An Zhichen could hardly bother with Marquis Weiyuan, this muddle-headed man, and said to Madam Liu: "And when I was twelve, nearly perishing on the way, that too was your handiwork, wasn’t it?"
Madam Liu imdiately denied: "No."
An Zhichen stood up and said: "Whether it’s true or not, it’s all in the past, and I have no interest in pursuing it. I just hope you won’t disturb my wife again in the future. Otherwise, don’t bla for being ruthless and unfeeling."
Maternal Aunt Liu looked at An Zhichen’s calm deanor, yes, very calm, without hatred, without anger, only calmness: "If I co again, what will you do?"
An Zhichen glanced at An Ning, his face revealing murderous intent: "If you don’t believe , feel free to try." An Zhichen was well aware of why, after his grandfather’s passing, the Marquis Weiyuan’s Mansion did not fall into chaos but remained calm. When his grandfather passed away, he handed the household’s power over to his elder brother, and the mansion was under his brother’s control. Due to filial piety, his brother couldn’t directly oppose the Marquis Weiyuan and used An Zhixiao to threaten Maternal Aunt Liu, so both sides made appropriate concessions, allowing the household to form a dual-power structure. If it weren’t for this, given Madam Liu’s scheming, An Zhixiao would likely have been nad the Princely Heir long ago. But Madam Liu had not been truly compliant over the years; his brother had lost two concubine-born sons to this woman’s scheming. If not for the protection of Marquis Weiyuan, his brother would have skinned her alive. If he expressed any desire for Maternal Aunt Liu’s death, he was confident his brother would be more than willing to act.
Maternal Aunt Liu saw the murderous intent in An Zhichen’s eyes, and her mind went blank.
An Ning watched the slow fall of Maternal Aunt Liu, calling out loudly: "Mother, mother..."
Marquis Weiyuan also lost his composure.
Previously, An Zhichen hadn’t hard Maternal Aunt Liu, not because he didn’t want to, but because he couldn’t find the opportunity. But now that the opportunity was here, he still couldn’t bring himself to harm her. An Zhichen was quite annoyed and instructed the Chief Steward to carry Maternal Aunt Liu out.
An Zhichen did not see them off, and when An Ning was about to leave, he said coldly: "Instruct the Gatekeeper that, besides elder brother and sister-in-law, no one else from Marquis Weiyuan’s Mansion is allowed into the estate." An Zhichen not only loathed Maternal Aunt Liu, but also disliked An Ning.
An Ning said angrily: "Rest assured, I won’t visit your place in the future." Even if Auntie made mistakes before, it wasn’t intentional, yet Third Brother could be so heartless.
When Yueyao saw An Zhichen returning, she said nothing, only embraced him. Yueyao felt sowhat sorrowful, gently patting An Zhichen’s back: "Don’t mind what they say; we’ll just live our own life."
After a long ti, An Zhichen looked at Kexin sleeping inside, and his mood finally settled: "Zichang, let’s have a few more children, alright?"
Yueyao was taken aback: "Not too many, otherwise it’ll be hard to manage them." Her original plan was to have two children, a son and a daughter. This wouldn’t take too much ti, but seeing An Zhichen like this, she feared they’d have at least three.
An Zhichen grumbled: "Then let’s have four, two sons and two daughters, how about it?" Four children aren’t that many.
Yueyao laughed softly: "One can’t plan to have sons and daughters themselves. Heyue, let nature take its course!" With more kids, the household would be lively.
During Yueyao’s postpartum rest, An Zhichen slept in the side room. Being in a bad mood now and not wanting to go back there, he stayed up with his daughter and eventually decided to sleep next to Yueyao.
Yueyao humd a lullaby softly, and the father and daughter soon fell deeply asleep. Yueyao tucked them in carefully and also lay down.
The next day An Zhichen went to the Yan, while Yueyao played with the child. Ruo Xiao hurriedly ran over and said: "Madam, sothing bad has happened. Madam, the old nanny from Marquis Weiyuan’s Mansion sent word that Maternal Aunt Liu secretly drank poison last night while everyone was asleep and died."
Yueyao froze, thinking for a mont: "Send word to the lord." Yueyao felt there was sothing odd about this. Although she didn’t know much about Maternal Aunt Liu, with her ability to stand firm in Marquis Weiyuan’s Mansion for over twenty years, she shouldn’t be such a fragile person.
Xi Yu asked quietly: "Madam, should we go to the Marquis’ household?"
Yueyao was truly in a dilemma. An Zhichen had not acknowledged Maternal Aunt Liu, removing that layer of relationship, making the death of an auntie not worth her personal visit to the household. Yueyao thought for a long ti and finally decided to wait for An Zhichen to return, to see what his opinion would be.
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