"Wait, I think you misunderstood again." Su Nuannuan sighed, "I was not there when Chuan Ge'er went to Chunfeng Garden, and I didn't give him that half bowl of ice cream. No one wants this to happen, but it was indeed an unintentional mistake."
"You're lying." Aunt Jiang blushed and shrieked. Su Nuannuan had no choice but to look at Duan Maochuan and whispered, "Brother Chuan, tell your mother how you ate that half bowl of ice cream?"
Duan Maochuan hung his head and said nothing. Su Nuannuan asked again, but the little guy just cried and didn't say anything. Her heart sank. She thought to herself, yes, she was really naive. Since Aunt Jiang wanted to harm her, how could she not ask what happened? She knew everything clearly, but in order to harm her, she taught Chuan Ge'er to lie. What does such a young child know? Being forced by his mother, he naturally had to say what his mother taught him. No matter what the reason was, Aunt Jiang came to the old lady's room to make a scene regardless of everything, which meant that she was determined to kill herself.
Sure enough, when Aunt Jiang raised her voice again to let Duan Maochuan speak, she heard the little guy crying, "I... Auntie gave me half a bowl of ice cream... wuwuwu... After I finished eating and went back, I... I had a stomachache... wuwuwu..."
"Impossible. Our grandmother went to Meiyue Tower at that time and had no idea that Brother Chuan came to Chunfeng Garden. She only ran into him when she came back." Honglian was angry and anxious. She looked at Duan Maochuan with anger and hatred: "Master Chuan, tell me again with all your heart, how did you eat that ice cream?"
"I..." Duan Maochuan lowered his head, not daring to look up at Honglian. His body was trembling, but he still said stubbornly in a low voice, "Yes... Auntie gave it to me."
"Grandma, do you have anything else to say? Brother Chuan is only four years old. Would he lie?" Aunt Jiang finally felt relieved. As long as Duan Maochuan said this, the matter would be settled.
"You are slandering me. Our grandmother obviously didn't see Young Master Chuan." Honglian was also anxious, but she heard Aunt Jiang sneer: "You Chunfeng Garden people will naturally help the grandmother. Not to mention Chunfeng Garden, even in this mansion, who doesn't support the grandmother? I am just a concubine. The power of life and death is in the hands of the grandmother. If the grandmother only wants to harm me, I will not say a word. I will accept it. But you want to attack Brother Chuan, I can't bear it. Even if I die without a burial place, I will seek justice for my brother."
"Just to harm me. You let Chuan Ge'er lie? Have you ever thought about it? What did you teach him? As a mother, is this how you educate your children?" Su Nuannuan did not refute. Instead, she looked into Aunt Jiang's eyes and asked softly: She didn't know what kind of emotions she should have towards this woman. There was pity, contempt, and hatred. But more of it was anger, anger that she forced Duan Maochuan to lie in order to harm others. Did this stupid woman know that she was doing this? How much psychological trauma would it cause to a four-year-old child?
"Madam, don't be so hypocritical. How I educate my son is my business." Aunt Jiang made Su Nuannuan look a little flustered, but when she thought of the fate of herself and her son, she had to bite the bullet and continue. Things had already come to this, and there was no reason to start well and then not end well. Otherwise, not only would she harm herself, but most importantly, her son's future would be ruined.
"Aunt, what you said is not right."
Suddenly, a cold voice was heard speaking in a low voice. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Aunt Jing standing up slowly and said in a deep voice: "It is true that Chuan'er was born by you, but nominally, he should call you mother. You are his legal mother, and he is your son. It is only natural for you to take him in and raise him. How can you say that educating your son is your business?"
This is reasonable, and the rules of a big family are like this. It's just that Su Mengnuan was vicious and domineering in the past. Even if she wanted to take Xu Ranyun, Xue Zhilan, and Aunt Jiang's sons to raise under her knees, Duan Tingxuan didn't dare to hand them over to her. However, this kind of thing is just known to everyone, and the real rule is not like this. So when Aunt Jing said this, Xue Zhilan, Xu Ranyun, and others in the hall changed color, and Aunt Jiang blushed and couldn't say a word. "Aunt Jing walked out, knelt down beside Aunt Jiang, and said to Old Lady Fang, "Old lady, my words are not taken seriously. Logically, I have no right to speak here. But Aunt Jiang was aggressive. Just based on a word from Chuan Ge'er, she actually determined that grandma wanted to harm them and their sons. This really made me feel unfair. In the past, I didn't know much about the Grandmother, and I didn't dare to say anything. But since the Grandmother came back from Meiyue Tower, everyone has seen how she behaves. For example, how many people saved their lives because of Grandmother during the incident at Pushan Temple? If she was really such a cruel person who wouldn't even let a child go, why would she put herself in danger to save the second girl? Please understand, old lady."
