Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord
Chapter 575 - Chapter 575 Chapter 575 A Bitter Face

Chapter 575: Chapter 575: A Bitter Face Chapter 575: Chapter 575: A Bitter Face “Ugh…,”

Madam Ruan had a face of bitter agony. She wanted to say, “Daughter, your mother didn’t cheat; it’s really unfair!” She had been beaten by your father for no reason, but sadly, at this moment, her face was beyond recognition, and her mouth was swollen so severely that even enduring the pain, her words were muffled and unclear.

“Mother, you are so badly hurt, just take it easy, stop making it worse.” Madam Ruan was constantly moaning in pain, and Mo Xiuzhi, unable to understand, was getting impatient.

In the midst of this mother-daughter tete-a-tete.

Suddenly, Old Lady Mo swiftly walked up, raised her arm, and fiercely slapped Madam Ruan across the face.

“Slap!”

The sound of the slap was sharply distinct.

None of the villagers who witnessed this felt pity for Madam Ruan. They all thought that such an immoral woman deserved to be beaten. Had such a scandal occurred in their own families, they would have taken the matter straight to the village head to seek justice, perhaps even dunk her in a pig cage to avoid further disgrace to their name.

For Madam Ruan, it was adding insult to injury. Her face, already swollen like a pig’s head, now had a trace of blood seeping from the corner of her mouth after being brutally slapped by Old Lady Mo.

“Ah…!” Madam Ruan cried out in agony, covering the corner of her mouth with her hand, her expression one of extreme pain.

“Grandmother, what are you doing?” Mo Xiuzhi couldn’t help but scream.

“You wretched woman, you’ve tortured this old lady terribly! You and that fake monk have clearly known each other for a long time, yet you conspired with him to deceive me on the street. Was it to make it convenient for you to meet him privately if I brought him to Mo Family Village?” Old Lady Mo gritted her teeth, thinking to herself how Madam Ruan had conned her into being a paramour; she couldn’t relieve her fury without hitting her. What’s more, she had caused her son to be cuckolded, which was absolutely outrageous. The Mo family had already been under some bad luck recently. Just as her eldest son was putting away his green hat, now it seemed her youngest was next. The more Old Lady Mo thought about it, the angrier she became, wishing she could skin Madam Ruan to ease her hatred.

Madam Ruan was brutally slapped by Old Lady Mo, in both body and spirit.

It was indeed a calamity compounded by more misfortunes.

Her husband had deeply misunderstood her, and now her mother-in-law had discovered the truth.

Madam Ruan was so distraught she wanted to cry; it all started from her desire to seize Madam Xie’s wealth, which led her to lie to Old Lady Mo. She had hoped to use her help to amass wealth for her son’s bright future and their own luxurious lives. Unfortunately, not only did she not gain a single Copper Coin, but she also ruined her own reputation, and her husband deeply misunderstood her. It was truly a case of “trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice needed to lure it,” harming herself by trying to harm others.

“Ugh…!”

Well, her mouth was so swollen that Madam Ruan now didn’t even have a chance to argue.

Mo Xiuzhi, crying, pleaded with Old Lady Mo, “Grandmother, I beg you, please spare my mother. She has been beaten by my father so severely she can hardly talk. If you continue to beat her, she might die.”

“She deserves it. Our Mo family does not need an immoral woman,” said Old Lady Mo, her triangular eyes bulging fiercely as she stared at Madam Ruan.

“Grandmother, please spare my mother, for my brother’s sake. He still has a great future ahead of him, and he can’t afford to be without a mother.” Mo Xiuzhi, who often heard Old Master Mo talking at home, had, from listening, learned some of the rules about the governmental path.

For instance, scholars who pass the examination beyond the Scholar level are required to register with the government office, where their family history for eighteen generations is thoroughly scrutinized. They look into whether there’s a murderer in the family or if any relative has bad habits. If there’s a significant fault found, that scholar’s career is ruined, and he can never participate in the examinations again.