Granny Liu was taken aback, her lips trembling as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't know how to explain.
Indeed, medical conditions were poor in ancient times, and many children, even if they were born successfully, would die young due to hygiene and other problems. Even the princes and grandsons of the royal family, unless they were particularly favored, were not included in the imperial genealogy before their first birthday, for fear that they would die soon.
Even if one were to bring good fortune by having a child of high status, it would definitely not be a newborn baby, as it is full of uncertainty.
"Speak!" Madam Cen had lost her temper and pressed Liu Mama for answers.
"Old servant, old servant didn't think much of it."
"Liu Caihua, you didn't even think twice before you had my son replaced. Do you know that the Fourth Master, whom the Marquis's family has raised for fifteen years, is a bastard from the Wei family, born to Cen Jie? You made me carefully raise the child of my enemy, while my son lived a life worse than that of pigs and dogs in the Wei family!"
Cen Ying pounced on her, grabbed her collar, and swung her arm to slap her twice.
Her frenzied state not only shocked Liu Mama, who was being beaten, but also frightened the Marquis of Zhongyi, who was sitting to the side.
Cen Ying's current state of madness is a hundred times more ferocious than when she was arguing with him about divorce. Her sudden outburst is quite frightening.
"Madam, Madam, please don't hurt yourself!"
After the Marquis of Loyalty realized what was happening, he saw her slap him several times before stepping forward to stop her.
After all, she needs to vent first, otherwise she'll hurt herself, but she can't keep hitting her like that, or her hand will hurt.
"Let go! My child has suffered so much in the Wei family. Just because she wanted to have a son for that coward, my son has to suffer. Why should she? I'm going to beat her to death!" Cen Ying struggled violently.
Marquis Zhongyi did not dare to restrain her too forcefully, but simply held her to avoid further injury.
"Madam, you always advised me that others are rubble while I am porcelain, and that I shouldn't get into fights with them, otherwise I'd get hurt and those fools wouldn't be able to afford to pay for it. How could you forget that?"
“The child has been found. We will treat him well from now on, and make sure that bunch of bastards from the Wei family all die, to pay back the sins of my son over the past fifteen years.”
After being repeatedly reassured by the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, Cen Ying finally managed to calm down.
She sat back down in her chair, still panting heavily, clearly exhausted.
Granny Liu covered her face with her hands, her eyes wide open, her expression one of utter disbelief.
"Impossible, how could it be? I watched the young master grow up, how could he be Cen Jie's child? Madam, you know me, Cen Jie plotted against me back then, almost selling me off. If it weren't for you saving me, I would have died in the mass grave long ago. I would never work for her!"
"Master, there must be a mistake. Your sons are all my precious children!"
She simply didn't believe it, and crawled on her knees to Cen Ying's side, shaking her head as she spoke, her eyes also red-rimmed.
Cen Ying raised her hand again and slapped her across the face, sending her flying to the side.
"Is your precious child really this difficult? Get out! You old fool, you're so unbelievable! Do you not believe your lover lied to you, or do you not believe this has actually come to light and ruined your hopes of having a son!"
Granny Liu's face was swollen from being slapped, but Cen Ying couldn't even muster a pitying thought.
If she pities this old servant, who will pity her child?
"My lord, is that beast surnamed Mu dead?" Cen asked.
"I'm not dead. I deliberately left myself alive."
“Drag him in and confront this old bastard.”
Marquis Zhongyi frowned, somewhat disapprovingly saying, "Forget it, I've asked him everything I needed to. He's all dressed in rags now, I'm afraid he'll just dirty the lady's place."
"I have to see what this beast who swapped my son looks like."
Seeing her insistence, the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness stopped trying to persuade her and simply waved his hand. A moment later, someone was dragged in.
The man was covered in blood. Before you could even see what he looked like, you could already smell a strong stench of blood. He was being dragged along and didn't move at all, like a dead dog.
"Chenglang! Chenglang, what's wrong with you!" As soon as Granny Liu saw him, she rushed over like a madwoman, brushed aside the messy hair on his face with both hands, and took out a silk handkerchief to carefully wipe his dirty face.
Upon hearing the two "Cheng Lang"s, Cen Ying and her husband frowned almost simultaneously, feeling a sense of unease.
This kind of address is usually used by newlyweds when they are in the honeymoon phase. But Liu Mama and Mu Wencheng are both old maids, yet they still call each other so intimately, it's really unbearable to watch.
Of course, it wasn't that they looked down on the elderly, after all, they themselves were quite old. It was just that the couple in front of them weren't a married couple at all, but rather illicit lovers kept outside.
Liu Caihua called him Cheng Lang, but what did she call her own man? It certainly wouldn't sound nice.
"You're dizzy? Splash some water on you to wake you up." Marquis Zhongyi casually pointed, and immediately a guard brought over a basin of cold water and splashed it on you without warning.
It's the dead of winter now, and this bucket of cold water being poured over feels like falling into ice water, making one shiver.
"Cough cough cough—" The man who had fainted quickly regained consciousness and was still coughing incessantly.
"My lord, spare me! Spare me! I've confessed everything I need to!" Mu Wencheng's eyes were still closed when the words of begging for mercy kept coming out, clearly a muscle memory.
"He really is a coward." Cen Ying watched coldly and said through gritted teeth.
"Say what you said before again."
Before Mu Wencheng could even speak, Granny Liu interrupted him, "Chenglang, you wouldn't lie to me, would you? You want to hold the newborn Fourth Master purely so that I can have a son, not because you want to switch him, right?"
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