The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 378 We Are Neighbors at Most

In this generation of the Ningguo Marquisate, the Xiao family passed the title to a concubine's son.

In other words, the current Marquis of Ningguo is not Madam Xiao’s biological son, but is born to the concubine of the previous marquis.

Madam Xiao only gave birth to a daughter, Xiao Shubai, in her life. When she was young, she tried every possible way to give birth to a son, but failed. She had no choice but to foster the illegitimate son born by her concubine under her name and pass him off as her son.

But at that time, the illegitimate son Xiao Fang was almost ten years old and had long been sensible. How could he be willing to leave his biological mother and stay with his stepmother?

He was in a rage for a while, and it was said that he cried every day for about half a year. Suddenly one day, his biological mother fell seriously ill and died within ten days. It was useless for Xiao Fang to cry anymore. Without his biological mother, the illegitimate son should naturally be raised by his legal mother. So after the age of ten, Xiao Fang grew up with Madam Xiao until he inherited the title and respected his legal mother as the old lady of the Ningguo Marquisate.

On the surface, the new Ningguo Marquis Xiao Fang was very respectful to his stepmother, and his family members also served her well, and the harem also respected her. But in fact, Xiao Fang never gave up his suspicion of this stepmother, and he always believed that his biological mother's serious illness was related to this stepmother. Therefore, his attitude towards Madam Xiao could only be described as respectful, not very good.

These things were told to Ye Wenyan by Nanny Ji before coming here, and Ye Wenyan still remembered that when General Ye was alive, he had a very good relationship with Ningguo Hou Xiao Fang, and every time he came back from the camp, the two of them would have a drink together, and sometimes they would bring his son with them.

Therefore, she did not think that Old Lady Xiao would get the support of Marquis Ningguo if she came to support Xiao Shubai. On the contrary, she was afraid that Marquis Ningguo and Lady Ningguo would avoid it and would not bother to care about this sister at all.

Ye Wenyan guessed correctly, the situation of the Xiao family was indeed like this. Old Madam Xiao kept saying how great the Ningguo Marquisate was, but in fact, this generation of Ningguo Marquis was not willing to care about the affairs of his mother and sister. So she was actually not confident, because the only person the Xiao family could send was herself. If she really fell out with the Ye family, she would be isolated and helpless.

Ye Wenyan's words weakened Madam Xiao's momentum a little. Thinking about the bad things at home, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her life was too bitter. This bitterness made her cry again.

Ye Wenyan laughed when he saw it, "How come you are scolding me, but you are crying even after scolding me? Madam Xiao, please stop crying. After all, there are not many tears falling. It's fake to cry like this. In addition, there are some things we must make clear. As for the matter you just scolded me, you are the elder, so I naturally can't let the maid teach you a lesson like I did to the concubine just now. But we still have to talk about the reason."

Her voice gradually turned cold. "First of all, the visitor is a guest. When a guest comes to our house, we will treat him with good tea. This is the way to treat guests! Secondly, the guest must also have the awareness of being a guest. It is right for the guest to follow the host. If you want to turn the tables, it is no different from rebellion. I have never heard of rushing to someone else's house to teach someone else's child a lesson. Don't you have children of your own?"

She laughed again when she said this, "That's right, I don't have any biological children. So you should discipline your own daughter. Why do you have to stretch your hand so far to discipline the child of your daughter's eldest uncle? Let's sort out this relationship. I am the daughter of the eldest wife of the Ye family, and my maternal grandfather is from the Mu family. To me, you are just the old lady of the Ningguo Marquis Mansion in the inner city of Lin'an. With this kind of relationship, you can just greet each other, just like neighbors next door. How can a neighbor come to scold you?"

Old Madam Xiao was completely confused. They were clearly relatives, so how did they become neighbors?

Ye Lianmian suddenly interrupted at this time: "We are relatives, we have to respect her as grandma, how come there is no relationship?"

Madam Xiao nodded repeatedly, but Ye Wenyan said again: "Grandmother? Stop it, I just said that my maternal grandfather is the Mu family. If you want to recognize the Xiao family as your maternal grandfather, you can do it yourself. As for whether they will accept you or not, that depends on your ability. As for relatives or not, it's not a question. The first wife is the first wife, and the second wife is the second wife. There is a big difference between them!"

When she said this, her eyes suddenly turned to Old Madam Ye, "Grandma, is that right?"

Old Madam Ye's expression changed again and again, and she felt that there was something else behind Ye Wenyan's words.

What does it mean that there is something missing in the middle? What is the missing thing?

The old lady didn't dare to ask, and didn't even dare to talk to Ye Wenyan. Fortunately, Ye Wenyan just asked this question casually, and didn't expect her to really take over the conversation. She just said to Ye Lianmian: "Second sister is so old, but she still doesn't know how to judge the situation. It was fine for you to curry favor with the second lady in the past. After all, she is the mistress of the house, and it is normal for you to want some protection. But now that the second uncle wants to marry a concubine, there will be two mistresses in our house in the future, and it is obvious that the second lady is the unfavored one. Second sister is still helping the Xiao family at this time. If this matter gets to the ears of the new second aunt who has not yet married, you have to be careful that she will make things difficult for you."

