After Madam Xie finished speaking, a maid responded and lowered her head to take the brocade cushion.
“Wait,” Chang Yuncheng quickly said, while calling to stop the maid, “Mother, what’s this all of a sudden… what are you trying to do?”
Madam Xie slowly played with her hand warmer, not even looking at him.
“What?” she said slowly, “I can’t discipline your wife anymore?”
Mother was unhappy. Chang Yuncheng finally realized this.
But why? How could things be fine and then suddenly target her?
“Mother, whatever she did wrong, you tell her and she’ll listen. She’s slow, so you can teach her slowly,” Chang Yuncheng said with some laughter while sitting beside Madam Xie.
“There’s nothing to teach about this,” Madam Xie smiled faintly and looked up at him, “It’s very simple. A few days ago I ordered her to kneel in punishment and be confined to her quarters. Did your wife obey?”
Chang Yuncheng was stunned.
Kneeling in punishment… confinement…
If Madam Xie hadn’t mentioned it, he wouldn’t have even remembered, which showed whether Qi Yue had taken it to heart.
“She… didn’t really go out much,” Chang Yuncheng hesitated, then said.
Before he finished speaking, Madam Xie threw the hand warmer.
Charcoal rolled all over the floor, sparking a series of sparks. Chang Yuncheng was quick-eyed and quick-handed, splashing the tea from the table over it.
Only then did the maids frantically splash water and clean up.
“Mother,” Chang Yuncheng’s face turned slightly pale as he knelt beside the kang.
“For that woman, you’ve even learned to lie. You’ve really grown capable,” Madam Xie said coldly, “What, your wife did wrong, and I can’t even punish her?”
Chang Yuncheng’s expression was ugly. He opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.
“Mother, please calm your anger,” he finally said.
“Calm down, calm down, now you know to ask me to calm down?” Madam Xie laughed coldly, “Don’t think that just because your father protects you, you can be without rules. If you want to be without rules, wait until I’m dead.”
“Mother, why talk about such things for no reason,” Chang Yuncheng quickly said.
“What’s there to fear? Others probably curse me to die countless times in their hearts. If talking about it made it come true, I don’t know how many times I would have died already,” Madam Xie said coldly, then called to the maid still standing aside, “Why aren’t you going quickly! Are you also waiting for me to die?”
The little maid was startled and quickly went out.
Chang Yuncheng watched the maid leave, his face anxious.
“Mother, Yueniang’s health isn’t good…” he finally couldn’t help but say quietly, “Why not wait until she’s better to receive mother’s punishment…”
Looking at him, Madam Xie felt anger rush to her head.
He was defending this woman again and again! Even when she had already shown her anger, he still protected this woman!
Had he actually fallen for this woman?
This thought flashed through her mind, and Madam Xie felt her vision darken. She couldn’t help but reach out to support her head.
Chang Yuncheng was startled and quickly reached out to support her.
“Mother…” he stood up and called out in panic.
Madam Xie waved him away.
“Don’t talk to me,” she said coldly.
Chang Yuncheng looked at her, his mouth tightly pressed together.
The little maid timidly came in, wanting to speak but hesitating, still holding the brocade cushion in her hands.
Madam Xie slightly raised her eyes and saw it.
“What?” she asked.
“Young Mistress,” the little maid said timidly, “Young Mistress… left…”
Left… what did that mean?
Both Madam Xie and Chang Yuncheng were stunned for a moment, then realized.
“Outrageous! Who told her to leave!” Madam Xie shouted in fury.
Who? This woman had never listened to anyone. She always did whatever she wanted. It was completely normal for her to do such a thing…
But she just… so cleanly and decisively, not willing to… bow her head even a little?
Not willing to bow her head, probably because she didn’t care.
Chang Yuncheng looked at the furious Madam Xie, a bitter taste rising in his mouth.
“Look at her. You’re still protecting her, but she can take care of herself just fine!” Madam Xie looked at him and said coldly, “Fine, since I don’t exist in her eyes, naturally I won’t hold onto her either. From now on, she can act as if she doesn’t have me as a mother-in-law, and I don’t have her as a daughter-in-law.”
“Mother,” Chang Yuncheng quickly called out, reaching out to grab Madam Xie’s sleeve.
Madam Xie shook him off.
“Even now, you still want to speak for her… Chang Yuncheng…” Madam Xie looked at Chang Yuncheng, her trembling hand pressed to her chest, her lips trembling. Finally, without saying anything, she pointed outside, “Get out!”
Nanny Su, who had come upon hearing the news, saw this scene and hurriedly stepped forward.