Chapter 231 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
Li was originally very angry with Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju for Ji Ge'er's death. She thought that it was these two maids who failed to take good care of her son, which allowed the murderer to take advantage of the opportunity and kill her Ji Ge'er.
Now Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju were actually pouring the dirty water that killed Ji Ge'er on her only remaining son Ning Chi, and Li wanted to eat them both alive.
But she didn't expect that because of this incident, Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju would expose her secret plot to murder Yuan Ge'er and Yun Ge'er.
Li was completely stunned. She subconsciously cried out, "Nonsense! If I really bribed them like they said, how could I let them kill Ji Ge'er? They must have been bribed by others and they just framed me!"
I have to say that Li is quite quick-witted.
Cheng sneered, "Didn't they just say that? It was because they were bribed by you that they listened to Chi Ge'er's words and were sent away, allowing Ji Ge'er to be killed by Chi Ge'er."
Cheng had long known the truth about the murder of her son Yuan Ge'er, so when she heard Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju's confessions, she was able to remain calm and speak to kill Li with a hammer, and did not go crazy and hysterical, giving Li an opportunity to take advantage of her.
Zhang was keenly aware of the unusual attitude of Cheng. She glanced at Cheng and felt that Cheng's reaction was not like that of someone who had just learned the cause of Yuan Ge'er's death.
Zhang finally had a bad guess in her mind, just like Ning Yucheng.
It was Ning Chi who killed Ji Ge'er because the two maids, Xiao Xing and Xiao Ju, bit him to death.
Li and Ning Yucheng were determined not to let the two of them throw dirty water on Ning Chi. After all, Ji Ge'er was already dead, and Ning Chi was their only son and their only hope. Even if it was really Ning Chi who killed Ji Ge'er, they had to hold their noses and wash away the stain for Ning Chi.
After all, the dead Ji Ge'er is certainly not as important as the living Ning Chi. Whether to seek justice for the dead Ji Ge'er or to save the only living son Ning Chi, this is not a difficult choice for the egoistic Ning Yucheng and Li.
But how could Si Yuan allow them to just let the matter go? He stepped forward and said, "Since these two maids have implicated Chi Ge'er, let's call Chi Ge'er in for a confrontation."
Si Yuan sent someone to call Ning Chi over.
Zhang also vaguely sensed that something was wrong. She felt that if she continued the interrogation like this, she might drag Chi Ge'er into trouble before finding the real murderer who killed Ji Ge'er.
Zhang hurriedly tried to stop them, saying, "Chi Ge'er is Ji Ge'er's biological brother, how could he possibly harm Ji Ge'er? These two maids must have been talking nonsense, trying to get away with the crime by accusing their master. Drag them away and beat them to death immediately, so there's no need to alarm Chi Ge'er, lest he become alarmed..."
Si Yuan has been planning for so long, how could he let Zhang cover up the matter like this?
He said calmly: "No, this matter must be investigated thoroughly! I thought it was because I was unlucky that all my children, biological or not, died one after another. Now it seems that it was a man-made disaster. I must investigate the truth!" His sharp eyes swept over Zhang, Ning Yucheng, and Li in turn, and then he continued to instruct the housekeeper to call Ning Chi.
When Si Yuan, the real master of Chengguo Mansion, spoke, no one else dared to object.
Soon, Ning Chi, who was feeling anxious, was brought in by the housekeeper. The panic and guilt he couldn't hide on his face made Ning Yucheng, the Li couple, and Zhang all feel depressed.
Looking at Ning Chi's expression, no one would believe that he had nothing to do with Ning Ji's death.
Li suppressed her grief over the fratricide between her two sons. Her second son, Ji Ge'er, had already died, and she was determined to save her eldest son, Chi Ge'er.
So Li rushed over and hugged Ning Chi, crying and saying, "Chi'er, my son! Your brother was killed by a traitor. I heard from those two little bitches that you also saw your brother when you passed by the pond. Tell me quickly, was it those two little bitches who pushed your brother into the pond?"
Li told Ning Chi all her excuses. As long as Ning Chi admitted what she said, he would have a chance to clear himself from the matter.
But how could Si Yuan allow Ning Chi to get away with it so easily?
evidence? What evidence do you want? As long as the person involved admits it himself, that's enough.
A cold light flashed in Si Yuan's eyes. Ning Chi was in a trance, with guilt and fear in his heart. He pushed Li away violently, waved his hands in a daze, and muttered: "Ji'er, I'm sorry, don't blame me! Who told you to take my position as the prince! The prince of Chengguogong should be mine. If you don't die, how can I be the prince?"
Ning Chi's confession brought silence to the scene.
Zhang, Ning Yucheng and Li all felt devastated - it was over!
