"I am not mistaken. I would be able to recognize that good-for-nothing even if she was reduced to ashes. I am definitely not mistaken! Mother, she's still alive! Do you think the good-for-nothing came back to seek revenge?" Su Ruoqi asked worriedly.
"Both of you, calm down! It had been such a long time. If she had been alive this entire time, don't you think it's strange that she only returned now?" Lin Yue frowned.
"Mother, what do you mean?" Su Ruoqi was baffled.
"I think the woman you saw must be an impostor!" Lin Yue concluded after some thought.
If that good-for-nothing was alive, she would have returned six years ago. Why would she return only after so many years had passed? It was possible that she was a fraud…
"Come, both of you. Follow me, and we shall take a look! Let's see who she is. How dare she pretend to be someone from the Prince's mansion!" Lin Yue said.
"Mother, wait for me! I have an idea…" Su Ruolin, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke.
Lin Yue and Su Ruoqi looked at Su Ruolin. She was grinning to herself. They did not know what she was up to…
"Mother, Eldest Sister, this is actually a good thing. It doesn't matter even if she's an impostor." Su Ruolin said with a crafty smile.
"Ruolin, don't keep us in suspense! Quickly, tell us. Why is this a good thing?" Su Ruoqi asked her sister impatiently.
"That's right. Tell us now!" Lin Yue rolled her eyes at her youngest daughter.
"Mother, Eldest Sister, sit down and listen to me. Since Eldest Sister said that the woman in the lobby claimed to be Su Ruoxi, we should let her stay. It doesn't matter even if she's an impostor. This way, she can take my place and marry the Crown Prince instead! What do you think? Isn't this a great idea?" Su Ruolin was beaming with excitement.
When her Eldest Sister first told her that the good-for-nothing was alive, she was shocked. However, she had been too preoccupied with the thought that she was going to marry a dimwit. She couldn't care less if that good-for-nothing was an impostor…
She had been thinking about the dimwitted Crown Prince and when that good-for-nothing came to mind, a bright idea suddenly struck her. On the day of the wedding, that good-for-nothing would take her place and marry the Crown Prince. By then, what was done couldn't be undone. Even if the Emperor found out eventually, he would not be able to do anything about it…
"You mean…" Lin Yue's eyes lit up when she realized what her daughter meant.
"That's right. We have to make her stay. It doesn't matter whether she's the real Su Ruoxi. Just as long as she takes my place and marries the dimwitted Crown Prince. I am sure Father would approve of this too!" Su Ruolin said confidently.
"Alright, that shall be the plan! Both of you follow me. We shall make her stay!" Lin Yue decided that this was a feasible plan.
Not long after, Lin Yue walked through the entrance of the hall with her daughters, Su Ruoqi and Su Ruolin.
"Oh my, isn't this Ruoxi? Oh, my child, you have finally found your way back home. How wonderful!" Lin Yue walked toward Su Ruoxi, exclaiming with joy.
To outsiders who didn't know better, they would not have been able to see through her pretense. They would have been taken in by her brilliant acting…
Su Ruoxi muttered silently to herself that this old hag's acting was indeed impressive. She intentionally avoided Lin Yue's hand, which was extending toward her, and stared at Lin Yue from top to toe…
Lin Yue certainly looked like how the Madam of the Prince's mansion should look like. She was dressed in a dark red attire with intricate and beautiful gold embroidery. Her dark red dress was elegantly designed and exquisitely embroidered with white hibiscuses. Her embroidered shoes were in the same color and adorned with pearls. She stood tall with her hair tied up in a high bun. She wore a hair clip that was made from a delicate white jade. Her hair was adorned with hibiscus flowers carved from white jade…
She looked gentle, elegant, and respectable and carried herself with the demeanor of the Madam of the Prince's mansion…
Two young women followed behind her…
Su Ruoqi, the woman on the left, was in a pink flowy dress. She looked attractive with skin as fair as snow and lips as dainty as flowers. She was indeed a beauty. If one were to ignore the prideful look on her face, one could say she was almost fairy-like…
The woman standing on the other side was the Second Miss, Su Ruolin. She had the looks of a classic Jiangnan lady—petite, innately sophisticated, graceful, and refined. She had smooth, supple skin and a well-proportioned physique. She looked pure and pretty with delicate features and a gentle smile…
Lin Yue retracted her hand, embarrassed at being shunned by Su Ruoxi. The mother and her two daughters took a good look at Su Ruoxi. Pangs of jealousy swept across them when they saw how alluring and gorgeous Su Ruoxi was…
Su Ruoxi was dressed in a bright red imperial attire. Her face was calm and emotionless. Her alluring beauty and refined elegance, coupled with her charming and gorgeous looks, made her seem like a beauty in a painting. This beauty had just come to life…
Alluring and beautiful, refined and elegant, yet she still carried a murderous look in her eyes and had an air of menace about her. She was cold, proud, and aloof. One could not help but be lured by her looks…
"Sister Ruoxi, who is this child?" Su Ruolin turned to look at the exquisite little girl standing next to Ruoxi. Her curiosity was piqued.
"She is my daughter, Baby Su!" Su Ruoxi calmly replied.
The three of them were taken aback. "What?! Why do you have a child?" Lin Yue asked.
"Haha, why do I have a child? Second Madam, I think you should ask your two daughters instead!" Su Ruoxi smirked.
Lin Yue froze before she broke into a forced smile. "Haha, don't worry. It's fine. It's good to have a child. You are Baby, right? Come, let Grandmother take a look at you. Oh my, you are so adorable!"
"Mother, is she Grandmother?" Baby Su asked with an innocent look in her big bright eyes.
"No, she isn't. This is the Second Madam of the Prince's mansion." Su Ruoxi answered bluntly.
"Oh, Second Madam!" Baby nodded.
Hatred flashed across Lin Yue's eyes. How dare this good-for-nothing insist on putting her down repeatedly! Also, it seemed that she was no longer a dimwit. Someone must have removed the poison from her body…
Dimwit or not, this good-for-nothing was doomed. She had a child out of wedlock. Even if they were to let her go, she would definitely still live in misery…
If not for the fact that she was of use to them, Lin Yue would have captured this good-for-nothing and her illegitimate child and beaten them to death. They were a total embarrassment. She did not want them to bring shame to the Prince's mansion!
"Haha, Sister Ruoxi, where have you been all these years? When you went missing, Eldest Sister and I were so upset. We searched for you for a long time!" Su Ruolin decided to quickly step in after she saw her mother's face changed. She was afraid that the plan might go awry.
"Really? Have you been searching for my corpse, Second Miss?…" Su Ruoxi answered spitefully in a cold tone.