Chapter 339: Putting Pearls in Mouth

Xingxing is only ten years old this year and is still a child. After getting on the carriage, she leaned against the wall and nodded her little head, obviously feeling sleepy.

Fan Pingfang asked the maid to get a pillow from under the carriage seat for Xingxing to lean on and sleep for a while.

There were also two small blankets, one was covered on Lingjie'er and the other was covered on Xingxing.

Yang Quanyu huddled in the corner of the carriage and said timidly, "Mother, I also want to build a…"

Fan Ping just felt a little sick in her heart.

This child is probably used to using such a timid appearance as a weapon to fight for something.

Did he think it would work on her?

Fan Pingfang glanced at the satin clothes on Yang Quanyu and couldn't help but sneer.

This pattern looks familiar. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be her dowry.

This satin material is very warm. She had just taken out a few pieces from her private storehouse to make autumn clothes for Lingjie.

Fan Pingfang closed her eyes and ignored Yang Quanyu's request.

Seeing that Fan Pingfang ignored him, Yang Quanyu knew that his usual method was useless. He pursed his lips tightly and stood there, his eyes becoming redder and redder.

Ling Jie'er's wet nurse took a look and thought to herself, if she didn't know what this bastard had done before, just looking at his appearance, she would have thought that he had suffered some kind of injustice!

However, Lingjie'er's wet nurse had no time to take care of Yang Quanyu. She knew that she had not taken good care of Lingjie'er before, and she was feeling uneasy at the moment, so she had no time to pay attention to Yang Quanyu.

The carriage traveled for more than half an hour before arriving at the next county.

The Yang family lives in the old city area, and their house is not very big.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Yang's house. Xingxing had already woken up. She took a handkerchief, poured some water on it, and gently wiped her face.

At this moment, Xingxing accompanied Fan Pingfang out of the car, looking like an impeccable rich lady.

The concierge informed them, and just as Xing Xing and Fan Pingfang entered the main courtyard, a thin and frail woman with a swollen belly came hurriedly over from the side.

The woman was wearing a red crabapple satin dress and a pearl hairpin on her head. With her sharp eyes, she recognized at a glance that the pearls were from the finest South China Sea pearls.

...So, this must be Yang Zheming's pregnant concubine Peiqin.

As soon as Peiqin appeared, Yang Quanyu seemed to have found his backbone. His eyes, which were already red, now shed tears and he called out "Auntie" in a wronged tone.

"Brother Yu!" Peiqin looked extremely distressed. She pulled Yang Quanyu and looked him up and down, left and right, with red eyes, as if she was afraid that Yang Quanyu would suffer outside.

Xingxing looked at him puzzled.

Why do these two women act in the same tone?

She was only hosting an ordinary banquet, and if Yang Quanyu hadn't caused trouble, there would have been no risk at all.

Why does Aunt Peiqin act as if her son just came out of some dangerous place?

But before the mother and daughter finished their play, a man wearing a scholar's hat and cap came hurriedly from a distance.

I think it must be Yang Zheming, the man Fan Pingfang married.

Yang Zheming walked very fast, almost like running. He ran over and saw Yang Quanyu crying in grievance, and his concubine Peiqin wiping tears with red eyes. He immediately frowned at Fan Pingfang and said, "Didn't I ask you to take good care of Yu? How are you doing that?"

Although the tone was not very harsh, even Xingxing could hear the rebuke in the words.

Now it was Xingxing's turn to frown.

In front of outsiders, he scolded the mistress for the concubine and the illegitimate son. Why does Sister Fan's husband's behavior look so much like the kind of play script where a man favors his concubine and kills his wife?

Fan Pingfang was not angry, she just frowned and lowered her voice: "Don't disturb Sister Ling."

She turned around and handed Ling Jie'er, who was sleeping in her arms, to the nurse beside her, and said, "Take Ling Jie'er to rest, and don't make any more mistakes."

The wet nurse, who had been worried because of her previous mistake, felt as if she had been pardoned when she heard Fan Pingfang's words. She said yes repeatedly and hurriedly carried Ling Jie'er into the house.

