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"Alright, sit down and have your New Year's Eve dinner first," the old Marquis said.

"The second son's family couldn't come back this year, so we only sent them New Year's gifts. We don't need to wait for them."

Just as Cui Ruixin was about to speak, she was glared at by the old lady.

She had no choice but to reluctantly shut her mouth, sit down in her seat, and prepare to eat.

She's only just been released from confinement; she can't be locked up again.

When she's in a bad mood, even if there are delicacies laid out in front of her, Cui Ruixin can't taste a thing.

She glanced around and, finding Chunque absent, looked at Yu Kangping.

"Where is Aunt Chun? Why isn't she serving the mistress during her meal?"

There wasn't a single person at this table whom she could mess with.

She wanted to vent her anger on Chunque.

Yu Kangping said calmly, "Chunque is pregnant and not feeling well. I informed my mother and she was granted permission to dine in the courtyard without having to come and serve her."

"what?"

Cui Rui was so startled that she dropped her chopsticks on the ground.

She was confined to her home for only a month, and Chunque was already pregnant.

"It's the New Year, what kind of talk is this, making such a fuss?" The old lady gave her a disapproving look.

"Grandma, eat some meat." Yu Ningyao obediently scooped a piece of meat with a spoon and put it into the old lady's bowl.

The old lady immediately smiled so much that her eyes narrowed.

"Alright, alright, our little girl is so filial. You eat too, you eat too, no need to serve Grandma."

Cui Ruixin suffered a second round of blows.

What? Didn't your mother-in-law hate that wild girl from the third wife the most?

Why do they look like such a loving and filial grandchildren now?

What exactly happened in the household this past month that caused the mother-in-law's attitude towards this wild girl to change so drastically?

Has her Weiwei stopped being the apple of her in-laws' eye?

The successive blows made Cui Ruixin afraid to speak recklessly anymore.

She realized that this family was no longer the same as before.

She has no family to support her now, and her husband's heart is no longer with her. All she can rely on are her children.

She secretly prayed to Buddha to protect her and prevent Chunque from giving birth to a son.

The meal was eaten without any enjoyment.

What followed was the long vigil of staying up all night, and Yu Ningyao yawned, feeling so sleepy.

Upon seeing this, Shen Jinzhu hurriedly asked her maid to bring a brocade quilt to wrap her up, intending to hold her and let her sleep comfortably.

When the old lady saw this, she said, "It's tiring to carry her like this. Let Shuangjiang take her to my room. It's warm inside with the underfloor heating on."

"Thank you, Mother." Shen Jinzhu smiled and handed her daughter to the old lady's maid, then gave her own maid, Emerald, a look, signaling her to follow.

Cui Ruixin immediately felt resentful.

She couldn't help but ask, "Mother, Weiwei is asleep too. Why don't you let Weiwei come into your room to rest as well?"

"Is it that I won't allow it? As soon as Wei'er is put on the bed, she starts crying nonstop. I don't want her to wake Yao'er up." The old lady replied irritably.

Compared to her adopted granddaughter Yu Ningyao, she naturally preferred her biological granddaughter.

Unfortunately, my granddaughter is just too spoiled.

She cries as soon as I put her on the bed and can only sleep when someone holds her.

Moreover, she wasn't as sweet-talking to her grandmother as Yu Ningyao.

Naturally, the scales in her heart tipped in favor of Yu Ningyao.

"That's impossible!" Cui Rui exclaimed anxiously.

My daughter used to sleep soundly, but after being away from her for a month, she's become like this.

"It must be your fault, you wretched hussy. Weiwei never cried before!" She glared fiercely at Jiang, who was holding the child.

Then he turned to look at the maid Qiu Chan.

"Go, bring the young lady back."

Without saying a word, Qiu Chan stepped forward and snatched Yu Ruowei from Jiang's arms.

Once she was out of her familiar embrace, Yu Ruowei started whimpering again.

