One sentence shocked everyone.
But the most excited one was the Dragon King.
The Dragon King's subtitles flashed by quickly: [Chen Miaochun looks like her grandfather, and Chen Ruxia looks like her mother. So who is Qiuqiu's real older sister?]
[It's really a pity. Blame those stupid dragons for causing trouble. They made this king use the last Kinship - Identifying Fruit. Otherwise, with just one fruit, we could have clearly known their identities.]
Shen Baozhu was a bit confused. "But the fruit can only identify relatives with the same mother. Qiuqiu and her sister aren't in that situation."
The last time Shen Baozhu ate the Kinship - Identifying Fruit, there were only two lines on her wrist, leading to Shen Heqing and Shen Haiyan. There was no red line for Shen Danqing.
When it came to watching the fun, the Dragon King had amazing talent. [There's still her twin brother. Feed the fruit to him!]
[Wait, this king doesn't have one, but others might.]
[This king can go and borrow a Kinship - Identifying Fruit, but it will take a few days. It'll be a bit of a long wait.]
The Dragon King felt regretful. If he had known he would need to snatch the fruit, he wouldn't have driven the other dragons away. Although it was great to monopolize the entire sea area and hundreds of mountains, it was really tiring to run so far to grab things.
Seeing that the Dragon King had taken the matter upon himself in just a few words, Lin Yu silently stopped what he was doing. Since the Dragon King had a way, he wouldn't borrow the blood - relationship detector from his friend.
In the interstellar era, paternity tests were much simpler and quicker. But if you wanted to get the results quickly, the instruments in the research institute were better.
The True Man Qingyun had no available talismans or pills. Immortals had few offspring and could recognize them by their aura. A thing like the baby - swapping in the Yong'an Marquis Mansion was unheard of by the True Man Qingyun.
So the Dragon King was the most enthusiastic. [Leave the cute girl to this king. It'll definitely be okay!]
The Princess Jingning knew a bit about it. She still thought Chen Miaochun was suspicious. "I saw with my own eyes that Ruxia looks like her mother. There's no faking it."
"It's possible to find a similar - looking woman based on the appearance of the late Marquis of Yong'an. Many people have seen his appearance."
"After I've dealt with the matters at hand, I'll go and see Ruxia."
The former Lady of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion was the Princess Jingning's friend. No matter what the truth about the origins of Chen Ruxia and Chen Miaochun was, she had to go to the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
Thinking that the Dragon King would need time to borrow the Kinship - Identifying Fruit, Shen Baozhu tugged at the Princess Jingning's sleeve. "Mother, remember to take me with you. Baozhu wants to go too."
"Okay." The Princess Jingning stroked Shen Baozhu's little face and gently replied.
Qingdai, who was standing beside them, also found an opportunity to report. "Princess, this servant will drive those people in the front yard out this afternoon. For the time being, it'll be completely cleaned up."
Suddenly, Qingdai changed the topic. "But what should we do with the people the Shen family arranged beside the eldest young master and the third young master?"
Most of the servants in the princess mansion were brought by the Princess Jingning from the Mu family. The rest were from the Shen family.
Some were brought by Shen Yunfeng to the princess mansion, and some were given to Shen Heqing by the elders of the Shen family... The former were easy to deal with. They could just be driven out together, but the latter were a bit more troublesome.
Shen Haiyan sneered. "Drive them all out. Just thinking about the Shen family's people in the mansion makes me feel sick."
"Do as Haiyan says. Send them back to the Shen family and say that these people offended their master." Shen Heqing found an excuse for Qingdai.
Shen Baozhu was burrowing into the Princess Jingning's arms. Hearing that both her elder brothers didn't want the people from the Shen family, she also said, "If big brother and third brother don't want them, Baozhu doesn't want them either!"
The Princess Jingning opened her arms and hugged her daughter. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Baozhu. There aren't any of them around you."
