Ruan Ming was startled, and he shouted at Ruan Tang in anger: "Ruan Tang, what are you doing? Are you crazy? How could you hit your Aunt Xia!"
"Ruan Tang, you dare to hit my mother!" Ruan Zhuoxu rushed forward to rescue Xia Ruzhi, but before he could get close to Ruan Tang, he was kicked away by the guards beside Ruan Tang.
Xia Ruzhi kept screaming: "Help, help..."
Ruan Tang, however, ignored them completely and just kept venting on Xia Ruzhi the humiliation and hatred she had suffered over the years because of them and her son.
The degree of his madness was astonishing. The elegant Xia Ruzhi was beaten until her clothes were disheveled, her hair was messy, her nose and face were swollen, and her whole body looked like a steamed bun. It was unrecognizable that she was herself.
Ruan Tang had vented enough of his anger and was too tired to fight anymore, so he threw the powerless Xia Ruzhi to the ground like trash.
Xia Ruzhi was beaten badly by Ruan Tang. Her face was bruised and bloody. She couldn't get up for a long time. She stretched out her hand and wanted to ask Ruan Zhuoxu for help: "Xu'er..."
Ruan Zhuoxu immediately stepped forward and wanted to help Xia Ruzhi up, but was blocked by Austin's loyal guards.
No one was given the opportunity to get close to Xia Ruzhi, leaving this woman in such a state of embarrassment in public...
"Ruan Tang, what else do you want to do?" Ruan Zhuoxu had never been so embarrassed before, and he suddenly felt helpless and furious.
Seeing that Ruan Tang was still not giving up even after reaching this point, the people around her, led by Austin's distant uncle, another powerful royal duke, spoke up and looked at Ruan Tang with dissatisfaction, trying to stop this matter: "Duchess Austin, Ms. Xia is your stepmother no matter what. I don't know what kind of grudge there is between you, but as your brother said, she still raised you in the end..."
"Even if you don't want to regard her as your mother, why would you beat her in public like that and to such an extent?" He had lived for most of his life, and except for his crazy nephew, he had never seen such an unreasonable person.
It's true that this couple are from the same family.
After he spoke, several noble ladies who had a good relationship with Xia Ruzhi immediately joined in, saying, "That's right, the Duchess is still the chairman of the OGA Protection Association. How can the chairman lead the OGA ideological education and support work of the entire empire when she beats up the stepmother who raised her so brazenly and doesn't even understand the basic principles of filial piety?"
Ruan Tang recognized this noble lady at a glance. She had helped Xia Ruzhi and her son to discredit her reputation in the circle and say bad things about her, so she immediately stepped forward.
"What are you doing? Do you still want to hit me?" The noble lady had just witnessed the brutal scene of Ruan Tang beating Xia Ruzhi in front of her eyes. When she saw Ruan Tang approaching her, she was immediately frightened and kept backing away.
He retreated behind Duke Philip, looked at the huge crowd of people behind him, and then he shouted to Ruan Tang with peace of mind.
"Duke Philip, Mrs. Salman, there are some things I must refute about what you just said." Ruan Tang didn't even look at Mrs. Salman and walked straight up to Duke Philip.
Although the old duke holds a high position of power, he is a low-key person and is quite prestigious in the aristocratic circle of Osphia. He is someone Ruan Tang does not want to offend or leave a bad impression on.
Although he is letting himself go now, he is not crazy yet.
Duke Philip is old and conservative in his thinking. What he values most are filial piety and rules. Ruan Tang beating his stepmother happened right under his nose. He already had a very bad impression of Ruan Tang and didn't want to listen to him. However, considering Ruan Tang's identity and status, he still frowned and looked at Ruan Tang silently.
He acted as if he was willing to hear more details.
"You just said that Ms. Xia was kind to me no matter what, and no matter what the grudges are, I shouldn't treat her like this. Then, let me ask, if a person who is indifferent to you and even constantly makes things difficult for you, although she can be said to have raised you together with your father, is an enemy who has harmed your entire family and taken away everything that your mother and your family should have had?" Ruan Tang smiled slightly, let out her anger, and calmed down.
He immediately looked at the old duke calmly and said, "In this situation, is the kindness greater than the hatred, or is the hatred greater than the kindness?"
Ruan Tang's implication was that Xia Ruzhi was responsible for her mother's accident. Considering the prosperity of the Ruan family over the years and the strange accidents that had happened to Ruan Tang's mother, brothers and sisters, as well as the fact that Xia Ruzhi, the mistress, had become Mrs. Ruan not long after, those who had just sympathized with Xia Ruzhi for a moment felt a little embarrassed.
