Reborn, the daughter of the Marquisate went crazy

Old Madam Xie looked at Jiang Muxue, a helpless and distressed expression on her face. She said softly, "Xue'er, you were exhausted and unconscious during childbirth, and you didn't know the truth of the matter. You did give birth to two daughters that day."

"When the midwife broke the news, Jingyuan and I were ecstatic. But we never imagined Li'er would be born with a purple complexion and hanging by a thread. She died not long after. We were afraid you would be heartbroken after hearing about it, so we ordered her to be buried quietly."

"I don't know what curse the Xie family suffered back then. All the maids and servants who served in the delivery room died overnight. There was no evidence, so we never told the truth. You also thought we only had a daughter!"

"But I never dreamed that Li'er was so lucky and had such a long life. She was actually saved by a kind-hearted person and even had the chance to meet Yu'er later. It all seemed like it was God's will. God bless our Xie family!"

After saying this, Madam Xie breathed a long sigh of relief. Her purpose had been achieved by publicly stating this today. No matter how the Jiang family defended themselves, as long as the Jing'an Marquisate accepted their statement, Xie Qingyao would forever be the legitimate daughter of the Marquisate, the daughter of Jing Yuan and Jiang!

Old Madam Xie wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. If she shed some tears, it would certainly be more convincing, but her eyes were dry at the moment. Even after wiping her eye sockets until they were red, she still couldn't squeeze out a single tear.

Everyone was skeptical and talking about it.

Some people recalled the strange incident that happened that year. Many maids and servants in Jing'an Marquis's Mansion died mysteriously overnight, but the Dali Temple investigated for more than a month and could not find out the cause. At that time, it was rumored in Shengjing City that Jing'an Marquis' Mansion had attracted evil spirits.

Now it seems that the deaths of those maids and servants back then were related to the life experiences of these two little girls?

To protect Xie Qingyao, Madam Xie had twisted right and wrong and lied endlessly! Jiang Muxue was so angry that her face turned pale and her whole body was shaking. She angrily shouted, "This is nonsense! I was pregnant for ten months, and the doctor took my pulse every month but never diagnosed twins. How could there be two babies during the birth?"

For so many years, Old Madam Xie had lived a comfortable life in the Jing'an Marquis's mansion, where she had the final say. How could she have ever been treated so harshly? She was both angry and aggrieved, her nose sore, and she actually squeezed out a few tears.

Old Madam Xie rolled her eyes, and a plan came to her mind. She stopped arguing with Jiang Muxue about one or two issues, and instead looked at her pitifully, saying aggrievedly, "Xue'er, I know that although you have been married into the Xie family for more than 20 years, you have never looked down on them, and you don't even look down on me, your mother-in-law! But, on an occasion like today, could you please give me some face..."

There were tears in the corners of her eyes and her tone was humble. Although she deliberately lowered her voice, her speech was slow and her words were clear, ensuring that everyone present could hear clearly.

Old Madam Xie became a widow at a young age, raised three sons by herself, and brought the Xie family from a small place like Qingzhou to the bustling and prosperous Shengjing City to settle down. Naturally, she had some means.

She knew that the more she told a lie, the more it would be exposed, so she simply stopped explaining Xie Qingyao's life experience to Jiang Muxue. Instead, she took another approach and accused Jiang Muxue of being unfilial.

In Dongling, filial piety is more important than anything else!

If Jiang Muxue was afraid of being accused of being unfilial, she would give in and would not bother about Xie Qingyao's life experience anymore; if Jiang Muxue refused to give up and continued to argue, then she would confirm her reputation as an unfilial person, and Mrs. Xie could pretend to be angry with Jiang Muxue and leave this place.

Old Madam Xie felt somewhat proud. She had lived in the countryside when she was young, so she naturally knew some of the village women's unreasonable tricks.

Jiang Muxue was shocked on the spot. She didn't expect Mrs. Xie to be so shameless as to fabricate such nonsense! She was furious and was about to argue: "You..."

Madam Jiang called out in a deep voice, "Xue'er!"

