"How should we treat you?" The old lady shook her head sadly: "How should we treat you? From childhood to adulthood, what have you wanted that we didn't agree to? Even if you let An Ning down and took a concubine regardless of your aunt's face, didn't we let you do it..."

"That's because you already have Ji Tingyou!"

Ji Jingxu angrily interrupted the old lady: "Because your Ji family has a successor, and your Duke's Mansion has an heir, you don't need me. Naturally, I can marry whoever I want!"

Su Li was a little surprised.

What do you mean by “your Ji family”?

Isn’t Ji Jingxu the biological son of the Duke and the Old Madam?

The Duke and the old lady both frowned, not understanding the meaning of Ji Jingxu's words.

Ji Jingxu laughed sarcastically, "What? Was I wrong? Ji Jingsheng is dead, and the Duke's Mansion has no heir. You want me to marry Xu Rouning, isn't it because she is my aunt's daughter and has the blood of the Duke's Mansion flowing in her body? From the beginning to the end, you never thought of asking me to inherit the Duke's Mansion, right?"

His face was distorted as he angrily accused, "Do you know how much I hated and resented Xu Rouning when you pushed her into my arms? How much I resented her! How much I hated her, that woman who was related to the Duke's Mansion!"

The existence of that woman was like a constant reminder to him that he was just a poor creature who came from nowhere and was being used by others.

Now, Su Li finally understood what he meant.

In other words, Ji Jingxu is not the child of the Duke and the old lady, and then they promised the daughter of the Duke's aunt to him, and gave birth to Ji Tingyou, who is related to the Duke's family by blood, to inherit the title of Duke?

The Duke and the old lady became increasingly confused and confused the more they listened. They felt something was not right. "What do you mean by 'Duke's blood'? What on earth are you talking about?"

"Still pretending!" Ji Jingxu shouted angrily, "I knew it a long time ago. I'm not your son at all. Your only son is Ji Jingsheng. I'm just a poor unwanted wretch that you picked up from somewhere!"

The Duke shouted, "Where on earth did you hear such a ridiculous thing?"

Ji Jingxu sneered: "I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears!"

Then he looked at the old lady and said, "When I was ten years old, in the small Buddhist temple in Jingsi Hall, I heard you say with my own ears that I was just an unwanted child you picked up!"

The Duke frowned deeply, his face full of confusion.

The old lady was also stunned, and then she understood what he was talking about.

She shook her head and laughed mockingly, then sighed deeply after a long while. "When you were ten years old, your body was covered with pox and you had a high fever for days. The doctors said you wouldn't survive. I believed the rumors and prayed to the Buddha to give you a lowly background, abandoned by your own mother. I begged the Buddha to have mercy on you and let you live..."

"But I didn't expect..."

The old lady burst into tears: "Ji Jingxu, even if you really are not my biological son, all these years, we have loved you, don't you feel it at all? Just because you think we are not your biological parents, you can erase our kindness to you and poison us with peace of mind?"

"Now, I actually hope that you are not my biological son. At least, I won't be so heartbroken..."

"Grandma..." Su Li hurriedly supported the old lady, whose body was trembling due to excessive sadness and grief.

I couldn't help but shake my head and think about the unexpected turn of events.

Tsk tsk!

What a misunderstanding!

Ji Jingxu was stunned as if struck by lightning, his lips trembling for a long time without saying a word.

All along, he wanted the Duke's title, he disliked Xu Rouning, he condoned Liu Furong's plot to murder Ji Tingyou, all of which were nothing more than a rebellion against the Duke's Mansion, against everything his parents had arranged for him, against his parents using him to get a Duke's bloodline...

But it turned out that all this was just his misunderstanding.

He wasn't picked up!

He is not a poor wretch that no one wants!

He is his parents' child, he is his parents' biological child.

He suddenly remembered that when he was ten years old, his body was covered with acne and he had a high fever. His mother stayed by his bedside for several days without closing her eyes. Later, after he recovered, his mother fell ill. But he only remembered what his mother said in the small Buddhist temple.

He suddenly remembered that when he was thirteen years old, he was learning to ride a horse for the first time. The horse went crazy and caused him to fall. His father was afraid that he would be trampled, but he was kicked in the back by the horse instead.

He suddenly remembered a lot...

But he was blinded by the so-called blood relationship and his true heart, and almost killed his biological parents...

Tears burst out of Ji Jingxu's eyes. He was filled with remorse. He fell to his knees and kowtowed repeatedly: "Dad, Mom, I was wrong, your son was wrong..."

He was wrong, he was so wrong...

However, the old lady was so disappointed in him that she no longer wanted to look at him.

The Duke looked at his son who kept kowtowing with a complicated expression. "You killed your nephew, your father, and your mother. This is against the will of heaven, but for the sake of Tingyou and Tingxuan's reputation, I will not send you to the authorities. However, you cannot escape this punishment alive. Come!"

Two guards came in from outside the courtyard and saluted respectfully: "Duke."

The Duke closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and announced Ji Jingxu's fate: "Drag Ji Jingxu away, lash him 100 times, and then take him to the Ji family ancestral hall. He will not be allowed to leave for the rest of his life..."

Such a severe punishment made the guards pause. What mistake did the Second Master make?

"grandfather!"

At this time, Ji Tingxuan, who had received the news, rushed in and knelt on the ground: "Grandfather! Please forgive my father, please forgive my father, Grandfather!"

"Forgive him? Ting Xuan, do you know what he has done wrong?"

"I……"

Ji Tingxuan pursed his lips but could not utter a word.

The person who brought the news said, "Dad, he killed and murdered his mother..."

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