"Sister Huang, you are my first child..."

"Don't worry, when your brother grows up, you'll have someone to rely on even if you're in Nanhao."

"Sister Huang, you two are the only siblings who are connected by blood. You can rely on and support each other."

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That day, Aunt Jiang seemed to be pitying herself and took out a personal silver note, but it was actually just a mere 100 taels of silver. Chu Lingxiao always doted on Aunt Jiang, so how could she only have so little personal silver! At that time, she seemed to be blinded by lard, and was coaxed by Aunt Jiang's pretense to the point that she wanted to give her her heart and soul, and even went to ask the Andaman County King, not hesitating to play such a good trump card in advance.

Those who are involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see things more clearly.

In the past, when she was a bystander, she could clearly see that Aunt Jiang had no affection for Shen Qianchen and was just using him. Aunt Jiang controlled Shen Qianchen through years of suppression and humiliation, causing Shen Qianchen to gradually develop an inferiority complex and cowardly character.

How come now that it happened to her, she couldn't see that Jiang Minshan was just using the same old trick again? !

Not only that time, but also the previous times.

Every time, Aunt Jiang saw her, she would cry and say that she had no choice back then, how hard her life had been over the years, and that she was her first child... But Aunt Jiang was just lip service and did nothing, and she was the one who paid the price every time.

At that time, when listening to Aunt Jiang's crying, Chu Qianhuang was very moved. Even now when he thinks back on it, he really wants to slap himself in the face a few times.

Chu Qianhuang's face seemed to fade, becoming paler and paler, and her willow-leaf eyes were filled with shock and hurt.

If she is really not Jiang Minshan's daughter, then Jiang Minshan's words and actions are full of deep malice, which makes people shudder just thinking about it.

Chu Qianhuang's lips turned pale and trembled constantly. She forced herself to say, "I don't believe it." This was just Concubine Chu's imagination!

"This is the truth." Concubine Chu looked at Chu Qianhuang with pity, looking down on everyone from a high position.

She has been in the palace for so many years, how could she not see through the mind of a little girl? She knew that Chu Qianhuang actually believed it 80%.

"Sister Huang, don't you think you look a lot like your mother?" Concubine Chu traced Chu Qianhuang's little face carefully. "Your face shape, nose, and long neck are very similar."

Every time Concubine Chu said a word, Chu Qianhuang felt as if she was stabbed in the heart, and her heart ached.

Concubine Chu continued slowly, "Back then, Jiang Minshan and Shen Zhi got pregnant at almost the same time, but Jiang Minshan's baby was half a month older. Once, your grandfather overheard Jiang Minshan telling your father that she wanted to give birth to his eldest son. Your grandfather was furious and thought that favoring a concubine over a wife was a sign of ruining the family. He sent Jiang Minshan back to his hometown in Yuzhou despite your father's objections."

"I remember Jiang Minshan was already four or five months pregnant at that time."

"Later, when Jiang Minshan was seven months pregnant, she slipped in the garden of her hometown and bled. Although she hired a doctor to try to save the baby, she still had a miscarriage and gave birth to a dead baby, a girl."

"It was a coincidence. At that time, the previous patriarch of the Chu family, your great-uncle, suddenly fell ill and passed away. Your father took your mother back to his hometown in Yuzhou to attend the funeral. On the way, your mother was staying in a temple when she suddenly went into labor and gave birth to twins, you and your second sister."

"Your father knew that Jiang Minshan was sad because of her miscarriage, so he secretly gave one of the children to Jiang Minshan. That child was Shen Qianchen."

"Ah, your father is bad because he values ​​love too much. He grew up with Jiang Minshan as a childhood sweetheart, and he felt sorry for her being a concubine, always worried that she would be wronged by your mother...your mother, on the other hand, was also arrogant and never willing to give in to your father, so your father always felt a little more sorry for Jiang Minshan."

After Concubine Chu finished talking, she felt a little thirsty, so she poured herself a cup of warm flower tea and also poured a cup for Chu Qianhuang.

The room fell into silence.

Only the flowers and trees in the courtyard outside the window were swaying in the spring breeze. The weather in April was getting warmer and warmer. Colorful butterflies were dancing among the flowers, and the fragrance was everywhere.

The rich floral scent lingered at the tip of Chu Qianhuang's nose and made her feel suffocated.

It was as if there was a hand of fate tying invisible threads around her, manipulating her like a puppet, and she was completely powerless to resist.

