Chapter 234 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
Ning Rong had long discovered that even if she complained to her mother, Mrs. Li, her mother would not vent her anger by punishing her eldest brother, but would also give her some benefits to appease her, such as giving her beautiful clothes and jewelry.
Of course, the young Ning Rong liked these things, so her biggest hope when she complained this time was to get her mother to reward her with some good things to appease her.
I didn't expect that before I formally complained and just cried a few words, my mother was already furious, as if she was going to punish my eldest brother immediately.
Ning Rong, who had never seen her mother Li speak so harshly to her elder brother Ning Chi, was a little shocked.
She was vaguely aware of something. From her elder brother Ning Chi's previous attitude, her mother Li's current attitude, and the fact that her elder brother never showed up in front of her mother after Ji Ge'er's death - Ning Rong came to a conclusion that horrified her. Her elder brother had done something to anger her mother and dared not appear in front of her. Now her mother looked like she was going to deal with her elder brother for her, and she was probably taking advantage of the situation.
Ning Rong didn't know what her elder brother Ning Chi had done wrong, but now was the time when Ji Ge'er had just died, and at this sensitive moment, her elder brother had done something wrong... Ning Rong didn't dare to guess in that direction.
She quickly hugged Li's arm and said coquettishly, "Don't be angry, mother. My elder brother is just sad for Ji Ge'er and in a bad mood. That's why when I went to see my elder brother just now, he spoke to me in a bad tone. That's why I came to complain to you. It's actually not a big deal. You don't have to worry about it."
Ning Rong's sensible comfort made Li know that this was not the truth. After all, no matter how unwilling she was to believe it, she had to admit that it was a fact that Ning Chi killed his own brother in order to become the heir to the eldest wife's family.
In Li's view, Ning Chi, this son, is a heartless person who can even kill his own brother. So how sincere can he be to Ning Rong, his own sister? How filial can one be to his biological mother?
No matter how much Li loved her children, she would not be so blind as to not see the true face of a son who murdered his own brother.
She was heartbroken and in pain, but she was powerless and helpless.
What could she do? In order to avenge Ji Ge'er, should she let her only remaining son Ning Chi pay with his life? Do you want her to kill her only son, the eldest son whom she has loved for many years?
She can't do it!
Mrs. Li really did not show much favoritism between her two sons. She loved them both equally, but as Ning Chi was the eldest son, she valued him a little more.
But this is also very normal. This is the way the world is. The responsibilities borne by the eldest son and daughter are incomparable to those of the second son and daughter. Naturally, they will be more valued. And since they are the first child, they will be loved more.
But Li had learned the lesson of Zhang's preference for the second son, and did not dare to be too partial to either son. She just hoped that both sons could live in harmony and work together.
But she never expected that her eldest son would murder her second son for personal gain!
Li could accept that she murdered her eldest son for the position of the Crown Prince of Chengguo, and she could also accept that she murdered her illegitimate son for the benefit of her legitimate son, but she could not accept that her own son murdered her other son for his own benefit!
Li couldn't express the pain in her heart to anyone. After all, she didn't want Ning Chi to die, nor did she want Ning Chi to be disgraced. She could only endure the pain and anger, which burned her heart like a knife.
Now, looking at her daughter Ning Rong who was completely unaware of the situation, Li felt even more sad.
She hugged Ning Rong and burst into tears.
Ning Rong hugged Li anxiously and kept comforting her, "Mother, mother, don't be sad. Rong'er is here. You still have Rong'er..."
Li cried for her dead son, for her ruthless son, for the second half of her life that she could not see, and for her pitiful daughter...
But she didn't cry for the innocent children who died in her hands.
She would only feel pain when the knife stabbed herself.
Si Yuan knew the mess and pain of the second house without even asking.
But his revenge on the second wife was not limited to this.
Although Ning Chi was so cruel that he even killed his own brother, he is now the only son of the second wife. No matter how sad and hateful the second wife are, they will never give up on him. After all, they are still counting on Ning Chi in the future.
To be precise, only the Li family still has to rely on Ning Chi.
Li was old and could no longer have children, so Ning Chi was her only son.
But Ning Yucheng still wanted to find a young concubine to have another illegitimate son.
After all, Ning Yucheng felt a little uneasy about the eldest son who dared to murder his own younger brother.
Even though Ning Yucheng was not a good guy, when facing his cruel and ruthless son, he couldn't help but think that if Ning Chi dared to murder his brother today, he might murder his own father tomorrow.
This discomfort made Ning Yucheng less fond of Ning Chi than before, but since he didn't have another son for the time being, he couldn't give up Ning Chi.
Ning Yucheng ignored the recent death of his second legitimate son Ning Ji and began to indulge in the gentle arms of his young concubine in the backyard.
However, Si Yuan had already cut off his future offspring and made no secret of it.
In the second month, when the court physician checked the master's pulse, he told Ning Yucheng the bad news that he would never have children again.
Ning Yucheng couldn't believe it and asked the court doctor tremblingly if there was still hope of recovery. The court doctor gave a negative answer. The first person Ning Yucheng suspected was his eldest son Ning Chi.
After all, he can't have children. Ning Chi, the eldest son who dared to murder his younger brother, is his only son and he will not abandon him. Ning Chi is the person who benefits the most.
