Chapter 68 The Medical Fairy’s father’s martial arts are invincible in the world!
Just as the old Marquis of Jing'an gave up his eldest son, he can now give up his current wife for the sake of his family.
So the first thing the old Marquis Jing'an said after waking up was that he wanted to divorce his wife.
After hearing what her husband said, the stepmother was stunned. She was a few years younger than her husband and was now in her seventies or eighties. Her great-grandchildren had all grown up. If she was divorced by her husband at this age, how could she still have the dignity to save?
She was no longer the young and charming girl. When she cried, she no longer cried like a pear blossom in the rain that made men feel distressed. Instead, she said with tears streaming down her face: "Divorce me? You want to divorce me at my age? You are trying to force me to death! If you divorce me, how can the children gain a foothold in the Hong family? Do you still hope to recognize the son named Yu who caused the Hong family to lose the title? He has no children. Can you still expect him to inherit the Hong family?"
Although the step-wife looked frightened on the surface, she was actually very confident in her heart.
After all, so many years have passed. The eldest son born to her elder sister, who made her feel uneasy and fearful, is now an old man in his fifties with no children. Even if he comes back, he has no right to compete with her son.
Her elder sister, who had enjoyed great glory before her marriage, became a memorial tablet at an early age, and even the son she left behind had no heir.
No matter how you look at it, she wins!
The old Marquis Jing'an sat up with difficulty and sneered: "I only said that I would divorce you, but I didn't say that I would expel the second son from the Hong family. It's not a big deal that the eldest son has no children. Just let the second son adopt a son for him." After all, they are all the blood of their Hong family.
The stepmother's expression froze, and she said in an unpleasant tone, "But his surname is Yu now, not Hong."
The old Marquis of Jing'an is quite flexible: "It doesn't matter if the eldest son has the surname Yu. The adopted son can continue to have the surname Hong. If that doesn't work, let the grandson continue to have the surname Hong. It's our Hong family who has let down the Yu family. Letting the eldest son inherit the surname of his in-laws is also a way of making up for it."
The stepmother looked at the old Marquis of Jing'an who spoke so beautifully, and suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha, you look like you don't mind at all, but in fact you mind to death, right? It's just that the guy is close to the national teacher. In order to get close to the national teacher and to regain the title, you can even tolerate your own son and grandson not having the same surname as you..."
The stepmother finally saw the true face of the man beside her. For the sake of family inheritance, the old Marquis Jing'an was really tolerant and didn't care if his son and grandson changed their surnames to Yu.
In a trance, her mind suddenly flashed back to when she sent people to hunt down her stepson and her husband's reaction after his disappearance.
She was so afraid that the old Marquis of Jing'an would discover her little trick, so she kept a close eye on him, fearing that he would find out that she was related to his stepson's disappearance.
However, after investigating for a few days, the old Marquis of Jing'an announced to the public that his eldest son had died unexpectedly, and then submitted a petition requesting that her son be made the crown prince.
She was so busy having fun that she ignored her husband's performance.
So many years have passed, and the memories that she thought she had completely forgotten suddenly reappeared in her mind.
She finally remembered how carelessly her husband sent people to investigate the whereabouts of his eldest son, and how impatient he was to announce the accidental death of his eldest son, making everything a foregone conclusion.
Even her stepmother from her natal family, who wanted to continue looking for the whereabouts of her own grandson, was hinted by her husband to go back to her natal family to resolve the matter.
She listened to her husband's suggestion and thought that her stepmother was investigating for evidence of her murdering her stepson, so she hurried home to find her father to suppress her stepmother.
Her father was the same kind of person as her husband. It would have been easy for him to choose her son between his legitimate grandson who had died unexpectedly and her son who had been appointed as the prince of the marquisate.
She had always been proud of the success of her plan, but she didn't know that in fact she and her son were only chosen by her husband after weighing the pros and cons, and now they would naturally be abandoned by her husband after weighing the pros and cons.
The stepmother no longer begged the old Marquis of Jing'an not to divorce her. She knew that as long as the benefits she brought to the old Marquis of Jing'an did not exceed those of the genius doctor Yu, she would not be able to stop the old Marquis of Jing'an from divorcing her.
She is already so old, even if she is divorced, she absolutely cannot bear all the blame alone.
The stepmother's eyes became sharp and she looked coldly at the old Marquis Jing'an who was still leaning on the bed with a sick look on his face.
During the short period of time that the old Marquis Jing'an was unconscious, the stepmother had already found out the whole story.
Why did Emperor Cheng Qian deprive him of his title? What was the outside world's view of the Hong family? Among those rumors, many were about the old Marquis of Jing'an, the father, cruelly murdering his eldest son.
Since the husband is unkind, don't blame the wife for being unjust.
The step-wife turned around and walked out, too lazy to pretend at the bedside of her husband who was thinking of divorcing her.
After she went out, she ordered her confidants to spread rumors: the old Marquis Jing'an deliberately murdered the eldest son because he was partial to the second son. Now his title was stripped by the emperor. In order to restore his title, the old Marquis Jing'an would definitely ask for forgiveness from the eldest son who had returned in glory. So the best way was to put all the blame on his step-wife. Anyway, the eldest son is so old and has no children. Abandoning a stepmother can make him calm down. After the title is restored, his beloved second son can adopt his descendants to the eldest son. Then the one who inherits the marquisate will still be the beloved second son's lineage.
The stepmother spread the old Marquis of Jing'an's original plan truthfully, but changed his motives a little, turning the old Marquis of Jing'an into an old father who was partial to his second legitimate son. All the murders of the eldest legitimate son were done by this biased biological father, and the stepmother was just his scapegoat. The beloved second legitimate son had no idea what he had done.
