Chapter 128: Don’t believe a word
Seeing her daughter misunderstood, Mu Rong panicked and waved her hands to deny it.
"Weier, you misunderstood."
"Didn't you hear that mother just evaded the question?"
Ning Jiewei frowned and pouted, very annoyed.
"I can only prevaricate, how can I refuse?"
Mu Rong tried her best to explain.
"That means rejection."
"I conspired with him, so I can't say it too clearly."
"But don't worry, mother will never marry you to him."
Ning Jiewei didn't believe a word of it and retorted sarcastically.
"Your most precious second son has to endure the humiliation and marry into the wife's family, let alone me."
"Mother, you have always taught me that the world is unfeeling and only relatives are the most reliable."
"Now I know better."
"Relatives are not necessarily reliable, especially biological mothers!"
Mu Rong pounded her chest in distress.
"Feng'er, that was a misunderstanding. Didn't I tell you that?"
Ning Jiewei chuckled.
"Yes, you did."
"Use my second brother's marriage to deal with Master Zhuang."
"It's a pity that the plan failed, it's not that I didn't want to save him."
"Then why did you just tell Prince Chen that my second brother sneaked into the Zhuang Mansion to help him get information?"
"And big brother, what's the meaning of sleeping on straw and eating bitter food beside the emperor?"
Mu Rong explained seriously and answered truthfully.
"I say this as a stopgap measure to protect them."
"What if the Prince of Chen succeeds one day and misunderstands that they have ulterior motives? We must take precautions in advance."
Ning Jiewei deduced the truth in a logical way.
"So you want to marry me to your family, let me persuade them and help you protect your son?"
"Is your original intention to protect your son or for yourself?!"
Seeing that her explanation didn't make sense, Mu Rong couldn't help but get anxious.
"I'm not going to marry you!"
Ning Jiewei frowned and glared, asking another question.
"Are you starting to threaten me?"
Mu Rong had no choice but to put away her anxiety, stood up, walked closer, and sat beside her.
"Mother didn't mean that."
"Think about it, from childhood to adulthood, when has your mother ever treated you badly?"
"I have given you all the best. You have enjoyed more honor and wealth than your two brothers."
"You are my most beloved child. How could I bear to let you marry someone like Prince Chen?"
Ning Jiewei said suddenly.
"If you really love me the most, then you can definitely fulfill my wish. Please don't deal with my third sister and protect her."
Mu Rong couldn't get around this for a while.
"what?"
Ning Jiewei repeated it in a dissatisfied tone.
"Please mother, don't deal with my third sister and protect her."
"Otherwise, saying that you love me the most is just hypocrisy, using the name of family affection to deceive people!"
Mu Rong was completely confused and couldn't understand what she heard.
"I care about you, what does it have to do with Ning Yunxi?"
"Why are you talking to her?"
Ning Jiewei looked at her unhappily from the corner of her eye.
"Because she is Fang Renshu's daughter and my half-sister. There is no way mother doesn't know about this!"
Mu Rong's pupils trembled and she was so shocked that she almost fell off her seat.
"what?!"
"She is Fang Renshu's daughter?!"
"No wonder I couldn't like her when I met her. So she is Fang Renshu's daughter?"
Ning Jiewei misunderstood her meaning, and her lips sank, anger seemed to have rushed to her eyes.
"So you have admitted that you treated Third Sister so harshly because you knew her background?"
There was a hint of boredom in Mu Rong's eyes, but she still explained patiently.
"I didn't treat her harshly."
“Even if there is some harsh treatment, it is out of subconscious disgust.”
"If I hadn't heard you talk about it, I wouldn't have known her background at all."
"By the way, how did you know that?"
Ning Jiewei recounted everything that happened in Yuexi Mansion.
Mu Rong was shocked. She grabbed her daughter's hand in disbelief and raised her voice to emphasize her explanation.
"This is her plan to alienate you. She has been lying to you!"
"Your father has nothing to do with Fang Renshu. That was a conspiracy set up by the Fang family to seize power and supervise the station!"
"Ning Yunxi is not your biological sister. She coaxed you with sweet words just to spy on Fengzhe's plan and think of a response strategy in advance."
"She is using you, don't trust her!"
Ning Jiewei's eyes were wide open, she didn't believe it at all.
"Fang Renshu is plotting to seize power?"
"I seem to remember you telling me when we were little that she was just seeking fame and reputation, and that she had nothing but fame."
"Daddy holds great power and has unparalleled talent. How can she plot against Daddy with her incompetent abilities?"
Mu Rong was in a complicated mood, feeling anxious, helpless, and even wanted to cry but had no tears.
"That was just my jealous talk, how could you take it seriously?"
"She is very cunning and clever. It was easy for her to scheme against your father."
"Your father and her are at loggerheads, and are hostile to each other. How could there be any love between them?"
Ning Jiewei gave a reasonable explanation.
"Enemies always come together."
After saying that, he started complaining.
"One moment you say she's just a name, the next moment you say she's very smart. Is it up to you to decide what the truth is?"
"You make a very convincing argument, but you don't notice the contradiction."
"Let me ask you, since she is so smart, how could you have schemed to wipe out her entire family?"
"Assuming you were more clever, why didn't you protect my father when he got into trouble?"
"Is she more resourceful, or are you more wily?"
"You can't explain this at all!"
Mu Rong was extremely angry, but she couldn't vent her anger and could only break down in her heart.
"Zhenlang is in trouble. It happened suddenly and developed at a lightning speed. How can I rescue him?"
"The Mu tribe did not let your father down. Instead, they helped him deal with the Fang tribe and did their best to avenge him."
"Fang Renshu, you and I have a grudge against each other for killing our father. Since you know Ning Yunxi's true identity, how could you help her to do evil and help her pass on information?"
Ning Jiewei angrily broke free from her hand.
"Third sister's words are well-founded, unlike you, who contradict yourself."
"And with the Tongxin Jade Pendant as evidence, you have no way to refute it."
Mu Rong couldn't help but become anxious again.
"The pair of heart-shaped jade pendants are a symbol of the Tong clan's status. Couples in the Tong clan each have one as a token of their love."
"My jade pendant was given to me by Zhenlang; hers was stolen from Zhenlang's mansion!"
Ning Jiewei retorted bluntly.
"Your piece was stolen, right?"
"She was a newly married woman who unfortunately became a widow, and she had a reputation for being chaste and chaste. You have not left home yet, but you have been harboring ulterior motives behind your husband's back, and you have other intentions of using him to support your elder sister."
"If you were my father, to whom would you choose to give the Heart-Shaping Jade Pendant?"
"If I were him, I would definitely not want to marry you!"
Mu Rong was speechless after being ridiculed.
Ning Jiewei got back to business.
"Since you agree, I won't say anything more."
"If you want me to trust you, then you should have done what I asked you to do, not to attack my third sister, and to protect her."
"Otherwise, you're full of lies and have hurt my sister. I'll be next!"
Mu Rong was extremely upset.
"What I said is true. Fengzhe can prove it. I will call him back now. Just ask him."