Chapter 254 My biased mother wants me to adopt my younger brother’s son!
Ning Rong was lucky. As a female member of the family and the niece of Duke Cheng, even if she was in poverty, the guards who rushed in to control the couple did not dare to lay a hand on Ning Rong.
After all, no matter what, Ning Rong's surname is Ning. If Duke Cheng knew about this insulting behavior, even if he didn't care about his niece Ning Rong, he would still stand up for Ning Rong for the sake of the Ning family's reputation.
So the guards did not dare to offend Ning Rong, but just asked her to take off the jewelry herself.
Ning Rong was careful and only took off those gorgeous and conspicuous jewelry. She did not take off more private jewelry such as earrings and necklaces. The guards were concerned about her identity and did not say anything in the end.
But he was not so kind to the son of the Marquis of Yong'an. He went straight for him and roughly stripped him naked, leaving him only with an undershirt and an underwear. He even took away his jade hair crown, leaving him with disheveled hair and looking very miserable.
The prince of Yong'an was taken away by them, and Ning Rong was taken to the same place as the wife of Yong'an.
Ning Rong saw that her ear hole was still bleeding. Perhaps it was because her earring had been rudely pulled off by someone, that Lady Yong'an Marquis realized that she had been treated kindly by the Imperial Guards.
The guards in charge of guarding the wife of the Marquis of Yong'an saw Ning Rong being escorted over, saw Ning Rong's neatly dressed clothes, the gold and jade earrings on her ears, and the gorgeous necklace vaguely visible around her neck, and couldn't help but feel a little excited.
It was the imperial guards who were escorting Ning Rong who reminded them: "The wife of the Yong'an Marquis's son is the niece of the Duke of Chengguo."
Hearing the title of Duke Cheng, the restless guards immediately turned their eyes away and calmed down.
Both the wife of the Yong'an Marquis and Ning Rong heard this reminder. The wife of the Yong'an Marquis immediately understood why her daughter-in-law Ning Rong was treated so much better than herself and did not suffer any humiliation. She immediately went to Ning Rong with a shameless face and pleaded in a low voice: "Rong'er, mother begs you, please find a way to save the Yong'an Marquis Mansion. You should find a way to ask the Duke Chengguo. The Duke Chengguo is in a high position and has great power. He is in the emperor's favor and must be able to save us..."
Ning Rong felt bitter in her heart. Her parents and her uncle had a feud over the murder of their son. She should be grateful to her uncle for not adding insult to injury, let alone asking him for help.
Ning Rong remained silent. Even if she could ask her uncle for help, she would only use this tiny hope on herself. How could she possibly save the entire Yong'an Marquis Mansion?
If possible, she would certainly like to keep the Yong'an Marquisate, but the emperor personally ordered the confiscation of property and exile. Her uncle would definitely have to spend a lot of effort to save the Yong'an Marquisate, and he would definitely not agree. As for saving only her, that would be something that her uncle could do with just a lift of his hand. The two have different levels of difficulty, and naturally the possibility of realization is also different.
Ning Rong reached out and gently touched her slightly pregnant belly, wondering whether she should keep the child. If she kept the child, the child would be the descendant of a criminal, and her future would be extremely difficult. She might even have to be exiled with her husband's family.
Whether being sent to the Jiaofangsi or being exiled, Ning Rong did not want this.
Ning Rong was immersed in her own thoughts and ignored the wife of Marquis Yong'an. Seeing that she was in deep thought, the wife of Marquis Yong'an did not dare to disturb her, fearing that she was trying to find a way to save her family. What would she do if she disturbed her and she didn't save herself?
All the people in the Yong'an Marquis Mansion were temporarily under custody and unable to contact the outside world, but Ning Rong still took advantage of her status as the niece of Duke Chengguo and asked a guard of the Imperial Guard who had been kind to her before to help pass the message out.
She took off her pair of gold and jade earrings and stuffed them into the other person's hand, begging him to help pass on a message.
But the other party didn't dare to accept her bribe at all. After all, this was a major matter that had reached the ears of the emperor and also involved the fight for the throne. They were willing to give Ning Rong a little preferential treatment only out of respect for Duke Chengguo, and anything more was impossible.
Although Ning Rong's bribery failed, she did not lose her composure and did not embarrass the guard any further. She believed that her mother would not give up on her and would definitely find a way to save her.
After all, her mother only has her as her daughter to rely on.
In fact, just as Ning Rong thought, after receiving the news that Marquis Yong'an's property was confiscated, Li rushed to Duke Chengguo's mansion to ask to see Zhang.
Neither Si Yuan nor Cheng stopped Li from meeting Zhang.
After all, they couldn't let Si Yuan and Cheng tell Zhang about this "good news" specifically. It would damage their reputation for filial piety and it would be better to let Li be the one who pushed Cheng to death.
Just as Si Yuan and Cheng had expected, Li was only thinking about how to save her daughter Ning Rong. She didn't care how much damage this news would cause to Zhang. She rushed to Zhang's bed and begged, crying, "Mother, please find a way to save Rong'er. Rong'er is the only bloodline left for my husband!"
