The mistress of the Hou family worked herself to death, and she did not serve after her rebirth

Pei Jiuniang was not in a hurry until she got Chu Mingyue's answer.

She knew the other person's concerns and doubts.

Although the Chu family is a scholarly family, and the father and son of the Chu family always regard themselves as noble scholars, she has also heard a little about their rigidity and stubbornness.

They would rather watch their daughter and sister being tortured to death and gain a reputation for being filial to their mother-in-law than have Chu Mingyue become a female teacher.

Moreover, if she remembered correctly, the Chu family father and son were diehards in the court who firmly opposed women going to school and serving as officials.

Chu Mingyue, who grew up in the stubborn and paranoid environment of the Chu family, was instilled with the idea of ​​giving up everything for the family honor since she was a child. In order to make her break through the shackles and completely transform herself, she believed that the help of others was only a help, and she had to think clearly herself and take the lead.

While Pei Jiuniang was waiting quietly, Chu Mingyue was also in torment.

On one hand, she was taught by her parents, brothers and clan elders to abide by the rules of a daughter's family and put the Chu family first in everything; on the other hand, she was often beaten and scolded by her mother-in-law, and there was endless farm work and housework to do, as well as the future of her young and immature daughter.

To be honest, it’s really hard to choose.

But she knew that if she stayed any longer, she probably wouldn't live long.

If she died.

What should I do with my daughter?

If she falls into the hands of the Yan family, she will definitely be abused. Then she can marry a country man. If she meets the wrong man, she will repeat her past mistakes.

Even if the Chu family would accept their daughter, the eldest sister-in-law, Gu, would definitely not treat her well.

and also.

She longed for the days in Kyoto before she got married, especially the days she spent with the eldest princess.

She was the daughter of a minor official, yet she was praised by the eldest princess. The eldest princess also said that women could become officials and even set up their own offices.

She admitted that she was moved.

Everyone has the instinct to catch light.

Besides, she knew this might be her only chance.

So she raised her head and nodded heavily to Pei Jiuniang, "I'll go back with you."

"Okay, I'll go back first, you settle down..."

Pei Jiuniang thought that the other party would eventually need to settle down, so she took the opportunity to buy a few maids and send them over.

"No, wait for me, I'll go with you after I pack up."

Chu Mingyue didn't want to stay any longer.

Pei Jiuniang was surprised by the other party's decisiveness, but she was very happy.

Chu Mingyue asked Pei Jiuniang to help look after Rulan first, while she simply ignored Yan's mother who was still chasing and scolding her, and went straight into the house to pack a package.

She had very little stuff.

When she got married, her parents didn't give her much dowry, and the little she had was spent over the years. She made a living by sewing and washing clothes on weekdays, but even so, she had saved up twenty taels of silver.

When Yan's mother saw her coming out with a bundle, she panicked for a moment, then she started to curse, "Ms. Chu, what are you going to do? How dare you leave me? Do you believe that I will crawl to the door of your Chu family and ask how your parents educated their daughter?! Your Chu family is not a family of scholars, so you have to watch your paralyzed mother-in-law die miserably?

Don’t even think about leaving or remarrying. If you are alive, you are my Yan family’s daughter-in-law. If you die, you are also my Yan family’s ghost…”

But no matter how Yan's mother yelled and scolded, Chu Mingyue remained calm and never turned her head.

A neighbor couldn't stand it, "Ms. Chu, you won't really abandon your mother-in-law, right? She may be a bit venomous, but she is your husband's mother after all. If you don't care about her, she really won't be able to survive..."

"That's right, you can't be so cruel..."

Some people couldn't help but persuade Yan's mother, "Mrs. Yan, please say something nice to your daughter-in-law, otherwise she will really leave and you will just have to wait for death."

"I will never give in to this bitch. She has hurt..."

"Did I harm Ziyu? If you hadn't scolded him every day and said that he made you lose face, how could he have gone out to drink alone? It's obvious that he was secretly trying to kill his own son!"

When Chu Mingyue walked out of the courtyard, she couldn't help but say what she had been holding back.

Hearing this, Yan's mother panicked for a moment, then shook her head violently and yelled at Chu Mingyue. "You're talking nonsense. It's you. It's obviously you who pestered him and made him lose interest in studying, so he failed the exam. No, it's you, it's you. You're the jinx. After you came in, my son failed the exam twice. You're the one who brought him down..."

"My son has been a student for eight years... and everything has been going smoothly. But since you came into our family...

And your Chu family, your Chu family looks down on my son. Every time my son comes back from the Chu family, he won’t eat or drink…”

Mother Yan became more and more crazy as she spoke, and finally she started cursing at Chu Mingyue.

Chu Mingyue closed her eyes and tears fell from her eyes.

She also knew that her husband had failed the exam during that time and the Chu family had given him a lot of embarrassment.

My husband was originally a man of rare talent, otherwise the Chu family would not have married their daughter to him. However, my husband failed the exam twice in a row, which ultimately brought shame to the Chu family.

Back then, she was famous for her talent in Kyoto, and several families wanted to marry her, including the second son of a second-rank official. However, her father and brother still insisted on marrying her to Yan Ziyu. Firstly, the Yan family was of low status, and marrying their daughter to the Yan family would not require a lot of dowry. Secondly, refusing the marriage proposal from a high-ranking family and instead marrying their daughter into a wealthy family would also allow her father and brother to have a reputation of not seeking to curry favor with the powerful.

Unfortunately, the good husband they chose for her ultimately disappointed them. He failed the imperial examination twice in a row, which made her father and brother resentful towards her and Yan Ziyu, and their relationship was also destroyed.

She knew how much pressure her husband was under after failing the exam for the second time. She had tried her best to comfort him, but Yan's mother kept insulting him...

Thinking of this, Chu Mingyue became more determined to leave.

The Chu family gave birth to her and raised her, but she had already obeyed them and married Yan Ziyu.

And now she still has Rulan, and she has to live for her daughter.

But in the end, she couldn't just abandon Yan's mother.

She was already very grateful to Pei Jiuniang for helping her enter the Imperial College, and she didn't want to owe her too much.

Chu Mingyue glanced at the onlookers and made a decision before speaking again, "Second Aunt, I'll leave my mother-in-law to you to take care of. Three taels of silver a month, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Second Aunt was startled, and then she felt a great surprise in her heart. She walked to the front with trembling lips, as if she couldn't believe her ears, "How much do you say?"

"Three taels, three taels every month. I can give Second Aunt three taels now. It's enough for one month. I will come back. If the mother-in-law is thinner or not as energetic as before, I will change her. On the contrary, if the mother-in-law is fatter and smiling, I will give you more money. If you serve the mother-in-law for a year, I will give you another red envelope. What do you think?"

"No, no problem. We are a family. I also think it's too hard for a woman like you to take care of a child and a paralyzed person... a family..."

Although they said they were a family, the greed in Second Aunt's eyes could not be concealed at all.

Yan's mother was stunned and started yelling, refusing to let Chu Mingyue leave no matter what.

In the end, Second Aunt glared at her fiercely, "Shut up, you scolded your son to death, and now you want to torture your daughter-in-law to death. You also said that the moon brings bad luck to husbands, but why don't you think about yourself? When you got married, our father-in-law died. One year after you got married, your mother-in-law died. In the third year, you brought death to your own man. I think you are the unlucky star..."

Upon hearing this, Yan's mother fainted as she was almost out of breath.