ebookland Chapter 337 Towards the Golden Palace (41)
Chapter 337 Towards the Golden Palace (41)
Meng Zhenyue seemed oblivious to his fear. She stirred the medicine in the bowl, scooped up a spoonful, and brought it to his lips: "Husband, it's time to drink your medicine."
The bitter, foul smell of the medicine hit him, and Xie Zhao seemed to be stimulated by something. He suddenly raised his hand and overturned the bowl in Meng Zhenyue's hand, jumped off the bed in a panic, and stumbled and ran in the direction of the door he remembered.
He wants to leave!
Meng Zhenyue will not let him go; he cannot die at her hands!
However, after running a few steps, he crashed heavily into the corner of a table in the middle of the room and fell to the ground in a sorry state.
He reluctantly got up, but then lost his bearings and wandered around the house like a headless fly, knocking over and breaking many things.
Meng Zhenyue watched him struggle like a trapped beast with cold eyes, her smile growing deeper and deeper.
Xie Zhao is really interesting.
They are both pitiful and hateful.
When Xie Zhao knocked over the antique shelf, causing the porcelain vase on it to fall and shatter into pieces, Xie Zhao stepped on it barefoot, letting out a scream of pain and leaving bloody footprints all over the room. Meng Zhenyue, who had watched the show long enough, finally took pity on him and called several strong servants to help hold Xie Zhao down and tie him up tightly with ropes as he struggled.
Xie Zhao thrashed and screamed like a madman. Cheng Qingshuang heard the commotion and rushed over. As soon as she entered the room, she saw Xie Zhao with his hands tied behind his back and being pressed to the ground. She screamed and rushed over, "What are you doing! Let go of my son!"
Upon hearing his mother's voice, Xie Zhao immediately turned around to look.
However, during the struggle, the strip of cloth binding his eyes came loose. When he turned his head, Cheng Qingshuang was caught off guard and saw his slashed eyelids and shattered right eyeball.
The visual impact was too great, and Cheng Qingshuang screamed wildly in shock, retreating repeatedly.
Her screams made Xie Zhao realize something, and he immediately quieted down.
Cheng Qingshuang belatedly realized that the injured man in front of her was none other than her own son.
She immediately covered her mouth, forcing herself to overcome her fear as she walked to his side: "Zhao'er..."
Xie Zhao sat on the ground, his chest heaving. He remained silent for a long time before finally saying, "Mother, go back to your room."
Cheng Qingshuang: "..."
"go back!!!"
Startled by his shout, Cheng Qingshuang shuddered and walked away tremblingly, tears welling in her eyes.
Xie Zhao sat on the ground, looked up and used the remaining blurry vision in his left eye to discern the direction where Meng Zhenyue was, and said, "Let me go, I won't run away anymore."
Meng Zhenyue did not make things difficult for him and signaled the servants to untie him.
With his hands free, Xie Zhao found the strip of cloth, re-tied it around his eyes, and then groped his way back to bed and lay down.
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Xie Zhao had a premonition that his days ahead would not be easy.
He was right.
Like any wife caring for her injured husband, Meng Zhenyue personally wiped his body and fed him medicine every day, taking meticulous care of him.
But at the same time, they were keeping an eye on him, forbidding him from leaving the house under the pretext of recovering from his injury.
When the doctor came to change his dressing, Meng Zhenyue would personally watch over him. If he tried to say anything to the doctor, she would immediately interrupt him.
On another occasion, when his superior came to visit him at home, he was already in the courtyard when Meng Zhenyue persuaded him to leave, saying that he was in a bad mood and had difficulty sleeping at night. He had finally fallen asleep and it was not good to disturb him.
Xie Zhao, who was inside the house, heard their conversation clearly. He wanted to shout for help, but the old woman next to him immediately covered his face with a pillow.
After his superiors left, Xie Zhao was nearly suffocated.
Xie Zhao never imagined that one day he would be placed under house arrest in the Xie family.
The sky is not responding to the call, and the earth and the earth are not working.
At the same time, Cheng Qingshuang's treatment in the mansion also underwent a dramatic change.
At first, Cheng Qingshuang only knew that her son's eyes were injured and would be difficult to recover from; she did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
It wasn't until the maids and servants in the mansion started ordering her around, making her fetch water and wash clothes like a servant.
She yelled at the servants, but they slapped her to the ground.
Cheng Qingshuang went to Xie Zhao in tears to complain.
As she spoke, Xie Zhao sat quietly on the bed, while Meng Zhenyue stood by with a bowl of medicine, occasionally blowing on the medicine to cool it down faster.
After listening to Cheng Qingshuang recount how the servants treated her, Xie Zhao remained silent for a long while before saying, "Mother, please take on more responsibilities in the household, just for the sake of... Zhaolin and Wanfang."
Cheng Qingshuang was taken aback. She hadn't understood what those words meant when Meng Zhenyue spoke up, "Husband, it's time to take your medicine."
She scooped up a spoonful of medicine and brought it to Xie Zhao's lips, but Xie Zhao turned his head away and refused.
This action seemed to anger Meng Zhenyue, who gave the old woman next to her a meaningful look.
Two burly old women immediately rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward. One held Xie Zhao down, while the other roughly pried open his mouth.
Cheng Qingshuang stared in disbelief as her son was forced to swallow a whole bowl of medicine by Meng Zhenyue, like an animal.
Back in her own courtyard, Cheng Qingshuang didn't sleep a wink all night.
The next day she learned her lesson and got up early to help make breakfast in the kitchen.
After more than a month of this oppressive period, Xie Zhao's eyesight improved somewhat, but his body grew weaker day by day, and he began to cough and feel weak all over.
He knew that the medicine Meng Zhenyue fed him twice a day was working.
He must find a way to save himself as soon as possible, otherwise he will die here sooner or later.
That afternoon, while Meng Zhenyue was taking a nap next door, Cheng Qingshuang sneaked into Xie Zhao's room.
Seeing her son lying pale on the bed, having lost a lot of weight in just one month, Cheng Qingshuang was overcome with grief: "Zhao'er..."
Startled, Xie Zhao recognized Cheng Qingshuang's voice and struggled to sit up: "Mother."
Cheng Qingshuang quickly helped him up.
Xie Zhao asked in a low voice, "Is there anyone else in the room?"
"No."
Xie Zhao then asked, "Can you find a way to leave the manor?"
Cheng Qingshuang was taken aback and said in a low voice, "That woman said she wouldn't let me leave the manor. I... I didn't try."
She had a lot of tiring work to do every day, and she would be beaten and scolded if she did not do it well. Since her son and grandson were in the mansion, she dared not run away and had no mind to think about anything else.
Xie Zhao reached under his pillow and pulled out a jade pendant: "Every day at dawn, someone will come in through the side gate to deliver vegetables. Try to hide on the oxcart and escape to find Xie Yuanzhen."
Cheng Qingshuang was startled upon hearing this: "No, no! If that tigress in his family finds out we're back, she won't let me off the hook... Have you forgotten how she sent people to hunt down my son and me back then?"
"But this is our only way to survive!" Xie Zhao said. "If we don't try to call for help, we'll still die here."
Cheng Qingshuang hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Didn't you say Luo Yun is also in the capital? Why can't we go find her..."
"Fool!" Xie Zhao couldn't help but curse, "I've been ruined by Meng Zhenyue, and that bitch Luo Yun is to blame! Going to her will only hasten my death!"