When Xu Wanying's two comments on Cen Shi's true feelings were heard, the Jiang family members were all taken aback, and their expressions varied.
The others felt somewhat ashamed, after all, when the system said that "Jiang Chengyi is not the son of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness," everyone had more or less doubted Cen Shi.
Only Cen was moved; her eyes even stung and glistened with tears.
Her family didn't believe her, but only her third daughter-in-law, whom she hadn't known for long, firmly trusted her.
Especially the sentence, "I believe in her more than I believe in myself," made Cen tremble with excitement; one sentence was worth a thousand words.
If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't reveal their ability to hear the system, she would have rushed up, hugged Xu Wanying, and told her that from now on, in this Marquis's mansion, Xu Wanying would be her closest person.
Even her own children couldn't surpass Xu Wanying!
The system quickly revealed the answer: [The host has excellent judgment, recognizing a hero with discerning eyes. Cen Shi indeed did not commit such an outrageous act; on the contrary, she was deceived. Because Jiang Chengyi is not her biological son.]
ah?
The Jiang family was stunned. Jiang Chengyi had no relation to their Marquis's mansion, so how did she appear out of nowhere? Who gave birth to her?
Xu Wanying, on the other hand, remained relatively calm: "I knew it. They must have switched babies, right?"
The system was puzzled: [Wait, did this gossip-monger leak this information before? The host seemed to have foreseen it.]
[Tsk, never revealed, just guessing. Jiang Chengyi is neither his father-in-law's son nor his mother-in-law's child, so it can only be that they were switched at birth and someone else's child was raised as Jiang Xiaosi. Surely he didn't just spring from a rock, right?]
The system still found it somewhat astonishing: [Most people would find this hard to guess, right? If it were the Jiang family members in front of you, definitely none of them would be able to guess. Even Cen herself might be confused. She hasn't done anything wrong, so how come Xiao Si isn't her biological child?]
[You're supposed to be an AI, how can your knowledge be so narrow? They were people from ancient times. While their unconventional behavior might have been just as outrageous, modern novels are definitely better at creating melodramatic plots. The "real and fake heiress, real and fake young master" trope was everywhere a while ago; even the dogs on the street might have heard of it.]
Isn't this a classic case of a real and a fake young master? The fake young master has been usurping the throne for so many years, while the real young master is suffering, probably hiding somewhere eating meager rations!
[Sigh, what a waste of such a good name as Jiang Chengyi. It's been used by a sleazy scoundrel for so long that even the name has become unpleasant to hear.]
The system readily agreed: [I've learned a lot; the host is indeed very knowledgeable.]
Xu Wanying was quite proud, but then she suddenly became alert: [Of course, wait, could this be a story about a real and fake young master? The fake young master is actually a heartthrob, flirting with various pretty maids in the Marquis's mansion, while the younger sister secretly falls for him, and even several of his sisters-in-law develop feelings for him.]
After the real young master returned, the Jiang family still felt sorry for the fake young master and allowed them to live under the same roof. The real young master was constantly treated coldly, and his family advised him not to be so petty and to be more magnanimous. In the end, the real young master died of depression, and the fake young master also left the Marquis's mansion to embark on a larger journey, to win over various noblewomen and foreign princesses.
The more she talked, the more excited the Jiang family became, and the more horrified they became.
What is all this nonsense?
Marquis Zhongyi's eyelids twitched wildly. If what his third daughter-in-law said was true, wouldn't this be a complete disaster?
Jiang Chengzong gritted his teeth. What kind of person is this? Not only does he have his eye on the younger sister, but he also has his eye on his wife?
The Jiang family was completely bewildered, and the women all looked at Jiang Chengyi with disdain.
Seriously? Who would have a crush on this pig-headed Sanchun?!
Cen's eyes reddened as she listened, wishing she could strangle the little beast right now. It turned out that she had been treating this bastard child like a treasure all these years, while her own son was nowhere to be found.
The system immediately interrupted her musings: [Stop, stop, host. You can rest assured, this isn't a story about a real and a fake young master. The fake young master's ending is very bad.]
Xu Wanying became curious: [What was his fate?]
The Jiang family members all pricked up their ears, eager to know what would become of this usurper.
The system quickly retrieved the ending of the fake young master, recounting it in detail: [He was extremely lecherous. Even at only a teenager, he started stealing women's belongings, not even sparing his own sister. As he grew older, he became even more outrageous, no longer content with stealing undergarments, he started stealing women.]
He didn't want to mess with young, unmarried girls, because if they got involved with someone, he'd have to take responsibility and most likely marry them. He feared the Marquis of Zhongyi would break his legs then. So he specifically targeted married women, especially beautiful women whose husbands were often away from home or from impoverished families. Through coercion and enticement, he always succeeded.
The system abruptly changed its tone: "However, even the most careful person can get their feet wet. Once, he forced himself on a young woman, who resisted to the death, which he considered amusing. After he finished, the poor woman had already bitten her tongue and committed suicide. He hastily fled and hid in the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, refusing to come out. Little did he know that the young woman's husband had a brother who was a yamen runner, and after some investigation, the trail led back to him."
The man kept quiet and waited outside the Marquis of Zhongyi's residence every day until Jiang Chengyi could no longer resist going out to hunt for women again. At that point, he simply killed Jiang Chengyi.
Jiang Chengyi went out to have an affair, naturally doing so secretly, fearing discovery by Madam Cen. Therefore, he dismissed all his servants and deliberately chose back paths. This, in turn, made it easier for the man to seek revenge. This man, a former butcher, hacked him to pieces like a pig, but still wasn't satisfied, so he took a boning knife and dismembered him completely. He even divided him into leg meat, belly meat, ribs, and offal, just like selling pork.
Upon hearing this, Xu Wanying immediately shouted, "Stop! Stop! You can't say any more! I'm getting goosebumps! I love pork, don't make me afraid to eat it!"
She mentally gagged twice, clearly disgusted, but unable to resist her curiosity, she pressed on: "The butcher wouldn't take this fake young master's flesh to the butcher's stall to sell, would he? Not only does he want to be chopped into a thousand pieces, but he also wants him to be eaten and excreted before he's satisfied?"
This time it was the system's turn to complain: [Ugh, host, that's even more disgusting!]
Xu Wanying immediately explained: "I'm just offering a possibility. After all, the fake young master killed his wife, and tortured her to death. No amount of revenge is too much!"
The butcher only wanted to get revenge on the fake young master. If he sold the meat at the butcher's stall, would he be getting revenge on the fake young master or on the dozens of ordinary people who bought the meat?
Xu Wanying immediately understood and agreed wholeheartedly: "That's true, most people wouldn't do something so perverse."
The system couldn't help but mutter under its breath: "Host, I think you're the most perverted one."
Xu Wanying immediately demanded, "What nonsense are you spouting? Are you trying to say bad things about me?"
The Jiang family felt that the system was absolutely right; Xu Wanying's thinking was indeed quite perverse.
Cen and Jiang Jinyu turned their heads to the side almost simultaneously, quietly gagging a couple of times. The main reason was that Xu Wanying's description was just too vivid and unbearable.
It looks like they'll have to eat vegetarian meals for the next few days; they really don't want to eat meat anymore.
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