Chapter 233 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
There have been too many accidents in the Chengguo Mansion now, with children dying one after another. Although Ningfu's family was not implicated, she first learned the bad news that her own brother, who was born to the same mother, had drowned. She also learned that her father was going to adopt children from the second wife not long after her brother's death. The children adopted from the second wife died one after another not long after they were raised.
Ning Fu didn't know that this was her parents' revenge on the second branch, but she felt uneasy when she heard the news of death one after another.
It was not until Si Yuan reminded her that Cheng remembered her and came to comfort her in person: "Fuer must have been frightened. Don't be afraid. Mother is here. She will protect Fuer."
Ningfu is already fifteen years old. She is no longer an ignorant child. Cheng has already started looking for her marriage, but recently she has been completely occupied by the two things of adopting a son and avenging her son, so she has temporarily put aside the matter of her daughter.
Ning Fu worriedly held Cheng's hand and asked, "Mother, I heard that Ji Ge'er also... Mother, don't be sad, you still have Fu'er."
Ning Fu was worried that her mother could not bear the pain of losing her sons one after another. Although Yun'er and Ji'er were not her mother's biological sons, they were both adopted sons who were to be adopted by her. The fact that they both died was a very bad omen.
But to her surprise, Cheng not only did not look sad, but smiled happily.
Nymph was sure that her mother's smile was a happy one and not a forced one.
She called out, "Mother..."
Cheng held her daughter in her arms, letting her lean against her chest, and whispered to her, "Fuer, mother is not sad at all. Mother is very happy. I finally avenged your brother!"
Ning Fu grabbed Cheng's hand in shock: "Mother, are you saying that Yuan Ge'er was murdered?!"
In fact, Ning Fu and Cheng Shi also suspected that someone was murdering Yuan Ge'er when he fell into the water and died. They sent people to investigate, but found out that it was just an accident and did not find the murderer behind the scenes.
Ningfu put her mind at ease for the time being. When others mentioned adopting a son, even though she was worried that her mother had not yet gotten over the pain of losing her son, she also hoped that her mother would have someone to rely on for the rest of her life. It would be good to have an adopted son to take care of her. After all, she is just a daughter and will be married soon, so she can't stay with her mother and take care of her all the time.
But now Cheng told her that she had avenged Yuan Ge'er?
Cheng lowered her voice and told Ning Fu the whole story.
Before taking revenge, Cheng kept the secret from Ningfu because she didn't want Ningfu to be involved in this matter. But after taking revenge, Cheng would no longer hide it from Ningfu. She wanted Ningfu to know about this private matter as early as possible so that she could make plans and be prepared in her heart and stop herself from continuing to be close to the people from the second house in the mansion.
Moreover, as the eldest daughter of Duke Chengguo, Ningfu will definitely marry into a wealthy and powerful family in the future, and will inevitably encounter such shady matters. Cheng Shi does not want her daughter to not understand these things and then be foolishly plotted against without knowing it.
After listening to Cheng's story, Ning Fu was completely shocked. She didn't expect that she had heard since she was a child that so many of her father's brothers in the backyard died young and concubines had miscarriages, and it was all done by her aunt Li! The reason why it had not been discovered by my father was because my grandmother Zhang was helping to clean up the mess! All for the purpose of coveting her father's title of Duke of Chengguo!
Ning Fu deeply realized that when it comes to interests, even brothers will fight against each other. She also realized to what extent a biased elder can be biased.
For the sake of the second wife, my grandmother was willing to watch the first wife die out! This is not just partiality, this is simply not treating her father as his own son!
Ning Fu couldn't help but ask Cheng: "Mother, is father really grandmother's biological son?"
Cheng was slightly startled, patted Ning Fu's head, and gently scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Of course he is your biological child, otherwise your grandmother would not have allowed your father to inherit the title of Duke of Chengguo."
Zhang was the original wife of the deceased Duke Cheng. If the original owner was not her eldest legitimate son, he could only be a bastard. How could Zhang watch the bastard inherit the title of Duke Cheng over her own legitimate son?
Of course, it was because the original owner was Zhang’s biological eldest son, so the original owner was able to inherit the title of Duke Chengguo safely.
After all, although Zhang was partial, she was not so partial as to kill her own eldest son with her own hands.
Cheng gently told Ning Fu the reason: "Your father grew up under his grandmother's lap, and the one from the second house was raised by your grandmother herself, so the relationship is naturally special. And partiality..." Cheng sighed softly, "Even if they are all children raised by the same mother, there will be partiality. After all, even ten fingers have different lengths, let alone human hearts."
Ning Fu believed this because she had experienced her parents' favoritism after her younger brother Yuanger was born.
In the past, because her half-brothers died early and were different from her legitimate and illegitimate children, she didn't feel it deeply. But Yuanger was her legitimate brother, and both her father and mother valued and loved this late-born son very much, much more than they loved her, the eldest legitimate daughter.
