At this moment, the heads of all the branches of the Wan family came over, each with an angry expression on their face.
The rumors circulating outside are affecting not only Liang Xinrong and her husband, but also the reputations of other members of the Wan family.
Madam Liu, seeing Liang Xinrong, was furious: "You still have the nerve to cry! Now the whole city is laughing at our Wan family!"
Liang Xinrong screamed hysterically, "That bitch Yang Cui is deliberately slandering me! I've been framed!"
"Whether it's slander or not, you know but I don't!" Wan Jiahao said fiercely. "You bitch, you've cheated on me, I'm going to divorce you!"
"We can't take a break!" County Magistrate Wan Songbai and Liang Xinrong said in unison.
Being divorced is not a glorious thing in this era. It is understandable that Liang Xinrong opposes it, but why would Wan Songbai, the head of the family, also oppose it?
Wan Songbai, being an official, exuded an imposing aura. He slightly raised his eyelids and said, "Divorcing her at this time would be tantamount to confirming the rumors circulating outside."
Upon hearing this, everyone realized what was going on. Madam Wan chimed in, "We can't divorce! If the rumors are proven true, our entire Wan family will suffer!" After saying that, she glared fiercely at Liang Xinrong.
Madam Wan said sternly, "Bring Si De and Simin here for a blood test to see if they are indeed our Wan family's children! As for this wretch, we'll settle accounts with her later!"
Upon hearing about the blood test for kinship, Liang Xinrong was not afraid; instead, she breathed a sigh of relief: "Si De and Simin are Wan family children. If you want to test them, then do it."
Before long, a servant brought two bowls of water.
Wanside and Wansimin also came; both children had red eyes, clearly having cried.
Butler Wan used a dagger to cut Wan Side's finger and dripped the blood into the water. Immediately afterwards, Wan Jiahao also cut his finger and dripped a drop of blood into it.
Apart from Liang Xinrong, everyone else was watching nervously, especially the two children, who were worried that they weren't Wan's children after hearing the rumors outside!
Suddenly, Wanside burst into tears of joy: "I am my father's child, I am my father's child, sob sob sob..."
Seeing the blood mingled, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Next up was Wan Simin.
Wan Simin was a little nervous. Butler Wan quickly made a cut on her finger, and the blood dripped into another bowl, but it was found that it could not mix with Wan Jiahao's blood!
Everyone was stunned!
Enraged, Wan Jiahao slapped Liang Xinrong across the face, grabbed her by the neck, and forced her head in front of the bowl: "You bitch, look for yourself!"
Liang Xinrong's eyes widened in disbelief: "How is this possible? This is impossible! Impossible!"
"Impossible, impossible, waaaah..." Wan Simin also broke down in tears.
“Simin looks so much like you, how could she not be your daughter? I haven’t done anything to betray you, I really haven’t…”
No matter how Liang Xinrong explained, the Wan family simply wouldn't believe her.
Madam Wan spoke again: "Take Simin and Side away first."
"I won't go, I won't go! Mother, please explain to Father! Grandmother, I'm a child of the Wan family, sob sob sob..."
Wan Simin struggled fiercely, but being small and weak, she was eventually forcibly taken away.
"I really didn't do anything wrong to the Wan family. I have no relationship with Lin Shikang whatsoever!" Liang Xinrong was truly speechless.
“Sister-in-law, how do you explain that my brother and Simin’s blood are incompatible? Why are you dragging all of us into this mess? I’m too ashamed to go out and face anyone now,” Liang Xinrong’s sister-in-law, Yao Bingjie, complained.
After Yao Bingjie finished speaking, her husband Wan Jiayu added, "Judging from the current situation, Yang Cui and Su Murong's relationship is definitely not ordinary, otherwise Su Murong would not have gone to such great lengths to help Yang Cui lie and clarify."
She has such a good relationship with the Star Gazing Tower. If we befriend her, we might even be able to get acquainted with Su Murong. After the term of office as the county magistrate expires, Father might even be able to take the position of county magistrate. But now that we've offended Yang Cui and Su Murong, forget about Father getting a promotion; he might even be demoted.”
As soon as Wan Jiayu finished speaking, the people in the room became worried, and their gazes towards Liang Xinrong became even more hostile.
"Our Wan family is truly cursed to have married such a scourge as you," Madam Wan said through gritted teeth in anger.
"We need to be on good terms with Yang Cui. Only by being on good terms with Yang Cui can we silence the rumors," Wan Songbai said. "Liu Shi, tomorrow you take the second son's wife to find Yang Cui. No matter the cost, we must quell this matter!"
"What should we do with the Liang family?" Madam Wan asked.
Wan Jiahao wanted nothing more than to strangle Liang Shi at this moment, and said angrily, "Lock this bitch in the ancestral hall and don't let her out! Claim to the outside world that she is unwell."
Isn't this just house arrest?
No! Don't!
Wan Jiahao kicked him again: "Who gave you the right to say no!"
Madam Wan: "We'll do as Jiahao says."
"What about Simin? What will happen to Simin?"
Hearing this, Liang Xinrong panicked, fearing that the Wan family would harm the child: "Simin really is a child of the Wan family! I don't know why they don't get along, but she really is a child of the Wan family!"
"You bitch, you want me to raise your bastard child!" Wan Jiahao, with his fiery temper, punched and kicked Liang Xinrong again.
No one in the room tried to stop it; they all remained indifferent bystanders.
Madam Wan spoke again: "At this critical juncture, we should not make any big moves. Let's send the mother and daughter to the ancestral hall first, claiming that they are unwell. After the storm has passed, we can send Simin to the estate."
The Wan family had mixed feelings about Wan Simin. She wasn't their child, so they were unwilling to raise her, but they couldn't just not raise her either. If the Wan family sent her to Lin Shikang, it would be like telling everyone that Wan Jiahao had really been cuckolded and that the Wan family had really raised someone else's child!
Liang Xinrong hadn't expected this outcome. She tried to explain and struggle hysterically, but no one believed her. The Wan family had already decided that Wan Simin was Lin Shikang's child!
Liang Xinrong was locked up in the ancestral hall.
Immediately afterwards, Wan Simin also came in.
The mother and daughter embraced and wept bitterly.
After crying her heart out, Wan Simin asked, "Mother, am I really Father's daughter?"
"You are, of course you are!"
"Then why can't my blood and my father's blood mix?"
"I don't know either, but you are the daughter of the Wan family! Your mother and Lin Tanhua are innocent, you must believe your mother!"
"Then why did you go after Yang Cui? Why did you go after Yang Cui for an outsider? Now that Father doesn't want me anymore, are you satisfied? Are you satisfied?" Wan Simin roared.
Liang Xinrong's tears fell like beads from a broken string.
Yang Cui's counterattack was too vicious; she got herself into this predicament with almost no effort.
In the dark and gloomy ancestral hall, Liang Xinrong felt both hatred and regret.
………………
The next morning, Liu and Yao Bingjie visited Yang Cui in Anjia Village.
Yang Cui was not surprised by their arrival, but that did not mean she welcomed them.
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