"Let's go!" Fang Ruotang changed her mind without any hesitation, and even told the Crown Prince in advance, in a mysterious way.
"The Li family is putting on a big show today, with a real and a fake heiress. Do you want to go see it? I've calculated that it'll be quite a spectacle."
"Okay, I'll go with you."
The crown prince was not interested in these matters.
If Fang Ruotang could mutter a few more names of corrupt officials in his mind and have them exposed to enrich the national treasury, he would like it even more.
Today is the twelfth birthday banquet of the eldest daughter of the Li family. It is a very grand event. Almost all the relatives and friends who could be invited have come. The scene is very grand.
Fang Ruotang was traveling with the Crown Prince, so she was destined to be anything but low-key. She thought it was because of the Crown Prince's status, but she didn't know that she herself was now more popular than the Crown Prince.
Even the ministers who had just watched the Emperor's spectacle with her quietly followed her to the Li residence. Some ministers were more careful and changed into their civilian clothes in their carriages, while others didn't even have time to change into their official robes.
"Your Highness, Grand Preceptor."
Madam Li greeted him with a smile. Although she was a little puzzled as to why the Crown Prince would come to her daughter's birthday banquet, it didn't matter, as long as it was to give her daughter face.
Where is Li Shiyun?
Madam Li glanced at Fang Ruotang with delight, secretly feeling a little proud. As expected of her daughter, she was valued by the Imperial Preceptor.
[She met her biological mother.]
Madam Li paused, looking at Fang Ruotang with undisguised surprise.
Fang Ruotang glanced left and right but did not meet his gaze. However, the Crown Prince gave her a warning look, and Madam Li was unable to utter a word.
"Go, invite the young lady out to greet the guests," Madam Li suddenly instructed the nanny beside her.
[Wait, why did Madam Li suddenly summon her daughter to receive guests? Could it be because His Highness the Crown Prince has come, and she's trying to curry favor with him?]
The little mirror looks at the choices that are different from the original fate line.
[Indeed, His Highness the Crown Prince would never have appeared at the Li residence under normal circumstances. With such a good opportunity, who wouldn't take a chance?]
Madam Li's heart skipped a beat.
She didn't think that way. Not to mention that her daughter was only twelve years old, which was a big age difference with the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess who was not yet married to her was the eldest daughter of their Li family.
Her husband was just from a collateral branch of the Li family, and this time even members of the main Li family came. How could she be so tactless as to let her daughter go to their door to be humiliated?
Furthermore, judging from the Crown Prince's attitude towards the Grand Preceptor, he may be considering breaking off the engagement. Her family can't even afford to offend their own clan, let alone go out of their way to offend the Grand Preceptor.
She's not crazy yet.
The Crown Prince is quite handsome.
Fang Ruotang believed Xiao Jingzi's words, glanced at the Crown Prince and studied him for a while, and came to this conclusion.
It's normal for a girl to want to marry the crown prince.
What are you thinking! Compared to the Crown Prince's power, his looks are insignificant, okay?
Fang Ruotang pouted, disagreeing.
Looking good is very important.
"Madam, our young lady requests your presence." The old woman who had been accompanying Madam Li to the young lady's courtyard had encountered the maid who had come to invite her, and now they had come together again.
Because of Fang Ruotang's thoughts, Madam Li wanted to see her daughter, but before she could even greet the Crown Prince, she heard Fang Ruotang's thoughts again.
[Li Shiyun invited Madam Li over to tell her that her biological daughter had been switched at birth.]
Wow, she's so upright!
Fang Ruotang was surprised. Putting herself in her shoes, she thought that if someone told her now that she was not a child of the Fang family, she probably wouldn't be able to make a choice immediately.
She couldn't bear to part with such a wonderful family.
Yes, she has very sound values, was well-educated by Madam Li, and is a very filial child. It's just that her fate was unfortunate; she was born of a concubine, and her birth was her original sin.
Fang Ruotang hummed in agreement.
She was born in wedlock, so naturally she couldn't possibly like a concubine's son.
Madam Li's heart sank again and again, her eyes reddened with anxiety, and she tightened her grip on her handkerchief. She hurried towards her daughter's courtyard, and when she saw Fang Ruotang and the Crown Prince following her, she did not refuse.
Because she also wanted to know more.
The appearance of the Crown Prince and Fang Ruotang was already attracting a lot of attention, and their appearance also revealed such a big piece of gossip, so everyone quietly followed them.
Li Shiyun stood pale-faced and flustered at the entrance of the courtyard, craning her neck to wait.
Upon seeing Madam Li, tears welled in her eyes as she stepped forward and cried out, "Mother..."
"What's wrong? What happened?" Mrs. Li hugged her daughter with concern.
Li Shiyun gazed longingly at Madam Li for several moments, took two deep breaths, and was about to tell the whole story when she saw a group of people.
She swallowed the words she was about to say. Although she didn't understand why her mother had brought so many people to her courtyard, she was preoccupied with her own thoughts and didn't ask.
Is she about to expose herself?
Yes, she herself exposed the truth about the fake heiress in the Li family. Actually, if she hadn't said anything, her future would have been much smoother.
Even the spirit of the little mirror felt sorry for the little girl.
Li Shiyun's face tightened, and she gripped Madam Li's hand tightly. Madam Li's expression was also not good, but she smiled gently.
"Don't be afraid, you can tell your mother anything."
Li Shiyun stole a glance at Fang Ruotang, gritted her teeth, and told him what had happened.
“Mother, Father just brought a woman to my courtyard and said that she is my real mother and that I am not your biological daughter. He said that when I was born, Father switched me with your biological daughter.”
Madam Li swayed, and all the color drained from her face.
Fang Ruotang's words gave her a clue, but she never expected that the master was also involved.
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