Chapter 259 Mother and Daughter Reunion
Back at the residence, Madam Min Qiao didn't keep Lady Yongning waiting long. After tea was served, Madam Min Qiao called out to the void, "It really is."
Then, Zhen Huan, dressed in a black outfit, appeared in front of Min Qiao Shi.
Lady Yongning, who was sitting to the side, was taken aback, but her gaze quickly settled on Zhen Huan's face.
"My child, may I come closer and take a closer look at you?" Lady Yongning asked cautiously.
When she actually saw Lady Yongning, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable. This strange feeling made her very uneasy.
She instinctively put on a cold face and looked at Madam Min, waiting for Madam Min's instructions.
Madam Min Qiao nodded at Zhen Huan, "Go over there and let the Lady of Yongning Marquis take a good look at you."
"Yes." He actually accepted the order, walked up to Lady Yongning with a blank expression, and stood in front of her, adopting a solemn attitude of doing business as if he were being scrutinized.
Lady Yongning, supporting herself on the armrest of the chair, stood up shakily and carefully looked Zhen Huan up and down, finally fixing her gaze on the beauty mark under Zhen Huan's right eye.
It really is her daughter!
The similar appearance, the same beauty mark under the eye, and the overwhelming sense of familiarity that welled up in her heart upon meeting—all these things confirmed to her that this was her long-lost biological daughter.
"Yingluo, my daughter!"
Lady Yongning could no longer suppress her surging emotions and pulled Zhen Huan into her arms.
He subconsciously raised his hand to push her away, but for some reason, his hand seemed to have its own will. What should have been a push turned into a gentle embrace the moment he touched Lady Yongning.
What a warm embrace, what a familiar feeling, what a long-lost taste...
Suddenly, tears seemed to take charge of their own way, silently breaking through the boundaries of my eyes and streaming down my face.
Only at this moment did Zhen Huan seem to be awakened, abruptly pushing away Lady Yongning and raising her hand to incredulously touch the tears on her face.
She turned around and looked at Min Qiaoshi in confusion, her eyes filled with panic.
What's wrong with her?
Why is she crying?
Who is this woman in front of me?
Why did it feel so familiar? Why did she feel so sad when she saw her cry?
"Yingluo! My Yingluo! Mother has finally found you!" Lady Yongning completely ignored the fact that Zhen Huan had pushed her away and rushed forward again, crying, trying to hug her.
"Grand Madam!?" He took two steps toward Madam Min Qiao, looking completely bewildered, and subconsciously avoided the Lady of Yongning Marquis.
Madam Min Qiao nodded to Zhen Huan and said softly, "Zhen Huan, don't be afraid. This is Lady Yongning, your biological mother!"
"Mother?"
She was really pondering the word "mother" when she slowly turned around and looked at Lady Yongning with suspicion.
"Yingluo, this is your original name. Yingluo, your mother has been searching for you for so many years, and now I have finally found you! Yingluo, come into your mother's arms."
Lady Yongning nodded frantically at Zhen Huan, her eyes filled with anticipation.
She stretched out her hands, opened her arms, and waited for him to actually fall into her embrace.
However, the doubt in Zhen Huan's eyes quickly turned into resentment, but that resentment soon turned into indifference.
Regardless of whether the person in front of her is her biological mother or how this person lost her in the first place, it has nothing to do with her!
She is currently just a secret guard by the Grand Madam's side!
He coldly stared at Lady Yongning, took two steps back to create distance between them, and then said in a detached tone, "Madam, you have mistaken me for someone else. My name is not Yingluo, but Huanzhen. I am not your daughter; I am merely the Grand Madam's bodyguard."
After speaking, he bowed to Madam Min and then disappeared from their sight.
"No! Yingluo! Yingluo! Really! Really, don't go! Come back!..."
Lady Yongning chased after him to the door, crying and shouting, but Zhen Huan had already disappeared.
