Call Me the Mother of Quick Transmigration: Chapter 274

Translator: Jalyss
Editor: Odyssey

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Chapter 274 – My Son Has Facial Paralysis (part 5) 

When Li Su, Wen Yu, and Caiyue were talking, Li Chen heard it all in the room next door. He looked down at his right hand, as if he could still feel her warmth.  

He actually liked Li Su. He liked listening to her talk, liked the way she looked at him, and he liked it when she hugged him.  

This feeling was very much like the feeling of a mother. 

But he was afraid when he arrived at his uncle’s house. That woman was so kind to him. She would hug and kiss him. At that time, he was full of joy, thinking that he had a home again. But, reality told him that everything was his wishful thinking. He kept in mind the words that the woman said when she beat and scolded him.  

She said that he was a bearer of bad luck and that nobody liked him. That was why his mother abandoned him and remarried. She said that he was a burden and it was better for him to die. 

Sometimes, he really wished he’d just died like that. That way, he wouldn’t have to endure it any more. 

However, someone rescued him, brought him here, washed him, asked for a doctor to see him, and gave him medicine. There was also a beautiful fairy-like person who said that she was his mother. 

These past few days were like a dream. 

However, he was afraid. He didn’t dare to relax. He wasn’t sure how long this ‘mother’ would like him. Therefore, he should not like her, so that when he was abandoned, he would not be so sad. 

But at the same time, Li Chen silently prayed in his heart. He hoped that this mother’s love would last a little longer. He hoped that he could have this beautiful dream for a bit longer. 

When Li Su went to Xishan to do things, she thought about it again, but still brought Li Chen with her. For one thing, after all, his biological father was one who died in battle, so he should go. Second, it would take a long time, and she would be away during that time. She was afraid that if she left for too long, the child would think that he was abandoned again. This would be bad for the child’s mental health. 

Therefore, even though Li Chen’s injury hadn’t healed yet, Li Su took him with her.  

She was afraid of Li Chen misunderstanding, so Li Su explained it to him before finally asking, “Chen’er, do you understand?” 

Li Chen didn’t know if it was because he lost too much in the past few years. These days, he had been given delicious food, but he still didn’t put on any weight. He was still pale and had big black eyes. 

At this moment, those big dark eyes looked at Li Su. 

Then, he nodded slowly.  

Li Su jumped up from the bed excitedly and accidentally kicked the bed board. When the frightened maids heard a yelp, they flocked to check on her condition. 

Li Su was pushed to sit on a chair. Wen Yu and Wen Mo moved to check her over, taking off her shoes and socks to check.  

But Li Su met Li Chen’s gaze through the crowd, and she clearly saw the worry in his eyes. They locked gazes, and Li Chen was stunned. Li Su showed a bright smile. “Don’t worry. Mother is fine!” 

Li Chen quickly looked away, but he still looked at her from time to time.  

Li Su’s feet were not a big deal. She just hit the bed board and it hurt a little. Wen Yu and the others were greatly surprised. 

However, Li Su was still very happy. Facts had proved that Li Chen was finally a little emotional. Otherwise, he always had a paralysed face. It was boring! She was very worried about Li Chen’s future wife! 

Before Li Su went to Xishan, she went to the palace again. After all, she was going to be going for more than a month, so she must report to the empress dowager. 

The empress dowager heard that she was going to Xishan to do a ritual for the souls who died in battle, and nodded. It seemed that Su Su didn’t know about the rumors in the capital. It wasn’t a bad thing to leave the capital to avoid the limelight. Recently, a lot of gossip in the capital had spread to her ears. It was very outrageous. She ordered Zhao Tianfu to investigate to see who was so bold to dare to say such things about the county princess she had adopted! 

The next day, Li Su took Li Chen to the Huguo Temple in Xishan.  

At about the same time, Zhao Tianfu also found out who was behind the gossip.  

“Mrs. Jiang-Wang? Jiang Wande’s wife? How dare the wife of a small official be so audacious?” The empress mother couldn’t believe her ears. When did this idiot appear in the capital? 

“This Mrs. Jiang-Wang is just the daughter of a fisherman. She is very ignorant. Jiang Wande’s original wife died of illness. Within half a year, Jiang Wande married Mrs. Jiang-Wang as his wife. Jiang Hewen was born eight months after the marriage and was said to be premature. In fact, the two had something before they got married.” Zhao Tianfu reported his investigation results to the empress dowager. 

“Although this Mrs. Jiang-Wang has bad virtues, she still has some luck. The two sons of Jiang Wande’s original wife were born weak and sick. As soon as she entered the family, she gave birth to a healthy and intelligent son to the Jiang family, and also Jiang Wande’s two sons. In addition, Jiang Wande has some sincerity towards her, so although she is ignorant and stupid, she has been living a good life. In this incident, although the Jiang family put all the blame on the woman, Jiang Wande, in order to quell the anger of Empress Dowager, His Majesty, and County Princess, beat Jiang Hewen firmly and then sent him back to his hometown. Mrs. Jiang-Wang was reluctant to let this happen to her son, and because she was pregnant again, Jiang Wande let her be. This stupid woman doesn’t know how high the sky is. She makes trouble during the day and antagonises the county princess, ” Zhao Tianfu said respectfully. 

As for the words spread outside, they were so filthy that Zhao Tianfu was angry when he heard it. He did not dare to tell the empress dowager.  

