The Mute Wife Who Brings Prosperity-Chapter 639 - 602: Humiliation (Part 2)
Upon hearing this, Wen Wan’s previously calm mind began to buzz.
Aunt Song’s words were logical and convincing, not seeming to fabricate.
But her mother actually handed her over to Song Wei when she was three years old?
What exactly is going on, why does she have no memory of it?
Seeing Wen Wan’s face faintly turning pale, a cold sneer flashed across Su Yi’s eyes as she looked at Aunt Song, "You had better have evidence for what you say, Mr. Song is in the front courtyard hosting guests now, any false words would be slandering a court official."
Aunt Song shrank back a little, "Madam, madam please have insight, every word I said is true."
Though she said this, Song Wei was an outsider to the Lu Family, with so many women sitting in the inner courtyard, it was naturally impossible to have Song Wei brought over to confront him.
Su Yi looked at Widow Liu, "And you, what do you know?"
Before Widow Liu spoke, she glanced at Miao Family.
Miao Family said, "This matter begins when Mrs. Lu came to Lower River Village, she was looked down upon by many in the village for being pregnant before marriage, but my mother-in-law liked her very much, Mrs. Lu often came to our house to sit, and thus they became acquaintances. Later, when Mrs. Lu passed away, my mother-in-law kept talking about her, over time, this matter faded away. But in the last two years, my mother-in-law frequently goes out, in the countryside there is little entertainment, and visiting others is normal. At first, everyone at home thought the elderly lady was just bored and visiting others, but later she told me what she was doing."
While speaking, Miao Family pointed at Widow Liu.
Faced with so many noblewomen, Widow Liu was clearly frightened, appearing very apprehensive, she lowered her head and answered, "One day when I came home picking firewood, I saw Granny walking towards Da Huan Mountain with a cane from a distance away, everyone knows Da Huan Mountain was sealed due to the coal mine case, it’s filled with graves, people from surrounding villages dare not go near it. I thought she must have gotten confused and lost her way, so I tried to persuade her to come back, but she seemed more energetic the further she walked, and soon went to meet someone.
The person Granny met looked exactly like Mrs. Lu, I hid in the woods at the time, thinking I saw a ghost, nearly scared my soul away. Later, I tracked Granny again, only to find she was meeting not a ghost, but a living person.
I found it incredible, but dared not tell others, until I visited my eldest sister’s house, I told them, my brother-in-law works at the county government, he laughed at my ignorance upon hearing this, saying it was Princess Changping punished to Ningzhou to guard the spirit because of the coal mine case, not some ghost. He told me to stop scaring people with my whims.
Later when I returned to the village, I told Granny Meng about this."
Meng Family nodded, "That’s right, I only found out who Grandma was seeing after Liu Family told me."
Everyone sighed heavily upon hearing this.
"Gosh, if all this is true, then the former Princess must have married twice?"
"And that too under the condition that her first husband was alive when she married the then already titled Great General Second Young Master Lu."
"What’s strange about a Princess marrying twice? What I find most baffling is that child, if it isn’t Second Wen’s, then whose child is it? Could it be that besides Second Wen and Prince Consort Lu, the former Princess had a third man?"
This statement was extremely venomous, directly nailing Wen Wan to the shameful pillar of ’illegitimate child exposed.’
Once again, Wen Wan experienced the feeling of being ’under the spotlight,’ except those pairs of eyes were filled with disdain and ridicule; overall, they were just waiting to see her make a fool of herself.
Without showing any sign, Wen Wan felt a chill in her heart.
Just a few days ago, those who flattered her because Song Wei was promoted were now eager to distance themselves upon hearing of her unfavorable lineage.
The saying ’when the wall falls, everyone pushes’ is no more than this.
Old Mrs. Lu’s tea cup heavily knocked against the table, her expression dignified and stern, "Before removing from the family records, the Eldest Princess was still a daughter-in-law of the Lu Family, on what basis do you conclude she was the ’early decease’ birth mother of Mrs. Song? Where is the evidence?"
As expected of a Duchess, with a different status, her words carried great authority; as soon as she spoke, the other women dared not utter a sound, all quieted down to watch the drama.
Miao Family was at a loss, and could only look towards Miao Family.
Miao Family sneered, "Doesn’t the old lady want to know why Mrs. Lu is surnamed Lu, what her full name was in Lower River Village?"
Old Mrs. Lu’s face turned ugly.
When Miao Family mentioned "Mrs. Lu," she had already guessed in her heart, just unwilling to face it directly.
Second Young Master defiled the Eldest Princess causing her to become pregnant, indeed Lu Family owed the Imperial Family, owed the Eldest Princess.
But even so, how could the Eldest Princess marry into the Lu Family again after marrying once?
The term "second marriage" is easy to say from outsiders, but Old Mrs. Lu could not accept it.
She could not accept such a daughter-in-law, could not accept this marriage with her second son, and she could not accept that her granddaughter was raised by her daughter-in-law’s first husband.
For the Lu Family, it was an enormous disgrace!
Thinking of these things, the old lady was so angry she gasped until she finally couldn’t bear it and fainted.
Mrs. Xiao Liu’s expression changed greatly, "Old lady!"
Suddenly, the hall became chaotic.
The old lady was sent back to her room by the servants, and the household doctor was called in.
Mrs. Xiao Liu stayed behind to control the situation, seeing Wen Wan’s lips turn pale, she didn’t know how to comfort her, sighed, and said, "The truth hasn’t been revealed yet, don’t be too sad."
