Yang hadn't expected this to happen. After the child was born, she had her own wet nurse, maids and servants to take care of her. She naturally didn't know whether there was a red mole on the sole of the foot. She was a very good mother who came to visit every day.
Unsure, I immediately refused:
"Just a woman from outside who has no identity is slandering the bloodline of the Duke's Mansion with empty words. Can she even go to the Prince Kang's Mansion to check if the Princess has this non-existent red mole on the sole of her foot?
I know that Mother has always looked down on me, and because of the previous wife's incident, she wants to get rid of me as soon as possible, but I sincerely want to spend my life with Master. I beg Mother to be merciful. Slandering me is not a big deal, but the majesty of the royal family cannot be challenged."
After she finished speaking, tears began to fall down, and she fell backwards. Seeing this, the Duke quickly caught his beloved wife and glared at the old lady:
"Mom, you are really old and confused, just following rumors."
He turned to Dan Ruo impatiently and said, "Get out of here quickly. You are so young and yet you are lying to others."
Seeing that her eldest son not only scolded her for being old and confused but also wanted to drive Dan Ruo away, the old lady picked up the teacup in front of her and poured it towards Duke Chu, "If you want to drive my granddaughter away, then drive me away too."
Duke Chu dodged in time, but his sleeves were still inevitably wet. Fortunately, the tea was not hot.
He frowned. If he drove the old lady away, the censor would criticize him harshly the next day. His mother was forcing him.
Suppressing his anger, he said helplessly: "Mom, please stop being unreasonable."
The old lady angrily retorted: "I think you are the one who has grown in age but not in brains."
"Why would you want to go to the Kangjun Prince's Mansion and embarrass yourself? One of the maids who served the Kangjun Princess married the housekeeper in our mansion. Madam Guan, bring her up here."
The maid had no idea what was going on. She couldn't afford to offend the old lady and the lady, and she didn't know what the right answer was, so she had to answer truthfully that Princess Kang had no red mole.
The old lady and the second lady had already taken Danruo to the inner room at the back.
After checking the red mole on Danruo's foot, the old lady felt relieved. She recalled the dream in which she had watched Danruo's life from childhood to adulthood like a bystander. Now, after putting herself in the shoes of her own granddaughter, she could hardly control her grief: "My dear granddaughter has suffered."
He hated Yang even more deeply, as she was the only girl in this generation of the Duke's grandchildren.
At that time, because of Yang, although she loved her granddaughter in her heart, she did not want to pay attention to her. She never thought that because of her negligence and Yang's audacity, such consequences would be caused.
The old lady's voice in the inner room could be heard clearly in the hall outside because the distance was not far.
Seeing this, Yang wanted to make a last-ditch effort. She just lay in the master's arms and cried, "What is your intention, mother? You bribed a few servants to slander Xiangxiang's identity. You might as well divorce me."
The two sons born to Yang also closely protected Yang and glared at the people who hurt their mother.
The Lord comforted Yang distressedly, "What nonsense are you talking about? I will definitely not divorce you. Xiangxiang is my only daughter."
The second master felt it was too shameful to watch. With the evidence right in front of him, he could still ignore the truth and not tell right from wrong just because Yang cried a few times.
The Duke's Mansion will be destroyed sooner or later in the hands of my eldest brother.
The old lady came out from the inner room and had regained her composure. "Go and bring Yang's son back to the mansion for me."
Duke Chu was confused: "Why bring Yang's previous son here?"
The Second Madam said with a smile, "Brother, you haven't seen Miss Danruo before. Miss Danruo's biological mother is Yang, and she grew up with Yang's previous son."
Duke Chu's face turned pale. He was very concerned about Yang's past and never asked about it.
Yang never mentioned that she missed her previous children and wanted to meet them, so when she looked at her eldest daughter and youngest son with Yang, she numbed herself and pretended that Yang's previous marriage history had never existed. So although she knew that there were two siblings in the Xiao family, she had never met them.
Even though there were witnesses and evidence, Duke Chu still blindly listened to Yang.
Dan Ruo was not polite to the original owner, a top love-brained father:
"Just now, the Duke accused me of lying. I never thought that the Duke would deceive himself and live in his own beautiful dream.
Yang had two daughters in her life, one was Chu Xiangxiang, born to her ex-husband, and the other was me, born to the Duke.
She treated your daughter like a piece of trash, abandoned her in the market, and made me her concubine just to pave the way for her ex-husband's daughter.
She treated her ex-husband's daughter like a treasure, not only keeping her by her side all the time, but also marrying her to a royal noble as her legal wife.
It seems that I was implicated by the Duke. Because Yang did not love the Duke, he sent me out of the house.
The person Yang loves more is her ex-husband."
Yang looked at her daughter who had never taken care of a stranger and was filled with resentment. This evil girl had to come and ruin her good life. She should not have given birth to her.
Duke Chu's face turned red and the veins on his neck bulged.
Yang quickly defended herself: "Dalang, our family has lived a happy and fulfilling life these years. I sincerely hope to grow old with you."
Dan Ruo took the opportunity to say, "Look, what she meant by happiness and perfection is to raise her ex-husband's daughter as your own. That's happiness and perfection."
Regardless of the presence of so many people, Yang quickly took the hand of Duke Chu and looked at him affectionately:
"Da Lang, I wholeheartedly want to spend the rest of my life with you. Don't you know my feelings all these years?"
Recalling Yang's gentleness and kindness over the years, Duke Chu's expression eased slightly.
Dan Ruo said quietly, "But the living can never win against the dead."
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