Chapter 252 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
The more comfortable Ning Fu's life was, the more miserable Ning Rong's life was.
Ning Rong got married later than Ning Fu, but not long after the marriage, the wife of Marquis Yong'an began to give concubines to the son of Marquis Yong'an to annoy her.
Because the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an hoped that Ning Rong would use her dowry to subsidize the Marquis of Yong'an Mansion, but Ning Rong knew very well that her dowry was not as much as it appeared. Once she started to fill the bottomless pit of the Marquisate, it would be useless even if she used up all her dowry and she would only be dragged into the abyss.
So she refused to accept anything, which angered the wife of the Yong'an Marquis. The wife of the Yong'an Marquis used her privilege as a mother-in-law to give the Yong'an Marquis' son a concubine, deliberately trying to sow discord between Ning Rong and her son.
This method was so familiar that Ning Rong felt as if she was seeing her grandmother Zhang and her aunt Cheng.
Ning Rong was raised by her grandmother Zhang when she was little. She once saw with her own eyes that Zhang arranged for her aunt Cheng to take a beautiful maid back home.
Ning Rong didn't understand what was going on at the time, but she wrote it down. When she grew up and recalled it again, how could she not understand that this was the mother-in-law's way of punishing her daughter-in-law?
Now this tactic of beating is being used by Lady Yong'an on herself.
Only when the knife cuts yourself do you realize how painful it is.
Ning Rong and the Prince of Yong'an did not actually have a very deep relationship, but after all, in this era, getting married was a lifelong thing. Even if she had not developed a deep relationship with her husband, she still had expectations and possessiveness towards him.
But now, watching her husband taking concubines one after another, all of them were beautiful, affectionate, and treacherous concubines specially prepared for her husband by her mother-in-law. These concubines had the support of the wife of Marquis Yong'an, and none of them took her, the Crown Prince's wife, seriously and provoked her in various ways, which really made Ning Rong hate them to the core.
Ning Rong returned to her parents' home to seek help from her mother, Mrs. Li.
Although Li couldn't support her, this was her specialty in dealing with concubines.
Back then, Zhang not only sent concubines to the first wife, but also to the second wife.
The reasons were just different. Zhang sent a concubine to the first wife in order to warn Cheng, and she sent a concubine to the second wife simply because she loved her precious son. She didn't want Ning Yucheng to forget his mother after getting married, so she sent him a few more beauties to prevent him from being completely won over by Li.
Li had also suffered greatly from being a concubine. If it weren't for her powerful tactics, Ning Chi would probably have had several half brothers and half sisters.
Now Li has passed on all her previous house fighting skills to Ning Rong. These are her experiences, especially some secret medicines that can make it difficult for concubines to give birth to children. She gave Ning Rong a lot of them in stock.
Deep down, Ning Rong didn't want to do such a sinister thing, but considering her own situation and her own interests that were threatened, she still took the secret medicine from Li.
After returning to the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, she followed Li's instructions and took action against the concubines sent by the Yong'an Marquis' wife.
She had to admit that after she did this, her worries about a concubine giving birth to a son before her were completely put to rest. She could finally sit back and continue to fight with the wife of Marquis Yong'an.
Every time the wife of Marquis Yong'an took advantage of the prince's embarrassment, she would tell him, "Your mother doesn't like me, which shows she doesn't like you much either. Otherwise, she should love you as well as my family. If you don't believe me, just look at her attitude towards your brother's wife after he got married." '
Whenever the Prince of Yong'an showed any foolish filial piety towards his mother, Ning Rong would tell him how the Lady of Yong'an favored his younger brother.
What Ning Rong said was all true, not fabricated lies. Even if the Prince of Yong'an wanted to indulge in the illusion that his mother favored him more, he still knew in his heart that this was a scam.
Therefore, the Prince of Yong'an would decide whether to side with the Lady of Yong'an or his wife Ning Rong based on whether he longed for his mother's love more or resented his mother's favoritism towards her younger brother.
He behaves like a fence-sitter, leaning in whichever direction the wind blows.
Ning Rong hated him a little for not being strong-willed enough and not being able to always stand by her side, but this situation was better than him being foolishly filial and unwilling to help her as his wife.
In this fight between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, Ning Rong was finally found to be pregnant, and she was immediately relieved. If she still couldn't get pregnant, and those concubines had all been given contraceptive drugs by her, and the Prince of Yong'an had no children, her reputation would definitely be ruined. At the very least, the wife of Yong'an would definitely make her bear the reputation of being jealous.
Ning Rong was pregnant, and she knew that the wife of Marquis Yong'an would use this as an excuse to send another concubine to the son of Marquis Yong'an. So she simply gave her own maid who came with the dowry to the son of Marquis Yong'an as a concubine.
At least she is her own maid who came with her dowry. Her parents are both staying at her parents' home, and the indenture contract is in her hands, so they can only side with her. This is much better than those concubines who side with the wife of Marquis Yong'an.