It was Concubine Chu who broke the silence first and sighed, "Sister Huang, I know you can't accept this for the time being, but what I said is true."

The spring sunshine poured in through the window, softly shining on Chu Qianhuang's face, making her eyes look even more empty.

After a while, Chu Qianhuang, who looked like a statue, finally responded and asked with difficulty, "Why didn't the doctor diagnose it? I heard that the pulse can be used to diagnose whether it is twins..."

Concubine Chu sneered lightly, "How can everyone be diagnosed with twins? Sometimes it's accurate, sometimes it's not. Some people can tell they are twins from their pulse in the third month of pregnancy, some people can tell they are twins in the fifth month of pregnancy, and some people can't tell from their pulse until just before delivery. I don't know if these quack doctors are just guessing or gambling on luck."

Not to mention that ordinary doctors outside the palace could not accurately determine the fetal pulse, even the imperial physicians in the palace swore that a concubine was pregnant with a prince, but ended up giving birth to a princess. There are too many variables in a pregnancy of ten months.

Chu Qianhuang also knew that what Concubine Chu said made sense. Chinese medicine is inherently mysterious and relies entirely on so-called experience.

Her lips were pressed into a tight straight line.

At this moment, her heart was so confused that she couldn't calmly accept this fact.

If she was Shen Zhi's daughter, then everything that happened after she traveled to this world became a sad joke.

"Sister Huang," Concubine Chu personally put the cup of flower tea she had poured for Chu Qianhuang into her hands and continued softly, "Back then, your father only told me about Jiang Minshan's miscarriage in her hometown. It was only after your father came back from his hometown to attend the funeral that he told me that he gave Shen Qianchen to Jiang Minshan. Your father also took a daughter to raise for Jiang Minshan to comfort her pain of losing her daughter. Jiang Minshan has been very good to your second sister over the years, raising her carefully and treating her like her own daughter."

"But what I didn't expect was that your second sister's background would be exposed, and your mother even mistook you for Jiang Minshan's daughter..."

Concubine Chu sighed deeply and tucked a few strands of Chu Qianhuang's hair behind her ears. "Hey, she raised you with her own hands. We have been mother and daughter for more than ten years, but she didn't bother to investigate and just gave you up."

Concubine Chu's words were like another sharp sword stabbing into Chu Qianhuang's heart, piercing her bones.

Yes. It was Shen Zhi who abandoned me first. She wanted Shen Qianchen but not me, just because of the so-called "blood is thicker than water"! But what about the reality? ! I am also her daughter, but she abandoned me so easily! !

Chu Qianhuang's chest heaved violently, as if a volcano was about to erupt, and his eyes became deeper and deeper.

Concubine Chu looked at her and continued, "I don't know why Jiang Minshan would recognize you as her daughter. Maybe she couldn't bear to part with the child she miscarried that year..."

Chu Qianhuang raised her eyelids and looked at Concubine Chu sarcastically, her whole body covered with thorns like a hedgehog.

Concubine Chu choked and drank a sip of scented tea to hide her emotions.

When she put down the teacup, her face had returned to normal, and she said, "Sister Huang, I know you are unhappy now, but now is not the time for you to be angry."

"Think about it. If your mother knew that you were her child, she would definitely feel that she owed you a lot and would want to compensate you. From now on, you just have to do what I say."

Loyal? Upon hearing these two words, Chu Qianhuang's eyelashes trembled, and a mocking arc appeared at the corner of her lips.

Yes, Chu Lingxiao is a sentimental person, and the Second Prince is also a sentimental person.

This kind of person is pitiful and hateful, but at the same time very easy to control.

Chu Qianhuang's heart was as clear as a mirror, and she was not fooled by Concubine Chu's few words.

She had already been coaxed by Aunt Jiang once when she was confused, and she would not be stupid enough to fall in the same place again.

Chu Qianhuang pinched her fingertips deeply, her face very calm: "Aunt Guifei, even if I believe what you said, how can mother believe it!"

Up to now, the matter of the twins has been one-sided statement by Concubine Chu, without any basis or evidence. To put it bluntly, even if Chu Lingxiao and Jiang Minshan said so, Shen Zhi might not believe it, although Chu Qianhuang herself has already believed it.

Chu Qianhuang felt as if someone was forcing a ball of air into his chest, unable to go up or down.

Concubine Chu smiled again, her bright smile adding a bit of beauty to her haggard face: "I have evidence."

Chu Qianhuang: "..."

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Chu Qianhuang opened her eyes slightly and wanted to ask but held back.

