Chapter 42: Give the Tiger Talisman of Hua Yanjun to the Only Daughter
Deng Zheng and his daughter looked at Han Qiongyue in disbelief.
She said this in a light tone, but it didn't sound like she was joking at all.
"Grandma, are you crazy? If Lian'er is lashed with ten lashes, wouldn't that be the same as taking her life?"
In order to protect his sister, Deng Yi stood up and confronted her even though he was a little afraid of Han Qiongyue.
"She herself said she wanted to take the blame for her father!"
Han Qiongyue glanced at him sideways and said solemnly.
"I am willing to be whipped twenty times, including Lian'er's share."
Deng Yi straightened his back, looking like he would rather die than surrender.
"No, don't do that, brother..."
Deng Xuelian pulled his arm and started crying again.
The three of them were kneeling in front of Han Qiongyue and Deng Youning, like weak people being bullied by bullies.
The feelings of grievance, unwillingness and hatred in my heart spread outward wantonly and wildly.
The wicked never think they have done anything wrong!
In their eyes, Deng Youning was an evil girl who was unfilial to her parents and disrespectful to her brothers and sisters.
Han Qiongyue is also a vicious old woman who takes advantage of her seniority, cannot distinguish right from wrong, and bullies others by taking advantage of her power.
And each one of them is more pitiful than the other.
"You have no right to hit me!"
"Grandma, ask yourself, how many times have you looked at me and Lian'er straight in the eye since we were young?"
"How good have you been to your father and mother? How many times have you been nice to them?"
"The women's army in your hands has been reluctant to be transferred to the Deng family army. What do you want to do with it? Who are you leaving it to?"
"Grandma's heart is divided into two halves. One half is filled with the Han family, and the other half is given to Deng Youning. I have never given it to your children and grandchildren!"
Deng Yi was planning to go all out.
He planned to reveal today all the discrimination he had suffered from Han Qiongyue over the years.
At first he thought his grandmother was just cold-hearted and treated everyone like that. Until Deng Youning came back, he discovered that his grandmother doted on her especially and wanted to leave all the good things to her. How could he, as the eldest grandson, not care?
Han Qiongyue was so angry that she laughed at his questions.
She was still telling Ningning this morning that we all prosper together and suffer together.
It seems that all of her descendants are hoping for her death!
"From what you said, are you blaming me for being biased?"
She took a deep breath, calmed down, and continued:
"You said that I only have the Han family in my heart. Eight years ago, the Ninth Prince Jun Chenyi was demoted to the Northern Frontier, and three descendants of the Han family were also demoted to lead the Han family army to guard Qingzhou."
"The Han family is afraid of implicating your Deng family. For so many years, I have never met anyone from the Han family."
The three of them looked at Han Qiongyue in shock, as if they had never realized any of this.
Let’s not talk about the Han family’s affairs for now.
As for Deng Youning, Deng Zheng really has no good feelings towards her.
It’s because she is so rude and disrespectful, and her martial arts skills are so high that I can’t beat her!
Besides, the marriage that originally belonged to Lian'er has now been given to her, Deng Youning. What else can she be dissatisfied with?
Thinking of the bear that He Xiangzhe sent to the yard, Deng Zheng suddenly felt that his Lian'er was too wronged!
Deng Yi would not think that this was a big deal. In his eyes, Deng Youning was just a poor relative who came to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to beg for money. It was a blessing from heaven that they could take her in to live in their mansion.
What else does she want?
Get the love from herself and her parents?
Does she think she can be compared with Lian'er?
Lian'er is the delicate peony in the garden, and she is just the lowly weed in the gutter!
Deng Xuelian was even more proud. Her parents and brother would always be hers, and the position of the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was also hers.
A true daughter can never be taken away!
In her own prophetic dream, what the real daughter cared about most was this non-existent family affection.
As long as I can prevent her from getting family love, she will give up.
And she can rely on her identity and status to enter the East Palace and become the mother of a country.
It doesn’t matter if I suffer some injustice today.
The more she behaves like this, the more her family, the prince, and Brother Youzhe will feel sorry for her, and the more they will hate Deng Youning!
Han Qiongyue didn't care what they thought.
She calmed down and continued, "As for my Huayan Women's Army, even if I disband them, I will never incorporate them into the Deng Family Army!"
She suddenly raised her right hand and showed a ruby ring on her thumb.
"This ring is the tiger talisman of Lady Hua Yan's army. Today, in front of you unworthy descendants, I will give it to the only legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Deng Youning."
"Madam Dou, go back and draft two letters, one to report to the emperor and one to the army!"
