woman who only knows about husbands and children, who is only confined to the inner quarters!"

"Don't try to control me with that pitiful maternal love anymore! Let me tell you, I don't care anymore! Because I've seen someone much stronger. She doesn't resent her parents' mistreatment because she is who she is! Even if my family doesn't acknowledge me, I am who I am, and your opinions won't change me in any way."

Chunyu Shuang took a deep breath, and her tone gradually calmed down.

"I will not be coming here again from now on. You'd better take care of yourselves."

"Wait, what exactly do you mean?! Do you also want to sever ties with your family?!"

Chunyu Hong hurried to catch up, still somewhat incredulous when he asked the question, but seeing that Tong Yi didn't even turn around after saying a word, he had no choice but to believe that the other party truly wanted nothing more to do with their family. He was furious, utterly unable to believe it. In this world, only parents who dislike their daughters would kick them out of the house; he had never seen a daughter voluntarily sever ties with her family! But then he suddenly remembered Ying Jiuque, who had caused such a stir in the city. Hadn't that person openly severed ties with his family and even voluntarily separated from the clan? Lin Wei was the Vice Minister of Rites, a third-rank official. Even so, Ying Jiuque hadn't regretted it, and he hadn't heard of him taking the initiative to seek reconciliation with the Lin family in all these days.

No matter how loudly he shouted, Chunyu Shuang strode out of the house without ever looking back. Seeing that his unfilial daughter truly had no intention of returning, Chunyu Hong couldn't help but feel resentful. When he turned back and saw his distraught wife, he was instantly enraged.

“I could have just said a few words to her, but why did you hit her? Don’t you know she’s an official now? Don’t you know what crime it is for a commoner to assault an official?”

Chunyu paused, then belatedly realized he was somewhat frightened. But…

"Husband, didn't you say that it's not illegal for parents to beat their daughters?"

"You?! Foolish! I was just scare him a bit. If you really hit her, what if she deliberately tries to sabotage our son's official duties? Her official rank is almost as high as mine now, and she's even gotten involved with that Ying Jiuque. If she says a few bad things to His Majesty, our whole family will never have a chance to rise in the world!"

Chunyu was startled and at a loss for what to do.

She didn't know why she had suddenly acted; she just felt a strange, inexplicable panic. It was as if all her previous thoughts and actions had suddenly been revealed to be wrong. How could she not panic? And why was this child so disobedient? Shouldn't a woman be gentle and compliant? And what was wrong with her, as a mother, hitting her child a few times? There wasn't a law in the world that said it was wrong for a mother to hit her child!

She has been gentle and compliant her whole life, frankly speaking, she has no opinions of her own. At home she listened to her parents, after marriage she listened to Chunyu Hong, and now she often listens to her three sons. Their lives seem to be no different from her own. She really doesn't understand what her daughter means by taking a different path from her own. Does she think that going out to become an official will make things better?
But every woman has to get married sooner or later, right? If she marries early, she might find a good husband; if she marries late, isn't she just one of those left over? Why doesn't this child understand her parents' good intentions? Would a mother really harm her? There are all sorts of rumors circulating; this child is so stubborn and disobedient. One day, when this child becomes a mother herself, she will understand that everything parents do is for their children's good. Only then will she understand her mother's good intentions.

"It's alright, this child is just stubborn. Didn't she say before that she wouldn't come back? But she did, didn't she? She'll be fine once she wakes up. Alright, let's eat first. You're not feeling well, you need to nourish yourself. I stewed this chicken for two whole hours! Eldest, second, and third sons, you all sit down too. You work so hard as officials, look at you, you've all lost weight, it really pains your mother..."

(End of this chapter)