But seeing Ruan Tang like this, it seemed that the Ruan family had another melon to eat, and it was not a small one—
Duke Philip calmed down and thought carefully about what Ruan Tang meant. Looking at Ruan Tang who was looking at him peacefully, he felt that he might have been too impulsive. There might be something else going on between Ruan Tang and Xia Ruzhi. Perhaps he shouldn't ask about it. He suddenly felt embarrassed.
“If a person harms your entire family, seizes the resources your family originally had, and then raises you… then the resources he used to raise you should have belonged to you, and were stolen from you. He is a despicable thief. Such a favor is naturally not a favor. Of course, the hatred is greater than the favor…” Philip is a very jealous and fair person. It is for this reason that he has such a good reputation and prestige in the circle. When asked by Ruan Tang in this way, even though he was embarrassed, he was still very fair and honestly answered the answer he felt in his heart.
If Xia Ruzhi was the one who caused Tang Yun to ascend to the throne, even if she became Madam Ruan and raised Ruan Tang together with Ruan Ming, she would not feel any gratitude towards Ruan Tang, but instead have a deep hatred for him.
"Thank you for your answer." Ruan Tang smiled and said, "This is exactly the relationship between Ms. Xia Ruzhi and me. Although she used my parents' joint property to raise me with my father after marrying my father, she is also the culprit who harmed my mother."
Ruan Tang looked at everyone present and said word by word, "My mother is still stupid and foolish because of the poison she gave her. Not only do we not have any gratitude or righteousness, but we actually have a deep hatred for each other... I just found out about this matter. My mother no longer has the capacity for civil conduct. As a son, I must seek justice for her."
As early as when he came here, he had no intention of settling the matter peacefully.
When Ruan Tang said this with such certainty, everyone in the room was shocked.
Although they had already had some vague suspicions in their hearts, the direct confirmation of this by Ruan Tang, the son of the original wife, was still quite powerful...
At that moment, many people who had already had a bad relationship with Xia Ruzhi began to whisper.
"It's really unexpected. When Mrs. Ruan, no, Ms. Tang got into trouble, there was such an inside story?"
"I felt something was fishy back then. Ms. Tang was a healthy person in her prime. Even if her son's accident was a big blow, Major General Ruan Ming was not dead. How could she go crazy all of a sudden? It's pitiful. She was also a kind person, but she didn't have much scheming and family background. She fell into the hands of a mistress who was only interested in getting promoted..."
"I knew that Xia Ruzhi was not a good person. Just look at how she raised a son like Ruan Xi. Both mother and son have the same style of mistresses..."
Xia Ruzhi's ears were buzzing from the beating she received from Ruan Tang, but she still heard every word of the whispers, and her face turned pale as paper.
She didn't expect that after so many years, the truth would still be revealed...
As expected, Ruan Tang came here to seek revenge on that woman.
"Ruan... Ruan Tang, what did you say? What is going on? Your mother... who is your mother?" It was obvious that these outsiders were not the only ones who were shocked. After hearing Ruan Tang say these words so confidently, Ruan Ming's face also changed suddenly and he looked at Ruan Tang in disbelief.
Although he was a playboy and didn't take OGA seriously, he still had some feelings and respect for Tang Yun, the wife who had accompanied him from scratch and married him when he had nothing. Otherwise, he would not have agreed to let Ruan Tang take away so many things when they got married, and he would not have tolerated Ruan Tang's repeated contradictions with him...
He had always thought that Tang Yun's accident was caused by the shock of his eldest son's accident, but he didn't expect Ruan Tang to tell him today that Tang Yun was actually murdered right under his nose...
The person who hurt her was his current wife, whom he thought was gentle and timid.
Ruan Tang looked at him in shock, as if he felt extremely disgusted by his deep love for his mother. He sneered.
"Don't believe him, father, don't believe him. Mother is so gentle and kind, how could the first wife be killed by her? It is obvious that the first wife became stupid due to excessive shock caused by the misfortunes that happened to the eldest sister and the eldest brother... He is just making specious arguments!" Feeling the pointing gazes of the people around him, Ruan Zhuoxu clenched his fists and tried his best to defend his mother.
Xia Ruzhi immediately reacted when she heard this, and she kept defending herself: "Master, you have to believe me, believe me, I really didn't do anything, let alone attack the first wife."