Madam Min sighed, got up and walked to Lady Yongning's side, patted her on the shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry. The child will definitely not be able to accept this for a while after hearing it so suddenly. Let's take it slowly."
Lady Yongning clutched her chest and buried her face in Min Qiao's shoulder, weeping uncontrollably.
Lady Min Qiao let Lady Yongning cry her heart out until she calmed down a bit, then helped her back to sit down.
"Don't be sad. We've found her, haven't we? Are you worried about not having a chance to reunite with her in the future?"
Lady Yongning wiped away her tears and nodded in agreement, "The Grand Madam is right. I was too hasty."
Madam Min continued, "The child has suffered a lot over the years, and her personality has become somewhat withdrawn. Let's take it one step at a time. A mother and daughter are of one heart, and I believe that one day she will recognize you."
"Thank you, Madam!" Lady Yongning looked at Madam Min Qiao with gratitude, and then stood up and bowed solemnly to Madam Min Qiao. "If it weren't for Madam, I'm afraid I would never have found my daughter in this lifetime."
"You flatter me. It's all fate." Madam Min Qiao dared not take credit.
Who could have predicted that among the assassins she brought back from Jiangnan would be the long-lost young lady of the Yongning Marquis's mansion?
Lady Yongning wiped away her tears and looked at Madam Min Qiao with a firm gaze. "Grand Madam, could you please tell me everything about Yingluo, um, really?"
"What has she been through? Where did you find her? Why did she become your bodyguard? Where did her skills come from? ... I want to know everything about her."
Please tell me.
Min Qiao nodded and recounted everything she could, emphasizing that the woman had indeed been resold several times and eventually ended up in an assassin organization, where she was trained and raised as an assassin.
As for her encounter with Zhen Huan, she romanticized it as her trip to Jiangnan where she accidentally met several children who had escaped from an assassin organization. She couldn't bear to see them suffer, so she took the children back to the capital.
She didn't say she only brought back the real thing, because a quick investigation would reveal that she actually brought back quite a few children when she returned to Beijing.
So, the rescue was really just a matter of chance.
After hearing about what had really happened, Lady Yongning wiped away her tears again.
After she finished crying, Madam Min Qiao asked her, "What are your plans now? Are you going to acknowledge Zhen Huan?"
Lady Yongning nodded almost without thinking, "When the child accepts me, I will take her back to the Yongning Marquis's residence to be recognized as a member of the family."
At this point, Lady Yongning paused, a cold glint flashing in her eyes, and her tone turned icy and piercing, "Those who have taken my daughter's place should go somewhere cool and stay somewhere else."
Lady Min Qiao nodded silently, knowing that the Lady of Yongning Marquis knew what was going on.
Because of the fact that Madam Yu brought Yu Yin'er back to the capital, the story of how she really got lost back then was brought up again and discussed by everyone.
Some people say that Madam Yu deliberately lost Zhen Huan so that her niece from her maternal family could take Zhen Huan's place as a young lady.
As for evidence, Yu Yin'er is living, breathing evidence.
Even Zhong Liuniang had said something similar in public before. She had heard it with Madam Zheng.
As for whether it's true or false, she thinks it's mostly false. After all, even if Madam Yu is confused, she wouldn't be this confused.
Whether she wants to support her maternal family or genuinely wants to adopt her maternal family's grandniece, as long as she discusses it openly with the Marquis of Yongning and his wife, they would likely not refuse. There's absolutely no need for her to do something that would incur the resentment of her son and daughter-in-law and be despised by the world.
Therefore, Madam Min Qiao believed that Madam Yu had most likely lost the real thing unintentionally back then.
However, this does not mean that Madam Yu truly harbored no ill will towards him.
On the contrary, over the years, Madam Yu has been criticized for losing Zhen Huan and was sent back to her hometown by her daughter-in-law. It is likely that the slight guilt she felt towards Zhen Huan has long since turned into resentment.
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