Chapter 861: Full-level Boss Dressed As a Peasant Girl

 Chapter 861: The Reason Meng Yunzheng Pretended to be Mute

Madam Gong was not a good person. Over the years, she had endured her husband bringing concubines home without saying a word.

After all, it was her own fault for not giving birth to a legitimate son or daughter for her husband.

But she had raised the son of her husband's concubine as her own, treating him like her own flesh and blood. In her eyes, Meng Yunzheng absolutely couldn't surpass her own foster son. As a concubine's child with a low status, why should he be able to marry the daughter of a marquis family? If this marriage alliance happened, would there still be a place for her to have a say in the family?

Madam Gong believed that Gong Qiu intended to abandon her and her weak and sickly foster son and focus on cultivating Meng Yunzheng instead.

She couldn't allow this to happen, so Madam Gong secretly took action against Meng Yunzheng.

She also knew that Meng Yunzheng had a Doctor Zhao by his side, so the key was to harm both of them together.

Meng Yunzheng wanted her to have such thoughts, so he decided to use the same strategy against her. He made Zhao Xi become a fool and himself become mute.

Gong Qiu was almost driven to spit blood when he found out.

Meng Yunzheng being a child of a concubine was not a problem. With his father being Gong Qiu, as long as he was fostered under Madam Gong's name, his status could still change.

It wasn't a problem that he was slow and unable to pass the imperial examinations. His character wasn't a big issue, and once he married their daughter, arranging a position for him would be an easy task.

Considering that their daughter genuinely liked Meng Yunzheng's face, they could tolerate the marriage alliance.

But now he was mute. It was possible that he would be mute for the rest of his life.

Their daughter wasn't incapable of finding a husband. Did they have to repeatedly lower their status? What about the face of their family? Did their other daughters have to remain unmarried?

With him being mute, they couldn't even arrange a position for him. How would they live in the future?

Naturally, this marriage alliance was interrupted.

At that time, Meng Yunzheng sought an explanation from Gong Qiu. Although Gong Qiu quickly found evidence against Madam Gong, in the end, he downplayed the matter and only lightly punished Madam Gong.

Meng Yunzheng was dissatisfied. He and his only friend had been ruined for a lifetime, and this was the only punishment he received?

Feeling disheartened, he left the Gong family and declared that he was going to seek medical treatment elsewhere.

Gong Qiu didn't stop him at first. Initially, he sent people to protect and monitor Meng Yunzheng. But after Meng Yunzheng threw several tantrums, and Gong Qiu confirmed that he was genuinely seeking medical treatment, he withdrew the surveillance.

As a result, Meng Yunzheng came to Dong'an Prefecture with Zhao Xi and settled in Jiangyuan County.

Over a year had passed since then. The girl who was supposed to marry Meng Yunzheng had married someone else, and Gong Qiu couldn't find another suitable marriage alliance partner in the short term.

Moreover, the Fifth Prince's attacks had become more intense recently, and Gong Qiu was already preoccupied. He was afraid he couldn't handle Meng Yunzheng's affairs anymore.

Now that Meng Yunzheng had "recovered" from his illness, it was the perfect time.

Shu Yu explained Meng Yunzheng's situation to Da Niu

and asked him to drive the cart home first. Then she carried a food box and entered the house.

It was for Meng Yunzheng and Zhao Xi. With Da Niu and Zhou Qiao present, it would be inconvenient for the two of them to have dinner at home.

After placing the food box down, she walked back home with Erbai and Da Hu.

Just as she opened the courtyard door, she heard laughter and joyous voices coming from inside. Shu Yu closed the door and saw Da Niu and Zhou Qiao kneeling in front of Grandma, respectfully kowtowing to her.