As soon as Rong Yiyi left, Old Madam Rong felt dizzy and almost fainted.
Bai Shao quickly helped her up, saying, "Madam, please go back to your room and rest."
Madam Rong didn't speak, she just nodded, her face full of exhaustion.
Bai Shao and Hong'er helped the old lady inside.
Madam Rong sat down on the couch, her expression growing increasingly grim as she thought about what Rong Yiyi had said earlier.
It didn't take Rong Yiyi long to find Rong Shiqing.
Rong Shiqing had just returned from outside and hadn't even had a chance to ask her about her visit to the palace to plead with the Empress Dowager that morning when she was pulled to Deshou Hall.
"Yiyi, why did you bring me here to your grandmother's place?"
"Grandmother has something to ask you," Rong Yiyi said, her eyes flashing.
Upon hearing this, Rong Shiqing, seeing that he had already arrived, could only frown and walk inside.
Inside the house, when Madam Rong saw him coming, she raised her eyelids slightly but did not say anything.
As soon as Rong Shiqing entered, he saw the old lady Rong's unpleasant expression, and his heart sank. He stepped forward and respectfully asked, "Mother, did you summon me here for something?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Rong became furious.
If he hadn't been blind to marry a woman like Chen, how could he have given birth to such a wicked child as Rong Yiyi?
With trembling hands, she pointed at him and cursed, "What a fine daughter you've given birth to!"
Rong Shiqing was taken aback. He looked at her, then at his innocent-looking daughter beside him, and said in confusion, "Yiyi, did you make your grandmother angry? Quickly apologize to your grandmother."
Madam Rong sneered, "She doesn't even care about an old woman like me. No need to say more. Get out of my sight immediately. I don't have a granddaughter like you."
Rong Shiqing was somewhat surprised. "Mother, what's wrong? Let's talk this out. Yiyi must have done something unintentional. Please don't be angry with her."
Now that things had come to this, Madam Rong didn't want to say anything more. She said wearily, "Let's go, don't get in my way."
Seeing this, Rong Shiqing was about to suggest that he step back first, but Rong Yiyi spoke up first: "Grandmother, you must have many questions in your mind. Since Father is here, you can ask him directly."
Rong Shiqing looked at her blankly, "What are you asking me?"
Rong Yiyi bit her lip, looking troubled, and said, "I heard some rumors outside, saying that my sister is not a child of our Rong family."
"What?" Rong Shiqing's eyes widened. "Where did you hear that from?"
"It was outside. I overheard it by accident." Rong Yiyi shrank back as if feigning fear, but quickly mustered her courage and asked, "Father, is my sister... really your child?"
A sense of horror welled up in Rong Shiqing's heart.
I don't understand how Yiyi knew about this, and who is gossiping outside?
Xiao Zhen knew that Rong Qingqing was his daughter, but he publicly adopted her as his goddaughter instead of directly recognizing her. This is enough to show that Xiao Zhen was concerned about the reputation of the Lan family.
But now, Yiyi says she's heard rumors about this outside.
If Xiao Zhen were to find out about this, he would surely believe that it was he who spread it.
Thinking of that terrifying, ruthless man, he felt a sense of panic.
The number of people who know that Rong Qingqing is not his child can be counted on one hand.
He kept it a secret from even his own mother, so how did Yiyi find out about it all of a sudden?
He quickly connected the dots to the Chen family.
As one of the insiders, he had reason to suspect that she was the one who leaked it.
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