For nearly fourteen years, she had devoted so much effort to raising her daughter. She loved her, taught her, guided her, cared for her, and took care of her...

The efforts she made over the years were not fake. Even though Chu Qianhuang had disappointed her time and time again before, the mother-daughter relationship they had built over the years could not be severed just like that.

But now, Shen felt that the Chu Qianhuang in front of her was so strange, and she was extremely disappointed.

Chu Qianhuang's loss of composure only lasted for a brief moment.

She immediately came to her senses and told herself that she was not wrong! She just didn't want to be the cannon fodder in the novel and didn't want to repeat the mistakes in the novel, so she had to leave a way out for herself, and the best way was to become the third princess's companion.

She did nothing wrong, it was the world that treated her unfairly, she just didn't want to go with the flow, she just wanted to earn a bright future for herself! Thinking of this, Chu Qianhuang's eyes became firm, but her face looked helpless, and she excitedly retorted to Shen: "Mom, how is this possible!"

"You must be mistaken! This is impossible!"

There was an obvious tremor in Chu Qianhuang's voice. She looked at Aunt Jiang, then at Shen, and took a few steps forward, trying to hold Shen's hand.

“Bang!”

Shen waved Chu Qianhuang's hand away. Almost at the same time, a huge lightning bolt struck from the dark sky outside, illuminating the surroundings and making Chu Qianhuang's delicate features look a little pale...

"Grandma!" She looked at the lady at the top of the table in panic again.

Chu Qianhuang felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. Not only was her heart chilled, but even her limbs were cold. She couldn't help but glance at Chu Qianchen from the corner of her eye.

Chu Qianchen was drinking tea elegantly, and just by sitting there, he exuded an air of superiority.

In comparison, I felt like an actor on the stage and became a joke.

Even though it was more than four months late, everything returned to the plot in the novel.

At this moment, Chu Qianhuang felt that she seemed to have become the same person as the Chu Qianhuang in the novel, equally helpless, equally desolate, and equally ruthlessly abandoned by her stepmother.

The lady's brows furrowed more and more, her face gloomy, and she scolded Shen again: "Ridiculous! Stop talking nonsense!"

It's ridiculous, too ridiculous. This kind of thing is simply unheard of. Is Shen crazy? She actually dumped the blame on her eldest son and insisted that her own daughter was born to a concubine!

On the one hand, the lady felt that it was impossible, but on the other hand, she felt a little uneasy, afraid that it was true.

No, it's impossible.

Chu Qianhuang is the eldest daughter of their Chu family who was carefully raised. How could she be fake? She cannot be fake! !

The lady gave Chu Qianchen a cold look, the disgust in her eyes so strong that it seemed to be overflowing.

It must be Chu Qianchen who is trying to sow discord between Shen and Chu Qianhuang and her daughter! It's really ridiculous that she could even come up with such an idea, and Shen and Lady Mu actually believed it.

"Azhi," the lady said patiently to Shen, "Don't listen to 'others' one-sided words. Saying such things will only hurt Sister Huang's heart and the relationship between you and your daughter."

Shen just sneered.

Then, the lady looked at the culprit who was sitting next to Shen again and scolded: "Sister Chen, you are already married, you should do your duty as a wife in Prince Chen's Mansion. You are still stirring up trouble in your mother's family. You are really hateful!"

When Shen heard the lady dowager talking about Chu Qianchen stirring up trouble, she became angry again and slammed the table.

“Bang!”

At this moment, the thunder stopped, and her palm strike was particularly loud in the huge main hall.

"The Yongding Marquisate has adopted a concubine as the heir. Mother, please follow your daughter-in-law into the palace and speak to the Empress Dowager!"

Shen directly used Queen Yin to threaten the Madam Dowager, and her tone was intimidating.

Outside, raindrops as big as beans fell "clattering" down, densely packed, crackling on the corrugated roofs, tree branches, and the ground, soaking the ground in an instant.

The air inside and outside the house was so stuffy that it made people feel suffocated.

