Chapter 301: Lu Lingyun Takes Action

Chapter 301: Lu Lingyun Takes Action

Just as Cheng Suying was too upset to speak, a warm and gentle voice spoke beside her, "Suying, was it them who ruined your things?"

Hearing Lu Lingyun's voice, the suppressed hurt in Cheng Suying's chest immediately overflowed, and tears streamed uncontrollably down her cheeks, "It was the kite that Aunt Wang sent from Jiangnan, the one you gave me, Mother. They picked it up and didn’t return it to me, and then they tore it apart."

"You didn’t want to play with us!" Cheng Bingzhi shouted.

"Young mistress, they are still young..."

"This is not Concubine Li's place to speak," Lu Lingyun didn’t even glance at Li Bihan, her gaze settled on the kneeling Cheng Bingzhi.

"Bingzhi, so you admit you ruined your elder sister's kite?"

"She was chasing after us for it. If she hadn’t chased me, I wouldn’t have ripped it. She even pushed me," Cheng Bingzhi defended himself.

Lu Lingyun stared directly into his eyes, "Just answer yes or no."

Cheng Bingzhi remained afraid of Lu Lingyun. As the youngest son of the Marquis's household, he was usually spoiled by Concubine Li in their own courtyard. Their father Cheng Yunshuo's favoritism towards their courtyard made him act like a little tyrant in the back courtyard of the Marquis's Mansion. The servants always gave in to him, and his brothers never provoked him. In the entire back courtyard, the only person he feared was Lu Lingyun.

Her stern look left Cheng Bingzhi too scared to speak.

"Answer yes or no!" Lu Lingyun asked again.

Cheng Bingzhi was so scared he was on the verge of tears.

His sister then said, "Madam, it was Bingzhi who ripped it, but Father said Suying, as the elder sister, should yield to us. Was Father mistaken?"

Cheng Bingzhi nodded, tears in his eyes, "Father said so, and he wasn’t wrong."

Lu Lingyun gave a slight smile to the two children, "Your father is indeed not wrong. Suying, as the elder sister, should yield to you."

The two children looked at Lu Lingyun.

"But I want to tell you the second half of the sentence. It's not only the elder sister who has obligations; you, as younger siblings, also have obligations. If your elder sister yields to you, you should respect and love her. If you don’t respect and love her, then she doesn’t need to keep yielding to you."

Cheng Suying and Cheng Bingzhi both widened their eyes upon hearing this.

"Yesterday, you ruined your sister's kite, and you said your sister pushed you. You have given and taken, so let's call it even, okay?" Lu Lingyun said.

Cheng Suying was the first to nod. She didn’t want to argue with them anymore.

Not because she had pushed Cheng Bingzhi, but because yesterday, her biased father, Cheng Yunshuo, had hurt her heart, and she no longer wanted to argue with them.

Otherwise, she would still have to settle the matter of them taking her kite!

They started it, kept bullying her, and she only retaliated.

Cheng Lanying and Cheng Bingzhi exchanged glances and then nodded as well.

"Then let's put aside the matter of the kite. Shouldn’t you two apologize to your elder sister?" Lu Lingyun continued.

"Why!"

"Because since your elder sister came out, she hasn’t blamed you once, while you, as younger siblings, keep using your father to pressure her!"

Hearing this, Cheng Suying's eyes lit up completely.

Her mother understood her!

It's still her mother who stands up for her!

She understands all her grievances!

"If you have a point, make it with reason. All you do is quote your father. What do you want your sister to say? To say her father is bad? You're clearly cornering her, using your father to pressure her!"

"Young mistress! You're being too severe! They're just kids," Li Bihan quickly interjected upon hearing Lu Lingyun's words.

If this continued, their wrongdoing would become even more serious!

Even though they truly thought and acted that way!

Lu Lingyun's gaze fell on Li Bihan, "Concubine Li, you're correct, they are just children. If children don't behave, it's because the adults haven't taught them properly. Today, I won't punish them, but you will take Cheng Lanying and Cheng Bingzhi back and have them copy books a hundred times. If there's a next time, I'll have to take the two children into my own care."

Hearing this, Li Bihan nodded vigorously, "Thank you, young mistress!"

She respectfully accepted the punishment and led the two children away from Lu Lingyun.

Li Bihan left Lu Lingyun's presence with a resentful air.

After leaving her courtyard, Li Bihan's submissive demeanor reverted to her usual restraint. She returned to her own courtyard, closed the door, and looked at her children, "Lanying, Bingzhi, did you notice? The people in that courtyard are biased."

Cheng Lanying and Cheng Bingzhi looked at their mother, slightly puzzled.

What Lu Lingyun had just said actually made a lot of sense.

Li Bihan looked at her innocent children and snorted coldly, "If she weren't biased, why would only you be punished for the same mistake, while Cheng Suying wasn't? She accused you of using your father to pressure her, but your father wasn't wrong. If Cheng Suying dares to be discontent, that's unfilial! You didn't say anything wrong!"

Cheng Lanying suddenly realized, feeling as if she had been deceived.

Of course, their father wasn't wrong. Their father loved them, so they were in the right. Anyone their father could control must be bad!

"But in the future, you mustn't casually mention your father, or they'll use it against you. The lady in that courtyard still wants to take you away from me!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lanying and Cheng Bingzhi exclaimed, "We don't want to leave mother!"

"That courtyard is truly bad! She just wants to bully us!"

Li Bihan looked at them with satisfaction, hugging them, "It's because I'm just a concubine, but for you, I'm willing to endure any hardship. As long as you remember my kindness!"

Cheng Lanying and Cheng Bingzhi nodded repeatedly.

"We will never forget mother."

"We will definitely make sure mother lives a good life!"

Meanwhile, in Lu Lingyun's courtyard.

After Li Bihan left with the two children, Cheng Suying, like a little kitten, threw herself into Lu Lingyun's arms.

"Mother!"

"What's wrong now?"

Cheng Suying murmured in Lu Lingyun's arms, "Only mother is the best in the whole world."

"You little girl, always saying such sweet things to please me," Lu Lingyun hugged Cheng Suying tightly.

"I mean it sincerely, only mother is the best to Suying in the whole world, father he..."