Chapter 397: A Devastating Life Story
Zhou Qinzhu's eyes widened and she didn't know what to say.
"Qinzhu, mother knows this is hard for you to accept, but it's the truth... All these years, I fabricated your life story to make your father pay attention to you and to secure my position as the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an... Even your father doesn't know that nothing actually happened when he got drunk..."
Zhou Qinzhu suddenly wanted to find a place to be quiet.
"Mother……"
She wanted to say something, but she couldn't organize her words.
"Actually, Minister Xue, who was watching you at the palace banquet that day, is your father..." Ye Lanxin finally said it.
"What?"
This time, Zhou Qinzhu was really shocked.
She looked at Ye Lanxin in disbelief, as if she wanted to see some clues from her face.
"Mother, you...are you kidding me? How could I be his daughter? Isn't he your uncle?"
Zhou Qinzhu's collapse is imminent.
At that moment, countless thoughts flashed through her mind.
She didn't know how to face such a bizarre life experience. If this matter became known to others in the future, how could she survive in Dizhou?
A trace of guilt flashed in Lan Xin's eyes, but she still shook her head firmly.
"Qinzhu, I know this is unfair to you, but I can't explain what happened back then... If I hadn't done that, I'm afraid I would have been implicated by the Marquis of Qingyang's Mansion... But I didn't expect that you would be born at that time..."
Zhou Qinzhu felt her mind was in a mess and she didn't know how to face this sudden truth.
"So, you didn't want me from the beginning?" Zhou Qinzhu asked painfully.
Even what each person wants to say is completely different.
Ye Lanxin's body trembled slightly, her eyes filled with complicated emotions. She reached out to touch Zhou Qinzhu's face to soothe her emotions, but Zhou Qinzhu dodged her.
She regretted that she had spoken too directly and did not give her daughter any time to accept it.
But the words had already been spoken, and she had to bite the bullet and continue.
"Qinzhu, mother also has her own difficulties..." Ye Lanxin's voice was choked with sobs, "Mother has never thought of abandoning you, otherwise why would mother give birth to you under such circumstances?"
Zhou Qinzhu closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks, and she felt as if her world had collapsed.
Over the years, everything she believed in was torn apart by her own mother.
"Mother, since you have concealed it for so many years, why don't you continue to conceal it? What do you want to do by telling me this now?"
Zhou Qinzhu's collapse was unexpected to Ye Lanxin.
The Zhou family is not as strong as it used to be, and Xue Chenglun just came back and became the Minister of Rites, and he can obviously give Zhou Qinzhu better support.
"When you enter the palace, your status will already be quite low. If you had a father in the Ministry of Rites, it would provide you with more security than two unsuccessful brothers. Mother also did this for you..."
Ye Lanxin's words made Zhou Qinzhu even more panicked.
Has the Zhou family reached this point now?
But she had finally won the recognition of the Zhou family, and someone helped her to withstand the world's curses. If people knew now that she was not even a child of the Zhou family, but of the Xue family, and that she was the result of the affair between her mother and Xue Chenglun, would she still have the face to live?
"For me? Mother, do you really think telling me this at this time is for my own good? Mother, what happened when you went out to see Liu this time? Did she discover something that forced you to tell me the truth? Don't you think this will ruin me?" Zhou Qinzhu's voice was filled with low anger.
She suspected that her mother had been cast a spell on her or was threatened by Liu, otherwise why would she suddenly tell her this?
Ye Lanxin looked at her daughter's painful expression and felt mixed emotions.
She knew how much harm this incident had done to her daughter, but there was nothing she could do; that was the reality.
"Qinzhu, mother knows that this is hard for you to accept, but it is the truth. One day you will know it..." Ye Lanxin said, reaching out to pull Zhou Qinzhu's hand again.
Zhou Qinzhu suddenly pulled his hand back, his eyes full of disappointment.
"The truth? You've been hiding the truth for so many years. You've known for a long time that I'm not a child of the Zhou family, yet you've made me fight and compete for it, making me despised by the world. Now you're letting me know my true background and forcing me to accept it all? Mother, am I your daughter, or your enemy?"
Ye Lanxin was speechless. She could only shed tears silently and watch her daughter in pain.
She knew that she had spoken too hastily about this matter.
Even if I told her that she was actually the posthumous child of Marquis Qingyang, it would still be easier for her to accept than telling her that she was the product of adultery...
The mother and daughter didn't speak for a long time, and Zhou Qinzhu even distanced herself from Ye Lanxin.
Her action once again hurt Ye Lanxin's heart.
She wanted to say something, but seeing Zhou Qinzhu's resistance, she held it back.
A servant's voice rang out from outside: "Madam, the Crown Prince's wife is looking for you..."
Ye Lanxin felt even more annoyed, but she couldn't just ignore her niece.
"Okay, I'll be right there..."
"Qinzhu, calm down first..."
After saying that, Ye Lanxin left.
Zhou Qinzhu was in a daze in the room and asked the servant who had just come in to get out and stay away.
The servants didn't know what was happening and could only do as they were told.
Zhou Qinzhu locked himself in the room and walked to the bed like a zombie.
She leaned weakly on the bed, tears streaming down her face.
Her world had become dark, and all her cognitions were overturned at this moment.
She didn't understand why her mother had kept it a secret for so many years, why she had made her fight for it in the Zhou family for so many years, and yet told her such a cruel truth in the end.
With trembling hands, she kept touching everything around her, as if she could find a trace of truth in this way.
But her mother's words were like a cold knife, always stabbing her heart.
She suddenly felt so lonely and helpless.
Especially this matter, she had no way to share it with her brothers and seek comfort...
When the sound of banging came from Zhou Qinzhu's room, the servant moved further away.
I’m afraid the conversation between the mother and daughter just now was very unhappy, otherwise Zhou Qinzhu would definitely not have reacted like this.
When Ye Lanxin rushed to Ye Lingyue's place, Zhou Yuxiu was not in the room.
"Mother……"
Ye Lingyue looked aggrieved and stretched out her hand towards Ye Lanxin.
"What's wrong? Didn't you say you're not allowed to cry during the confinement period?" Ye Lanxin hurried over.
Ye Lingyue said uncomfortably, "Mother, my husband said he wanted to give up the throne..."
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