Zhang's eyes widened, and her throat was like a broken bellows. After a long while, she finally squeezed out a sentence: "What's wrong with Rong'er?"
Li burst into tears and said, "The Emperor has sent his imperial guards to surround the Yong'an Marquis's mansion. They say they are going to confiscate the property and exile us!"
She cursed the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion again: "That family of bastards, they bullied my Rong'er before, and I don't know what bad things they did secretly. They actually wanted to cause Ning Rong to be pregnant and be exiled by them. Isn't this going to force her to death? My Rong'er..."
Li cried sincerely and with real feelings.
Because she really has no one else to rely on except Ning Rong.
Li had two sons and one daughter. The second son Ning Ji was killed by the eldest son Ning Chi, who then contracted a heart disease and is now hanging on to death. Only her daughter Ning Rong is still healthy and is her only hope for the rest of her life.
Even though Ning Rong's husband's family had been raided and she was no longer the wife of the Yong'an Marquis's son who could support her, Li never thought of giving up Ning Rong.
When Zhang heard that Ning Rong's husband's family had been ransacked, her eyes bulged out immediately, and she choked a few times before spitting out a large mouthful of blood. Then her eyes rolled back and she passed out from the shock.
Mrs. Li was so panicked that she shouted, "Call a doctor!"
The maid in charge of serving Zhang calmly went to invite the court physician. The court physician was not in a hurry either. After all, Zhang had been in a coma and critically ill many times in recent days. However, every time he came to take Zhang's pulse, he found that Zhang was still alive.
It can’t get any better, but it can’t get any worse either.
But what the court physician did not expect this time was that Zhang's body was like a lamp that was about to run out of oil. It was finally about to use up the last drop of oil. Even though she was given ginseng slices to hold in her mouth, the court physician still issued a notice of critical illness.
After receiving the critical illness notice, Si Yuan, as a family member, brought Cheng to visit Zhang. He did not immediately visit Zhang, who was about to die, but instead immediately complained to Li, who was extremely worried, "Mother's condition was originally very stable. How come my brother and sister-in-law made her so angry that she became critically ill?"
Questioned by Si Yuan, Li said in a panic, "This, this is not my fault. I just came to ask mother to save Rong Jie'er. I didn't expect mother to suddenly get sick." She suddenly knelt down in front of Si Yuan and begged, "Brother, please, please save Rong Jie'er for the sake of you watching her grow up. She is still pregnant. If she is exiled, she will definitely die on the road. Please save your niece!"
Before Si Yuan expressed his opinion, Cheng sneered, "So what if you watched her grow up? Didn't you also watch Yuan Ge'er grow up? And didn't you still cruelly kill Yuan Ge'er? Rong Jie'er wasn't killed by us. Saving her is a favor, and not saving her is a duty! And when I saw her, I remembered that she was the daughter of the enemy who killed my son. I just felt that her end was retribution!"
After hearing what Cheng said, Li burst into tears and said, "No matter how wrong it is, it's not Rong Jie'er's fault. The child is innocent!"
Si Yuan and Cheng were so angry that they laughed at Li's shamelessness. When she tried to murder children later, she never said that the children were innocent. She just targeted the children.
Now you are saying that the child is innocent?
It's just that Li knows that Si Yuan and Cheng have a higher sense of morality than she does.
Si Yuan glanced at Cheng, whose expression was slightly moved, but his expression remained unchanged. Fortunately, he had no morals and would not be kidnapped by Li's morality.
Si Yuan said calmly, "Marquis Yong'an has plundered the people's wealth, oppressed the common people, participated in the fight for the throne, and disrupted the government. His crimes are unforgivable. The Marquis Yong'an's mansion has only been confiscated and exiled, which is already a mercy from the emperor."
He also stood on the moral high ground: "I am loyal to the emperor and love the people. Naturally, I will not disregard the emperor's trust and protect my niece. Since Ning Rong married into the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion, she is a member of the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. How can we share wealth but not adversity?"
Li's face turned pale and her lips trembled. She was so angry. She wanted to ask why her Rong'er should be implicated in the crime committed by Yong'an Marquis? But this is the way the world is. If one person commits a crime, the whole family will be punished. A daughter who marries into her husband's family becomes a member of the husband's family, so naturally she will be convicted along with the family.
The saying that a married woman is not guilty of a crime is because everyone believes that after a woman gets married, she is no longer a member of her natal family, but a member of her husband's family. Therefore, if her natal family commits a crime, the married woman will not be held responsible, but if the husband's family commits a crime, the married woman will never be let off.
Otherwise, if the two sides are not involved, then no matter whether the girl's parents' family or the husband's family commits a crime, the married girl will not be implicated, right? There must be many people who take advantage of this loophole. Where is the majesty of the country's laws?
Si Yuan stated righteously that he was fair and selfless and would never show favoritism.
Li couldn't just say that Si Yuan must be partial, right? If this word gets out, she will be in trouble.
Li knew that Si Yuan, like Cheng, still bore a grudge against her for killing their son, and that was why they refused to save her daughter. But she had no other choice but to pin her hopes on Zhang.
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