Chapter 503: The Betrayal Scumbag 5
Chapter 503: The Betrayal Scumbag 5
Kong Lishen's face turned ugly: "Mother, what do you mean by this? Did father tell you in person that he wants to give up the child and raise a concubine's son?"
"Nonsense," Kong's mother glared at her son and said, "If your father hadn't said this to me personally, would I have said this to you? Besides, don't you know what kind of person your father is?"
"Li Shen! Just consider it as a plea from your mother. Please stop being so stubborn and disregarding everything for a vixen."
Mother Kong did not intend to tell her about her plan for Jiang Chunxi. All mothers are like this! They don't want to expose their vicious side to their children.
"You know what our family was like originally," Kong's mother continued, "it was only after Chunxi came to our house and her dowry was given to me to manage that our family gradually became better off. Over the years, we have been able to live a life of luxury, all thanks to Chunxi's dowry."
"Not to mention that Chunxi's father saved your father's life, all the food and drink our family has spent over the years was earned from Chunxi's dowry shop. You can't break your promise and break the engagement."
"Also, you have always loved Chunxi since you were a child. I don't believe that you really don't like Chunxi at all now. Do you want to watch Chunxi marry someone else before you regret it?"
"I wouldn't do that," Kong Lishen said immediately, and his expression made it seem like he was trying to hide something. "My feelings for Chunxi are just brotherly love. I was young and ignorant before, so I mistook brotherly love for love. It wasn't until I met Wanfan and fell in love with her that I realized that my feelings for Chunxi were just brotherly love, and there wasn't any love between a man and a woman."
"Mother," Kong Lishen looked at her mother, "I know I am sorry for Chunxi, but I really cannot marry her. I can make up for my debt to Chunxi in other ways in the future, but I absolutely do not want to use my whole life's happiness to make up for Chunxi."
"I have already failed Chunxi, and I absolutely cannot fail Wanfan again, so I will cancel the engagement no matter what. Even if my father is disappointed in me and wants to raise a concubine, I will still cancel the engagement and marry Wanfan."
"Snapped!"
Kong's mother couldn't help but slap her son again: "How could I give birth to a son like you who is as stupid as a pig? You really don't care about anything for a vixen. Do you know what you will face in the future if your father abandons you?"
"Of course I know," Kong Li said with a serious face, "but I have confidence in myself. As long as I can get a good rank in the imperial examination, my father will never give up on me. Doesn't my mother have confidence in me?"
Kong Lishen has already passed the examination for a scholar, and is preparing to make another effort to take the examination for a juren next year, so he is not worried at all that his father will really give up on him, because none of his half-brothers has a talent for studying, and even if his father wants to train his half-brothers, he is completely powerless.
Therefore, in the end, the only one his father could count on was him, his legitimate son, so he had nothing to worry about.
Of course, Confucius' mother knew that her son had a talent for studying, but he was not as good as her husband. You have to know that her husband was among the top three in the imperial examination and was designated as the second place by the emperor, otherwise he would not have stayed in the capital to be an official.
"What does it matter if I have confidence in you?" said Kong's mother. "With your little talent for studying, I don't know how long it will take for you to pass the imperial examination. You don't think that just because you passed the exam, you are the god of literature and will easily pass the imperial examination in the future!"
Although she said this, Kong's mother still softened her tone: "Li Shen! I know what you are thinking. You just think that none of your half brothers can read, so you don't take your father's threat seriously."
"But don't you think about it? Your father is still in his prime. If he really wants to give up on you, his legitimate son, couldn't he take in a few more concubines and give birth to a few more illegitimate sons for you?"
"I am not afraid to tell you the truth. The reason why your brothers have no talent for studying is entirely because of my doing. Ever since they were old enough to understand, I let the servants who serve them guide them to only know how to have fun."
"And your father turned a blind eye to your behavior. After all, he also intended to train you as his legitimate son. But if you, his legitimate son, make him feel disappointed and give up on him completely, do you think he would indulge you to deal with his illegitimate son if he had a son in his old age?"
"Alas!" Kong's mother sighed and wiped her tears. "Think about it carefully! I am doing this for your own good. Your father is even more cruel than you know. If you really let him give up on you completely, he will never give you a second chance. Do you really want your father to give up on you completely for a woman?"
Kong Lishen's expression became tangled, but in the end Dong Wanfan prevailed: "Mother, I can't lose Wanfan. If you still want me as your son, then let me break off the engagement with Chunxi, otherwise you should be prepared to lose me as your son! Anyway, if I can't marry Wanfan, then I would rather die."
"You..." Mother Kong covered her chest, feeling like she was going to die of anger. "Okay, okay, you are really nice. You actually threatened me with death."
"That's fine! Go and kill someone right now and see if I will be soft-hearted," Mother Kong said, staring at her son with eyes wide open. "I'm telling you, Kong Lishen, don't even think of threatening me with death. Even if you run into a wall and die in front of me right now, I will never agree to you breaking off your engagement with Chunxi."
"I still say the same thing. If you want to cancel the engagement, then wait until I die. As long as I am still alive, don't even think about canceling the engagement with Chunxi, and don't even think about marrying that vixen."
"Mother, do you really have to force me?" Kong Lishen looked at his mother with red eyes, "Okay, okay, if that's the case, then I will die right in front of you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Lishen ran towards the pillar beside him.
Kong's mother was so frightened that she was stunned. It was not until her son fell to the ground with blood all over his head that she came to her senses. Then she shouted from outside: "Someone come! Hurry and get a doctor."
"Li Shen," Kong's mother rushed to her son in fear, lifted up half of his body and held him in her arms, with one hand covering the wound on his forehead, "Son! Don't scare me. If anything happens to you, how can I live?"
Kong Lishen looked unconscious at this moment, but he was just pretending. After all, he controlled the strength and angle when he hit the pillar just now.
So even though the wound on his forehead looks creepy, it is actually not a big deal.
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