At this moment, the cause of Ji Ge'er's death is no longer important. What really matters is how to save Ning Chi.
Ning Chi is not only the only heir of the second house, but also the only heir of the entire Chengguo Mansion.
If this news gets out, Ning Chi's reputation will be ruined and he will have no future at all, let alone inheriting the Chengguo Mansion.
Even if Ning Chi is the only male heir, it would not be the turn of a murderer who murdered his own brother to inherit the throne of Duke Chengguo!
After a while, Si Yuan said quietly, "I never expected that Chi Ge'er would be such a bastard who didn't care about the relationship between brothers and would kill his brothers!"
Ning Yucheng's face twitched. He always felt that Si Yuan was making a veiled criticism of the father.
After Ning Chi confessed, he finally came to his senses from his guilty conscience and fear. After realizing what he had just said, he collapsed on the ground in despair, not saying a word.
Si Yuan looked at Zhang and said in a cold tone, "Mother, I don't think we need to continue questioning. How did Yuan'er die? How did my previous sons who were not born or died at birth die? How did Yun'er and Zhen'er from the second house die? Mother and my second brother and sister should know the most, right?"
Zhang tried to maintain her dignity and pretended to be confused, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about? Those children who died of colds in the past were just accidents. Even Ji Ge'er's death was an accident!"
Zhang claimed that the deaths of these children were all accidents.
Si Yuan continued to speak regardless, "My title is really tempting. The second branch killed all my sons in order to seize the title. Li killed all of Ning Yucheng's illegitimate sons in order to let her own son inherit the title. Ning Chi even killed his own brother in order to inherit the title. Haha, a vicious couple really gave birth to a vicious child. The whole family is vicious!"
Li rushed over and grabbed the corner of Si Yuan's clothes, crying and saying, "Duke, don't listen to what Chi Ge'er said just now. He was talking nonsense because he was not in his right mind. Those two maids framed us. We didn't harm your son, and Ji Ge'er was not killed by Chi Ge'er..."
Si Yuan grabbed Li's collar and dragged her to the bedside. He held her head down so that she was face to face with Ning Ji's body lying on the bed. "Sister-in-law, look at Ji'er's body and repeat what you just said!"
Li looked at the dead body of her second son so close to her in horror. She seemed to hear Ji Ge'er crying and asking her: Mother, why did you cover up and kill my eldest brother? Why don't you help me get revenge?
Li was in extreme pain. She burst into tears without any image: "Ji Ge'er——"
At this moment, she really resented her eldest son Ning Chi. Ji Ge'er was his biological younger brother. How could he be so cruel to his own brother? Just for the position of the Crown Prince of Chengguo, he actually killed his own brother!
Li, who had completely forgotten how she had killed all the sons of the first wife and all the illegitimate sons of her husband for the position of the Crown Prince of Chengguo, was extremely heartbroken. She didn't understand why her two sons would go to the point of killing each other.
But Li regained her senses. Even though she felt so sorry for Ji Ge'er, she still wanted to keep Ning Chi. After all, Ji Ge'er was dead, and she only had Chi Ge'er. If Chi Ge'er's reputation was ruined, who could she and her daughter Rong Jie'er rely on for the rest of their lives?
And if it is proven that Ning Chi killed Ning Ji, then the death of Yuan Ge'er, the death of Yun Ge'er...maybe they will all be dug up, and Li won't know if she still has a way to survive.
Ning Yucheng was also standing there in a daze, looking at the body of his second son, then at his guilty and frightened eldest son, thinking to himself, could this be the retribution for wanting to seize his eldest brother's title and killing his eldest brother's son? He and his eldest brother killed each other, so now he has to watch his sons kill each other? Ning Chi and Ning Ji are brothers from the same mother!
Then Ning Yucheng thought again that he and his eldest brother were brothers from the same mother, so didn't he harbor ill will towards his eldest brother just for the title? He had thought that if his eldest brother died, the title of Duke of Chengguo would be his, but he was inferior to his eldest brother in every way and could not find any opportunity to do so. He could only insidiously murder his eldest brother's son and plan to let his son inherit his eldest brother's title.
Now it is really retribution, retribution!
Zhang was so angry about this situation that her face turned pale and she was on the verge of collapse.
However, she had always been in good health, so even though she was extremely angry at the moment, she still held on and did not faint.
But Zhang was also in tears. How could she not realize that the real manipulator behind the current situation was her eldest son!
Ji Ge'er was indeed killed by Chi Ge'er, but maybe her good eldest son tacitly approved of it, or even welcomed it!
Zhang really wanted to scold her eldest son, but she knew that she and the second wife were the ones who were in the wrong.
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