Chapter 238 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
Li was also angry and retorted, "What did I do? I have been busy looking for marriages for Chi Ge'er and Rong Jie'er, or busy with moving matters. How could it be that I have implicated you? You might as well reflect on yourself. You have been an official for many years and are still a small official of the fourth rank. Do you think that your superiors and colleagues like you very much?"
Li didn't give Ning Yucheng any face at all.
Ning Yucheng is a real loser. No matter how much Zhang favors him and how much she flatters him, it cannot change the fact that Ning Yucheng is far less promising than his elder brother.
One reason is that Ning Yucheng was the second legitimate son, and Duke Cheng had no intention of making him the heir, so he was naturally more indulgent in his education.
The second reason is that Zhang's precious son was left behind after her mother-in-law took away her eldest son, so it is inevitable that a loving mother will have a spoiled son.
Li married into the Chengguo Mansion for its reputation, thinking she could marry a promising husband. However, she ended up marrying a playboy who could only become a minor official thanks to his ancestors' influence.
She didn't remember that her family background was not particularly good. If Ning Yucheng had been successful, it would not have been her turn to marry into the family.
She just kept accusing Ning Yucheng of not making progress: "If you were useless, why would I be afraid that we would be kicked out of the Chengguo Mansion, and why would I try my best to plan a title for my son? Don't you know anything about what I did? If you could be a support for us mother and son, why would I make all these calculations..."
As Ning Yucheng's bedmate, it was impossible for Li to say that she didn't understand her husband's hypocritical and jealous face. However, she never thought of exposing him or relying on him.
Now Ning Yucheng even blamed her for being marginalized and embarrassed in the officialdom, and she finally couldn't bear it anymore and lost face.
Ning Yucheng's face turned pale and pale after hearing what she said. He was extremely embarrassed. After all, his fig leaf had been torn off by Li.
Ning Yucheng was so angry that he forgot what he had asked Li before, and said without thinking: "If you hadn't insisted on adopting Ji'er for your own selfish interests, and killed Yun'er and Zhen'er for it, how could you have caused Chi'er to have evil thoughts and kill Ji'er? The fratricide between Chi'er and Ji'er is the retribution for your evil deeds!"
Li was indeed devastated. They were indeed a close couple and knew best what each other cared about and what words would hurt the other the most.
Li collapsed and shouted, "I am selfish? If you have the ability to inherit the title, if you have the ability to plan a good future for your son, would I plan to adopt him? Am I willing to let my own son become someone else's son? Don't you know how I have murdered the heir of the big house over the years? Didn't you acquiesce? You often whispered about adoption in my ears in the past. Aren't you reminding me? Don't pretend that you know nothing at this time. Do you think you are innocent?"
Ning Yucheng and the Li couple exposed each other's true identities and revealed many secrets. Fortunately, Ning Yucheng sent away the servants before coming to question Li, so the servants would not hear these secrets.
What neither of them expected was that Ning Rong happened to come to look for Li at this time. She saw that the servants around her father and mother were all driven out to guard outside the courtyard gate. Standing at the gate, she could vaguely hear the sound of quarreling coming from inside, but she couldn't hear clearly what the two people were arguing about.
Ning Rong was worried that her parents had a big fight, so she hurried in despite the servants' attempts to stop her.
When she reached the door of the confinement room, she just happened to hear the conversation between Ning Yucheng and Li in the room revealing the secret truth, which immediately caused a storm in her heart.
Ning Rong stood outside the door in disbelief, standing there blankly, as if petrified.
She vaguely sensed a strange atmosphere among her family after Ji Ge'er's death, but she never dared to really think that Ji Ge'er was killed by her eldest brother Ning Chi.
It was not until she heard the truth revealed in the quarrel between her parents just now that she realized that all the children who had died in her uncle's family over the years were killed by her mother. Even her two half-brothers, Ning Yun and Ning Zhen, were killed by her mother. The purpose was to allow her biological brother Ji Ge'er to be adopted by the eldest house and inherit the title of Duke Chengguo.
Her elder brother Ning Chi also wanted to become the prince of Chengguo, so he followed his mother's example and directly killed his competitor, his younger brother Ji Ge'er.
Ning Rong had lived in the love and care of her parents, brothers, and grandmother since she was a child. She thought her family was very harmonious. She never imagined that the home she thought was happy and harmonious was actually stained with countless blood.
Her mother was the murderer who murdered her child, and her father was the accomplice or the mastermind who secretly fanned the flames.
It’s because they all have their eyes on their great uncle’s title of Duke of Chengguo.
Ning Rong was shocked and unwilling to believe it, but after she came to her senses, she actually understood it in her heart.
After all, since she was a child, because she was the legitimate daughter and the second house had only two illegitimate daughters who were still in their infancy, she could only play with Ningfu, the legitimate daughter of the first house next door.
But when the two of them went out together to attend parties or visit other people's homes, cousin Nymph was always more popular and more respected than her.