The rumours said that Li Chen was basically a wild child born that was the result of the county princess and a wild man at the border. They also said that the county princess’ personal morality was corrupted. There were many other unsavoury things said. 

“Ignorant and stupid woman! Damn her!” The emperor strode in. He obviously heard those rumors too. 

“Why is the emperor here?” The empress dowager frowned.  

“Empress mother! You don’t know…” The emperor hesitated. 

The empress dowager reached out to stop him. “We know everything. Jiang Wande is a court official, We can’t control him. The emperor can handle it, but this Mrs. Jiang-Wang! Servant, pass Our decree. Remove her official title. Let the nanny from the Imperial Household Department go to the Jiang family’s house to teach Mrs. Jiang-Wang well.”  

“Remember, she needs to kneel and listen to the training,” the emperor added. “As for Jiang Wande, his housekeeping was lax and his personal morality was compromised. He will be demoted three ranks and fined for one year as an example.” 

When the decree came, Jiang Wande was stunned and Mrs. Jiang-Wang also looked horrified. She looked at Jiang Wande. “Master!” In all the time she had lived, she had never encountered anything big in the world, but she also had not encountered any big storms. Even if she occasionally had to deal with some hardships, Jiang Wande solved it for her. In her heart, Jiang Wande was her god. Under Jiang Wangde’s protection, she could behave as she did for decades, and no one dared to say anything about her. She was used to it, and thought that the outside world was the same as inside Jiang Mansion, where she could act recklessly and frivolously. 

Jiang Wande didn’t care about her at this time. He looked at the inner servant who passed the order, “My lord, I don’t know why my wife was demoted and how she made the empress dowager angry. Please clarify why, my lord!” Then he took out a purse from his pocket and stuffed it into the hands of the servant.  

The inner servant who passed the decree weighed the purse. It was light and weighed about a silver note, and smiled with satisfaction. “Madam Ling is very talented. She dared to arrange a plot against the imperial court’s mandated county princess. The county princess’ parents died in battle. The county princess’ title was something that was conferred to her by the imperial court, so how could Madam Ling plot against the county princess? Thankfully, some words that were said were too unbearable to hear, so the empress dowager and His Majesty never heard them. Otherwise…hehe, Lord Jiang should look out for himself.” 

After speaking, he left. 

Jiang Wande’s face was as white as paper. He gritted his teeth and sent off the servant. Looking back, he saw that the two maids who were sent by the Imperial Household Department were ordering Jiang Wangshi, who had a big belly, to kneel. He didn’t have time to think about it, and went over to meet them. “Wet nurses, is it the empress dowager’s will to have my wife kneel and listen to training? For how long? My wife is pregnant, so I’m afraid she won’t be able to kneel for a long time. I also ask the wet nurses to be accommodating.” After speaking, he handed over two more pouches. 

The wet nurse took the purse, but still said, “The empress dowager did not specify a time. When the empress dowager is no longer angry, the empress dowager will let us go back. As for the other side, that is not something we can manage. Madam Jiang, kneel down. This older servant is going to start teaching you the rules.”  

The teaching lasted for an hour. In the end, the wet nurse stopped because of the purse. “Tomorrow at three o’clock, these servants will come back to the mansion and continue to teach the madam the rules.” 

Jiang Wande didn’t care to check Mrs. Jiang-Wang’s situation. He quickly sent off the wet nurses respectfully. When he came back, Mrs. Jiang-Wang had already been carried to bed and the doctor was taking her pulse. 

Jiang Wande saw that her face was colourless, her knees were purple, and he could no longer complain. 

Mrs. Jiang-Wang looked at him faintly. “You said that no one would bully me again.” He lied! 

Jiang Wande was so angry that he almost jumped. Yes, he said that. Didn’t he do that for so many years? This time, it was her who killed herself. The one she targetted wasn’t just Mrs. Li, she was the county princess. She plotted against the county princess, which then antagonised the empress dowager! He hadn’t blamed her for dragging him down three ranks, and she had the nerve to say that?! 

But looking at Mrs. Jiang-Wang’s pale face, Jiang Wande’s words of guilt came to his lips. He still held back. “Be calm in the future!” How did she think she could act so arbitrarily in the capital? In the end, they were from a small family. He didn’t know what to do. 

It’s just that Jiang Wande felt a little guilty when he said this. Mrs. Jiang-Wang’s willful behavior was also because of her whole-hearted trust in him. He also enjoyed this dependence, which made him feel like a real man! She was just a fisherman’s daughter, so what kind of world had she seen? Everything she knew was taught by him. In her heart, there was probably no one more powerful than him in the world. Because of his pride as a man he never explained this to her. 

If she hadn’t met him, she would still be a fisherwoman on the Biluo River, living a simple life. 

In the end, it was he who had troubled her. Moreover, she was now pregnant again, and she was carrying his son in her womb. At her age, she was still giving him a child. It was hard, so how could he bear to blame her? 

They were all third-born bastards who did something wrong and implicated their parents and clansmen. 

Jiang Wande sighed and patted Mrs. Jiang-Wang’s hand. “From now on, let’s pretend that we don’t have a son called Hewen.” She should stop doing stupid things for him! 

Mrs. Jiang-Wang’s tears rolled down her cheeks as she nodded slowly. Then, she reached out and touched her stomach. Fortunately, she still had a son.  

Originally, she was ignorant and fearless, thinking that no matter what happened, as long as her husband was there, she would be fine. Now that she finally got this lesson, it turned out that her husband was not omnipotent! She was really terrified and didn’t dare do it again. 

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