Chapter 344: Your Son’s Life Is In Your Hand

“Mother, why are you still angry?” Huaiyuan, who had received the letter and rushed back, entered the room, went around the room, and looked at Yuling, who was sitting on the side, calmly drinking tea, and silently watching Madam Ling get angry, and advised.

“Mother, it’s because Father lied to her. Elder Brother, why aren’t you worried? Who knows who will be the master of the Duke’s Mansion in the future!” Yuling finally spoke, but her words sounded somewhat mocking, even making people feel gloating.

“Shut up. At this time, you’re still talking nonsense, not knowing how to advise Mother.” Huaiyuan scolded, his eyebrows furrowing unconsciously. Since taking Yuling back, he felt that her personality had changed drastically, becoming much more gloomy. Her appearance had not changed at all, yet he felt she had changed entirely.

Just like now, if it were before, she would have been angry and gotten angry with Madam Ling, standing completely on Mother’s side. But now, she’s more like a passerby, even a passerby with no relationship whatsoever. This feeling made Huaiyuan very uncomfortable, and he couldn’t help but scold.

“At this time, is it useful to advise her! Maybe she’ll slap me again. Alright, since Elder Brother is here, I’ll go back first, so I don’t have to get up late tomorrow and can’t pay respects to Grandmother, and Grandmother will blame me again.” Yuling indifferently stood up, pulled at a corner of her dress, looked at Madam Ling’s ashen face, and lazily yawned.

Without waiting for Madam Ling to say anything, she turned and walked out of the door, angering Madam Ling behind her, who was trembling all over. She pointed at Yuling, but couldn’t say a word. Speaking of the slap that ruined Yuling’s appearance, she felt guilty, so this time, Yuling had come back, and she had tried every means to please her, wanting to make up for her guilt at the time.

But unfortunately, Yuling’s return this time was somewhat capricious. Sometimes she was very affectionate with her, sometimes she was indifferent, very unpredictable. Because of her guilt towards Yuling, Madam Ling dared not say much, but the words Yuling said at this time were somewhat like adding insult to injury, how could it not make her angry.

“Alright, Mother, Second Younger Sister has a knot in her heart, but at least she’s on your side, worried about you.” Huaiyuan looked at Yuling’s back, his eyes flickered for a moment, and said.

“Her, look at what she’s like. Is she still the Second Miss of the Duke’s Mansion? If you can’t inherit the Duke’s Mansion, what good can she get?” Being hurt by Yuling’s previous indifferent attitude, Madam Ling’s face was full of excitement, and she angrily cursed.

“Mother, tell me about Huaijing!” Seeing that Madam Ling had deviated from the topic, Huaiyuan reminded her helplessly.

“Yes, that bitch and the bastard born by that bitch, don’t even think about entering our Duke’s Mansion.” As soon as it was mentioned, Madam Ling hated it, and recalling the words the Old Madam used to pressure her, she wanted to smash things again.

“Mother always lacks consideration when doing things. If you suspected it then, you could have dealt with it directly, why bother to verify anything, inviting Father’s suspicion.” Huaiyuan said. Before the incident, he didn’t know anything, so he wasn’t prepared at all, of course, he didn’t expect that he would have a half-brother.

In his opinion, either don’t do it, or do it with a crushing force and deal with the harm directly. There’s no need for so much nonsense.

“That old woman, unexpectedly wants them to enter the door, don’t even think about it, unless I die.” Madam Ling said hatefully.

“Mother, so what if they come in? It’s just a concubine’s son born by a concubine, can it steal anything from me? A little concubine, can it push you down? What Mother has to do now is to obey Father and Grandmother, and not to annoy them. After those mother and son enter the mansion, what they want to do is still up to you, the head wife.”

Huaiyuan felt helpless towards Madam Ling’s short-sightedness.

Huaijing is, at best, a son of a concubine. He has a birth mother who is a concubine, and he has no background. Can he steal the position of the legal wife! Moreover, Father and Grandmother have always been satisfied with me. An outsider, can he steal my status? It’s just adding two pairs of chopsticks to the Duke’s Mansion, it’s not a big deal.

In Huaiyuan’s opinion, what Madam Ling should do at this time is to hold Father’s heart, and perform magnanimously in front of Father. Then the next thing will be much easier. Compared to his cunning Fifth Younger Sister, Huaiyuan doesn’t think that Huaijing will become his confidante.

“Mother, no matter what, can my son be inferior to him? Does Mother think Father and Grandmother like him more than they like me? Will they abandon me, the proper heir, and cultivate a Huaijing who hasn’t been raised by their side since childhood and isn’t close to them!” Seeing Madam Ling’s ashen face, she fell into contemplation, knowing she could listen, and further comforted her.

These words hit Madam Ling’s heart, her complexion slightly improved. She sat down on the chair on the side. Although she was unwilling, her expression was much calmer. After her son said this, she also felt that she had the advantage in every aspect, and then she gritted her teeth and nodded.

“Okay, I will allow that bitch to enter the door.”

