How did such immense wealth fall into my family?

Chapter 107 Intuition
While being beaten, the heir of the Duke of Wei defended his masterpiece. "Wife, you can't just say my poem is rubbish because Mother said she's going to send you back to your parents' home."

The Crown Prince's wife glanced at the feather duster in her mother-in-law's hand and her mother-in-law's expression; her mother-in-law was clearly furious. "Husband, the poem you wrote is utter rubbish; mine is better than yours."

"You! I want a divorce."

This enraged the Duchess of Wei even more. "You dare divorce me! You good-for-nothing! I'll beat you to death today!"

Seeing his mother's face turn red with anger, the prince quickly said, "Mother, I don't want to divorce you. I just want her to be fair."

The Crown Prince's wife: "I'm very fair, really. If you don't believe me, I can tell you why your poems are bad? Why they're utter rubbish?"

"You! You! You've been lying to me all along!"

"Yes! I was just lying to you." She already has a son, what is there to be afraid of? "Mother, are you tired of hitting me? Give me the feather duster, I'll do it for you."

The Crown Prince: "..." What on earth did he marry?! "Wife, I don't really want to divorce you, I was just saying."

"I know. I just saw that Mother was tired. Mother, please..."

"Shut up!" The Duchess of Wei now dislikes both her son and daughter-in-law.

The Duchess of Wei took out three portraits from her sleeve. "Look at them yourselves."

The couple quickly went over.

The Crown Prince: "Wife, you were so cute when you were little."

The Crown Prince's wife habitually praised, "My lord, you were so impressive when you were a child."

These two awful things!

Lady Wei picked up the feather duster again.

The Crown Prince's wife was also involved this time.

"You two idiots! All you do is flatter each other all day long!"

Now, even the heir apparent of the Duke of Wei sensed something was wrong. "Mother, what happened?" If it were just because he was determined to become a poet, his mother wouldn't have even beaten his wife.

The Crown Prince's wife chimed in, "Mother, could you please tell us what happened first? Then we'll fight. We promise we won't hide or make excuses."

Lady Wei struck the painting twice more before saying, "I clearly took out three paintings, why are you all staring at those two?"

The couple simultaneously thought to themselves, "Because those two are beautiful."

After saying that, the couple quickly looked at the other picture.

Another painting depicts a little bald head wearing a drab gray outfit with several patches.

As the prince looked at the child, he asked, "Mother, is this child a monk?"

"You're the monk, you wretched thing."

The Crown Prince's wife looked at the twenty-first painting, then at the other two, then at the twenty-first painting again, then at the other two...

The more she looked, the darker the Crown Prince's wife's face became.

The prince hadn't yet connected the three paintings. "Mother, who is this child?"

Snapped!
The Duchess of Wei slapped her son again.

He finished smoking and then looked at his daughter-in-law. "You noticed?"

The Crown Prince's wife nodded. "Mother, where is this child now?"

"At the Qian family. The same Qian family that the Dowager Consort visited. It was the Dowager Consort who discovered this matter. These three paintings were also painted by the Dowager Consort. Think carefully about whether there was anything amiss on the day you gave birth, or in the two or three days following that day." "Alright." The Crown Prince's wife took the portrait of the 20th and sat down on the chair next to her.

The prince looked at his wife and then at his mother. "Mother, what do you mean by this?"

Lady Wei raised the feather duster again.

The prince quickly said, "You suspect that Jige'er is not my son with my wife?"

The Duchess of Wei put down the feather duster. "The Emperor and I both suspect that Consort Mei and the second and third sons are behind this. I have asked the Emperor to detain your father in the palace. You should also think about whether anything strange happened during those days?"

The prince wanted to say that he had spent the last few days thinking about what kind of poem could express his joy at becoming a father for the first time. But if he said that, his mother would definitely beat him again. "I'll think of something right away."

Lady Wei also began to wonder if there was any oversight.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed.

The Duchess of Wei hadn't thought of anything. She looked at her daughter-in-law. "Have you thought of anything?"

The Crown Prince's wife shook her head. "When I gave birth, my wet nurse and several of my personal maids were all there, watching over me. They were all born into our family. Their parents and brothers live with us. Did you have any thoughts about that?"

“I don’t either. Your husband is always writing poetry. If the second and third children give birth to the eldest grandson, your father-in-law might bypass your husband and pass the Duke’s mansion directly to the eldest grandson. So I was extra careful when you gave birth. Logically speaking, they shouldn’t have had a chance. But, not only does Twenty resemble your father-in-law and your husband, but she also resembles you.”

The Crown Prince's wife also suspected that Wei Yuji was not her son because of this. "Mother, let's do this: you tell me what happened during those few days, and I'll tell you what I know. Perhaps you'll see the problem in things that I think are normal."

"it is good."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law analyzed and pondered the events of those days several times, but still couldn't find any problems.

The heir of the Duke of Wei said weakly, "Mother, wife, aren't you overthinking it? Maybe it's just a coincidence."

"you shut up!"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law simultaneously yelled at the heir apparent of the Duke of Wei. Their intuition told them that the 20th was her grandson/son.

The heir of the Duke of Wei dared not speak.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.
The Crown Prince's wife rubbed her chest. "Should we call my wet nurse over?"

"Alright. Your wet nurse follows you around every day; maybe she'll discover something?"

The Crown Prince's wife went out and called her wet nurse in.

The Duchess of Wei recounted the events that had transpired.

Upon hearing this, the wet nurse immediately looked at the heir of the Duke of Wei. "Your Highness, the day after the young mistress gave birth, didn't you secretly take the little prince to the front yard while she was asleep?"

"After I found out, you said you just wanted your poetry friends to help you come up with some good poems. You even told me not to tell the madam and the young mistress, saying they would definitely scold you if they found out."

“Madam, Young Madam, if the young master was really switched, then that time was the most likely. Madam, Young Madam, this is also the old servant's fault. The old servant was afraid you would scold the young master, so I didn't tell you.”

The Duchess of Wei picked up the feather duster again. "You wretched thing! I'm going to beat you to death today!"

The front yard was the Duke's territory. If the mother and her two children wanted to do something in the front yard, it wouldn't be easy, but it wouldn't be difficult either.

The Crown Prince's wife also lunged at him. "You bastard! How dare you divorce me? I'll burn all your worthless poems when I get back!"

The Crown Prince: "..." No way? If he really lost his son, how can he act like a father and husband in front of his son and wife in the future? "Mother, wife, please calm down. Maybe things aren't what you think."

Lady Wei: Calm down my ass! How could she have given birth to such a thing?
The Crown Prince's wife: Calm down my ass! If she could calm down, she wouldn't be a mother!

(End of this chapter)