Chapter 1632 - 1625: Mother-in-law, Stop Hitting
Chapter 1632: Chapter 1625: Mother-in-law, Stop Hitting
Su Hao remained unmoved, as if he hadn’t heard a thing.
"Who is she? What’s wrong with my daughter’s reputation?" Long Shuli propped up her jaw and sent a faint gaze loaded with pressure toward Su Hao.
This single look carried endless authority, subjecting Su Hao to a pressure heavier than an audience with the emperor.
"Mother, hubby is just a bit too straightforward," Wu Jinyan quickly followed in, entering behind him.
Ignored by Long Shuli and already feeling gloomy, Su Hao liked it even less when Wu Jinyan pretended to speak well of him.
"There’s no need for you to please on my behalf," Su Hao pushed Wu Jinyan away, looking up at Long Shuli, "This matter from beginning to end is Su Yingxue’s fault. Mother has no reason to blame others!"
"Assisting Su Han and Song Chengyi in their secret rendezvous was never an honorable act, does the prince of Yong’an County have to beat gongs and drums to celebrate their secret meeting?"
"Su Hao, shut your mouth and get out!"
Long Shuli’s face darkened, "You don’t care for your sister, let me, as your mother, handle her. She doesn’t need your scolding!
If you don’t want to be a brother, you don’t have to act as her big brother either. Yingxue does not lack a brother like you who doesn’t care for her."
"Mother..."
Su Yingxue pursed her lips; Su Hao had a point.
She intended to admit her mistakes to Long Shuli, but Su Hao did not appreciate her, "In that case, I don’t need to bother with this concern either, Honorable Miss Su, take care of yourself!"
"Brother!"
Su Yingxue called out to him, but he didn’t stop his footsteps, which became even faster, and his figure appeared colder and stiffer.
How much he must detest her...
"Yingxue, don’t take your brother’s words to heart," Wu Jinyan stepped forward, holding her hand briefly.
Su Yingxue nodded, "I won’t mind it. Sister-in-law, please go and persuade brother."
"Hmm, I will." Wu Jinyan turned around, lifting her skirt to chase after Su Hao.
Su Yingxue turned her head and saw Long Shuli sitting above. Long Shuli opened her arms to her, "Come here, my good child, let mother hold you."
Su Yingxue knew that she had already reached adulthood, yet she still couldn’t refuse Long Shuli’s embrace.
She lay on Long Shuli’s lap, her voice tender, "Mother, I know I was wrong this time."
"It’s alright, it doesn’t matter if you are wrong. Mother will protect you, no one dares to punish you, nor speak ill of you. Anyone who dares to slander you, mother won’t let them off! Chu Xiaotian is no exception." Long Shuli gently stroked her forehead, comforting her tenderly and giving Su Yingxue much strength.
In her mother’s embrace, she let down all her defenses, even stopped thinking about anything, just greedily indulging in the warmth of the moment.
Having mother is truly a blessing.
Long Shuli went to cook delicious food for her, coaxing her to happiness, and slowly, her heavy mood began to dissipate.
There was no disturbance at the prince’s mansion in Yong’an County.
It was as if yesterday’s events had never happened.
It was only when Su Yingxue was going to the clinic that she remembered, Song Chengyi was still staying in the room upstairs.
She planned to go up and check on Song Chengyi, but Manager Qi came to tell her, "General Song left early in the morning. When I went to deliver medicine to him, he was already gone. There are still blood stains on the bed; it seems his injuries were aggravated as he left."
"Did he leave anything behind?" Su Yingxue found it odd.
Manager Qi shook his head, "He probably didn’t want us to stop him. He didn’t leave anything in the room."
Su Yingxue fell silent, "If he comes back for his injuries, have him come find me."
Manager Qi nodded in acknowledgment.
Just as Su Yingxue was about to sit in the treatment room, she heard the waiting patients outside start to gossip, "Have you heard? There was a fight here yesterday!"
"Indeed, that happened! But the guards here, when we heard the commotion, we couldn’t even get inside!"
"I heard, too, that two princes came, both with noble identities!"
"That’s right! The princess had a secret meeting with another man, how could His Highness not come?"
"Which princess!?"
"The Princess of Yong’an County!"
Su Yingxue felt a shiver down her spine, her hand unconsciously tightening its grip.
She had sent Manager Qi to inquire about the situation. Manager Qi returned with a conflicted face, reporting, "Miss, even though we had already closed up yesterday, and His Highness had his guards with him, the news still got out. Now, throughout Jiang Du City... it has spread everywhere!"
Su Yingxue clenched her teeth, "How could this have happened!"
With the news having spread, what would become of Su Han’s reputation?
Isn’t this forcing her to her death?
As expected, just yesterday Su Han was dragged back by Chu Xiaotian, and today Qin Wan rushed to the prince’s mansion in Yong’an County and slapped her hard.
"Su Han! How did your mother teach you from a young age? What are all these things you’ve done!"
Qin Wan came from a prestigious family and was always graceful, but her daughter had done such a disgraceful thing, and it had spread all over Jiang Du City. The anger in her heart was too much to bear.
"Mother, I’ve said it before, the one I wanted to marry was Song Chengyi!"
Tears filled Su Han’s eyes, but she still held her head up stubbornly.
"You... How could Song Chengyi compare to the Regional Prince? Why put yourself through this? A secret meeting... Does this kind of reputation sound good to you?" Qin Wan, holding the disciplinary ruler in her hand, fiercely struck Su Han’s back with it.
"Today the Regional Prince just confined you, he hasn’t done anything to you, how tolerant is that? And yet you dare to treat him like this!"
Qin Wan, frustrated by her daughter’s disobedience, angrily spoke, and struck Su Han’s back with the ruler again.
Through the thin fabric, Su Han’s skin visibly swelled red.
Yet she still argued with Qin Wan, refusing to bow her head and admit her mistakes.
Qin Wan struck her until she was covered in sweat and collapsed on the ground.
"Mother-in-law!"
Chu Xiaotian couldn’t bear to listen from outside any longer. He burst in and snatched the disciplinary ruler from Qin Wan’s hand.
"Han’er has a delicate body, mother-in-law, please don’t hit her anymore."
Chu Xiaotian tossed the ruler aside and bent down to scoop up Su Han.
Su Han’s face was covered in sweat, her complexion pale and fragile.
Seeing Chu Xiaotian, even Qin Wan felt ashamed, "It’s our fault for not teaching our daughter well, that such an incident occurred. Although the Regional Prince doesn’t mind, the news has already spread throughout Jiang Du City..."
"Enough! Let it spread! I will protect Han’er!" Chu Xiaotian held Su Han, his eyes filled with tenderness.
Even if she had no room for him in her heart, even after marrying her, he couldn’t warm her heart, he still couldn’t bring himself to blame her.
Qin Wan felt somewhat embarrassed. Chu Xiaotian carried Su Han into the inner room and laid her on the bed, intending to untie her clothes to treat her injuries.
"Don’t touch me!"
Su Han clutched her belt and hid under the bedclothes.
She looked at Chu Xiaotian with eyes full of intense wariness, as if she was looking at a villain who would force himself upon her.
A nameless rage burned in Chu Xiaotian’s heart, "Su Han, I am your husband, not some outsider!"
"I can apply the medicine myself."
Tears welled up in Su Han’s eyes as she stubbornly turned her head away.
"If you don’t like it, then administer the medicine yourself!"
Chu Xiaotian threw the medicine on the bed, and even though he was angry, he still didn’t dare to use force.
From inside the room, came the muffled crying of Su Han.