eurekapd Chapter 590 Intentionally Destroying Him
Chapter 590 Intentionally Destroying Him
Here, Zhao instructed the kitchen to prepare a family dinner for tonight, and then went to Madam Meng's yard to announce the good news.
While feeding Mrs. Meng medicine, Zhao said, "Mother, the results of the autumn examination are announced today. Chengzhang is on the list and he is the top scorer."
Upon hearing this, Madam Meng felt quite happy in her heart and tried to force a smile, but her body was not in good condition, and with her mouth and eyes crooked, she couldn't even smile.
The next moment, she suddenly remembered that her second grandson and eldest granddaughter were of the same kind. No matter how successful they were, they would not benefit her younger grandson, but would only suppress her younger grandson. That bit of joy was instantly diluted.
Thinking of this, she felt a surge of resentment in her heart. She resented her son for being so unfilial to her. Not only did he make her sick with anger, but he also deposed her grandson from his position as crown prince and locked her grandson up. The two of them have not been able to meet each other until now.
Zhao noticed that her mother-in-law looked unhappy, but pretended not to notice. Her job was to have the maids and servants take good care of her mother-in-law and have the doctor prescribe good medicine to prolong her life. She couldn't let her stepson delay his work because of mourning. She didn't care about anything else.
Old Madam Meng was so angry that she even refused to take the medicine and simply refused to cooperate with Zhao.
Zhao didn't dare to let her be so willful, so she gently advised: "Mother, I know you are afraid of taking medicine, but good medicine tastes bitter. You have to get better. In the future, you have to see Chengzhang and Chengxing get married and have great-grandchildren."
Chengxing gets married?
Mrs. Meng's dull and turbid eyes suddenly lit up. She thought that her grandson would get married in the future, and her son could not keep her grandson locked up when arranging the marriage. When her grandson was released from house arrest, they would be able to meet. Then she would let her grandson know that her stroke and paralysis were not caused by her grandson, but because she was angry with her son.
Zhao was relieved to see that she started to cooperate with the medicine.
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In the evening, Meng Dongyuan and his wife had a family dinner with Meng Chengzhang and Qiao Yunying. With the happy event of Meng Chengzhang's success in the imperial examination, the scene was quite harmonious.
They held a family dinner to celebrate today. Zhao did not forget Meng Chengxing who was confined to the courtyard, and sent him a sumptuous dinner. Because she had always treated all the children of the Meng family equally and had never treated them harshly, her reputation for being virtuous had long spread outside the mansion.
Meng Chengxing couldn't go out, so he could only have fun with his maids in his own yard, living a life of drunkenness and dreams.
At this moment, his face was pale and dejected, with puffy eyes, and he looked like he had overindulged himself with the maid. His moon-white undershirt was loosely worn on his body, and he was hugging his favorite maid and being affectionate with her. When he saw the maid setting the table, the dinner was unusually sumptuous, and he was a little puzzled: "Why is the dinner so sumptuous today?"
The maid answered truthfully, "Third Master, the results of the Autumn Examination were announced today, and the Crown Prince won the first place, becoming the champion of this Autumn Examination. The mansion is holding a banquet to celebrate, so the meal tonight is sumptuous."
Meng Chengxing's face changed when he heard this. He subconsciously pushed the maid away. The maid was thrown to the ground unexpectedly. Seeing that he looked bad, she didn't dare to say anything even though she was hurt. She only heard him ask in disbelief: "What did you say?"
The maid saw his horrifying expression, and although she was frightened, she still repeated what she had just said.
After hearing this, Meng Chengxing's face darkened terribly, but he laughed out loud after a while, looking like a madman. The position of the crown prince belonged to his second elder brother, and now that his second elder brother had passed the imperial examination, his father would have done everything he could to support his second elder brother, and would have forgotten that he was his son. But why? He was obviously his father's son, but he was confined to the courtyard, living a life that was neither human nor ghost.
He really hated his father. He was obviously the legitimate son and all the glory should have belonged to him, but his father treated him like this. If killing a son was not detrimental to his reputation, his father would have wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible, just to avenge Dong's child who had never seen the light of day.