Aunt Jing said this obscurely, but everyone understood what she meant: I have no right to speak here, but there is no way, since none of you are willing to speak a fair word for the Grandma, I have no choice but to stand up.
For a moment, Xu Ranyun and Xue Zhilan both lowered their heads, secretly hating each other. Shi Yurou also hesitated and struggled fiercely: because she had just been cheated out of three thousand taels of silver by Su Nuannuan, she really didn't want this "cruel" sister-in-law to be framed and never be able to turn things around.
But after Aunt Jing said this, she suddenly realized: it is not so easy to harm Su Nuannuan. In this case, should I testify? Although I had discussed it with my husband that day, but... I really can't accept it. I was clearly tricked by her and had a bloody head, and now I have to testify for her. This is not just a warm face against a cold butt, this is a warm face against a cold butt with thorns. I was cold and got pricked and bloody. Woo woo woo...
Duan Xinqi also stood up at this time. The little girl was much braver now and wanted to stand up and speak for Su Nuannuan, but was held tightly by Aunt Lin. Now that Aunt Jing had spoken, she took advantage of her mother's shame and distraction to easily break free and walk out, saying to Aunt Jiang crisply: "Aunt is worried about Chuan'er, I understand, but you should also think about it, why does sister-in-law want to harm you and your son? If she wants to harm someone, Ming'er, Fan'er, Sen'er, which one would not benefit more than Chuan'er? If she has such means, why doesn't she use it on other brothers, but instead targets Chuan'er? This doesn't make sense at all."
This statement was also obscure, but everyone also understood it: Duan Maoming was Xu Ranyun's son, Duan Maofan and Duan Maosen were Xue Zhilan's sons, and each of them had a higher status than Duan Maochuan. If we talk about hatred, Su Nuannuan's hatred for these two people is definitely higher than that for Aunt Jiang and her son; if we talk about threats, the three children are also more threatening than Duan Maochuan, the aunt's son. In terms of emotion and reason, such an opportunity to harm people should not be left to Duan Maochuan.
But Aunt Jiang had obviously prepared the answer to this question. Upon hearing this, she sneered and said, "Miss, what you said is wrong. If you harm Ming'er, Fan'er, and Sen'er, which one of them will be easy to deal with? We are the only ones with the lowest status. You should do it to us first. If you succeed, it will be experience, and you can harm others in the future. If you lose, it doesn't matter. We are insignificant, how can we shake the status of the grandmother? Everyone knows that the grandmother is very popular with the old lady and the master now?"
"You...how could you have such an idea?" Duan Xinqi's eyes widened, and Madam Yang finally couldn't help it. She stood up and said sternly: "Asshole, confused, you...you are really crazy, come, drag her out..."
Before she could finish, Aunt Jiang slammed her head to the ground. The skin on her purple forehead was already broken, and blood immediately flowed out from the strong impact. The blood flowed down her pretty face, looking even more shocking. Even Old Madam Fang and Madam Yang were shocked on the spot. They had never seen such a tragic scene in all their lives.
"I came here today without caring about life or death. If you want to kill me for being disrespectful to the Grandmother, I will say no. I only ask the Grandmother to protect my young son and bring him up. Although he is a bastard, he is also your flesh and blood."
Aunt Jiang screamed. Suddenly, someone outside the door said in a deep voice, "My son, I will do my best to protect him and love him, and let him grow up safely. Who do you think you are? You come to the old lady and yell and threaten her? Don't the rules in the Anping Marquis's Mansion exist anymore?"
Aunt Jiang's body stiffened and she turned her head abruptly, only to see Duan Tingxuan striding in. His usually calm and smiling face was now ashen, obviously angered by Aunt Jiang's uproar today.
“Grandma, it’s all my fault that I didn’t discipline the people in the room well, and let her come here to disturb your peace. It’s my fault. I will take her back and discipline her strictly.” Duan Tingxuan came in front of Old Lady Fang, and his expression finally eased. He bowed, then turned his head and stared at Aunt Jiang. Just as he was about to speak, Duan Maochuan suddenly ran over, stretched out his two little arms to block Aunt Jiang, and cried, “Don’t hit Aunt Jiang… Wuuuu, Daddy, don’t hit Aunt Jiang… Don’t let Aunt Jiang die…”
Duan Tingxuan's forehead was full of blue veins: his good son, honest and lively, although not very smart, but kind and honest, but now what has his mother taught him? Who said she wanted to beat her? Who said she wanted to kill her? Such an inexplicable seed of hatred was planted in the heart of a young child. What will he become when he grows up?
Thinking of this, Duan Tingxuan, who never hit a woman, wanted to pull Aunt Jiang up and slap her hard. He took a deep breath, his eyes swept across the faces of his wives and concubines, and suddenly said to Honglian, "Carry Chuan'er over."
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