Chapter 656 Never See You Again
Ning Hanwang was furious and decided to give Mu Rong some humiliation. He submitted a petition to Yan Yu as Ning Jiewei requested.
When Yan Yu received the petition, she immediately handed it over to her younger sister for handling.
Ning Yunxi knew at a glance that this must be the fourth sister's idea.
She didn't allow it.
Because she understood that they were just venting their anger for her and did not really mean to disrespect her mother. If she agreed, she would be letting them down.
Lan Tong is not married yet, so she cannot receive the imperial decree. According to the law, even if the money in the Ning Mansion's treasury is all donated by Lan Tong, if he has made some achievements, he should be granted the title of a fourth-rank village master.
For his meritorious service, he was rewarded and was not restricted by the national mourning. Yan Yu immediately issued an edict to confer the title of Lan Tong as the village chief.
According to the law, Lan Tong is still a commoner, but her future children can be registered as subjects and be respectfully addressed as sons and daughters.
Ning Mansion is far away, and it will take some time for the imperial edict to be delivered.
Lan Tong and Ning Cangmo were making love in the bedroom, with the sky and sea steaming and sweating profusely.
Ning Hanwang was furious and went to Xianyi Residence.
Ning Xuanfeng and the other two quietly followed to watch the show.
When she heard that it was him coming, Mu Rong was unwilling to go out to greet him. The couple met, feeling extremely sad.
"Miss Lan has just entered the mansion. How did the master have time to come and see me? Why didn't he accompany her?"
Ning Hanwang had an angry look on his face and sat down heavily.
"Let me ask you, who is Fengzhe's biological father?"
Mu Rong forgot about her jealousy and turned serious.
"You know it all?"
Ning Hanwang glanced at her sideways.
"Shouldn't I know?"
Mu Rong concealed her inner thoughts, searching for a way out and trying to defend herself.
"Excuse me, who is speaking nonsense?"
Ning Hanwang understood what was going on and became even angrier.
"At this point, you still want to lie to me?"
"Tell Feng'er and Wei'er in person that Fengzhe's biological father is the emperor, isn't he?"
Mu Rong's eyes were full of innocence.
"When did I say that?"
She did not doubt her children at all, but thought that her master had bad intentions.
"Master, you have abandoned the beauty and come here to call for punishment. What is your purpose? Tell me directly."
In addition to launching an expedition to hold him accountable, Ning Hanwang did have other intentions, and having said this, he took the opportunity to make a request.
"I need to compensate you for the pain you have inflicted on me."
Mu Rong smiled disdainfully.
"Oh, so the master has no money, and he only thought of his wife to please the new bride."
"Do you want to use the money in my treasury to supplement the Ning Mansion's treasury for household expenses?"
Ning Han looked solemn and gloomy, and asked in a threatening manner.
"My family is in trouble, so I ask Madam for a favor. Is that too much to ask?"
Mu Rong frowned and looked at him with a hint of hostility.
"Did I empty the Ning Mansion's warehouse?"
"The master himself spared no expense to welcome the beauty. Now that he is in trouble, instead of apologizing to the lady, he demands silver. How unreasonable of the master."
Ning Hanwang argued with her confidently.
"You abandoned your husband and children, and had an unclear relationship with the emperor. Is that reasonable?"
"Could it be that, in Madam's opinion, you and I are husband and wife, but you are allowed to have a stranger and I am not allowed to find true love?"
"I have helped you, raised your son for thirty years, selflessly, without regrets. Now that I am in trouble, I ask you to help me this time, and you still have the nerve to disagree?"
Mu Rong was not willing to be outdone and spoke impassionedly.
"Why do you blame me for having an affair with the emperor? Do you have any evidence?"
"Without any evidence, you wantonly slandered the Lord. Do you know what the punishment is?"
"I have devoted myself to the emperor, but he has betrayed me. This situation is so pitiful. As my husband, it would be fine if you don't feel sorry for me, but you actually speak wildly and slander your virtuous wife."
