Chapter 147 Killing Three Birds with One Stone
Inside the Zhang family mansion, the screams instantly attracted the attention of the guests, who all ran towards the direction from which the sound came.
Today, the guests attending the Zhang family's wedding banquet include not only court officials and their families, but also many of the Zhang family's relatives and friends. Naturally, the maternal relatives of the ladies are also present.
Second Master Zhang, Third Master Zhang, and the others all ran to the back courtyard to find out what was going on.
The first thing they heard was, "The second wife is having an affair with two men."
Master Zhang rushed into the side room and saw several pale bodies intertwined together.
His face instantly turned a twisted, worm-like color. His relationship with his wife was already bad, and he also had many concubines, but he absolutely could not allow his second wife to have an affair and cuckold him.
He cursed, "You slut, you whore, what are you doing?"
No matter how loudly he shouted, he couldn't wake them up.
Ji Chen and Li Cheng were also twisted together in a bizarre position due to the drugs. They saw each other as women and desperately wanted to take something from each other. Both of them were scumbags who liked to indulge in pleasure, but now they had taken a liking to each other. Under the influence of the drugs, they had no scruples at all.
The second wife was old and faded, so they couldn't possibly see her as a beauty. When she took off her clothes, she was even more plump and overweight. The two men didn't pay any attention to her at all, and it was the second wife who desperately tried to get close to her.
This scene shattered everyone's worldview, leaving them so shocked their jaws nearly dropping to the ground.
The second wife, having been drugged, was also somewhat delirious. She chuckled and, upon seeing Master Zhang, called out in a strangely seductive voice, "Husband, come here, let's go together..."
Master Zhang was so angry he felt like vomiting blood. Without even looking at who the man in the room was, he rushed forward, grabbed the second wife, and slapped her several times. Then he shouted at the servants outside, "Guards! Beat her! Beat her to death!"
The servants of the Zhang family beat and kicked them until they were bruised and swollen before finally bringing them to their senses.
"Who dares to hit me, young master..."
"Don't you want to live anymore...?" Both of them were furious.
The second wife was also jolted awake. Seeing that she was barely clothed and that countless eyes were staring at her, she screamed, "Ah!"
No one called for a stop, and the servants dared not stop either.
Madam Zhang didn't want to cause a death and tarnish the Duke's mansion, so she waited until they had finished beating before speaking up to stop them, "Second son, don't cause a death in the mansion. If it really comes to that, send them to the authorities first. Second daughter-in-law isn't that kind of person. She must have been forced by these two scoundrels."
That girl really did it, stripping her clothes off completely, how ruthless! But when she thought about how the Second Madam wanted to ruin her granddaughter's life, she felt it wasn't so ruthless after all.
I never expected the second son's wife to be so ruthless. If she really harms Mo'er, how can she survive? Why doesn't she care that Mo'er is a pitiful child without parents? Besides, her parents died for the Zhang family. They got to enjoy their retirement, but she still wants to harm their only child.
"Mother, she...she's utterly shameless! I'm going to divorce this slut!" Regardless of whether she was forced or not, her eagerness just now was disgusting.
People outside the door pointed and whispered, "The second madam is so shameless, bringing two pretty boys here to fool around."
"This is truly shameful and immoral; ugly people always cause trouble..."
"Shameless! Bah! People like that should be dragged out and drowned in a pig cage."
The third wife also began to gloat, "Oh my, second sister-in-law, you're really having a lot of fun, finding two young gigolos. Do you think your second uncle can't satisfy you..."
When the Second Madam was in charge, the Third Madam suffered a lot of mistreatment from her. She wondered who was so kind as to do this today. She didn't like to talk, not because she couldn't, but because she didn't want to offend the Second Madam. Now, she was going to humiliate the Second Madam severely.
The other relatives of the Zhang family also kept watching her make a fool of herself. The second wife was usually very arrogant, spoke harshly, and liked to gossip, so no one spoke up for her.
Seeing the situation clearly, Li Cheng realized he had been set up. He broke free from the servants' encirclement, kicked Ji Chen, and said coldly, "I will not let this matter rest."
He casually grabbed a piece of clothing and put it on, but it wasn't his own. He touched the second madam's outer robe, which immediately drew laughter. He shouted angrily, "What are you looking at? Get out!"
Old Madam Zhang recognized him. "Lord Li, it's you! What are you doing in the Zhang family's inner quarters, and..."
Then someone recognized Ji Chen. Because he had made friends with some young men from prominent families at the Duke of Zhang's birthday banquet, the Zhang family members all knew him. They exclaimed in surprise, "Young Master Ji, it's you! How could you be messing around with your second aunt here?"
Now the truth couldn't be hidden any longer. Ji Chen knew that arguing would be pointless, so he explained to Li Cheng, "We've been set up."
"Who designed this? Didn't you design all of this first?" Li Cheng asked angrily.
“It was that little bitch Qiuju.” Madam Zhang’s eyes were fierce. “Husband, it was Qiuju who harmed me. We’ll find out if we arrest Qiuju and question her.”
"Isn't Qiuju a maid in Miss Mo's courtyard? Why would she harm Second Sister-in-law?" Third Madam asked her.
The second wife was furious, but she couldn't answer why, because it was she who had Qiuju drug Zhang Yumo.
She asked, "Where is Zhang Yumo?"
"Of course she's getting married. The Jiang family has already taken her away." The Third Madam said, "Today is Mo'er's big day. Second Sister-in-law, do you think Mo'er is trying to harm you? A young girl, on her big day, would Mo'er be so stupid as to do such a thing? Who would believe it if word got out?"
The second wife naturally dared not say such a thing, because there was no evidence. But who instructed Qiuju? She secretly looked at the old lady and saw that she was calm and composed. She thought to herself: Could it be the old lady?
Only then did they realize that she had been set up from the moment she brought Li Cheng and Ji Chen into the mansion, and that Qiu Ju had also been turned against them. They were trapped like turtles in a jar, and the person who orchestrated all of this was none other than Jiang Fenghua.
Minister Li and his wife were also invited into the Zhang residence.
When they heard about Li Cheng's behavior at the Zhang family, Minister Li was so ashamed that he couldn't even lift his head. When Madam Li saw that her son had been beaten again, she became even more furious and started cursing: "You beat my son like this, you must give me an explanation today, otherwise this matter is not over."
Madam Zhang sat calmly in the head seat, watching quietly. If anyone was to blame, it was them for having the wrong intentions to trespass into the inner quarters of the Zhang residence.
Not reporting it to the authorities was already a great favor to Minister Li.
Seeing that Madam Li was constantly cursing and crying, Minister Li could no longer stand her and angrily said, "Just shut up!"
Why didn't the Zhang family let them leave directly, but instead made them come to pick up their people? Isn't that obvious enough? It was their son who was in the wrong first. If they were to investigate further, the Li family would not only become a laughing stock in Shengjing, but Li Cheng might also lose his official position.
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