After Shen Baozhu fell into the water last time, the people from the Shen family had been dealt with. There wasn't a single person from the Shen family around her.
Shen Baozhu nodded. "That's good."
...
In the back mountain of the garden in the Yong'an Marquis Mansion.
In the quiet night, a woman's voice was a bit shrill. "Why haven't you done what you promised me? Chen Ruxia is already sixteen. She'll be able to get married soon!"
The woman was wearing a dark - green wide - sleeved robe. Although she was well - maintained, the white hairs at her temples revealed her age.
"Don't be so impatient. It won't delay your daughter from snatching a man." Chen Linchun stood opposite the woman. His brows were tightly furrowed, and his tone was impatient.
Just thinking about how Chen Ruxia had beaten up the three Wangs with Chen Miaochun today and reported them to the yamen, saying that the Wangs had abducted children, Chen Linchun felt extremely annoyed. And this Concubine Zhao in front of him was so noisy.
Concubine Zhao was quite favored in the mansion and had given birth to a concubine daughter. Others would address her as "Lady Zhao". Now being scolded by Chen Linchun, she felt she had lost face, and her tone became even more unpleasant. "Chen Linchun, you should be clear. If it weren't for me, you would have been driven out of the mansion by the marquis long ago!"
"Before the lady died, she still missed Chen Miaochun. She asked someone to send a message to the Princess Jingning, hoping that the princess could help her find Chen Miaochun. It was me who acted quickly and got rid of that maid. I helped you. You owe your position as the heir to my efforts." Concubine Zhao reminded Chen Linchun not to forget her contributions.
Apart from the late former Lady of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, only Concubine Zhao knew what had happened back then.
When the former Lady of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion was pregnant, Concubine Zhao, who was just a maid at that time, successfully got into the bed of the Marquis of Yong'an.
Once she became a mistress, Concubine Zhao couldn't contain her excitement and showed off in front of the former lady. And the marquis even protected her. The former lady had no way to deal with Concubine Zhao. Whenever she tried to deal with Concubine Zhao, rumors of her being jealous would spread in the mansion.
For the sake of her unmarried younger sister in the family, the former lady could only endure Concubine Zhao and planned to deal with her after giving birth.
When she was about to give birth, the former lady couldn't stand Concubine Zhao's provocation anymore. So she took her maid and went out for a spring outing, avoiding Concubine Zhao.
Unexpectedly, on the way, the former lady's water broke. She had to give birth in a nearby farmer's house. She gave birth to two daughters.
The farmer's family was surnamed Wang. They were Chen Miaochun's adoptive parents.
Seeing that the former lady had a maid to serve her and was wearing very gorgeous clothes, the Wangs had a bad idea.
Although they were twins, the elder sister who was born first was strong and cried loudly, while the younger sister was as thin as a kitten and couldn't even cry.
The maid was worried that the younger sister wouldn't live long, so she could only take the younger sister back to the capital to see a doctor first.
Taking this opportunity, the Wangs swapped their newly - born son with the elder daughter of the former lady.
When the former lady woke up, she saw the baby boy in front of her. Under the Wangs' persuasion, she took the baby boy back to the mansion doubtfully.
When the marquis saw the baby boy, he was overjoyed and named him Chen Linchun.
When the maid returned to the mansion, Chen Linchun had already become the heir. Looking at the happy atmosphere in the Yong'an Marquis Mansion, she didn't dare to tell the truth. She could only tell the former lady in private.
After learning that she had given birth to two daughters instead of a dragon - phoenix pair, the former lady started looking for her elder daughter. But the Wangs were so cunning that they reported Chen Miaochun's age one year older and managed to get away with it.
Since she couldn't find her elder daughter for a long time and was with Chen Linchun every day, the former lady missed her elder daughter more and more. This led to her being depressed, and she soon died of illness. Before she died, she asked the maid to send a message to her friend, hoping that her friend could help her find her elder daughter.