She opened her eyes and realized that the person holding her was not right. She burst into tears again.

Her cries were loud and clear, making the old Marquis and his wife frown.

"Let me carry Miss," Jiang said hurriedly.

"Get out." Cui Ruixin pushed her away.

"It's all your fault. If it weren't for you, Weiwei wouldn't have turned out like this."

"Madam, I'm innocent! When the eldest young lady was first separated from you, she wasn't used to it and cried day and night. I had to hold her and comfort her until she calmed down. I really didn't do anything," Jiang cried as she recounted her grievances.

Upon hearing this, Cui Ruixin subconsciously glanced at her mother-in-law.

If her mother-in-law hadn't confined her to her home and refused to let her raise her daughter herself, Weiwei wouldn't have ended up like this.

"What, do you think all of this is my fault as the mother-in-law?" the old lady glared back.

Seeing this scene, Shen Jinzhu sensed the tension and, fearing that their arguing would spoil the children's New Year celebrations, quickly pulled her youngest son aside.

She lowered her voice and said, "Ziying, how about you ask your father to take you and your brothers to build a snowman?"

"Okay, okay!" Yu Ziying had been wanting to run out and play in the snow for a long time.

The snow was light a few days ago, and before he could even go out to play, the servants swept it all up.

A few days ago, the snow finally got heavy, but my mother said that with the New Year coming soon, playing in the snow and catching a cold wouldn't be good.

Now that he had finally heard his mother agree to let him go out to play, he couldn't wait to drag his father and brothers into the yard.

"Let's go have a snowball fight!"

Seeing this scene, Yu Ziqing and Yu Ziyuan from the eldest branch of the family looked at Yu Kangping with some envy.

They also wanted to build a snowman and have a snowball fight with their father.

However, Yu Kangping paid no attention to the children's expectations and bowed to the old Marquis and his wife.

"Chunque is young, and this pregnancy is unstable, so my son needs to go see her. He'll come over later to celebrate the New Year together."

"Go then." The old Marquis knew that forcing him to stay would be useless, so he had no choice but to agree.

"You can only stay for half an hour at most, do you understand?"

"My son knows." Yu Kangping left Wanxiang Hall with a smile.

Cui Ruixin was both surprised and disappointed.

She was being targeted by her mother-in-law, her daughter was still crying, and the Marquis just left like that?

Unable to bear Yu Ruowei's crying and fussing, the old Marquis turned and went to his study.

"I'm asking you a question!" The old lady's stern rebuke brought her back to her senses.

“Mother, how could it be? How could it be your fault? It's my fault. I won't make the same mistake again. I will take good care of Ziche and his brothers and be a qualified matriarch of a noble family.” Cui Ruixin forced a smile.

Hearing her say that, the old lady was much more satisfied.

She said, "Alright, hurry up and comfort Wei. It's the New Year, what kind of behavior is it for her to keep crying?"

"Yes." Cui Ruixin quickly agreed and asked her sons to help coax their daughter.

It took about fifteen minutes to finally coax Yu Ruowei into a better state.

Cui Ruixin handed her daughter over to her eldest son and asked him to take her younger siblings to play in the next room.

Then he looked at the old lady.

“Mother, from today onwards, let Weiwei come back to my side to be raised. I am Weiwei’s biological mother.”

"Alright," the old lady agreed.

She rubbed her temples wearily. "I'm tired too. I'll take a nap. Wake me up when it's time."

Shen Jinzhu hurriedly said, "Mother, let me help you back to your room."

Cui Ruixin was immediately annoyed. She hadn't reacted in time and Shen Jinzhu had gotten there first.

No wonder her mother-in-law is now more amiable towards Shen Jinzhu than towards her; it turns out it's because Shen Jinzhu is better at pleasing people.

After the two women left, Cui Ruixin looked coldly at Jiang Shi.

Jiang shuddered as she looked into her sinister gaze.