However, Ruan Ming seemed not to hear a word they were saying. He just stared at Ruan Tang, waiting for him to give him an answer.
Ruan Tang had already anticipated the shamelessness of this group of people, and he was well prepared. Without saying a word, he turned on his light brain and displayed a series of evidence that Xia Ruzhi had harmed his mother and sister in front of everyone: "Since I dare to say so, I must have evidence."
Although the evidence in hand was incomplete, Ruan Tang had already prepared it. After the clues that had been destroyed were found, he restored and forged some "chains of evidence", putting the true and false together so that anyone with a discerning eye could tell what Xia Ruzhi had done.
It doesn't matter whether the evidence is true or false. He is the one who holds power now. As long as he can provide evidence, Xia Ruzhi did do these things.
If he says it is true, then it is true.
The optical brain projected how Xia Ruzhi first poisoned Tang Yun, and how she colluded with others to stimulate Ruan Yue, who was already in a bad mental state due to the loss of her son... The chain of evidence was complete and detailed, and its viciousness was outrageous.
As for Ruan Yang's share, Ruan Tang had not yet investigated it clearly. Secondly, he wanted to use it to wipe out the Xia family. He did not want to alert the enemy, so he kept it secret.
Everyone looked at the evidence presented by Ruan Tang in astonishment and marveled at Xia Ruzhi's viciousness.
It would have been fine if the rivalry between the two had harmed the other person's original wife, but they even harmed the other person's daughter, who was already suffering from emotional trauma. This is really too vicious.
Xia Ruzhi didn't expect Ruan Tang to be able to produce evidence. Hadn't she destroyed the evidence long ago? Seeing the irrefutable evidence of her crime reappearing on someone else's face, Xia Ruzhi did not even think about verifying the authenticity of the evidence. She immediately got up from the ground hysterically and shouted hysterically in the direction of Ruan Tang's brain projection: "It's not true, it's not true... No!"
She felt guilty and even went crazy for a while and wanted to destroy Ruan Tang's computer, but she was dragged away by Ruan Zhuoxu, who reminded her, "Mom, calm down..."
But her guilty reaction, in the eyes of others, was just another proof that what Ruan Tang said was true, and Ruan Ming's original wife Tang Yun was really killed by this mistress.
Thinking of this, everyone present suddenly felt a chill in their hearts towards Xia Ruzhi, and they also began to harbor endless doubts and contempt for what Ruan Zhuoxu had said, who had just defended Xia Ruzhi.
If Tang Yun was really murdered by Xia Ruzhi, the mistress, how could the son born to Ruan Zhuoxu, the mistress, be so shameless as to dare to tell Ruan Tang in a sanctimonious manner that Xia Ruzhi had raised him?
Not only did she harm her mother to this point, she also took away everything she should have enjoyed. The son she gave birth to also repeatedly seduced her fiancé and tarnished her reputation.
If I were Ruan Tang, after knowing this, beating Xia Ruzhi would be the least of my worries, and I would be lucky enough not to chop her to pieces.
Ruan Zhuoxu still has the nerve to be so righteous in front of others, it's simply disgusting...
"This is not true, Master, you have to believe me, this is not true..." How could Xia Ruzhi remain calm when her evidence of guilt was exposed in public? She simply did not listen to Ruan Zhuoxu's advice and ran to Ruan Ming and kept defending herself.
She has been a dodder all her life. Even if something happens, her first reaction is to run to Ruan Ming and seek his protection.
Ruan Ming was furious. He grabbed Xia Ruzhi who was holding his hand and slapped her fiercely: "Bitch!"
It would have been bad enough that he dared to harm Tang Yun, but he even didn't let his eldest daughter go.
A "pop" sound was heard.
Xia Ruzhi was already bruised and battered by Ruan Tang, and the slap from Ruan Ming made her dizzy and she fell to the ground.
Ruan Ming didn't even look at him. He looked at Ruan Tang with great sorrow and grief. He couldn't tell what he felt at all: "Xiao Tang, I... I really don't know..."
He really didn't know that Xia Ruzhi, a woman, actually dared to harm Tang Yun.
"You know clearly whether you really don't know or you already have a guess in your mind and choose to turn a blind eye after weighing the pros and cons." Ruan Tang sneered at his rebuttal and didn't respond to his words at all.
He knew his father too well to speculate on the worst side of human nature...
