"They actually deceived me. They actually teamed up to deceive me." He's tears were almost dry. "How could they do this to me?"
"It's fine for the Marquis and Concubine Cui to do this, but how could Sister Ying say that to me?"
After returning to the room, He kept muttering these words, her words full of hurt and disbelief.
She said to her trusted maid beside her, "What should I do?"
"I must not forgive them."
The maid was also speechless, but since she had been bribed by Aunt Cui before, she naturally had to side with Aunt Cui now.
"Let's not talk about the Marquis and Concubine Cui deceiving Madam, let's just talk about how Madam plans to place the Fourth Young Lady."
"How are you going to treat the third girl?"
"You single-handedly raised the Third Young Lady. I still remember that when she was not well, you stayed up all day and night taking care of her. The first word she could call out was 'mother.'"
"After so many years of love, are you really willing to give the third girl to Aunt Cui?"
"No, of course I can't bear to give her up." He felt a wave of heartache. "Even if my daughter was replaced, she is still my daughter. I won't give her to anyone else."
She has spent all her energy and efforts on Ying Jie'er, but now she knows that Ying Jie'er is not her child. How can she accept it? It is even more impossible for her to give Ying Jie'er to someone else.
Why should she give the child she raised with great effort to Aunt Cui?
Her sister Ying was so good, the most outstanding child in the capital, but that Jiang Yi...
"What about the fourth young lady?" the maid asked again. "As the saying goes, poverty and hard water breed unruly people. The fourth young lady was raised by a man who indulges in drinking, whoring and gambling. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to be a good person. Not to mention being as good as the third young lady, I'm afraid it's unlikely that she will be able to be an ordinary lady."
"At her age, I'm afraid she has already grown into a crooked person. Even if Madam wants to teach her well, it will be impossible."
"Let alone a teenager, even if he were six or seven and returned to Madam, it would be difficult for him to change his ways, and he wouldn't be very close to Madam either."
"Madam wants..."
"No," He said subconsciously, "Ying Jie'er is my daughter, the one I raised. If she hasn't been by my side for a single day, and hasn't called me 'mother', then she definitely won't be close to me."
When He thought about how Jiang Yi had been speaking for Aunt Cui, her disgust became even stronger.
She and Jiang Yi had no feelings for each other at all, even worse than strangers. Jiang Yi hated her, and she also hated Jiang Yi.
Are there any mothers and daughters in the world who hate each other?
She didn't want Jiang Yi to be her daughter at all.
"Even in this case, the child is too pitiful." He couldn't help but say again.
Jiang Yi also heard the same words. What would Jiang Yi think?
The maidservant said, "There's always something hateful about a pitiful person. You saw how the fourth young lady treated you before. There's not even a hint of the natural closeness between mother and daughter. She might even hate you. If you recognize her in the future, I'm afraid she'll use her status to bully you."
"Yes, you're right." He murmured, "Even if I wanted to raise her, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do it well."
"Call me cruel or heartless, I won't recognize her, but she is my daughter after all." He thought for a moment and said, "Let's just pretend that nothing happened today. I have so little energy, and I've spent it all on Sister Ying. As for her—"
"I can only make it up to her appropriately by being there for her."
At this time, a voice came from outside: "The third girl is here."
He quickly wiped away the tears on her face and said, "Say I won't see her."
However, Jiang Yuanying had already walked in.
Jiang Yuanying's eyes were red, and it was obvious that she had just cried. She walked up to He, but He turned around and acted as if she didn't want to talk to her.
Jiang Yuanying knelt down in front of her and asked, "Mother, don't you want me anymore?"
"If you don't want me, I will kneel here forever. If you still insist, I might as well hit my head and die right there. Without my mother, I would rather die than live."
Jiang Yuanying looked at He with tears in her eyes.
The two looked at each other, both with tears in their eyes.
When He saw Jiang Yuanying, she couldn't bear it anymore, and the mother and daughter hugged each other and burst into tears.
"You child, I raised you up, and you actually conspired with that bitch Cui to speak ill of me."
"I really raised you in vain."
He said sourly that she no longer had the pity she once had for Aunt Cui, and only felt disgust.
"Of course I'm on my mother's side." Jiang Yuanying knew something was up when she heard this. "I only found out about this by chance back then, but I was raised by my mother. Everything I have was given to me by her. How could I possibly have feelings for her?"
"It's just because I don't want my mother to be sad after learning about this, and I don't want a rift between my mother and father because of a little concubine Cui, so I pretended to be nice to her, but I only have my mother in my heart."
She hugged He tightly and said, "I only recognize my mother. What kind of person is that Concubine Cui? I have nothing but contempt for her."
All these statements were naturally said by Aunt Cui and Jiang Yuanying.
At this point, this is the only way.
He must have hated Aunt Cui to the core, but Jiang Yuanying was different. Jiang Yuanying was raised by He.
Jiang Yuanying was not sure at first, but now seeing He's attitude, he couldn't help but feel complacent.
She pretended to be apprehensive and said, "But after Mother finds out that Fourth Sister is your biological daughter, will she love her more than me?"
He said: "How is that possible? How can she compare with you?"
Jiang Yuanying's eyes suddenly lit up, "But if grandma knew about this, she would definitely love her more than me."
He said in a deep voice: "Then don't let her know about this."
"But how could Jiang Yi agree?" Jiang Yuanying said, "Of course she wouldn't agree. When she first learned she was the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, she clung to her grandmother and wouldn't let go. Now that she knows she's my mother's daughter, I'm afraid she must be very happy. She's so greedy, I'm afraid..."
He then said, "Just leave this matter to me."
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