Yan Bojian nodded, lifted the carriage curtain, and said to the servant, "Go to the Pang residence and invite Miss Pang to come over for a chat."
The servant, unaware of what his two masters had just seen, said with a smile, "I understand. The Third Young Master is interested in Miss Pang."
"You don't understand." Yan Bojian cursed, "Why would I like a tomboy?"
The servant smiled innocently and apologized: "I know I was wrong. If the Pang family asks me, how should I answer?"
Yan Bojian said, "Just tell her that the Second Young Lady invited her to the Duke's Mansion."
Not many people know her identity now, and Pang Anmeng doesn't know it either. If she goes to look for her like this, there will definitely be misunderstandings.
In the eyes of outsiders, Miss Yan is still Yan Yan'er.
She didn't know whether Pang Anmeng and Yan Yan'er knew each other, or even if they did, what their relationship was like.
Thinking of this, Yan Funing said, "Just say that Yan Funing wants to meet her at the Duke's Mansion, and the time is probably in the evening."
The servant responded, "I understand."
He immediately sped up his horse and sped away.
The brother and sister returned to the pavilion.
The old Duke was sitting on a stone bench, with a goose on his left and a dog on his right, watching people fighting geese leisurely.
Seeing his grandchildren return, he didn't ask them where they had been, but simply said, "Drive two miles south. There's a small restaurant that serves customers along the way. The food isn't great. Are you guys used to it?"
Yan Bojian said, "That's fine."
At this moment, at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, Madam Hong got off the carriage.
When the doorman saw this, he ran into the mansion and reported to Nanyuan.
When Hong Qingyi learned that her mother was coming, she hurried to greet her.
Old Madam Hong, supported by her maid, was already in the front yard, heading towards the South Garden.
"Mother, why are you here?" Hong Qingyi took a few quick steps, took her mother's arm from the maid, and said with a smile, "Why didn't you send someone to inform us?"
"Do you need to notify me again?" Madam Hong gave her daughter a sharp look. "Of course I have to come to see my granddaughter."
She stayed in a temple on the mountain for a few days and just came back yesterday.
As soon as I came back, I heard that the Duke's Mansion had found the real daughter, so I came here in person today.
"Take a look, of course you have to." Hong Qingyi followed her mother's words.
"You don't know, I've seen her in Qingshan Town. Now that I think about it, it's fate that makes us grandparents and grandchildren."
"Mom, tell me about the meeting in Qingshan Town."
"good."
The mother and daughter went to Nanyuan Flower Hall together.
When Yan Yan'er learned that Madam Hong was coming and that Yan Funing was not at home, she quietly went to Nanyuan.
Old Madam Hong had just finished talking about Qingshan Town when she caught a glimpse of a wronged and lonely person standing at the entrance of the flower hall.
After taking a closer look, he saw clearly and waved to her: "Yan'er, come here."
Yan Yan'er pretended to wipe away her tears, then slowly walked into the flower hall and called out in a tearful voice, "Grandma."
Madam Hong nodded and was about to speak when she heard Yan Yan'er say to Hong Qingyi, "Mother, I understand. Now that you have found your biological daughter, you must treat her well."
"But mother has raised Yan'er for so long, and the feelings between us are quite deep. Such feelings will definitely not fade away overnight."
"Mother is afraid that her own daughter will feel jealous, so Yan'er understands no matter how she treats her. In Yan'er's heart, mother is her real mother."
"Even when Fu Ning released geese to bite me, I endured it. As long as my mother and I have a deep bond, that's enough."
Hearing this trick, Hong Qingyi shook her head secretly.
If she was persuaded by the sixteen-year-old adopted daughter in front of her, then she would be unworthy of being the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family and the wife of the Duke.
For the past sixteen years, she has had a fake child by her side, and she has taught him wholeheartedly.
She never taught her own daughter, whom she carried for ten months, for a single day.
Now, the adopted daughter whom she had taught so carefully was trying to sow discord between her and Fu Ning in a roundabout way.
Thinking that she would have to use this woman to catch the villain behind the scenes, Hong Qingyi suppressed her anger and said calmly, "Don't come to Nanyuan unless you have something to do in the future."
Yan Yan'er quickly squatted down at Old Madam Hong's feet, sobbing, "Grandma, please talk to Mom for me. Yan'er is willing to do anything, really!"
Madam Hong said, "Yan'er, your mother doesn't know how you insulted Fu Ning, but I do. I waved you over because I wanted to teach you to correct your status."
Yan Yan'er was shocked when she heard this: "Grandma doesn't love Yan'er anymore?"
Madam Hong was already impatient: "Leave."
Yan Yan'er reluctantly left Nanyuan. As she left, she asked the servants, "Where is my second brother?"
"I don't know."
Yan Yan'er became angry when she heard this, and even the servants dared to look at her coldly.
Gradually, her eyes were filled with hatred.
Nanyuan Flower Hall.
Old Madam Hong asked her daughter, "Where's Fu Ning? Why doesn't she come to see me?"
Hong Qingyi smiled and confessed: "She went to fight geese with her grandfather."
When Madam Hong heard this, her face darkened. "That's too much. I'll have to talk to the old Duke about this when he comes back."
After explaining this, Madam Hong lowered her voice and asked, "Have you found the criminal who swapped the babies?"
Hong Qingyi shook her head: "Not yet."
Mrs. Hong comforted her daughter: "You will find it."
After lunch, I waited and waited, but Yan Funing didn't come back.
By the evening, Old Madam Hong was getting restless. "It's fine if the old Duke is fighting geese by himself, but why did he call my granddaughter over?"
At this time, Pang Anmeng was invited to the Duke's Mansion.
When she received the news in the morning, she was first surprised that Fu Ning's meeting place was set at the Duke's Mansion. After asking the person who delivered the message, she learned that Fu Ning was actually the second lady of the Yan family.
Yan Yan'er is a fake.
This is good news.
At the appointed time, she came.
I never thought that Yan Funing was not here.
Arriving at the flower hall, she bowed politely: "Greetings to Old Madam Hong, and to the Duke's wife!"
"Are you from the Pang family?" asked Mrs. Hong.
Pang Anmeng nodded, "That's right." Fearing he would be misunderstood for coming here rashly, he explained, "Fu Ning and I are good friends. She sent someone to look for me."
"Sit down." Hong Qingyi smiled gently, "It's probably time for Fu Ning to go back."
Before Pang Anmeng sat down, he heard the sound of geese.
Then, a maid came to report: "They are back, the second young lady and the third young master are back!"
Old Madam Hong stood up and walked towards the front yard.
Hong Qingyi and Pang Anmeng followed.
In the front yard, the old Duke was seen talking to his grandchildren with a smile on his face. He glanced at Old Madam Hong and asked unhappily, "What are you doing here?"
Madam Hong replied with a forced smile, "Do I need your permission to visit my daughter and son-in-law's house?"
The two old men stood together and argued about the fighting geese.
Hong Qingyi had no choice but to act as a peacemaker and smooth things over.
Yan Funing was stunned. Could it be that her grandfather and grandmother were having some conflict?
Turning around, she saw Pang Anmeng watching the two old people arguing with great interest, and Yan Funing pulled her back.
"I have something to tell you."
Pang Anmeng also said: "Yes, tell me, how did you become the daughter of the Duke's Mansion?"
"I was switched when I was born..." Yan Funing cut to the chase, then said, "Today in the eastern suburbs, I saw Cai Mingzhi and a woman coming out of a house in a friendly manner."
Pang Anmeng was shocked: "Is this true?"
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