The entire Marquis's mansion regrets it? Too late, their little one has become the darling of t

"Yes, son understands." Seeing his mother's anger, Yu Kangjing could only agree for now.

I plan to see if there's any room for reversal later.

But Chen Dongxi didn't know that he was trying to calm the old lady down. When she heard that she was going to be sent away, she fainted on the spot.

Yu Kangjing quickly carried her away and ordered someone to fetch a doctor.

Only the old lady and Cui Ruixin remained in the room.

Cui Ruixin kowtowed to her several times, her heart pounding.

"Mother, please give me a chance to prove my innocence. I have absolutely not betrayed the Marquis."

“I’m so busy with household affairs every day, I have no time to meet with my lover.”

"I really don't know how I got pregnant with this child."

Cui Ruixin felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke.

"If you really don't believe me, we'll wait until the child is born and then do a blood test to prove my innocence. We'll have every man in the household tested to prove my innocence."

Before the old lady could answer, Yu Ziyuan's wailing came from outside the door.

"Waaaaah, Grandmother, I don't want my mother to die."

The old lady's face immediately turned very ugly.

Ignoring the servants' attempts to stop him, Yu Ziyuan rushed in.

"Mother, please don't die. I don't want to be a child without a mother, sob sob sob."

Yu Ziyuan rushed in, saw his mother kneeling on the ground, and immediately threw himself into her arms and burst into tears.

The old lady's face grew even more somber.

She can't lay a hand on the Cui family for at least the next six months.

The children from the eldest son's family are all of age where they can remember things.

Even if she had a way to cause Cui's sudden death, after what happened today, they would definitely think that she was the one who killed Cui.

The hatred for the murderer of one's mother is irreconcilable.

She can't take the blame for this.

Yu Ziche and Yu Ziqing also ran in.

The two bowed to the old lady and said in unison, "We beg Grandmother to spare Mother's life."

The old lady took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, and looked at the children: "Who told you to gossip and say that your mother is going to die? Nonsense."

Upon hearing this, Cui Ruixin knew that her mother-in-law wouldn't intend to kill her anytime soon, so she immediately pushed her youngest son.

"Quick, go apologize to Grandma. You must have scared her half to death by rushing in like that."

Yu Ziyuan glanced at his mother, then at his grandmother, and finally obediently went to the old lady's side.

"Grandmother, won't my mother die?"

"Of course not, your mother only made a very small mistake. She admitted her mistake and apologized, and the matter is over." The old lady gave a forced smile as she comforted her grandson.

"That's good." Yu Ziyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He was terrified that his mother would be gone.

Yu Ziche and Yu Ziqing also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, take the children back now." The old lady found it annoying to even glance at Cui Ruixin.

"Yes, daughter-in-law takes her leave." Only then did Cui Ruixin realize that the back of her clothes was already soaked with cold sweat.

She left with several children.

Yu Kangping then came out from inside.

"Mother, are you just going to let that bitch off like this?" He looked resentfully at Cui Ruixin's departing figure.

“Since Ziche and the others already know about this, we can’t take any more action. Since she’s so certain, let’s spare her life for now,” the old lady said after a moment’s thought.

"Tomorrow, you will escort Madam Cui back to her parents' home. If the Cui family wants to preserve their reputation, they know what to do without us having to tell them."

Yu Kangping's eyes lit up instantly.

If the Cui family were to take action, then this matter wouldn't be their fault.

Moreover, this would make Cui Ruixin less wary, increasing their chances of success.

……

The main house has returned to calm for the time being.

But the third wife started making trouble again.

Upon learning that Yu Kangjing was going to send her away, Chen Dongxi started threatening suicide as soon as she woke up.

First he banged his head against a pillar, then he tried to jump into the pond, causing chaos in the third house.

No matter what Yu Kangjing said, it was just a temporary stay away from home, and she cried and begged not to go.

Finally, she cried herself to sleep and collapsed to the ground.

Looking at Chen Dongxi, who had fainted from crying, Yu Kangjing felt endless regret.

If I had known, I would have let the village chief take in Chen Dongxi and let him send a sum of money back home every year.

It's too late to say anything now.

He returned to his room dejectedly, and seeing Shen Jinzhu fiddling with an abacus by candlelight, he felt a deep weariness.

"Husband, you're back. How is the baby?" Shen Jinzhu got up to greet him.

Yu Kangjing rushed forward, pulled her into his arms, rested his chin on her shoulder, and sighed.

"She was rescued, but as soon as she heard that she was going to be sent away, she started crying and making a scene, and even threatened to kill herself."

"What should we do then?" Shen Jinzhu gently patted his back.

After a moment of silence, Yu Kangjing finally spoke:

"We can only take it one step at a time and leave her here for now. But from now on, she is not allowed to go anywhere except her own courtyard. I will ask a female tutor to teach her so that she can study hard, learn to read and write, understand principles, and walk the right path."

“If she doesn’t want to be confined to that small world, then I will send her back to Chenjia Village and ask the village chief’s family to take her in. I will send them fifty taels of silver every year until she gets married. I will also give her two hundred taels of silver as her dowry.”

After saying that, he cautiously asked Shen Jinzhu for her opinion: "Madam, do you think what I'm doing is right? Is it fair to Brother Dahu?"

“My husband is very thoughtful; there’s no better way,” Shen Jinzhu praised him with a smile.

With his wife's approval, Yu Kangjing finally smiled.

The next day, after Chen Dongxi regained consciousness, Yu Kangjing met with her in person and presented her with two conditions, letting her choose for herself.

Without thinking, Chen Dongxi replied, "Uncle Yu, I don't want to leave, I want to stay."

She doesn't want to go back to Chenjia Village.

Having witnessed the prosperity and wealth of the capital, how could she possibly want to return to Chenjia Village?

If I were sent back, who knows how much the villagers would laugh at me.

"You don't have to answer me so quickly. I'll give you three days. Give me your answer in three days." Yu Kangjing felt that she answered too quickly and hadn't thought it through carefully.

"Not being able to step out of this courtyard means you can't even go to Ziying's courtyard. You can only stay inside this gate."

Yu Kangjing pointed to the gate of the courtyard not far away.

Chen Dongxi's courtyard is not big, with only three rooms in total.

One main room and two side rooms.

This will be the scope of her activities for the next ten years.

Until she got engaged and then got married.