But now that Zhao Yiming is back, things are different. There is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, and Zhao Yiming is the first person he should repay.

If the two are compatible, it would be fine. But if they are in conflict, he will unwaveringly choose Zhao Yiming.

So this time when Zhao Ningsong came to ask for money, he didn't give him a penny. He had taken enough from him in the past. Even though he was the biological son of Duke Zhao, it was enough to pay him back for all the years of asking for his help.

Seeing that Zhao Ningyan refused to give it to him, Zhao Ningsong sneered, "You are just a dog that my father picked up, and you dare to challenge me, Master? Do you think I am giving you face?"

"Stop talking nonsense with him and search." Zhao Ningsong gave an order, and the servant behind him rushed into the yard with a stick in hand.

The next second, there were chaotic footsteps in the yard, and then thirty or forty strong men with knives ran out of the yard one after another and surrounded all of Zhao Ningsong's men.

"You, you, how dare you?" Zhao Ningsong looked at the guards in front of him with murderous aura and knives and took a step back subconsciously, saying in disbelief.

"Oh! Why wouldn't I dare? My second brother is just a bastard, and I was raised under my mother's name. If you really count it, I'm also the legitimate second son, and my status is no less than my second brother's.

In the past, I was more tolerant of you for the sake of my father and elder brother, but I won’t do that anymore.”

"Hahahaha, who will recognize you as the second legitimate son? Will the servants recognize you? Will the palace recognize you? When your father and elder brother died, why didn't the emperor give you the title of Duke's Mansion?" Zhao Ningsong said with disdain.

Zhao Ningsong looked at him calmly and said word by word, "It doesn't matter if outsiders don't recognize me. As long as my father recognizes me, my mother recognizes me, my eldest brother and his wife recognize me, and Yiming recognizes me, that's enough."

He never wanted recognition from outsiders, and never thought about competing for the title of the Zhao family.

If he had not remembered the kindness of Duke Zhao and Zhao Ningbai, he could have left the Zhao family when he learned that they had died in the line of duty. Why would he come back and suffer the pain and be insulted by Zhao Ningsong at will?

Hearing this, Zhao Ningsong laughed even more happily, "It's a pity that the people who recognized you are no longer here. You didn't think that just because that yellow-haired brat Zhao Yiming is back, you've found a backer?

I'm not afraid to tell you, I won't let that little bastard come back and fight me again. Hand over the silver quickly if you're smart, or I'll kick you out of the house and make you a lost dog..."

"Bang……"

Before he could finish his words, Zhao Ningyan, who could no longer bear it, attacked directly and knocked Zhao Ningsong away with a punch.

He could tolerate anything, but he could not tolerate others disrespecting the direct descendants of the Zhao family.

Although he is a businessman, he has been carefully taught by his father and elder brother. Although he is not good at literature or martial arts, it is not a problem for him to teach Zhao Ningsong, a truly uneducated second-generation rich man, a lesson.

"Just wait for me..." After saying this harshly, Zhao Ningsong let the servant carry him back.

Zhao Ningsong and his wife divided the work and cooperated with each other. One went to Tongxinyuan to grab the land, and the other went to the third room to grab the money, but they both returned empty-handed.

When Zhao Ningsong came back, Wang had already vented her anger on Ziyi.

Seeing Zhao Ningsong coming back, Ziyi wanted to ask him to pity her and let her go back to her aunt's residence.

Unfortunately, Zhao Ningsong was so angry that he had no time to pay attention to her. He slapped her in the face and told her to get out.

The two of them whispered something in the room.

After coming out, he called someone and went to Aunt Xu's place in a rage.

The gate to the courtyard was still closed, but that was no problem for the two men now. They ordered someone to knock on the door without saying a word.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Aunt Xu and Zhao Shuhua hurriedly asked the maid to jump out of the window to Tongxinyuan and the third room to ask for help.

The next second, the door was thrown open, and Zhao Ningsong and Wang swaggered in with their people. "You little bitch surnamed Xu, get out of here!"

Aunt Xu asked Zhao Shuhua to stay in the room and not come out, and she went out to take a look first.

In the yard, her maids, old women, and servants had already been controlled by the people brought by Wang and Zhao Ningsong.

As soon as Aunt Xu left the house, Wang winked at someone and immediately two burly maids came out and restrained her.

Then she stepped forward and slapped Aunt Xu in the face, "Little bitch, aren't you very arrogant? Ah——"

"I'll let you be arrogant, I'll let you be arrogant..." She said with gritted teeth, and then slapped him.

Aunt Xu was afraid that Zhao Shuhua would hear it and run out, so she endured it without saying a word.

But even if she didn't hear her aunt's voice, Zhao Shuhua could guess who was being beaten by listening to the crackling sound of slaps outside and Wang's scolding, and she couldn't stay there any longer.

Ignoring the maid's attempts to stop her, she hurriedly ran out, pushed aside the maids, and stood in front of Concubine Xu, whose face was already swollen from being beaten. "You are not allowed to hit my mother. If you want to hit someone, just hit me."

Seeing Zhao Shuhua coming out, Aunt Xu, who had been silent when she was beaten just now, was now in a panic. She hurried to pull Zhao Shuhua, "Shuhua, what are you doing out here? Go back quickly."

"Pah pah pah!" Wang clapped her hands with a look of sarcasm on her face and said, "What a picture of a loving mother and a filial son, a mother-son bond! This lady is almost moved by you.

Since you and your son are so inseparable and have such a deep bond, I will grant your wish."

"Come here, serve this lady with a stick."

Hearing this, the servants all looked at Zhao Ningsong.

Concubine Xu was just a concubine, so Wang asked them to beat her, but Zhao Shuhua was a respectable lady in the mansion, so they did not dare to act rashly.

Seeing this, Wang looked at Zhao Ningsong sarcastically, "Why, Master, are you reluctant to part with your precious daughter?"

Facts proved that the servants' worries were completely unnecessary. Zhao Ningsong didn't even frown as he said, "Beat him! Beat him hard for me, Master."

After that, he pointed at Aunt Xu and her daughter and said angrily, "Both mother and daughter are traitors.

They eat my food, live my house, and what's the result? They even raised two ungrateful wolves. The older one is always against me, and the younger one goes off to call that country bitch his teacher and friend.

Beat them, beat them all, beat them to death."

The servants received orders from Zhao Ningsong and beat the mother and daughter without holding back. When Nanny Xiao and Zhao Ningyan arrived with their men, the mother and daughter had been beaten to death.

Zhao Ningsong refused to let them go. "One is my concubine, the other is my son. I can beat them up whenever I want. What? You, a slave and an adopted son, dare to interfere in my affairs?"

He and Wang dared to make such a big fuss just because Aunt Xu was his concubine.

Since he couldn't touch Zhao Ningsong and Tongxinyuan, he took out his anger on his own woman and children. They shouldn't care about it!

The concubine had a low status and the daughter was his own, so Zhao Ningsong was indeed difficult to manage and was in a dilemma for a while.

In the end, it was Nanny Xiao who was knowledgeable and experienced. She said that Zhao Shuhua was Tian An's apprentice and forcibly took the two of them to Tongxinyuan.