The Husband I Snatched Is Not Right!-Chapter 346 - 343: I Have No Evidence, and Even Less Decency
As soon as these words were spoken, the audience was in an uproar.
Madam Chu was so frightened that the teacup in her hand fell to the ground, her face turning deathly pale.
The matter of the Sixth Son and Ning’er was kept tightly under wraps.
In recent years, those who knew about it were almost all handled and buried, weren’t they?
Could it be this Sixth Son! Still thinking about his own sister and causing trouble again?
Could it be that the two of them are really...
Her vision went black, and she couldn’t breathe properly from anger, not daring to think further.
"Imperial Tutor’s Wife!"
She forced herself to maintain composure: "My Ning’er is a good girl! The Gu Family is the most reasonable family, yet you slander her reputation like this!"
"Do you intend to drive our Chu Family to ruin!"
Jiasan: "If you want to die, no one will stop you."
She spoke calmly: "If I were you, having raised such a pair of children, I would have ended it cleanly long ago."
Xiao Huaian continued drinking while adding fuel to the fire: "The Chu Family truly has a knack for marrying a lowly daughter into the Duke Zhou Mansion."
He fixed his gaze on Zhou Xuan, whose entire body was tense and face twisted with rage.
"Zhou Xuan, they all think you’re here to collect garbage."
"And you, though crippled, still accept any kind of goods?"
He stood up and cupped his hands to Jiasan: "Scholars across the world might as well call you ’Mother-in-law,’ but you also shouldn’t spew such baseless accusations. As a junior, I ought to call you ’Aunt,’ but such filthy conduct as a father-in-law being despicable with a daughter-in-law, the Duke would never commit such acts. He doesn’t seem like a scoundrel to me."
As soon as he finished speaking.
"However..."
Xiao Huaian: "However, speaking of it, Zhou Xuan isn’t skilled in bed, yet the Duke has over a dozen concubines in the back courtyard and a basket of illegitimate sons and daughters. It shows that even in old age, he’s quite formidable. Although Chu Ning is truly pretty, a bit vicious, but her youth is her redeeming quality, those two really..."
"If it’s truly as Aunt says, then like father, like son."
He was astonished.
"Zhou Xuan, you and your father are having quite the fun."
"Shut up!"
The Duke, facing the pressure from the elders, knew he mustn’t lose his head.
The Duke Mansion cannot be made a laughingstock!
He gave a quick look to the steward behind him.
The steward hurriedly stepped back and headed straight for the rear courtyard, but as soon as he exited the flower hall, he was struck on the back of his head and fell unconscious.
The Duke, unaware: "I sit upright and walk straight! How dare you make such baseless fabrications!"
He said coldly: "Today, with just a few words, you claim that the reputation of my daughter-in-law is damaged. If this turns out to be a mistake, yet you still insist on a thorough investigation, tomorrow someone else might say the women of my household are unchaste. Do you take the Young Madam of my Duke Mansion to be nothing? What do you think our Duke Mansion is?"
Xiao Huaian: "Who cares what you are? At most, a few truths were spoken, and the Duke seeks to silence me. If you’re so open, why not let people talk?"
Zhou Xuan couldn’t take the agitation any longer and rushed directly to Madam Chu, flipping the table.
"My father would never do such a thing!"
"Your Chu Family dares to make a mockery of my Zhou Family!"
Plates, dishes, and food all shattered to the ground.
The hem of Madam Chu’s skirt was also stained with a lot of soup.
"Bro...Brother-in-law."
Her body leaned back, her voice trembling.
Though she was an experienced woman, at this moment, with guilt in her heart, she became flustered and fearful.
The Duke, seeing her like this, understood everything. Furious beyond measure, even his breathing became irregular, his gaze as sharp as a knife, wishing to cut down everyone present!
A buzzing filled his ears, and his body swayed.
The Duke’s body trembled, feeling as if the sky was about to collapse.
For the sake of swapping the Crown Prince, they took the risk of losing their heads, setting up disguises to swap the two children.
All the hardships aside, could it be that in the end, it was a counterfeit?
All his meticulous efforts, was it all to send a Heavenly Ladder to the guilty Chu Family?
Xiao Huaian: "Since the Duke denies any unclear relations with the daughter-in-law, then stand tall and straight; no one can slander you. Why still delay? I am anxious on your behalf; if the Zhou Family’s offspring were soiled, need I help catch the adulterer?"
"If not for immense pleasure, there must be something."
Madam Chu tried her last desperate struggle: "Impossible, Ning’er and the Sixth Son..."
Facing the Duke’s grim face, she stammered.
Xiao Huaian, kindly: "Madam Chu, no need to rush; the Duke Mansion will take care of your family in time."
"Our Duke Mansion’s family matters do not require the concern of Heir Xiao."
The Duchess’s face was particularly unsightly.
Having been the Duke’s wife since their youth, she knew how ruthless he could be.
The face that was to be lost was already lost!
Reputation thoroughly ruined!
Were Chu Ning to truly commit one of the seven evils, barging in and killing her on the spot wouldn’t be too much!
But the Duke’s reaction now was far too strange.
Could it really be as Jiasan said?
The Duchess dared not think further.
Xiao Huaian: "But I just love to meddle. Since we’re in such chaos, there’s no easy way to end it. Right now, it’s crucial to invite everyone to go and take a look together, to help witness, then discuss whose child it really is."
Ning Yunling, having timed it right, returned just then. Ensuring that the effect of the medicine had just passed.
He spoke loudly: "What? I heard you’re looking for Chu Liulang?"
All: ...
They wanted to.
But the Duke had yet to speak; they couldn’t break in unauthorized.
Ning Yunling: "I know where he is."
"That guy was sneaky earlier; I noticed something was amiss and followed him out."
"You wouldn’t believe it; he went straight to the Duke Mansion’s Young Madam’s bedchamber."
"So intimately with his sister, all the servants were sent away, the door left open, they were already hugging."
"I was so shocked at the time. I even heard one sentence!"
Zhou Xuan’s eyes turned red.
"That slut!"
Unable to bear it anymore, he drew a dagger, ready to head to the back courtyard.
That slut wronged him; even killing her wouldn’t ease his anger!
Ning Yunling, uttering nonsense and courting chaos, raised his voice: "Let me finish! It was your pillow talk who said it! She said she preferred the father over the brother."
The Duke: ??
The Duchess suddenly looked at the Duke.
"My lord! That’s Xuan’er’s wife!"
Zhou Xuan stumbled, turning back to look at the Duke with a fixed gaze.
"Father, you..."
"You dare believe these words?"
The Duke, exasperated.
Ning Yunling shouted: "Everyone, follow me; I’ll lead the way."
"We’ll also help analyze afterwards whose child it truly is."
At this, Ning Yunling comfortingly patted Zhou Xuan on the shoulder.
"Don’t rush, don’t rush; I pity you. How did you get involved in this out of nowhere? But I have no evidence, and I’m uncultured. Anyway, I think the child is your father’s; it’s still a Zhou progeny."
"Your father cares for you so much; unable to rely on you to carry on the lineage, he’d help you out."
"After all, you’re both Zhou; whether she calls you father or brother later on, what’s the difference?"
"As men, we must be both filial and magnanimous."
