Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 247 - 98 Lady Cheng Leaves Beijing_2

Chapter 247: Chapter 98: Lady Cheng Leaves Beijing_2

Chapter 247 -98: Lady Cheng Leaves Beijing_2

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Ruo Lan was astonished for three seconds—such a statement would be disbelieved by everyone if it were made public. Not to mention if an elderly relative from the main family just fell ill, even if the elder passed away, the family would only send a couple of trusted old nannies to express condolences. Sending Lady Cheng away clearly had another motive.

Ruo Lan pondered for a while and believed that this was Father-in-law’s excuse to send Madam away to her parents’ home. Ruo Lan nodded in agreement—if Lady Cheng were gone, she would have an easier time. Although she was not worried about Lady Cheng, she was somewhat impatient with her constant meddling. Now that Lady Cheng had left, there would be one less person causing trouble, and the days ahead would be peaceful.

Ma Chengteng acted decisively, informing Lady Cheng that very night that she would be sent back to her parental home the next day. Naturally, Lady Cheng was unwilling, “You think I don’t know what you are plotting? I’m telling you, I won’t go back to my parents’ home.” Once she returned to her old home, Ma’s Mansion would be Madam Zhuang’s domain. After she came back after a while, she would be completely sidelined.

Ma Chengteng coldly said, “Fine, if you are not willing to return to your parents’ home, I will divorce you right now and send you back to the Cheng Family tomorrow.” In the past, Ma Chengteng had turned a blind eye to Lady Cheng’s actions for the sake of their children, and because Ma Yue’s talents surpassed Ma Peng’s, he had high expectations for Ma Yue. However, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment—Ma Yue was already fifteen and had not even passed the Scholar examination. On the other hand, Ma Peng, though not as talented as his brother, managed to pass the Palace Graduate examination by cheating, but his achievements of Scholar at the age of thirteen and Juren were through his own efforts. The younger son did have potential, but his mind was not at all on his studies.

After hearing Nanny Deng’s words, Ma Chengteng began to have some doubts and did not quite believe them at first. But after his son became a Palace Graduate and then entered the Hanlin, the facts were before his eyes, and he had no choice but to believe Nanny Deng’s words that Lady Cheng would bring the Ma Family to ruin. Therefore, after the incident with the maid’s pregnancy, he had people watch Lady Cheng closely, and also replaced all the people around Ma Yue. No matter what, Ma Chengteng still hoped to correct Ma Yue’s ways. He soon discovered that Ma Yue was actually addicted to gambling. Gambling was mostly a losing game, and eleven out of ten gamblers ended up losing everything they had.

Ma Chengteng was truly frightened after learning about this. If it were not for Yueyao’s secret intervention back then, if Peng had really been schemed against by Lady Cheng to marry a girl from the Cheng Family, the Juren examination would certainly have been out of reach. With the eldest son’s future ruined, and the younger son already a lost cause, the Ma Family would surely decline.

Taking all these events into account, Ma Chengteng now regarded Lady Cheng as a venomous snake and fierce beast. He had not sent her away during these times of house arrest because he did not want to stir up trouble during his daughter-in-law’s newlywed period. Now that more than two months had passed and the gossip had died down, he naturally intended to send this woman away. His younger son had been ruined by the doting of Lady Cheng, and he could not allow her to drag down his eldest son any longer.

Lady Cheng, seeing Ma Chengteng’s look as if he wanted to devour her, shuddered; she was truly afraid. She had been married to Ma Chengteng for many years and understood him very well. Ma Chengteng was a man of a soft heart, and in the past, any matter could be mitigated by having their son or daughter plead—it always ended up with major issues becoming minor or disappearing altogether; Ma Chengteng had never said any harsh words to her over the years. But she also understood that once Ma Chengteng made a harsh declaration, it meant his patience had reached its limit, and he would definitely carry out his words. Defying him at this point would be absolutely disadvantageous.

Lady Cheng knew that under the current circumstances, she could only lower her stance and plead with Ma Chengteng not to send her to her parents’ home. Her parents’ home was thousands of miles away from Capital City, in remote and harsh terrain—she did not want to go there at all.

For the sake of the Ma Family’s future, and for Ma Peng, Ma Chengteng had made up his mind to send Lady Cheng away. If Lady Cheng was unwilling to leave, he was truly ready to divorce her. At least a divorce would only affect Ma Yue and Ma Linlin; it would not impact his eldest son. In such a case, Lady Cheng’s lowering of her stature and tearful pleas would be useless, “You could make a ruthless decision when Peng was only three years old, and before that, you tried to ruin Peng with your niece. When Peng had the chance of a good marriage match, you couldn’t stand it and had the concubine take a concoction to get her pregnant, hoping to ruin this marriage. I have been preserving your dignity for the sake of our children all these years, but you are still incorrigible. If you go to your parents’ home and stay there peacefully, I will preserve this dignity for you for the sake of our two children; but if you refuse to go, then tomorrow you can take the divorce letter and return to your Cheng Family. You choose one of the two paths.”