Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 316 - 314

Chapter 316: 314

After resting for a few days, Mrs. Lu went straight to Mrs. Shen to sever their relationship.

One incident after another told her that these people were too terrifying, too frightful.

She did not want anyone to be able to harm her children under the guise of blood relations.

Shen Chengzu grew cold-hearted towards his older brother, and was afraid that if he didn’t agree with Mrs. Lu, and she became unrelenting, it could hurt the child in her belly. Naturally, whatever she said went.

The night before, Master Shen had severely reprimanded Mrs. Shen. He had sternly warned her that if she dared harm her descendants again, he would divorce her!

So now when she heard Mrs. Lu wanting to cut ties, she wanted to make a fuss, but when Master Shen coughed, she calmed down and just glared at Mrs. Lu!

This time, Mrs. Lu kept a considerable distance from Mrs. Shen, standing at the entrance of the room, ready to turn and leave at a moment’s notice.

Once bitten by a snake, one has a fear of ropes for ten years.

...

"What about the child in your womb?"

"Gone!"

"Your mother didn’t mean to do it yesterday. She was just careless,... yes, this was her fault, but it absolutely won’t happen again."

"It certainly won’t happen again in the future! Perhaps that was my last child!"

Master Shen:"..."

"Father, it’s not just about what happened yesterday. The previous incidents regarding Chengzong’s family, as well as the things with Yuzhu and Bei’er, have also terrified me. I’m very grateful that Xi’er is still young and can’t act as a substitute. Otherwise, who can guarantee that it isn’t my Xi’er who is now with Landlord Tian."

The life of Shen Bei’er is hopeless! It’s all because of her parents.

A few days ago, Shen Chengzong and his wife wanted to bring Shen Bei’er back home, but they were chased away.

Shen Chengzong was beaten into a hobbling mess, his face looking like a pig’s head. He dared not create a scene again.

This is what he asked for! Hurting others and ultimately hurting himself!

"No, this kind of thing will never happen again. As for Jie’er and Xi’er’s affairs, you and the fourth sibling decide. Your mother and I absolutely will not interfere. The same goes for your older and second brother." Master Shen quickly promised.

"What guarantees does Father have? Words without proof! If Father could control them, it wouldn’t have come to this!"

Mrs. Lu laughed but didn’t believe Master Shen’s words. Before they divided the family, Master Shen liked to promise them the world but never delivered! In short, Master Shen’s credibility was in the negatives!

Master Shen at home was just a passive presence, intervening only when matters got out of hand, but by then it was too late to salvage anything!

But she also knew that her request to sever the relationship was not an easy one.

Master Shen fell silent upon hearing Mrs. Lu’s words. Yes! What could he guarantee? Once children grow up, they each have their own plans, and he was no longer in control.

But severing the relationship was absolutely not allowed! Severing ties with Chengzong’s family was the biggest mistake he had made in his life, and he absolutely would not allow the same mistake to be repeated!

"Severing relationships is absolutely impossible! Except for severing ties, anything else you want is possible!"

"Then compensate me for the life of my child!" Mrs. Lu touched her belly.

Master Shen:"..."

Mrs. Shen thought Mrs. Lu was demanding her life as compensation and couldn’t hold back anymore: "Mrs. Lu, you’re being insolent! Who do you think you are! Was that child yours! That was the child of the Shen family! The child’s surname is Shen, not Lu! You were careless and fell, causing the loss of the child, and now you want to blame everything on me. I didn’t ask you to make up for my grandson. You should be smiling right now! Don’t you dare think I won’t make my son divorce you right now!"

This time, Shen Chengzu had learnt his lesson. The moment Mrs. Shen started speaking, he protected Mrs. Lu with his hand, fearing an accident.

Mrs. Lu’s face turned a kind of suffocating red due to Mrs. Shen’s words.

Master Shen also realised it now, Mrs. Lu had made up her mind to sever the relationship.

Master Shen thought for a bit, then took out his writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Mrs. Shen saw it and quickly stopped him: "Oh, Master, have you gone mad? You can’t sever the relationship!"

"Shut up! Stand to the side, or I’ll make a divorce letter right now!" Master Shen was livid! None of them listened to him!

Was he still the head of the family!

Mrs. Shen was frightened into immobility after hearing this. Master Shen was full of rage, and she was afraid he would really turn the severance letter into a divorce letter.

After Master Shen finished writing and stamped it, he had Mrs. Shen also stamp it and then handed it to Mrs. Lu:

"You wanted to live in the Imperial Capital, right? Well, go!"

Master Shen said dishearteningly.

Mrs. Lu could barely read, and just assumed it was a letter of severance, so she knelt down and kowtowed to Master Shen: "Thank you, Father, for your fulfillment."

Shen Chengzu also knelt down and paid his respects to the elders: "The silver for the elderly’s upkeep, as mentioned in the separation papers, I have already deposited it with the village chief. He will deliver it to you every month."

Mrs. Lu had no objections to this; her objective was to not give their large family the opportunity to harm hers.

For Shen Chengzu to provide upkeep silver was more than reasonable, as they did raise him. One must not bear guilt.

Upon hearing this, a sharp pain pierced Master Shen’s heart. The upkeep silver was given to the village chief, and then from him to them; the fourth child was preventing them!

A son preventing his father, how could their father-son relationship have become like this! Master Shen suddenly felt like he had aged by ten years.

Upon returning to their room, Mrs. Lu handed Shen Chengzu the severance document and asked him to read it out to her.

Shen Chengzu read over the document, then looked at Mrs. Lu.

Mrs. Lu immediately straightened up, "What’s wrong? Isn’t it a severance document?"

Shen Chengzu was scared by her sudden action, and quickly assisted her to lie down "Relax, this isn’t a severance document, it is a guarantee letter! Father guarantees that he will not interfere in our family matters in the future. He absolutely won’t intervene in our children’s marriage matters."

Mrs. Lu:"..."

She had suspected that Master Shen wrote the document too readily!

"Pack our belongings tomorrow; the day after tomorrow we’ll go to the Imperial Capital!"

"But our child..." Shen Chengzu said hesitantly, looking at her belly.

"We’ll walk slowly, rest more, it’s not a problem."

Ultimately, they were unable to successfully sever the relationship, and she couldn’t bear to wait any longer.

Moreover, she just said that the child was gone. If they don’t leave now and she visibly shows signs of pregnancy in a month’s time, wouldn’t she be exposed! By then, Mrs. Shen might even want to kill her!

They had no choice but to leave immediately! If they really can’t continue on the journey, she’d rather rent a house in another town and wait until the child is born, than stay here any longer.

Could this be considered Mrs. Lu being capricious because she had money? When every single coin had to be split in two for use in the past, who could imagine casually saying they’d leave, and if they can’t continue, just rent a house and stay until the child was born.

"Nirui has been waiting for us for a long time, we should leave as soon as possible, and I heard that the New Year in the Imperial Capital is really lively."

Shen Chengzu could only nod in agreement.

They would try to travel by water as much as possible, if not, walk for half a day, then rest for half a day, it shouldn’t be a problem.

The family of Xiao’er in the Imperial Capital wasn’t aware of the events happening in Shengping County, as all the siblings were busy practicing archery.

The Autumn Hunt, led by the Emperor, was about to start, and officials above the fourth-rank could bring their family members to participate.

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