I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

"I'd rather die than do that!"

"Where's your backbone? Where's your backbone?"

The old lady roared wildly. It was hard to tell what Mu Shaoheng felt inside, but Fu Yusu was completely stunned.

A mother would rather let her son drown in the freezing cold lake than accept the help of a concubine?

This idea is really crazy!

An ordinary mother, no matter how much she hates her concubine, would not do this, right?

For a mother, isn’t the “life of her children” more precious?

Anyway, Fu Yushu knew that if it were her own mother, and she was really on the verge of death, let alone accepting the help of the concubine, she would even kowtow to the concubine and beg her for help.

Comparing the two, Fu Yushu had a deeper understanding of the old lady - she was a completely irrational and extremely cruel old lady.

Poor brother Shao Heng, how could he have such a mother?

Fu Yushu couldn't help but think that if Mu Shaoheng had a different mother, even if the old prince still only favored Concubine Shao, his childhood would definitely have been much happier!

The old lady in front of me is a madwoman. Whoever becomes her son will be unlucky!

When Fu Yushu was expressing his feelings like this, Mu Shaoheng on the other side was also extremely disappointed with the old lady.

He nodded and said, "Okay, since mother wants her son to die at the age of eight, then you...just treat your son as having died a long time ago!"

After saying that, Mu Shaoheng shook off the old lady's hand that was holding his sleeve and was about to leave.

At this time, the old lady also realized that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly chased after him, hugged Mu Shaoheng's arm, and cried:

"Son, that's not what mother meant. Mother just hates Concubine Shao who is used to acting..."

"Maybe it was her fault that you fell into the water that year. When you were about to drown, she came out and pretended to be a good person, just to make you remember her kindness so that she could use you in the future..."

Mu Shaoheng has heard similar words since he was a child.

Every time he got a little closer to Concubine Shao, even if it was not intentional, because Concubine Shao was with his father, and he went to pay his respects, he would also say "Long live Concubine Shao", the old lady would go crazy when she knew it.

He grabbed him like a madman and gave him similar lectures.

Really, my ears are covered with calluses.

Now, Concubine Shao has been dead for more than ten years, but the old lady is still like this, which really annoys Mu Shaoheng. He said coldly:

"Mother, that's enough. Times have changed. The past is gone. We have lived a peaceful and happy life. Why do you have to dwell on the past every day?"

"Are you tired?"

"You're not tired, but your son is. Can we just move on?"

The old lady wiped her tears and said, "I also want to turn the page, but you insist on going against me. How can I turn the page?"

"How can there be a son?" Mu Shaoheng asked.

"No?" The old lady's eyes were sparkling with excitement and desire, "Okay then, just betroth Dieyi to Xiao'er now, and I will completely forget about it and never mention it to you again!

Mu Shaoheng: ???

No matter what you say, you won’t stop until you push Dieyi into the fire pit?

Nothing made sense, so Mu Shaoheng simply stopped talking about it and directly questioned the maid Xiangju loudly:

"Have you packed all your luggage, old lady? We will set off for the southwest at dawn tomorrow."

I didn't want to keep the old lady for even a quarter of an hour.

Xiangju hurried out of the house, lowered her head and reported: "My Lord, it's not cleaned up yet. The old lady didn't allow it to be cleaned up, and she gets angry when she tries to clean it up."

While speaking, Xiangju tried her best to pull her hands into her sleeves.

But Mu Shaoheng was sharp-eyed and noticed the scar on the back of her hand. He asked, "What happened to your hand?"

Xiangju suddenly became trembling with fear and occasionally stole a glance at the old lady.

Seeing this, Mu Shaoheng winked at his trusted servant.

The servant immediately stepped forward, grabbed Xiangju's wrists, and pulled up her sleeves. Then he was shocked - he saw that both of Xiangju's arms were covered with scars and criss-cross bloodstains.

There is no doubt that he was abused by the old lady.

"Your Highness, he was beaten with a feather duster." The servant identified carefully.

Mu Shaoheng nodded and asked Xiangju in a cold voice: "What's going on? Tell me and I will make the decision for you."

Xiangju fell to her knees on the ground with a plop, crying pitifully:

"Your Highness, whenever I pack my luggage, the old lady beats me with a feather duster. She also said that if I dare to pack again, she will beat me to death..."

In order to avoid returning to the southwest, the old lady actually abused her personal maid?

good very good.

