After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Lu Jinyao was stunned by the blow and it took her a long time to come to her senses. Instead of being angry or hysterical, she covered her cheek and sneered at Lu Zhiyuan.

"Who exactly is the one who was born of a mother but raised without a father?"

“Of course it’s you, sister!” Lu Zhiyuan reached out and tugged at her clothes, her bright black eyes looking at her as if she could see right through her: “Aunt Ji married into the Zhu family, but you are not Zhu Guozhi’s child. You have the surname Lu, but you have no blood relation to my father. Why don’t you tell me whose child you are?”

“I—” Lu Jinyao’s lips trembled: “Why should I tell you who my father is?”

“You don’t need to tell me, you can know it yourself.” Lu Zhiyuan pressed down on her clothes: “I’m afraid you don’t know, and neither does your mother, my Aunt Ji.”

"Nonsense!" Lu Jinyao clenched her fists. "You don't need to try to provoke me. Compared to you, I not only have my mother's love and my brother's respect, but also the Marquis's careful guidance and ten years of companionship. As for you, sister, although you are the Marquis's biological daughter, what do you have besides being the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family?"

"I also have a maternal grandfather who is a great general, an eldest uncle who has so much money he can't spend it all, and a second uncle who controls the nation's finances. In short, I'm powerful and rich." Shallow dimples appeared on her cheeks. "If I were you, I would be so angry with myself. Because no matter how you compare, you can't compete with me."

"Lu Zhiyuan!" Lu Jinyao raised her sharp claws like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "I'm going to kill you!"

Her mother was the Marquis's beloved, and she was the daughter whom the Marquis had carefully protected for ten years. If it weren't for Lu Zhiyuan, that sickly woman who was destined to die, how could she have ended up in this situation today?

She will be pampered by her grandmother, recognized as a daughter by Xie Chaoyun, appear at the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet as the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family, be favored by the Empress, be formally betrothed to Prince Yue, have a grand wedding procession with ten miles of red bridal procession, and become the most glorious and glamorous Princess Yue in the capital.

As soon as Lu Jinyao raised her claws, Lu Zhiyuan subtly took two steps back.

In Fulin Courtyard, the servants who heard the commotion gathered around, and the most observant and sensible one had already gone to inform the old lady.

Fulin Courtyard is very large. The old lady lives in the back, while Ji Wanwan lives in a side room in the front courtyard with Lu Jinyao and her brother. Judging by the time, the old lady should have arrived long ago and should be standing somewhere in the courtyard.

Lu Zhiyuan's eyes flickered, and the corners of her mouth curled up in a half-smile.

That smile stung Lu Jinyao's eyes, and the last shred of reason in her mind vanished. She stared at Lu Zhiyuan's neck, wishing she could strangle her on the spot. She lunged forward, but before her fingertips could even touch her, Lu Yun kicked her back, causing her to stumble and crash into Ji Wanwan, who was trying to avenge her.

Ji Wanwan rolled up her sleeves and saw the old lady standing in the courtyard with a sullen face.

"Aunt, Aunt, you must stand up for Wanwan and Yao'er!" Ji Wanwan pushed Lu Zhiyuan aside and pulled Lu Jinyao into the courtyard. "Zhiyuan, relying on being the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion and having her sister back her up, brought her ignorant servants to Fulin Courtyard to cause trouble. Look at how Yao'er is being bullied by her. Poor Wanwan just came from that dog-eat-dog place and doesn't even have the ability to protect Yao'er. She just watched helplessly as she... Aunt, Yao'er is going to marry into the Yue Prince's mansion. If His Highness the Yue Prince asks about this, the Marquis's mansion and Brother Huai will have a hard time explaining it."

Lu Zhiyuan came over with her head down, bowed respectfully, called out "Grandmother" in a soft voice, raised her head, her eyes slightly red, looking delicate and pitiful.

Old Madam Lu arrived just in time, witnessing not only Lu Yun viciously kicking Lu Jinyao, but also hearing Lu Jinyao's words: "I'm going to kill you!"

