amaotonovel Chapter 868 Shouldering 2 Rooms 2
Chapter 868 Shouldering 2 Rooms 2
"Nonsense," Liu said angrily, "If I really couldn't tolerate a bastard, how could I allow a concubine to give birth to a child?"
"What my sister-in-law said does make sense," Mrs. Wu looked at Jiang Yuanran, "Then it can only be that my niece-in-law has brought bad luck to others. It's really unlucky for Zhihao to marry such a bad luck. She brought bad luck to several of Zhihao's brothers as soon as she entered the house. Who knows if she will bring bad luck to Zhihao next."
Yan Zhihao clenched his fists.
He really wanted to treat his aunt's words as nonsense, but when he thought of his own life, Yan Zhihao couldn't treat his aunt's words as nonsense.
Could it be that Jiang Yuanran was really his nemesis? Otherwise, how could he explain the problem with his vitals?
"Sir, please say something!" Jiang Yuanran anxiously grabbed Yan Zhihao's arm. "Are you just going to watch and say nothing while my aunt slanders me?"
"Okay, shut up," the old lady held her head with her hand, "Old man, before the true situation of the matter is investigated clearly, it is better for you as an elder not to talk nonsense."
"Mother, I really don't know what to say to your daughter-in-law," Wu said sarcastically, "You were the ones who insisted on calling us here, and now you're blaming me for talking nonsense. Could it be that you asked us to come here just to make us mute and unable to say anything?"
"If that's the case, then why did you call us here again?" Mrs. Wu smiled miserably. "But it's true. Now that Zhifei and his son are gone, who in the Yongzhong Marquis's Mansion will take us seriously? I heard from my daughter-in-law that she met Mrs. Jiang in the garden today. Mrs. Jiang didn't let my daughter-in-law call her sister-in-law, saying that there is a hierarchy and that she should respectfully call her the Crown Prince's Consort."
"Oh!" Wu sneered and looked at Liu and his wife, "Brother-in-law, you two tell me, how dare Jiang be so arrogant and ignore our first wife? Could it be that your second wife instructed her to do so? Otherwise, how could she, a new daughter-in-law, dare to be so arrogant in her husband's family?"
"But it's also true. Now it's your Second Branch who is in charge of the Yongzhong Marquis's Mansion. Our First Branch is just a poor creature living under someone else's roof. It's no wonder that your Second Branch doesn't take our First Branch seriously. The daughter-in-law just came in, and you can't wait to let your daughter-in-law show your power to our First Branch."
"I didn't," Jiang Yuanran quickly argued, "Yes, I asked Jiang to call me the Crown Prince's Consort, but is there anything wrong with that?"
"Shut up right there," Liu shouted angrily at Jiang Yuanran. How come she didn't know until today that Jiang Yuanran was such a fool? "Chunxi is your cousin's wife. It's only natural for her to call you her sister-in-law. How dare you put on airs like a prince's consort in front of her?"
"That's right," Wu said sarcastically, "If my son hadn't died, would it be your turn, Jiang, to be the Crown Prince's Consort? You can say that your position as Crown Prince's Consort was snatched from my daughter-in-law, so how dare you talk to my daughter-in-law about hierarchy?"
"Old man, what do you mean by saying this? Do you think that Zhihao stole Zhifei's position as the crown prince?" As expected of an old and experienced person, the old lady immediately heard something wrong in Wu's words.
Of course, that was all, the old lady did not suspect Wu of anything.
"Isn't it?" Mrs. Wu became excited. "If Zhifei and his son were not dead, would it be Yan Zhihao's turn to be the prince of Yongzhong Marquis's Mansion? And would it be the turn of my brother-in-law to take advantage of the Yongzhong Marquis's Mansion?"
"But the second branch is so good, they are still acting like a spoiled child after getting the advantage. Jiang just came into the house and she dared to act arrogantly in front of my daughter-in-law. It is said that when you beat a dog, you should look at its owner. No matter how much I dislike Jiang, she is still my daughter-in-law. The second branch uses Jiang to oppress Jiang. Isn't this indirectly slapping me in the face? Don't they take our first branch seriously at all?"
"Or maybe, their second house couldn't tolerate our first house and wanted to kick us out, so they let Jiang Shi jump out and step on our first house's face."
"Brother-in-law," Mrs. Wu looked towards the Yongzhong Marquis's Mansion, "If you two really can't tolerate me as your sister-in-law, you can just say so directly. There's no need to use your daughter-in-law as a pawn and come up with such disgusting means."
"Sister-in-law, you really hurt my heart by saying this," Yongzhong Hou said anxiously and helplessly, "I have always respected you as my sister-in-law. You know this very well. How can you..."
"Come on!" Wu interrupted the Yongzhong Marquis. "When our eldest branch was in charge of the Yongzhong Marquis Mansion, you, Yan Suting, naturally respected me as your sister-in-law. But now that your second branch is in charge of the Yongzhong Marquis Mansion, you naturally dislike me as your sister-in-law."
"Mother," Wu then looked at the old lady, "Since my brother-in-law's family dislikes our first branch, then we should move to the farm and not stay in the Yongzhong Marquis's mansion to bother the second branch's family. Otherwise, Jiang will also tell me that respect is the order of seniority and make me, as an elder, have to respectfully address her as the Crown Prince's Consort. Then our first branch's reputation will be trampled into the dust by the second branch."
"Nonsense," the old lady was very angry, and she glared at Jiang Yuanran fiercely, "Okay, you two should go back first."
"Also, don't say those nonsense about moving out of the manor in the future. You are an old man, and you are not a child anymore. Why do you still have the temper of a child? You said it without considering the consequences. Don't you think about what others will say about our Yongzhong Marquis Mansion if you and your mother-in-law really move to the manor to live?"
"You should understand the principle of the old family that if one prospers, all prosper, and if one suffers, all suffer. Although Zhifei and his son are gone, you belong to the Yongzhong Marquis Mansion in life and a ghost of the Yongzhong Marquis Mansion in death. Only when the Yongzhong Marquis Mansion is well, can you be well."
"The same goes for this. If the Yongzhong Marquis's Mansion gets a bad reputation, it will be bad for you..."
"That's enough," Wu interrupted the old lady impatiently, "Mother has said so much, but in the end she is still protecting the second branch. It's so funny. It's obviously our first branch that has been wronged, but mother only knows how to defend the second branch in every sentence."
"Oh!" Mrs. Wu laughed sadly, "In the final analysis, it's because all the men in our first wife's family are dead, that's why mother favors the second wife so much. But mother is so partial, aren't you afraid that Zhifei and his son will come back to find you when you wake up in the middle of the night?"