Nanny Wang didn't dare to say anything. She and the other servants present simply couldn't believe it. If what the Marquis's wife said was true, then this matter would definitely not be resolved peacefully. The Marquis' Mansion was likely to face a bloody storm.

The wife of Duke Mu said coldly, "You tricked Ah Zhi into raising a concubine's daughter for more than ten years, and then you handed over a good legitimate daughter to a lowly concubine to abuse her like this. Is this the family education of the Yongding Marquis's Mansion?!"

"The Yongding Marquis's Mansion is really 'eclectic'!"

The tone of Lady Mu, the Duke of Mu, was filled not only with disgust, but also with disdain and contempt.

In the past, she only thought that her son-in-law Chu Lingxiao was mediocre and incompetent, and a little bit greedy for women, which were just the same problems that all men would make. She didn't expect that his character was so despicable, even worse than a beast! She was wrong, calling him a beast was an insult to a beast, and a beast still knew how to protect its own child! But what about him? !

The lady's face became uglier and uglier with each word the wife of Duke Mu spoke, and she began to realize the seriousness of the situation.

Madam Mu Guogong dared to say such a thing, did she have any evidence? !

Could it be that...

The lady didn't dare to think further. At this moment, she had countless questions in her mind that she wanted to ask Chu Lingxiao, but Chu Lingxiao was not here.

The lady took two deep breaths and calmed herself down.

She no longer had the strength she had just shown, and tried to put on a smile, "Azhi, I think there must be some misunderstanding about this matter. Why don't we talk about it after Ling Xiao returns to Beijing?"

"I will write to him right away, urging him to finish his work and return to Beijing as soon as possible."

The lady also wanted to write a letter to question Chu Lingxiao, but she didn't dare to write such things in the letter. If it got out, then the Yongding Marquis's Mansion would be finished.

How could Shen not see that the lady was trying to smooth things over and simply ignored her.

She looked at Aunt Jiang in front of her as if she hadn't heard anything, and asked directly: "Jiang Minshan, do you recognize Chu Qianhuang?!"

Aunt Jiang, who had been keeping her head down, finally raised her head. Her small face with a pointed chin looked several years younger than her actual age, as if she was in her early twenties. Her eyes were full of waves and she looked weak and helpless.

In comparison, Shen seemed aggressive.

"Madam," Aunt Jiang looked at Chu Qianchen lovingly and said timidly, "Sister Chen was born after my maid carried her for nine months. If Madam likes her, it is her good fortune."

She held a frosty white handkerchief and gently wiped her tears.

She didn't say anything wrong about Chu Qianchen, but the implication was obvious. She was just short of saying that Chu Qianchen despised her mother as a useless concubine, so she wanted to pursue a better future! Chu Qianchen looked into Concubine Jiang's eyes quietly, and her beautiful phoenix eyes were brighter and more dazzling than the ruby ​​beads on her hair.

The peach tree is young and thriving, and its flowers are bright and beautiful.

She was no longer the docile Chu Qianchen of the past. Now she seemed to be born with a kind of noble bearing that was difficult to describe in words, and her charm was compelling.

Aunt Jiang could hardly look Chu Qianchen in the eye and hesitated for a moment.

Shen laughed out of anger.

Anyway, she didn't expect Aunt Jiang to readily admit the ugly things she and Chu Lingxiao had done, so she pressed on and asked, "Do you still remember Aunt Yu?"

"..." Aunt Jiang's eyes trembled, and she didn't say anything.

The dowager had no idea who Nanny Yu was, but Nanny Wang remembered and immediately whispered in her ear that Nanny Yu was the head nanny in Chu Qianchen's courtyard, but was later released by Aunt Jiang.

Shen didn't expect Aunt Jiang to answer, and continued to speak: "Yes, she is dead."

Aunt Jiang: “…”

"But," Shen stared into Aunt Jiang's eyes and said slowly, "Madame Yu's son is still alive!"

"Madame Yu was afraid that she would die one day, so she made preparations. Before she died, she gave something to her son. Do you know what it is?"

