Chapter 114 It’s Time to Write a Letter of Divorce
Seeing the arrogant Cuiping finally kneeling on the stone willingly, the Second Grandma looked down at her sticky body and frowned. She was too immersed in the role just now and forgot to move her hand slightly. It would have been better if Cuiping could kneel there sticky.
Seeing that the second wife frowned, Zhiqiu hurriedly helped her into the house, changed her clothes, and washed them again. Mengxi then started practicing calligraphy in the house.
Cuiping didn't know how long she had been kneeling. She just felt dizzy and her hands and legs were aching. It seemed that they were no longer her own. She looked down and saw blood oozing from her knees. She supported herself on the ground with her hands, wanting to move a little. But as soon as she moved, she couldn't help but gasp. Her hands and legs were aching as if they were pricked by needles. She couldn't move even a step. She secretly swore that even if she was beaten to death, she would never set foot in the east wing again. This Second Madam was too scary when she got cruel.
Even though Cui was usually in good health, she couldn't hold it in. In less than two hours , she felt dizzy and pale. Finally, she couldn't bear it any longer and fell down. The moment she fell to the ground and lost consciousness, she realized that except for the stone where she was kneeling, the rest of the ground was clean. It was because she had been looking up when she entered the hall and didn't pay attention to her feet, so she accidentally knelt down.
Upon hearing that Cuiping had fainted, Mengxi put down his pen and told Zhichun to open the door of the east wing and ask two maids to come in and carry Cuiping back to the upper room. He told them to send her directly to the second master's room. Then he had people tidy up the hall and prepare for dinner. He was really hungry after working hard for the whole morning.
Zhichun said excitedly while serving soup to Second Mistress:
"It's really refreshing to see Cuiping kneeling there. Let's see if she still thinks about the East Wing in the future."
After hearing this , Zhiqiu rolled his eyes at Zhichun, who glared back at him. Zhiqiu looked at Second Grandma worriedly while serving the dishes:
"We treated Cuiping like this, and we felt relieved. I think Cuiping would never dare to come to the East Wing to cause trouble again. But Cuiping is the apple of Second Master's eye. Second Madam ordered people to carry her to Second Master's room. I'm afraid she will be punished. What's more, Cuiping has the First Madam behind her. I always feel that today's matter is not well thought out. Just a small punishment will be enough. When the two maids carried Cuiping just now, I found that her calves were bloody. If the First Madam saw such obvious injuries, I'm afraid it would be difficult for Second Madam to get away with it."
Zhichun was also frightened when she heard this. She was so happy to repay her debt that she forgot about the situation of the Second Mistress. She looked at the Second Mistress with a worried look on her face, only to see that the Second Mistress was still eating the rice in the bowl gracefully, as if she didn't hear Zhiqiu's words. She thought that the Second Mistress had her own calculations in her mind, and she felt a little relieved.
When Zhiqiu saw the Second Madam like this, she could only sigh inwardly. She always felt that today's matter would not end well.
What you fear will surely come true. As Zhiqiu was speaking, Hongxing came over with a message that the Second Master asked grandma to go to the upper room to report. After hearing this, Zhiqiu and Zhichun looked at the Second Grandma nervously and thought: Here she comes.
Mengxi gave them a reassuring look:
"What are you afraid of? The sky won't fall. Just stay calm."
Zhiqiu looked at the Second Mistress helplessly, thinking: We are afraid that you will be punished. We see that a disaster is about to happen, but you are still eating slowly and leisurely as if nothing has happened. I can't bear to watch it anymore, so I urged you:
"Second Madam, let's go quickly. If we go too late, Second Master will be angry again. This time is different from the past. We just punished Cui Ping, and it touched Second Master's heart! I beg you, I will eat less first, and it won't be too late to continue eating after I come back from the upper room."
"No hurry, people have to finish their meals."
Zhiqiu and Zhichun were completely speechless when they saw Second Madam like this.
Although Mengxi was eating calmly, her heart was in turmoil. I think the Second Master should write her a letter of divorce this time!
It turned out that early this morning, Zhixia came to report that Cuiping came to the east wing to cause trouble again, which really made Mengxi angry.
As a lonely soul with no money or power, and only a small pharmacy to support her life after leaving the mansion, it was impossible for her to leave the Xiao family forcefully. Based on these, she stayed in the east wing every day, enduring everything as much as she could, just wanting to live a low-key life, hoping that one day she would find an opportunity to peacefully deal with her marriage in name only with the second master, throw away the heavy shackles on her, and become a free person.
But she didn't cause trouble, but it didn't mean that trouble wouldn't cause her trouble. Cuiping and the first wife pushed her step by step. Even a rabbit will bite when it's cornered. Moreover, Mengxi was a modern woman who had received equal education in the 21st century. Since she couldn't live in peace in the Xiao Mansion, this time, she would rather be crippled by the first wife and divorced, but she had to leave the Xiao family. That's why she got ruthless and dealt with Cuiping.
The Second Master doted on Cuiping for seven days in a row. Everyone knew that Cuiping was the apple of the Second Master's eye and the First Wife's eye. When the Second Master was doting on her, she injured Cuiping. Even a pig would guess that it was because of "jealousy".
This is exactly what Mengxi wanted. Sending the unconscious Cuiping to the Second Master's room was tantamount to declaring war on the Second Master. This time, the Second Master asked her to give her a divorce letter in the name of "jealousy".
Thinking of the viciousness of the eldest wife, she knew that she would never let her off easily this time. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Instead of being slowly tortured in the Xiao Mansion, it is better to leave the Xiao family with injuries. She swore that as long as the eldest wife left her a breath and let her get the divorce letter, she would crawl out of the Xiao family this time.
Perhaps this was her last meal at the Xiao family. Mengxi ate mouthful by mouthful. She was not in a hurry. First, she wanted to remember the taste of this last meal in her heart. Second, she wanted to add fuel to the fire and make the Second Master wait furiously. Perhaps in a rage, he would divorce her without going through the First Wife and the Old Lady. In that way, perhaps she could avoid the physical pain.
Zhichun was too superstitious about her second grandmother. Seeing her eating calmly, she thought she had a plan to turn the tide. The worry on her face was much less.
If she knew that her Second Grandma had no tricks to escape this time and was treating this meal as her last meal before execution, and that was why she ate it so calmly, she would probably kneel down and kowtow and ask her ancestors to drag her Second Grandma into the upper room as soon as possible, to prevent the Second Master from getting really angry.
Seeing that the Second Madam finally put down her chopsticks, Zhixia hurriedly brought over mouthwash, spittoon and handkerchief, and helped the Second Madam rinse her mouth. Zhiqiu then combed her hair and changed her clothes. Mengxi then helped Zhiqiu slowly walk into the main room.
The master and servant turned around the screen and saw the Second Master sitting in the hall with a gloomy face. What made Zhiqiu furious was that Cuiping was also sitting in the hall. She was just a maid, but she was sitting on the same level as the master. This was extremely against the rules. Even if she was covered in injuries, she should have been supported by the maid and stood aside. It was obvious that the Second Master did this deliberately for the Second Mistress to see, and he was embarrassing her in front of the servants.
Mengxi glanced at Zhiqiu, whose face was flushed red, and patted her gently, signaling her not to be impulsive. She supported Zhiqiu and walked forward slowly, still looking calm and composed, without a trace of disturbance.
The second master in the hall saw Mengxi coming in, and without waiting for her to greet him, he said coldly:
"It's getting harder and harder to invite the Second Madam. It's really been a long wait, huh!"