As long as she enters the door, I’ll be the one to decide. Then I’ll see how I don’t torture that woman and that bastard to death.

“Yulian, that bitch, today intentionally brought that dead old hag here, did she deliberately want to see me make a fool of myself? You still say she is reliable, it’s a ghost if she is reliable, that matter won’t be ruined by her, right!” Madam Ling suddenly recalled that the Old Madam was brought by Concubine Xiao Xu, and then coldly snorted and angrily said.

“Mother, rest assured, there will be no problem with Xu Yulian.” Huaiyuan affirmed.

“Are you sure this bitch won’t betray us, and do something that is sorry to us, and reveal the news to that dead girl, and let us both be destroyed?”

Madam Ling still felt uneasy. Although she had suspicions before, she suspected how Xu Yulian would listen to her so much and deal with Ning Xueyan with her, but because her son repeatedly assured her, she didn’t say much. But thinking that if it wasn’t for Xu Yulian today, who brought the Old Madam, the matter of Huaijing wouldn’t have broken out, and she felt more and more suspicious.

“Mother, rest assured. After Huaijing’s matter is over, we’ll take action. Then no one in this mansion will mention that Mother’s position as the legal wife is not justified.” Huaiyuan comforted her, and no one saw his eyelids jump, a trace of profoundness flashing in his eyes.

After that, Huaiyuan comforted Madam Ling again. After Madam Ling calmed down completely, he asked someone to tidy up Madam Ling’s room. He left Madam Ling’s Cloud Mist Courtyard, and at the intersection, he thought for a moment, turned a corner, and turned to another place in the inner courtyard.

So many things happened today, Father will definitely sleep in the study tonight.

When Yu woke up, she was already in her own bed. Seeing Nurse Wang standing in front of her bed, with a kind and harmonious smile, sorrow welled up in her heart, and she burst into tears again.

“Don’t cry anymore. It’s always that Madam who can’t tolerate you, ah, what a miserable person.” Nurse Wang handed her a handkerchief and comforted her.

“Then… that one can’t tolerate me?” Yu looked up in a daze, with teary eyes, looking at Nurse Wang in front of her. Since Nurse Wang came to the estate to recuperate, after recovering from her illness, the two became quite close. This nurse was said to be a wet nurse of a young lady who was living in the Duke’s Mansion. And since her young lady died, she had no relationship with the Duke’s Mansion.

Because there was no conflict of interest, Yu still believed in this Nurse Wang.

“You still don’t know! It’s all spread outside, saying that the reason why your Young Master had the accident was because he was discovered by that one, so she did something behind the scenes, and even the person who fought with your Young Master was designed by her.” Nurse Wang sighed.

It was Madam Ling who did it, it was Madam Ling who was going to hurt her own son. Yu’s whole body was cold, she only felt a throbbing pain in her head, buzzing, and after a while she trembled and grabbed Nurse Wang, and cried, “Why, why does Madam want to deal with me? Jing’er and I won’t get in her way, she… she won’t let me go.”

“Yu, you are too naive, how can you not understand.” Nurse Wang analyzed, “Your son and her son are both illegitimate sons. In those years, the Duke, in order to deceive Madam Ming into marrying him, specially kept you all outside. In the end, she entered the mansion, designed Madam Ming, and became the legal wife, how can she not be afraid that you will do the same thing? Your situation now is exactly the same as hers back then!”

These words made Yu’s heart tremble, and she immediately remembered what happened last night. The Bodhisattva clearly said she was wrong, couldn’t it be that she and Elder Brother had really hated the wrong person! Her lips trembled slightly.

The meaning of these words clearly indicated that Madam Ming didn’t know anything back then. If anyone in the Duke’s Mansion said it, Yu would feel that she was biased towards Madam Ming. But now, the person saying this was Nurse Wang, who had nothing to do with Madam Ming, and Yu couldn’t help but believe it.

She held Nurse Wang’s hand and nervously said, “Madam Ming… really doesn’t know?”

Isn’t it her who made Ning Zuan drive her away! Disregarding her pregnancy at the time.

“It is said that in those years, the Duke, in order to marry Madam Ming, swore that he would only take one wife. Later, the Duke, in order to make the Ming residence believe, drove you out. If it was really Madam Ming who did it, why didn’t she do the same as Madam Ling did today, directly cut off the roots, and eliminate you, this future trouble, wouldn’t that be better!”

Nurse Wang analyzed.

These words made Yu speechless. She looked at a point in the air blankly, and after a moment, she suddenly covered her face and cried, it turned out that she had really hated the wrong person, Madam Ming clearly didn’t know anything, and she and Elder Brother had hated her, and also harmed her, harmed her daughter, so now retribution came, and retribution came to Jing’er.

This must be Heaven’s punishment for the things she and Elder Brother did.

“Yu, the Duke deceived you before, and now Madam Ling wants to kill your son. If you are not so stupid, give your son a way of life, don’t blindly submit to get ahead. This matter can’t be solved by submitting to get ahead. Whether you can save your son or not, depends on whether you will self-rescue. Your son’s life is in your hands.”