He is truly a “good master”!

Mu Shaoheng glanced deeply at the old lady.

The old lady was not only not guilty, but also said confidently:

"That damn Xiangju, he's always trying to be mean. He didn't listen to me even after I said it three times, and only listened to your wife... Who else should I hit if not her?"

Hehe, is this related to Shu'er again?

Mu Shaoheng could no longer bear it, stared at the old lady coldly, and said:

"Mother, since you are not happy with the maids, from today on... you will no longer be assigned a personal maid to serve you. You can handle the trivial matters of serving tea and water, dressing and eating by yourself."

Old Lady: ???

What is this for?

Just because of a disagreement, she was deprived of the right to use a maid?

Is this a punishment for her?

Yes, it is to punish her, so that she will not be ungrateful for what she has, and will not know how to cherish the good days she has, and will cause trouble every day. Mu Shaoheng is really fed up with it over the years.

Mu Shaoheng also said: "Also, if you don't want to pack your luggage, then you don't have to pack it. Just set off back to the southwest with nothing in your hands."

Old Lady: ???

Not only is she not worthy of being a maid, but she is also leaving with nothing?

“If you need anything, you can get supplies at the post stations along the way. Before we get to the post station, you’ll have to hold it in.” Mu Shaoheng said this and left in a huff.

Just as he took a step forward, Mu Shaoheng remembered something and stopped walking, saying, "Your nephew Shen Yixiao will also go back to the southwest with you tomorrow."

"No, son. Xiao'er's butt is bruised and he hasn't recovered yet, how can he stand the fatigue of traveling?" The old lady caught up and said, "Besides, he has syphilis and hasn't asked the imperial physician from the palace to see him yet..."

Mu Shaoheng sneered: "Mother really loves Shen Yixiao. Even my son can't compare to her in terms of love and care!"

Old Lady: ...

Momentarily speechless.

At this time, Mu Shaoheng caught a glimpse of Fu Yushu standing behind a tree trunk not far away, so he simply strode over, held Fu Yushu's hand, and said loudly:

"Shu'er, early tomorrow morning, I will take my mother and Shen Yixiao back to the southwest. The marriage of Dieyi and Third Uncle will be handed over to you. Let's get engaged first, and you can also prepare the dowry."

Fu Yushu knew that this was said deliberately for the old lady to hear, so she simply cooperated and asked:

"How much do you need for the dowry? According to the customs of the capital, wealthy families usually give... this amount when marrying off their daughters."

After saying that, he made the number "five" with his fingers.

"Fifty thousand?" Mu Shaoheng said with a smile, "If other families give fifty thousand, then our Southwest Mu Mansion will increase it by twenty times and prepare a one million dowry."

Just think of it as using the one million to repay Concubine Shao for saving my life.

one million?

Such a huge sum of money?

The old lady's eyes widened.

"No, no--" the old lady shouted excitedly, "Ten thousand is too much for Concubine Shao's daughter, let alone one million. Is she worthy of it?"

But no matter how much the old lady yelled, Mu Shaoheng no longer responded to her. She just held Fu Yusu's hand, and the couple went back to the upper room, talking and laughing.

The old lady was so angry that her heart was beating wildly and she almost couldn't breathe. She covered her chest and leaned against the railing in pain.

"Ginger-eyed wolf, ungrateful wolf——"

"An ungrateful wolf that can never be tamed—"

The old lady screamed in a low voice with gritted teeth.

What the old lady didn't expect was that the head maid Xiangju was very careful. When she heard the words "ungrateful ungrateful person", she looked at her in confusion.

"What are you looking at? If you look again, I'll dig out your eyeballs!" The old lady was just busy losing her temper and venting her anger.

Xiangju quickly withdrew her gaze, then turned around and went back to her servant's room.

"Come back, can't you see that I am so weak and can't walk? Why don't you help me back to my room?" The old lady was disgusted with Xiangju's lack of tact.

She is not even half as good as her previous maid Jiao Xing!

Unexpectedly, Xiangju did not indulge her, and stopped in the distance and said:

"Replying to the old lady, the prince has just said that from today on, I am no longer your maid and I don't need to serve you anymore."

"I will pack my bag right now and go directly to the upper room to serve the princess."

"You——" The old lady was so angry at these words that she fell backwards.

With a "thump", her back hit the railing hard and then she slid to the ground.