I became an official of the imperial court by eating melons when I was still a baby

System: [Master Meng is indeed pitiful. Not only has he been eating and wearing poorly over the years, but he has also had to help others raise their son for nothing! ]

Qin Yue was shocked again, and blurted out a Chinese quintessence: [Fuck! ! ]

Emperor Yuan of Jin and all the court officials: WTF! WTF! WTF! WTF!

Lord Meng shuddered and immediately woke up from his fantasy of braised pork. He then felt unwell and his face turned from sallow to pale in an instant.

Isn’t Fugui his son too?

Why is it happening like that?

So he raised someone else's son for ten years?

I raised myself to be plump and white, but ended up being as thin as a bamboo pole...

Lord Meng suddenly felt that he had been wronged all these years. Not only was his mother not his own, but even the son he had taken good care of was not his own...

He was the only outsider in the family of three, the only one who really endured hardship...

What did he do wrong to have to suffer such a thing?

As Lord Meng thought about it, tears welled up in his eyes. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would have burst into tears.

This is really too bullying...

Emperor Yuan of Jin and all the court officials looked at Lord Meng, who looked as if he had been hit too hard, and felt nothing but sympathy.

I originally wanted to make a joke of it, but if this is really a joke, it would be too heartless...

In fact, Lord Meng is so pitiful...

Such an experience is really heartbreaking and makes people cry...

If they encountered such a thing, they would probably be so angry that they died!

After Qin Yue was shocked, she said with sympathy: [Sister, why is Lord Meng so miserable...]

[But what is going on? How come Old Madam Meng and Meng Fugui have no blood relationship with Lord Meng! ]

Lord Meng rubbed his eyes hard, suppressed the bitterness in his heart, and forced himself to continue listening. He wanted to see what was going on with these two things!

The system continued: [Mr. Meng's biological mother died of hemorrhage after giving birth to Mr. Meng. In order to take good care of Mr. Meng, Mr. Meng's father married a second wife after Mr. Meng was one month old. She is now Madam Meng, whose real name is Zhang Cuihua.]

[In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Cuihua also truly loved Master Meng. After all, she also understood that if she wanted to gain a foothold in the Meng family, she first needed to follow Father Meng's wishes and take good care of Master Meng. Secondly, if she could have a child, that would be even better.]

[So, Zhang Cuihua took over the task of taking care of Lord Meng when he was still an infant. When Lord Meng grew up, Father Meng and Zhang Cuihua did not tell him the truth about the matter.]

[Therefore, all these years, Lord Meng has always believed that Zhang Cuihua is his biological mother. ]

Lord Meng suddenly realized!

So that’s it!

As far as he could remember, he had never heard that Zhang was his father's second wife.

Since his father and Zhang didn't tell him and the neighbors never mentioned it, he naturally didn't know.

However, from what my sister said, Zhang was indeed sincere in the beginning, although it was only to allow her to gain a foothold in the Meng family.

Then why did it change later... He had to eat bland soup for so many years in vain...

The system continued: [However, over the years, Zhang Cuihua has not been able to get pregnant. After seeing a doctor, she said that she had a disease in her body when she was a child and it was difficult for her to get pregnant.]

[After knowing this, Father Meng did not despise him. After all, the Meng family already had the inheritance of Lord Meng. As long as Zhang Cuihua was good to the family and Lord Meng, the Meng family would be able to accommodate him.]

[Zhang Cuihua was deeply shocked when she found out that she couldn't get pregnant. Fortunately, Father Meng didn't despise her. She thought that she would treat Lord Meng as her own son and get a good support from him. She originally planned to live like this for the rest of her life.]

Qin Yue and everyone in the hall held their breath.

They knew an important turning point was coming!!

Lord Meng guessed what his sister was going to say next.

I can only sigh deeply... Alas...

System: [When Mr. Meng was ten years old, his father had an accident while chopping wood in the mountains. He was bedridden for two months and eventually passed away.]

[Dad Meng has saved a lot of money over the years because he is worried that after he dies, Zhang Cuihua will remarry and take away all the money, which will make life difficult for Mr. Meng.]

[So before he left, he specifically handed over all the money of the Meng family to the most upright elder of the Meng family, asking him to help give enough money every month for the mother and daughter to live on, and to keep a portion for the expenses of Master Meng's marriage, which could only be used when Master Meng got married.]

[Even the annual tuition for Mr. Meng was allocated separately and handed over by the elder to Mr. Meng's teacher.]

[This amount of silver is enough to support Master Meng until he grows up. ]

Qin Yue: [Why didn't Zhang Cuihua remarry? Is it because she couldn't have children? ]

System: [Yes, rather than marrying into another family and suffering because of not being able to have children, it would be better for Zhang Cuihua to stay in the Meng family, take good care of Master Meng, and get living expenses every month without having to worry about anything herself. How great...]

[Moreover, Lord Meng treats her as his biological mother. If Lord Meng becomes successful in the future, she will be able to enjoy the good life with him. Having someone to take care of her in her old age is definitely better than marrying someone else and having no children! ]

After hearing this, Lord Meng finally understood why Zhang had not remarried in those years after his father's death, and seemed to take good care of him. It turned out that it was because the money was not in her hands!

After leaving the Meng family, she still needs to work hard to earn money to live, which is not as easy as having a ready-made "monthly salary"...

Although Zhang had always made him live a hard life over the years since he became an official, Zhang had still made a lot of sacrifices for him during the imperial examinations year after year before he became an official, even though he understood that Zhang did that just to make her own life easy and have someone to rely on in her old age.

But it is undeniable that Zhang was very good to him during those years. She cooked for him, mended his clothes, and washed his clothes. The house was always clean.

Qin Yue: [That’s right. For Zhang Cuihua, staying in the Meng family is indeed the best choice.]

[However, why did you treat Lord Meng like this later? You said one thing to his face and another behind his back, making Lord Meng, a high-ranking official, live such a miserable life...]

Qin Yue looked up at Lord Meng's empty official robes again, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart again, "Tsk tsk tsk, it's really pitiful..."

Lord Meng suddenly met Qin Yue's big, round, clear eyes, and felt ashamed for a moment.

He was really too foolishly filial, and he ended up suffering so much in vain.

Thinking about these years, except for the palace banquets or when he went to his colleagues' homes for banquets, he could eat a few bites of meat. Otherwise, he had never seen any meat at the Meng family.

Now it seems that he himself feels that he is too miserable...