Seeing Qi Yan's swollen face, Qi's mother was both heartbroken and angry. She couldn't hide it any longer and had to reluctantly confess what she had done.
"What did you say?"
Qi Yan couldn't believe his ears. His mother had actually spread rumors and destroyed a girl's reputation.
"Do you know that you'll drive someone to death like this?!"
Qimother's eyes were a bit evasive, but she was stubbornly saying: "It's nothing, just a few idle words. As long as that girl marries over, everything will be fine, right? Besides, what I said is the truth. Who asked her to hold on to Qiao and refuse to marry over..."
She gradually became more confident as she talked, feeling that she was making more and more sense.
Finally unable to bear it any longer, Qi Yan interrupted her sharply, "Don't you feel that you're at fault at all?"
His mother turned out to be such a person, willing to drag others into the mire for her own selfish interests.
"Mother, marriage is supposed to be a mutual agreement. How can you be so unreasonable?"
Qimu was scolded and became angry: "You ungrateful child, you dare to give me a lecture for a woman? Everything I do is for you! That vile woman wasn't even worthy of you. If it weren't for her decent background, I wouldn't have allowed her to marry into our family. And now that I have given her face, she still refuses to marry you. What can I do? It's all because she is pressuring me!"
Qi Yan is trembling with anger. What kind of twisted logic and nonsense is this?
Marriage is a matter of mutual willingness. Why should she be forced to marry just because he wants to marry someone else? If she doesn't want to marry, she will be pressured and subjected to malicious rumors.
"You, you are simply..."
His voice trembled, but he couldn't continue. If the person in question was an ordinary citizen, he could naturally reprimand them, but this person is his birth mother, and the filial piety is weighing on him. He couldn't articulate his reasoning.
"I won't talk to you anymore. I'll go apologize to the Xie family right away."
He turned and started walking, but Qimother quickly caught up and tightly grabbed his arm. "You can't go! The Xie family is in the wrong now. Sooner or later, they will have to back down. If you go, it will be a disgrace to the Qifamily. I can't let you go!"
Quan Yan shook her hand to free herself from the restraint: "Mother, can you speak rationally?! She didn't do anything wrong in the first place. Why do you have to force her with groundless accusations?! Let go!"
Qimu couldn't hold him back, watching him about to leave, she cried out desperately, "If you dare to walk out of this door today, then don't recognize me as your mother!"
Qiyu's footsteps halted, and he stood frozen in place for a long time without moving.
祁母只当自己要挟住了他,面露得意,连忙从地上爬起来,想将他拉回来,可对上的却是一双满是失望的眼睛。
“母亲,你当真以为谢家可欺?”
Goddess Qimu was still somewhat wary of this kind of family. After all, they were once at the top of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In the past, she couldn't even reach the door of the Xie family. But now, it's different. Qiyun, on the other hand, has been soaring to new heights. What is it that Qiyun lacks compared to the Xie family?
"Son, you don't have to be too cautious. The Xie family isn't that powerful. We now have them in a vulnerable position. If they don't want their daughter to remain a spinster forever, they will have no choice but to come and plead with us..."
Enough!
Qi Yan couldn't bear to listen anymore. He didn't want to divorce in the first place. He wanted to give each other a chance, give Mingzhu a way out, and not to coerce her with any handle. If he had known that things would turn out like this, he would never have persisted.
That he owed many girls, he hurt her again.
"I must give Mingzhu an explanation for this matter."
He still walked out, and Qi's mother clearly didn't expect him to have this attitude. She sat on the ground and cried out, "The son I raised actually doesn't want me as his mother anymore just for a woman..."
Qi Yan was forced to stop, and Qi Mu's nagging made his face turn pale: "Can you please stop making a fuss?"
This scolding made Qi Mu stunned for a moment, and then she cried even louder. Qi Yan was so angry that his vision went dark, and he staggered, almost falling. Qi Mu was startled and was about to get up to check on him, but then she heard Qi Yan calling for the servant Qingzhu to come.
"Take the old lady back to her yard and don't let her come out for now."
Qingzhu had never seen Qi Yan with such an ugly expression, and didn't dare to delay. She quickly led a few maidservants to send Qi's mother back to her own residence. However, Qi's mother refused to listen and sat on the ground, throwing a tantrum. The maidservants attempted to approach her several times but were kicked and pushed away by her.
The scene suddenly became chaotic, and Qi Yan was about to step forward and take action when he heard a light cough behind him.
He turned around and saw a graceful figure standing at the door.
"Mingzhu?" Qi Yan exclaimed in surprise. "What brought you here?"
A single sentence halted the chaos in the courtyard, causing both Qi's mother and the servants to look over in this direction.
Mingzhu walked in, and Qiyan was afraid that Qimu would make things difficult for her again. He stepped forward to block her halfway: "I know why you came. Wait a moment, let me escort my mother back to the courtyard, and then I will go to the Xie family to find you. Don't worry, I will never let you bear such a bad reputation."
"Villain!"
Mother Qi didn't expect that all her fussing wouldn't change Qi Yan's mind. She was so angry that she pounded the ground and refused to get up.
Mingzhu, however, said nothing more. She simply turned and opened the door behind her.
    The bustling scene outside became clear in an instant. On New Year's Eve, there was no curfew, and even though it was already late, there were still crowds of people outside.
    "Madam, continue to cry and make a scene. With so many people outside, they should be happy to watch the excitement."

With a dark face, Qimu cried and made a scene at home, in order to coerce her son. However, if she really managed to attract people and spread this matter, she would no longer be able to hold her head up in the noble wives' circle.
"Unkind intentions!"
She spat and got up from the ground herself.
Qi Yan looked at Mingzhu with a complicated expression, feeling an indescribable sensation in his heart. Mingzhu has really changed a lot. In the past, when she saw Qi's mother, she would unconsciously evade. But now, she firmly grasps the other's weakness.
"I'm sorry, about this matter..."
"I don't want to know the details," Mingzhu softly spoke and handed over a box, "I came today just to return this to you."
Qi Yan had a premonition and when the box opened, it was indeed a marriage certificate.
"Mingzhu..."
Qi Yan didn't know what to say, but Qi's mother became angry: "You don't know how to appreciate. Do you know that no one else is willing to accept except for our family..."
"Please, Madam, go back!"
Qiyun shouted sternly, and the servants immediately grabbed Mrs. Qi to carry her away, but was stopped by Mingzhu.
"Mingzhu, you..."
He thought Mingzhu would be soft-hearted and felt even more guilty in his heart. However, Mingzhu just moved aside and said, "Madam might not be able to live in peace in the Qi residence, so Mother specially invited an elder."
Qiyu was stunned, and Qimu also looked over, but she didn't think much of it. What means could the Xie family have?
But in the next moment, her face stiffened.
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