She looked around and asked, "Why did you invite me here?"
As she spoke, she sat down next to the old Duke.
Madam Hong asked, "Do you recognize the person in front of you?"
"How could I recognize an old country woman?" Old Madam Yan snorted and laughed.
The old Duke said coldly: "She is the Ami next to your sister. You said you don't recognize her?"
Old Madam Hong also said, "It's Ami who's beside your sister. I finally found you just to expose your true identity. Now you're afraid that what you did back then will be exposed, so you don't dare to admit it?"
Madam Yan snorted, "Madam Hong has traveled extensively, so perhaps she found someone who looks similar to me to fool me."
Old Madam Hong choked. She didn't expect that she was so shameless.
After thinking about it, if he was able to come up with such a vicious plan back then, what does his shamelessness today mean to him?
His chest was heaving violently with anxiety.
Seeing this, Yan Yingying hurriedly helped her grandmother to calm down.
Yan Funing didn't want to hear her step-grandmother beat around the bush anymore, so she guessed directly, "Grandpa and Grandma fell in love at first sight during an outing. I assume you, step-grandmother, were among those present at the time, right?"
Old Madam Yan was stunned and didn't respond.
Seeing her expression, Yan Funing knew that she had guessed right.
Everyone nodded, even the old Duke was surprised.
At that time, he only had Yan Min in his eyes, and no other women. Now when he recalled it, it seemed that there seemed to be many women around him, but he could not remember their appearance.
Even if I recall it carefully.
Only Yanmin's face was the clearest in my mind, and the woman next to her looked like a monster without any facial features.
Yan Funing continued, "That day, we were outing in the spring, and the sun was shining brightly. Because it had rained the day before, the air was unusually fresh. The girls were outing together, and as they were walking nearby, a handsome young man rode by, unexpectedly catching the attention of many of the girls."
"Grandfather had splashed Grandmother with mud and water at that time, so he dismounted to apologize. He met Grandmother's eyes and was immediately attracted to her beauty. My step-grandmother was also there at the time, and seeing the young and promising Duke, her heart was surely moved."
"Yan Funing, who gave you the courage to speak to our ancestors like that?" Old Madam Yan shouted.
"I." The old Duke uttered a word with full energy, and then said gently to Yan Funing, "Girl, please speak carefully."
"Yes, Grandfather."
Yan Funing looked at Old Madam Yan and said bluntly, "You've never liked me. You'd rather like Yan Yan'er, who has no blood relationship with the Yan family, and you've never treated me as your own granddaughter. Because I look like your grandmother, every time you see me, it's like seeing your grandmother. You hate my grandmother in your heart, so it's impossible for you to like me. In fact, you hate me."
"Our grandmother has been outstanding since she was young, and with her around, you've always been the one being outshone. You two are clearly about the same age, but for a good marriage, the elders will definitely think of the eldest daughter."
"At that time, the young Duke was touching your eldest sister, and I realized that you had already taken a fancy to my grandfather."
"It's a pity that women can't express their feelings through music and chess, because people will look down on them."
"For the sake of reputation, you held back."
"But I didn't expect that half a month later at the Flower Festival, the young Duke announced in front of all the guests that he had a lover, and the Emperor also granted them marriage."
"Back then, you probably sowed the seeds of hatred, didn't you? You felt that your elder sister had taken away your marriage and your beloved."
"But you never knew that on that outing day, my grandparents had already taken a fancy to each other. You will always be the superfluous one."
"How is it possible? How could they have fallen in love with each other at that time?" Old Madam Yan was full of doubts.
Yan Funing smiled faintly. "When Grandfather placed the token in Grandmother's hand, he grabbed hers. When a man, the eldest daughter of a marquisate, flirts with her, shouldn't her first reaction be to call him a lecher and have the servants reprimand her? Even if she didn't call him that for the sake of her reputation, shouldn't she fling the token in his face after being flirted with? None of that happened. Grandmother accepted the token. After returning home, she caressed it every day, recalling the beauty of their first encounter. Isn't this love at first sight?"
"How do you know she caresses it every day?" Old Madam Yan suddenly recalled the look of her elder sister carefully examining the token in her boudoir. She was indeed like a young girl thinking about love.
"Because I'm still young, I naturally understand what a girl feels like when she meets her beloved." Yan Funing raised her eyebrows. "Besides, I'm related to my grandmother by blood, so it's normal for me to guess, isn't it?"
After a slight pause, she continued, "Grandpa and Grandma will be getting married soon, and at the same time, the Marquis' Mansion will be looking for a husband for you."
"At first, I knew you wanted to choose another man to marry, but every time you met, you would always compare him with your brother-in-law."
"The more you compare, the better you think your brother-in-law is. This makes you more jealous of your eldest sister."
"My grandfather was so handsome. Even though he's old now, he's still the most handsome old man in the world. You can imagine how outstanding he must have been in his youth. Add to that his title, and it would be hard to find a husband like him."
"You are plotting in your mind to replace your eldest sister."
"But she didn't expect that your eldest sister was pregnant. She was jealous and crazy..."
Before Yan Funing could finish her analysis, Old Madam Yan hysterically rebuked her, "How could you, an unfilial granddaughter, confuse right and wrong so much?"
"This old lady is my grandmother's maid. She just told me everything she knew. I am just combining what she said with my own judgment. Is there anything wrong with that?" Yan Funing asked back.
"That's right." Yan Yingying said loudly, "Her reaction just proves that everything you said is correct."
Yan Funing said, "Grandmother was born delicate and delicate. When she was pregnant with my father, she was not feeling well. You came up with a plan and said you would come and take care of her."
"Yes, it was from that time that you poisoned our mother's clothes."
Yan Yu couldn't control his emotions, so he reached over and grabbed Madam Yan's clothes.
Madam Yan sneered: "Where's the evidence?"
"The evidence is that whenever our mother hugged us, we would get rashes on our bodies," said Yan Yu.
Madam Yan laughed again: "Whoever hugs whom will get a rash. There are many such cases in the world. Why do you think I poisoned them?"
Yan Funing analyzed, "You were afraid of being discovered, so you put a very small amount of poison on your clothes."
"My grandmother is an adult, so her reaction is negligible. Even if she did react, she would think it was due to pregnancy or childbirth."
"At that time, my father and aunt were both infants. Babies have delicate skin, so their reactions are naturally strong."
"The doses of poison you administered were very small each time. Not long after Grandmother gave birth to Daddy, she allowed you to return to the Marquisate. You can't continue to do this."
"Later, when my grandmother became pregnant with my aunt, you were eager to repeat your old tricks, so you took the initiative to come to the Duke's Mansion and say you were here to take care of her."
Madam Yan laughed heartily. "You guys are really good at talking nonsense. Even if you talk nonsense to the limit, where's the evidence? Where's the witnesses and the evidence?"
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