Chapter 529 Like a Blow to the Soul
Upon hearing this, Zhao was slightly taken aback. Her mother-in-law was scolding her without even asking any questions, directly pinning all the blame on her. This unreasonable old lady was like a shrew from the marketplace. What happened to the Meng family being a distinguished family?
With elders behaving like this, it's no wonder Meng Dongyuan is so ill-mannered. He treated her like this on their wedding night after marrying her. Like mother, like son. I wonder if the other children are the same.
She glanced at her unconscious husband on the bed and replied, "Mother, my husband was drunk and wanted to go find someone. He lost his balance and fell. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to help him up."
Madam Meng questioned, "Zhao, if you want to shirk your responsibility, you don't need to tell such a lie that even a three-year-old wouldn't believe. Tonight is your wedding night, who else could he go to?"
“My husband wants to find…” Zhao hesitated, then continued, “I believe Mother doesn’t want me to reveal who that person is right now.”
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Meng was stunned and hesitated. Her intuition told her that the person Zhao was going to talk about could not be said in front of the family physician. Her tone softened: "Then I'll listen to your excuses later!"
The physician from the Ling family took Meng Dongyuan's pulse. Listening to the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, he became nervous, afraid that he might hear something he shouldn't. After taking her pulse, he said, "Madam, the young master should be fine. He just hit his head and temporarily fainted. But he was drunk and will probably not wake up until tomorrow. I will prescribe some medicine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. After the young master wakes up, he can take the medicine and apply ointment to the swollen area on his head."
Madam Meng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then I'll trouble Physician Ling."
The physician from the Ling family hurriedly said, "Madam, you're too kind."
The physician from the Ling family wrote out a prescription and then left. Old Madam Meng instructed her maid to fetch the medicine and brew it.
Although Zhao was furious at her husband for treating her this way, it was a good thing that he was alright. Otherwise, if she had lost her husband on her wedding night, she would have been branded as a jinx, and the Meng family would have taken their anger out on her, and who knows how they would have tormented her.
Meng Chengzhang was also relieved for Zhao Shi. In the current situation, it was good that her father was alright; otherwise, given her grandmother's temperament, her stepmother would definitely have suffered.
Meng Chengxing was extremely disappointed. When he learned that his father had fallen and fallen into a coma, he was overjoyed and rushed over as fast as he could to see if his father would pass away that night.
When he came over, he thought that if his father fell to his death tonight, it would be a great thing for him, because his stepmother would be branded as a jinx, and his grandmother would definitely not let his stepmother have an easy time. As the heir apparent, he could inherit the title by right and right. In the future, he would be the Earl of Yongchang, and there would be no father to bother him.
Now, after examining his father, the imperial physician told him that his father was alright and would wake up tomorrow? This news was like a devastating blow, hard for him to accept. He had clearly seen the title beckoning to him, and he was about to inherit it, but now he still had to continue being the heir apparent.
Madam Meng glanced at Zhao Shi. Now that the outsiders had left, it was time for her to deal with Zhao Shi. The matchmaker had clearly said that Zhao Shi was quite good, but it turned out that she was not what she expected. She couldn't even take care of a man properly. She gestured for the maid to leave and then said, "Alright, the physician is leaving now, and the maids are all leaving. I'd like to hear how you have any excuses."
Zhao looked at her two stepsons and hesitated, "Mother, are you sure you want me to say this in front of the children?"
Madam Meng replied, "They are all members of the Meng family. What is there that you can't hear? Speak now, and don't try to change the subject. If you can't give me a clear answer today, I won't let you off the hook!"
Zhao lowered her head, looking aggrieved: "Mother, I am the newlywed bride of the Meng family, married in with great ceremony and a grand wedding procession. But I never expected that my husband would say he would kick me out on our wedding night and even divorce me."
Madam Meng frowned, instinctively thinking that Zhao was lying, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you say that my son was going out to find someone?"
Zhao added fuel to the fire, saying, "My husband was going out to look for someone. He kept calling out something about Huiyun. I didn't even know who Huiyun was. When I asked my husband, he said I wasn't worthy to mention Huiyun and told me to get out. Then he pushed me away and tried to find Huiyun, saying that they were a match made in heaven. But he lost his balance, stumbled, and fell, hitting his head on the table. Then he passed out."
Upon hearing this, Meng Chengzhang frowned. His father's belated display of affection was truly nauseating. Aunt Dong had already divorced his father, yet his father still kept bringing her up. It was truly unlucky.
Meng Chengxing was somewhat relieved. Fortunately, he had struck first. Otherwise, given Dong's favor with the emperor, he would certainly have lost his position as heir after she gave birth to a son.
Madam Meng's face was extremely ugly. She glared angrily at her son on the bed, her eyes filled with disappointment and disappointment. If Dong Huiyun had any feelings for this foolish son, she wouldn't have divorced him. It was her foolish son who was still thinking about Dong Huiyun. On his wedding night with his new wife, he was still thinking about going to Dong Huiyun. She had seen many young vixens, but she never expected that there was such an old vixen as Dong Huiyun, who could still bewitch her son at over twenty years old.
If this got out, what would become of the Meng family's reputation? Originally, Dong Shi was already furious that her son was being gossiped about after their divorce. In addition, her son still had feelings for Dong Huiyun, so she hurriedly found him a marriage partner. Firstly, she wanted her son to find a new love and forget his old flame, and secondly, she wanted to save face. Her son would marry a virtuous wife, while Dong Huiyun would still be unable to find a husband.
After a moment, Madam Meng asked in a deep voice, "Who was there at the time? Who saw my son say such things?"
Zhao replied, "At that time, it was just my husband and me in the room; there was no one else present."
After a moment's thought, Madam Meng looked at Zhao with a warning in her eyes and lied through her teeth: "My son is getting married tonight. He thought of his deceased father and wanted to offer incense to him and tell him the good news. However, he got drunk, lost his balance, fell, hit his head, and passed out."
Upon hearing this, Zhao knew that the matter was over and her mother-in-law would no longer blame her. She also wanted to cover up the truth to avoid airing the family scandal. She obediently agreed: "I understand. If my father knew of my husband's filial piety, he would be very gratified."
Madam Meng was pleased with her for being sensible and felt that she had made the right choice in marrying this daughter-in-law. She was an easy target, and her son didn't like Zhao Shi and wouldn't protect her. Since that was the case, she didn't mind treating Zhao Shi well, as long as Zhao Shi listened to her obediently and didn't act like that vixen Dong Shi, who was just annoying.
Madam Meng said gently, "Qianyi, tonight was supposed to be your wedding night, but this has happened. I'm so sorry you had to go through all this."
Zhao lowered her eyes to hide the mockery in them. She was a master at playing along, saying one thing to one person and another to another. She replied gently, "Mother, I don't feel wronged. My husband is so filial. It is my honor to have married such a good husband. I should be happy."
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