Chapter 557 The True Identities of the Earl of Annan and His Wife
Lady Annam's attitude towards Qiao Qinghe's words changed from initial disdain to anger, then to disbelief, and finally to deep apprehension and fear.
After a long while, she looked at Qiao Qinghe with mixed feelings and sighed sincerely, "No wonder! No wonder you will be the final winner! No wonder Father will make you the last guardian of the Xuanping Marquis's mansion!"
"Father!!??"
Qiao Qinghe's pupils widened suddenly, "You're saying Min Ji is your father?!"
Lady Annam scoffed, "Does this surprise you?"
"Hahaha, you don't naively think that my father was truly chaste and didn't even have a woman to serve him before he married Wang, do you?"
"Don't forget, my father was already in his twenties when he married Wang. He was almost thirty when he carried you into the house."
Qiao Qinghe suddenly realized, "No wonder you were so inexplicably hostile towards me from the very beginning."
However, in her previous life, she did not have much interaction with the Lady of Annam, nor did she sense any hostility from the Lady of Annam towards her.
It was all because in her previous life, she perfectly served as Min Ji's puppet, protecting the Xuanping Marquis's mansion until her death.
Having been given a second chance at life, she had changed too much and thwarted too many of Min Ji's plans.
That's why the Duchess of Annam disliked her in every way and was always at odds with her.
"My mother is the daughter of my father's wet nurse. They grew up together and were childhood sweethearts. It was only natural that they ended up together."
"Unfortunately, the disparity in their social status prevented them from being together. And my father was unwilling to let my mother be just a concubine."
"Moreover, the Xuanping Marquis's mansion was in dire straits at that time, and my father needed a noblewoman to help him."
"So, my mother moved to the countryside after she became pregnant with me."
"I was born and raised in the countryside, and I didn't find out about my background until I was five years old."
"It was around that time that my father hired someone to teach me to read and write, to teach me etiquette and manners, and even to play the zither, chess, calligraphy and painting."
"Later, my father personally arranged my marriage with Yuanqing. That same year, my mother passed away."
"My only remaining family members are my father and Yuan Qing."
"Later, I married Yuanqing. Then, my father found a miracle doctor to change the appearance of Yuanqing and me."
"In the end, Yuan Qing and I successfully replaced the Earl of Annan and his wife."
“My father said this is compensation for me. He can’t make me a young lady of the Marquis of Xuanping’s household, but he can make me directly become the Lady of the Earl of Annan.”
"I believed it, and I believed it without a doubt."
"He only told me, when he faked his death to escape, that he was going to infiltrate Da'an. For the future of the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion!"
"He said he would come back, and he would come back in glory and with dignity."
"He said that when he returns, the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion will once again become the most prestigious noble family in Dayan!"
He said that he would give my mother a proper status and put her memorial tablet in the Min family ancestral hall.
"But you've ruined all of this!"
"Qiao Qinghe, you are really amazing!"
"You ruined your father's plans, destroyed the Xuanping Marquis's mansion, and even killed your own son!"
"The most absurd thing is that you even led the Min family descendants to change their surname!"
"Ha, how can there be such a vicious old woman as you in this world?"
The Earl of Annam talked on and on for a long time.
Qiao Qinghe didn't interrupt her. She waited until the girl stopped on her own before calmly asking, "Are you finished?"
Lady Annan glared at Qiao Qinghe with hatred. "What do you want to say?"
Qiao Qinghe gave a bitter smile, her expression complex, and said, "Am I vicious?"
"Perhaps."
"But who in this world isn't wicked, who isn't selfish?"
"When you two replaced the Earl of Annan and his wife, did you ever think about where the original Earl of Annan and his wife went?"
"When you abused the children left behind by the Annan couple, did you ever consider that they were innocent as well?"
"You blame me for ruining Min Ji's plans, but do you really know what Min Ji was planning?"
"Do you even know how much Min Ji has schemed against me?"
"You call me vicious, but the most vicious person in the world is none other than your revered father, Min Ji!"
"He personally raised my son into an unfilial son who was ambitious but incompetent, selfish and self-serving, and even intended to kill his mother!"
"He made you lose your looks, your name, your life, turning you into a puppet on a string!"
"He poisoned the child, making you the murderer, and then exploited your and your husband's feelings for your daughter and grandson, driving you to your doom!"
"This is true malice!"
"No! Even 'vicious' is not enough to describe him!"
"This is inhuman! It's the behavior of a beast!"
Lady Annam stared blankly at Qiao Qinghe, her heart already churning with turmoil.
"No, this isn't real..."
Lady Annam muttered under her breath, "This can't be true. How could Father use me? I'm his most beloved daughter! He wouldn't do this to me! He wouldn't!"
Qiao Qinghe sighed and looked at Feng Yuerou, "I've asked you everything I wanted to know. Shall I wait for you outside?"
Feng Yuerou gave Lady Annan a deep look, shook her head, and said without any hesitation, "I will go with you."
He turned and was about to leave with Qiao Qinghe.
Just then, Lady Annam finally looked up and called out to the two of them, "Wait!"
The two stopped and turned around.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" Qiao Qinghe asked.
Lady Annam glanced at Feng Yuerou with reluctance before hesitatingly saying, "I know I won't survive. Everything that happened in the past was my fault, and I apologize to you."
"I only ask that you, for the sake of Yue Rou's bloodline as well, not take your anger out on her because of my matter."
"If possible, please take good care of Yue Rou and the two children!"
As she spoke, Lady Annam slowly slid down to her knees and kowtowed to Qiao Qinghe.
Qiao Qinghe turned to look at Feng Yuerou.
At this moment, Feng Yuerou's eyes were a little red.
She could tell that Lady Annam was sincere at this moment, and Feng Yuerou's indifferent attitude had also softened slightly.
Qiao Qinghe turned her gaze back to Madam Annan, and said in a calm tone and expression, "Even if you don't say anything, I will take good care of them."
"No matter whose blood Yue Rou has, and no matter what her background is, as long as she is still herself, I will sincerely accept her, love her, and take care of her."
Thank you!
Two lines of clear tears rolled down her cheeks. At this moment, the myriad emotions in the eyes of the Duchess of Annan turned into a deep reluctance, and her reluctant gaze lingered on Feng Yuerou.
Meeting the expectant gaze of Lady Annan, Feng Yuerou slowly said, "Mother! I will be happy in this life!"
If there is an afterlife...
No! She doesn't want to have an afterlife!
She had had enough of the suffering of reincarnation and only wished to live a happy and joyful life in this one, with no next life!
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