Fan Pingfang then glanced at Yang Zheming who looked annoyed, Yang Quanyu who looked aggrieved, and Peiqin who looked distressed.

A hint of sarcasm flashed across Fan Pingfang's eyes.

This is really a harmonious family of three.

"Let me get this straight." Ling Jie'er was taken away by her nurse at this moment. Fan Pingfang no longer had to worry about waking Ling Jie'er up. She said in a normal voice, "You have to send Yang Quanyu away."

Yang Zheming didn't expect Fan Pingfang to say this right away. He was extremely surprised and flatly refused: "Impossible!"

After a pause, Yang Zheming seemed to finally realize that his attitude was not very good, and softened his tone, "…Madam, Yu Ge'er has already recognized his ancestors and his name is written in the family tree. You suddenly mentioned this now, you should at least say it first, why?"

Yang Zheming's answer was within Fan Pingfang's expectations.

Fan Pingfang calmly told what happened at the banquet.

Yang Zheming was stunned, and his first reaction was -

"impossible!"

Peiqin knelt down and cried anxiously, "Madam, you misunderstood. Because I was pregnant with twins and my appearance was not good, I often took pearl powder to nourish my body. Yu'er had seen a lot of it, so he thought that pearls were good things to eat..."

Yang Zheming felt that this was the case. He nodded repeatedly before Peiqin finished speaking: "Indeed, Yu Ge'er loves his sister. Madam, you have misunderstood Yu Ge'er."

Yang Quanyu also cried innocently, "I couldn't bear to eat that, so I saved it for my sister. It's really good food, why is mother so angry..."

Before Yang Quanyu finished speaking, Xing Xing had already taken out a pearl from her arms, pinched it between two fingers, and shook it in front of everyone - it was the South China Sea pearl that had fallen to the ground earlier.

However, just when everyone was stunned and didn't know what she meant by this, Xing Xing stepped forward, pinched Yang Quanyu's mouth with one hand, and with the other hand, quickly and neatly stuffed the pearl into Yang Quanyu's throat.

No one present expected Xing Xing to do this suddenly. Yang Quanyu was so frightened that he swallowed the food in his throat.

Yang Quanyu was so anxious that his face turned pale: "Mom, save me! I will die——"

Peiqin's face turned pale and she hurriedly tried to pick Yang Quanyu's throat.

Yang Zheming was furious: "Where did this wild girl come from? How dare she hurt my son? Come, get her out for me——"

Fan Pingfang stepped forward, stood in front of Xingxing, and glared at her: "Let's see who dares!"

She sneered at Yang Zheming, "Do you know who she is? She is the sister of Yu Jieyuan, who you have been trying to curry favor with these days! She also has a brother, General Yu Yonghuai, who is about to go to the capital to award merits!"

Yang Zheming was stunned as if he had been hit hard by someone: "She, she is Yu Xingxing who invited you today..."

Fan Pingfang sneered: "What else?"

Yang Zheming's face looked as exciting as if he was running a dyeing factory, he stood there in a daze without moving.

Peiqin shouted half in despair and half in helplessness: "...I can't dig it out! Husband, hurry up, call someone to get a doctor!"

Yang Zheming came back to his senses and was about to call for a doctor in panic, but Xing Xing said, "No need."

She raised her hand and showed everyone the round South Sea pearl between her other two fingers. She said, "What I stuffed into Yang Quanyu's throat just now was just a sugar pill. Didn't he just cry and ask Sister Fan if the pearl was a good thing?... If it was a good thing, why was he so scared when I fed him the good thing?"

Not to mention Yang Quanyu who was over four years old, even Peiqin's face went blank for a moment.

Yang Zheming was stunned for a moment, and seemed to finally react. He looked at Yang Quanyu with some disbelief.

Yang Quanyu is young after all. Although he knew that he had missed something, he couldn't think of how to make up for it for a moment. He kept dodging glances subconsciously, and seemed to be feeling extremely guilty!

Yang Zheming was now completely certain that his illegitimate eldest son had really done it on purpose!