After this roar, the side hall fell silent.

Mrs. Zhong seemed not to understand, and seemed not to be able to believe it. Her eyes became confused, and she spoke after a while.

"Sister, what are you talking about?"

Behind her, Zhao Yunying's trembling could be heard through the sound of her clothes being grabbed.

"Sister, get out of the way." Concubine Zhong said coldly, "Zhao Yunying is not your daughter. She was swapped with your son after she was born. The evidence is on her."

"How is it possible?" Zhong murmured, "Sister, don't scare me, don't say such things..."

Li Jingwan saw that she looked strange and stepped forward quickly, "Madam Zhong, the Imperial Concubine did not lie to you. You will know the truth soon."

She looked at Zhao Yunying who was looking down, "Zhao Yunying, at this point, do you still want to hide it?"

"Someone come." Concubine Zhong couldn't bear it any longer, "Pull down her clothes and expose her right collarbone."

Two strong maids came forward and immediately separated Zhao Yunying and Zhong.

Li Jingwan pulled the dazed Zhong aside, and Zhao Yunying covered her clothes and cried, "Go away, go away, don't touch me!"

"Mother, I am your daughter, mother, please save me..."

One of the maids held her hands, and another pulled her collar down.

Summer clothes are thin, and with just one movement, Zhao Yunying's skin on the right side was exposed.

A red birthmark in the shape of a butterfly suddenly appeared under the collarbone.

The huge rock in Li Jingwan's heart finally fell.

Zhao Yunying is indeed Lin’s daughter, the “Die’er” she mentioned, the person she wanted to find in her life.

Concubine Zhong had already walked down from the main seat and looked at the birthmark, feeling angry and heartbroken.

If Zhao Yunying was taken away by mistake, she would not blame her and would still treat her as before.

But what Zhao Yunying did to conceal her identity was truly unforgivable.

As soon as the nanny let go, Zhao Yunying quickly pulled up her collar and continued to deny, "I'm not, I'm not..."

Concubine Zhong then explained to Mrs. Zhong, "Sister, did you see the butterfly birthmark below her collarbone just now?"

Zhong seemed unable to bear the speechlessness and could only nod.

"Mrs. Lin from Wu'an Marquis's Mansion gave birth to a daughter with a butterfly birthmark below her right collarbone."

Concubine Zhong said word by word, "Her daughter was born on August 19th, the twelfth year of Yongxing."

Zhong opened her mouth and tried to speak but no sound came out.

Because Zhao Yunying was also born on this day.

She couldn't believe that the daughter she had doted on for more than 30 years was not her biological daughter.

"I am not, I am not Lin's daughter." Zhao Yunying cried, "My Lady, it's not like that..."

"No, I'm not her daughter, my last name is Zhao..."

Li Jingwan suddenly asked, "Zhao Yunying, do you still remember Duan Wu?"

As soon as this name came out, Zhao Yunying's tears were cut off abruptly. She looked at Li Jingwan as if she saw the god of death.

Li Jingwan lied to her, "He has been captured by the prince's men. If it weren't for him, how do you think we would know what you and Song Qingyan did?"

"Duan Wu confessed everything, including how he pretended to be a robber to rob you and Madam Zhong, in order to provoke the imperial court to send troops to wipe out Wutou."

Li Jingwan stared at her closely, "But good and evil will be rewarded in the end. What you have done will eventually be discovered."

Zhao Yunying felt like her throat was being strangled, her breathing became rapid, she was unable to speak, and her eyes were evasive.

This obvious guilty expression forced Mrs. Zhong to admit that Zhao Yunying was really not her daughter.

She covered her chest and stood unsteadily. Li Jingwan quickly supported her, "Mrs. Zhong, what's wrong with you?"

Concubine Zhong said anxiously, "Go and call the imperial physician."

"No, don't..." Zhong said hurriedly, "Sister, don't call others, just take it easy."

She didn't want other people to know about this, and subconsciously she was still thinking about Zhao Yunying.

"Yunying..." She looked at the daughter she had raised with her own hands, "Is what the princess said... true?"

Zhao Yunying lowered her head, clutched her clothes with both hands, and cried silently.

This is the answer.

"Why?" Zhong asked anxiously, "Why did you hide it from me?"

Zhao Yunying still didn't speak, and at this time, Chu Tingyu walked in from the back of the hall and answered for her -

"Because she doesn't want to lose it all."

Chu Tingyu walked to Li Jingwan and they exchanged glances.

Zhong's eyes were slightly red, and she shook her head helplessly, her eyes full of disappointment.

Li Jingwan helped her sit down, "Mrs. Zhong, this is not your fault. You have been kept in the dark. What Zhao Yunying did has nothing to do with you. It was all her own choice. I still have something to ask her."

Li Jingwan took two steps towards Zhao Yunying and asked, "Zhao Yunying, do you know the name your biological mother gave you?"

Zhao Yunying did not respond, but just sobbed softly.

"Die'er." Li Jingwan said, "Because she only saw you once and remembered the butterfly-shaped birthmark below your collarbone."

"You were taken away after you were born. Over the years, she was threatened by people from the Wu'an Marquis' Mansion, drugged and driven crazy, and almost burned to death, but she never gave up looking for you."

"You knew the truth a long time ago, but what did you do?"

Zhao Yunying lowered her head even lower.

"What did you do?!" Li Jingwan asked angrily.

"Even if you don't want to acknowledge her, then just pretend you don't know anything about it. But why did you kill her? You killed your biological mother!"

Zhong opened his mouth wide, looking shocked.

Finally, Zhao Yunying couldn't bear it anymore and fell to the ground.

"Do you know that your biological mother goes to the temple to pray every day, hoping to find you as soon as possible?" Li Jingwan stared at her, "She is a victim, a woman who can't protect herself after getting married. She has been thinking about you for 31 years..."

"Zhao Yunying, what were you thinking when you killed your biological mother?"

Lin's prayers before the gods and Buddhas, the plate of crushed mung bean cakes, and her smile before her death, instantly appeared in front of Zhao Yunying's eyes.

She collapsed and screamed in pain, "I didn't mean to kill her, I didn't want to kill her..."

"But you did it." Li Jingwan said hatefully, "You killed your biological mother!"

"I can't help it, it's not me..." Zhao Yunying cried and shook her head.

"If it's not you, then it's Song Qingyan." Li Jingwan said, "You and your daughter are both equally selfish."

Zhao Yunying just cried and could no longer make excuses.

Li Jingwan continued, "In order to conceal your secret, you sent assassins to Tacheng to kill me. Do you think you can cover up the secret by killing all the people who know about it?"

Zhong couldn't believe that Zhao Yunying, who was always gentle and reserved, would do something so evil.

She spoke in disappointment.

"Yunying... Even if you are not my biological child, would I abandon you? You are innocent, and I will not blame you without knowing right from wrong. But what you did is really too much..."

Zhao Yunying regretted it deeply, but it was too late.

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