Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 649: Chapter 649: Life and Death in Two Days and Two Nights (Part 6)
 

How much of Di Xuan’s actions today had been a result of her intentional or unintentional indifference? She didn’t have the answer, but it scared her!

One more step would be the abyss; it was time for a change!

In the side hall, everyone sat in a corner, no one spoke. When Liu Sisi came out, she saw the current situation.

“Xuan’er, come to the study room.”

After saying that, Liu Sisi got up and walked out.

Immediately, countless people turned around and looked at the two. What they were thinking in their hearts, only they knew.

Di Xuan didn’t speak and silently followed Liu Sisi to the study room.

Neither mother nor son spoke, and the atmosphere at the scene was extremely tense.

“You’ve always had opinions about me, haven’t you?”

Liu Sisi spoke first. Di Xuan just looked at her and didn’t say anything.

“Back then, I was bought by your dad for ten taels of silver. This wasn’t a secret, but something everyone knew.”

Unexpectedly, Di Xuan suddenly blurted out a sentence.

“A bought woman can be sold at will, according to the law.”

Liu Sisi raised her eyebrows in surprise, finding it incredibly amusing. She couldn’t help but laugh: “I really didn’t expect that you actually read the imperial laws so well. It’s very comforting. However, you must also be aware of this: Selling the royal offspring is punishable by death, and the whole family, up to nine generations, shall be implicated, right?”

This time, Di Xuan was astonished!

“Royal offspring…?”

Liu Sisi looked at Di Xuan: “From the very beginning, you looked down on me because I was bought by your father for ten taels of silver. But in fact, I have another identity…”

She always thought it was unnecessary to tell a child these things. But it was only after the incident with YingEr that she realized she shouldn’t be silent anymore.

This era was not the one she used to live in. People here value one’s birth and the power behind a woman’s family.

She always thought that being the former Crown Prince’s biological mother was no big deal, especially for her family. She was even more reluctant to use her status to pressure others.

But even Di Xuan, a childlike person, despised her for her identity; it was indeed sad!

“So, although I was raised by the Liu Family, I was originally a Prefecture Princess of the Great Zhao.” His Majesty’s appointment of her as Prefecture Princess Ruyu certainly had a lot to do with Eldest Uncle South. However, her original identity was, after all, that of a Prefecture Princess!

Liu Sisi glanced at Di Xuan indifferently and fell silent.

Di Xuan felt a buzzing in his head!

He had always respected her on the surface because Liu Sisi was bought by his father for ten taels of silver. But he couldn’t deny that deep in his heart, he secretly despised her for being bought by his father and even wished, more than once, that his father would drive her out of the Di Family.

But she suddenly told him that she was actually part of the royal family; how could he accept that?

For someone who grew up in a small hill, being part of the royal family seemed like such a distant thing. He might not have even heard the term in his lifetime if he hadn’t gone to school.

“I didn’t tell you these things before because I thought we were all family, and the so-called identity and status shouldn’t exist at home.” But reality had given her a harsh blow!

Liu Sisi sighed: “I know you’re worried that the child I give birth to will seize the Di Family’s property that originally belongs to you. However, you can rest assured that they won’t compete with you. They have their paths to follow, and the path you need to take is completely different. Xuan’er, you think too much.”

A faint sigh came, like a tongue of fire, licking at Di Xuan’s chest.

Yeah!

She was a Prefecture Princess, and her son would be a Prefecture Prince; why would they fight with him for the Di Family’s property? But he understood this too late.

Di Xuan clutched his chest tightly, wanting to cry but unable to. Wanting to laugh, but the suffocating pain in his chest made it impossible for him to make a sound.

Liu Sisi wanted to say more, but when she saw the regretful, desperate look on his face, she couldn’t bring herself to accuse him of anything.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

After a while, he felt that he was held in Liu Sisi’s arms.

She gently embraced him, and the milky fragrance of her breath constantly filled his nostrils. It made the corners of his eyes turn red and swollen, and he closed his eyes in pain.

“Xuan’er, you’re still young; it’s okay to correct your mistakes in time. Don’t walk down a dark path. The Di Family will need you and Di Cheng to carry it forward in the future. The burden on your shoulders is heavy and deep; the entire clan’s hopes rest on you. Do you understand?”

“Yes, I… Xuan’er understands, I understand!”

Di Xuan’s tears couldn’t stop flowing as he secretly wiped them away, but couldn’t hold them back.

“Xuan’er was wrong, truly wrong, Mom! Mom, Xuan’er was wrong-”

“Do you really know where you were wrong?” Liu Sisi sighed faintly.

“Mom, Xuan’er was wrong in harming my siblings. I shouldn’t have hurt you and even more shouldn’t have incited YingEr, leading her astray.”

Di Xuan knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

Liu Sisi bent down to pull him up, shook her head, and said with a pained expression on her face.

“Although you had ill intentions, you ultimately didn’t succeed. Whether it was because someone stopped you or because you deliberately failed, the biggest mistake has not been made. As your adoptive mother, I am responsible for your upbringing. A father’s failure to educate is the cause of a child’s poor behavior. Mother Meng still moved three times. Your going astray is also due to my failure in teaching.”

By these words, Di Xuan felt even more shame, only to struggle free of Liu Sisi’s support and fall to the ground, kowtowing repeatedly to her.

“No! It’s my fault, it’s me! I trapped myself in a dead-end and couldn’t get out, it’s me… ”

“Every human being makes mistakes; no one is without fault.”

Liu Sisi sighed: “Don’t cry, Xuan’er, don’t cry! It’s not time for you to cry; YingEr is still waiting for you to save her.”

YingEr?

The two characters instantly energized Di Xuan. He stopped kowtowing, slowly calmed his emotions and raised his head, looking firmly at Liu Sisi.

“What do I need to do to save her?”

“It’s very simple; all you have to do is…” Liu Sisi whispered.

Before leaving, Di Xuan turned back and looked straight into Liu Sisi’s eyes: “Whether you believe it or not, I just wanted to make you have a miscarriage, but… I never meant to harm you.” After that, he turned around and left the room.

Leaving Liu Sisi alone, sitting there for a while before closing her eyes, her heartache hidden deep in her eyes, breathing out a heavy breath from the bottom of her heart.

Give him another chance! After all, he’s just a child.