I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 724 - Chapter 724 Making Peace (3)

Chapter 724: Making Peace (3) Chapter 724: Making Peace (3) Editor: Atlas Studios That was the first time Madam Xia was so angry at Fan Siwen that she lost her rationality.

She packed her things overnight and returned to her maternal home.

Her two brothers was long filled with rage about her suffering in the Fan Residence, but because she had stopped them, they had not done anything.

This time, seeing that she was so angry that she returned to her maternal home, her two brothers immediately lost their scruples.

Not only did they put Fan Siwen in a sack and beat him up, but they also used their connections to destroy Fan Siwen’s impending promotion, suppressing him in the bureaucracy.

The servants, who had been tempted by the mention of Madam Liu’s promotion to become a Noble Concubine, immediately became obedient.

At work, the flustered Fan Siwen resisted for half a year while she stayed at her maternal home.

At that time, Zijin and Haoran often went to visit her, but there was no worry on their faces about the separation of the couple.

Instead, they were in high spirits.

They happily told her about the interesting things that happened at the academy and told her about their plans to go hunting at Daming Mountain with their classmatesaEUR| In the end, Fan Siwen took the initiative to go to the Zhu family to admit his mistake and bring her back.

The matter of Madam Liu being a Noble Concubine was left unsettled, and she took the opportunity to regain her authority in the residence through this matter, improving herself and her son’s days in the residence.

However, it was also from then on that viciousness often appeared in Zijin’s eyes and he often persuaded her to stay at his uncle’s house.

At that time, Fan Siwen’s relationship with Madam Xia’s two brothers was terrible, and only a superficial courtesy was maintained on the surface.

Back then, for Fan Siwen’s sake, she gradually distanced herself from her two older brothers.

How could she be willing to return to her maternal family under such circumstances?

It was also at that time that Zijin became increasingly silent as he watched what happened.

That was, until Fan Siwen decided to give the hereditary privilege to Fan Zixiao.

At that time, Zijin rushed to Madam Xia and asked if she wanted to return to her maternal family.

He said, “Mother, the elderly chief of the Pine Mountain Academy in Jiangnan is indebted to Eldest Uncle.

He was once the Imperial Academy’s chancellor and has taught countless students.

The current Imperial Censor chief is one of his students.

As long as Eldest Uncle asksaEUR|” At that time, Madam Xia’s expression changed drastically and she did not continue listening.

Her husband was an imperial censor of the Imperial Censorate.

If the Imperial Censor chief came forward to impeach him, it would mean that his career and life would be over.

Considering her eldest brother’s character and the fact that the academy chief was indebted to him, this matter was very likely to succeed.

How could Madam Xia dare to do that?

If she ruined her husband’s future and life, things would be thoroughly over between them.

She merely thought her son had said those words in a fit of anger, but now that she thought about it, her son was clearly very calm at that time and had carefully considered the pros and cons.

He was not asking for her opinion, but giving her a choice.

Should she choose her husband or her son?

She had made her choice back then, so Zijin urged Haoran to go to the north with him and was gone for a long time.

Madam Xia wanted to cry but had no tears.

She must have felt something too, right?

Hence, at that time, she had hurriedly sent Yanmo and money to Zijin.

When Zijin sent someone back to say that he needed money, she had immediately sold off her dowry to gather money and sent it to himaEUR| In the past, Madam Xia had never understood why Zijin insisted that she choose between him and his father.

They were father and son, and she was their wife and mother.

There was no conflict between having them both.

But now, she suddenly understood.

It was because Fan Siwen’s heart could contain too many things.

In his heart, there was her and Zijin, but there were also his other sons, especially his favorite concubine’s eldest son.

For that concubine’s son, it was inevitable that he would harm Zijin’s interests.

Therefore, they were not father and son who were helping each other, but an opposing pair of father and son.

She had never understood this.

Even Fan Siwen did not anticipate this, but Fan Zijin, who was only 12 or nine years old at the time, did.

He knew that in the future, his father would continuously snatch resources and benefits from him for his stepbrother or family.

Therefore, he had subconsciously suppressed his father since he was young, trying to suppress him to the point where he would not be a threat to him.

Madam Xia chuckled nervously.

