But she is clearly the legitimate eldest daughter of the Le Yuanhou Mansion, so why does it now feel like she’s become a fake?
Lady Ding was somewhat afraid in her heart, but still cried out, "Xin He... "
Xin He looked at her with a cold gaze: "Do you remember me saying that what I hate most is someone threatening me?"
Lady Ding trembled and quickly said, "What do you mean by threat? I am your mother, how can you talk like that?"
Xin He gave a cold laugh, directly raised her hand and slapped Lady Ding on the face.
A loud clap from the slap echoed around.
Nearly everyone in the garden was stunned, including Princess Chaoyang, whose face changed accordingly.
She had people inquiring about Ji Xinhe’s past, and she knew that this Lady Ding was her stepmother and mistreated her, but even so, it couldn’t change the fact that she was her mother! She thought that by bringing Lady Ding here, Ji Xinhe would have to endure it no matter how much resentment she had inside, otherwise she would tarnish her reputation! 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
She also wanted to take this opportunity to ridicule her thoroughly.
But she never expected Ji Xinhe to be so fierce!
Chaoyang immediately screamed: "My goodness! Xin He, you actually hit your own mother! You, you, you unfilial daughter!"
Shen Yilin quickly followed: "I never imagined that your character is so bad, you even dare to hit your own mother, Le Yuanhou must be blind!"
Lady Ding was stunned by Xin He’s slap and fell to the ground, her face pale, and for a moment she didn’t know what to say. After a while, she began to cry: "Why am I so unlucky! My daughter that I raised with so much hardship not only disowns me but also becomes violent towards me. I can’t live like this anymore!"
Facing the deliberate ridicule and questioning from Chaoyang and others, and Lady Ding’s ostentatious crying, Xin He remained very calm, with no waves on her face. She simply raised her hand, and Shulan, who had been frightened to one side, quickly handed her a handkerchief.
Xin He casually wiped her hands with the handkerchief as if wiping off something dirty, and then threw it away.
Everyone in the garden was astonished to see her calmly wiping her hands with the handkerchief, but they didn’t know what she meant by it.
This person had no emotions from start to finish. Even if she was heartless to her mother, she shouldn’t be able to remain so calm just for her own reputation, right?
Xin He sat on a stone bench and tapped her fingers lightly on the stone table, looking at Princess Chaoyang standing in front of her, slightly raising her eyebrows: "Who said she is my mother?"
The situation at this moment made people feel as if the roles of master and servant were reversed.
Chaoyang was too petty-minded to hold her princess’s dignity, and although Xin He was born a peasant girl and is now just a daughter of a nobleman’s house, her bearing was clearly surpassing Chaoyang’s.
Not to mention, she was sitting and Chaoyang was standing, making it feel a bit awkward to onlookers.
As the awkwardness was felt by the bystanders, Chaoyang felt it as well, and a surge of anger rose in her heart, resulting in her tone becoming sharper: "Don’t joke with me! I have looked into your background and know everything about it. She is your mother from that remote rural area! You think that by not admitting it now, I won’t know? I even have your family tree from your peasant days!"
Xin He raised her eyebrows and smiled faintly: "Really? So, Princess knew about this woman’s identity all along and deliberately brought her to me? It seems that the Princess has gone to great lengths."
"You!" Chaoyang suddenly realized that she had been tricked by Ji Xinhe just a moment ago.
Of course, Lady Ding was arranged by her on purpose, but she deliberately let Lady Ding pose as a servant in the mansion in order not to involve herself in this messy incident. After all, she wasn’t doing something honorable.
But she didn’t expect Ji Xinhe to be so cunning and deliberately trick her into talking about it!
Chaoyang secretly regretted that she had accidentally fallen into her trap!
A smile appeared on Xin He’s lips: "I’m not unaware that the Princess dislikes me, so I guess today’s banquet is like a Hongmen Banquet. But what I never expected is that the Princess would go so far to target me. I wonder what the Emperor would think if he knew about his sister’s wicked intentions."
"You!" Chaoyang was so angry that she ripped off her mask: "What do you mean I am wicked? Are you not wicked? You treat your own mother like this, you’re simply the epitome of wickedness!"
Xin He’s beautiful eyes flickered, and she glanced at Lady Ding, who was still crying on the ground, a mocking smile appearing on her lips: "My mother? She’s not my mother. My mother is Lady Wu, who has passed away, and my father is Le Yuanhou. I am the legitimate daughter of Le Yuanhou! Not a fake! My duty is to be filial to Le Yuanhou and my deceased mother. What does it have to do with her? In your eyes, she is a servant, and in mine, she is too."
Lady Ding’s face turned pale, and she couldn’t speak for a moment.
In just a few months, Ji Xinhe seemed to have an even stronger aura than before. Now that she was standing in front of her, Lady Ding dared not have any thoughts of defiance, as if Ji Xinhe was an inherently extraordinary person.
Xin He looked at Lady Ding and continued: "What do you mean by abandoning my parents and siblings for wealth and honor? By saying this, Princess, it’s like you’re saying I’m not Le Yuanhou’s real daughter and I’m just a fake. Well, you may be the Emperor’s sister and incredibly honored, but spreading rumors about a courtier’s family like this might not make the Emperor favor you."
"You!"
Chaoyang’s face turned ugly, and she realized that she had accidentally torn off her mask. At first, she deliberately said these things, hoping that Xin He would bear the grievances even in front of so many people. However, she didn’t expect Ji Xinhe to tear everything apart.
"She may not be your birth mother, but she raised you. How can you treat her like this? It just shows how heartless you are!" Chaoyang gritted her teeth.
Lady Ding immediately followed: "Even if I’m not your birth mother, you still can’t treat me like this!"
Xin He looked at Chaoyang and said: "What did I do to her? I just slapped her impulsively. But what about the Princess? She clearly knew that she was my adoptive mother, yet she deliberately brought her to humiliate her in public, and used her as a servant! In this aspect, Princess, you and I are probably alike: six of one and half a dozen of the other, no different at all, right?"
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