Since Rou Rou entered the manor, few people have mentioned Madam Zhu. In the past, Ran'er would mention her, but since Ran'er left, no one has mentioned her anymore.

Rou Rou often told him that the maids and nannies respected and loved her, saying that she was more benevolent and kind than Zhu Shi. The servants were very obedient to her. Rou Rou had been in the mansion for less than three years, but everyone already loved her.

But, do you really like it?

Ling Ce broke out in a cold sweat.

The servants said that Rou Rou was kind and benevolent; this was what Rou Rou had told him.

Everyone in the entire household loved Rou Rou, and it was Rou Rou who told him that.

He heard everything from Rou Rou!

His gaze sharpened as he looked at the servants kneeling on the ground and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me everything that the Madam and the Second Young Master did."

Speak the truth completely, without uttering a single falsehood. If it truly has nothing to do with you, I will make my own decision.

Sang Rou, who had been nestled against Ling Ce, froze and called out in a hoarse voice, "Master~"

Ling Qiang panicked and hurriedly shouted, "Father! What do you want to know? Ask me and Mother! Why are you asking these servants?"

In the past, Father only listened to Mother, and whatever Mother said went. Why has everything changed after this trip?

Ling Ce coldly commanded, "Shut up!"

Turning to the people on the ground, he commanded, "Speak!"

The kneeling maid steeled herself and recounted everything that had happened in the mansion.

Ling Ce's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his face grew increasingly dark.

When it was mentioned that the second young master had taken a fancy to Hu Shuiqing's daughter and wanted to make her his concubine.

Ling Ce suddenly looked at the two of them, his gaze turning colder and colder.

Hu Shuiqing said that Zhu was the legal wife, a girl from a good family. His Ling family repaid the debt of gratitude, but Zhu died in sorrow. His only legitimate son was left to go to live with his maternal grandfather. Now he wants to repay the debt of gratitude, but his wife has brought his son to take the girl that the family has carefully raised as a concubine!

Each generation is worse than the last! What kind of gratitude is this? It's clearly revenge!

Ling Ce felt he had never been so humiliated and was utterly ashamed.

He gritted his teeth and asked, "Is this why you got beaten up? You deserve it!" He wished he could disappear into the ground if there were one!

Sang Rou stared wide-eyed in disbelief, tears welling in her eyes, and asked, "Master, the other party is just a farmer in the village, while Qiang'er is the son of a second-rank official. He will be in charge of the Ling family business in the future. It is indeed a great honor for their family to have him as a concubine."

Instead of being grateful, they beat me and Ran'er up like this. Maybe they want to be Qiang'er's legal wife. But how can they, as farmers, be Qiang'er's legal wife?

I was only thinking of our children, sir. How could you not understand my good intentions and say such cruel things?

Ling Ce looked up at the person crying in front of him.

In the past, he only felt that his heart broke whenever she cried.

The person is still the same person, and they are saying the same things they have said before, so why do I only feel deep disgust and nausea when I hear it now?