Favoring a concubine and destroying the wife? I'll abandon my husband and children and wipe out

This was the first task assigned to Granny Wang. Granny Wang dared not delay and went immediately.

"Oh? My brother wants to see me. But isn't he under house arrest? Can I go?" Zhao Huaiyu asked calmly after hearing this from Yu Yinju.

Granny Wang looked troubled: "The old lady didn't explicitly say that no one was allowed to enter or leave the young master's courtyard. She only told the young master to reflect on his mistakes in the courtyard. Miss should be able to go. Besides, the young master misses you very much and said he must see you. Please make the trip."

Granny Wang dared not say, but given the way Zhao Shize had instructed her, if she hadn't been able to invite Zhao Huaiyu over, he probably would have torn the whole courtyard apart.

Zhu Yu looked at Zhao Huaiyu with concern: "Miss, you still have to study, perhaps..."

"It's alright. If my brother wants to see me, I should naturally go. My brother has made such a big mistake, so as his sister, I should try to persuade him."

Zhao Huaiyu told Granny Wang to go back and deliver the message first. She then dressed up elaborately, changed into a magnificent new outfit, and gracefully went off with Zhuyu.

As soon as they entered Zhao Shize's room, something suddenly flew towards them.

Zhao Huaiyu reacted quickly, stepping back and dodging to the side.

Zhu Yu exclaimed, "Young Master, how could you do this? What if you accidentally hurt Miss?!"

"Shut up! Do you think you, a mere servant, have the right to speak here? Get out!" Zhao Shize roared, ordering Wang Mama to dismiss the servants.

Zhu Yu looked at Zhao Huaiyu and only withdrew after receiving her nod.

There were only two people left in the room.

Zhao Shize rushed forward and raised his hand, but Zhao Huaiyu grabbed his hand instead.

Zhao Huaiyu stared at him intently, without any of her usual hesitation or reservations, and shook him off, saying, "Brother, save your energy. If you hit me, I'll immediately go and complain to Grandmother and Father!"

Zhao Shize said, "That's perfect, you're coming with me now! You deliberately framed me, I'm not letting you off the hook!"

"What are you saying, brother? I don't understand." Zhao Huaiyu looked at him innocently. "It's clearly because you're upset that you called me over to vent your anger. Brother, do you think Grandmother and Father think you're being unreasonable, or will they scold me?"

Zhao Shize's anger intensified: "Stop pretending! All the servants in my courtyard are gone, are you feeling smug? You're just doing this on purpose because you still remember what happened a few days ago!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Huaiyu's face darkened, and he suddenly stepped forward to approach.

Zhao Shize was so intimidated by her imposing manner that he took a half step back.

"So what if I remember? Shouldn't I remember? You deliberately exaggerated in front of Grandmother and Father, making me suffer such a humiliating disgrace. What's wrong with me remembering?!"

"But I'm not like you. I apologized to you afterwards, but did you apologize to me?! Do you even consider me your sister anymore?!"

Zhao Shize was stunned by the question.

Zhao Huaiyu sneered, saying, "Brother, you'd better remember how you feel today. From now on, don't try to take even a fraction of what's mine! Otherwise, don't blame me for not showing any brotherly affection!"

After saying this, Zhao Huaiyu turned and left.

Zhao Shize barely realized what was happening and stomped his foot in anger.

"Zhao Huaiyu, you just wait, I'm not done with you either!"

In Guantang Courtyard, Cheng Nanzhi soon learned that Zhao Huaiyu had met with Zhao Shize.

Did the two of them hit it off?

"It must have been opportunistic. When Yu-jie left, she was all smiles and smug, clearly quite satisfied with the conversation. However, Ze-ge later smashed everything in the room, scaring the servants so much that they dared not go in to clean it up," Jian Lan said as she brewed tea for Cheng Nanzhi.

Qingdai and Lianruo felt very relieved after hearing this.

Lianruo said, "Serves them right! Weren't they both keeping your affair a secret from you, Miss, and quite united in their hatred? Now I think those two siblings won't be able to get along at all from now on!"

Cheng Nanzhi took the cup, took a sip, and smiled slightly.

Yes, now she'll have to see what Zhao Shize does in the future.

Zhao Huaiyu would never willingly marry into a wealthy family to help him, as she had dreamed.

“Miss, shall we do something to save face?” Qingdai said with a flash of inspiration. “Yu’er has been obediently staying in her own courtyard for so long, she must be tired of studying. Why not send some pastries over to praise her and let the servants in the mansion know how sensible she is, unlike Ze’er who is unruly.”

Cheng Nanzhi smiled and said, "Okay."

Qingdai then went to do it excitedly.

By the afternoon, the news had spread throughout the entire mansion.

In the evening, Zhao Shize finally calmed down and listened to Madam Zhao to pay his respects to Zhao Ye and apologize. However, on the way, he overheard the servants gossiping about how unruly and ungrateful he was, how he had failed to live up to the teachings of such a good teacher as Mr. Zhou, and how he had offended his elders.

