The Lucky Heiress

Wei Ruo sneered, “I had already directly questioned you earlier, did you ever once believe me? You never did; you only believe in what you think and what Wei Qingwan told you. Even just now, you were still focused on protecting Wei Qingwan.”

“No, it’s not that your mother only cares about protecting Wanwan… it’s that you are more competent, can handle things on your own and don’t need your mother’s protection, Wanwan is different…” Mrs. Yun defended.

“There’s no difference, it’s not that I don’t need it, but rather, you’ve never thought to protect me.”

“That’s not true, it’s just that there wasn’t an opportunity, your mother also wants good things for you.” Mrs. Yun tried to explain.

Wei Ruo interrogated Mrs. Yun, “Alright then, let me ask you, when you all fabricated my birthdate to give me a fake destiny, which led to a bad reputation that almost resulted in me staying single forever. When I was facing society’s accusations, did you ever think to step in and set things right?”

“This…” Mrs. Yun was lost for words.

Mrs. Yun never expected that after such a long time, Qingruo would bring up old grievances.

Back then, she hadn’t shown the slightest dissatisfaction, nor had she ever raised any objections to her.

“But now, you already found the husband of your dreams.” Mrs. Yun said.

“Yes, I did indeed find the husband of my dreams now, but what if I hadn’t? Have you ever thought about the predicament I’d be in?” Wei Ruo retorted.

Indeed, the erroneous birthdate was deliberately devised by Wei Ruo, intending to stay unmarried was also her intention.

But in Mrs. Yun’s understanding, a woman is supposed to marry into a good family, bear children and she had always adhered to this principle.

Given this, facing the possibility that Wei Ruo might remain unmarried for life, she never considered revealing Wei Ruo’s origins and letting people know Wei Ruo’s actual birthdate.

“That… that was a desperate measure… What if someone found out, what would happen to Wanwan?” Mrs. Yun tried to justify herself.

Looking at the cold face of Wei Ruo, Mrs. Yun continued, “Ruoruo, it’s not that I don’t care about your reputation. At that time, Wanwan had already received the decree to become the prince’s concubine, if we spoke up then, we would be deceiving the emperor!”

“Don’t keep bringing up the crime of deceiving the emperor. If you’re truly afraid of that, Wei Qingwan’s origin is the biggest deception against the emperor in the Wei Family! Ultimately, you still favor Wei Qingwan first and never intended to do anything for me, not simply because there was no opportunity as you claimed earlier.” Wei Ruo said coldly.

Mrs. Yun was speechless again.

Wei Ruo continued, “So stop telling me to save you face. Aside from having given me life, you’ve shown no other kindness. If you expect me to make concessions for you, to consider your feelings, I will tell you, it’s not going to happen.”

After speaking so definitively, Wei Ruo gave Xiumei a glance, and Xiumei immediately took Mrs. Yun away.

“Ruoruo!” Mrs. Yun tried unsuccessfully to stop Wei Ruo again.

But Wei Ruo didn’t give her another chance.

“Ruoruo! Ruoruo! ….”

Mrs. Yun kept calling out to Wei Ruo who was walking away, but Wei Ruo acted as if she didn’t hear her.

Wei Qingwan, weakened by the stress, slumped against the door frame as she watched Wei Ruo walk away.

How did things turn out this way? Earlier… it was only out of a moment of jealousy that she had made a few comments in front of Wei Qingruo. Who would’ve thought it would escalate into this?

Wei Qingwan was filled with regret. If she had known that Wei Qingruo would react this way, she’d have held her tongue, no matter how upset she was feeling!

After leaving the room, Wei Ruo went straight to Wei Mingting’s study, where Chu Heng and Wei Yichen were at the moment.

Upon seeing Wei Ruo enter, the three men in the room all turned to look at her.

Without any small talk, as soon as Wei Ruo entered, she disclosed that Wei Qingwan had fabricated her birth details.

“Prince, my sister had falsified her birth details. I had just urged her to confess this to you, but she was unwilling, saying that she was afraid you’d be angry. I don’t think your highness is such a petty person. And after all, this birth details issue isn’t a big deal, it was just a mistake, and no harm was done. Yet keeping it a secret seems deceiving to me. Therefore, as her older sister, I took the initiative to tell you. Given your current good relationship, I presume this wouldn’t cause any anger.”

After listening to Wei Ruo’s words, Chu Heng did not react for a while, his eyes clearly dimmed.

After a long time, he put on his usual smile again: “I understand now, thank you for letting me know, ninth sister.”

“You’re welcome. After all, it’s not a big deal. If it was confessed proactively, it would have been over. But if you found out later, it would seem like a fault of the Wei family.” Wei Ruo replied.

“Indeed, it’s not a big deal.” Chu Heng said with a slight smile.

“It seems you were discussing things earlier. I’ll wait outside until you’re finished. I have something to talk about with father.” Wei Ruo said.

“We’re already finished. I should go and see Wanwan now. I won’t intrude on your conversation, ninth sister and father-in-law.” Chu Heng bid farewell to Wei Mingting and then left the study.

Wei Yichen also tactfully left. As he walked past Wei Ruo, he whispered, “It seems you’re also the same.”

Anyone could tell what was happening from the things Wei Ruo just said to Chu Heng.

Her words not only told Chu Heng that Wei Qingwan had lied to her, but also gave Chu Heng a message–that her relationship with Wei Qingwan was not good!

Had Wei Ruo considered Wei Qingwan even a little, as her sister, she wouldn’t have come to expose her.

In this way, her actions had the same effect as what Wei Yichen had done earlier.

After Wei Yichen left, Wei Ruo looked at Wei Mingting.

She didn’t know what kind of reaction Wei Mingting would have to her actions today.

Wei Mingting sighed slightly, “You did very well in the disaster relief.”

Unexpectedly, Wei Mingting didn’t mention the incident from just now.

“Father, don’t you think what I did just now was too much? It could harm Wei Qingwan.” Wei Ruo asked.

“She must have upset you earlier, didn’t she?” Wei Mingting questioned.

Wei Ruo was surprised, taken aback by Wei Mingting’s inference.

“How did you know?” Wei Ruo couldn’t help but ask.

“How could I not know? This isn’t something you just found out about today. You didn’t mention it in the hall earlier and now you’re talking about it. There must have been something that happened when I wasn’t around. I’ve seen her upset you before. You’re usually not the type to stir up trouble, so you must have had your reasons for acting as you did. I see no need for further questions.”

When Mrs. Yun tried to persuade her earlier, Wei Ruo didn’t waver. Now, hearing Wei Mingting say these words, she felt a touch of wavering.

“If it were up to you, would you want me to live in peace with Wei Qingwan?” Wei Ruo asked.