"Why shouldn't it be possible? Do you really wish to sit back and watch as the Second Brother's bloodline is neglected to death by their own aunt? I have already presented the evidence of her abuse to the Second Uncle and the other elders," Meng Yihuan said, her voice faint and chilling, while she kept the icy intent in her eyes well-hidden.
It was just as she had suspected: Old Madame Si had known all along that Chuchu and the others were not her true biological grandchildren, which explained why she never wished for them to thrive. It was a pity that in her past life, she had mistakenly believed the Old Madame's coldness toward the children was simply because their late, dim-witted father had been a son of a concubine, and she had never dug deeper.
"Indeed, Old Madame," the Second Uncle of the Si family chimed in. "The bloodline of the second branch is currently on the brink of death. Since the First Madam is willing to take on the burden of raising them, I believe it is best to leave them in her care."
Chapter 18