Han Qiongyue asked Deng Youning to stretch out her hand and personally put the ring on her.
This was the thing that the Deng father and son coveted the most, but now it was easily given to Deng Youning. Both the father and son had jealous eyes and wanted to snatch it away.
But they did not seek trouble for themselves, as they could not defeat Deng Youning with their martial arts skills.
The father and son could only endure it.
The number of Hua Yan's army is only a few hundred, far less than that of Deng's army.
But they possess the most powerful gunpowder and lacquer purification technology in the whole of Dongji.
Moreover, without Han Qiongyue's order, even the emperor would not be able to obtain the firearms they made.
More than half of the saltpeter and lithosphere mines in the country are under the name of Huayan Women's Army and are the private property of Han Qiongyue alone!
Not to mention the Deng father and son, even the emperor was concerned about these things.
But none of them could do anything about it; they had to serve this ancestor well.
Otherwise, they don't have the ability to purify and refine them. Even if they get those things, they will not only be of no use, but will also cost them their lives.
Saltpeter and varnish are both poisonous!
"Mother, can a little girl like her manage an army?"
"Even if you don't want to merge the Huayan Army into the Deng Family Army, you can find a more suitable general in the future. It's better to have nothing than to have nothing!"
Deng Zheng felt like he was about to have a heart attack.
How could a mother be so ignorant and short-sighted?
"Grandma, I don't understand. Apart from being a little better at martial arts than me, what else does Deng Youning have that qualifies her to be in charge of the Huayan Army?"
"You are so partial and corrupt that you handed over the Huayan Army to a woman casually. Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the emperor?"
Deng Yi pointed at Han Qiongyue's nose and used the emperor to suppress her.
Although the Huayan Army belongs to her alone, everything in the Dongji Kingdom ultimately belongs to the emperor, his surname is Jun!
"Don't use His Majesty to pressure me!"
"First, the commander of the Huayan Army must be a woman; second, whether the emperor agrees or not is not up to you."
"Now, I have given the tiger talisman to Ningning. There is nothing for you two to worry about. Just take care of yourselves!"
Han Qiongyue was able to give it to her, so she naturally knew that Deng Youning had the ability.
On the contrary, if it really fell into the hands of Deng Zheng and his son, then it would be a precious pearl that would be lost in the dust.
"Old hag, Deng Youning will get married sooner or later. Can she take care of you in your old age?"
"You treated me and my father like this today, aren't you afraid that we won't take care of you in your old age?"
Han Qiongyue was so angry that her whole body was shaking and she even had trouble breathing.
She wanted to curse Deng Yi, but her chest was heaving so hard that she couldn't speak.
Deng Youning doesn't tolerate Deng Yi's bad habits.
"No matter whether I, Deng Youning, will marry or not in this life, please rest assured, my lord. It is not your turn to take care of my grandmother until her death!"
She pointed at Deng Yi's acupoints, grabbed the back of his neck, and dragged him towards the pond.
"Deng Youning, what are you doing? Let me go!"
Deng Yi couldn't move and could only keep shouting.
“Plop——”
The sound of a heavy object falling into water was heard, and Deng Youning threw Deng Yi into the pond beautifully.
Everyone was stunned.
"Deng Yi, you better reflect on what you should do as a grandson!"
"Whoever dares to go down to retrieve him, I will throw him into the pond with him, so that he can keep the prince company."
"If you are dissatisfied, I can report what Deng Yi did to my grandmother to the government right now. Then, let's see how your Zhenguo Mansion will deal with him!"
"I don't care about your saying we prosper together and suffer together. If you don't let us live well, then you won't live well either!"
Deng Youning said this to Deng Zheng.
She looked like a crazy woman right now.
Deng Zheng knew he was in the wrong, but he didn't want to ruin his reputation, so he could only swallow his anger when he saw the wicked girl being so unreasonable to him.
Deng Youning wanted to vent her anger for Han Qiongyue, and Deng Xuelian also wanted to speak up for Deng Yi and Deng Zhengming.
"younger sister……"
"Pah—shut up!"
As soon as she opened her mouth, Deng Youning slapped her in the face.
This time, Deng Zheng didn't dare to go forward to comfort Deng Xuelian.
He glanced at Deng Yi who was still struggling in the water, then looked at Deng Xuelian who was crying silently with her hands covering her face, and when he looked at Deng Youning again, there was only infinite panic in his eyes.
After this madman beats them, he can’t beat himself, right?
"Grandma said, you guys better take care of yourselves!"
After saying this, Deng Youning and Nanny Dou supported Han Qiongyue and left.
As for the subsequent insults from the Deng family, she knew it without even having to listen.
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