Chapter 484: Change of Situation
However, this news was obviously not as calm for the Xianguo Mansion as it was for the Gu family.
"How is it possible! This is impossible! How could that rude, uneducated girl be my daughter?!"
Lady Xianguogong shouted excitedly.
At this moment, she no longer had the dignity of a duke's wife. Instead, she was like a boiling kettle, making sharp and explosive sounds.
"Mother, please calm down!" Qin Jing tried to comfort her.
The wife of Duke Xian held Qin Jing's hand tightly and said, "Have you seen that girl? She has a bad temper and a strange personality. She doesn't look like a lady at all. How can such a girl become a ..."
When Lady Xian Guogong said this, she suddenly bit her lower lip tightly. She only dared to mutter about the Queen to Qin Jingshu, and she would not bring these thoughts up in her mind to the father and son.
Qin Jing seemed not to notice her mother's abnormality, but calmly corrected her: "Mom, Niuniu is not an uneducated child. She is very cute and likable."
It was only after his sister told the truth that Qin Jing suddenly realized that Niu Niu and the wife of Duke Xianguo did have many similarities in appearance.
However, for a long time, because the two people's temperaments were so different, unless you were particularly familiar with them or were extremely perceptive, there was no way to connect the two together.
Lady Xian Guogong frowned, "That little girl has no manners at all. I can't believe she is my daughter. Your aunt must be restless and wants to sow discord between our family members so that she can watch the joke from behind!"
Qin Jing did not agree with his mother's behavior of speaking ill of the deceased.
The voice of Lady Xian Guogong gradually became lower.
On the other hand, Duke Xian's eyes lit up: "I know this girl. She is very popular with His Majesty and the Queen Mother. She is much more promising than Jingshu!"
Lady Xian of Duke Xian also apparently recalled the scene at the palace banquet when the Queen Mother showed special favor to Zhang Yuniang.
At this moment, she suddenly felt angry. She felt that the awards given to Zhang Yuniang by the Queen Mother should have belonged to her!
She felt as if her things had been stolen!
Duke Xian's words did not show much love for his daughter. He obviously cared more about the benefits: "Since this child is so promising, we can't let her continue to suffer in the Gu family. We should recognize her back."
The wife of Duke Xian was about to nod, but suddenly she thought of something and her face changed: "Once this gets out, it will become a scandal for our Duke Xian's Mansion. By then, I'm afraid the whole capital will laugh at us."
Duke Xian glared at his wife and said, "If you hadn't been bad at managing the inner house, how could you have made such a big mistake? You can't even take care of your own children, what can people say about you?"
Lady Xian Guogong shrank her neck, and a flash of embarrassment flashed across her face, but she quickly said, "How about adopting a goddaughter? That would also be a way to repay our relationship with her."
Qin Jing, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly felt a little regretful. He regretted that he should not have told his parents about Niu Niu's life experience.
The couple obviously don't have much love for their daughter who has been living away from home for many years. Instead, they are more calculating. He doesn't even know that recognizing her back is really a good thing for Niu Niu.
"She is now the child of the Gu family. Whether or not to recognize her and how to recognize her should be decided by the Gu family and her herself." Qin Jing said.
Duke Xian waved his hand and said, "She is just a little girl. What can she know? The Gu family has raised her for so many years. We are not a family short of money. We will not treat them unfairly."
Lady Xian Guogong has never liked Qin Jingshu, but for the sake of her own ambition, she has invested a lot of effort in Qin Jingshu over the years, so she is obviously reluctant to let her give up just like that.
"How about this, we say that she and Jingshu are twins, and both children are recognized as the daughters of our Duke's Mansion. There is no need for them to be born into the second wife's family." Lady Xian of Duke Xian said.
Duke Xian did not refuse. After all, the marriage value between the second wife's daughter and the Duke's daughter was different.
"Then it's settled. Jing'er, write a handwritten letter to the Gu family, asking them to come over on their next day off to discuss the matter of recognizing relatives." Duke Xianguo said as a matter of course.
Qin Jing did not agree immediately: "Whether to recognize Niuniu is entirely up to the Gu family. I am afraid that my father does not know that everyone in the Gu family loves Niuniu very much. Let me ask Uncle Gu for his opinion before talking about recognizing Niuniu."
Duke Xian frowned slightly.
Lady Xian Guogong did not hide it: "Can't that girl see clearly that the daughter of the Duke's Mansion is different from the daughter of a small family? How could she refuse?"
Qin Jing shook his head: "Mother, Niuniu is not someone who values family background. Which family in this world is higher than the royal family?"
"You feel sorry for her!" Lady Xian Guogong complained.
Qin Jing already liked Niu Niu very much even before he knew she was his biological sister. Now that he knew they were related, he only felt closer to her.
"Forget it, listen to Jing'er. This matter can't be rushed. Mother is in poor health, so you should take your time in telling her." Duke Xian advised his wife.
Lady Xian Guogong agreed reluctantly.
Qin Jing walked out of the main courtyard and after a few steps he saw a little head popping out from the rockery. He walked in quickly.
"Brother, parents...did parents say how they would deal with me?" Qin Jingshu asked timidly.
Qin Jing patted his sister's shoulder and said without hiding anything: "Don't worry, even if they want to recognize Niuniu, they don't plan to give up on you. Instead, they plan to tell others that you are twins."
The guilt on Qin Jingshu's face was almost solidified: "I... I'm sorry Niuniu... I robbed her of her life for so many years... Even if you kick me out... it's right..."
Qin Jing shook his head: "Even if you are not the daughter of the first wife, you are the child of the second wife. You are all members of the Xian Guo Mansion. Why would they drive you out? You are so young, where can you go?"
Qin Jingshu pursed her lips.
Qin Jing added: "Don't think too much, Niuniu may not be willing to come back."
Qin Jingshu actually agreed with this. After all, if she were asked to choose, she would prefer Gu Mingda and Zhang Yunniang to be her parents.
Being a child of the Gu family must be much easier than living in the Duke Xianguo's Mansion.
Gu Mingda and Zhang Yunniang felt that their conversation with Niu Niu was going really smoothly.
Although the Gu couple thought that Niu Niu should know the truth, they couldn't help feeling relieved after seeing Niu Niu's reaction.
"If they want to recognize their relatives, there is nothing we can do..." Gu Mingda said helplessly.
Niuniu looked at her parents with strange eyes at this time: "Why not? Back then, that bad aunt of the Xie family didn't want my second brother to recognize his biological parents, and you didn't dare to snatch my brother back!"
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