Help! The General’s Gone Mad With Pampering Me

Chapter 3: A Troublesome Former Mother-in-law

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Mrs. Jin glanced at Shen Li’s dirty wedding dress and made an intriguing remark.

“Li’er, you should return to your father’s palace first.”

Zhong Ning was taken aback. She had always been a straightforward person, so she immediately spoke what’s on her mind.

“Li’er is already a lady of the Jin family. How can she return to her mother’s house?”

Mrs. Jin could not be bothered to put on an act anymore and made a prompt decision.

“That’s not true. She hasn’t even consummated her vows. How could she be considered the wife of the Jin family?”

Zhong Ning’s hands and feet turned cold. She said in disbelief, “What’s the meaning of this?”

Mrs. Jin could no longer hide the daggers in her eyes. Her voice turned shrill.

“Do I have to make things any clearer? Your daughter has already been defiled, and you still plan on marrying her into the Jin family?

“When the Imperial Censor passed away, I was already against this marriage.”

Mrs. Jin’s mouth went on and on like a machine gun.

Zhong Ning was so angry that her hands were trembling.

“You… How could you say that? Don’t you malign my daughter’s reputation! Moreover, your son was clearly the one who came to beg me to agree to this marriage.”

Mrs. Jin stubbornly refused to take Shen Li in.

“That was then and this is now. Besides, something like this happened on the day of her wedding. It speaks volumes of her misfortune. She might be a jinx who has jinxed her own parents to death. Is our family going to take in such a jinx? No way.”

At this point, Zhong Ning’s face had turned pale with anger. She was no match for Mrs. Jin when it came to twisting the truth.

Shen Li glanced at Jin Changqing, who was standing behind Mrs. Jin. He stood there like a tall statue, seemingly not intending on stepping in.

Shen Li snorted coldly and strode forward. She slapped Mrs. Jin, who was standing in front of Zhong Ning. The impact sent her staggering.

“You are so full of crap. Do you think I even want to enter your house?”

Mrs. Jin had not expected Shen Li to stand up for her. From what she could recall, Shen Li had always been a people-pleaser and a pushover.

Mrs. Jin was taken aback. She then took two deep breaths and pointed at Zhong Ning.

“Look, here’s the good daughter you’ve raised. She actually dares strike her elders. She’s uneducated. Fortunately, my son didn’t marry her.”

Mrs. Jin’s face trembled in anger after she finished speaking. She flicked her sleeves and was about to leave.

Jin Changqing, who had been silent all this while, looked at Shen Li with a resentful expression and complained to her.

“Mother has already said so. Why are you still talking back? How am I supposed to plead for mercy in front of Mother?”

Shen Li looked at Jin Changqing as if she was looking at an idiot. She sneered.

“Ha! That’s your mother? I was wondering which rodent was screeching in the street.”

Shen Li did not want to look at Jin Changqing’s face for a moment longer. She took her mother’s arm. She was pale with grief and fatigue. She led her home.

Along the way, Shen Li found it strange. That mother and son pair did not seem to think much of her. How did they even end up almost getting married?

After returning to her father’s palace and taking a bath, Shen Li looked at her face in the bronze mirror, which was exactly the same as her modern face. It dawned upon her.

The woman in the mirror had a face like a hibiscus, skin like snow, and a curvaceous figure. Her chest, in particular, was quite substantial.

Shen Li’s face and figure were the reason she had made a name for herself in the entertainment industry, in spite of her terrible acting skills.

Some of her fans even said that all Shen Li had to do was to stand there without moving, and a paycheck would still find its way to her.

Shen Li was staring at herself in the mirror in a daze when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Zhong Ning’s eyes were red from crying. She sniffed as she entered the room.

“I’m here for you. You can relax. I will definitely seek justice for you.”

Shen Li looked at the fragile Zhong Ning and sighed in her heart.

Shen Li spoke earnestly, after some thought. “Mother, calm down.”

