Ning Xu was about to have an attack...
When Ning Xi'er released the sedan door, she seemed reluctant to part with Ning Xu and held his hand...
In reality, she squeezed his palm, reminding him to calm down and be patient.
This is exactly the result Ning Xi'er wanted—to become a discarded pawn.
Sure enough, when the steward escorted Ning Xi'er back to the convicts' group, Ning Xu rushed forward, took a bundle from the servant's hand, and handed it to Ning Xi'er.
"Take care, little sister!"
Ning Xi'er's eyes were filled with tears; this was the lingering consciousness of the original owner acting up, an overwhelming surge of emotion and sorrow...
"Brother, I look forward to our reunion soon!"
"Hey! Who's this?!"
Just as Ning Wei's carriage left and Ning Xu released Ning Xi'er, Ning Qian and her entourage appeared out of nowhere.
Ning Xi said with a gloating tone, "Oh dear sister! How come your face turned like this after just one day in jail?!"
Ning Xu shielded Ning Xi'er behind him, sneered, and summoned the guards not far away.
In addition to bringing along the servants from the Marquis's residence, he also brought along personal guards brought back from the army, each of whom was highly skilled.
"Brother, I was just looking for a place to vent my anger, and this is like a pillow delivered to my sleepy head!"
Seeing the tense atmosphere and recognizing it as a domestic matter concerning the Marquis's household, the head escort quickly urged the group to set off.
The concubine sons and daughters of the Marquis's mansion were surrounded by Ning Xu's guards, including the servants and guards they brought.
Ning Xu turned around, intending to say goodbye to Ning Xi'er, but saw that Ning Xi'er had already been pulled back to the team and was waving to him from afar.
The convicts were a large and imposing group, numbering over a thousand.
There were nearly three hundred people escorting the prisoner. Ning Xi'er was positioned in the center, and after taking a few steps, Ning Xu could no longer get close.
Ning Xu stopped dwelling on the matter at hand, his face cold and stern, and ordered the guards to take the group of illegitimate sons aside.
Ning Qian and Ning Xi cried out, "My mother will never let you get away with this!"
Ning Yuan and Ning An were completely oblivious to the situation, and their arrogant demeanor was convincing: "If you release us now, we can consider not complaining to our parents about you!"
"oh?"
Ning Xu, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world, leaned close to his two half-brothers and asked, "You went to the prison yesterday, didn't you? Did you say anything to the jailer?"
Upon hearing Ning Xu's words, Ning Yuan and Ning An's expressions changed drastically.
This older brother is not someone to be trifled with, and with Ning Xi'er's current predicament, they are unsure what Ning Xu might do at this moment!
The eight children born to the two concubines, Liu and Xu, all arrived at the scene. Their earlier attitude of merely observing the situation changed, and they all begged Ning Xu for forgiveness.
"Second brother, this has nothing to do with us! We're not here to laugh at you, we're all here to see our sister off!"
"That's right! Second brother, we've always kept to ourselves and our sister, so please don't misunderstand us!"
......
Ning Xu sneered. They had just seen the undisguised smugness on their sister's face, and it was still fresh in their minds!
This was while he was still around. Before he and his older brother came back, they had no idea how these beasts had bullied their sister!
Ning Xu ignored him and turned to Chen's two sons and two daughters.
"Xi'er said that her face was disfigured after eating the food box you brought yesterday..."
"According to the jailers, the food box was sent by you. Even if I skin you alive, it won't appease my hatred!"
Ning Qian and the others instantly changed color. Seeing the coldness in Ning Xu's eyes, they all shrank back, regretting that they hadn't watched the show at the right time.
Ning Yuan and Ning An both protested, "No! We didn't send it!"
"We just told the guards not to bring in any food boxes that anyone sends..."
"In the end, we're still protecting our sister!"
......
Ning Xu was too lazy to argue with them, so he directly ordered the guards to put all twenty-odd people in the group into sacks.
"Give him a good beating!"
For a moment, the screams not far from the official road were even more devastating than the cries of the thousands of exiled prisoners who had just been there...
The people showed no sympathy, and dispersed while whispering amongst themselves.
"Well done! Did you hear that? These illegitimate children conspired to poison their elder sister. The princess was about to be exiled, and they even took advantage of her imprisonment to send her a poisoned food box, disfiguring her!"
"How vicious! If it weren't for the First Lady of the Marquis's mansion being seriously ill, how could these illegitimate sons and daughters have the right to act so arrogantly!"
"Well done, young master! If my sister had been wronged like that, I would have skinned them alive!"
"Did you see their faces just now? They thought the princess had no one to protect her, that she was already disfigured, and they all came up to laugh at her!"
"No wonder the young general is so angry. It's because the eldest son is stationed on the frontier and can't come back. If the eldest son were here, he might have gotten even angrier!"
"Should!"
"Yes! Serves him right!"
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