But does Ning Yucheng dare to make a fuss? He didn't dare, for he was afraid of being laughed at after the incident. He was also afraid that if he really questioned Ning Chi, Ning Chi's reputation would be damaged.
As I said, Ning Chi is his only son. No matter how angry and hateful he is, he has to protect Ning Chi.
Ning Yucheng asked the palace doctor to keep it secret, but in the end he could not hide it from the master who really held power in the palace.
The mistress of the second house, Mrs. Li, knew about it, as did the old lady of Chengguo Mansion, Mrs. Zhang, and the mistress of the first house, Mrs. Siyuan and Mrs. Cheng.
However, Cheng Shi had already known that it was Si Yuan who caused Ning Yucheng to be like this, and she knew it earlier than the palace doctor.
Coincidentally, Li and Ning Yucheng are indeed husband and wife. They both thought that Ning Chi might have attacked Ning Yucheng in order to prevent him from giving birth to another son to shake his position.
However, Li has more conspiracy theories, and she also suspects that it was revenge from the first wife.
The first people Zhang suspected were the eldest wife and her husband. She didn't want to suspect that her own son had done it, so she called Cheng over and scolded her: "What should have passed should have passed. Don't dwell on the hatred of the past. Don't forget that you still have Sister Fu."
In the past, Cheng was very respectful and filial to her mother-in-law Zhang. After all, she had to consider her reputation and her husband's thoughts. When her husband did not stand on her side, she did not dare to be disrespectful to her mother-in-law. No matter how much embarrassment Zhang gave her, she had to endure it.
But now Si Yuan had directly told her that he stood on her side, and he had just learned that his son's death was caused by Li and covered up by Zhang. Cheng didn't slap Zhang, the mother-in-law, thanks to her good upbringing since childhood.
So facing Zhang's criticism, Cheng sneered and said, "I will never get over Yuan'er's death! I just wonder if you dream about the ghosts of those babies coming to you to claim your life every night after you fall asleep."
Zhang, who had been feeling sorry for the ancestors of the Ning family because of Si Yuan's words, had trouble eating and sleeping, and always had nightmares. When she heard Cheng's words, her face turned even paler, and she drove Cheng away with a sullen face: "I am also thinking about your and Sister Fu's reputation. Don't you understand that family disgrace should not be made public? If you insist on making things difficult for an old woman like me, then I don't want to say anything more. Go away."
Cheng didn't move at all, still with a mocking sneer on her face, and said in a sarcastic tone: "If the old lady who can sit by and watch her grandson being murdered gets out, the reputation of the Chengguo Mansion will be ruined. If it weren't for Sister Fu, do you think I would agree to suppress the matter like this? I would have used Ji Ge'er's death to send Ning Chi to jail long ago!"
Zhang said with an unpleasant expression, "Chi Ge'er is now the only male heir of the Ning family. In the future, your eldest wife will have to adopt Chi Ge'er's child to carry on the family line. If Chi Ge'er's reputation is ruined, what benefit will your eldest wife get?"
Cheng laughed angrily: "Huh? His own mother caused our eldest branch to be extinct, and we still want to adopt his child? Why should we adopt the grandson of our enemy to inherit the family line?"
Zhang said with a sullen face, "Do you want to adopt a descendant of the Ning family's side branch? The blood relationship is so distant, and the adopted child may not be filial to you. If he is not close to Sister Fu in the future, how can he support Sister Fu?"
Cheng sneered, "That's better than adopting the child of an enemy, right? Can I expect Ning Chi, a beast who murdered his own brother, to be kind to his cousin in the future? You said this yourself, do you believe it?"
Zhang was speechless. Of course she didn't believe it. Not only did she not believe that Ning Chi would be good to Ning Fu in the future, she also didn't believe that Ning Chi would be good to Ning Rong, her own sister, nor did she believe that Ning Chi would be good to her own grandmother.
After all, Ning Chi is a beast who can even murder his own brother!
But such a beast is the only male heir of the next generation of Duke Cheng's Mansion. Zhang cannot give up on him, and even has to endure the disgust to clean up Ning Chi's mess.
Just like how angry she was about Li's plot to murder the eldest son of the family, for the sake of Li's children, she would still "consider the overall situation" and clean up the mess for Li.
Now, no matter how disgusted she was by Ning Chi's behavior of murdering his own brother, for the sake of the inheritance of the Chengguo Mansion, she could only hold her nose and clean up the mess for Ning Chi.
The only ones who had a common language with Zhang were probably the second wife and her husband. They were the same. No matter how annoying they were, they could only protect Ning Chi, their only child, and they couldn't do anything to him.
But Si Yuan and Cheng didn't care at all.
Cheng didn't care because she knew that even if she endured the hatred of killing her son and treated Ning Chi well, she could not warm the heart of this beast. Whether she adopted Ning Chi or adopted Ning Chi's child, it would be disadvantageous rather than beneficial to her and her daughter Ning Fu.
Cheng would rather let the title of Duke of Chengguo be taken back by the court, or adopt a child from a branch of the family, than adopt a child from the second wife.
Si Yuan doesn't care because he is not the original owner at all, and he doesn't care about the so-called blood ties and inheritance. Even if he has to adopt a child, he would rather adopt his daughter Ningfu's child.
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