After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

Prince Ning's Mansion.

"Is that bastard still in that old man's house?"

A short and thin man was lying on the couch, and asked the woman who came in from outside with great dissatisfaction.

"They are in a period of deep affection between mother and son. Aren't you afraid that others will hear what you said?"

The woman rolled her eyes in an indecent manner, threw her handkerchief and sat down on the chair.

"Bah! I am the biological son of that old bastard. I don't know where that bastard came from. Just because he has a face similar to that of the Xu family, he can be recognized as the biological son of that old bastard?"

The thin man was so angry that he jumped up from the couch. After he finished cursing, he took several deep breaths. His face was distorted because he was too angry. A black mole the size of a soybean at the corner of his mouth kept jumping because of his twisted movements.

He is Xu Jinran, the youngest son of the Ning Prince's Mansion. He has been in poor health since childhood. If it were not for the Ning Prince's Mansion's strong financial resources, not only would they have invited the best doctors from the Imperial Hospital to treat him, but they would have also bought countless precious medicinal herbs and supplements, which allowed him to come back alive from the jaws of death countless times. Although his body is a little thinner now, he has at least gotten rid of the drug addiction and can live a normal life. He has also married and had children, and his family is happy.

"What's the point of worrying so much now? If the old woman wants him to accompany her, then let him accompany her. We don't need to wait any longer. Once the old woman dies, we can just drive that bastard out."

The woman was Xu Jinran’s wife, Qin. She was the daughter of Pingnan Marquis’ second wife and the only legitimate daughter in Pingnan Marquis’s mansion. She was brought up in pampered condition. If it weren’t for her decent family background in Ning Wang’s mansion, she would never have looked down on a sickly boy like Xu Jinran.

The old princess of Prince Ning's Mansion gave birth to three sons and one daughter. Xu Jinran is the youngest son. His sister is the eldest. She entered the emperor's harem and is now named Concubine Jing.

Originally, with the family background of Prince Ning's Mansion, she would have been suitable to be the Imperial Concubine Jing. Unfortunately, she had been in the palace for so many years but had not given birth to a child. Even if the emperor wanted to promote her, it would be difficult to convince the public.

During these few short years, many things happened in the Ning Wang Mansion. First, the eldest son, Ning Wang Xu Jinren, disappeared at the border, and there has been no clue so far. The second son, Xu Jinyi, also resolutely rushed to the border in order to find his brother. Now he has become a general guarding the border there and cannot return easily.

King Ning Xu Jinren has two sons. They have loved wielding swords and guns since they were young. Since their father disappeared, they followed their second uncle Xu Jinyi to the border, looking for their father's traces while helping their second uncle resist foreign enemies.

Xu Jinyi's two daughters are already married, but he still has a younger son who is only ten years old and has been sent to Nanshan Academy to study.

The third wife, Xu Jinran, also has a son and a daughter. The daughter is fourteen years old and the son is only five years old, both of whom are just beginning their education.

Now, in this huge Ning Wang Mansion, apart from a room full of women and children, there is only one man, Xu Jinran, from the third room.

The old princess has been ill ever since her eldest son got into trouble. She often falls into a daze and sleeps unconsciously, but once she wakes up, she keeps calling her eldest son's name.

Seeing her getting weaker and weaker, sometimes she couldn't even drink porridge or water, the whole family was very worried.

Although the old princess has devoted a lot of effort to her youngest son Xu Jinran since he was a child, she does not like him very much.

She couldn't explain what was going on. She felt like she was facing a stranger when looking at him. She even suspected that she was replaced during childbirth. But when she thought about it, it was impossible. At that time, she gave birth to Xu Jinran, but she was with her best friend, who took care of everything for her. How could such a thing happen?

It was fine before the old princess fell ill. Even if she didn't have much motherly affection for her son Xu Jinran, she tried her best to hide it and didn't show it. But now that she is ill, she can't care so much and doesn't want to see him at all.

Whenever Xu Jinran went to pay his respects, the old princess would point at him and curse him, saying that he was not her son. She asked the housekeeper to find Prince Ning, Xu Jinren, to come back and make the decision for her and investigate whether her younger son had been switched with someone else.

Everyone else thought that the old princess was confused due to her illness, which was why she couldn't recognize her own son and was still talking nonsense. She would be able to recognize people when she recovered. But Xu Jinran took it seriously and resented the old lady in his heart.

The last time the old butler went to the border to deliver supplies, he picked up a man who looked very much like Xu Jinren on the way. He had been thinking about whether he could let him serve the old princess for a while to comfort her.

But when the old princess saw the man, she immediately pulled him and burst into tears, shouting that this was her biological son, and that he must have been switched with Xu Jinran when he was a child.

However, this incident happened more than 30 years ago, and many of the people who were there are no longer around. It is not easy to get to the bottom of this matter.

So the Ning Wang Mansion is a mess now. The eldest brother Ning Wang and the second brother Xu Jinyi are not in the mansion. The third brother Xu Jinran can't check his own life experience by himself. As for the others, they can't make up their minds. So they just live in a muddle-headed way, trying to fool around for one day at a time. Maybe one day Ning Wang's brothers will come back, and then they can let him make a decision.

When Yuxiu came over, she saw Xu Jinran and Qin whispering together. They were discussing whether to increase the dosage of the medicine. It was a good opportunity to take advantage of the fact that the bastard was serving there and pour the basin of dirty water on his head.

"Increase the dosage of the medicine a little bit, and cure the patient sooner. Then we can have a few days of peace of mind."

Xu Jinran's eyes were fierce. His elder sister-in-law, Princess Ning, had become suspicious and had sent many people out to search. Although they had not found anything yet, keeping the old woman would be a future trouble. Anyway, she had never loved him much since he was a child. If she died quickly now, it would be considered a good thing.

"Die'er is about to get married, so I can't let anything go wrong. If anyone dares to mess up my daughter's life, I will fight him to the death!"

Qin also gritted her teeth secretly. The Ning Prince's Mansion was already not peaceful. Several ladies who had been very polite to her before were now avoiding her. They were afraid that after Ning Prince was gone, the Ning Prince's Mansion would fall into decline overnight, and her daughter would no longer be worthy of their son.

The faces of those people who flatter the powerful and look down on the weak are disgusting. Even if Qin was anxious in her heart, since no one said it openly, she couldn't get angry at them and could only hold her breath in her heart.