His father is so cruel. The father-son relationship they have had for more than ten years is not as strong as that of an unborn child. It is said that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather, and this is indeed true.
He laughed until tears came out of his eyes, gnashing his teeth, with hatred in his voice, and said, "Okay, okay, okay, everything is fine, hahaha!"
Even though he has lost his power, is confined to the courtyard and is no longer valued by his father, the servants in the courtyard dare not neglect him. Now the maids in the house are frightened by his reaction and they huddle in fear, not daring to say a word to provoke him.
It is not quite like the case to say that the Third Young Master has become an abandoned child of the Meng family. If any servant neglected the Third Young Master and the news reached the Madam's ears, she would definitely punish him severely. He does not seem like an abandoned child at all.
Although the Third Young Master had not been abandoned, he was under house arrest and could not leave the yard. The Earl had never even looked at him.
The host's attitude towards the Third Young Master was indeed ambiguous, but it seemed to be conveying a subtle signal that as long as the Lord calmed down, the Third Young Master would be able to lift the house arrest. They were father and son, so could the Lord be angry for the rest of his life? Sooner or later, he would calm down.
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The next morning.
The servant in Meng Chengxing's courtyard hurried to find Zhao and told her that Meng Chengxing had fainted.
When Zhao learned that her stepson had fainted on the belly of a maid due to overindulgence, her face darkened. This was a family scandal, but she was the stepmother and could not interfere too much, so she said, "Go and ask the palace doctor to treat the third young master." After that, she ordered her trusted maid, "Go and find the master and tell him that I have something important to tell him."
Meng Dongyuan had not gotten up yet and was hugging his concubine tenderly. This concubine was his new one and looked somewhat similar to his ex-wife Dong. Unfortunately, she did not have Dong's talent and was just an empty shell. However, he was satisfied that she was three-quarters similar to Dong.
In recent days, he has been staying in his concubine's room every day and working every night, hoping that his concubine, who looks a little like Dong, can give him a child. The child he had with Dong was killed by Chengxing, the rebellious son, before he was born. If he can let his new concubine give birth to a child for him, the child will probably look a little like Dong, which will fulfill his wish.
When the maid's voice came from outside, saying that Zhao had something urgent to discuss with him, he instantly lost interest and even felt a little unhappy. He didn't want to see Zhao, but the maid urged him, saying that it was related to Chengxing, the rebellious son, so he had to let his concubine help him get up and dress, and then go to see Zhao.
When he arrived at Zhao's courtyard, he saw that Zhao's face was solemn. He was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "What trouble has he caused again? He is such a bad boy. He can't even rest in peace when he is locked up."
Zhao told the truth, and at the end she said, "Chengxing is young and doesn't know how to be restrained. The maids in his yard are restless and always teasing him. Why not send them all to work in the farm and replace them with a group of honest and decent maids?"
She felt that this was the right way to deal with him. She could send him to work on the farm, then find a good man to marry, have children, and live an ordinary life. It was better than wasting her time with Meng Chengxing.
However, Meng Dongyuan disagreed and said, "Those maids have already become his people, how can we send them away? This time they didn't serve him well, so we should just deduct their monthly wages as a punishment."
Is this intended to be handled with care?
Zhao frowned slightly and caught a glimpse of the indifference and calculation in his eyes. She felt a chill involuntarily in her heart. Not only was he planning to spoil her son, but he was also planning to ruin her body by indulging in women all day long. He was only a teenager and was so indulgent. His body would soon be drained. If his body was severely depleted, he would collapse.
Even a tiger doesn't eat its own cubs, but he can be so cruel.
Forget it. She had said what she needed to say. Her biological father had arranged it this way, so as a stepmother, she would not intervene too much. For a child like Meng Chengxing, even if she took care of him and tried to change his temper with all her heart, he would not appreciate it and might even resent her. Why should she do something that was thankless? When she went to visit him later, she could just give him a few words of advice. As for whether he would listen to her advice or not, that had nothing to do with her.
Meng Dongyuan thought of another thing and said, "The contraceptive soup must be prepared for those maids. Don't neglect it. Otherwise, they will have illegitimate children before they get married, which will ruin the family's reputation and affect Chengzhang's reputation."
Zhao replied: "There will be no omissions in this."