When Madam Hou heard Lian Yi's words so bluntly, she said with some displeasure:
"Lianyi, how can you say that? I'm your mother, how could I possibly harm you? You're still so young, are you willing to spend the rest of your life like this?"
"Okay, you said something nice, but you still want to sell me out again."
Lianyi interrupted the other party impatiently and said.
"Lianyi, your father and I really want to welcome you home. Since Lin Yaozu has just passed away, you still have a chance."
Madam Hou said without giving up.
"It seems that you won't give up unless I explain clearly."
Lianyi leaned back in the chair casually and continued:
"I don't understand. My sister and I are twins and look exactly the same, so why are you so sure that I am the disaster?
If it weren’t for that Taoist priest’s fortune-telling, I might not have lived to see the age of sixteen!
In order to protect your beloved little daughter from disaster, I was able to grow up successfully. However, your little daughter was unlucky and couldn't even marry into the Shangshu Mansion.
So at this time, you remembered me, your eldest daughter who was there to save you from disaster, and brought me back from the farm thousands of miles away. Then you arranged for Nanny Sun, Hongqi, Lu Cui and Yingtao to keep me in the Marquis' Mansion.
All this is not enough. Your plan is to let me marry into the Lin family and help your beloved little daughter take the position of the legal wife. Once your little daughter recovers, we will switch our identities.
To this end, you even fed me cold food to prevent me from getting pregnant in a short period of time. As long as I don't have a child, I, a married woman, will need the support of the Marquis' Mansion so that you can continue to control me.
When you found out I was pregnant, you couldn't wait to call Nanny Sun back and gave her a scolding. You probably also gave her a new task: to find a way to make me have a miscarriage. Unfortunately, I was very cautious, so she didn't have the chance.
Seeing that the first plan failed, you sent a message to Meizhi, asking her to take the position as soon as possible and control Lin Yaozu's heart. Unfortunately, Meizhi was not stupid. She knew that as long as your beloved little daughter came back, she would have no way out given the other party's vicious temper, so she surrendered to me.
Since you couldn't reach the Shangshu Mansion, you took great pains to hold a chrysanthemum-viewing banquet and invited me, a married woman, back home. Then you used the same old trick again and used the bonsai in my room to give me a chronic poison, causing me to have a miscarriage and losing my fertility, completely turning me into a tool in your hands and a stepping stone for your little daughter."
Lian Yi paused here deliberately, admiring the ever-changing face of the Marquis's wife, and then continued:
"What a pity! Your little daughter is the disaster star. Her face is getting uglier and uglier. Even you don't dare to look at it, right?
And I have completely escaped from your control, how unwilling you must be!
After my husband passed away, you set your sights on me again, wanting to marry me again and then seek benefits for the Marquisate. After all, the title of Marquis of Anding is not hereditary, but inherited by lowering the rank."
After Lianyi finished speaking, the room became eerily quiet. Even the children in the greenhouse next door and Nanny Zhen were silent.
Mrs. Hou was an experienced woman after all, and her composure had recovered by now, but she looked at Lianyi with a gloomy expression.
"I have said all that needs to be said. Don't come to my house unless you have anything to do. I don't want to see your fake kind face. From now on, just treat me as an ordinary relative.
You can also tell Marquis Anding what I said today and see if he will blame you or me."
After Lianyi finished speaking, he raised his voice and said:
"Meizhi, see Madam Hou off!"
Meizhi, who had been waiting at the door, responded immediately, then lifted the door curtain, bowed to the marquis's wife, and politely said "please".
What else could the Marquis's wife say? Everyone knew what she had done to her eldest daughter, and she had even fought back, and she had done it without anyone noticing. With these methods, she felt inferior to him.
What could she do when the person was hiding in the backyard of the Shangshu Mansion? Could she force him to go away? She wanted to do so, but she knew in her heart that the success rate was basically zero.
After Madam Hou left, Lianyi touched Xuanfeng's head and said:
"You are so shameless. You have suffered so little."
"Master, shall I teach her a lesson?"
"Sure, please deliver a letter for me."
Some things have to be guarded against. If the Marquis's wife goes back and instigates Marquis Anding to make her uncomfortable, she will be very unhappy.
The next day, Meizhi suppressed her joy and told Lianyi that when the marquis's wife was returning home, the horse was frightened and the carriage ran wildly. When it was stopped by the patrolling guards, the marquis's arm was broken by a maid in the carriage and her ankle was sprained, so she was carried back to the marquis's house.
At this time, there was an unsigned letter lying in the study of Marquis Anding, which told all the dirty things that the marquis's wife had done to his eldest daughter.
Andinghou was so angry that smoke came out of his nostrils. Such a good helper was pushed away by his own wife. How could he not be angry?
It just so happened that his wife was also injured, so he directly handed over the housekeeping power to his eldest daughter-in-law, asking her to rest and recuperate in the mansion and not go to the Shangshu Mansion to see her eldest daughter in the future.
Marquis Anding knew very well that he could now shirk all responsibility for what his wife had done, but after reading the letter, he was no longer indifferent. He was afraid that his eldest daughter would not even give him face in the future and would regard the Marquis's Mansion as an enemy.
When Lianyi heard the news that Marquis Anding deliberately sent back, she was very satisfied, and then she focused on taking care of the children and managing the Shangshu Mansion's business in the backyard.
As long as Minister Lin is an official in the court, she can accumulate wealth by relying on her father-in-law's power and live a very comfortable life.
In the blink of an eye, another five years have passed. An An is already twelve years old. This year he is preparing for the examination for status as a student and has been studying hard recently.
An An's full name is Lin Ze'an, with the courtesy name Wenshu. Both the name and the courtesy name were given by Minister Lin.
As the children grew up, Minister Lin found that his youngest grandson was getting uglier and uglier, and had nothing in common with his son. Especially when he met the housekeeper Lin Yong in the mansion one day, his doubts reached a peak, because the little grandson Lin Zefu looked more like the housekeeper.
Minister Lin suppressed his doubts and asked Lianyi some questions indirectly. Lianyi knew that Lin Zefu's appearance aroused her father-in-law's suspicion, but she pretended to know nothing and answered her father-in-law's questions.
After returning to the backyard, Lianyi continued to care about the three children's food, clothing, housing and transportation. A month later, when Steward Lin was out inspecting the farm, he encountered the escaped criminal and was killed.
Minister Lin arranged a funeral for Lin Yong, considering that although Lin Yong had no merits, he had worked hard. He also released his wife and children from slavery, and rewarded them with a small farm. From then on, they lived independently from the Lin Mansion.
When Lin Ze'an passed the examination for becoming a student, Lin Zefu had a conflict with a classmate in the school. He fell to the ground during the scuffle and his back of the head hit the corner of the table, killing him instantly.
When the bad news came back, Lianyi knew that it was the old minister who took action, so she immediately pretended to faint. Lin Ze'an and Lin Miaomiao stayed by their mother's side with tears in their eyes.
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