"Sister Huang, this matter is good for both you and me. Are you not even willing to give it a try?" Concubine Chu smiled gently, "Are you willing to just give up something that originally belonged to you?"

Chu Qianhuang was of course unwilling to accept this. She should have been the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion and the envied noble lady by everyone, instead of being inferior to others like she is now.

Chu Qianhuang pinched her fingernails harder, and after a moment of silence, she finally said, "Okay, I'll try."

"But I may not be able to leave the palace at all."

Chu Qianhuang knows her own limitations. The imperial palace is now under the control of Prince Chen's Mansion. She is on bad terms with Shen Qianchen, so Shen Qianchen will at most ignore her and will not be so kind as to let her leave the palace.

Concubine Chu's smile deepened, and she patted Chu Qianhuang's hand kindly, saying, "I'll find a way."

"You were raised by your mother herself. The mother-daughter relationship of more than ten years is real. You know her best. You have to think carefully about how to persuade her." Concubine Chu warned meaningfully.

Chu Qianhuang kept silent, seemingly immersed in thoughts.

Concubine Chu did not stay any longer. After stroking her sleeves, she left with the head palace maid.

Only Chu Qianhuang was left sitting by the window, stunned as a wooden chicken, as if half of his soul was missing.

She knew that Concubine Chu had no feelings for her as aunt or niece. Otherwise, if Concubine Chu had known that she and Shen Qianchen were twins, why had she never revealed it to her before, not even a hint?

Concubine Chu was just using her, or squeezing out her only value. However, Chu Qianhuang didn't care. She also wanted to use Concubine Chu. She wanted to leave Fengluan Palace and go back to the Chu family.

Outside the window, a small butterfly was trapped in a spider web under the eaves. The spider web was broken and the silk was thin, but no matter how the butterfly flapped its wings, it was still tightly stuck to the spider web and unable to break free.

The butterfly's wings are still flapping continuously and repeatedly.

Chu Qianhuang stared at the trapped butterfly, his eyes flickering.

If the original owner was really born by Shen Zhi, then Jiang Minshan's scheming was too deep and too vicious. Did she hate Shen Zhi so much? ! According to the original plot of the novel, Shen Zhi found out that the original owner and Shen Qianchen were swapped in March last year. After that, the original owner thought that Jiang Minshan was her biological mother. So was the original owner also used by Jiang Minshan like herself and used as a gun by her? ! Chu Qianhuang sat there blankly for a long time. She spent the whole day in a daze. She didn't know what she did later, what she ate, who she talked to, and when she lay down to rest...

Chu Qianhuang slept very uneasily that night.

She started dreaming again, and this dream was clearer than the last one! In the dream, she had an argument with Aunt Jiang. She wanted to leave, but Aunt Jiang grabbed her hand and stopped her from leaving. She said to her, "Sister Huang, you misunderstood!"

"I didn't misunderstand!" In her dream, she shook off Aunt Jiang's hand with all her strength and stared at her with a look of extreme shock, "You are so terrible!!"

In the past, in her dreams, she had always been gentle and filial to Aunt Jiang. This was the first time she saw her so excited.

Aunt Jiang stumbled and fell to the ground.

Then, Chu Qianhuang heard a wailing female voice behind her calling out in pain: "My head..."

She turned back subconsciously, and saw a gleaming silver dagger, which stabbed at her frantically from the darkness...

This scene is so familiar.

The last time, she had dreamed of this scene as well. A dagger stabbed at her, and then the dream ended abruptly. She woke up from the dream with a start. She did not see the owner of the dagger clearly, but only saw that the hand holding the dagger belonged to a woman, with slender fingers and light-colored nail polish on her nails.

And this time, she saw the man holding the dagger with her own eyes.

It’s Jiang Minshan!

Chu Qianhuang clearly saw Aunt Jiang's beautiful and delicate face.

Normally, this face was always so gentle and friendly, so pitiful, but now, the expression on Aunt Jiang's face was so cold and vicious, twisted into a face like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue.

It's chilling to watch!

it hurts!

A heart-wrenching pain swept over Chu Qianhuang...

In fact, I have always emphasized in the plot that Chu Qianhuang and the time-traveling girl are two different people (every time I write, someone says it is to make up the word count). Huang is Shen Zhi's daughter, but the time-traveling girl is not.

Her time travel is of great significance to Shen Zhi and the sisters. I can't say any more, otherwise it will be a spoiler.

Not whitewashed.

(End of this chapter)