Seeing Du Mei's unhappy expression, Zheng spoke at the right time.

"Feiyao, stop messing around! Miss Su and Mr. Xiao are guests invited by your grandmother. How can you beat and scold them at will?"

Gu Feiyao acted coquettishly towards Zheng.

"Aunt, don't you know that this little bitch bullied me when we were in Linzhou Prefecture. My grandmother didn't love me and sided with outsiders. Now even my aunt doesn't love me anymore?"

"Your grandmother and I both love you the most, how could we be partial to outsiders? Calm down first!"

Gu Feiyao wanted to say something but was interrupted by Du Mei.

Du Mei looked straight at Gu Gaoxuan.

"Let me ask you, how did my daughter die?"

After these words were spoken, everyone had different expressions.

Gu Gaoxuan answered truthfully: "Mother-in-law, Manhui was weak after giving birth to a daughter and she caught a cold and died!"

Gu Feiyao looked puzzled.

"Why did grandma ask about my mother's death?"

There was a hint of nervousness in Qiu Rui's eyes, but she pretended to be calm, with a harmless look on her face, and comforted Gu Feiyao in a low voice.

"Grandma must be missing my sister too much, so she asked me this. Don't say anything!"

Although she felt uneasy, she thought that she had done a perfect job in Li Manhui's matter, so what could happen even if Du Mei found Su Xiaoxiao who looked very similar to Li Manhui.

It's nothing more than seeing things that reminds me of someone, and going to your house to vent my anger.

Du Mei continued, "When my granddaughter was born, she had a birthmark on her shoulder. Do you remember?"

Gu Gaoxuan replied: "Remember!"

"Then why isn't it on Feiyao's shoulders?"

"This……"

Gu Gaoxuan was busy with official business all day. Since he handed Gu Feiyao over to Qiu Rui's care, he rarely took care of her personally. At most, he would hold her and play with her for a while.

Now that his daughter has grown up, he, as a father, has no idea about the birthmark on her shoulder and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

When Qiu Rui heard this, her heart tightened, but she still pretended to be calm.

"Madam, maybe as Feiyao grew older, the birthmark on her shoulder gradually grew and eventually disappeared!"

Gu Feiyao has always been taken care of by Qiu Rui. She had heard people say that she had a birthmark on her body when she was born, but no one mentioned it when she grew up. Her shoulder was clean, so she forgot about it.

After listening to Qiu Rui's explanation, she felt more and more that this was the case.

But Du Mei didn't buy it.

She slammed the table.

"I'm talking to your master, do you have any say?"

Qiu Rui bowed.

"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, Madam. However, Feiyao has been under my care, and this is a matter concerning Feiyao's health, so Master doesn't know the details!"

Gu Gaoxuan also echoed.

"Yes, yes, yes. Mother-in-law, Qiu Rui has been taking care of Feiyao wholeheartedly for many years. We have all witnessed this."

The implication is that Du Mei is worrying too much.

Du Mei continued, "Do you still remember the shape of that birthmark?"

"Remember, it's a crescent-shaped birthmark!"

"Just remember it. I'm telling you, Feiyao no longer has a birthmark on her shoulder, but Su Xiaoxiao does have one, and it's exactly the same as it was back then!"

Gu Gaoxuan probably understood why Du Mei was angry.

He looked at Su Xiaoxiao again.

Not only does Su Xiaoxiao look similar to Li Manhui, she also has the same birthmark on her shoulder. Doesn't this prove that Su Xiaoxiao is Li Manhui's daughter?

But this is not very realistic!

Considering the huge Gu Mansion, who would have the guts to replace the prince with a cat?

Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran also understood Du Mei's intention at this moment.

It turned out that Du Mei was doubting Su Xiaoxiao's identity.

Su Xiaoxiao was also a little confused.

Isn’t she the daughter of Zhao Wanzhu and Su Yong?

She was just a little country girl, how could she suddenly become a real rich girl who ran away from home?

She is so overwhelmed!

Until she had enough evidence, she had no choice but to wait and see.

Seeing that Gu Gaoxuan didn't say anything but stared at Su Xiaoxiao in a daze, Qiu Rui spoke again guiltily.

"Madam, is it possible that this is just a coincidence?"

Gu Gaoxuan also said: "Yes, yes, it's very likely just a coincidence!"

Du Mei is unremitting.

"That's too much of a coincidence!"

She shouted outside again.

"Come on, bring the person up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an old woman came in accompanied by two servants.

As soon as the old woman came in, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Du Mei and Zheng.

"This old servant kowtows to the old lady and the general's wife."

"Get up and tell me everything you know!"

The old woman stood up and raised her head, and Su Xiaoxiao recognized her.

The other party was Nanny Wang, whom she and Xiao Ran had helped before.

Su Xiaoxiao subconsciously looked at Xiao Ran.

There was confusion in both of their eyes.

Nanny Wang bowed to Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran, then glared at Qiu Rui.

"Mrs. Qiu, do you still remember this old slave?"

Qiu Rui looked at Nanny Wang carefully before recognizing her. She screamed in fright and took a few steps back.

Her hands trembled constantly as she pointed at Nanny Wang and said, "You, you, you... aren't you dead?"

"Humph! If I hadn't faked my death back then, I'd have already become a real ghost in the underworld!"

Gu Gaoxuan also recognized Nanny Wang, who used to serve Qiu Rui.

He remembered that not long after Li Manhui passed away, Nanny Wang was beaten to death and thrown out for stealing. How come she is alive now?

Nanny Wang said, "The Madam and Miss Qiu gave birth at the same time, both girls. Miss Qiu was determined to ascend to the throne, and she didn't want her daughter to be born out of wedlock, so she came up with the idea of ​​switching babies."

"The lady was very weak after giving birth and passed out. The master was not at home. Miss Qiu had a powerful hand. She bribed the wet nurse to switch the two children and had this old slave kill the real young lady. This old slave had no children in his life. Looking at the young lady in his arms, he could not bear to kill her. So he secretly put her into the river and let her float down, hoping that she would be taken in by a kind person and survive."

"Mrs. Qiu told everyone that she had given birth to a stillborn baby and was immersed in grief all day long. In reality, she was plotting to frame the lady."

"She tampered with Madam's medicine. Madam passed away after taking it for several days."

"By the time the Lord and Madam Zheng arrived, Miss Qiu had already taken care of everything. Everyone was immersed in grief and had no suspicion that the Madam had been murdered."

"Later, Miss Qiu took the initiative to take on the responsibility of caring for the fake young lady, winning the trust of the master, Madam Du, and Madam Zheng. With this, she was promoted to the master's second wife."

When Nanny Wang said this, everyone's eyes fell on Qiu Rui.

How could Qiu Rui admit it?

"You're lying! You rascal, you're just holding a grudge against me for beating you to death! If you hadn't been dishonest and stolen things from the mansion, how could I have had the heart to beat you to death?"

Nanny Wang said, "You're the one lying! I didn't steal anything at all. You were guilty, and you were afraid we couldn't keep your secret, so you killed everyone who knew about it and participated in it, finding different excuses to get rid of them! If I hadn't faked my death and left the capital, I wouldn't be able to survive!"

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