Chapter 393: Dowager Marchioness Weibei Scolds Everyone

Chapter 393: Dowager Marchioness Weibei Scolds Everyone

Seeing this, Madam Wang felt as if the sky had fallen and the earth had split. She also began to cry, pleading hoarsely, "My dear child, please stop talking! You’ve been beaten so badly, can’t you just take a moment to rest and wait for the doctor?"

The Marquis of Weibei raised his whip again, "Then today I’ll just beat you to death, you ungrateful brat!"

Zhou Yunyi stiffened his neck, showing no intention of yielding.

Jia Jia scrambled on her knees between Zhou Yunyi and the Marquis, kneeling in front of Zhou Yunyi, crying, "Marquis, if you’re going to beat Yi Lang, you’ll have to kill me first. It’s all my fault..."

Madam Wang came over to pull Jia Jia, crying, "You foolish girl, what are you doing? The Marquis’s family looks down on us widows and orphans, they look down on you! Yet you still throw yourself at Zhou Yunyi like this, are you out of your mind?"

Jia Jia looked stubborn, "Mother, don’t worry about me! It’s all my doing!"

Zhou Yunyi struggled to support himself, looking at Jia Jia kneeling in front of him, moved to tears, "Jia Jia... I will never betray you!"

This scene was deeply moving.

Both the Second Madam and Third Madam were visibly moved.

Even Madam Wang, who had always hated Jia Jia, hesitated for a moment.

However, the Dowager Marchioness Weibei impatiently scolded, "Enough! Stop putting on a show in front of me. I just had some snacks and nearly lost my appetite! That’s quite enough!"

The Dowager Marchioness’s face was full of disdain.

She called out, "Eldest son."

Both Jia Jia and Zhou Yunyi stiffened slightly.

The Marquis of Weibei put down his whip and looked at the Dowager Marchioness, "Mother, what is it?"

The Dowager Marchioness said with disdain, "Just cancel your son’s engagement to Qing Niang! The Gong family has done us a favor, we can’t repay kindness with enmity, sending some lowlife to marry their granddaughter!"

Zhou Yunyi, who was called a "lowlife," stiffened all over, feeling extremely humiliated!

Jia Jia opened her mouth, probably wanting to say, "You can’t speak of Yi Lang like that," but the Dowager Marchioness saw through her intention and scolded, "Shut up! Stop pretending! At my age, I’ve seen more than you’ve ever dreamed of! You can only deceive those blind and foolish lowlifes! You’re someone else’s daughter, I’m not going to waste my time on you!"

Madam Wang was indignant and wanted to say something, but the Dowager Marchioness glared at her and directly scolded, "You shut up too! You raised a real gem of a daughter! Any decent girl wouldn’t cling to an engaged man, calling him Yi Lang this and that, it’s disgraceful!"

Except for Zhou Yunyi, who was indignant but in too much pain to speak, everyone else in the room looked at Jia Jia and Madam Wang with subtle expressions.

Madam Wang and Jia Jia felt as if they had been exposed and humiliated in public, so ashamed they were almost crying!

Madam Wang, who had wanted to defend her son, quickly shut her mouth and lowered her head, not daring to say another word.

The Dowager Marchioness scolded for a while, then suddenly remembered her current sickly persona. She immediately gasped for breath, held her forehead, and leaned back on the large pillow behind her, sneering to make up for it, "...This old, sick body of mine has been stirred up by anger!"

The Marquis of Weibei looked gloomy and said in a deep voice, "Mother, it’s all because of these ungrateful descendants that you can’t rest and recover. Mother, don’t worry, when I cancel the engagement with the Gong family, I’ll make it clear that Zhou Yunyi is unworthy of Miss Gong!"

The Dowager Marchioness snorted, "That’s right, say it like that. There are plenty of eligible young men in the capital, Qing Niang is such a fine girl, she doesn’t need to waste herself on a crooked tree! Later, I’ll find a good match for Qing Niang!"

The crooked tree·Zhou Yunyi: "..."

Although it was as he wished, his grandmother finally agreed to cancel the engagement, but besides being in excruciating pain, he felt extremely irritated and unhappy. How could his grandmother belittle him like this, look down on him, and say he wasn’t worthy of Gong Qing Niang?!

Gong Qing Niang, that woman who reeked of money and flaunted herself in public, he wasn’t good enough for her?!

The engagement was called off, just like that.

The physician who came to examine Zhou Yunyi arrived, and Zhou Yunyi, no longer able to persist, moaned as the servants carried him on a stretcher to the adjacent room for treatment.

Madam Wang, naturally, followed, wiping away her tears.

Seeing this, the Second Madam and Third Madam, knowing that their mother-in-law was in a terrible mood, made excuses about needing to attend to the birthday banquet and quickly took their leave.

Jia Jia, crying and sobbing, wanted to go to the adjacent room to see Zhou Yunyi, but the Dowager Marchioness Weibei, losing patience, had Madam Wang and Jia Jia thrown out.

Both Madam Wang and Jia Jia were stunned, not expecting the Dowager Marchioness to treat them in such a manner.

Is this how you treat your in-laws?!

The Dowager Marchioness sneered, "In-laws?! Dream on! I only mentioned breaking off the engagement; when did I say our Marquisate of Weibei would form a marital alliance with the likes of you?! Get out of here, before I lose my temper!"

Her bluntness and rudeness made Madam Wang tremble as she recalled how many years ago, the Dowager Marchioness Weibei was notorious in the capital for her fierceness...

Over the years, the Dowager Marchioness had mellowed somewhat, making them forget her fiery and fierce nature in the past!

Back in the day, the Dowager Marchioness had even dared to chase down lecherous men on horseback, wielding a broadsword!

It was said she had once hacked off the arm of one of those lechers!

That man’s family was well-connected, and they made a fuss, but when the late emperor learned of the matter, he stripped a high-ranking official from that family of his title as a warning to others!

The Dowager Marchioness’s temper had always been fierce!

Jia Jia was still very unwilling and wanted to say something, but Madam Wang gave her a look to leave for now. Biting her lower lip, Jia Jia reluctantly bowed to the Dowager Marchioness and the Marquis of Weibei before leaving with her mother.

Suddenly, only the Dowager Marchioness, Xingxing, and the Marquis of Weibei remained in the room.

The Marquis of Weibei opened his mouth to say something, but the Dowager Marchioness, appearing very weary, waved her hand, "Eldest, you may leave as well. I am very tired now and do not wish to see anyone."

The Marquis of Weibei had no choice but to comply, but he couldn’t help adding, "Mother, please rest well and recover. If that unfilial son bothers you again, send someone to tell me, and I will break his legs!"

The Dowager Marchioness’s lips curled into a mocking smile, offering no response.

The maids in the room busily cleaned up the blood and mess. The Dowager Marchioness, unable to stand the smell, went to another clean room, lit some incense, and lay comfortably on a soft couch, finally letting out a sigh of relief.