The Prince of Yong'an had no intention of keeping his virginity for his pregnant wife, and was happy to accept it. Seeing him smiling as he led away his maidservant, Ning Rong couldn't help but think of what she had heard about the Prince of Yinggong who took the initiative to refuse to take a concubine when her cousin Ning Fu was pregnant...
Ning Rong had a bitter smile on her lips. She was not as lucky as her cousin Ning Fu.
Thinking of her paralyzed father, her brother who was obsessed with pleasure, and her self-pitying mother, she felt extremely stressed. The whole family was counting on her to pull the children up, but even if she used all her strength, she couldn't pull them up.
Moreover, the wife of the Yong'an Marquis's son sounds very noble, but in fact, the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion is now just an empty shell with an empty title, otherwise the wife of the Yong'an Marquis would not have set her eyes on her dowry.
The Yong'an Marquis Mansion has neither money nor power, and the only thing it has is the title of a marquisate to scare the common people who are unaware of the inside scoop. Those who are a little more informed know that the Yong'an Marquis Mansion is just a marquisate in title, and in terms of actual power, it is not as powerful as a fifth-rank official who has real power.
But now her father has lost his official position, her brother Ning Chi didn't even pass the imperial examination, and her whole family is of poor status. They just rely on her title as the wife of the son of Marquis Yong'an to intimidate people.
Unable to see any bright future, Ning Rong couldn't help but place her hopes on the unborn child in her belly.
As a "child" with high hopes from her parents, Ning Rong knew how great the pressure was, but she unknowingly became like her parents. She even went one step further and put a lot of pressure and responsibilities on the child before he was even born.
The scary thing is that she herself is still unaware of it.
Ning Rong thought that the situation in her family would not get worse. Now she just had to wait for the baby in her belly to be born, and perhaps there would be a turn for the better.
But what Ning Rong didn't expect was that the dire situation in her mother's family could still get better!
Something happened to Ning Chi!
Li personally went to Ning Rong's house to tell her the bad news. Although she had always blamed Ning Chi for killing Ning Ji, Ning Chi was Li's only hope now, and it was impossible for her to never forgive him. So now that Ning Chi was in trouble, Li was extremely sad, and her only hope was gone.
Ever since Ning Chi was persuaded to drop out of the academy after hearing the rumor that he had paralyzed his father, he simply gave up on himself and became an alcoholic like his father Ning Yucheng. He even went further and went to red-light districts to drink and hire prostitutes.
Li was very strict with money, and Ning Chi had no way to make money. He only had the monthly allowance from Li. What should he do if he didn't have enough money to look for those expensive ones? Instead of trying to make more money, he chose those that were cheaper.
But Ning Chi was picky about colors, those that looked pretty but cheap, so it was obvious that there must be some other problems that led to the lower value.
As a novice, Ning Chi naturally didn't understand these things, and then he contracted an unspeakable disease.
Li's words were extremely subtle, but Ning Rong still understood that her brother Ning Chi had gone out to visit prostitutes and had contracted a serious illness.
It was so embarrassing to talk about this kind of thing that Ning Rong's first reaction was to cover it up and never let it spread out, otherwise her situation in the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion would become even worse, and her child would be ashamed of having an uncle like Ning Chi after he was born.
Ning Rong subconsciously told Li about this solution. She held Li's hand tightly and said, "Mother, this news must not be spread out, otherwise your daughter will have no face to live!"
This was forcing Li to choose between her and Ning Chi.
One is the daughter of the wife of the prince of the marquis's mansion, who has been well-behaved, sensible and filial to her since childhood, and the other is a useless son who has done nothing and has no ambition, murdered his brother, paralyzed his father, and contracted a disease that ruined his future. How to choose? Li didn't think much about it and nodded directly: "Okay, Rong'er, don't worry, mother will never let your elder brother influence you."
Li was truly cruel. In order to keep the secret, she only told others that Ning Chi had caught a cold and needed to stay in bed. She didn't even arrange a servant to serve him, nor did she invite a doctor. She just let Ning Chi fend for himself.
After all, once a doctor is invited to treat the illness, the doctor will definitely be able to tell what disease Ning Chi has. The symptoms are too obvious to be concealed. Li does not have the capital to bribe the doctor to keep his mouth shut, so he can only simply not invite a doctor.
Ning Chi was making a fuss and wanted to ask the doctor to cure him. He was really afraid of death. It didn't matter how bad his reputation was, as long as he could continue to live.
But the entire second house was in the hands of Li. No matter how much trouble Ning Chi made, Li would not allow it. He didn't even have a servant who listened to him. Ning Chi could only curse Li's cruelty in pain and despair. When Li was really cruel, she was no less cruel than Ning Chi.
Whenever Ning Chi scolded her, she would let him starve for a day. When he was too hungry, he had no strength left and naturally no energy to continue scolding.
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