Song Yaoyao fumed:
*[Had Qin Hanshan and his wife been kicked in the head by a donkey?*
They tormented their own daughter every way they could, yet showered a fake with love.
You'd need at least ten years of blood clots in your brain to pull something like this!
*Pah!]*
Guagua agreed:
[Exactly, exactly!]
Song Yaoyao continued asking:
[Guagua, do you know who that man in black was? Was he the mastermind behind this plot?]
Guagua: *[Host, the mastermind behind this plot wasn't the man in black. He was just an errand runner.*
*Host, want to guess who the mastermind was?]*
Song Yaoyao: *[I can't guess.*
*Guagua, stop keeping me in suspense and just tell me!]*
Guagua: *[All right.*
The mastermind behind this plot was none other than Qin Hanshan's concubine, Madam Guo.
Madam Guo, originally named Guo Bilian, was the legitimate daughter of the Guo Family, a wealthy merchant family famous throughout Jiangnan.
Over ten years ago, the Guo Family offended someone, though no one knew who, and the entire household was slaughtered overnight.
Guo Bilian escaped with the help of several guards.
She was the only member of the entire Guo Family to escape.
When Guo Bilian fled, she also took some of the Guo Family's assets with her.
After stumbling their way through the journey, they arrived in the Capital.
Guo Bilian fainted shortly after arriving in the Capital. Qin Hanshan happened to see her and took her to a clinic.
After several encounters, Guo Bilian and Qin Hanshan became acquainted.
Guo Bilian feared that those enemies still wouldn't let her go and would follow her trail.
For her own safety, she simply set a trap and ended up tumbling into bed with Qin Hanshan, eventually becoming his concubine.
When Madam Qin became pregnant, Guo Bilian discovered that she was pregnant too. After an elderly physician checked their pulses, he said they were both carrying girls.
After hearing this, Guo Biting devised the real-and-fake daughter switch for her own daughter's sake.
*That man in black was one of the guards who had escorted Guo Bilian all the way from Jiangnan to the Capital. He was fiercely loyal to her.]*
Song Yaoyao grew excited:
[So Qin Mengdai was actually born to Qin Hanshan's concubine?]
Guagua: [Yes, Host.]
Song Yaoyao: *[What a fine case of sacrificing the plum tree in place of the peach!*
Truly, no poison was deadlier than a woman's heart!
She actually did something like this to get what she wanted.
*Wait, the real daughter, Qin Youyou, was sent to the countryside, and the fake daughter, Qin Mengdai, was planted beside Madam Qin. Then how did Guo Bilian explain having no baby when she gave birth?]*
Guagua: *[When Guo Bilian gave birth, she bribed the midwife and told everyone the baby had been stillborn.*
*Qin Hanshan was so worried she would be heartbroken over it that he even sent her plenty of fine gifts!]*
Song Yaoyao: *[Guo Bilian really was a talent. All by herself, she'd mastered every trick of the inner household.*
*Everyone in the Qin household was being led around by the nose by that woman, Guo Bilian.]*
At this point, Qin Mengdai's face turned pale. She finally understood why Concubine Guo treated her so well. That woman was her birth mother!
Everything she had never been able to make sense of suddenly fell into place!
She was actually just a concubine-born daughter of the Minister's Estate.
Qin Mengdai swayed, on the verge of collapsing!
Song Yaoyao looked up and saw Qin Mengdai's deathly pale face.
Song Yaoyao complained:
*[Guagua, was Qin Mengdai ever going to quit?*
Was she still trying to stage an accident?
*She really wasn't going to give up until she'd extorted us today!]*
Everyone else thought: Wasn't it possible that Qin Mengdai genuinely felt unwell and wasn't pretending?
Song Yaoyao kept complaining:
*[Leaving Qin Mengdai's identity aside, her face was actually pretty nice!*
She had bright, striking features, and her figure was downright sizzling!
Look at that tiny waist and big chest. How did someone even grow like that?
Her waist was so slender you could wrap one hand around it. It was practically the figure every woman dreamed of.
*Honestly, I was so jealous!]*
Some of those who heard this flushed bright red, but they still couldn't help looking Qin Mengdai's figure over.
Qin Mengdai's whole face reddened with shame.
Looking at Qin Mengdai, Song Yaoyao continued her commentary:
*[Was Qin Mengdai possessed? Now she wasn't fainting anymore.*
But why was her face as red as a monkey's butt? When she got angry, her chest heaved up and down, making her figure look even better.
*As if nobody else had breasts. What was she showing off for?]*
Guagua: [Host, you really don't have any.]
Song Yaoyao: [...Guagua, would it kill you to keep quiet?]
After hearing Song Yaoyao's thoughts, everyone looked toward Qin Mengdai's chest in unison.
Qin Mengdai noticed all those gazes landing on her chest. Her eyes blazed with anger, and her face flushed even redder with mortification. She pointed at Song Yaoyao:
"You, you..."
Song Yaoyao: [How strange. Why was Qin Mengdai angry?]
Guagua: [I don't know either!]
Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, you always drop the ball at the crucial moment!]
As Song Yaoyao looked at Qin Mengdai, her inner self was practically a street loafer! She even started whistling in her mind!
She was a female hooligan through and through!
This was the first time Qin Mengdai had ever been leered at by a woman!
Qin Mengdai trembled with fury!
Not only had Song Yaoyao exposed all her secrets today, but that female hooligan had also ogled her.
Song Yaoyao held an official post, so Qin Mengdai didn't dare hit her. But Song Qingling, standing beside her, was a mere commoner. In an instant, Qin Mengdai redirected her anger toward Song Qingling.
Qin Mengdai suddenly charged forward before anyone could react.
Song Yaoyao thought the woman was coming for her, but unexpectedly, she charged straight at Song Qingling.
Song Qingling staggered from the shove and stumbled several steps backward. Luckily, Song Yaoyao caught her, keeping her from falling.
Song Yaoyao was angry. Furious!
How dare she bully her gentle, beautiful elder sister right in front of her!
She must have had a death wish. This was a slap in Song Yaoyao's face!
Once Song Qingling had steadied herself, Song Yaoyao rolled up her sleeves, charged over, and gave Qin Mengdai a hard shove.
Caught completely off guard, Qin Mengdai toppled to the ground!
Seething, Song Yaoyao strode over in two or three steps, straddled Qin Mengdai, and started slapping her face, cursing nonstop:
"You little punk! How dare you hit my elder sister! Are you tired of living?
"Since you're courting death, I'll show you today why the flowers are so red!"
Song Yaoyao cursed as she hit her, then started scratching her face and body.
After scratching her face, Song Yaoyao viciously pinched the soft flesh at her waist several times.
Still not satisfied, she grabbed Qin Mengdai's hair and started yanking.
Qin Mengdai was furious and in agony!
Qin Mengdai tried to fight back, but the moment she moved her hand, it rebounded. The slap she swung landed straight on her own face.
Everyone saw Qin Mengdai slap herself.
They all thought Qin Mengdai had lost her mind. She was even hitting herself.