In contrast, Zhao Huaiyu was so much better, completely different from him, unlike siblings born of the same mother.

Enraged, Zhao Shize severely punished and scolded the servant who had been gossiping.

When Zhao Shize arrived at Zhao Ye's study, he completely forgot what Granny Wang had told him on behalf of Old Madam Zhao to apologize, and instead complained to Zhao Ye that Zhao Huaiyu had deliberately harmed him.

Zhao Ye had initially softened his stance towards Zhao Shize because of Ye Ruyue's plea.

Upon hearing this, he became angry.

"Kneel down!"

"Sister Yu was kind to you and even pleaded for you, yet you fabricate stories and make such assumptions about her. How can you act like a brother?"

"It seems I really spoiled you in the past, that's why you've become like this!"

Zhao Shize couldn't understand why everyone was siding with Zhao Huaiyu. He felt wronged, aggrieved, and angry, and stubbornly insisted that he had done nothing wrong.

Enraged, Zhao Ye slapped him again, telling him to go outside and kneel in the courtyard.

Zhao Shize, stubborn as ever, left heartbroken.

Even when Old Madam Zhao and Ye Ruyue heard the commotion and came to plead for him, he stubbornly refused and insisted on kneeling.

Zhao Ye laughed angrily: "How could I have a son like you!"

Finally, Cheng Nanzhi came over and said that Zhou Xiangru would be teaching tomorrow, so it was not good to punish Zhao Shize too much, lest he be unable to get up for class. Zhao Ye then gave up and ordered his servants to drag the stubborn Zhao Shize back to his own courtyard.

Zhao Huaiyu, not wanting to miss out on the excitement, came running over eagerly.

Seeing that she was even more vulnerable, Zhao Shize told her to get out.

In front of Madam Zhao and Ye Ruyue, Zhao Huaiyu replied with an innocent and aggrieved expression, and left dejectedly.

This angered Madam Zhao and Ye Ruyue. They ordered the servants to prepare dinner for Zhao Shize and left without staying any longer.

Zhao Shize felt like the whole world was against him, so he started a hunger strike and cried in his blankets.

Cheng Nanzhi came over at this moment and patiently listened to him finish complaining before saying slowly, "If you really angered Yu Jie'er like this, then you can get angry back at her."

Zhao Shize wiped away his tears and said, "I can't stand it."

"How could that be? Just take what she wants most and make her angry." Cheng Nanzhi coaxed gently, "Don't you know what she wants? Think about it, what she has to work hard for, you can get without effort, without even studying hard. Don't you think she'll be angry?"

Zhao Shize sat up straight abruptly.

Cheng Nanzhi smiled and said, "Mother was just saying it casually, so don't take it to heart. And you shouldn't do it either. If you do, Mother will get angry. Besides, you two siblings have never had a grudge overnight, you'll definitely make up tomorrow. So don't be angry, go and eat."

Cheng Nanzhi stopped there and left with her men.

Zhao Shize's eyes darted around.

Can't it be done?

But he thought it made perfect sense!

What Zhao Huaiyu wants is within his grasp. Even if he were truly a good-for-nothing, his father and grandmother would never give it to him. Is there anything more infuriating than this?

He got his revenge!

Zhao Shize made up his mind that he wouldn't listen so attentively for a while. After he vented his anger and saw Zhao Huaiyu make a fool of himself, he would study seriously again. This wouldn't delay his studies.

After figuring things out, Zhao Shize happily went to eat and went to bed early.

However, he did not get up early the next morning. When the sun was almost high in the sky, he was forcibly woken up by someone sent by Old Madam Zhao.

Zhao Ye went to court and is not at home.

Madam Zhao was a little angry that Zhao Shize had overslept, but when she heard Zhao Shize pitifully say that he was tired from being punished yesterday, she softened and even helped him find an excuse to Zhou Xiangru so that Zhou Xiangru could not hold a grudge.

Zhou Xiangru patiently lectured, asking Zhao Shize a few questions along the way. However, Zhao Shize hesitated and seemed clueless, a stark contrast to his previous behavior.

By the time school ended, Zhou Xiangru's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Zhao Shize is not only stupid, but he also often loses focus in class!

He then had someone invite Zhao Ye to ask what had happened. Now that Zhao Ye knew what Zhao Shize had been like over the past three years, he was no longer as confident in Zhao Shize as before, and it was only with great difficulty that he managed to deceive him.

After leaving, Zhao Ye's face darkened.

Zhao Shize kept his eyes down, obediently admitting his mistake and promising to study hard, leaving Zhao Ye speechless.

However, as soon as he returned to the manor, Zhao Shize immediately had Wang Mama spread the word that even though he was useless, his father and grandmother still had to cultivate him with care, unlike someone else who was so hardworking and intelligent that it was all in vain.

When Zhao Huaiyu heard about this while living in seclusion in Yu, he was so jealous that he almost tore the book to shreds.