flstandardbreds Chapter 152 Are you trying to drive your parents to their deaths?
Chapter 152 Are you trying to drive your parents to their deaths?
Zhao Changgeng knocked on the door of the Marquis's residence, wanting to see his sister.
Unexpectedly, the servants of the Marquis's mansion told him that the Marquis's mansion did not have a second wife.
"Impossible. My sister is Zhao Yining, and my brother-in-law is Yu Kangnian. Did you fail to communicate properly?" Zhao Changgeng said anxiously.
"The second master has already become a monk, and the second mistress has long since divorced him. If you don't believe me, you can go to the government office to ask. Go away, don't get in the way here." The servant of the Marquis's mansion impatiently chased him away.
"Become a monk? Get a divorce?" Zhao Changgeng was struck dumb.
He recognized each of the individual characters, but when they were put together, he couldn't understand them.
Why did my brother-in-law suddenly become a monk?
Why did my older sister get divorced?
This is disgracing the Zhao family!
"What about Zi Lie and Zi Xi? I'm their uncle, they can't possibly refuse to see their uncle, can they?" He rushed forward, prying at the gate of the Marquis's mansion, preventing the servant from closing it.
The servant shook his head: "The two young masters do not reside in the mansion."
"Where did they go?" Zhao Changgeng pressed.
The servant told Zhao Changgeng where Yu Zilie and his brother were currently staying, and Zhao Changgeng then let go of his hand and immediately went to find his two nephews.
Following the address given by the servant, he inquired his way to the Yu family's residence.
After knocking on the door, he saw the servant open it and hurriedly introduced himself: "I am Zhao Changgeng, the uncle of Yu Zixi and Yu Zilie. I want to see them."
The servant was taken aback.
"Please wait."
He was a servant who had been brought in later and did not know Zhao Changgeng, so he had to ask Zhezhi, the head maidservant of the lady, to come over.
Zhezhi was somewhat surprised and flustered when she saw Zhao Changgeng.
"Second Young Master, what brings you here?"
Upon seeing her, Zhao Changgeng's face darkened.
"Where's the eldest sister?"
Zhezhi: "Miss is busy, Second Young Master, please rest first, I'll go and fetch Miss right away..."
"Stop arguing, I want to see her." Zhao Changgeng was full of anger and doubt, and he couldn't wait to see Zhao Yining.
The eldest sister didn't even tell them about such a big thing as divorce.
Seeing this, Zhezhi hurriedly ordered her maid to run to the embroidery room and call Zhao Yining out.
Upon hearing that her second brother had arrived, Zhao Yining paused in her needlework. After a moment of silence, she put down her needle and thread, stood up, and said, "Since you're here, let's meet."
She already knew about the divorce; she could keep it a secret for a while, but not forever.
Her family will find out eventually.
She went to see Zhao Changgeng.
Upon seeing her, Zhao Changgeng didn't exchange pleasantries and went straight to questioning her: "Elder sister, what did you do to make your brother-in-law want to become a monk and divorce you?"
Zhao Yining felt a sharp pain in her heart upon hearing these words.
This is his younger brother.
Knowing she was divorced, he didn't ask any questions and assumed it was all her fault.
Zhao Yining said calmly, "If we hadn't divorced, he would have beaten me to death long ago."
"Your brother-in-law hit you?" Zhao Changgeng was stunned.
"Yes, they fought from the start of our marriage until the day before our divorce. He pinched and kicked me, causing my head to bleed." Zhao Yining clenched her fists.
Although it happened a very long time ago.
So much time has passed that most of the scars on her body have begun to fade, but when she mentions them again, the fear of being on the verge of death still makes her body tremble involuntarily.
"Is it because you did something wrong and angered your brother-in-law?" Zhao Changgeng subconsciously tried to find an excuse for Yu Kangnian.
Zhao Yining glared at him angrily: "Are you still my brother? I'm almost beaten to death, and you're still saying these things."
"You seem to be doing quite well now," Zhao Changgeng muttered.
He looked at Zhao Yining disapprovingly: "Husbands and wives will always have some minor conflicts. How can it lead to divorce? If you serve him well and fulfill the duties of a wife, he won't hit you. Do you know that a divorced woman like you will affect the marriage prospects of our Zhao family's daughters?"
After hearing this, Zhao Yining felt utterly heartbroken.
This younger brother is less caring than the dog she picked up.
She recently sprained her ankle and had trouble walking, but her dog, Da Huang, knew to fetch a roast chicken from the kitchen for her to eat.
"Enough, there's no point in arguing with you. If you despise me, your divorced sister, you can leave now." Zhao Yining coldly saw her off.
Zhao Changgeng became agitated: "What right do you have to kick me out? Since you're getting a divorce, your dowry should be taken back to your parents' home. You can't keep it all to yourself."
Zhao Yining was so angry at his shamelessness that her face turned red.
She bit her lip and retorted, "Fine, then I'll send the dowry back to Lingnan with great fanfare. Let everyone know that the Zhao family has a daughter who got divorced."
Zhao Changgeng never expected that his honest and gentle eldest sister would come up with such a wicked idea.
"Big sister, are you trying to anger our parents to death?" He had no choice but to bring up his parents.
Zhao Yining said coldly, "You're the one who asked me to return the dowry."
Zhao Changgeng was speechless for a moment.
His family only gave him a portion of his travel expenses when he came to the capital to take the imperial examination.
Thinking that her older sister and brother-in-law were in the capital.
Who would have thought that my eldest sister and brother-in-law would get divorced?
He could no longer live in the Marquis's residence, nor could he seek advice from the Marquis.
Now that he was short of money, he set his sights on his elder sister's dowry.
Unexpectedly, the eldest sister did not give him the dowry, but instead wanted it to be sent back to Lingnan.
"Big sister, I was confused earlier and said the wrong thing." He wisely admitted his mistake.
“We are siblings born of the same mother. Now that I am going to the capital to take the imperial examination, shouldn’t we support each other? You can’t possibly kick out your own brother, can you?”
Zhao Yining pursed her lips and remained silent.
Zhao Changgeng continued, "Big sister, you were the one who changed my diapers and fed me when I was little. You've always been more loving towards me than my older brother."
Zhao Yining was reminded of her childhood by his words.
Back then, my little brother, who was just learning to speak, once said that when he grew up, he would protect his older sister and not let anyone bully her.
Zhao Yining felt a lump in her throat, and two lines of tears rolled down her cheeks.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Changgeng knew that his words had moved her.
Then he added, "Besides, Zi Lie and Zi Xi haven't seen their uncle in a long time. Are you really not going to let them see me?"
"You've gotten divorced, so you don't even want your family anymore?"
After a moment of silence, Zhao Yining spoke in a hoarse voice, "If you don't mind, then stay."
Zhao Changgeng's anxiety subsided.
He settled down in the mansion.
Yu Zilie and Yu Zixi were overjoyed to see their uncle when they returned from the academy.
Zhao Changgeng took out the gifts he had prepared in advance and gave them to the two of them.
"Thank you, uncle."
They had just returned and were unaware that Zhao Changgeng had said many hurtful things to Zhao Yining.
Zhao Yining didn't want her children to have a bad relationship with her family, so she didn't bring up these things.
Therefore, the two children were unaware of Zhao Changgeng's ulterior motives and answered whatever he asked.