She shook her head slightly at Jiang Muxue. If Xue'er continued to speak, it would be truly unfilial. And if the Jiang family members joined in, they would surely be slandered by Old Madam Xie as using their power to bully others!

While Madam Jiang was pondering her strategy, Xie Qingli had already risen. Others might not say anything, but as a daughter of hers who had lived in exile and suffered so much, she had no such scruples. She would never allow anyone to bully her mother!

Xie Qingli quickly walked up to Old Madam Xie and pleaded, "Grandma, Mother and I have been separated for over a decade. She is filled with pain and remorse, and it's hard not to get emotional when talking about this. Li'er begs Grandma to forgive Mother!"

Xie Qingli's clear eyes were full of pleading, which made people reluctant to refuse, but Mrs. Xie did not say anything, but looked at Xie Qingli with vigilance.

Old Madam Xie hated Xie Qingli's mouth. As soon as she opened her mouth, she had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, but she couldn't make her shut up.

Xie Qingli looked at Jiang Muxue, whose face was filled with anger, with heartache, and said softly, "Grandma, you said that Mother looked down on our Xie family. She didn't even have you as her mother-in-law in her eyes. You really wronged Mother!"

"Although Li'er has only been back home for a short time, she has already heard a lot."

"Li'er heard that when A'niang first married into our family, my father wasn't an official yet, and we had just moved from Qingzhou to Shengjing, so we didn't have much income. For those few years, the whole family relied on A'niang's dowry to get by!"

"When my second uncle married my second aunt, there wasn't much money in the official account of the Marquisate, so it was my mother who took out part of the dowry to make up the betrothal gift!"

"For twenty years now, my mother has been visiting you every morning and evening, rain or shine. Who in the entire mansion doesn't know how filial my mother is?"

"And because you like Second Aunt, you took over the management of the Marquis' Mansion and gave it to Second Aunt, and I have no complaints at all!"

"Every year on your birthday, A'niang would still carefully prepare gifts to cheer you up. The jade bracelet on your hand and the jeweled headband on your head, which one of them is not a gift from A'niang to you?"

"When I first heard these things, Li'er felt really bad for Mother! So, it's not that Mother looks down on the Xie family, it's not that Mother doesn't have you in her eyes, but our Xie family has always treated Mother unfairly!"

Xie Qingli spoke eloquently, and some of the things she said were half true and half false, and some were just made up by her, but everyone was convinced after listening to her. This Xie family is really a piece of shit!

Old Madam Xie wanted to refute, but she couldn't get a word in. By the time Xie Qingli stopped, Old Madam Xie's face had turned ashen with anger. She angrily said, "The Xie family has never lacked money. How could we have used your mother's dowry? Don't talk nonsense, girl!"

"Also, this headband of mine was given to me by your second aunt, not your mother!"

Xie Qingli looked puzzled and asked, "Li'er, I guess I heard it wrong! But the old maid in the mansion said that our Xie family only had a small piece of land when we were in Qingzhou. If we don't rely on land, could it be that father has found other ways to make money?"

"You..." Old Madam Xie was a little speechless. The Xie family did have other ways to make money, but they couldn't tell anyone.

Xie Qingli walked over to Xie Qingyao, looked at her carefully for a few times, and asked with a smile, "Grandma, all the twins I've seen look exactly the same. Why don't I see any similarities between her and me?"

Without waiting for Madam Xie to answer, Xie Qingli turned to look at everyone at the table and asked curiously, "Ladies, do we look like twin sisters?"

Everyone looked at the two of them carefully. One was graceful and pure, the other was bright and beautiful. No one would mistake them for twins.

Seeing Xie Qingli bringing up the subject again without her noticing, Old Madam Xie coldly retorted, "Not all twin sisters look alike. You're still young, so it's not surprising you haven't seen one before!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. What Mrs. Xie said was really far-fetched. They had never seen such different twins in their entire lives!

In the silence, Tan Ruyan suddenly said, "Yes, yes, Madam Xie is right. There are indeed twin sisters with different appearances. Yan'er has met them before..."