This rumor spread throughout the capital in a short time. After all, it was the first time they had seen such a biased father.
There are some biased people among the high officials and nobles in the capital, but even if most of them are biased, they would not personally kill the child they dislike just to support the child they like.
After all, they are my own flesh and blood. Why would I be so cruel as to eat my own cubs even if I don't like them?
Because the content of this rumor was so shocking, it spread very quickly.
Do people who listen to rumors and gossip care about what the truth is? No, they only care whether the gossip is interesting and stimulating.
The rumor spread by the stepmother in advance portrayed herself, the direct murderer, as a poor woman who would take the blame for her husband. Although her son was very much loved by her husband, she herself was not loved by him.
Although some people question the authenticity of this statement, most people just follow the rumor mindlessly.
After being able to get out of bed, the old Marquis of Jing'an quickly ordered the opening of the ancestral hall in order to avoid further trouble and to gain the forgiveness of Doctor Yu as soon as possible so that the Hong family could regain their title. He wanted to divorce his wife and cross out this vicious woman who had murdered his original wife's eldest son from the family tree.
He even suggested a bold idea: since the step-wife's name was not on the family tree, he might as well register the second son under the name of the original wife.
In this way, the second legitimate son and the eldest legitimate son are nominally brothers from the same mother, and it will be easier to adopt a child when the time comes.
The old Marquis of Jing'an had a very good plan. Even the members of the Hong family, who had already heard the rumors spread by the stepmother, looked at the old Marquis of Jing'an with strange expressions.
Could it be that what is spreading outside is not a rumor, but the truth?
But the old Marquis of Jing'an was so powerful that no one dared to say a word.
Even Hong Laoer, the Marquis of Jing'an who had just been stripped of his title, did not say a word, as if the person his old father was going to divorce was not his own mother.
As a child who was favored by his parents since childhood, Hong Laoer naturally grew up to be a selfish person. He is even worse than his father Hong, who is selfish but values the family and is somewhat responsible. Compared with his family, he cares more about his own interests.
However, generally speaking, Hong Laoer didn't need to actively fight for any benefits for himself, his parents would automatically grab things and give them to him, so the image that Hong Laoer presented in the past was quite good.
Until today... the stepmother feels heartbroken when she sees her son who is indifferent to her divorce.
This is her eldest son who used to be so filial to her!
Father Hong also had his own thoughts about his second legitimate son, Hong Laoer. He didn't even beg for mercy when his own mother was divorced. How cold-blooded and heartless was he? Then how much real filial piety could he have towards his father?
But since this was the only son left for Mr. Hong, he could only pretend that he had not noticed the cold-blooded and ruthless side of his second son, and continued to act like a good father and talk about his next plans.
At this time, in Mr. Hong's heart, Doctor Yu, who had changed his surname to Yu and had no children, could not be considered his son at all. He bowed to the doctor only as a stopgap measure for the continuation of the family.
What makes people fear Doctor Yu is the Imperial Master standing behind him.
Now that the Imperial Master holds military power and is so powerful, he seems like a god. Who dares to offend him?
The Hong family has been fine so far, they were merely stripped of their titles. Hong's father knew that the National Master did not take any action, but those who wanted to guess the National Master's thoughts deliberately reported the Hong family. Their purpose was nothing more than to step on the Hong family to curry favor with Doctor Yu who was beside the National Master, so that Doctor Yu could whisper in their ears and speak for them in front of the National Master.
If the Hong family does not restore its relationship with Doctor Yu as soon as possible, it will not be long before the Hong family will be completely defeated under the retaliation of many forces.
How could Mr. Hong tolerate the Hong family falling to this point? So even if he had to endure humiliation and beg for mercy from an unfilial son who changed his surname, he would do it. Everything was for the benefit of the family.
Hong Laoer, who did not want to lose the wealth and title of the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion, had the same idea. There was nothing terrible about bowing your head and losing face. What was terrible was that you would have to live a hard life after the family fell.
Soon, under the will of Hong's father, the Hong family divorced the stepmother and sent her back to her parents' home. However, the stepmother's parents did not dare to take her in, for fear of offending the Imperial Master's Mansion.
The stepmother had no choice but to live in a house that was part of her dowry, and she closed the door tightly and refused to go out.
However, although she doesn't go out, it doesn't mean that she won't cause trouble. She has been married to Mr. Hong for many years and knows him quite well. She knows a lot of his secrets.
She took this opportunity to hand over some of Hong's father's evidence to his former political enemies.
Many people like to beat a fallen dog, especially when that dog is a political enemy.
Even if Mr. Hong retires, the people or forces he once offended won't mind stepping on him when he falls.
Father Hong finally found out about the rumors outside.
Now the rumor has fermented and has become extremely unbearable.
Everyone believed that it was Hong's father himself who murdered the eldest son. Now he pushed all the blame onto his step-wife, and tried to trick the eldest son who had returned in glory into divorcing her.
It just so happened that Hong's father had divorced his wife without knowing about the rumor, which just confirmed the rumor.
Mr. Hong was filled with remorse. He thought he should not have been so soft-hearted as to consider that his step-wife was Hong Laoer's biological mother and spared her life.
Wouldn't it be possible to shut up outsiders by just letting this bitch die of fright?
Mr. Hong originally spared his step-wife's life because he didn't want to fall out with his second son in his later years. However, he didn't expect that he would be outmaneuvered by his step-wife.
If he had known that the second son was a cold-hearted person, why would he care about his second son's thoughts? He could just secretly cause his step-wife to die of illness, and then let Doctor Yu know that he had avenged him, and his reputation would not be ruined.
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