"How can there be such a cold and heartless husband like you in the world?"
Ning Hanwang was furious and slammed the table.
"Stop pretending. It's a waste of time to use the same tactics you used to deal with Ning Yunxi on me!"
"Why? As your husband, I should congratulate you when I see you have another man by your side? I should comfort you when I see you betrayed by him? Madam, what you said is really unreasonable."
Mu Rong looked indignant, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Isn't there another woman around the master?"
"Indeed, the Emperor and I severed our relationship long before we got married, and we no longer have any connection."
"In practical terms, it was you who was the first to let me down."
Ning Hanwang smiled coldly.
"Oh, am I sorry for you?"
Mu Rong was filled with indignation and recounted the master's past and present; she expressed her feelings with confidence and loyalty.
"Master, have you forgotten that you first had Madam Pan, then Madam Liu, and now you are in love with Madam Lan?"
"You are a playboy who doesn't know how to settle down."
"Except for some interactions with the Emperor before we got married, I have never done anything to let you down. For so many years, I have been by your side, working hard to run the household, and I have never complained."
"Think about it carefully, is it or not?"
Normally, if the Madam showed any sign of weakness, even if it was false, Ning Hanwang would be willing to admit defeat and give in to the Madam.
But today, thinking about what Wei'er had relayed to him, his heart was as hard as wood and stone, and he was only filled with burning anger.
"Why bother to speak so pompously? Madam, if you do not want to save the family, you can just say so clearly."
"Madam, you may not know that when I first heard about Emperor Yue's life story, I had no grudges against him and I completely understood how difficult it was for you. I foolishly thought that Madam had true feelings for me."
"I never thought that you would be so cruel and refuse to help my family when they were in trouble."
In the end, all he did was ask for money and keep that thing that was neither a concubine nor a mistress. Mu Rong felt a little impatient.
"It's not that I don't want to help, but that I can't help."
"To be honest, my storehouse is also empty."
"If the master wants silver, he must wait until Yuchang Bank transfers our deposited silver. The fastest time will be several days."
Ning Hanwang didn't believe it, and thought that his wife was making an excuse to refuse to hand over the silver.
"How come your storehouse is empty?"
Unable to bear exposing her beloved son and daughter and fearing they would be scolded by their father, Mu Rong quickly chose to remain silent.
"I'll spend it all myself."
She was rude and threw a key at him.
"If you don't believe it, go and see for yourself."
Ning Han believed it when he saw it and was very surprised.
"what?"
"Could it be that you are keeping another man?"
Mu Rong was as powerful as thunder and as cold as ice, and she refuted without mercy.
"That's ridiculous."
"In your opinion, the money you save can only be used to secretly support a mistress? I'm not you, I don't have such a preference!"
Ning Hanwang was also extremely furious.
"You are certainly not me. How could I be as cruel and ruthless as you, hunting down Ru'er and causing her death?"
The incident happened suddenly and unexpectedly, and Mu Rong was shocked and horrified.
"You found out?!"
Ning Hanwang couldn't bear to involve his beloved daughter and wanted to avoid her from getting involved, so he just thought of it as finding out the truth himself.
"Yes, I found it."
"It seems as if I could remember what happened last year. Wei'er must have suffered a lot to avoid your pursuit."
"Mu Rong, I treated you well, how could you bear to treat me like this? How could you hurt my beloved daughter? Since you knew they existed, how could you just watch me forget about them, not even remind me, or even send people to hunt them down?"
With piercing pain and overwhelming rage, he collapsed in anger and shouted out his final words.
"Yan'er left in vain, Ru'er went westward, the deep hatred is engraved in my heart, and I will never forget it."
"You and I are husband and wife, and we will never see each other again!"
From what he said, Mu Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief as she knew that he had not found out about Wei'er's background.
As long as my beloved daughter is fine, that's all.
Ning Xuanfeng and the other two got what they wanted and left with satisfaction.