Chapter 556 The Truth as Said by Mrs. Annan
"Mother, what do you mean by that? What do you mean it shouldn't be like this? What did you do?"
Feng Yuerou looked at the excited Lady Annam through the iron fence.
Lady Annam kept repeating "It shouldn't be like this" until Feng Yuerou called out "Mother," which brought her back to her senses.
"Yue Rou, what did you just call me?"
"Mother," Feng Yuerou called out again.
"Oh! My good daughter!" Lady Annan looked at Feng Yuerou with tender eyes and reached out her hand. "Yuerou, let your mother touch you again."
This time, Feng Yuerou did not hesitate. She stepped forward and took the hand of the Earl of Annan.
"Mother, can you tell me what happened?"
Why would Father suddenly raise an army in rebellion?
"You are still in the capital, and your brothers and sisters are all within the country. Did Father not consider your situation when he raised his army?"
Lady Annam held Feng Yuerou's hands tightly, looking at her with burning eyes, as if she could never get enough of looking at her.
Upon hearing Feng Yuerou's question, she smiled slightly, a smile that contained relief, regret, but mostly sarcasm.
"You are your parents' only child! You're the only one we care about!"
"Your brothers and sisters have no blood relation to us whatsoever, why should we care about their lives?"
Lady Annam said with a bitter smile, "Having witnessed your death and that of the two children, I also resolved to die, which is why your father was able to start a rebellion without any scruples."
"Hahaha, but I never expected that you and the children were still alive! You were still alive!!"
Feng Yuerou was taken aback, then quickly asked, "Mother, you said I'm your and Father's only child?"
"How is this possible!?"
"Although several of my elder brothers and sisters are born out of wedlock, my eldest brother, second brother, and second sister are all your and Father's biological children!"
"Even the illegitimate children are still Father's flesh and blood!"
Why do you say I am your only child?
Feng Yuerou's heart pounded. Was the question that had been hidden in her heart for so many years finally going to be answered?
She had always found it strange that her parents treated her and her other siblings so differently.
Upon hearing these words, Feng Yuerou suddenly realized what was happening, but at the same time, even more doubts arose in her heart.
Lady Annam removed one hand and stroked Feng Yuerou's eyebrows and eyes, saying gently, "These eyebrows and eyes are just like your grandmother's!"
After saying this, Lady Annam looked at Feng Yuerou quietly for a long time before saying, "Your nominal brothers and sisters are the children of the original Earl Annam and Lady Annam, but they are not my and your father's children."
Feng Yuerou looked at Madam Annan in astonishment, completely bewildered.
Qiao Qinghe, standing to the side, suddenly changed her expression.
In an instant, she thought of disguise and human skin masks.
But is it really possible for someone to maintain the exact same appearance as the original owner for twenty years through disguise and a human skin mask?
Just as Qiao Qinghe was wondering, she heard the Earl of Annan continue, "Twenty years ago, your maternal grandfather found a highly skilled hermit who used superb medical techniques to transform your father and me into the Earl of Annan and his wife through divine means of altering our appearances."
Upon hearing this, Feng Yuerou was completely stunned.
Qiao Qinghe's doubts were also answered.
It turns out it wasn't a simple disguise or a human skin mask, but a much more sophisticated method of changing one's appearance.
For some reason, when Qiao Qinghe heard the Earl of Annan mention a reclusive master with superb medical skills, the first person that came to her mind was Mu Jin's deceased master.
If Mu Jin is already so powerful, her master must be even more extraordinary. If it is true that he transformed the appearance of the Marquis of Annan and his wife, then anything is not impossible.
As for where the original Earl of Annan and his wife went, it goes without saying that they died.
Moreover, it must be a way of killing that completely destroys the evidence, so that the true identity can never be found out!
As Qiao Qinghe's thoughts were wandering, she heard Lady Annan continue, "And you are the first and only child we had after we replaced the Earl and his wife Annan."
Feng Yuerou breathed a sigh of relief; the question in her heart had finally been answered.
Therefore, her special treatment in the mansion was reasonable.
only……
Why didn't they protect her in all her countless reincarnations?
Instead, they coldly watched her death time and time again?
She wanted to ask, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.
After all, apart from her mother Qiao Qinghe, probably no one would believe in things like rebirth and reincarnation.
Besides, she didn't die in this life, and her parents didn't really watch her die, did they?
Seeing that the mother and daughter didn't continue the conversation for a long time, Qiao Qinghe finally couldn't help but ask, "If you're not the real Marquis of Annan and his wife, then who are you?"
"The poisoning of the two children must be related to you, right?"
Why are you doing this?
Why did the Earl of Annan raise an army to rebel after Yue Rou and the child's accident?
Upon hearing Qiao Qinghe's words, the Duchess of Annan suddenly raised her eyes, glaring at her with resentment.
"It's all because of you!"
"If it weren't for you, Lord Bo wouldn't have raised an army at this time, and I wouldn't be imprisoned and facing imminent death!"
Qiao Qinghe glared at Madam Annan, "Did I ask you to poison the child? Did I put poison on your clothes to accelerate the child's poisoning?"
"Haven't you seen it clearly yet?"
"Someone is using you to try and kill the children!"
"As for your statement that the Earl of Annam would not raise an army at this time..."
"Heh," Qiao Qinghe sneered, mercilessly exposing him, "But I think now is precisely the best time for him to raise an army!"
The events in Jiangnan, the events in the Annam Earl's Mansion, and the events in the Shun'an Prince's Mansion—this is clearly a planned rebellion. How could the Annam Earl, such an important link, be missing?
Based on her understanding of this series of events, Qiao Qinghe boldly speculated: "Perhaps from the moment the child was poisoned, everything was already part of someone's scheme!"
"The poison in the children, combined with the smell of medicine on you, almost certainly means their deaths."
"Even Dr. Mu said that it was lucky that she was able to detoxify. If the poison had changed even slightly, she would have been powerless to help."
"So faking the children's deaths to avoid the crisis that might follow is something I would almost certainly do."
"Furthermore, if Doctor Mu is not skilled enough to cure the children's poison, then the children will still die."
“If the children die, Yue Rou won’t be able to live either.”
"What exactly are you trying to say??" Lady Annam frowned, glaring at Qiao Qinghe with anger and confusion.
Qiao Qinghe shook her head and said with a bitter smile, "Don't you understand? From the moment the person behind the scenes plotted to poison the two children, he has been forcing you and your husband to this point."
"Whether it's true or false, from the moment you poisoned the children, there was only one outcome facing you: the death of Yue Rou and the children!"
"If I'm not mistaken, the Earl of Annan rebelled because he has no more attachments in this life, right?"
“Yue Rou and the children are dead, and you have also resolved to die. Now that the Earl of Annan is all alone, he probably doesn’t care about anything anymore.”
Qiao Qinghe took a deep breath. "I only know one person who can calculate everything to this extent and even include me in his schemes."
"That's Min Ji!"
Qiao Qinghe looked at Madam Annan with a complicated expression, "So, what exactly is your relationship with Min Ji?"
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