Chapter 230 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
Ning Ji was taken to the garden by two maids to play. The playful Ning Ji unknowingly approached the pond.
Ning Chi saw it when he passed by, and suddenly the news that the eldest son of the first wife, Yuan Ge'er, had fallen into the water and died emerged in his mind.
Since Yuan Ge'er could fall into the water, it's not surprising that Ji Ge'er would fall into the water too, right?
Ning Chi went forward to talk to his younger brother Ning Ji as if possessed by a ghost, and sent away the two maids named Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju.
He thought it would be troublesome, but he didn't expect that the two maids named Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju would be so obedient to him and left without saying a word.
They successfully sent the maid away, and now only the two brothers were left by the pond.
Ning Chi looked around, but couldn't see any other figure.
He and his younger brother Ning Ji were alone here, and the deep evil thoughts that he had suppressed in his heart were thus aroused.
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"Madam, it's bad! The second young master fell into the pond and is...already dead!"
Upon hearing the sad news, Li stood up suddenly, tears streaming down her face in disbelief: "What did you say?! This is impossible! This can't be true!"
Li no longer cared about her elegant demeanor and ran to the main house, heading straight to the main courtyard where Cheng lived. The wailing of the bereaved son resounded over the main courtyard: "Ji'er! My son!"
Cheng stood aside and watched coldly as Li threw herself on Ji Ge'er's wet body, as if she saw herself throwing herself on Yuan Ge'er and crying a few days ago.
This bed is the one where Yuan Ge'er's body lay in the past, and now Ji Ge'er lies on it.
Oh, what retribution! Things have changed, and finally it is your turn, Li, to bear the pain of losing your son.
But it doesn't matter, this is just the appetizer. After you know the truth about the brothers killing each other, I believe you will also be able to understand the pain that the Duke felt when he found out that it was the second house that attacked his own offspring.
Li hugged Ji Ge'er's body, which was soaked in water, and cried inconsolably.
Ning Yucheng and Zhang arrived shortly afterwards. When they saw Ji Ge'er's lifeless body, they expressed much more grief than when they saw Yuan Ge'er's drowned body.
Si Yuan was the last one to arrive. He walked in and took a look at Ji Ge'er's death, which was exactly the same as Yuan Ge'er's. His face showed the hypocritical sadness that Ning Yucheng had seen when Yuan Ge'er died. He patted Ning Yucheng's shoulder hypocritically and repeated Ning Yucheng's words to comfort him not to be too sad about Yuan Ge'er's death: "Second brother, I'm sure Ji Ge'er doesn't want you to be so sad and painful. You still have Chi Ge'er and Rong Jie'er."
Ning Yucheng angrily slapped Si Yuan's hand and said, "The one who died wasn't your own son, so of course you're not sad!"
Si Yuan said calmly, "When Yuan Ge'er died, Big Brother was as sad as Second Brother. Didn't Second Brother comfort Big Brother in the same way? Now Big Brother is also comforting Second Brother in the same way, why is Second Brother angry?"
Ning Yucheng was stunned for a moment. He looked around and suddenly felt that the scene in front of him was so familiar, except that the situations of the first and second wives were reversed.
It was still this room. Yuan Ge'er had drowned in the same way before, and his body lay on the bed in the room. Sister-in-law Cheng was holding Yuan Ge'er's body and crying. He stood aside, pretending to be sad, secretly happy in his heart, and pretended to comfort his eldest brother. The words of comfort were exactly the same as what his eldest brother had said just now: "Brother, I'm sure Yuan Ge'er doesn't want you to be so sad and painful. You still have Sister Fu."
Now, the eldest brother actually returned these words of comfort to me almost exactly as they were.
Then what about Ji Ge'er's death... Ning Yucheng had an unbelievable guess in his mind - Ji Ge'er's death was almost exactly the same as Yuan Ge'er's death, both fell into the same pond and drowned.
Could it be that the eldest brother knew the cause of Yuan Ge'er's death, so he killed Ji Ge'er in revenge?
Ning Yucheng shuddered, looking at Si Yuan's cold and indifferent face in front of him, he took two steps back in fear, and said hesitantly: "Thank you very much for your comfort, big brother."
Si Yuan said calmly: "You're welcome. As the eldest brother, I have to repay my second brother for what he did to me before."
Ning Yucheng, who already had a guilty conscience, became even more frightened when he heard this. He subconsciously translated this sentence into: I will take revenge on my second brother for what he did to my child before.
Ning Yucheng couldn't help but think of the deaths of his two illegitimate sons, Yun'er and Zhen'er, who both died of colds. Most of his eldest brother's previous illegitimate sons also died of colds.
This is revenge, this is definitely Big Brother's revenge on him!
Ning Yucheng was so afraid that he didn't dare to look Si Yuan in the face. He knew what his wife Li had done over the years. It could be said that Li's actions were inseparable from his secret help behind the scenes. Together with his mother Zhang's cleaning up the mess, the three parties had to work together to hide it from their eldest brother, the owner of the Chengguo Mansion.
