Chapter 253 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
Si Yuan was stunned when he suddenly learned that the Second Branch was basically wiped out. He hadn't found the time to formally take action yet, and the plan he had set up had just taken shape, but his opponent fell down by his own fault?
Then look at how the second branch brought about their own destruction. After reading it, Si Yuan felt that this was very consistent with their personality traits.
Especially Ning Yucheng and Ning Chi, father and son, are equally selfish. They can only share wealth with their family, but never share adversity.
If they are rich, they would not mind slipping some benefits to their families through their fingers. Just like in the original plot, after Ning Chi inherited the title of Chengguogong Mansion, he was not stingy in seeking benefits for his relatives.
But if his own interests are endangered, what do his relatives matter? They are also opponents that can be eliminated! Just like Ning Ji who was killed by Ning Chi.
In the original plot, Ning Chi was very friendly to his younger brother Ning Ji, and gave him many benefits, allowing Ning Ji to develop very well in the army with the help of the connections in the Chengguo Mansion.
But now Si Yuan just bypassed Ning Chi and took Ning Ji as his adopted son. After Ning Chi and Ning Ji became rivals, he eliminated Ning Ji without hesitation.
Si Yuan was not surprised that Ning Chi, who was so disregarding of family affection, would behave in an unfilial manner later on. Ning Yucheng's fate could be said to be his own fault, and it was he and Li who passed on the selfish nature to Ning Chi.
Afterwards, Ning Chi was devastated by the setback and chose to indulge in wine and women to numb himself, which he also learned from Ning Yucheng.
Because of his declining family background, Ning Chi had no money to go to nice places of entertainment, so it was not uncommon for him to contract a serious disease.
Even those rich young men who could afford to go to the finest places of entertainment were at risk of contracting the disease.
If Ning Chi hadn't had poor stress resistance and if he hadn't fallen into depravity, he wouldn't have gotten the disease.
Si Yuan felt that this was Ning Chi's retribution. After all, he hadn't had the chance to kill Ning Chi yet Ning Chi had committed suicide to this extent.
However, Li's cruelty to Ning Chi was a little beyond Si Yuan's expectations.
After all, the motherly kindness that Li had shown to the outside world and the image of being willing to do anything for her children's future were deeply rooted in her. Now she could actually sit back and watch her only son die of illness without a doctor's treatment. Such cruelty really made Si Yuan look at her in awe.
The disease Ning Chi contracted would not be fatal immediately, but without treatment, his health would deteriorate, he would suffer from various illnesses, and eventually die of illness.
Ning Yucheng and Ning Chi brought this upon themselves, which made Si Yuan feel happier than the outcome he had expected, so he was too lazy to continue dealing with them.
After all, according to Si Yuan's revenge plan, both Ning Yucheng and Ning Chi would die, but now the father and son are facing a fate worse than death, which is much more painful than dying directly.
Si Yuan put Ning Yucheng and Ning Chi, father and son, aside, and then turned his attention to Li, the direct murderer.
Zhang was an accomplice as she helped to clean up the mess, Ning Yucheng secretly instigated Li to act as the main culprit, and Li, who directly murdered the original owner's descendants, was the direct murderer.
Now, Zhang lies in bed every day, listening to the bad news that her beloved son has suffered a stroke and is paralyzed in bed, and her only grandson Ning Chi has contracted a heart disease, but her daughter-in-law Li has kept the secret and refused to let the doctor treat him. She struggles to breathe and lives a life worse than death.
If Si Yuan hadn't ordered people to use wild ginseng to keep her alive, Zhang would have died from the torture long ago. After all, she had been partial to Ning Yucheng for most of her life, so how could she easily take back this partiality? In her heart, Ning Yucheng is more important than her own life. Now that she knows her beloved son is living like this, she will die with regret.
Ning Yucheng suffered a stroke and was paralyzed in bed. Ning Chi scratched his broken skin in despair and waited for death in fear.
These three people all ended up like this, so how could Si Yuan let Li, the direct murderer, go?
He would take away everything that Li cared about step by step, and let Li die in despair with nothing.
In the past, Si Yuan thought that what Li cared about most was offspring, so he planned for Li's sons to kill each other. But now, seeing the way Li treated Ning Chi, Si Yuan hesitated again. Could it be that what Li cared about most was not offspring?
But no matter what Li cared about, Si Yuan decided to make sure that Li would not have any children by her side before her death.
Now, Ning Rong is the only daughter left in Li's family.
Si Yuan had no intention of being lenient towards Ning Rong. In the original plot, Ning Rong had indeed never done anything to the first wife, but as a vested interest, she had gained a lot of benefits from Li's murder of the first wife, so it was only natural for the daughter to pay for the mother's debt.
Si Yuan directly instructed one of his imperial censors to report to the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
To deal with Ning Rong, Si Yuan did not bother to use any means in the harem to deal with Ning Rong, and directly solved the Yong'an Marquis Mansion in an upright way. Then, as the wife of the Yong'an Marquis's son, Ning Rong would naturally perish along with the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
As for the Yong'an Marquis Mansion being implicated by Ning Rong, are they innocent?