So, was having such a smart son a blessing or a curse?

After thinking this through, Madam Xia suddenly felt relaxed.

She turned around and asked Qi Xiuyuan, who was sitting at the top, “Yuan’er, did your uncle ask about me last night?” Qi Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment before remembering that this was his mother and aunt’s nickname for him when he was young.

Qi Xiuyuan’s expression softened and he nodded.

“Uncle did ask an emissary.

I got the emissary to tell him that you’ll be catching up with your sisters-in-law in the rear hall and staying in the palace tonight.

Uncle was very relieved to hear that and didn’t ask further.” A smile appeared on Madam Xia’s face, but Fan Zijin and Qi Haoran looked at her strangely, feeling that there was something wrong with her smile.

Madam Xia suddenly lowered her head to look at Qi Haoran and asked gently, “Tiger, what will you do if your wife is being asked to stay over in the palace?” Qi Haoran blushed and said shyly, “Aunt, I’ve already grown up.

It’s better not to call me by this nickname.” Seeing Madam Xia smiling at him, Qi Haoran could only brace himself and acknowledge this nickname.

Without thinking, he said, “Of course I’d stay over too.” “What if His Majesty refuses to let you see her?” Qi Haoran glared at him and asked, “Why wouldn’t Big Brother let me see her?

She’s my wife!” “That’s right.

I’m his wife,” Madam Xia muttered in a low voice.

“But why didn’t he verify with his own eyes before leaving?

He didn’t even ask His Majesty himself and simply believed the words of an emissary.” Fan Zijin sneered and suddenly looked up.

“Mother, what were you expecting?” Yes, what was she expecting?

The conjugal bliss back then seemed to be an illusion.

Everything had started to change when she took a long time to conceive.

She felt that it was not her husband’s fault.

After all, they were so loving back then.

If not for the fact that she had been unable to get pregnant for two years after marrying into the family, her mother-in-law would not have forced Fan Siwen to take in a concubine.

Then, the concubine would not have given birth to the eldest son first and he would not have given all his fatherly love to Fan Zixiao, ignoring Zijin who was subsequently born.

But now, everyone was telling her that their love back then was fake.

Perhaps Fan Siwen had never changed, but she was stupid and couldn’t tell what was real and what was fake.

Madam Xia squatted on the ground, crying and laughing, looking disheveled.

Zhu Qing and Zhu Feng looked at her with a livid expression, while Qi Haoran’s eyes turned red.

He couldn’t help but take two steps forward on his knees and hug her.

Behind her, Fan Zijin was still kneeling with his back straightened and looking at her coldly, but there was a cold glint in his eyes from time to time.

It was obvious that he was feeling rage at Fan Siwen.

He had never received paternal love from Fan Siwen, so it was only natural for him to feel rage towards him at this moment.

Qi Xiuyuan put down the teacup in his hand and put away the relaxed expression on his face.

At this moment, he was also feeling some rage at Fan Siwen.

Because he also had a scumbag father, he hated such people even more.

Fan Siwen was clearly classified as such by him.

However, because of the Fan family’s kindness towards Haoran back then, he had never done anything and only left two young ones to deal with the matter.

However, seeing his aunt like this now, had he been too tolerant of Fan Siwen?

It had to be known that the domestic matters of officials were part of the assessment of their conduct, thus they also accounted for a certain portion of the political performance assessment.

Handling one’s domestic affairs badly was sufficient reason to depose an official.

Just as Qi Xiuyuan was listing Fan Siwen’s crimes, Madam Xia suddenly pushed Qi Haoran away with one hand, wiped her tears, stood up, and raised her head.

“Big Brother, Second Brother, don’t interfere in this matter.” She turned to look at her son with a complicated gaze.

“Do whatever you want.

I won’t take care of Little Madam Xia.

Madam Su is your Virtuous Concubine.

If you don’t like her, just divorce her and send her back.

Do give her more dowry though.

I think she’ll be glad to accept this arrangement.” Everyone looked at her in a daze, including Fan Zijin, who had always been smart.

He was astonished by her change and did not understand why she suddenly said these words.

Only Qi Haoran acutely sensed that something was amiss after getting over the shock.

He broke out in cold sweat for his uncle.

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