Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade

Liang Jinzhao said anxiously, "Mother, if you don’t want to see Embroider, we won’t stay in the mansion after we get married. Whenever you’re willing to see her, that’s when we’ll move back. How about that?"

Lady Cui cried with anger, tears streaming down her face as she said, "You’re my retribution. When I gave birth to you, it was as if you came to settle debts. As a child, I worried about your health, and now that you’ve grown, I worried about whom you would marry. Yet you still upset me so."

Seeing Lady Cui in this state, Liang Jinzhao also felt a sadness welling up, reddening his eyes as he said, "Son knows he has made Mother suffer. But what can be done? Son only wants to marry Embroider, and none of the girls Mother mentioned appeal to me."

Lady Cui choked out angrily, "You insist on infuriating me to death, don’t you? To call off this marriage proposal, Mother has been hurt so deeply, turned into a laughingstock throughout the Capital City. Now we have nearly cut ties with my family. It took so much effort to call off the previous engagement, and now you say you want to marry her. Fine, fine, you get married, since my words have no place here anymore. You don’t need to come to me, I can’t stand it." After speaking, she turned away to wipe her tears.

Liang Jinzhao quickly got off the chair and knelt before Lady Cui, choking up as he said, "Mother, I’m sorry for saddening you. But the person Son wishes to marry is only her, and she is the only one in Son’s heart, with no room for anyone else. I beg you to grant your blessing."

Then, he knelt there and kowtowed several loud times. The thud, thud, thud of his forehead hitting the ground caused Lady Cui’s heart to clench with each successive impact. Clenching her handkerchief tightly, she steeled herself not to turn back.

As Lady Cui didn’t turn around, Liang Jinzhao kept kowtowing relentlessly. Sister Cui, who had been waiting outside, could not bear it any longer and quickly lifted the curtain to come in.

She knelt down and, embracing Liang Jinzhao, cried, "Young master, please, do not be stubborn. This is too painful for Madam." She then pleaded with Lady Cui, "Madam, you think of the young master every day, and you look forward to his return. Why fight as soon as he comes back? No one is more heartbroken than you are seeing him like this. Why continue to be so hard-hearted and let him carry on kowtowing?"

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. After a moment, Lady Cui sighed faintly and, without turning around, said softly, "Zhaozhao, go back. Marry whoever you wish, I won’t interfere anymore; I’m incapable of doing so. I’m tired and wish to rest."

Seeing the situation, Sister Cui advised Liang Jinzhao, "Eldest young master, please leave for now and let Madam rest quietly."

Liang Jinzhao, with no other choice and tears rolling down his cheeks, gave Lady Cui another kowtow and said, "Mother, your son has been unfilial and made you angry. Please rest, and in a few days, your son will come to visit you again." After speaking, he got up and walked out.