Chapter 865 - 187: A Big Gift
Lady Meng despised nothing more in her life than the fact that Pei Yuansheng had become a cripple, still clinging to her and wasting more than a decade of her life. Even though she had been accused by Grandma Pei and taken to the Government Office, beaten and whipped until her flesh hurt, Lady Meng felt a sense of relief in her heart. She had finally rid herself of Pei Yuansheng and Grandma Pei and their whole family, her heart was filled with ease!
Now that she was with Pei Houli, even though her reputation was ruined, she would just need to avoid Yuanyang County when Pei Wenli went out to become an official or do business in the future! Pei Houli was a gentleman of high rank, and that made her the lady of the household! Even if Lady Zhu, that old hag, couldn’t stand it, the decision of the Government Office meant she couldn’t be driven out. All Lady Meng had to do was heal from her injuries, and the good life that lay before her was waiting!
But Lady Meng never would have imagined that she herself would become lame. She screamed hysterically, "I don’t believe it! You won’t fool me! My leg can’t possibly be broken! You just can’t stand to see me doing well, just as I’ve climbed out of a pit of fire, and now you curse me with a lame leg!"
Lady Zhu asked the doctor over and over again, "Is it truly lame?"
Seeing how hysterical Lady Meng was, the doctor sounded uncertain, "We can’t move the injured part now, so I can’t make a diagnosis. We can only deduce from her inability to stand up. Why don’t you wait until her injury is a bit better or find a specialized bone doctor to take a look?"
Lady Meng yelled for someone to help her stand up, "All of you are spouting nonsense! Both of my legs are fine. There’s no way they’re lame! Quick, help me! I am certain I can still walk!"
Pei Houli, who had also been beaten to the point where his flesh was torn open, could not help her.
Lady Zhu herself was far from having the chance to be annoyed with her. Kong’s had just begun to enjoy life without a mother-in-law and had not yet seen any improvement in her situation when Lady Meng arrived, demanding to be taken care of. This only added to her irritation.
Both of them ignored her. Only the old woman who did the rough work in the house remained. After helping Lady Meng up to use the outhouse before and discovering her inability to stand on her leg, they were now both afraid that Lady Meng would blame the lameness on them. To have been sold into service at Old Pei’s House was already enough misfortune for eight lifetimes, and now they had to wait on Lady Meng, a wanton woman crippled by a beating for her adultery, as if she were their grandmother!
Lady Meng was now making such a scene, counting on being younger than Pei Houli and able to keep him under her thumb as the head of the household. If she became a cripple, whether the Government Office had decreed it or not, Lady Zhu would take care of her!
No one came, and Lady Meng yelled and screamed, cursing loudly in the room.