The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 865 - 187: A Big Gift

Chapter 865: Chapter 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.

Pei Houli could not stand her, "Stop your yelling!"

"My leg has been injured by the beating, and they won’t come to attend to me or fetch a doctor. They want me to really become a cripple, right!? If I become a cripple, then you can throw me away, isn’t that so!? My leg is not hurt at all, hurry and find me a good doctor, and after one look, I’ll be fine!" Lady Meng shouted at him.

She was making trouble in their household, completely losing the soft and tender charm she had before, and Pei Houli suddenly realized that Lady Meng was just like that, deeply regretting that he should have taken her in. If she truly became lame, the household would have another cripple to support.

The whole Back Mountain Village and Taiping Town, as well as the surrounding villages, were all abuzz with the news. Pei Houli had scarcely lost his wife when he was accused of adulterous relations with the daughter-in-law of the Lizheng family, resulting in her having her legs broken.

Others said that Pei Houli had been involved in an illicit affair with Lady Meng before Lady Chen’s death.

Some even said that Lady Meng, known for her flirting ways, had been living comfortably since marrying into the Lizheng family, without having to labor in the fields like other peasant women, despite Pei Yuansheng’s lame leg. And yet, she had gone on to commit adultery with Pei Houli.

Still, others gossiped that she had been indecent even before, having been seen exchanging flirtatious banter with others, and there were doubts about whether the son she later gave birth to was really Pei Yuansheng’s.

Grandma Pei, despite having her head injury, came out and cursed for a while, declared that her grandchildren had completely severed all ties with Lady Meng, but still felt unsatisfied, and wanted Lady Meng’s family to compensate with silver.

Lady Meng’s family had long washed their hands of the matter, not inquiring or caring, as if Lady Meng were already dead to them.

"That dog of a beast, Pei Houli! His legs should be broken too!" Pei Qian cursed.

Pei Qin took a glance, didn’t respond, poured a cup of water, and continued with her tasks.

Pei Qian frowned as she watched her leave, thinking that several days had passed, and her elder sister seemed too busy to remember to seek out Xiao Yi. If Prince He Qing got wind of it, he surely wouldn’t spare them! With the news being concealed, they still had to find him quickly!

The news of Xiao Yi’s disappearance became known by more and more people, yet no one was clear about his true, esteemed identity. They just wondered why Pei Qin wasn’t hurrying to search for him.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.