Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

Her daughter told her the story as a joke, making fun of her lack of experience during her first childbirth, and never mentioned it again.

She did have some doubts in her mind, and when her daughter visited her at the mansion during her pregnancy, she had the mansion's physician examine her pulse.

The physician had clearly stated that she was carrying a single fetus. Later, after she returned to the manor, she asked the physician about it, and he hesitated and said that perhaps he was not skilled enough to deliver the fetus properly.

In the end, the matter was left unresolved, but now, that uneasy feeling has resurfaced.

"Go and make the arrangements, and remember to avoid certain people."

"Yes, madam."

"Grandmother, what are you talking about?"

Madam Yu forced a smile.

"It's nothing, are you hungry tonight?"

He shook his head late at night.

"I'm not hungry at all, I was full from the snacks I just had."

Ji Yueru witnessed the entire interaction between the two children at the head of the table. She wondered if Madam Yu would still be able to smile when faced with the twins after learning the truth.

The Yu family is very wealthy, and they are willing to spend a lot of money on Madam Yu's 60th birthday.

Once everyone had arrived, they moved to the theater. The stage was always there, and twenty tables were set up underneath, so everyone could eat and listen to the opera at the same time.

Madam Yu is not one for extravagant celebrations, so today she only invited close relatives to fill about twenty tables, most of whom were business owners.

There weren't many officials among them, and even if there were, they were mostly women of low rank.

Among them, the one with the highest status is probably the Marquis of Anshun's family, with Ji Yueru, the successor to the Marquis's wife.

Marquis Anshun has something to do this morning and will not be free until the afternoon to come to the Yu residence to celebrate Madam Yu's birthday.

He'll only be there briefly, and won't be having lunch at the Yu family's house.

He had already been informed that the Yu family would not wait for him when they started their banquet.

Everyone knew that they didn't care. If they cared, why would Yu Anshunhou arrive so early in the morning and not until the afternoon?

Everyone knows it, but no one will say it out loud.

To outsiders, the Yu family's marriage to the Marquis of Anshun was seen as a step up for them, but only the two families knew the truth behind it.

Over the years, how much has the Marquis of Anshun's family taken advantage of the Yu family?

While everyone was moving the floor, Old Madam Yu went to the washroom, and no one paid any attention to her.

Ji Yueru, accompanied by a maid, made her way through a maze of twists and turns before finally stopping in front of a courtyard.

The maidservant bowed to Ji Yueru.

"Please come in, Madam Hou. The old lady is waiting for you inside."

Ji Yueru led Zhiyi into the courtyard and met Mother Yang, who was guarding the entrance to the main hall.

"Zhiyi, wait for me at the door."

"Yes, madam."

Enter the main hall.

"Greetings, Madam Yu."

"Please sit down, Lady Ji. What did you mean by that sentence?"

"Please don't be offended, Madam. After marrying into the Marquis's family, I became curious about the death of the late Marquis's wife and started investigating more than a year ago."

Madam Yu's eyelids twitched.

Ji Yueru's words planted a seed of doubt in Old Madam Yu's heart.

"Mother, your move was brilliant. With those words, Old Madam Yu will definitely start to wonder how Yu Meier really died."

Ji Yueru patted her belly, which was a way of agreeing with what her daughter said.

"It's a pity that the death of the late Marquis's wife has not been fully investigated, but we have found something interesting."

Madam Yu remained silent, listening quietly.

"Presumably, the old lady also knows that Marquis Anshun has two sons and one daughter, one of whom is a son born out of wedlock. However, the two sons were born on very close days, with the son born out of wedlock being born only one day after the legitimate son."

This wouldn't normally be a big deal, but I happened to notice that Lin Tianjue has a crescent-shaped birthmark on his left arm.

Madam Yu looked up abruptly, her eyes filled with shock.

No outsiders knew that every man in the Yu family had a crescent-shaped birthmark on his left arm, and her three sons also had one.

When it came to her daughter Mei'er's son, she knew that Tianci did not have a crescent-shaped birthmark on his left arm.

At the time, she didn't think much of it; genetics isn't always accurate.

But is there really such a coincidence in this world?

The words my daughter made when she was playing around, the crescent-shaped birthmark that the Lady of the Heir Apparent mentioned, and the single birth diagnosed by the physician when my daughter came to the manor.

One thing may not seem like much, but when several things are put together, they inevitably make one think deeply.

If Lin Tianjue is indeed Mei'er's son, then Wanwan could not possibly be a daughter's son.

The dragon and phoenix look 90% alike, and outsiders can tell at a glance that they are twins.

Ji Yueru knew that saying more would only lead to more mistakes, so after mentioning the birthmark, she didn't continue.

As for how Old Madam Yu suspected that she knew the men in the Yu family had hereditary crescent-shaped birthmarks, let her guess.

Lady Ji left, but there was no movement in the hall.

Granny Yang had no choice but to go in and remind her.

As soon as I entered, I saw that the old lady's face was terribly gloomy.

"Madam."

"Mingzhi, please send a letter to the palace for me tonight."

Granny Yang was startled. The old lady hadn't contacted the Second Master in the palace for many years. What had happened that required the use of connections in the palace?

"Yes."

Granny Yang responded in a dry voice, already having some guesses, and her heart was filled with horror.

"The gifts I prepared for Lin Tianci and Lin Wanwan last night don't need to be delivered later."

"Yes, madam."

As she left the main hall, the old lady looked in the direction of the Marquis of Anshun's residence and couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

What a fine Marquis of Anshun! What a fine mansion of the Marquis of Anshun!

[Mother, don't worry while you're at the manor. The people in the Marquis of Anshun's household will be in a real mess.]

Why?

Didn't I tell you before? Madam Yu's younger brother is the chief eunuch serving the emperor.

Ji Yueru paused in her steps. She really hadn't expected that Chief Steward Yu was actually Old Madam Yu's younger brother. No wonder the Yu family didn't have many people in the court, yet they were able to thrive in the capital. It turned out that Chief Steward Yu was protecting them.

"I remember that even before, the Yu family had never fallen so low as to send their own son to the palace to become a eunuch."

This is a long story, involving a power struggle within the inner quarters of the household.

At that time, Madam Yu's biological father took a concubine whom he adored. Later, when the concubine became pregnant, she became even more emboldened and had the doctor check her pulse several times to confirm that she was carrying a boy. She became increasingly dissatisfied with her current status.

She had someone arrest Chief Eunuch Yu, who was five years old and had gone out with his mother, and sent him to the palace to become a eunuch.

Later, it was her just desserts that she suffered a difficult childbirth due to consuming too many supplements, resulting in the death of both herself and her unborn child.

Later, when Master Yu could no longer have children, he kept sending people to search for the abducted Chief Steward Yu.

Once you enter the palace, it's very difficult to get out. It wasn't until several years later, when Chief Steward Yu had become a purchasing agent, that he was able to leave the palace and reunite with the Yu family.

Afterwards, Chief Steward Yu did not return to the Yu family. The Yu family could not bear the shame, so they kept claiming that they had not found him.

However, the siblings have a good relationship, and Chief Steward Yu has contributed a lot to the Yu family's success today.

The palace is a place where things can change in an instant. If you make a mistake, you will not only lose your head, but also implicate your family. Almost no one in the palace knows about the relationship between Old Madam Yu and Chief Eunuch Yu. The two siblings have not been in contact for more than ten years.

Mother, be careful!