"My Yi'er, my flesh and blood, you were fine, why did you fall into the water?"
The lady stood by Zhou Yi's bed, speaking softly and wiping away her tears.
She knew that Zhou Yi’s situation in the Marquis’ Mansion was not good, but there was nothing she could do.
Since the Han family has chosen Zhou Qingcheng, she must be the daughter of the Zhou family.
She cannot be an adopted daughter, and her identity cannot be flawed.
In this case, Yier will have to bear the consequences.
In fact, the lady was not sure whether Zhou Yi was a descendant of the Zhou family.
However, she raised Zhou Yi for more than ten years, investing her efforts and emotions in him.
She really couldn't bear to do that.
If the Marquis's Mansion had not been at such a critical juncture, and if the matter had not concerned her only son, the Lady Dowager would not have wanted to wrong Zhou Yi.
"It's all Li's fault..."
The lady thought about it but couldn't find anyone to vent her anger on.
In the end, she still blamed everything on Li, the instigator.
Humph, if she hadn't insisted on going to the nunnery to "pray for blessings", how could the ridiculous incident of taking the wrong child have happened?
Also, Li was the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, and she was in charge of everything inside and outside the mansion, including the maids and servants.
Now the prince has fallen into trouble. To put it bluntly, it is because of the incompetence of Li’s housekeeper.
"This cruel woman, she really doesn't feel sorry for the child she didn't raise!"
"She must be trying to pull my Yi'er down and let her Zhou Ren seize the position of Crown Prince."
In Li's eyes, the lady was a complete fool.
However, the lady is definitely not a fool, as she was able to win in the inner courtyard of a mansion like the Marquis' Mansion.
Therefore, she was very clear about Li's plan.
However, what does it matter if you understand?
The current situation is developing in a direction that is favorable to the Li family.
Apart from anything else, the fact that Zhou Qingcheng married into the Cheng'en Mansion was enough to make the Li family the center of attention.
"Yier, don't worry, Grandma will definitely find a way to make sure that bitch's plot doesn't succeed!"
The Marquis' Mansion can only belong to Yier.
Blood relationship is not important at all. The children she raises will be close to her even if they are not of the Zhou family.
The lady clenched the rosary in her hand and thought bitterly.
Zhou Yi, lying on the hospital bed, had a pale face, his eyes were closed, and his brows were furrowed.
His expression was painful, as if he was struggling hard, or as if he was trapped in a nightmare.
It was not until the lady got tired and got up to leave, leaving Zhou Yi alone in the room, that he suddenly opened his eyes.
"Huh! It was just a dream!"
Zhou Yi saw everything around him clearly, and then he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had survived a disaster.
He slowly calmed his pounding heart and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
After a long while, he murmured again, "Is it really just a dream?"
He didn't believe it because the dream was too real.
It was so real that he couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams.
Zhou Yi's eyes began to focus, and his expression gradually became serious. He finally made up his mind.
…
Zhou Yi's fall into the water was like a stone thrown into the sea, which did not cause any splash at all in the Marquis' Mansion.
The entire Zhou family, from Zhou Qi, Li to the maids and old women, were busy with Zhou Qingcheng's marriage.
The Cheng'en Mansion is in a hurry.
It only took a few days from proposing marriage to paying the betrothal gift and then setting the wedding date.
The date for the wedding ceremony was set for a month later.
To put it nicely, the man is so eager because he likes his new bride Zhou Qingcheng too much and is eager to take her home.
To put it bluntly, it is—
"Zhou Qingcheng, do you know why the Han family is so eager to marry you?"
Knowing that Zhou Qingcheng's wedding date had been set, Zhou Baozhu finally came out of her aunt's house.
She ran to Weirui Courtyard, looked at the beautiful and noble Zhou Qingcheng with jealousy, and said some malicious words.
"Know!"
Gu Qingcheng didn't even need to guess. Just by looking at the malice flashing in Zhou Baozhu's eyes, she knew that this cheap sister (or sister?) had bad intentions.
She uttered two words softly, choking Zhou Baozhu.
Zhou Baozhu's eyes widened. "What? You, you knew?"
Why was the Han family in such a hurry to get married? Why did they marry Zhou Qingcheng, a woman with only good looks but a flawed identity... Zhou Baozhu had no answers to these questions in her previous life.
After being reborn, Zhou Baozhu did not stay in the marquis's mansion to be abused, but ran to her aunt's house.
Her aunt loved her, spoiled her, and was willing to teach her.
From her aunt, Zhou Baozhu learned about the private lives of many powerful families in Beijing.
This includes the "battle between legitimate and illegitimate children" in the Cheng'en Mansion.
Zhou Baozhu then realized that the "good marriage" that she had been worrying about all her life was actually just glamorous on the surface but dirty on the inside.
Knowing this, Zhou Baozhu felt both disappointed and excited.
Her loss was due to her muddled past life - I was so stupid that I regretted it for so many years because of such a bastard and even became enemies with my parents because of it.
What excited her was that in her previous life, in a place unknown to her, Zhou Qingcheng must have had a miserable life.
Although he seems to be in a good position on the surface, he is actually being suppressed by a favored concubine. Tsk tsk, how aggrieved he is. Doesn't Zhou Qingcheng have to hide in her room and wiping her tears every day?
What’s even more interesting is that in this life Zhou Qingcheng still has to marry Han Erlang, an unreliable playboy.
The thought of Zhou Qingcheng just getting married and having a pregnant concubine serve her tea...
Haha! Hahahaha!
Zhou Baozhu would wake up laughing even in her dreams.
In her excitement, Zhou Baozhu didn't bother to get angry with Li and returned to the Marquis' Mansion by herself.
She wanted to tell Zhou Qingcheng some inside information in person, and then see with her own eyes her pale and furious look!
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