Su Mingyu was utterly confused. "What on earth are you up to?"
Su Yueyue's voice was hoarse, and her face was as pale as paper, clearly a sign of a sleepless night. "Last night, the King of Yu came to my courtyard for dinner. I got him drunk during the meal, and then... I took a drop of his blood."
"What did you take his blood for?" Although Su Mingyu knew in her heart that Su Yueyue must have suspected something about her own child, she still pretended not to know anything.
"You were at the Prince Yu's Mansion on the day I gave birth, weren't you?" Su Yueyue looked at Su Mingyu. It was a question, but there wasn't much doubt in her tone.
Su Mingyu nodded. "I was indeed there."
"Then you should also know that I fainted right after giving birth. When I woke up, the midwife was holding Huier in front of me, saying that this was my daughter." The colder Su Yueyue got as she spoke.
Su Mingyu nodded again. "That's exactly what happened."
"Huier is not my own child." Su Yueyue almost roared. "I couldn't have given birth to a daughter!"
Seeing her so determined, Su Mingyu suddenly became interested. "You were unconscious at that time. How can you be so sure that Huier isn't your daughter?"
Seeing that Su Mingyu was finally a bit shaken, Su Yueyue got up, gave a look to the maid behind her, and then casually closed the door.
She went into the inner room and sat down. Looking at Su Mingyu with a gloomy face, her pretty little face was wrinkled tightly. "I actually made preparations for my child a long time ago. I spent a fortune in the civilian world to buy a baby boy and gave him to the wet nurse."
"If I gave birth to a baby girl, the wet nurse would replace the girl with the boy. If I gave birth to a boy, that would be even better."
Su Mingyu nodded in understanding. As expected of Su Yueyue. She was willing to replace her own child just like that.
"Do you think I'm heartless?" Su Yueyue saw the suspicion in Su Mingyu's eyes.
Su Mingyu didn't say a word. She just looked at her. "Then how do you know this baby girl isn't yours? What if the King of Yu accompanied you throughout the whole process of your giving birth, and the wet nurse didn't have a chance to replace the baby?"
"It's impossible." Su Yueyue retorted almost without thinking. "Men aren't allowed to enter the delivery room, especially a man like the King of Yu who has great ambitions. So the wet nurse had a thousand ways to replace the child in the delivery room."
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows after hearing this. "So you suspect that this child isn't yours?"
"I've tested it..." Su Yueyue's tone suddenly became very solemn. "My blood doesn't mix with that child's. Just to be on the safe side, I also tested the King of Yu's blood. It's the same. With things like this, do you still think I'm lying to you?"
Su Yueyue looked at Su Mingyu with slightly red eyes. "Although I married the King of Yu for power and wealth, we've been together for so long. We do have some feelings for each other. I've been whole - heartedly devoted to him, but look at him. He actually replaced our child!"
When Su Yueyue said this, she seemed rather resentful. "Just because our child was a baby boy, he was worried that the boy would threaten Qu Wurou's status, so he was so cruel!"
Su Mingyu watched as Su Yueyue gritted her teeth in anger and couldn't help but snort coldly in her heart.
She was so high - and - mighty when accusing others, but wasn't Su Yueyue herself also prepared to replace the child with a baby boy?
Su Mingyu lowered her eyes and looked at Su Yueyue. "What do you mean by telling me all this? Do you think I can help you deal with the King of Yu? You really think too highly of me."
Saying that, Su Mingyu spread her hands. "I'm under house arrest here by him now. I can't even protect myself, let alone help you."
"I don't want you to help me deal with the King of Yu. I just want you to tell me the truth." Su Yueyue looked at Su Mingyu. For once, there was a touch of sincerity in her calculating eyes.
But Su Mingyu wasn't fooled at all. She knew better than anyone else about Su Yueyue's cruelty before. Did she think she could get her help just by showing a little weakness now?
Su Mingyu raised her eyebrows and slowly poured herself a cup of hot tea. "You want to know if it was really the King of Yu who replaced your child?"
Su Yueyue nodded. "Yes! I want to know!"
Su Mingyu pretended to sigh in great distress. "You clearly already have an answer in your heart, but you specifically want me to confirm it. Do you not trust your own judgment or do you not believe that the King of Yu would really do something so cruel?"
Su Yueyue was stunned by Su Mingyu's words. After a long while, she bit her lip. "So it's really him who replaced my child..."
As she spoke, Su Yueyue even covered her face and cried. Her sobs were heart - rending, and it really sounded like she was in great pain.
Su Mingyu lowered her eyes and watched. She didn't quite understand why Su Yueyue was crying like this. After all, she didn't even want that child herself.
"I know you must think I deserve it..." Su Yueyue said with red - rimmed eyes. "I admit that at first, I wanted to use a baby boy to win the King of Yu's favor. But as I got closer and closer to Huier, I gradually experienced the joy of being a mother."
As she spoke, Su Yueyue's shoulders couldn't stop trembling. "Every time I saw Huier fall asleep contentedly, I always wondered what my own child was like now. Was he well - fed? Was he also being cherished like a treasure by others just like Huier?"
Su Yueyue looked at Su Mingyu. "Actually, I've wanted to look for my child privately more than once, but no one in the whole mansion is on my side, except for the wet nurse..."
But the wet nurse had long been punished into a useless person by the King of Yu to establish his authority.
Su Mingyu knew this even without Su Yueyue saying it.
Watching Su Yueyue cry so pitifully, it was clearly a scene that was very endearing, but Su Mingyu didn't feel the slightest bit of pity. She just thought she deserved it.
"Even if you've told me all this, I can't help you." Su Mingyu's attitude was very firm. "You should know that I'm now imprisoned in the mansion by the King of Yu. It's not worth it for me to offend him for an obvious answer."
Saying that, Su Mingyu was about to ask someone to escort Su Yueyue out, but Su Yueyue simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed loudly. "Sister, that replaced child is your own nephew. Can't you help me for the sake of our blood relationship?"
Seeing that she was actually threatening her with blood relationship, Su Mingyu snorted in her heart, but there was no expression on her face. "Now you remember that our blood is thicker than water? You didn't seem to feel that way at all when you were rejecting me before."