As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yunchuan's knuckles turned white from clenching the quilt, and the sinister look in his eyes almost solidified.
Ji Yunchuan finally raised his head and took a serious look at his half-brother for the first time.
In his memory, from childhood to adulthood, Ji Yunchuan has never had any sense of existence.
If he hadn't been standing here and occupied the position of Marquis of Anding, he probably wouldn't have thought that he had such a younger brother.
"Crossing the distance?" Ji Yunchuan's tone was cold, and his expression became a little excited. "Ji Yunnuo, I am your elder brother!"
In comparison, Ji Yunnuo seemed more calm and composed.
"So what? Now I am the Marquis of Anding."
Ji Yunchuan was furious and shouted loudly on the spot: "You are just a bastard, how can you be qualified to be the Marquis of Anding!"
Ji Yunnuo raised his eyebrows, his tone still calm and composed, "The imperial decree has been issued, the title is not divided into legitimate and illegitimate."
"you--"
Ji Yunchuan paused, unable to utter a word in rebuttal.
At this time, Chen stood up, pointed at Ji Yunnuo and loudly accused him, "Even if you are the Marquis of Anding now, he is still your elder brother. Now your father is in the prison. The eldest brother is like a father. Shouldn't you respect your elder brother?"
Ji Yunnuo smiled faintly and said, "Don't tell me, am I not respectful enough now?"
As he spoke, Ji Yunnuo looked at Ji Yunchuan and said, "Since Big Brother came back injured, I have been staying here with him, fearing that something might happen to him. Isn't this respectful enough?"
"I think I respect my elder brother."
As he spoke, Ji Yunnuo looked at Shen Ningyuan and asked with a smile, “Right, sister-in-law?”
After Ji Yunnuo finished speaking, everyone in the room turned their attention to Shen Ningyuan.
Especially Ji Yunchuan and Chen, their suspicious eyes kept jumping back and forth between Shen Ningyuan and Ji Yunnuo.
Ji Yunchuan was suspicious. He didn't even know when Ji Yunnuo and Shen Ningyuan started to hook up.
He couldn't believe that the two of them had hooked up in just one month after he faked his death.
He suspected that the two had colluded as early as a year ago!
Shen Ningyuan certainly knew what Ji Yunchuan's eyes meant.
Just as she thought, under such circumstances, Ji Yunchuan would definitely suspect herself and Ji Yunnuo.
But no one expected that he would look at them like that in front of Ji Yunnuo.
Thinking of this, Shen Ningyuan met Ji Yunchuan's piercing gaze, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
"Of course, my uncle is right. He respects my husband very much." Shen Ningyuan added indifferently.
Then, she suddenly changed the subject, her eyes sweeping across Chen's suddenly tense face. "Madam Ji, why do you say that my uncle doesn't respect my husband? You are their mother. Although my uncle is not your biological son, he still calls you mother. How can you sow discord between him and my husband?"
Hearing this, Chen stamped her feet violently, and the pearl tassels on her embroidered shoes shook violently: "Chen Ningyuan! What nonsense are you talking about! When did I ever sow discord between them? I was just upholding the rules of the Ji family, how could that be considered sowing discord?"
After saying this, Chen suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Ji Yunnuo, with a calculating glint in her eyes.
"Ji Yunnuo, as the new master of the Marquisate, you should protect the reputation of the Marquisate and not allow this bitch to slander your brother!"
As she spoke, Chen smiled sinisterly, "Or, are you so closely connected to this bitch that you'd rather protect her than disregard the reputation of the Marquisate?"
With just one simple sentence, the accusation of infidelity was directly placed on Shen Ningyuan's head.
Ji Yunchuan coughed twice, pretending to be hurt, and pointed at Shen Ningyuan and Ji Yunnuo, "Could it be true as mother said, that when I was not at the Marquis' Mansion, you had already hooked up with each other, and even couldn't bear the loneliness and secretly got pregnant!"
After saying this, the coldness in Ji Yunchuan's eyes became even stronger.
If he could ruin Ji Yunnuo's reputation, he could get his title back in a legitimate way!
Listening to the mother and son's echoing words, Ji Yunnuo lowered his eyes and played with the jade pendant at his waist. The warm white jade made the coldness in his eyes even deeper. "Mother and elder brother are simply making up stories. My sister-in-law and I are innocent. Everyone in the mansion can testify to this. How could we be secretly colluding? It's certainly not like elder brother said that we were pregnant!"
"Why should I believe you?" Ji Yunchuan snorted coldly.
Ji Yunnuo's eyes turned cold and he did not respond.
At this time, Shen Ningyuan took two steps forward and looked at Ji Yunchuan with a mocking look.
"Whether you believe it or not is not important."
Chen Ningyuan looked at Ji Yunchuan and asked word by word, "I'm actually very curious. When my husband returned, he didn't care about his own injuries or the situation in the mansion. Instead, he rushed to throw dirty water on me and my uncle. What's the meaning of this?"
Ji Yunchuan was speechless after being asked this question and glared at Shen Ningyuan angrily.
Chen had said before that the current Shen Ningyuan was sharp-tongued and difficult to deal with.
He didn't take it seriously, but now that he came back, he was left speechless by her aggressive tone and was really angry.
After taking a deep breath, Ji Yunchuan said in a cold voice: "There is no smoke without fire, and it takes two hands to clap. How should I know if you are doing anything behind my back?"
Snap——
As soon as Ji Yunchuan finished speaking, Shen Ningyuan strode forward and slapped him in the face.
Chen's expression changed instantly, and she rushed forward to question Shen Ningyuan, "Bitch, why did you hit my son?"
"He said it takes two hands to clap, so I wanted to try and see if it actually does."
As he spoke, Shen Ningyuan raised his hand and slapped him again.
"If one slap isn't enough, then give me another one!"
Ji Yunchuan was frightened and dodged backwards suddenly to avoid the slap.
Shen Ningyuan withdrew her hand and sneered, “Since my husband dodged it, I can only say that a slap can also be very loud!”
"You—" Ji Yunchuan was furious, "Chen Ningyuan, I am your husband, how could you slap me in public?"
"No problem." Shen Ningyuan looked around and smiled even more deeply, "We are all family."
Ji Yunchuan was extremely angry and pointed at Shen Ningyuan and cursed: "Nonsense, believe it or not, I will divorce you now!"
"You're divorcing me as soon as you get back?" Shen Ningyuan snorted coldly, "Can you bear it?"
"you……"
Ji Yunchuan and Chen were so angry that they were speechless.
I originally came back to suppress Chen Ningyuan.
I didn't expect that in the end, she would make me so angry.
After taking a deep breath, Ji Yunchuan was about to speak, but was suddenly interrupted by Ji Yunnuo.
"Brother, all the doctors in the capital came to check your pulse, and they all said that although the injuries looked serious, they were actually just superficial."
Ji Yunnuo spoke in an increasingly meaningful tone, "I don't understand. Since Big Brother said he was chased all the way from the border to the capital, why didn't the swordsmen who were chasing him kill him, but only inflicted superficial wounds?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Yunchuan's face froze and the surroundings instantly became quiet.
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