kingnovel Chapter 496 Sister is Real Gold (14)
Chapter 496 Sister is Real Gold (14)
Mother Ning was shocked and angry. "What are you talking about? It's true that I had a good relationship with Madam Zhang, but her family was so bold that they even dared to withhold the money for disaster relief. At that time, His Majesty was furious and it was a great favor that he didn't exile their entire family. Anyone who got close to them would be in trouble. I don't owe them anything, so why should I gamble the future of the Marquisate to save them!"
Father Ning was already hinting at something, "It's rare that you still know that you don't owe them anything?!"
Ning Ning also said, "Since mother didn't want to compensate the Zhang family, it means that the Zhang family knew about Zhang Ke'er's life experience a long time ago, secretly found Zhang Ke'er, told her, and then Zhang Ke'er often helped them. We found out that we were taken away by mistake because we ran into Zhang Ke'er meeting the Zhang family!"
"That's right," Father Ning also recalled. "At that time, I ran into her meeting the Zhang family. I saw that she looked very similar to Zhang Sisi at first glance. They tried to hide the reason for the meeting. Seeing that I was anxious, they said that they met Zhang Ke'er by chance and found that she was quite similar to Zhang Sisi. At that time, the lady gave birth to the child in the Zhang family. They were in a hurry and might have taken the wrong child. So they asked Zhang Ke'er to verify it. I was shocked and sent people to check carefully. Only then did I find out that it was really a mistake. Humph, they didn't say that they had met many times and gave the Zhang family a lot of things. This girl is really scheming."
"She knew it a long time ago? She knew it a long time ago?"
Ning's mother was stunned and repeated this sentence several times with a confused look in her eyes.
But then she thought of something and her expression became firm again, "My Lord, it is understandable that Ke'er would do this. She is a precious daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, and suddenly she knows her life experience. She must be very afraid of being disliked by us, so it is understandable that she hides it. We cannot deny her entire character based on this!"
"You, you, you! You are still making excuses for her. You are really crazy!!!"
Ning's father was furious, and Ning Ning hurried over to persuade him not to get sick from anger.
Then he turned to Ning's mother and said, "But when she did this, did she ever think that Ning Ran was suffering for her in the Zhang family? It would have been fine if she didn't know before, but now that she knew the truth, she concealed it. This is deliberately robbing Ning Ran of her life. How can mother be worthy of Ning Ran by saying this?!"
Ning's mother shuddered, but still pursed her lips and said nothing.
Ning Ning also said that the Zhang family wanted to marry Ning Ran to a violent pig-killing widower for the sake of the betrothal gift. "They had already received the money from Zhang Ke'er, but they were still greedy. They used my Ning family's money while continuing to harm my Ning family's daughter and wanted to throw her into the fire pit. Zhang Ke'er let Ning Ran fall into this heartless family. How could she not be a ruthless person!"
"Is there such a thing?!"
Mother Ning was extremely angry. "I must punish the Zhang family! They are so despicable and shameless. I was blind to befriend such a family!!!"
"Then mother, have you ever thought that Zhang Ke'er also knows about this, and may even have contributed to it? After all, if Ning Ran marries such a despicable person, even if she is recognized in the future, she will not be able to be accepted by the upper class. Her life will be completely ruined!"
"This, this, there is no evidence, how can you say that?"
The anger in Ning's mother's eyes faded, but her tone of defense for Zhang Ke'er was not as firm.
Ning Ning, "Then mother, have you ever thought about why the Zhang family knew that Zhang Ke'er and Ning Ran were taken away by mistake? How did they meet Zhang Ke'er? Was it a mistake or was it intentional?"
"This, this, is there some hidden secret?!"
Ning Ning waved again and ordered someone to bring in a man and a woman. The woman was Zhang Sisi. She looked flustered and begged for mercy as soon as she came in, "My Lord, Madam, please spare my life. I was just a child back then. What do I know? This has nothing to do with me!"
The man lowered his head, trembling like a sieve. Only after being ordered sternly did he dare to look up to let Ning's father and mother have a look.
But when she saw his facial features, Ning's mother felt as if cold water was poured over her head, "What, what's going on?!"
Although his skin was rough and his face was pale and thin, one could still tell that he looked almost exactly like Zhang Ke'er.
Ning Ning looked at Zhang Sisi, "I'm asking you a question, why are you just standing there? Do you have to go to the government office before you tell me?"
Zhang Sisi shuddered and spoke anxiously, "I told you, I told you everything. Actually, I overheard what the adults at home said. My mother gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. But our family had just encountered a disaster at that time. All the valuables were confiscated. The whole family had no choice but to move to a shabby yard. We didn't have any servants. My mother cried when she looked at the twins, asking how she could feed them. Then my father came up with a solution."
She swallowed her saliva. "He remembered that Madam Ning was about to give birth, so he said that it would be better for my mother to invite Madam Ning here at all costs, let her give birth here, and then replace her child. Anyway, no matter whether she gave birth to a boy or a girl, we have a child to replace. When the child grows up and has money, the family will go to the child and get money from him. Anyway, we are so poor that even if the Marquis' Mansion can get a little money from us, it will be enough for us to live. Moreover, as long as Madam Ning can come, she can't come empty-handed, and we can solve the urgent problem at hand. Later, everything went according to plan, and we successfully replaced the child, who is now Zhang Ke'er."
Ning Ning, "You're not telling the whole truth. How can you be sure of the time of birth of others?"
"Well, my father is actually very proficient in medicine. He has always loved studying this, so he carefully prepared a tea to induce labor that day. After Madam Ning came, she was distracted and would not have the mind to carefully taste what she drank."