sjar Chapter 615: Use A Zheng to Exchange Me
Chapter 615: Use A Zheng to Exchange Me
"I want you to kneel down and kowtow to apologize to us mother and son!"
"You're crazy! Why should our young master apologize to you?" Yuan Liang spoke subconsciously.
"Why? Humph!" Mother Li sneered, "If it weren't for Shen Yanxi, our Li family wouldn't have fallen into this situation! If it weren't for him, I would still be the high and mighty Prime Minister's wife, and my two sons would be the Prime Minister's sons with great prospects. He has ruined us like this, and kneeling down to apologize is too good for him!"
Shen Yanxi glanced at Li Zheng, shook his head and said, "Madam Li, you may have misunderstood the words 'promising future'. If I remember correctly, your two sons are not eligible to take the imperial examination. Of course, even if they do, with their talents, I'm afraid they will only fail."
Shen Yanxi's undisguised ridicule made the mother and son's faces change.
Mother Li suppressed her hatred and anger and gritted her teeth and said, "Even if they can't take the imperial examination, as long as my husband, as long as their father is still the prime minister, there are naturally other ways to choose. Because of you, all of this is over now!"
All this is because of Shen Yanxi.
He climbed to the position of prime minister by stepping on the Li family. Now he is high and mighty and is flattered by everyone. Yet he dares to ridicule his own son. How despicable he is!
Jiang Suining listened to the angry and resentful words and said calmly: "Even if the Li family fell, they still have other options. Isn't it because of your choice, Madam Li, that they are in this situation now?"
"You know nothing, stop talking nonsense here!"
"I don't really know the inside story, but I know that if you could leave the imperial city after the fall of the Li family, you could at least live a stable life, whether doing business, teaching, or farming. But you listened to the instigation of the Fourth Prince and went to the Lu family to make threats and stir up trouble. Now you have kidnapped, attempted murder, and framed them. You have completely cut off your own escape route."
Speaking of this, Jiang Suining chuckled, with sarcasm in his eyes.
"Mrs. Li keeps saying that she's thinking about your two sons, but if it weren't for you, they would at least be safe."
"Shut up!" Mother Li seemed to have been stabbed in a sore spot. She looked at Jiang Suining with eyes that seemed to want to eat her alive. "What do you know? I just want to fight for them and find a better way out!"
"So you can abandon everything, be shameless, and live in our house?" Lu Yan's eyes were cold. "Although I didn't like Li Zheng before, I never thought he was as incompetent, useless, cowardly, and disgusting as he is now."
Li Zheng lowered his eyes as if he was trying to hide the shame in his eyes. His silence made Li's mother feel very uncomfortable.
She retracted her gaze and said, "Stop talking nonsense. What's the point of saying this now? Anyway, Shen Yanxi, if you want to save Jiang Suining, kneel down immediately, otherwise I..."
Before Li's mother finished speaking, Shen Yanxi gave a look, and the guard behind him once again understood what he meant and kicked Li Mao in the knee.
Li Mao was kicked to his knees. He subconsciously supported himself on the ground with his injured hand, and when it touched the wound, he grimaced in pain again.
"Mao'er!" Li's mother cried out distressedly, "Shen Yanxi, what do you want to do!"
"I just want to remind Madam Li that you are not the only one holding a hostage. Or..." Shen Yanxi looked at Li Mao with sympathy, "In Madam Li's eyes, your eldest son is insignificant. Even though his life is in my hands, you are only concerned with venting your anger and don't care about his situation at all."
Li Mao fell to the ground, covering his hands, and looked unconsciously at his mother opposite him.
"Mao'er, he is clearly trying to instigate you. Don't believe him. How could your mother not care about you?" Mother Li said hurriedly.
Jiang Suining sighed, "But if you care, why do you always keep Li Zheng by your side, but let the eldest son Li be taken hostage by the fourth prince?"
"Shut up!" Li's mother glared at Jiang Suining.
Jiang Suining met her gaze and continued, "Madam Li, if you took Li Zheng to the Lu family to threaten them because you were instigated by the Fourth Prince and really wanted to try your luck, then what was the purpose of your actions today?"
"I……"
"If you have to do this because the Fourth Prince has captured Young Master Li and is using him to threaten you, then Young Master Li is now standing in front of you, and you seem to have no reason to continue. Or, in your heart, you just want revenge because you hate us, so even if Young Master Li's life is in Yan Xi's hands, you still force him to kneel regardless of the consequences?"
Jiang Suining's words were like adding fuel to the fire, making Li Mao, who was already disappointed and suspicious, even more uncomfortable.
He looked at Li's mother disappointedly, "Mother, although I have always known that you favor Ah Zheng, but do you really not care about me at all? I am also your son!"
"Of course not, Mao'er, of course I care about you. You are my son, the flesh and blood of my body, how could I not care about you. It's just that..."
But now Mao'er is in Shen Yanxi's hands. If she shows too much concern, wouldn't that be an easy opportunity for the other party to take control of her?
Mother Li gave herself a reason in her heart, but she didn't even dare to think about whether this reason was completely true.
Li Mao looked at his mother who was hesitant to speak, and the disappointment on his face became even stronger. He barely supported his body and said with a wry smile: "Mother, if you can really treat everyone equally, then prove it to your son."
"How to prove it?"
Li Mao loosened the hand that was tightly gripping the wound, slowly pointed at Li Zheng and said, "I heard it clearly outside the door just now. Mother asked Jiang Suining to choose whether to swap with Lu Yan. So I also want to ask, if it is possible, would mother be willing to let Ah Zheng swap with me!"
Mother Li was stunned and blurted out: "How can this be possible!"
After she said it, she realized that what she said was inappropriate, and quickly said: "Mao'er, mother didn't mean that, it's just that your brother..."
Li Zheng interrupted his mother and said, "Okay, let me switch with my brother."
"Zheng'er!" Mother Li looked at Li Zheng with a complicated expression, "You have difficulty walking, so you can't..."
"But my eldest brother is injured. He is weaker than his son."
Li Zheng's eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, which only showed some ripples when he looked up at Li's mother.
"Mother, maybe you should just stop now. The Fourth Prince has been thrown into the Heavenly Prison. What we are doing now is meaningless. Release Jiang Suining, and we will bear the consequences no matter what they are."