Cheng Xueyun believed that as long as she had a better attitude, perhaps her father and mother would be able to let go of their past grudges and she would still be the legitimate daughter.

But what Cheng Moyang said next was like being struck by lightning.

"You can't go back yet!"

"Why? I swear, I will be obedient and I won't make my father and mother angry again." Cheng Xueyun said excitedly.

"Seven days later, my father and mother will announce to the public that Sui Sui is our adopted daughter. She will be the only legitimate daughter of the Marquis Xuanping's mansion. Many guests will come to our house by then. It is not appropriate for you to go back now."

Cheng Xue looked at Cheng Moyang in disbelief. She shook her head and took a few steps back.

"The only legitimate daughter? She is the only legitimate daughter, what about me?"

"You are the daughter of Ji Rou, the concubine. You have replaced Sui Sui as the legitimate daughter for eighteen years. It's time to return this position to her. I am here today to tell you the truth of the past."

"The truth? What truth? Does it have anything to do with me? I am also my father's daughter. I have been in my mother's arms for eighteen years and I have already regarded her as my biological mother. Just because Jiang Sui is back, does that mean that the relationship between my mother and I is completely null and void?

And you, brother, are you going to abandon me as your sister just because she's back? I've been with you for so many years, but I'm not as good as her who's only been back for a few months?" Cheng Xueyun shouted loudly, very emotional.

But no matter how excited she was, Cheng Moyang remained indifferent.

He just stood there with his hands behind his back, and quietly told the truth of that year.

After hearing the last part, Cheng Xueyun's face turned pale.

“In order to make you valued and live a good life, your mother designed such a big drama and almost killed my biological sister. Fortunately, Suisui was lucky enough to recover. Otherwise, we would never know the grievances she suffered. But Suisui didn’t care about you, nor did she get jealous of you. On the contrary, you have no guilt at all and always treat her as a thorn in your side.

You should be content. If you hadn't done those things, your parents wouldn't be so disappointed in you."

Originally, those were all Ji Rou's fault, and she was innocent at the time, but her mistake was that she had no guilt at all, and instead thought that everything was as it should be.

Looking at Cheng Xueyun's pale face, I thought her inner thoughts had changed, but in the blink of an eye, her face became distorted.

"But these are all her Ji Rou's fault. What does it have to do with me? I was just a child back then. What do I know? She is dead. Do I have to pay for the mistakes she made?"

Her three views shattered Mo Yang's three views, and he looked at her in disbelief.

It's hard to imagine that she could say such words, as if Ji Rou is just a stranger with no blood relationship to her.

"Now I finally understand why you have such a bad and ruthless temper. What they said is true. What kind of mother will give birth to what kind of child. You and Ji Rou are just as selfish, cruel and ruthless."

Cheng Moyang was a little dazed now. He felt that he had used too much of a filter for her in the past eighteen years. He didn't realize until now that she was so selfish.

"That's right, I am selfish. You can't understand my feelings, so of course you will say that I am selfish. Why didn't Jiang Sui die? Why did she show up? Wasn't she living a good life? Why didn't she just die back then?"

Cheng Xueyun's defenses were broken, and she started to speak without restraint, cursing Jiang Sui in front of Cheng Moyang.

Cheng Moyang couldn't bear it anymore. His face turned red and his chest ached because of the atmosphere.

Snap...

He slapped her. It was the first time in his life that he hit a woman. Unexpectedly, he slapped Cheng Xueyun in the face. He had protected and doted on his beloved sister so much before, but now she showed such a vicious and unreasonable side.

Cheng Xueyun also covered her face in disbelief. She couldn't believe that her brother would actually hit her with such force that five finger marks instantly appeared on her face.

"Brother, you hit me?"

After Cheng Moyang finished beating her, he did not feel that he was impulsive, but looked at her coldly:

"You shouldn't say such vicious words to curse Sui Sui. She doesn't owe you anything. Father is already choosing a good husband for you. You will get the dowry you deserve. You are old enough to get married. During this time, you should stay in the other garden and change your bad temper."

After saying that, Cheng Moyang was about to leave.

The bad news came one after another, and Cheng Xueyun couldn't accept it at all.

"I won't get married. I don't want to get married. I don't want to marry someone I don't like. Brother, I was wrong. Please talk to father. I want to decide my own marriage."

Cheng Xueyun chased him all the way from behind, but unfortunately Cheng Moyang walked too fast and she couldn't catch up at all.

She couldn't catch up until the door was closed again, and could only knock on the door from behind.

Marquis Xuanping would definitely not choose a husband for her in Kyoto, because her reputation in Kyoto was already there. Every family wanted to marry a virtuous wife, and Cheng Xueyun had been completely excluded.

Therefore, she could only choose someone far away from the capital. Even if she was a concubine's daughter, others would not dare to treat her harshly for the sake of the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion, and would have to praise her. This was the advantage of marrying down.

But with Cheng Xueyun's personality, she looks down on ordinary men. She herself has no abilities and nothing special about her, but she is always arrogant.

As for Marquis Xuanping, he had already had her mother's tablet removed from the ancestral hall, and even the tablet enshrined in the temple had been removed.

She was not removed from the family tree because she was mindful of the principle that family disgrace should not be made public.

…

Seven days later, the Marquis Xuanping's Mansion held a banquet, and all the officials and aristocratic families in Kyoto had already received the invitation.

It was clearly written on it that it was a daughter-recognition party, and everyone was invited to witness the recovery of a lost pearl in the ocean.

Everyone who came to the banquet prepared gifts for the real daughter of Marquis Xuanping, but they still didn't know the true identity of the daughter of Marquis Xuanping who was lost outside.

Only a very few people knew about it, apart from themselves, Prince Xun’s Palace, and the Emperor.

The emperor valued Marquis Xuanping, and when he learned that Jiang Sui was their child, and with the help of Xiao Hechuan's relationship, on the day they recognized their daughter, he issued an imperial decree to confer the title of county lady on Jiang Sui, which was considered a little comfort to Marquis Xuanping.

Although a lady of state cannot compare to a county lady or a princess of a duke, she is still an official even if she is just a small official. She can also receive a fief and salary.

As the protagonist of today, Jiang Sui is also dressed very festively. Any piece of jewelry on her body is very valuable.