At this thought, Zhao Shuning deliberately put on a terrified look on her face.
At this moment, Liu Yuan also realized something was amiss and quickly turned to look at Yingniang.
"You, what do you mean? Don't talk nonsense. I'm Luo Feiyan. How could I be this Luo Qiu you're talking about?"
Old Man Rong, now with the intention of making things difficult for the other side as well, quickly said, "You're the ill - fated Luo Qiu. Ever since you were born, you've been a bane to Ruoqiang. Luo Qiu, I'd like to see if people will still treat you as the eldest miss of the Marquis Mansion after they know your true identity."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
At this moment, Yingniang silently stepped forward.
When Rong Qing saw Yingniang, he felt as if he knew her. Then he called out, "Sister Qiu, why are you here?"
Sister Qiu?
Liu Yuan looked at Qiu Ying. Why did Rong Qing know Yingniang? And why did he call Qiu Ying Sister Qiu?
"You're talking nonsense. How could I be Luo Qiu? I've been raised by my parents since childhood. There's also a red lotus on my forehead. I'm the legitimate daughter of the Luo family."
"The legitimate daughter of the Luo family? Hahaha - how ridiculous. The real legitimate daughter of the Luo family may not even be alive now."
Hearing this, Ye Qingluan and Luo Hao quickly stepped forward.
"Old Master Rong, what do you mean by that?"
"Don't talk nonsense and try to sow discord between me and my parents."
The old man of the Rong family really fell into the trap. Immediately, he said, "I'm not lying to you at all. Qiu Ying is a guest of our Rong family. She came to your Luo family just waiting for this day."
Liu Yuan slumped to the ground all of a sudden.
Back then, under Qiu Ying's guidance, she had gradually switched the babies, poisoned, and sowed discord between Luo Hao and Ye Qingluan.
Had she been used by Qiu Ying all these years? She had trusted her so much for so many years.
Qiu Ying walked to the side of the Rong family. At this moment, this secret was their only chance to turn the tables.
Most of those who had defected to the Luo family did so because of the Luo family's loyalty. Marquis Luo Hao was willing to sacrifice everything for Ruoqiang, and so were they.
If they knew that the girl in front of them was not Luo Feiyan but Luo Qiu, they would probably choose to get rid of the girl in front of them for the peace of Ruoqiang.
"Yingniang, what's going on?"
Qiu Ying said, "Madam, it's time for the truth to come out. Congratulations. You've raised someone else's child for a full eighteen years."
Ye Qingluan took a step back.
"You're talking nonsense."
"Would I lie to you?"
Qiu Ying took out a box of fine needles from behind and said softly, "Back then, I instigated Concubine Liu to meet Old Master Rong. I let the fetus in her belly grow by relying on the spiritual energy of the child in your belly. So, after they were born, they looked exactly the same."
Ye Qingluan looked at Luo Hao. But Luo Hao shook his head, looking equally clueless.
"Madam, don't look at the Marquis. The Marquis regarded the child born by Concubine Liu as a bane to Ruoqiang back then. Naturally, he didn't even take a look at her. How could he know that they looked exactly the same?"
Luo Hao lowered his head, full of remorse.
Yingniang continued, "But thanks to the Marquis's heartlessness, the following things went so smoothly for us."
"What about the red lotus on the child's forehead?"
"Madam, don't you remember? Concubine Liu is good at embroidery. A red lotus is not difficult for her."
How could Liu Yuan, as the child's biological mother, be so cruel as to embroider a red lotus on such a young child's forehead?
"Liu Yuan! Is this true?"
Liu Yuan covered her face and sobbed softly.
"I'm sorry, Marquis. I'm sorry -"
The truth was right in front of them. They had to believe it.
"You can probably guess what happened next. Marquis, no offense, but Concubine Liu is as stupid as a pig. You took her stupidity for kindness. It was her who personally switched your child, the Luo Feiyan who was supposed to be the predestined daughter of Ruoqiang."
Luo Hao walked towards Liu Yuan. He squatted down.
Liu Yuan couldn't stop crying.
"Shut up!"
With a roar, Liu Yuan immediately stopped her tears and didn't dare to make a sound. This was the first time she had seen Luo Hao so angry.
"Did you tell Loulan Moyan about the layout of our Marquis Mansion and the full - moon banquet?"
"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, please listen to my explanation. I just couldn't bear to part with Qiuqiu. I couldn't bear to kill her. Brother Hao, I just wanted to keep my daughter by my side. Brother Hao, Qiuqiu is so pitiful."
"Slap!"
This slap was from Luo Hao to Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan stared at him with wide eyes. This was the first time Luo Hao had hit her. Luo Hao never hit women.
"Brother Hao."
Ye Qingluan's body trembled uncontrollably at this moment.
So, in order to keep her own daughter by her side, Liu Yuan had designed to switch Yan'er and Luo Qiu at the banquet?
"You, a vicious woman. Even the births of Yan'er and Qiuqiu were part of your plan. When they were still in the womb, you relied on the spiritual energy of the child in Qingluan's belly to plot this conspiracy!"
"Brother Hao, Brother Hao, please listen to my explanation. This wasn't my intention. It was Yingniang. It was all Yingniang who told me to do this. She said that if it weren't for Ye Qingluan's appearance, the position of the mistress of the Marquis Mansion should be mine. Brother Hao, this position of the mistress should be mine!"
Luo Hao stepped back step by step.
For many years, he had seen the terrifying side of the woman in front of him for the first time.
"So, this banquet was also your doing?"
"No, it wasn't me. I didn't know that the Rong family would do such a thing at the banquet. Yingniang told me that as long as I held a grand banquet and then blamed Ye Qingluan, Ye Qingluan's position in your heart would be greatly reduced. Brother Hao, I really didn't know. I really didn't know that Yingniang was from the Rong family. I didn't know that she did all this just to harm you."
Liu Yuan had said so much. Everything was clear now.
Luo Hao felt that he had really wronged Ye Qingluan. But everything had already happened. How could he make it up?
And where was their daughter now?
Ye Qingluan slumped backward. Zhao Shuning quickly caught her.
Seeing the girl in front of her who looked so much like her Yan'er but wasn't her daughter, Ye Qingluan's tears immediately fell.
"Mother, don't cry. It's not time to cry yet."
Zhao Shuning helped Ye Qingluan to a chair and let her sit down. She looked at the Rong family and said, "So, you've been scheming against the Luo family's property since my mother got pregnant?"
Playing the long - game to catch big fish. This plan had actually lasted for nearly twenty years.
"Each to their own advantage. One has to have the ability to sit on the position of the Marquis and also the ability to hold on to it."
Zhao Shuning put her hands in front of her and clapped for the Rong family. This action made the Rong family suspicious.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Old Man Rong, you say I'm Luo Qiu and that I'm the evil girl of Ruoqiang. Then do you have any evidence?"