However, Ning Fu was more than ten years older than Yuan Ge'er and had already grown up. She knew that she had no younger brother to support the family business and that her future would be difficult. She also hoped that her mother could give birth to a son. She also looked forward to the birth of Yuan Ge'er and loved him very much. In addition, although her parents favored Yuan Ge'er, they did not neglect her, the eldest daughter. Therefore, she was able to treat this favoritism with a normal attitude.
What's more, in today's world, favoring sons over daughters is a common bad habit, and Ning Fu can understand it.
But what Ning Fu couldn't understand was that, as both were legitimate sons, even if one was raised by her mother-in-law and the other by herself, how could her grandmother Zhang be so partial to one of them?
Obviously, compared to her second uncle who has accomplished nothing and is still stuck in a fourth-rank official position, her father is the powerful Duke of Chengguo, the son who can bring glory to her grandmother. Why is her grandmother so partial to her second uncle, to the point of causing her father to have no descendants in order to let her second uncle's son inherit the title?
As for Li's behavior, Ning Fu could understand it. After all, who doesn't want to give all the good things to their children?
Now her father and mother have teamed up to retaliate. Her aunt Li is probably still immersed in the pain of her two legitimate sons fighting for the position of the Duke of Chengguo. Although Ning Fu hates her, she doesn't hate her to the point of wanting to rush over to settle the score with her.
Moreover, she could tell from her mother Cheng's tone that the revenge on Li was not over yet.
With his father, Duke Chengguo, taking personal action, the second branch of the family would not be able to cause any trouble.
Afterwards, Duke Cheng's mansion held a small funeral for Ji Ge'er. Because he died young, there was no formal funeral and it would not be a grand ceremony. Just like the other children who died young before, Ji Ge'er was put in a small coffin and buried near the Ning family's ancestral tomb. There was not even a tombstone.
No matter how painful and sad Li was, she couldn't bring Ji Ge'er back to life, and she really didn't know how to face Ning Chi, the eldest son who killed her second son. For a time, the relationship between Li and Ning Chi became extremely estranged.
As the eldest daughter of the second wife, Ning Rong had no one to tell her the truth. She only thought that her younger brother was killed by her uncle's fate of not having children after being adopted into the first wife's family. Therefore, in addition to being sad about her brother's death, she also resented the first wife for killing her brother.
Ning Rong knew that her resentment was somewhat unfounded, so she did not show it. She noticed that the relationship between her eldest brother Ning Chi and her mother had become distant, so she hurried to find Ning Chi to ask about the situation: "Brother, mother is very sad because of Ji Ge'er's death. Why don't you go and comfort her?"
Ning Rong felt that her eldest brother Ning Chi should stay with her mother to comfort her at this time and let her know that although Ji Ge'er was gone, she still had a legitimate eldest son by her side, so that her mother would not be too sad.
Ning Chi's face looked very ugly. If he didn't know that his sister Ning Rong didn't know the truth, he would have thought that Ning Rong was mocking him.
After all, Li already knew that he was the one who killed Ji Ge'er. If he went to comfort Li at this time, wouldn't it be like the murderer comforting the victim's family and asking them not to be too sad? This family member knows the truth. Is he going to comfort people or to attract hatred?
What Ning Chi needs to do now is to reduce his presence. After the storm over Ji Ge'er's death has passed and his mother Li has gradually gotten out of her grief, he will go to her to apologize.
After all, he is the only son his mother has left. What else can she do if she doesn't forgive him? The mother is so old, it is impossible for her to give birth to another son. Even if she does, what can a little boy do to compete with him?
Ning Chi said to Ning Rong perfunctorily: "Okay, I know what to do, you can go back."
Ning Rong was somewhat dissatisfied with Ning Chi's attitude, but she didn't say it out loud. She just thought Ning Chi was in a bad mood and tried to persuade him a few more times. Unfortunately, she didn't know the truth, and every word of her advice fell into Ning Chi's minefield.
Ning Chi finally couldn't bear it anymore and yelled at her, "Get out!"
Ning Rong was stunned. She had always been spoiled. Both her parents and brothers liked her very much. She had never been treated like this before, and the person who treated her like this was her own eldest brother.
After Ning Rong came to her senses, she covered her face and ran away crying.
Ning Rong immediately went to her mother, Mrs. Li, to complain: "Mother, my elder brother... wuwuwu..."
Li asked subconsciously: "What happened to that evil creature? Did he bully you?"
Ning Rong vaguely realized that there was something wrong with her mother's attitude. Although her mother doted on her in the past, she would never go beyond her elder brother Ning Chi. When she came to her mother to complain, she didn't expect her mother to scold her elder brother for her. She just wanted to tell her grievances and get her mother's comfort.
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