sbdcsierra Chapter 20 Our Divorce
Chapter 20 Our Divorce
Standing at the door, Lan grabbed Hui's arm tightly to steady herself.
The gesture that Hui Mama was about to make to knock on the door also froze.
Lady Lan is the Duchess of this Duke's Mansion. Even if she was ill and unable to pay her respects in person, someone would still report to her what happened in the morning.
Especially since the Duke of Sheng had ordered his men to attack Lu Yangyang today, there are no secrets that can be kept in this mansion. In just a short while, the news spread throughout the entire mansion.
People everywhere are saying that it seems the Duke of Sheng truly dislikes this biological daughter. Otherwise, even if the Duke were to beat a mischievous boy like the Fifth Young Master, he would never order his servants to do it directly.
You must know that the Duke has fought on the battlefield for half his life, and the servants around him are not ordinary servants. They are all former experts in the army and the Duke's personal guards.
If someone like that were to make a move, Lu Yangyang would likely be crippled or killed!
Even though there were things like Young Master Yan coming to the rescue later, the main point was that Lu Yangyang was rejected.
Upon hearing this, Madam Lan could no longer remain seated. Ignoring her own health, she immediately tried to get up to confront Duke Sheng. However, she was stopped and persuaded repeatedly by Granny Hui before finally being convinced to check on Lu Yangyang first.
As the two arrived at the courtyard, they found that Granny Feng, along with a group of servants and maids, had taken Sheng Yunzhu and the others away.
Therefore, the entire courtyard was empty, with only a few maids present.
In broad daylight, it was impossible for a wealthy family like theirs to close the door to the main hall. Fearing that something might have happened to her daughter, Madam Lan did not ask the maid to announce her arrival and hurried over.
Just as they were about to have Granny Hui knock on the door, they heard Sheng Yunjiao and Lu Yangyang's voices inside.
With red eyes and a slight tremor in her body, Lan Shi calmed down and pointed outside, asking Hui Mama to help her leave.
Once outside the courtyard, Lan could no longer hold back her tears.
"Granny, Granny, did you hear that? Did you hear what Yangyang said? She's such a little child, she's used to being hungry, she's so hungry that she can't control herself when she sees food."
"When I first met her, I only thought that although she was thin, she was still in good spirits. I thought that at least she had survived, which must be thanks to her ancestors. But I had no idea how she survived or how she grew up..."
"I have the nerve to pity other people's children in front of her, how can I possibly face her..."
Lan collapsed into Hui Mama's arms, her voice choked with sobs: "When my grandfather was young, he traveled throughout the Nine Provinces and often told me about the interesting things he encountered along the way. He said that some people had strange quirks, not intentionally, nor because of their character, but because they had contracted a strange illness, a mental illness. When the officials of the Ministry of Justice interrogated prisoners, in order to get them to confess, they would give them long-term hints and create panic, thereby breaking their minds and causing them to develop these strange quirks."
"But my daughter, my daughter comes from a wealthy family, a girl from a prominent family in the capital. Even if she wasn't pampered, she wouldn't, she wouldn't..."
Lady Lan couldn't continue. She was Lan Yin's daughter, the daughter of a noble family, a prominent clan with a history spanning hundreds of years, even setting aside this fact. How could she have... how could she have...
“Madam, this is not your fault. In that situation back then, you were trying to protect Miss…” Granny Hui took a handkerchief and wiped away her tears, sighing softly.
During the war in the capital, the lady, who was six months pregnant, was kidnapped and gave birth to her child in a dilapidated temple. In order to save the child's life, she had to pack all her valuables and let the wet nurse take the child and leave first, so that she might be able to save her own life.
After that, the lady was rescued by the Duke, but she could not stay in the capital for a while, so she had to go to her post with the Duke.
It wasn't until two years later, when the turmoil had completely subsided and the Sheng family returned to the capital, that they finally had the opportunity to search for the child who had been sent away.
None of them could have imagined, could have imagined, that wet nurse He would be so audacious as to steal the bloodline of the Duke's mansion.
They even dared to brazenly rely on this favor in the Duke's mansion, living a carefree and unrestrained life.
"Let's go see the Duke," Madam Lan said firmly, gritting her teeth and gripping Granny Hui's arm.
Having no other choice, Granny Hui had to take her to the Duke of Sheng's study.
Duke Sheng was off duty today, but he had many things to attend to at home and was dealing with them at the moment. When he saw her arrive, he subconsciously frowned, then hurriedly got up to help her, his voice somewhat displeased: "You're not feeling well, why aren't you staying in the courtyard? What are you doing running around?"
Lan pushed him away abruptly, took two steps back, and looked at him coldly: "Why are you running around like this? I didn't know that the Duke was so powerful. If I hadn't come, wouldn't I have been able to keep quiet about when my daughter died without me even knowing!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Duke Sheng's face darkened as he glanced at Granny Hui.
Granny Hui hurriedly knelt down, her head bowed, not daring to utter a sound.
“You don’t need to look at her. I am the mistress of this mansion. If I can’t even know this little thing, then wouldn’t I be truly blind and incompetent?” Madam Lan said coldly, then added self-deprecatingly, “No, I really am blind and incompetent.”
She clutched her clothes to her chest with one hand, wishing she could punch them hard a few times just to catch her breath.
After a moment, as if she had made a decision and was afraid of regretting it, she said firmly, "Send Yunzhu away, send her back to where she belongs. If not, send her back to her hometown or to Jiangnan. Send her away. The eldest daughter of the Sheng family is Yangyang, and can only be Yangyang!"
These words had been lingering in her heart ever since she learned of Yangyang's existence.
She simply couldn't bear to watch the child she had raised for over ten years.
When Yangyang returned, seeing how much she disliked Yunzhu, and seeing Yunzhu crying in front of her, so vulnerable and hurt, she felt she loved both of them dearly and couldn't bear it. She could only fantasize that perhaps heaven would take pity on them and that the sisters might have a chance to get along well.
From yesterday until now, one thing after another, even if she closes her eyes and plugs her ears, she can't help but think about how Yangyang has been doing all these years.
When she can't see him, she can only think about him. When she does see him, she thinks that maybe it's not so bad, but this thought is like slapping her face again and again.
Thirteen years! Her daughter, all alone and struggling to survive, finally reached her, and she couldn't even understand her resentment and hatred... What right did she have to be a mother?
"Are you crazy? What nonsense are you spouting! Yunzhu is the eldest daughter of the Sheng family. Everyone in the capital knows that. It can't be changed. You'd better give up on that idea!" The Duke of Sheng's face was very ugly as he looked at his wife with dissatisfaction and even a hint of impatience.
“I’m insane! I’m insane to disregard my own daughter’s wishes and raise my enemy’s child in my home. She’s absolutely right. We parents treat our enemy’s child like a treasure, so why should she acknowledge us? I don’t care what your schemes are, I only have this one daughter, and I will definitely acknowledge her. I want the whole capital to know that Yangyang is my daughter, my own daughter!”
"If you're not satisfied, then let's get a divorce, and I'll take Yangyang back to the Lan family!"