The reason is very simple. Although both of them are legitimate daughters, she is the legitimate daughter of the second wife, and her cousin is the legitimate daughter of the first wife. Compared with her, the legitimate daughter of a fourth-rank minor official, her cousin, the legitimate daughter of Duke Chengguo, is of truly noble status.
Ning Rong had envied her cousin Ning Fu more than once. Why wasn't she treated as the Duke's legitimate daughter? Why didn't her father inherit the title of Duke of Chengguo? It is obvious that her father and uncle are both the legitimate sons of her grandparents. Is there such a big difference between them just because her father was born a few years later than her uncle?
Ning Rong was also unwilling to accept this. She was just a girl who was not qualified to inherit the title. So how unwilling would her father and brother be when they had the opportunity to inherit the title but were unable to do so?
Ning Rong was silent for a moment, and after listening to her parents' quarrel in the room, she quietly left.
After Ning Yucheng and Li in the house calmed down, they stopped arguing. They opened the door and looked outside, worried that their quarrel was heard by the servants.
However, Ning Rong had already left at this time, and they did not know that their secret had been discovered by their daughter Ning Rong.
On the first wife's side, Si Yuan had already received the news that Ning Yucheng had returned home and had an argument with Li.
Although the servants were driven out of the courtyard and could not hear the specific content of the quarrel between Ning Yucheng and the Li couple, Si Yuan could guess what they were quarreling about.
When Si Yuan learned that Ning Rong had gone in when the two were arguing, he had an idea and came up with a new plan.
In the original plot, Ning Fu was willing to do anything to take revenge on the Second House's family, and she almost succeeded. At that time, Ning Yucheng's family had already been thrown into prison, and it was thanks to Ning Rong's halo as the heroine that the Ninth Prince came to the rescue.
Li has been looking for marriages for Ning Chi and Ning Rong recently. Si Yuan doesn't care what kind of wife Ning Chi will marry in the future, but he will never allow Ning Rong to marry into the royal family again.
After all, Si Yuan had no intention of rebelling in this life, so he certainly would not give the second branch a chance to get close to the royal family through Ning Rong.
In the feudal era, imperial power was supreme. Even though Si Yuan was not afraid, he always had to consider his daughter Ningfu.
Si Yuan is now traveling through the world, and although his main purpose is to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth in each different small world, he has not forgotten the tasks assigned to him by the system.
Ningfu's daughter was exactly the target of his mission this time.
The reason why he dealt with Ning Yucheng's family first was because Ning Fu's life tragedy was caused by the second house's family. Otherwise, Ning Fu would always be the eldest daughter of the Duke's Mansion who was pampered and raised in the palm of her hand. No matter who she married, she would not be wronged, and would not end up with a bad death.
Si Yuan had no intention of rebelling, so he would not give the second branch a chance to climb to a higher position.
So Si Yuan thought for a while, and then found a legitimate eldest son who seemed to have a very good family background and could inherit the title, and had him introduce him to Li.
"He is the eldest son of Marquis Yong'an. Your daughter will definitely be the Crown Prince's wife if she marries him. What else can you complain about with such a good match?" The matchmaker praised the marriage to the sky.
Li was very excited. She didn't think there was any conspiracy behind such a good marriage offer. She felt that her daughter was worthy of any good man.
She herself regretted her whole life because she married the second son who could not inherit the title, so she hoped that her daughter could marry the eldest son who could inherit the title.
Therefore, the eldest son of Marquis Yong'an really made her feel that he was the son-in-law chosen by God.
Li agreed without much hesitation, and the matchmaker soon persuaded the wife of Marquis Yong'an to come and propose marriage.
The wife of the Marquis of Yong'an also praised Ning Rong to the skies, which made Li feel that this was a good marriage.
This was indeed a good marriage, because the eldest son of the Marquis of Yong'an had no problems himself, he was young and handsome, and he was the eldest son who inherited the title.
But Si Yuan knew that the Yong'an Marquis and his wife were as partial to each other as Zhang. They were extremely partial to the second son and had been delaying the marriage of their eldest son because they wanted to marry a better girl to their second son.
The reason why Ning Rong was chosen so quickly this time was that her status was really suitable. If her status was low, she was the niece of Duke Chengguo, so she was a good match for the eldest son of Marquis Yong'an. If her status was high, her father was only a small official of the fourth rank, and Duke Chengguo, their uncle, was not close to their family. Ning Rong had the title of Duke Chengguo's niece but could not get any help, which was exactly what Marquis Yong'an and his wife wanted to suppress their eldest son but were too proud to do it too obviously.
The outside world has been unaware of the partiality of the Yong'an Marquis and his wife because they have done a very good job of pretending to be good, causing the eldest son to suffer losses without being able to speak out.
Si Yuan wanted to see what kind of expression Li would have when she found out that her precious daughter would be suppressed by her sister-in-law after marriage, just like Cheng was in the past.
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