Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

Ji Chunjiao hadn't been around for quite some time, so Ji Yueru hadn't thought of her for the past couple of days.

Looking at the two ungrateful little devils now, it's obvious what they're up to; their own mother must have been giving them advice.

"Look at these two children, they're so pitiful. Their faces are so thin. Could it be that Lady Anshun is really abusing them?"

In the crowd, a shifty-eyed woman was immediately berated by the woman next to her as soon as she finished speaking.

"What do you know? The Lady of Anshun Marquis gave birth and had her postpartum confinement at a separate residence, not at the mansion at all."

When the Lady of Anshun was still living in the mansion, her two children were chubby and fair-skinned, just like the dolls in New Year's paintings.

Look, the two children have lost a lot of weight since Lady Anshun left. What does this have to do with Lady Anshun? She wasn't even around.

If anyone's to blame, it's Marquis Anshun. He doesn't have to work anymore, and even with servants helping him at home, he can't manage to raise his two children properly. I really don't know how he's acting as a father.

There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, with all sorts of opinions.

The two kowtowed for a while, but seeing that Ji Yueru, who was sitting in the carriage, was not speaking, their kowtowing slowed down. If they continued kowtowing, they would feel dizzy.

Ji Yueru and An'an were only focused on watching the two ungrateful children kowtow to them, ignoring what the surrounding people were saying.

Thinking back to her previous life, after Zhiyi passed away, Ji Yueru still had some caring maids by her side.

As for his final fate, the magpie was accused of theft and was dragged away, but he kept kowtowing to Lin Tianci.

She humbly begged from the side, but she still clearly remembers what Lin Tianci said in the end.

Mother, a country has its laws, and a family has its rules. If someone makes a mistake, they must be punished, even if it's someone close to you. Don't make things difficult for your son.

In short, in the end, she could only watch helplessly as the magpie was dragged away and beaten to death.

"Tianci, a country has its laws, and a family has its rules. If someone makes a mistake, they must be punished, even if it's your father. Don't make things difficult for your mother."

Today, she returned those words to him in their entirety.

"Lady Anshun, do you really think you've done nothing wrong by treating your two young children, who are not even five years old, in this way?"

The mother and daughter looked in the direction of the voice, and the people around the woman made way, finally revealing the master and servant.

Upon seeing the woman's face, Ji Yueru narrowed her eyes slightly.

The person who came was none other than the eldest daughter of the Lin family in the capital, who was known for her kind heart. In her previous life, she had often used her to elevate her own reputation.

Some people among the crowd exclaimed in surprise.

"It's actually Miss Lin. Everyone knows that Miss Lin has always been kind-hearted. It's not surprising that she would stand up for Marquis Anshun's two children."

"Everyone knows that my lord and I are practically wishing each other dead. The fact that I didn't send the two children to human slaves to be sold is already a great act of kindness on my part."

It is common knowledge that Miss Lin is renowned for her virtue in the capital. Since you, Miss Lin, feel sorry for these two children, I, this lady, will give them to you to raise.

"Don't worry, I'll pay twenty taels of silver a month. You just need to have someone take care of them."

Lin Wanyi really didn't expect Ji Yueru to say that. How could she, an unmarried young woman, be asked to raise other people's children?

She couldn't bring herself to refuse in front of so many people.

"Do you know that the Marquis of Anshun is aware of your actions?"

"Miss Lin, you are overthinking it. The Marquis is too busy taking care of himself to have a son and daughter."

Besides, I didn't do anything to them; I just asked you to take care of them because Miss Lin is kind-hearted.

"What, Miss Lin is unwilling?"

"They have their own father and you, so it's not my place as an outsider to raise them."

"Oh, I see. So Miss Lin's kind heart only comes out through her words."

Mother is right, Mother is right, this is how you should deal with someone like Lin Wanyi.

Besides Ji Chunjiao, she is the person I hate the most. On the surface, she seems kind-hearted, but inside she is blacker than anyone else's.

Nine out of ten people have died at her hands; she's just unlucky to have run into us today.

In the past, the ladies of noble families she had met in the capital would all look like they had no way to defend themselves if she said a few more words. This was the first time Lin Wanyi had encountered someone like Ji Yueru.

But who is she? She is Lin Wanyi, how could she possibly be scared off by a few words?

"The innocent will remain innocent. The people will judge me as they see fit. It's not something you, Lady Hou, can distort the truth with a few words."

Lin Wanyi looked indignant, and after speaking, she looked at Lin Tianci and Lin Wanwan.

"Poor child, take this and go buy some food. Look how thin your face is."

Lin Wanyi took out a hundred-tael silver note from the purse handed to her by the maid and gave it to Lin Tianci.

Lin Tianci obediently accepted it.

"Thank you, sister. Could you please talk to Mother and ask her to return our things to us? Those are things left to us by our deceased mother."

After Lin Tianci finished speaking, he lowered his head and, along with Lin Wanwan, wiped away tears.

Their pitiful appearance touched the hearts of some of the people.

"Could Lady Anshun really have taken the children's things? That's impossible. I don't think Lady Anshun is that kind of person."

"You can know a person's face but not their heart; you can draw a person's skin but not their bones. What do you know?"

Lin Wanyi looked at Ji Yueru as if she had caught her red-handed.

"Madam Hou, what about what Young Master Lin said about you taking his and his sister's things?"

"As you all probably know, the Marquis went to court against the Yu family last year. After the death of Madam Yu's daughter, Madam Yu, her dowry was almost entirely spent by the Marquis's family before I even entered the manor."

As for their belongings, they were gradually provided by the Yu family over the years. After the two families fell out, the Yu family sent people to the Marquis of Anshun's residence to retrieve their belongings. I simply sorted out the things the Yu family had given me before and returned them all to the Yu family.

After speaking, Ji Yueru looked at Lin Tianci and Lin Wanwan.

"If you want your things back, go to the Yu family and ask them for them. Those things are not in my hands now."

Upon hearing this, the two felt as if the sky had fallen. Now that their grandmother was ignoring them, the things they had saved up could be considered their future security.

They had always thought that the items had been taken by the Ji family and stored in the storeroom, but now she was saying that the items had been returned to the Yu family.

Lin Wanwan's scheming was not as deep as Lin Tianci's, and coupled with her young age, she exploded on the spot upon hearing it.

"You wretch! All those things belong to me, why are you returning them to the Yu family?"

Give it back to me, or I'll kill your daughter.

You both deserve to die! You and your daughter both deserve to die! Die!