Du Huaqing's classmates had long disliked him. After all, for a scholar to do such a thing was simply uncivilized.

Now that I hear that he is so rebellious and even unfilial to the mother who raised him, I naturally want to criticize him.

So a group of people came to the Du family in a mighty manner, wanting to make Du Huaqing admit his mistake directly from a moral and righteous perspective.

Du Huaqing was covered in dust and dirt. Since he had no clean clothes to change into, he had no choice but to go and wash his clothes. But he heard banging on the door and a lot of noisy sounds.

Du Huaqing didn't know what was going on. He straightened his clothes and went to open the door. As a result, he saw his former classmate with an angry look on his face.

He felt very confused, and seeing so many people watching, he felt disgusted, but he still maintained a polite appearance, "What do you want from me?"

One of the scholars didn't care about that. He stepped forward and started to accuse him, "Du Huaqing, you have studied the sage books for so many years, but you actually ignored your bedridden mother. I am ashamed to have been your classmate for so many years."

Several other scholars also expressed their opinions and began to accuse Du Huaqing.

Du Huaqing's face changed drastically when he heard this. If what he said today were to get out, his reputation would be completely ruined.

He quickly retorted loudly that he had always been filial to his mother and how could she slander him without any evidence? He was really not worthy of being a scholar.

However, Du Huaqing's rebuttal seemed feeble and powerless to them. After all, there is no smoke without fire, and the news had already spread.

So someone simply pulled Du Huaqing aside and rushed in, wanting to see it with his own eyes.

However, there was a nosy old woman who was eager to watch the fun and even rushed forward to point out the room where Du's mother was to the group of scholars.

In fact, as soon as I came in, I smelled an indescribable stench, especially in Du's mother's room.

The old woman started yelling, "What a sin! Aunt Du's bed is full of dirt. It's obvious that it hasn't been cleaned for many days. They are trying to stink her to death."

This time, Du Huaqing was completely labeled as unfilial, and he would never have a chance to turn things around from now on.

Du's mother in the room had heard the noise outside a long time ago. Although she had been blaming her son these days, no matter how bad her son was, it was not something that others could say. Moreover, if those words were confirmed, her son's future would be ruined.

So Du's mother endured the pain in her body and yelled at them at the top of her voice, scolding them for meddling in other people's business and saying that her son was very filial.

But those people only believed what they saw and ignored what Du's mother said at all.

Scholars value their reputation the most. If they are accused of being unfilial, basically no one will be willing to guarantee them for fear of being implicated, which would completely ruin their chances of a career in politics.

Du Huaqing stood there in a daze with cold hands and feet. Facing everyone's accusations, his mind was blank. After everyone left, he finally couldn't stand and fell to the ground. Everything was over.

When he came to his senses, he still heard Du's mother swearing. He was furious and blamed all the mistakes on Du's mother.

He rushed directly into Du's mother's room and smashed things. "It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, how could I be blamed by so many people? If it weren't for your instigation, how could my good marriage be ruined and I couldn't even go to the academy? If it weren't for you, how could Lian'er leave? Now it's good, I am ruined. I studied hard for more than ten years, but now I am completely useless. What hope do I have in the future? All this is your fault."

When Du's mother heard her son's heart-wrenching words, she felt like the sky was falling. This was the son she had raised with her own hands and she had protected him everywhere, but now he blamed all the mistakes on her. How could this not make her feel heartbroken?

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