As Shen spoke, she curled the corner of her mouth coldly and watched every change in Aunt Jiang's expression.

"..." Aunt Jiang's pupils shrank slightly, and her slender fingers clenched the handkerchief in her hand into a ball.

Shen continued, "Jiang Minshan, do you want me to show it to you?"

Chu Qianhuang looked at Aunt Jiang, then at Shen, and then at Chu Qianchen, trying hard to suppress her inner panic. But even if she tried her best, her inner fear still couldn't be suppressed and revealed.

Outside the main hall, the sound of rain became louder and louder, forming a vast curtain of rain.

The endless thunder rumbled again, as if even the heaven and earth were shaking. The occasional lightning made the atmosphere even more depressing and heavy.

Seeing that Aunt Jiang didn't say anything, Shen took out a folded piece of silk paper from her sleeve and threw it on the ground.

Even if you don't unfold the paper, you can vaguely see a lot of words written on it, and occasional red cinnabar fingerprints.

Shen's smile turned even colder, and she added, "Do you think this is the only evidence I have? I have also found the monk who was in charge of reception at Daping Temple. He saw Chu Lingxiao carrying a baby away with his own eyes, and Mrs. Xu from my hometown also said that she saw Chu Lingxiao carrying a baby into your delivery room!"

"This old woman Xu was found by my second brother's wife. If you don't believe me, go ask my second brother's wife. Or, we can call her here to confront her... What do you think, mother?"

Shen turned to ask the lady-in-waiting with a sarcastic look on her face.

Liu actually knew something?! How much did she know?! The lady's heart skipped a beat and she said hurriedly, "No need to call you second brother's wife!"

If Liu is also called in, and there is a commotion, given Liu's personality of wanting the world to be in turmoil, wouldn't the whole mansion know about this matter?

Even if the lady didn't believe it at first, she now believes it about 80% to 90%. The remaining 10% or 20% just needs to be confirmed by the parties involved.

The lady looked at Aunt Jiang, who was ten feet away, and her heart was filled with mixed emotions. She said angrily:

"Jiang Minshan, kneel down!"

If she had known that her eldest son would be bewitched by this woman, she would never have agreed to let her eldest son take this woman as a concubine!

What a pity! It’s priceless to have known it earlier.

Aunt Jiang knelt down.

The tea and tea leaves on the floor had not been cleaned up, and as soon as she knelt down, the puddles of tea left glaring stains on her frosty white dress.

The lady slammed the coffee table again and asked, "Tell me, is this really the case?!"

Everyone's eyes fell on Aunt Jiang, including Chu Qianhuang.

Her eyes were a little uneasy, a little panicky, but also revealed a hint of hope.

Outside the house, another huge bolt of lightning struck. Aunt Jiang, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her head, and her dark eyes flashed with tears.

She bit her lip and said in a dry and hoarse voice: "Yes..."

This word is equivalent to the final conclusion of the matter.

Even though Lady Mu, Nanny Chen and others already knew about this, they still felt as if their hearts were struck hard again at this moment.

On the contrary, Chu Qianchen was unusually calm, observing Aunt Jiang and Chu Qianhuang intently.

There was silence in the main hall.

Chu Qianhuang felt her mind go blank, unable to think at all, and looked at Aunt Jiang in disbelief.

The other party's "yes" instantly destroyed all of Chu Qianhuang's expectations.

The scenes from March immediately came to her mind.

After Nanny Cui died, Aunt Jiang came to see her secretly. She guessed that she had guessed the truth, so she told her the story.

At that time, she told Aunt Jiang that even if Shen found some traces one day, she must never admit it, even if she died!

In this era, there was no blood typing, let alone paternity testing technology. Even if Shen had doubts, she did not have conclusive evidence.

At that time, Aunt Jiang clearly agreed to her.

But now Aunt Jiang actually admitted it!! She actually admitted that I was her daughter so easily!!

Is there a guaranteed monthly ticket?

(End of this chapter)