Ruan Tang didn't believe that Ruan Ming, Xia Ruzhi's bedmate, really knew nothing about what Xia Ruzhi had done. He simply weighed the pros and felt that Tang Yun had gone crazy, and her children were either crazy or in a coma, and could no longer bring him value. However, Xia Ruzhi was already Mrs. Ruan and had several normal sons... There was no need to seek justice for Tang Yun, the original wife, so he did not pursue the matter further.
Why are you pretending to be a good person in front of him now?
Ruan Ming didn't expect Ruan Tang to treat him like this. He was embarrassed, but he had no right to blame Ruan Tang. He could only say with a pale face: "Xiao Tang..."
He wanted to use this incident to get closer to his son.
Ruan Tang first watched the couple fighting each other, and then saw Ruan Ming's behavior, and felt it was extremely disgusting and boring.
"I'm tired, let's go." Ruan Tang snapped his fingers.
Austin's guards responded, "Yes, ma'am."
He immediately dragged Xia Ruzhi, who was beaten dizzy, from the ground and was about to leave with Ruan Tang.
Ruan Zhuoxu didn't expect that after Ruan Tang made such a scene, not only would she leave, but she would also take Xia Ruzhi with her. He panicked and asked anxiously, "Ruan Tang, what are you going to do?"
"Xia Ruzhi harmed my mother to this point. Now we have the evidence. As the victim's son, I must of course send her to the Public Security Bureau and file a lawsuit against her. I must use the weapon of law to protect myself." Ruan Tang was not interested at all and said as a matter of course, "San Shao Ruan, don't you see that?"
He came here with great fanfare today not just to slap Xia Ruzhi in the face. Xia Ruzhi must pay the price for what she has done.
Ruan Zhuoxu didn't expect that he would not only cause trouble today, but also take his mother away to the Public Security Bureau and sue her in court. He immediately went crazy and said to Ruan Tang: "Ruan Tang, you are also a member of the Ruan family, how could you do this? How could you sue my mother in court? Do you know how much impact your actions will have on the reputation of the Ruan family?"
"Father, you can't let him do this. You can't let him take my mother away!" After saying that, he hurriedly grabbed Ruan Ming's hand, hoping that Ruan Ming could use his father's identity to stop Ruan Tang from taking Xia Ruzhi away.
It doesn't matter to Ruan Ming how many children he has, but he only has Xia Ruzhi as a mother. If Xia Ruzhi goes to jail, and her guilt is proven, Ruan Ming will definitely divorce him, and then his position as the heir of the Ruan family will be lost.
Ruan Zhuoxu didn't want to sit back and watch all this happen.
Ruan Ming looked at Ruan Tang deeply but did not say anything. Just by looking at Ruan Tang's expression he knew that no matter what he said today he would not be able to stop his son.
So he simply chose to say nothing.
"The Ruan family is not mine. What does it have to do with me if what I did affects the reputation of the Ruan family?" Ruan Tang looked at Ruan Ming's understanding of the situation and Ruan Zhuoxu's helpless and furious look, but suddenly laughed out loud: "After all, the Ruan family relied on your maternal grandfather, the Xia family, to sell their daughter to Alha, who has a family, to become a mistress, so how can they have a good reputation?"
His words were all a reflection of what he had said before to sarcastically criticize Ruan Zhuoxu, that the Ruan family's current situation was closely related to Mrs. Xia Ruzhi's diplomatic relations and the help from his maternal family. These were flattering remarks.
The Xia family didn't even have to sell their daughter to Ruan Ming as a mistress, so how could they possibly be of any help to the Ruan family?
Someone in the crowd figured this out and burst into laughter.
Ruan Zhuoxu had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat and almost fainted from anger.
As soon as Ruan Tang finished speaking, he no longer cared about the family's reaction, and led a large group of people away, dragging the half-dead Xia Ruzhi away like a sack.
Apart from the initial madness when he beat Xia Ruzhi, his reactions from beginning to end were extremely calm. But for some reason, compared to the pitiful behavior of Xia Ruzhi and her son, and thinking about the series of bad things that happened to the Ruan family, people couldn't help but sympathize with him and felt sorry for him.
What kind of people and things must have happened to this oga that forced life into this state? It's not easy.
The entire Ruan family had undoubtedly once again become the laughing stock of the entire Imperial Star. Seeing Ruan Tang dragging his mother away, Ruan Zhuoxu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He looked at Ruan Ming nervously and called out carefully, "Father..."
Ruan Ming didn't even look at him, and he seemed to have aged several years. He pushed him away exhaustedly.
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