As soon as she said this, everyone was stunned. An Zhongtao felt puzzled, but Lian Jinyu believed it and looked at An Zhongtao, and he was speechless. Chu was worried about this matter. She didn't expect it to be done. She didn't want to do it. The chicken was not stolen, but the rice was thrown away first. Her face looked bad. She didn't expect the old lady to be tricked by this. If it didn't work secretly, she would do it openly. She knew that she couldn't refute her openly.

Fang and the others didn't show any expression either, as this matter really had nothing to do with them. An Zhongyuan had a gloomy face, and who knew what he was thinking. But An Qingran suddenly became furious. She didn't expect her grandmother to do this and confuse right and wrong. Did she want to force her father to surrender?

Everyone at the table had their own thoughts, but they suddenly quieted down and looked at An Zhongtao. An Zhongtao's face turned red and white, and veins popped on his hand holding the cup. The old lady was secretly shocked to see his appearance, but then she thought that he was the most filial one on weekdays, and he would not do anything inappropriate in such an occasion.

As expected, An Zhongtao spoke up: "Mother, I said I would consider this matter, but I haven't made up my mind yet. Adopting a legitimate son is not a trivial matter. Besides, I already have a legitimate son. If it gets out, I'm afraid people with gossip will talk about it. So, I've thought it over and I've made up my mind now. I don't plan to adopt Mingbo."

The old lady felt as if she was slapped in public. She had thought it over and thought her son would not object openly, but she did not expect that her son would be so stubborn on this issue. Her face turned unhappy.

"Didn't we agree on this? Why are you going back on your word?" The old lady deliberately confused right and wrong.

An Qingran watched her father being forced by grandma to lower his head and look submissive, and was embarrassed to speak. She smiled and stood up: "Grandma, in fact, this matter should be considered in the long run. I know that grandma asked Mingbo to come here to help me, but I think, let alone I haven't entered the palace yet, even if I have entered the palace, I will naturally not be polite when I use cousin Mingbo's place, and cousin Mingbo will treat me as his own sister, right?"

Of course An Mingbo nodded.

"So, we appreciate grandma's kindness. From now on, I will treat Mingbo as my own brother. Our two families are of the same bloodline and are as close as one family. Why do we have to go through this formality?" An Mingxuan said with a smile.

"I'm talking to your father. Although you are going to enter the palace and become the Crown Princess, you are still young after all. You can't see things as clearly as the adults. Do you understand?" The old lady simply refused to listen to her.

But he was still polite to her.

An Zhongtao spoke up at this time: "Since mother has brought up this issue, then I will make it clear. Mingbo is a good boy, and he is old enough to be a young man. If he is adopted by me, my brother will not have any children, and I am afraid he will not be able to help me if he wants another one. Why don't I adopt Mingxuan to my brother, and we can exchange the two of them? How do you think?"

An Zhongtao confused everyone and An Yanran was stunned. She couldn't figure out what he was doing. Was he trying to play tricks on her? Was he not satisfied with his own son and wanted to switch him around?

The old lady was also confused. She wanted An Mingbo to inherit the general's mansion, but what was going on? He let An Mingxuan enter An Zhongyuan's mansion, wanting An Mingbo to inherit the general's mansion back?

The air froze for a moment.

An Qingran wanted to laugh. She didn't expect her father to have such quick wit. This could actually be considered as mischief. Wasn't it time to give someone a taste of their own medicine?

What is going on? The whole family is waiting to see the fun.

The old lady thought about it, wondering what tricks her son was playing on her, so she sighed and said, "I feel a little dizzy today, let's put this matter aside for now, let's eat. This is the hometown dish I specially prepared. You haven't eaten it for a long time, right?"

During the meal, everyone had their own thoughts. Most of the time, only the sound of cups and plates could be heard, but no one's voices were heard.

The old lady was naturally very angry.

And she wasn't the only one who was angry.

An Qingran openly refuted her today, which made her even more unhappy, but she was the Crown Princess and she couldn't do anything to her. This was what was annoying.

An Qingran was sitting in her room. She never expected that her grandmother would come openly instead of secretly. She had told this news to Mrs. Chu as a secret yesterday, but she didn't expect that her grandmother would reveal the truth today. She had already seen Mrs. Chu's eyes, and she felt that she should add fuel to the fire.

"Rendong, please go and help me with something." An Qingran said with a smile, and then gave the order.

Honeysuckle received the order and carried a large basin of clothes to the well. This was where the washerwoman lived. Everyone was surprised to see her coming: "Honeysuckle, why are you washing clothes yourself?"

"Yes, what day is it? Why are you here, Honeysuckle?"

Honeysuckle put the clothes there and smiled: "Didn't I do all these things before? Why are you making such a fuss?"

"The main thing is that this job is not yours to do now."

"I don't trust others with my young lady's things now."

"That's right. The young lady will soon enter the palace to become the Crown Princess. We must be careful in all our service and not be careless..."

"Well, that's right. You are right. She is going to enter the palace soon and become the queen in the future. Who dares to be careless? Not to mention me, a little maid. Everyone wants to curry favor with the young lady. Even the old lady wants to curry favor with her, but she doesn't know how to do it. She even sent her eldest grandson here. What do you think she wants to do?"

"Isn't it just helping the Crown Princess?"

"I don't think so. She probably feels that she has nothing to offer and doesn't know how to be nice to the young lady, which is why she is like this. If she could help herself, she probably wouldn't send her eldest grandson over to help. If her other granddaughter wasn't already taken, she would have sent her over to get some glory." Honeysuckle said disdainfully.

It’s okay for her to make such comments, but others shouldn’t interrupt. Just listen with a smile.

After hearing the rumors told by the little maid, Mrs. Chu could no longer sit still. She was already depressed enough at yesterday's dinner. She couldn't understand why the eldest wife wanted to snatch her child away. Later, she heard that they were unwilling to do so and wanted to exchange An Mingxuan. If it wasn't too late last night, she would have gone to the old lady to find out.

Before, Ranyue came to tell her that grandma wanted to adopt Mingbo to An Zhongtao, but there was no news. She thought it was just an idea.

This early riser heard the rumor again. The old lady took her own children to buy the house. How could she just watch her son leave?

Thinking of this, she walked to Beiyuan.