The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Chapter 386 The Current Situation of Zeng Mansion

Zeng Mansion.

During those days when the war in the southwest was raging, the Zeng family was also living a very lively life.

First, the eldest daughter, who could have been easily controlled, changed her personality overnight. It was suspected that she was instructed by the original wife of Doctor Zeng who had died unjustly many years ago. She always did some shocking things that were beyond the understanding of the Zeng couple.

Doctor Zeng privately invited various masters and Taoist priests to his home to perform exorcisms and rituals, but it didn't work. It's not that he didn't want to rely on his father's status to crush Zeng Suqiu, but first the young lady of the Jun family was on good terms with her, and then the lady of the Yongjia Marquis's mansion, after learning about Zeng Suqiu's life experience, clearly wanted to support her...

Doctor Zeng was just a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue, and his family had no power. It was only his generation that started to prosper, and Doctor Zeng was already the most promising one in the clan.

Since his family could not provide help, how could his former fellow townsmen, classmates and current colleagues be willing to offend the powerful Yongjia Marquisate for the sake of Zeng's family affairs?

You can't get mad enough, and you can't get beaten enough to throw a tantrum.

Fu Qingsu, who was possessed by Zeng Suqiu, completely ignored the so-called "truths" put forward by Doctor Zeng. Whenever she felt dissatisfied with something at home, she would directly block Doctor Zeng and use the tablet boxing technique to attack him behind closed doors.

Doctor Zeng, who had been beaten several times, did not dare to go to the Jingzhao Prefecture to sue Zeng Suqiu for being disobedient and unfilial, for fear that this rebellious girl was so fearless that, in addition to the protection of the Yongjia Marquisate behind her, she might also have evidence of the incident that year.

Although his original wife is dead, the wife of Marquis Anguo is still alive!

Although the families of these two sisters have fallen, if the incident from that year were really brought to light... it would be something that a small doctor would not be able to bear.

Doctor Zeng was submissive and docile in front of his increasingly irritable daughter. Occasionally, he would turn his back and beat and scold Madam Zeng, who was trying to cause some trouble for his stepdaughter in the inner house as usual.

The adulterous couple gradually became estranged from each other, and Mrs. Zeng did not dare to attack Zeng Suqiu anymore - although every time she attacked, her stepdaughter's fists would only land on her biological father, but the old man surnamed Zeng would turn around and beat and scold her... The only lucky thing was that Doctor Zeng remembered that she was pregnant and never hit her, but he still slapped her in the face.

In the past, Madam Zeng was proud of herself for being able to appease Doctor Zeng's bad temper, and the unlucky original wife was unable to humble herself to please her husband, which led to her ending up like that. But now she finally understands that this old guy is just a bully who only fears the strong and bullies the weak. When the original wife's family was still alive, he was the weak one, and only dared to show off when they were gone.

But even if the original wife's family fell into decline, she still had a younger sister who was the marquis's wife. Even someone with her background ended up dying innocently, so...what about herself?

Madam Zeng did not dare to act as violently as Zeng Suqiu did, nor did she have such good skills as Zeng Suqiu to withstand the beatings. She could only endure it silently. Originally, she planned to abandon Zeng Fu, the useless bastard, as soon as the baby in her belly was born. However, now that she and Doctor Zeng were becoming increasingly alienated, she no longer dared to take risks. Instead, she kept a closer eye on Zeng Fu.

However, her belated concern seemed like a weasel visiting a chicken to Zeng Fu, who had already confirmed that he was not Mrs. Zeng's biological son and that his biological mother was suffering because of her jealousy.

But Zeng Fu did not expose her, because this was the time when he needed to manage his reputation well. He could not afford to fall out with Mrs. Zeng and create rumors that he was unfilial to his mother.

On the one hand, he pretended to have turned over a new leaf and stopped being a playboy. He studied hard to get the books needed for the imperial examination, and obtained money from Doctor Zeng. He followed the path of a playboy from the royal family whom he had known before, and got a place in the Imperial Academy.

On the other hand, he coldly watched Zeng Suqiu and Fu Qingsu making a big fuss in Zeng's mansion, and sneered secretly in his heart - this female protagonist has no common sense, and thinks she can do anything. Little does she know that even if Madam Zeng is not the biological mother and is a vicious person, even if Doctor Zeng is biased and foolish and indulges Madam Zeng in bullying her stepdaughter in the inner house, as long as the word "filial piety" is suppressed, those two women will be dead no matter how much trouble they make!

After all, being unfilial is a serious sin!

Zeng Fu couldn't understand why Doctor Zeng was beaten into a pig-headed state, and why he still didn't do anything to Zeng Suqiu and the others to let them know the real cruelty of ancient times. Time travelers, especially women, who traveled to ancient times, could only live like the natives, and even be more well-behaved and virtuous than the natives, which was the right way.

After all, the rules in ancient times were very strict. Any slight rebelliousness would be fatal to the reckless and brainless time-traveling woman...Okay, maybe the atmosphere in this world is more open, and women can go out on the streets openly, and even join the army and go to the battlefield, but...but this is still the ancient times where men are respected. Be more obedient, cautious, listen to your parents' instructions, learn needlework and how to manage the household, and when you grow up, marry into another family according to your parents' orders. Wouldn't it be good to spend a stable and comfortable life like this?

Even if you have received modern education for dozens of years and have long been accustomed to the living environment where women hold up half the sky, this is ancient times. How can you still have the courage to try to change your living environment and continue to maintain your original intention without making any changes?

A truly confused and arrogant fool, extremely stupid.

Zeng Fu bit the pen, unable to explain clearly how he, as a "venerable" man who was hiding in the study, felt towards the two souls, who were clearly the most vulnerable women but lived extremely flamboyantly.

He was unwilling to admit that he was jealous of the other person's high spirits, so he only wanted to praise himself for being cautious, smart and sensible.

Zeng Fu replaced a piece of ruined rice paper and put down his brush. He couldn't help but think of his biological mother who was imprisoned in the inner courtyard by Madam Zeng. He also felt that Madam Zeng seemed to have discovered his actions during this period. The servants who were guarding the two old concubines and who had been bribed by Zeng Fu were all transferred away. Whenever Zeng Fu tried to contact them again, Madam Zeng would always appear in front of him under the pretext of caring about his hard work in studying.

She pulled him aside and told him about the low status of children born out of wedlock, and how the concubines gave birth to children of the masters while they themselves were servants, and were not worthy of being the mother of young ladies and masters, and only she was worthy... As the legal wife, she was the real mother of all the children!

Concubine?

Just a tool for reproduction.

Zeng Fu was actually not good at studying history. He only liked to read those stories about kings and generals who left great reputations in history books, whether true or false. Although he also read history books of this world, he always liked to read what he wanted to read and ignored those contents that greatly challenged his understanding of the "real ancient times".

Zeng Fu, who had made up a story for himself about the strict and terrifying ancient rules that forbade him to do anything out of the ordinary, apologized in his heart with great regret to his biological mother whom he had never met after hearing Madam Zeng's bluffing words. Then he became fervently filial to Madam Zeng again.