“It’s fine if he doesn’t want to marry me. It’s not like I don’t have other options. Moreover, when danger came upon us, he fled like a mouse. He makes for a poor man.”

Zhong Ning nodded in confusion, then asked, “But if you do this, how are you going to get married in the future?”

Shen Li knew that for women born and raised in ancient times, not being able to get married was equivalent to the sky crashing down on their heads. However, it did not matter to her.

“As you can see today, Jin Changqing’s mother was so unreasonable. If I were to marry into that family, I don’t know what will happen to me. This had been a blessing in disguise.”

Zhong Ning blinked. She did not see how this was a good thing, but Shen Li’s words were very convincing.

It was getting late. The mother and daughter talked for a while. Before Zhong Ning left, she looked at Shen Li and hesitated. Finally, she stammered and asked, “Li ‘er, that group of people did nothing to you, did they?”

Shen Li touched her nose sheepishly. She knew what she was worried about. She shook her head and said, “It’s a good thing I’m a fast runner.”

Zhong Ning heaved a long sigh of relief and patted her chest. She left with considerably lighter footsteps.

At night, Shen Li lay on the bed and thought about her next move. The original owner of the body and her mother both looked weak and easy to bully, like little white flowers in a greenhouse. She could not figure out how they had lived so tenaciously for so many years.

No matter. Now that she was here, no one would bully them!

Shen Li was exhausted. She soon fell asleep. She had wanted to wake up naturally the next day, but things did not go as he wished.

The next morning, uninvited guests showed up. The noise gave Shen Li a rude awakening. She pushed the door open and saw Mrs. Jin quarreling with Zhong Ning in the front yard.

Mrs. Jin made threatening gestures and was about to hit Zhong Ning. Shen Li stepped forward immediately upon seeing this.

However, before she could get close, she saw a man suddenly walk over. The man was tall and dressed in coarse clothes.

He pushed Mrs. Jin away with a slap and stood in front of Zhong Ning in a protective stance.

Mrs. Jin staggered and fell to the ground. She lay stunned for a moment before she started cursing him. “You damn slave, you actually dare to hit people. Indeed, like master, like dog.

“Your daughter is not in a favorable position. If it wasn’t for Changqing, she wouldn’t even be qualified to be a concubine. You really don’t know what’s good for you.”

Zhong Ning was so angry that she exploded.

“You are way out of line. This palace is not a place where you can behave atrociously. You want my daughter as a concubine? Dream on!”

Mrs. Jin had just stood up. She prepared to continue scolding them.

Shen Li had already reached them. She picked up a flowerpot and emptied it on Mrs. Jin.

“Get lost!”

Mrs. Jin’s anger was thoroughly quenched by the water. No one spoke for a moment.

Zhong Ning was so angry that she put her hands on her hips. She no longer cared about etiquette. She pulled the person in front of her, and her voice turned dark.

“Gu Sheng, throw them out.”

The man named Gu Sheng walked towards Mrs. Jin after hearing her instructions.

He looked at her as if he was looking at a dead person. His words made her shudder.

“Are you going to leave, or are you going to wait for me to throw you out?”

Mrs. Jin had seen this servant before. She had heard that he was very skilled in martial arts. If anything, he had a name for himself in the martial arts world.

However, she had never heard him speak before. She had even gossiped about it.

“Everyone in the Shen family is mute. I don’t know if it’s because the air over there is bad. I just hope that Shen Li will not bring such misfortune to my house.”

At that time, Mrs. Jin only thought that he was just a servant. How impressive could he be? Why did they even make a fuss about his presence in the martial arts world?

But now…

When Mrs. Jin saw the man’s arm that was thicker than her calf, she hurriedly got up. She did not dare to breathe loudly and only looked up to meet Gu Sheng’s eyes. She was so frightened that her forehead was covered in sweat.

When she reached the main entrance, Mrs. Jin turned around and spat at him before boarding the carriage in a daze.