Haha, do you really think that he secretly helped Ning Rong to connect with the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, and had already decided to deal with Ning Rong's husband's family as well, and would let Ning Rong marry an innocent family?
Even though the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion only has an empty title and no real power, the Yong'an Marquis dreams of restoring the glory of his ancestors and regaining power.
Therefore, although the Yong'an Marquisate had no real power or ability, it secretly got involved in the struggle for the throne, sided with the popular candidate, the Sixth Prince, and secretly provided the Sixth Prince with a lot of information, convenience, and money.
Otherwise, the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion would not have entered the state of living beyond one's means so quickly. It could have at least lasted for another one or two generations. Didn't the Yong'an Marquis invest all his family fortune in the Sixth Prince?
The convenience of information was that the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion made use of the in-laws they had established in the past to inquire about the news of those in-laws and then report to the Sixth Prince.
Although those in-laws gradually became estranged from the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, they were still relatives after all. They could not turn away people from the Yong'an Marquis Mansion when they came to visit. In addition, the Yong'an Marquis Mansion had been defeated and was far away from the center of power, which made them less vigilant against the Yong'an Marquis Mansion and gave it the opportunity to find out about them.
The Yong'an Marquisate relied on selling out information about relatives and providing funds to the Sixth Prince, and still had some weight in the Sixth Prince's eyes.
It is not easy for the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion to become the Sixth Prince's purse. The money needed for the Sixth Prince to succeed the throne is a bottomless pit. The Yong'an Marquis' Mansion cannot afford the money even if it exhausts all its family assets. It can only find ways to squeeze the people's money to provide for the Sixth Prince.
Therefore, the crimes committed by the Yong'an Marquisate are simply too numerous to list.
Si Yuan had already been investigating the evidence of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion's crimes when he was secretly connecting the Yong'an Marquis Mansion with Li Ning Rong.
Now that the investigation is finally complete, we can take direct action against the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
The real evidence of the crime was brought to the emperor, who was furious.
If the Yong'an Marquisate was only plundering the people's wealth, the emperor might have been able to show leniency because of the merits of the Yong'an Marquisate's ancestors. However, the Yong'an Marquisate actually used all the wealth plundered by the people to support the Sixth Prince in his fight for the throne. This really touched the old emperor's minefield.
The emperor was already old and lacked energy, and was urged by court officials to appoint a crown prince as soon as possible. The dispute over the throne between the third and sixth princes gave him even more headaches.
As an old and weak lion, he would instinctively fear that a young lion in his prime would seize power and usurp the throne.
Therefore, the old emperor hated those court officials who supported the princes in their fight for the throne, and felt that they were the ones who led his son astray.
The Yong'an Marquis's mansion's act of plundering people's wealth to support the Sixth Prince's bid for the throne was simply dancing on the old emperor's minefield. The old emperor was so angry that he directly ordered the Yong'an Marquis's mansion to be confiscated and exiled.
When the guards sent by the emperor surrounded the entire Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, everyone in the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, from the masters to the servants, was in a panic.
"Young Madam, it's bad. The mansion is surrounded by the Imperial Guards!" the servant reported in panic.
Ning Rong, who was embroidering clothes for her unborn baby, was horrified. She was unaware of the bleeding from the needle piercing her hand. All she could think about was what the servant had just said: "What?"
The Yong'an Marquis Mansion was surrounded by the Imperial Guards? how so? Could it be that her father-in-law, Marquis Yong'an, had committed some serious crime that necessitated the confiscation of his property? As a female member of the family, would she be taken to a place like the Jiaofangsi and become a government slave?
Ning Rong was extremely frightened and hurriedly got up to look for the backbone, the son of Yong'an Marquis.
She was also smart and clever. She knew that before going to look for someone, she had to make all the necessary preparations. She hurriedly hid some valuables, such as silver bills and gold leaves, which were easy to hide, in her inner clothes and kept them close to her body.
However, she did not take off the jewellery on her head. After all, if the situation really reached the most terrifying point, all the valuables on her body would be taken away. She had to have some jewellery and valuables visible for people to take away so that she could hide her valuables more safely.
Ning Rong hurriedly finished all this before running to find the Prince of Yong'an.
But what disappointed Ning Rong was that the Prince of Yong'an was even more panicked and uneasy than her, and had less backbone than her. At this moment, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
Ning Rong knew at first sight that this man was hopeless, but fortunately she didn't have high hopes for him.
Ning Rong said angrily, "What's the point of panicking here? Go find your father and ask about the situation!"
When Yong'an Hou's son heard Ning Rong's words, he seemed to have finally found his direction and stopped running around like a headless fly. He hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, go find father. He must know the reason!"
The son of Marquis Yong'an hurriedly ran out of the door to find Marquis Yong'an. In his panic, he almost tripped over the threshold, which made Ning Rong frown.
However, before the Yong'an Marquis's son could go out to find the Yong'an Marquis to inquire about the situation, the imperial guards surrounding the entire mansion had already broken in and quickly took control of the entire Yong'an Marquis's mansion.
The Prince of Yong'an and Ning Rong, as the heirs and spouses of the Marquis's Mansion, were naturally the 'focus' of care by the Imperial Guards.
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