Ye Lianmian also felt that she had spoken too quickly. She only thought about how her second aunt had taken care of her when her arm was injured, but she only did so for one night, and when the doctor said that it could not be completely cured, he stopped caring about her. Why should she talk too much at this time? What was she saying for her second aunt?

She said nothing and continued to watch the show with her arms crossed.

Old Madam Xiao felt that she had just finally recovered from the breath she had just taken, but now she was about to faint again.

The maidservant beside her was also angry and was about to speak up for her master. However, she had just opened her mouth and before she could say anything, she heard Zhuier say, "The one standing next to you, if you dare to say a word, don't blame me for being rude. You are a maidservant and you have no right to let my lady talk to you, so the only person you can talk to is me. I am also a maidservant and have not read much. I don't understand too many rules and principles. I just know that whoever commits an insubordination should be beaten."

The Xiao family's maid recalled the scene of Zhuier beating Xichun just now, and was so scared that she dared not say a word. Old Madam Xiao glared at her fiercely and cursed in a low voice: "You useless thing!" Then she pointed at Ye Wenyan and said to Old Madam Ye: "Is this how you raise your children in the Ye family?"

Madam Ye didn't say anything. Madam Mu couldn't listen any longer and replied casually, "That's how she was brought up. I think it's good. At least she's better than the daughter of the Xiao family, and even better than the daughter of the Xiao family's daughter."

These words implicitly mentioned Xiao Shubai and Ye Hongzhuang, leaving Old Madam Xiao speechless.

Ye Qingmei also added: "Our Yan'er is just a little sharp in her words, but she won't do anything out of line. At least she didn't do anything with a man before getting married. Her behavior is absolutely upright."

Ye Feiyu also said: "And what Yan'er said was all true. In this world, the more truthful something is, the worse it sounds. But our eldest wife taught our children not to lie, so we have only ever told the truth since we were young."

Ye Chulian, who had been sitting there without saying anything, could no longer sit still and said sullenly, "Actually, speaking of making medicine, my fourth sister can also make medicine. But the medicine she makes is life-saving medicine, not medicine that you put in wine for men to drink."

"How dare you!" Xiao Shubai finally found an outlet to vent his anger. "Who are you talking about? How dare a little concubine's daughter bully me? I'm not dead yet. I'm still the second wife of the Ye family!"

She glared at Ye Jingsheng and asked, "Are you going to marry a concubine or divorce her?"

Ye Jingsheng glanced at her and said, "That depends on the attitude of your Xiao family. If you keep making trouble like this, then I can only divorce you. You are jealous, which is equivalent to being childless, and you have committed seven grounds for divorce. Even if I take this matter to the government, I am right."

"You dare!" Old Madam Xiao was anxious, "Ye Jingsheng, do you dare to divorce your wife?"

"Why shouldn't I?" Ye Jingsheng was determined to do it. Chang Xueqiao was pregnant and waiting for him in the outer city. If he didn't sort out his family, how could he be worthy of the woman he loved who had been waiting for him for so many years? "I've said that Xiao Shubai has committed seven crimes, so it's reasonable to divorce her. The reason why he married a concubine was to take the reputation of the Ningguo Marquis' Mansion into consideration. But if you continue to make trouble, then we won't save face for each other. Let's talk about what happened in the past and see who is embarrassed."

After he finished speaking, he glared at Xiao Shubai, making Xiao Shubai so angry that he almost wanted to rush up and tear him apart.

Ye Wenyan was still "slipping around": "When I was young, I only knew that my second uncle married the daughter of the Ningguo Marquis's mansion, which was a great honor. Later, when I grew up, I looked left and right and felt that my second aunt looked older than my second uncle. I thought she just looked old, but I didn't expect that she was actually one year older than my second uncle. This is not surprising."

Xiao Shubai rolled her eyes in anger. She took good care of herself, so how come she looked older than Ye Jingsheng?

Ye Jingsheng looked at Ye Wenyan today and felt that she was particularly pleasing to the eye. He even nodded every time she said something, and they cooperated quite well.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to them, the Xiao family wanted to say something, but for a moment they didn't know what to say.

So the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, and while crying, they kept thinking about what to do about this matter and how to break this situation.

Ye Jingsheng was not in a hurry either. He felt that he had already won the battle of marrying a co-wife, and from now on Xiao Shubai would no longer be able to show off in front of him. This was simply killing two birds with one stone.

So he sat down and comforted Xichun, and then said to the old lady: "It is my son's business that has troubled my mother. This is all my son's fault. When the new bride comes to the mansion in the future, I will ask her to be filial to her mother."

At this time, no one noticed that the maid Sui Xi was hurriedly coming in from outside the door, and walked to Ye Chulian and whispered a few words.

After that, Ye Chulian winked at Ye Wenyan who was sitting opposite her. At the same time, she opened and closed her mouth and silently uttered two words with her lips - "Banknotes!"