“Grandmother, Yuan’er came because of Qingzhi’s matter, but I didn’t expect to anger Aunt Ji and my sister.” She glanced at Ji Wanwan and said, “My sister wanted to kill Yuan’er, but Aunt Ji just watched without intervening. Lu Yun only started kicking my sister because he was anxious. He is Yuan’er’s person, and he can’t just watch Yuan’er be killed by my sister.”

Lu Zhiyuan wiped her eyes: "How could you repay kindness with enmity, sister? At the palace banquet, you angered the Empress and were almost dragged out and beaten to death. If it weren't for Mother's intervention, how could the Empress have spared you for the sake of Grandfather and the Xie family? Because of your humble origins, you were not qualified to marry into the royal family. Mother knew that Grandmother loved you and was afraid that you would be wronged, so she adopted you as her daughter. I never expected that you would be jealous of my status as the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's family and try to kill me and take my place."

Lu Zhiyuan's eyes were red, revealing a fearful yet resolute expression: "Sister, you were born and raised in Weinan. You know nothing of the capital, much less the rules of the royal family. Even if you kill Yuan'er, even if Aunt Ji helps you cover up your crime, you cannot replace Yuan'er as the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's mansion. An adopted daughter is an adopted daughter, even if she takes the surname Lu, she is still an adopted daughter. Becoming His Highness Prince Yue's concubine is already a great honor for you, sister. How can you even dream of anything else?"

"Lu Zhiyuan!" Lu Jinyao said urgently, "Stop stirring up trouble and distorting the truth! It's clearly... it's clearly you who came to provoke my mother."

"Is my sister burying her head in the sand? They heard and saw everything that just happened."

"You did this on purpose?" Lu Jinyao reacted, pointing at Lu Zhiyuan: "When you spoke to me and my mother, you used a very low voice, just loud enough for the four of us to hear. But you deliberately provoked me so that they could hear... Lu Zhiyuan, you are just like your mother, vicious and cunning."

"Slap!" A slap landed on Lu Jinyao's face.

"Grandmother?" Lu Jinyao looked at the old lady Lu: "You hit Yao'er? You actually hit Yao'er for Lu Zhiyuan's sake!"

"Disrespectful and outspoken, you act so presumptuously even in the Marquis's mansion, which shows that what they said about you in the palace is true." Old Madam Lu said fiercely, "We sent you to the palace with Yunniang to broaden your horizons, but what have you done? You almost brought disaster upon the Marquis's mansion. Yunniang protected you, and Yuan'er yielded to you, yet you are so ungrateful. Come here, lock her in the woodshed in the backyard and let her reflect on her actions."

"Aunt, Yao'er is still a child!" Ji Wanwan hugged Old Madam Lu's leg. "It's Wanwan's fault. Wanwan doesn't know how to raise a child. If you want to punish someone, punish Wanwan."

"She's still a child? She's two years older than Yuan'er, how come Yuan'er is so sensible?" Old Madam Lu was furious. She had previously thought Lu Jinyao was better than Lu Zhiyuan, but it turns out that other people's offspring are not as good as the Marquis's own. If her son hadn't been so infatuated with Ji Wanwan, and if she hadn't confirmed that Jingyuan was a legitimate member of the Marquis's bloodline, she would never have tolerated this mother and daughter staying in the Marquis's residence.

The thought of Ji Wanwan and Lu Jinyao deceiving her for ten years made her feel suffocated. She kicked Ji Wanwan aside, shaking her leg. "You really don't know how to raise children. Since Yunniang has acknowledged Jinyao, Jinyao will live with Yunniang from now on. As for Jingyuan, as previously agreed, he will also move to Yunniang's courtyard. As for you, the Lu family has a house in the capital. Once you're better, you can move there to avoid gossip."

Ji Wanwan's world has collapsed.

Just a moment ago, she was gloating over hitting Qingzhi and planning her future life. In the blink of an eye, her two children were gone, and she was about to be driven out of the Marquis's mansion. All of this was simply because Lu Zhiyuan said a few words to the old lady.