Chapter 69 Banquet
Jiang Qingning closed his eyes, cleared his mind, and felt the fatigue in his body surge up.
After a while, he fell into a deep sleep. Anping Marquis' Mansion.
People and horses were thrown to the ground, and the servants were in a panic, walking around the mansion vigilantly.
In a courtyard in the mansion.
Xun Chen sat in the outer room with a gloomy expression. From the room came the sound of groaning and crying. The servants were kneeling on the ground, all of them with frighteningly pale faces.
"How have you all taken care of the eldest young master? Mo Li fell into the water because of a slip. It's all because of your carelessness!"
"Uncle, please spare me, uncle, please spare me!"
The old lady of the Earl of Anping sat aside, her wrinkled face looking even uglier at the moment. Ever since what happened a month ago, she had been concerned about Xun Moli.
Xun Moli had two more maids and two more old women taking care of her. Every day someone would report to her about her grandson's three meals a day and his homework, but an accident still happened yesterday.
Xun Moli wanted to feed the fish, so he waited by the pond in the back garden for the servant to bring him food. However, the maids and servants actually allowed him to play by himself, while they returned to the yard to do other things.
It was just the time to get some fish food when the servant came back and saw Xun Moli struggling in the water, with no servants around to take care of him.
The old lady of Anping thought of her son's previous attitude and immediately punished him severely.
Although Xun Moli was rescued, he developed a high fever due to the shock of falling into the water.
They kept making noise all day and all night long, and no one dared to close their eyes and rest.
Because Xun Chen had been guarding and listening to Xun Moli crying for his mother all night long.
"Mother...Mother...Wuwuwu...I want mother..."
Xun Moli's face was flushed red. The doctor was taking his pulse. He struggled and didn't want to be touched. Several maids had to hold him down so the doctor could feel his pulse.
Xun Moli kept crying and shouting, his eyes blurred with tears, which made the people around him feel sorry for him.
"I will personally go and invite Jiang Qingning. I want to see if she really can ignore her own son!"
The old lady of the Anping Earl could not sit still in this depressing and dull atmosphere. She stood up with the help of her cane and walked out the door angrily.
Xun Chen stood up and strode to Xun Moli's bed. His eyes were bloodshot after staying up all night.
Xun Moli caught sight of a figure and subconsciously recognized his biological father.
He struggled and stretched out his hand to Xun Chen: "Daddy... Mo Li wants mother..."
"Oh! What's going on? I told you to get married soon.
But you haven't liked any of the many you've seen. If you had chosen one to marry, would Mo Li be left without a mother now?"
The old lady of the Anping Earl was filled with anger. She walked behind Xun Chen and tapped the ground with her cane, making a complicated noise.
"Xun Moli."
Xun Chen called him softly to stop Xun Moli from crying, "Don't call me mother anymore. Jiang Qingning doesn't want you anymore. No matter how much you cry, she will never come back."
"Jiang Qingning is a cruel woman. If she says she doesn't want us, then she doesn't want us anymore."
Xun Moli listened to his words, and his brain, which was burning with anxiety, turned around. After analyzing the cognition word by word, he burst into tears, his voice hoarse and distressing.
"Bang!"
The old lady of the Marquis of Anping struck Xun Chen on the back with her cane and angrily scolded him, "What vicious words are you saying? The child is still sick, can't you just go along with him?"
Xun Chen endured this blow forcefully. He turned and looked at his mother, his brows cold and his tone grim:
"Mother, blind indulgence is the root cause of ruining a child. When Mo Li recovers, I will let him move to my yard and I will personally teach him from now on."
"Cousin! Mo Li is still a child. No matter what Jiang Qingning said, you shouldn't say that in front of a child!"
With Xiaotao's support, Bai Qingyi stumbled out, holding onto the door frame. She urged Xiaotao to help her to the bed quickly.
Under the watchful eyes of Xun Chen and the old lady, he rushed to the bedside and coaxed Mo Li repeatedly. After the doctor finished taking the pulse, he stood up and saluted Xun Chen.
"How is Mo Li?"
"Replying to Lord Anping, the young master is still young. He was frightened and had a high fever after falling into the water. The shadow in his heart cannot be dispelled. Naturally, his body temperature is high due to his distress. I have a prescription here. I will ask someone close to the young master to comfort him more."
"If you do this, it won't take more than a few days and you'll feel much better."
The old lady looked at the scene where Bai Qingyi hugged Mo Li lovingly to comfort him, but she felt uncomfortable in her heart.
Unfortunately, after Mo Li lay in her arms, he gradually calmed down.
"Bai Qingyi, who allowed you to leave the courtyard?"
The old lady stared at the hypocritical scene and asked in a gloomy voice.
For more than a month, she has sent people to keep an eye on Bai Qingyi every day to prevent her from leaving the yard.
I was careless today and she actually escaped.
Bai Qingyi looked back sadly, her eyes burning with heat, and she hugged Xun Moli tightly in her arms.
She pleaded, "Aunt, I don't have any other thoughts, and I'm not pretending to be pitiful. I watched Mo Li grow up under my care, and now that he's sick, I feel so sad."
"Please ask Auntie to let me take care of Mo Li until he recovers. As soon as Mo Li recovers, I will move out of the Anping Marquis's Mansion immediately!"
"I said no, and that's it. Mo Li is the only legitimate grandson of the Anping Marquisate. He's naturally taken care of by his close servants and maids. How dare I trouble the eldest daughter of the Bai family to condescend to him!"
“That’s enough!”
Xun Chen shouted softly, stopping the confrontation between the two.
"Cousin, I'm going to have to trouble you to take care of Xun Chen these days. Mother will have someone make you a few sets of clothes and two pairs of jewelry tomorrow. You can come and join the family dinner in five days. I will choose a good in-law for you."
Xun Chen said this in a cold tone, glancing at Bai Qingyi's stunned and sad expression.
The old lady was stunned for a moment, but her immediate look of surprise did not escape his attention.
Bai Qingyi's face gradually turned pale. Her plan failed again, and a sinister look appeared in her eyes. The impatience in her heart gradually reached its peak.
"Don't be afraid, Mo Li. Don't be afraid...Auntie is here."
Xun Moli groaned, and Bai Qingyi quickly came back to her senses, gently patting his body and coaxing him to sleep.
She can no longer have children in this life, but her cousin must get married.
She will only use Xun Moli this time, and will definitely take care of him as her own son in the future.
Xun Chen looked at Bai Qingyi solemnly, as she showed her pity for her son, and felt a touch of emotion in his heart.
Thinking of Jiang Qingning's heartless face, he snorted coldly and turned away.
The old lady of Anping walked behind Bai Qingyi and looked at her concerned expression. Her suspicion gradually dissipated. Perhaps she had just seen it wrong.
Bai Qingyi dotes on her children, so how could she use Mo Li as a handle?
She turned around and quickly caught up with Xun Chen.
Today's incident happened suddenly, and she must not let Xun Chen be unable to forget Jiang Qingning anymore. She must completely settle down her daughter-in-law.
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