Seeing this, Chen Guixiang quickly shielded Ning Chunlin behind her.
"Your Highness, please let Chunlin go. He really didn't mean it. She's just a woman; a few slaps won't hurt her."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuwei stepped forward and smiled:
"You're protecting Ning Chunlin like this, is it because Ning Chunlin is your biological son?"
Upon hearing this, Old Man Ning nearly lost his balance and fell off his chair.
Chen Guixiang turned around and glared fiercely at Jiang Yuwei, cursing:
"Stop stirring up trouble here. How could Chunlin possibly be my biological son!"
Jiang Yuwei, too lazy to waste words with her, simply waved her hand, signaling Xia Yue to fetch a bowl of water.
"Wouldn't it be clear once you get tested?"
Xia Yue brought the water forward, and Jiang Yuwei gestured for Yun Qing to draw blood from Old Man Ning. Yun Qing didn't hesitate; she grabbed Old Man Ning's wrist, cut his palm with a dagger, dripped a drop of blood into the bowl, and then went to Ning Chunlin's side.
"I'm sorry, young master."
After saying that, he also cut his palm and dripped a drop of blood into it. Soon, their blood mixed together.
Jiang Yuwei glanced at it and then gestured for Yun Qing to hand the bowl to the Princess and the Prince for inspection.
"Old woman Chen, what else do you have to say? Now that we are of the same blood, this Ning Chunlin is not the eldest son of the Prince Jing's mansion at all. He is clearly your and Old Man Ning's child. How dare you tell such a huge lie to deceive the Prince and Princess!"
Upon hearing this, Sun realized with shock that it was all a lie and that she had been deceived by Chen Guixiang's family.
Realizing that all her scheming after entering the Prince's mansion had turned out to be nothing but a dream, Madam Sun could no longer contain herself and began to scream maniacally.
"Ugh, you family of vampires! You lied to me, you lied to me so badly!"
At this point, Madam Sun suddenly opened her bloodshot eyes wide and looked at Ning Chunlin, laughing loudly:
"Hahahaha, Ning Chunlin, you don't know this, do you? I drugged you and made you infertile. I also killed Xu Qianqian's child. I instigated Xu Qianqian to kill Lian Yao. Hahaha, I want everyone around you to die!"
As she spoke, Sun snatched the dagger from Yun Qing's hand and stabbed it into Ning Chunlin's stomach.
Fearing that Sun Shi had gone mad and might injure others with the dagger, Yun Qing quickly kicked Sun Shi away and snatched the dagger from her hand. Ning Chunlin, stabbed in the stomach, lay on the ground groaning in pain. Granny Chen was also terrified and quickly hugged Ning Chunlin, exclaiming in alarm:
"Son, what's wrong? You can't die!"
Prince Jing frowned as he watched this farce unfold; his anger was now beyond containment.
"Guards, take this whole family away and give them thirty lashes each, then lock them in the woodshed. Tomorrow, parade them through the streets and announce this to the world. Finally, banish the entire family from the capital!"
Upon hearing the order, the servant quickly stepped forward and dragged Chen Guixiang and her family out.
Prince Jing took a sip of tea to quell his anger, then looked at Ning Huaizhi and Jiang Yuwei.
"General Ning, I'm sorry to have made your family a laughing stock."
The princess burst out laughing upon hearing this.
"Why are you saying these things when we're all family?"
As she spoke, the princess gestured for Yunqing to collect blood from Ning Huaizhi. Xia Yue, being very perceptive, took a new bowl, filled it with fresh water, and collected Ning Huaizhi's blood from his fingertip.
Although Ning Huaizhi was somewhat surprised, seeing Jiang Yuwei's gaze, he obediently allowed Yun Qing to draw blood. Afterwards, Yun Qing carried the bowl to the prince.
The prince looked at Yun Qing with a suspicious expression.
What are you doing?
The princess smiled.
"Your Highness, don't just stand there, quickly drip some blood from your fingertip into it."
Upon hearing this, Prince Jing's eyes widened in disbelief. He then pricked his fingertip with a knife and dripped blood into the blood. He quickly witnessed the two drops of blood merging together.
Prince Jing stared blankly for a moment, then looked at the water in the bowl and burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, good, good, good! I knew my son couldn't possibly be such a coward. I never imagined Huai Zhi would actually be my son. No wonder I felt an instant connection with him the moment I saw him. Good, good!"
Ning Huaizhi was also somewhat bewildered at this moment. He quickly walked up to Prince Jing and stared blankly at the blood in the bowl that had already become one with the blood.
Jiang Yuwei stepped forward and nudged Ning Huaizhi, laughing:
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and call your parents!"
Ning Huaizhi suddenly knelt down before Prince Jing and his wife.
"Father, Mother!"
Seeing this, the prince and princess quickly got up and helped Ning Huaizhi up. Prince Jing patted Ning Huaizhi on the shoulder.
"Well done, you have the style I had in my youth!"
The princess held Ning Huaizhi's hand, her eyes red-rimmed.
"Huaizhi, your mother can finally reunite with you. My good child, you have suffered so much."
Ning Huaizhi suddenly understood why Chen Guixiang had been so biased when he was a child—it was simply because he wasn't her son. Realizing this, Ning Huaizhi felt relieved and smiled at Prince Jing and his wife.
"Father, Mother, there is something I want to tell you."
The two nodded in unison.
"You speak, we're listening."
Ning Huaizhi glanced back at Jiang Yuwei, then turned to the Princess and Prince Jing and smiled:
"When Yuwei married me, I was on the battlefield and didn't have a proper wedding ceremony with her. Now that I've returned to the capital, I want to make up for it by holding a proper wedding ceremony for her."
Upon hearing this, the princess smiled and looked at Jiang Yuwei standing behind her.
“Good, good, this is a good thing. I think we should hold it together with Zixuan’s wedding. It would be more lively that way. I just checked the almanac today, and it will be an auspicious day in three days. Let’s set it for that day.”
Upon hearing the Princess's words, Prince Jing nodded to Ning Zixuan, who was standing to the side.
"Alright, Zixuan has grown up now and is getting married. It's a double celebration, so it's perfect. Let's settle on this!"
Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly pulled Ning Wan and Ning Zhao to Prince Jing and his wife, and they all knelt down.
"Hurry up and kowtow to your grandparents."
Prince Jing was overjoyed to see his two grandsons and granddaughters. He immediately took off the jade pendant he was wearing and gave it to them.
"Alright, get up quickly. I never expected this! I never expected that after a year away, my son would be back, and I'd have grandchildren too! Good, good!"
Seeing this, the princess took Prince Jing's arm and smiled:
"Now, we can say that we have a large family. After Zixuan gets married, we can have a few more big, healthy sons for our family. Then our Prince Jing's mansion will be prosperous."
As she spoke, the princess looked at Jiang Yuwei and smiled:
“Yuwei, now that Huaizhi is back, you should hurry up and have a child for him. By then, my health will gradually improve, and I will be happy to have more wonderful grandchildren like Ning Wan and Ning Zhao by my side.”
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