"What did you say?" Mother Shen felt that one blow after another had come today. She had just accepted that her two children had been switched, and now she knew that her husband, who had loved her for many years, had been keeping a mistress all along, and even had a son with her.
Only then did everyone realize that Shen Rushan's eyebrows and eyes did indeed resemble Shen Feng's, but Shen Feng had been too good at pretending before, so they hadn't thought of it.
Now it seems that everything was traceable.
"In order to make his mistress legitimately raised by your side, Shen Feng did not hesitate to bribe the midwife Chen, and used her to switch the two children."
Fearing exposure, he decided to go all the way and abandoned his own daughter in the deep mountains to die.
Song Zhiyu paused, watching the group's ugly expressions with great interest, and continued, "But he didn't expect that the child would survive by sheer luck and end up in the capital by chance, where you recognized him and had no choice but to bring him back to your residence."
Left with no other choice, in order to protect his beloved concubine's daughter, he had to lie and claim she was the daughter of his benefactor, fabricating one lie after another, all to make you treat Shen Jinshu sincerely and as your own daughter.
"Actually, he doesn't need to worry. Whether I'm here or not, Shen Jinshu's status in the Marquis's mansion and in your hearts will never change. After all, more than ten years of affection far surpasses so-called blood ties."
Song Zhiyu used the most indifferent tone to say the most hurtful words, successfully making Shen's mother's eyes red and making Shen Yuzhou and his brothers extremely embarrassed.
Her heart ached as she thought about what she had done to Song Zhiyu.
What has she done? For the sake of a mistress, she actually pushed her own daughter away.
And then there's her encounter with the boat, which resulted in her legs being crippled while trying to save this mistress, making her the laughingstock of the entire capital.
Once Yu Zhou got into trouble, Shen Rushan began to show his talent. All of this was actually a premeditated plan.
She was kept in the dark for decades, like a fool.
The truth is so cruel; all the love she thought she had shown all these years turned out to be a huge joke.
At this moment, Chen's usually dull mind was exceptionally clear.
"Mother, that's not how it is, I didn't know anything about it." Shen Jinshu shook her head pitifully. She noticed the hatred in her mother's eyes and panicked. She still needed her mother's help, and she couldn't afford to fall out with her now.
Mother Shen abruptly shook off her hand, glaring fiercely at Shen Jinshu, her heart aching unbearably. "I am not your mother."
When she said those words, Shen's mother was so distressed that she almost suffocated.
The child she raised with her own hands, the child she cherished and pampered, turned out to be the child of her husband and another woman, the one who stole her identity as their biological daughter.
Ah~
Shen Jinshu screamed and fell to the ground. It was the first time she had been thrown away by her mother, and she looked dazed.
"Shu'er, how are you?" Ye Rou hurriedly stepped forward to check on Shen Jinshu's condition.
Now that things have come to this, she no longer needs to hide herself.
She is Shu'er's biological mother. Why should she have to watch Shu'er get close to the woman she hates the most and even call that woman "mother"?
Seeing that Mother Chen's eyes were red and tears were streaming down her face, she felt extremely pleased.
So what if she was a Marquis's wife for over twenty years? She was still completely manipulated by them, and they raised her daughter for nothing.
Ye Rou's tone was still gentle and sweet, but upon closer listening, it contained a hint of schadenfreude: "Sister, Shu'er was just worried about you, how could you treat her like this?"
Mother Shen couldn't help but laugh out loud. She was really stupid; she hadn't noticed the problem all these years, allowing this adulterous couple to live their illicit affair right under her nose.
"Shut up! You're just a concubine, how dare you yell at me like that?" Madam Shen seemed like a completely different person, no longer the weak and gentle woman she once was, her eyes now bloodshot and frightening.
In an instant, she turned her anger towards Shen Feng, looking as if she wanted to tear him apart. "Shen Feng, how could you do this to me? If you wanted to take a concubine, I would never stop you, but why did you have to treat me like this, treat my child like this? You are heartless and cruel, you are unworthy of being a father."
She grabbed Shen Feng by the collar and slapped him across the face.
He used a strong attack, and Shen Feng's right cheek quickly swelled up.
No one expected that the usually gentle Mother Shen would suddenly take action. Even Song Zhiyu raised her eyebrows in surprise, a barely perceptible smile flashing in her eyes.
Shen Feng hissed, shoved his mother aside, and angrily shouted, "Enough! How long are you going to keep this up?"
"Rushan and Shu'er are both my children. As the head of the household, you should be more magnanimous. Look at the state you've become." Shen Feng frowned and scolded his mother. Since things had escalated to this point, he decided to go all out and directly acknowledged the identities of the two siblings.
Having said that, he still felt it wasn't enough, and looked at Ye Rou with tender eyes, "Not only that, I also want to elevate Rou'er to the status of a secondary wife, to make up for the years I've wronged her."
"Feng'er, don't be silly. Raising a wife is no small matter." Old Madam Shen appeared beside Shen Feng at some point and scolded him in a pretentious manner.
The scene was so ugly just now, and Old Madam Shen didn't even show up. Now she's suddenly coming out to play the good guy.
Then, she turned to look at Chen's mother, her eyes filled with comfort, "Feng'er is sorry, but since this has already happened, it cannot be changed, and we can only accept it."
Rushan and Shu'er are both of the Marquis's bloodline, and naturally, they are your children as well. As the mistress of the house, you should treat these two children as your own, since they call you "Mother."
"Mother, did you know about this all along?" Mother Shen was more lucid than ever before, and she couldn't listen to Old Madam Shen's advice.
Madam Shen gave an irrelevant answer, only frowning as she told her, "It's inevitable for men to have multiple wives and concubines. As the legal wife, your position won't be easily shaken, so you must learn to turn a blind eye. Only in this way can life be better."
At this moment, Madam Shen's tone had taken on a hint of authority.
Upon hearing this, Song Zhiyu scoffed coldly, her words laced with obvious sarcasm and showing no respect whatsoever to Old Madam Shen.
“It’s normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but is it normal to secretly keep a mistress for many years and even let the mistress’s daughter take the place of the legitimate daughter?” Song Zhiyu ruthlessly tore off the hypocritical face of Old Madam Shen.
Madam Shen was speechless. "Your father certainly made a mistake, but it was also a moment of confusion..."
After saying that, Madam Shen turned to look at Mother Shen, trying to persuade her, "In my heart, you are the only mistress of the Marquis's mansion. Over the years, I have treated you well, so please let this matter pass for my sake."
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