Chapter 300 Bixi's Two Children
"Madam, I have spoiled Lanying and Bingzhi. They are lawless. Yesterday, they even dared to snatch the young lady's paper eagle. I have already scolded them severely. Please punish them, Madam!"
Li Bixiang apologized to Lu Lingyun with a humble and submissive look on her face.
In six years, Lu Lingyun has not changed much, she has just become more mature and reserved, but Li Bixi has changed a lot.
She was already old, and now she has already passed the age of 30. Women age particularly quickly after they are over 30, especially since she gave birth to two children in succession in the hope of having a son, and insisted on keeping them by her side. Now her appearance has aged drastically.
Fortunately, the Marquis's family had no shortage of food and clothing, and she was pampered. She was dressed richly and appropriately, so she could be called a middle-aged noble lady.
Lu Lingyun looked at the respectful and patient Li Bixi in front of him, "It was originally a matter between the children, but why didn't I hear about it?"
"The prince came back yesterday and saw it, and he said a few words."
Bixi didn't say that Cheng Yunshuo was partial, nor did she even say that her daughter was lying. She just said that Cheng Yunshuo saw it and said a few words, and that was it.
Doesn't this mean that Cheng Yunshuo has already been punished and the matter is over?
Although she brought her two children to admit her mistakes, Lu Lingyun couldn't really punish them!
She's just here for the formality.
Lu Lingjun could hear the hidden meaning in her words. In the past six years, whenever something happened, she would bring Cheng Yunshuo into the matter.
Cheng Yunshuo was extremely biased. He clearly favored Li Bixi and would not let anyone hurt her. Fortunately, Li Bixi was not the kind of person who would take advantage of others. She would quickly stop trying to get the slightest advantage because she knew that if she really made Lu Lingjun angry, Cheng Yunshuo would find it difficult to protect her.
When she was relatively obedient and used some tricks, Lu Lingyun turned a blind eye and let her take advantage of her.
Now, they are bringing Cheng Yunshuo out again, using this method to call Lu Lingyun.
Lu Lingyun looked at her, "Since the prince has said so, why did Aunt Li bring her child to kneel in front of me?"
"I think they have done something wrong and must have displeased the young lady. We should ask for her forgiveness."
Li Bixi was servile and submissive, and had already put herself in a very low position. Whenever Lu Lingyun was aggressive, it was Lu Lingyun who was wrong.
Her children were watching nearby, and they must have been unhappy with Lu Lingyun.
This is also the image that Li Bixiang has always created. She wants her children to see how difficult it is for her to live in the Marquis' Mansion, how hard it is to protect them, and the mistress who seems tolerant but is actually vicious and cruel.
Lu Lingyun looked at the two kneeling children. Cheng Lanying was five years old, and Cheng Bingzhi was four years old. They were both old enough to remember things. As they listened to their mother's words, their eyes gradually became filled with resentment and dissatisfaction as they looked at Lu Lingyun.
Lu Lingyun narrowed her eyes, "Auntie Li is a reasonable person. You, as a mother, say that they are wrong. Well, you two should talk about it first. Where is the mistake?"
Lu Lingyun's casual words immediately made the two children look at their mother.
The hatred directed at himself just now immediately turned into confusion towards his mother.
Yes, it was their mother who asked them to come and admit their mistakes, not Lu Lingyun. What did they do wrong? Why did their own mother insist on asking them to come and admit their mistakes?
Cheng Lanying frowned, and Cheng Bingzhi asked directly, "Mom, we are right!"
"Shut up!" Bixi heard this and quickly scolded him, "Have you forgotten that you are here to apologize to your elder sister today?"
"But Daddy said yesterday that she should give in to us..." Cheng Lanying grumbled unhappily.
Cheng Yunshuo didn't say anything to them, so why did their mother insist that they come to Lu Lingyun to admit their mistakes?
Lu Lingyun smiled softly at the two children who were estranged from Bixi. Bixi was best at pretending to be weak and pitiful. This trick was very destructive to outsiders, but it would also torment the hearts of her own people.
If you keep acting pitiful for a long time, your children will become inferior and dissatisfied.
Seeing that the two children were not obedient, Li Bixi glared at them and said, "Is this what your mother taught you every day? If you are wrong, you are wrong! Why don't you admit your mistakes?"
"Okay," Lu Lingyun interrupted them at the right time, her eyes fell on the two children again, "I don't know the right and wrong of what happened yesterday. You said you wanted to apologize to Siying, so I will call Siying to ask first."
When the two children heard this, they both pouted.
After a while, Cheng Suying came out.
She immediately saw the two people kneeling in the yard. When she saw Cheng Lanying and Cheng Bingzhi, Cheng Suying's face became stern, and she pursed her lips tightly, with displeasure between her brows, but she didn't say anything.
Lu Lingyun looked at her like this. It was strange that Siying's personality was not like the bold Xing Dairong, nor like the straightforward Cheng Yunshuo. Instead, she was somewhat like her. She was young, but looked quite mature.
Perhaps it was because since childhood, Siying was the weakest and was the most attached to Lu Lingyun, and Lu Lingyun took care of her the most.
"Suying, come here." Lu Lingjun waved at little Suying, and Suying walked up to her gently.
"Mother."
"What happened yesterday?"
Cheng Siying shook her head and covered up the matter, "Nothing."
"Then why do they say they destroyed your things and want to compensate you?"
Cheng Suying glanced at them and said, "No need. They are not sincere anyway."
"Miss, please forgive Lanying and Bingzhi. They are young and ignorant. I will definitely teach them well in the future." Li Bixiang begged for mercy.
"Mom, why do you have to apologize to her?" Cheng Lanying was immediately dissatisfied when she saw her mother groveling and apologizing to Cheng Suying.
You know, they bow down to Lu Lingyun because she is the mistress. She is the most powerful person in the backyard besides daddy, but who is Cheng Siying?
Don't think she doesn't know, she is also a concubine's daughter, but is registered under Lu Lingyun's name and treated as the legitimate daughter of the marquis's mansion. In fact, her background is exactly the same as hers, not to mention that her father doesn't dote on her at all.
Every time her father came out, Cheng Suying would be scolded if she acted coquettishly.
Children are the best at ranking and comparing ranks. In this marquis's mansion, grandpa and grandma are not often around, so her father is the eldest, her legitimate mother in the main courtyard is the second, and her two 'legitimate brothers' are barely ranked ahead of her as the third. She is the fourth, and Cheng Suying is ranked after her.
How could she be worthy of letting her own mother do this!
"Shut up and admit your mistake to your sister."
"I won't! Daddy said yesterday that she is our elder sister and should give in to us! She even snatched things from us, she was wrong!" Cheng Lanying didn't apologize to her.
When Cheng Suying heard this, her gloomy face finally lit up, "I knew you didn't come here to apologize sincerely. You ruined my paper iris and you still say I'm wrong. How can you be so right!"
"Are you saying that Daddy is wrong?" Cheng Lanying raised her head, fearless.
"You!" She brought up Cheng Yunshuo's name, and Cheng Suying was immediately speechless, especially when she thought of her extremely biased father, she felt aggrieved.
He is wrong, he is wrong.
But she dared not say he was wrong.