Ning Yucheng was very sure that they had cleaned up the mess and his elder brother would not be able to find any evidence.
But he never expected that his eldest brother would not even find evidence to confront them, but instead determined that they were the murderers and directly attacked his sons.
The eldest brother is so cruel and ruthless. His son is also his nephew, and they are still children who know nothing!
At this time, Li said angrily: "How could Ji Ge'er fall into the pond? Someone must have harmed Ji Ge'er! We must investigate and find out the real culprit!"
Li's words woke Ning Yucheng up. Yes, he must investigate. If he could find evidence that it was his elder brother who did it, then perhaps he could legitimately ask his elder brother to give up the title.
Thinking that he could inherit the title of Duke Chengguo, a glimmer of greed flashed in Ning Yucheng's eyes.
Compared to letting his son be adopted by his eldest brother and then letting his son inherit the title of Duke of Chengguo, it would be better for Ning Yucheng to inherit the title of Duke of Chengguo himself.
He doesn't want to be the Duke's brother, nor does he want to be the Duke's biological father. He wants to be the Duke!
So Ning Yucheng also said firmly: "We must find out the truth, mother, please investigate the truth behind Ji Ge'er's drowning!"
Ning Yucheng suspected that his eldest brother killed Ji Ge'er in revenge.
Li suspected that Cheng couldn't bear to see someone else's son taking Yuan'er's place in good health, so she killed Ji'er.
The second wife and her husband suspected that the first wife and her husband were the murderers, so they asked Zhang to investigate the truth. They believed that Zhang would never cover up for the first wife.
However, what the second wife and her husband did not expect was that before Zhang said anything, Si Yuan and Cheng said firmly: "Investigate! We must get to the bottom of this! Yuan Ge'er fell into the water and died, and Ji Ge'er died in the same way. There must be something going on!"
However, Si Yuan and Cheng were so determined to find out the truth that Li and Ning Yucheng felt somewhat suspicious. Wasn't it the eldest wife who killed Ji Ge'er? How could the eldest wife ask for an investigation without any guilt? Could it be that everything in the first house has been cleaned up?
Zhang was also very sad about Ji'er's death. After all, Ji'er and Chi'er were her two most beloved legitimate grandchildren, and their status was far from comparable to that of illegitimate grandchildren.
Zhang went to investigate personally, and Si Yuan also asked her to bring the person over for direct interrogation in front of their masters to prevent Zhang from secretly covering up for the murderer when the real culprit was found.
Zhang sent people to investigate, and the first person they met was the maidservant next to Ji Ge'er for interrogation.
The maids around Ji Ge'er were not the ones he used to have in the second house. After Ji Ge'er moved to the first house, the servants serving him were replaced by Cheng. The two maids who served Ji Ge'er personally were Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju.
Li had bribed them long ago. She felt that these two maids were her own people, so she had no objection to Cheng replacing all the servants around Ji Ge'er. After all, the maids who served Ji Ge'er personally were still hers, and she was not worried that Ji Ge'er would become alienated from her in the future because of Cheng's support.
But she didn't expect that when Ji Ge'er drowned in the pond, these two maids disappeared.
At this moment, when Li saw Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju being captured, she wanted to pounce on them and tear them apart alive. It was all their fault for not taking good care of her son!
Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju cried and said, "Grandma, spare me, Grandpa, spare me! We followed the eldest young master's instructions to get a cloak and snacks for the second young master. The eldest young master said he would take care of the second young master, so we left without worry. I didn't expect that when we came back, the eldest young master was gone, and we only saw the second young master floating on the surface of the pond..."
Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju also felt that they were particularly wronged. The reason they listened to Ning Chi's orders so obediently was because their real master was Li, and Ning Chi was Li's eldest son, so naturally they had to listen to Ning Chi.
If their master was Cheng, they might hesitate about the second young master's order and choose a win-win solution.
But their master was Li, and Ji Ge'er and Ning Chi were brothers. They never dreamed that Ning Chi would murder Ji Ge'er.
That's why they followed Ning Chi's instructions and left for a while, but when they came back, they only saw Ning Ji's body floating in the pond. They were so scared that they jumped in to rescue him immediately, but it was too late.
Now facing the interrogation of all the masters in the mansion, Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju dared not hide anything.
But Li didn't believe what they said at all: "Nonsense! How could it be that Chi Ge'er killed Ji Ge'er? Who ordered you two to murder my son?"
Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju saw that Li was so angry that she wanted to eat them alive. They knew in their hearts that they had offended their master so much that they probably had no chance of survival. So they just threw the jar into the air and confessed directly: "Who ordered us to do this? Doesn't the Second Madam know? Wasn't it the Second Madam who ordered us to secretly open the window at night, causing Young Master Yun to catch a cold and eventually die of a high fever? And Young Master Yuan drowned in the pond, which was also the Second Madam's order for us to do..."
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