Fearing that his wife might not be able to accept it, Wei Xin quickly poured her a cup of hot tea so that she could drink some to calm her nerves.

"That stillborn baby was born to my sister-in-law. At that time, my brother took our child instead. Zihan is our daughter!"

Madam Wei could understand the first two sentences, but when she heard the last sentence, she spat out a mouthful of tea all over Wei Xin's face.

Wei Xin casually wiped away the tea and excitedly emphasized again, "Zihan is our daughter!"

Madam Wei was stunned for a long time before finally stammering, "You...you said...who is our daughter?"

"Zihan!" Wei Xin laughed out loud, "You didn't give birth to a stillborn baby, Zihan is our daughter!"

Madam Wei Xin's eyes rolled back and she fainted.

"Madam! Madam!"

Wei Xin was pinching his wife's philtrum and yelling for the servants to fetch a doctor, turning the joyous second wife's house into chaos.

When Madam Wei Xin slowly woke up, the moon was already high in the sky. She struggled to get up, and Wei Xin, who was guarding the bedside, was awakened by her movement. He quickly helped her up and asked, "Are you hungry? Or thirsty? Stay here and don't move. I'll have a servant bring you some right away."

"Help me, help me to find my older brother!"

Madam Wei ignored Wei Xin's words. She was neither hungry nor thirsty, and she just wanted to find her elder brother.

"What do you want with your older brother so late?" Wei Xin pressed his wife back into bed.

Madam Wei's face was contorted with rage, and she almost screamed, "I'll strangle him!"

He caused her to be separated from her child for seventeen years. What is selfishness? This is it!

He didn't want to suffer the pain of losing his daughter, so he transferred that pain onto them—his own brother and sister-in-law! That's what it means to be heartless! This is it!

The key point is that she really believed that Zihan had caused the death of her child. When she was a child, Zihan pinched and beat her, and when she grew up, she did a lot of things to smear her reputation. And at the palace banquet today, she made fun of Zihan a lot. Not only did she make fun of herself, but she also made everyone around her make fun of her!

The eldest brother not only separated them from their families, but also indirectly caused them to kill each other! How despicable and deserving of death!

Wei Xin believed that if Madam went to the eldest son's house, she would definitely strangle his elder brother, so he couldn't let her go there. He quickly persuaded her, "It's so late now, let's talk about it tomorrow. Besides, although my elder brother took Zihan away, he and his wife haven't mistreated her all these years."

These words made him feel a little guilty. His elder brother and sister-in-law not only treated Zihan like a precious treasure, but they also cherished her dearly, never letting her get even a scratch in all these years. On the contrary, the couple themselves were either thinking of ways to torment the child or secretly cursing her to die as soon as possible.

If that child knew that the two of them were actually her biological parents, I wonder if she would break down.

After I explained this to my wife, she finally calmed down.

Wei Xin sat on the edge of the bed and sighed, wondering what was going on!

Madam Wei was also crying her eyes out, regretting the things she had done in the past. Now, the child wanted to fight whenever he saw her, and she didn't know how to reunite with the child.

The two didn't sleep all night; one had dark circles under his eyes, and the other's eyes were swollen like walnuts.

The two of them weren't the only ones who didn't sleep all night; the Duke of Wei and his wife, as well as Wei Zihan, also stayed up.

Wei Zihan also cried all night. Looking at the bright sky outside, her tears had dried up. Suddenly, she felt that the world in front of her was very unfamiliar.

Even now, her mother, who loves her the most, has not come to see her. Last night, only her father came to talk to her for a few minutes.

Moreover, she, the most talented woman in the capital, actually lost to a country bumpkin, and today she even ran around the palace shouting that she was an ugly monster!

It's easy to imagine that after today, she will become the laughing stock of the entire capital. Since no one has come to propose marriage to her to begin with, she will be even more ignored. Perhaps, in order to protect her reputation, she will have to hang herself or become a nun!

She was the most beloved youngest daughter of the Duke's family. She could have chosen a good husband and lived a life of wealth and honor. Perhaps she could have even earned an imperial title for herself because her son was ennobled and appointed prime minister.

But now it's all over. She has lost face in the palace, her parents no longer love and pamper her, her reputation will be ruined, let alone marrying into a good family and being granted an official title. Even her life is hanging by a thread!

Knock knock knock!

Just as Wei Zihan looked at the roof beam, thinking of hanging herself now to avoid becoming a laughing stock, there was a knock on the door.

A flicker of joy crossed her sorrowful face as she thought her mother had finally come to see her. But when she opened the door, she was met with the two repulsive faces of her second uncle and aunt.

"Hanhan, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Here, this is the lean meat porridge I made for you, your favorite. Smell it, it smells so good."

Mrs. Wei Xin wore a smile, and Wei Xin, holding two dishes, smiled in return, "Yes, yes, you must be hungry after a good night's sleep. These two dishes are your favorites."

Wei Zihan was immediately furious. Wasn't she just here so early in the morning to see her make a fool of herself?

He cursed at the two of them, then slammed the door shut. In an instant, large tears welled up in Wei Zihan's eyes, which had been dry from crying.

She really has no one to care for her anymore. Before, her second uncle and aunt would trip her up behind her back, but now they all come to her door to laugh at her!

Wei Xin and his wife, who were left outside the door with spittle sprayed all over their faces, were stunned for a moment. When they heard crying inside, they panicked and quickly knocked on the door.

"Hanhan, don't cry. We really didn't come to see you make a fool of yourself."

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