Yu Zizhen wasn't afraid of her vicious glare. "What are you looking at? If I hadn't arrived in time, you would have been widely sung by storytellers and opera troupes as an unkind and vicious woman, didn't you know that?"
The old lady of the Duke of Wei's mansion was so angry that her eyes were red. She wanted to yell, "If you don't tell others, who will know the truth about what happened in the Duke of Wei's mansion?"
Even if the Duke of Weiguo really died of suffocation due to the argument with her, she could still put the blame on Fang Huaiying, right?
As long as she could protect her own reputation and interests, the old lady of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion didn't care whether Fang Huaiying, who was used as a scapegoat by her, was innocent or not.
As for Fang Huaixuan, the legitimate daughter of Duke Weiguo, the old lady of the Duke Weiguo's mansion had long lost any affection for her as a grandmother and granddaughter because she had always supported Duke Weiguo and never listened to her.
She had always disliked Fang Huaixuan because she didn't like her eldest daughter-in-law. Later, Fang Huaixuan refused to speak for her more than once when it came to the Duke of Weiguo's remarriage, concubines, and adoption, and only followed the Duke of Weiguo's opinions. She had lost even the last bit of affection for Fang Huaixuan as a grandparent.
In recent years, whenever Fang Huaixuan returned to her mother's home, she would rely on her status as a grandmother to call her over, embarrass her and make her lose face.
If she hadn't been concerned about Duke Weiguo, she would have wanted to punish Fang Huaixuan with family rules, such as kneeling and copying scriptures.
She couldn't even punish a granddaughter she disliked at will. The old lady of the Duke of Weiguo felt that she was too aggrieved as an old feudal lord. But the son she raised had already leaned towards his wife, children and his wife's family.
She didn't want to lose her current wealth and honor, so she could only continue to put herself in a difficult position and swallow her anger.
The old lady of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion, who felt that she had been wronged for many years, had long forgotten her disbelief and ecstasy when the Duke of Weiguo asked for a title for her. Now her mind was full of how unfilial her son and granddaughter were.
That was why she had always secretly hoped that the Duke of Wei would die sooner so that she could hand over the Duke of Wei's Mansion to her beloved sons and grandsons.
If it weren't for the fact that she and her children and grandchildren were unable to deal with the Duke of Wei's trusted subordinates, she would have joined forces with her children and grandchildren to kill the Duke of Wei and then forged his will.
There are also Fang Huaiying and Fang Huaixuan, who are very hateful in her eyes, and the old lady of the Weiguo Mansion has no intention of letting them continue to live well.
She wanted to take back the money and property that the Duke of Wei had distributed to these two people, especially Fang Huaixuan, who took away a small half of the Duke of Wei's property and the entire dowry of the deceased Duke of Wei's wife.
Such a huge fortune is no exaggeration to say that it is a mountain of gold and silver. If it had not been taken away by Fang Huaixuan, the old lady of the Weiguo Mansion felt that her descendants would never have to worry about money again.
The old lady of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion had many ideas, but because she couldn't deal with the Duke of Weiguo's close confidants, all her vicious ideas were aborted. She could only grit her teeth and suppress her resentment.
The situation was stronger than she was, so she could only risk her reputation and endure the threats and ridicule from this young doctor who looked unreliable.
What she didn't know was that her eldest son, Duke Weiguo, was not at all ill because of his anger as Yu Zizhen said.
Yu Zizhen knew very well that the Duke of Weiguo was pretending to faint. She cooperated with the Duke of Weiguo to scare the old lady of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, but when she was giving acupuncture and prescribing medicine, she used another treatment plan that she had discussed with the Duke of Weiguo long ago and had nothing to do with anger.
"Duke Weiguo needs to rest. Huaiying, please take everyone to clear out the irrelevant people."
Yu Zizhen would not save face for the old lady of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion like Fang Huaiying and Fang Huaixuan.
She gave the prescription to the court physician invited by the Duke of Weiguo's attendant, and asked him to go and prepare and decoct the medicine for the Duke of Weiguo first. As for those strong old women who were beaten by her and Yaoguang, Yu Zizhen said that these people were not her responsibility.
The old lady of the Duke of Wei's mansion was so angry that she was shaking all over. She pointed at Fang Huaixuan and cursed, "Are you dead? You just watch others bully your elderly grandmother. Where is your filial piety?"
Fang Huaixuan lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.
Fang Huaiying couldn't bear to see his sister being bullied, so he gestured to the angry subordinates of the Duke of Wei. Those subordinates who were surrounding the house immediately rushed in and without saying a word, carried away the strong women who were either unconscious or crying.
"Madam, do you want to leave by yourself, or should I ask someone to take you away?"
Fang Huaiying, who was so tough for the first time, actually couldn't help feeling a little weak in his heart, but he didn't know that the Duke of Weiguo was pretending to be unconscious. After being frightened by Yu Zizhen's false diagnosis, he really didn't want to continue to indulge the old lady of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion.
So what if the other party is his father's biological mother? Can a biological mother do whatever she wants and not care about her son's life or death?
A kind mother will make her son filial. Since she is not kind, don't blame him for disregarding her face and life and only caring about protecting his father.
The old lady of the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion was furious, but she couldn't afford to be the one who was directly driven away by Fang Huaiying. So after angrily scolding Fang Huaiying and Fang Huaixuan a few words, she fled with the support of her trusted servants.
The maid who came with the dowry of the late Duke of Weiguo's wife had now been called over by the Duke of Weiguo's trusted subordinates. They felt very sorry that the old woman had run away so fast, leaving them no chance to pull her back even if they wanted to.
"Young lady." Several maids surrounded Fang Huaixuan, who was not in a good mental state, and talked to her in a flurry, either trying to comfort her or asking her if she wanted a doctor to take her pulse.
Fang Huaixuan tried to cheer herself up, "I'm fine, it's my father. My father..."
"Duke Weiguo is fine." Yu Zizhen interrupted Fang Huaixuan, "To be precise, his physical condition has not deteriorated further."
Fang Huaiying and Fang Huaixuan raised their heads quickly and both cast their gazes towards Yu Zizhen.
Yu Zizhen smiled and gestured for them to look at Duke Weiguo. Duke Weiguo opened his eyes sheepishly and said, "Did I scare you? Don't worry, I was just pretending to faint."
He has to pretend. If he continues to compete with his mother, he will be so angry that he will faint.
Now that he has hope of recovery and his promising successor has returned to Xinjiang, he really can't bear to continue ruining his body and wasting his life for someone who is not worthy.
He looked at Fang Huaixuan, "Xuan'er, Dad has already had people pack up. I'll be leaving the house and living at the farm soon. With your brother and the good doctor he brought back, you don't have to worry about Dad's health. You have two children at home waiting for you to take care of them. You will leave the house with Dad later, then part ways with us at the intersection and go home directly."
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