The guests watching the spectacle in the courtyard all had different expressions. None of them were fools; on the contrary, there were far too many smart people who could have made it to this level.
Whether in the treacherous court or in the treacherous inner quarters, the guests had witnessed all sorts of tricks and schemes.
The nursery rhymes sung by these children are quite straightforward, and everyone in the group can understand them without any ambiguity.
"Her clothes were removed to reveal her to her sister... this... this can't be what I'm thinking, can it?"
"Are you referring to the eldest son and daughter of the Wei family?"
"The first line is about 'putting oneself in a lowly position to become a fish eye, and going to great lengths to exchange for a pearl.' Now, this eldest son of the Wei family is probably not the real one, but rather a pearl brought in by a wealthy family."
"News came from the backyard that Wei Jiao and Jiang Chengyi were caught sleeping together with their clothes disheveled. Wei Jiao's wet nurse couldn't contain her emotions and immediately called them siblings. This Jiang Chengyi is probably the real eldest son of the Wei family."
"Were these cousins switched at birth?"
"It shouldn't be that they were switched at birth, but rather that someone deliberately switched them."
There are no secrets that stay hidden forever. Accompanied by the nursery rhyme outside the courtyard gate, the guests gathered together and pieced together the story. Everyone looked at Cen Jie, who was still frantically chasing people away, with strange eyes.
The Wei family truly has ruthless methods.
Standing at the back of the crowd, Xu Wanying finally heard the entire nursery rhyme clearly. She felt like she was in a melon patch, and wanted to jump up and down to express her excitement.
[Oh my god, system! This is what you call an endless juicy gossip field! This is the real gossip paradise!]
[I didn't expend a single ounce of energy, yet I've gotten so much gossip. A simple trip out of the house is far more useful than what you've done, and they don't even ask for anything in return.]
[Look at you, you useless fool! You couldn't detect even a trace of it before. You even told me that a counterfeiter could become the successor of the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion, but now that you've turned out like this, I don't believe the Jiang family would entrust the mansion to a bastard!]
In her mind, Xu Wanying was furiously criticizing the system, sparing no effort to belittle and ridicule it.
This greatly excited the system, which immediately retorted: "[This is because a Cheng Yaojin (a legendary figure known for his unexpected intervention) appeared out of nowhere. The Wei couple were too arrogant and leaked their whereabouts. In addition, Liu Caihua and her lover were caught and interrogated, and everything was revealed.]"
Otherwise, the fake product's identity would never have been exposed, and it could have continued to be enjoyed.
"Oh~ Oh~ We're not leaving!" The group of naughty children outside had clearly been instructed beforehand; they were very mischievous and wouldn't leave no matter how much they were chased away.
In the end, it was only after Cen Jie sent the guards that the children were scared away.
She returned to the mansion, forcing a smile, trying to coax the guests to leave.
Cen Ying stepped forward and said coldly, "Did you hear those shouts just now? When you and I gave birth, we were both at Fajue Temple, only a few hours apart. Were the two boys really switched at birth?"
"No, big sister, why would you think that? Just now it was clearly a bunch of kids talking nonsense. It didn't sound possible at all. Which family doesn't cherish their own children?" Cen Jie quickly explained.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I already asked. It was the wandering Taoist priest who saw that no one from your Wei family had gone out for so long, so he cast a divination. This is the result of the divination. After he finished reading it, a group of children happened to pass by and started reading it along with him. I'm afraid it's not nonsense, but a profound truth, isn't it?" Cen Ying wouldn't let her off the hook.
The two sisters stood facing each other in the front yard.
The guests, of course, refused to leave and stood there quietly watching.
Cen Jie was so anxious that she got blisters on her lips. It was one problem after another. She could send the female guests away, but the male guests were really hard to offend. They were all the master's colleagues and superiors, or even people he wanted to curry favor with.
Unfortunately, at this crucial moment, Wei Xian got drunk and fell into a deep sleep, which made her even more devastated.
“We haven’t even seen that wandering Taoist priest, let alone some wild Taoist priest who came out of nowhere. How could you believe his nonsense, sister?” Cen Jie simply wouldn’t believe it.
“Is that so? If we can’t believe the Taoist’s words, can we believe Jiao Jiao’s wet nurse’s words? Just now, in front of so many ladies and young ladies, she loudly proclaimed that Wei Jiao and Jiang Chengyi are siblings and that the two of them cannot be together. Does that not count?” Cen Ying refused to back down at all.
“That old woman’s eyes are failing her, she’s just talking nonsense.” Cen Jie immediately added, “Sister, with so many guests watching, if you have any questions, I’ll explain them to you slowly later. How about we take care of them first? Don’t let the Wei family lose face.”
"Does your Wei family still have any face? That Taoist priest said that the entire Wei family is a laughing stock."
"You—" Cen Jie originally wanted to appease her, but upon hearing these words, she was instantly struck on the spot and trembled with anger.
With a loud "bang," the tightly closed gate of the Wei residence was kicked open.
Although Wei Xian was only a fifth-rank official, the door panels used as the main gate of his mansion were made of extremely thick, high-quality wood. However, not only was it kicked open, but the door on the left side even flew out and almost hit someone.
When it landed on the ground, it made a dull thud and kicked up a cloud of dust, which covered Cen Jie completely, leaving her head and face covered in ash.
"Which beast dared to switch my son, making me raise someone else's bastard for so many years!" Marquis Zhongyi walked in, cursing as he went.
The shouts and curses were clearly delivered with internal force, echoing throughout the entire Wei residence and even reaching people on the street.
"Lord Marquis, you've arrived." Cen Ying nodded and greeted him.
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