Zheng Wanxiu's eyes were filled with surprise: "You...you know everything?"
Master Jingchuan looked at his mother's expression and continued, "No. Perhaps it wasn't you who found out, but you, mother, who already knew the truth, right?"
"You've long known that Luo'er was taken away by the midwife in a different identity, and you were just waiting for the day when you could take advantage of this. When the time was right, you revealed the clue to Madam Pei..."
Zheng Wanxiu didn't say anything.
Seeing her reaction, Jingchuan asked, "Mother, were you involved in this? Did you have any involvement?"
Zheng Wanxiu then hurriedly defended herself, "I didn't! Mother, I hated Qu for harming you back then, so when she was giving birth, I did have the thought of killing her child too!"
"But before A Niang could even start, she saw the midwife doing it. A Niang just didn't stop it, she just let it happen and watched. Is A Niang wrong?"
Jingchuan: "Mother, you're not wrong. But mother, although Qu Shi was vicious, what about Luo'er? How could she be so innocent that she should pay for her mother's sins?"
"Like my son, she was born ignorant of the dangers of the world and the hatred of you adults, yet she has to endure all the suffering in the world. Does the son's suffering since childhood also mean that he is paying off his mother's debt?"
When Zheng Wanxiu heard this, she raised her hand and impulsively slapped Jingchuan.
"You—bastard!"
But as soon as she finished, she immediately regretted it.
She cried again and hugged Jingchuan.
"Xiaochuan, mother... mother didn't mean it. Mother just got angry when she heard you say those words."
"Xiaochuan, don't hate your mother..."
Jingchuan shook his head, "My son won't."
"No matter how you treat me, I will never harbor any resentment. You gave me my life, and I have caused you enough hardship and worry since I was young. I owe you my whole life."
"But mother, even though my son can only linger on, he is no longer a child."
"Your son knows everything you and your uncle have done."
Zheng Wanxiu was shocked: "You, what do you know?"
Jingchuan: "You and your uncle planned to let Luo'er return to the General's Mansion, not just to muddy the waters of the General's Mansion."
"It's not just to win over Luo'er and use him so that one day he can destroy the General's Mansion and avenge you, my mother, for being forcibly taken away by that man and for the suffering you endured in the General's Mansion."
"You and uncle... have other motives. And everything you do is just for your son."
Zheng Wanxiu covered Jingchuan's mouth with her hand.
She stared at him nervously: "How did you know!?"
"Chuan'er, listen to what mother has to say. Things aren't as you think. Your uncle and I really want to use Luo'er to stir up trouble in the general's mansion. We're also betting that she'll seek revenge for us and make those people pay the price!"
"In this way, I can be considered as helping my mother."
"But your mother and uncle also took pity on the child for your sake..."
Jingchuan grabbed Zheng Wanxiu's hand and pulled it down with force.
He looked at Zheng Wanxiu with sorrow in his eyes: "Mother, you are still lying to me."
"You just said that I'm just Luo'er's half-brother."
"But you and your uncle turned around and told all the followers of the Lotus Sect not to mess with Luo'er. You treated her as your own niece and were supposed to protect her as the legitimate daughter of the general's family."
"Mother, what exactly are you and uncle planning to do? Can't your son guess?"
"Even though my son denied it at first, Luo'er is indeed his biological sister! This is an undeniable fact."
"Maybe this is blood? My son just feels sorry for her and sympathizes with her. After actually seeing her, he likes her even more. He wants to be close to her and protect her."
"Mother, even if your son begs you, please don't hurt Luo'er... okay?"
"Don't let your son...die with regrets in the future."
Zheng Wanxiu looked at Jingchuan, unable to hold back any longer, and threw herself into his arms, crying loudly...
At the same time, at Duke Pei’s Mansion.
The eldest house, Pei Si Niang's residence.
Pei Si Niang angrily smashed everything in the house, but she still couldn't get rid of the resentment in her heart.
When Lady Pei came in and saw this scene, she was so frightened that she cried out "My son!" and quickly had the door closed again. She also asked all the servants in the yard to guard the gate, and then she rushed over and hugged Pei Si Niang in her arms.
"Fourth Lady, Fourth Lady, do you want our entire Duke's Mansion to fall into the same situation as today again, with everyone in the mansion arrested and imprisoned?"
"The palace just issued an imperial decree appointing you as a concubine, and you're already beating and smashing things at home. If even a whisper gets out, our entire family will be dead!"
"My heart aches, too! My daughter..."
Only then did Pei Si Niang lie in her mother's arms and burst into tears.
She was the youngest daughter of the eldest son's family, and the apple of Duke Pei's eye, whom she risked her life to give birth to when she was in her thirties.
She has been doted on by Duke Pei since she was young, and is the most noble among all the legitimate daughters.
However, Pei Si Niang was nineteen years old but still had not yet been engaged. It was not because her family was reluctant to let her go, but because she was originally going to be sent to the Eastern Palace to be the prince's concubine when she was sixteen.
Unexpectedly, the prince made a serious mistake overnight and was deposed. He was sent to a temporary palace outside the palace and has been imprisoned ever since.
Pei Si Niang's hopeful wait was suddenly dashed.
She was heartbroken that year, but later her father personally said that as long as the prince was not dead, there would be a day when he would ascend the throne of the Eastern Palace again.
Pei Si Niang just waited there for a while.
The Pei family hardly ever interacted with the outside world. She stayed in the Duke's Mansion all day, so she didn't care about the rumors outside.
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