Zhou Qiongyue calmly stopped him, "Don't rush to teach the child to call her 'mother'. It's not certain whether she is the prince's bloodline!"
Kong Xinlian quickly kowtowed while crying, "Princess, I will not compete with you for the prince's favor. As long as the prince gives me and my daughter some food, I can repay you by being a slave.
It doesn't matter what happens to me, but Shuwan is different. She is also the prince's bloodline!"
Kong Xinlian had inquired about this before coming here. The Prince of Fu'an's Mansion only had two legitimate sons born to the princess. It must be because the princess did not allow it.
Although Kong Xinlian didn't dare look at the prince in front of the princess, now that the prince was here and she had a child, she felt that the princess would not dare to do anything to her.
Then when Shu Wan returns to her ancestral home, she will be the only daughter of the prince's family. With Shu Wan here, are you still worried about not being able to win the prince's heart?
Kong Xinlian has already thought about her future path.
Zhou Qiongyue looked at the pretentious woman below and looked at Yuan Bohua with suspicion. The meaning was obvious: if Yuan Bohua liked this kind of stuff now, Zhou Qiongyue really looked down on him.
Just as Yuan Bohua was about to explain, he was stopped by Prince Rong, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.
Prince Rong kept giving his cousin a look, and fearing that his cousin didn't understand, he pointed at him and Yuan Bohua.
Prince Rong could do this little trick, but the two guys kneeling below didn't dare to look up.
Zhou Qiongyue understood what Prince Rong meant, casually took the tea handed to her by Gulan, and sipped it slowly.
Zhou Qiongyue waited until Kong Xinlian stopped crying before she said, "Get up! The two of you should go and pay your respects to the prince."
When Kong Xinlian heard the princess' words, even though she told herself to restrain herself, she couldn't control the joy on her face.
She knew that as long as she could successfully raise the child, the princess would not dare to disown her.
Kong Xinlian hurriedly pulled her daughter to kowtow, "I thank you very much, Princess. From now on, Shuwan and I will be filial to you."
Zhou Qiongyue just drank the tea without saying anything.
Kong Xinlian's happiness only lasted for a moment, and she was stunned when she looked up.
The two men sitting above were both wearing princely attire, but the key point was that she didn't recognize either of them.
In the end, she could only choose the man who looked a bit like her daughter and knelt down, "My concubine greets the prince."
Kong Xinlian pulled her daughter and said, "Call father!"
The little girl was also obedient and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Father!"
Yuan Bohua quickly squeezed Zhou Qiongyue's hand and said, "I told you it's not mine!"
Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua both looked at Prince Rong with strange eyes. This little girl in particular did have some resemblance to Prince Rong in her eyes and eyebrows.
"Are you going out to fool around and ruin my reputation?" Yuan Bohua felt that if Li Jingyu couldn't explain clearly, Yuan Bohua would have to beat him up.
Prince Rong was also anxious. He testified for someone else, but the blame was still put on him.
Prince Rong truly felt wronged, almost swearing to heaven, "Heaven and earth are witnesses. Back then, I was hanging out with you all day long. How could I have the time to fool around? Besides, this kind of thing is not what I like."
Yuan Bohua heard Prince Rong's words so confidently that he believed them in his heart. However, he asked again, feeling uneasy, "Is it really not yours?"
"Really! My princess isn't a jealous person. If it really is mine, I'll just keep it in the backyard. Why would I deny it?"
My princess has never troubled any of the women in my backyard."
After Prince Rong finished speaking, he looked at the two people kneeling below with a murderous look on his face, "Tell me! Who asked you to come? If you don't tell me now, I'm afraid you won't have the chance to say it later."
Prince Rong has never been a good person. If others dare to plot against him, he doesn't care whether they are women or children!
Kong Xinlian was also frightened at this moment, and kowtowed quickly, "I am indeed Prince Fu'an's woman outside."
The child named Shuwan was also frightened by Kong Xinlian's appearance and started crying.
Prince Rong had an expression that said, "Don't lie to me," and his tone became even more impatient. "You are Prince Fu'an's woman, don't you know Prince Fu'an?"
"I know that there is no Prince Fu'an here. No matter what I choose, it will be wrong. Princess, do you not want Shuwan to recognize her ancestral roots?
Shuwan is just a girl and won’t get in the way of the princess.”
Kong Xinlian's face was now filled with fear of being persecuted by the princess, and regret for kneeling just now.
If she had known that there was no Prince Fu'an here, she would not have randomly chosen someone who looked like him to kneel down. Now she couldn't explain herself even if she was right.
Yuan Bohua couldn't stand hearing others speak ill of the princess, so he said sternly, "Stop talking nonsense. I am the real Prince Fu'an. Why don't you tell the truth?"
Kong Xinlian no longer cared about whether it was offensive or not. She just stared at Yuan Bohua for a long time. He really didn't look like the person she remembered at all.
Kong Xinlian's eyes widened as she muttered to herself, "You are Prince Fu'an? How is that possible? Absolutely impossible."
Kong Xinlian didn't know what to do for a moment, and could only hurriedly take out the jade pendant given to her by Prince Fu'an.
Prince Fu'an had previously told her this was her proof of recognition, and she had kept it safe. Even if it were difficult, she had never considered pawning this fine jade.
Gulan took the jade pendant and presented it to Zhou Qiongyue. Zhou Qiongyue took both sides and looked at them. One side of the valuable jade pendant had the word "Zong" engraved on it.
Zhou Qiongyue couldn't think of anyone else's name with this character, so she gave it to Yuan Bohua next to her.
Yuan Bohua took a look at it but couldn't figure out what it was, but he knew that this jade pendant was indeed a rare treasure.
So the jade pendant was passed to the hands of Prince Rong, who had been curious for a long time. Prince Rong carefully looked at the words on the jade pendant. He always felt that he had heard these words somewhere before. He looked at the little girl kneeling and crying below and fell into deep thought.
Zhou Qiongyue and Yuan Bohua were not in a hurry to urge Prince Rong. After all, Prince Rong was the only one among the three of them who recognized him.
Prince Rong did not immediately reveal who the jade pendant belonged to. Instead, he looked at Kong Xinlian and asked, "Answer me honestly, why did you choose to kneel before me over the other two?"
If you answer honestly, maybe I can find out who this little girl's father is. If you don't want to answer, the door is right there, get out!"
In fact, Prince Rong already had a guess in his mind, but this guess made him feel a little unhappy. Therefore, his tone was not very good.
Kong Xinlian looked up at the three people above her, the Princess Fu'an and the Prince Fu'an. They were still discussing whether the tea was brewed well or not. They looked like they were just watching the fun and didn't pay any attention to her at all.
The other one, who called himself the King, was so fierce that she had no room to bargain.
For someone like her who has struggled outside since childhood, she knows how to read people's faces.
Kong Xinlian could only tell the truth, "It's because you look a bit like Shu Wan, and also a bit like the man who gave me the jade pendant, but that man was much older and not as tall."
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