Ever since Madam Hou had exposed her own deeds, Su Zhimin had been so shocked that he could not speak for a long time!
Was this still the gentle, kind mother he knew?
So his mother was the reason Mo'er had never conceived!
How could she do such a thing?
Did she know how desperately he wanted Mo'er to bear a child of their own?
Every time he and Mo'er had agonized over having a child, how had she managed to stand by and watch so coldly?
When had his mother become like this?
Su Zhimin looked at Madam Hou and asked:
"Madam Hou, whenever you saw my husband and me suffering over our inability to have a child, did you not feel even a shred of guilt?"
"Guilt?
From the very beginning, I never intended to let you conceive the eldest legitimate grandson of our Marquis's Residence. What do I have to feel guilty about?"
"You..."
Su Zhimin was so shocked that he could not speak for a long time.
Master Li looked at Madam Hou and continued:
"Madam Hou, what was your ultimate goal in doing all this?"
"Are you stupid?
I've already said so much, and you still don't understand?
I did all this so we could repudiate Mrs. Li with proper justification and seize her entire dowry!
I didn't want the eldest legitimate grandson of the Marquis's Residence to come from Mrs. Li's womb because, once we repudiated her, I wanted her to have no further ties to the Marquis's Residence!
That way, she wouldn't keep entangling herself with the Marquis's Residence over a child!"
Master Li said contemptuously:
"I knew your intentions long ago. I merely wanted you to say them yourself!"
The crowd erupted again:
"Madam Hou's calculating abacus is really clacking away!"
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