Chapter 426 Resentment in the Heart
"I told you not to rush."
Gu Shuyan glanced at Li Yingxue with displeasure, and even gestured for her to be quiet.
Mingyu and Zhenzhu exchanged a glance and walked over to Chunxiang. Before Chunxiang could react, they pulled her in front of Madam Li.
"Everyone, take a good look at Madam Li and Chunxiang, and see if you can find anything."
Gu Shuyan, with her beautiful features and a hint of schadenfreude, smiled. The others looked the two of them up and down, and finally, Li's eldest son exclaimed, "How come Chunxiang looks so much like her mother?"
Li's son's words were like a wake-up call. Once everyone realized this, the more they looked at the two, the more alike they seemed. By the last one, everyone's mouths were agape in astonishment.
"No, what exactly is going on?"
The speaker was the old lady of the Li family. This old woman was clever, and she had already figured out the key point in a short time, but she was unwilling to admit it.
Whether she admits it or not doesn't matter; what matters is that the facts are right in front of us.
Seeing that the time was right, Gu Shuyan slowly said, "Back then, the Li family transferred their daughter to the Yi'an Marquis's mansion. In order to climb up the social ladder by marrying into the Yi'an Marquis's mansion, the Li family also sent another daughter to the mansion. They even managed to bribe the servants to arrange for their daughter to be placed next to the other daughter. However, that daughter was still young at the time, so she doesn't remember the process or purpose of entering the mansion."
Gu Shuyan looked at Chunxiang as she spoke, "It's quite a coincidence. Back then, just like the Li family, in order to place a pawn in front of the eldest daughter of the Gu family, Aunt Zhang also sent her daughter to the Marquis's mansion. So the two little maids became the eldest daughter's personal maids. Logically, these two maids should have been independent, but when Aunt Zhang found out that the Li family had switched the two young ladies of the Gu family, she secretly tampered with things and gave the letter that the Li family had sent to Chunxiang to Chunyan. From then on, apart from Chunxiang and Chunyan's identities, they were completely replaced in the Li family."
Now that Gu Shuyan had said all that, everyone present understood. It turned out that they had been in contact with someone else's daughter all these years.
Meanwhile, their real daughter was sold off to a despicable place by their own family.
"No, that's impossible."
Not only could Madam Li not accept this answer, but Chunxiang herself could not accept it either.
In her memory, she was just a maid sold to a noble family, with no parents and no relatives.
So when faced with Li Yingxue's beatings and scoldings, the cold looks from the Li family, or even when she was in that kind of place, she would tell herself that as long as she could survive, it didn't matter what she did or what she became.
"I know you won't believe me."
As Gu Shuyan spoke, she raised her hand, and Mingyu placed Zhang Yiniang's dying confession in front of everyone.
"This is what Aunt Zhang instructed back then. If you don't believe me, you can see for yourselves. Also, don't you think about it? Aunt Zhang stayed in the backyard for many years, so why did she become like that after Chunyan died?"
With countless facts laid bare before them, even if they were unwilling to believe it, they had no choice but to accept that what Gu Shuyan said was true.
"So what? I'd rather all my family members were dead than know you're my family."
Chunxiang looked at Madam Li, who was looking at her with a loving, anxious, and excited expression, and pushed her away, taking several steps back.
"Chunhyang, we are your family!"
It is said that family ties are greater than anything else. Madam Li put all the previous issues behind her. At this moment, she had only one thought in her mind: to acknowledge this daughter as her own.
Having lost one daughter and then two, Mrs. Li, as a mother herself, naturally knows the pain involved.
Now, not only is Li Yingxue alive, but her eldest daughter Chunxiang is also alive and well. What could be more important than this?
"Yes, Chunxiang, we are your father and mother!" Master Li also realized and quickly waved to Chunxiang.
Seeing their posture, Chunxiang couldn't help but laugh.
"For the sake of one daughter, you sent another to serve as a servant. Although life in the Marquis's mansion is better than in the countryside, she is still someone else's slave. Have you ever thought that if she does something wrong, this daughter will be beaten, scolded, or even killed?"
Chunxiang really couldn't understand why the Li family would send their daughter to the Marquis's mansion. Was it really that difficult for a family to be together? Or was the allure of power truly enough to make someone give up everything, including their own daughter?
"I was the one who sent you to the Marquis's mansion; it had nothing to do with your parents."
Madam Li finally spoke. It is said that the older one gets, the wiser one becomes. Madam Li, at her age, is naturally not so confused. Especially looking at Chunxiang's appearance, it is obvious that she harbors resentment.
“Everything you eat and live in at the Marquis’s mansion is better than in the countryside. I have no regrets about sending you to the Marquis’s mansion.”
Even now, Old Madam Li doesn't think she was wrong. If that little bitch Gu Shuyan hadn't stayed away, her granddaughter wouldn't be in this situation. In the end, it's all her fault for being soft-hearted and not killing Gu Shuyan outright.
"You old woman, you really are heartless."
Chunxiang never intended to acknowledge this family, so naturally she wouldn't acknowledge this heartless grandmother. If it weren't for the old woman's evil intentions, perhaps she wouldn't have gone through such a painful ordeal.
The most hateful one is Li Yingxue, who sold her directly to that kind of place. These so-called relatives, aren't they all enemies who pushed her into the abyss?
"Chunhyang, can't you really forgive us?"
Madam Li was somewhat saddened. Her daughter was right in front of her, but the look in her eyes was filled with nothing but hatred.
"Forgive me? Don't even dream about it. I, Chunxiang, have been an orphan since childhood, a slave, and have always had only me."
As Chunxiang spoke, she turned her head away and refused to look at these people anymore. Only at this moment did Chunxiang understand why Gu Shuyan had brought her here and captured so many members of the Li family.
Gu Shuyan hated the Li family and didn't want to let any member of the Li family go. Although she was unaware of her own involvement, she had also committed many evil deeds. So, how could she, who was connected with the Li family, escape this calamity?
"Gu Shuyan, what is your purpose in bringing my family here?"
Li Yingxue looked at Gu Shuyan. By now, she certainly understood the meaning behind Gu Shuyan's words that morning. Although she was also surprised that her sister was actually Chunxiang, the two had been through too much together, so much so that even if she knew the truth, she could not truly regard her as her own sister.
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