Chapter 20: Confrontation

Yang Chujun took Lin Yannan to the west entrance.

“晏晏，要不要我陪你进去？”万一林蓁蓁告状，晏晏被人为难的时候她能替晏晏作证。

杨琸君真的很担心晏晏，从林蓁蓁敢抢晏晏的未婚夫，而晋国公府毫不犹豫的退婚，就能看出晏晏在侯府的处境不容乐观，侯爷和侯夫人都不在了，这几年晏晏一定过的很艰难。

"No, I can handle it. Thank you, Zhu Jun."

"Alright then, if you need anything, have someone send me a message."

As she watched her friend leave, Lin Yanyan turned around and was greeted by Jin Xin: "Miss, you finally returned. Did something happen at the banquet? Cien Church sent a message, asking you to come back immediately and be cautious as Madam San also sent someone to warn you."

"Nothing much. Has the Fourth Young Master returned?" Lin Yannan asked as she walked, as Jing Yuan went to see Yao Shi today and returned to the shop and estate, and he also planned to visit Mr. Ji. They had left together in the morning.

"The Fourth Young Master hasn't returned yet."

The master and servant went straight to Cien Hall, and before they even entered, they heard the sound of Lin Zhenzhen crying, sobbing pitifully.

"The young miss has arrived." The maid went in to inform.

"Let her in," came the cold and stern voice of the grandmother.

Lin Yannan took a deep breath, prepared for a verbal battle.

Everyone in the Cien Hall was astonished to see Lin Yannan. Zhen Zhen came back crying, saying that Yannan had found a substitute to attend the Peach Blossom Banquet and had not fulfilled her promise. Instead, she caused Zhen Zhen and Lord Zhu to suffer humiliation. She was too ashamed to face anyone, and the Duke of Jingu Mansion must be furious as well.

I didn't expect that Yan Yan would come back, and even sent her double.

"Who are you exactly?" The old lady's face turned cold, and she asked in a low voice.

"Grandmother, it's me, Yan Yan. My illness has been cured."

Yao exclaimed, "Impossible..."

If Yanyan was indeed afflicted with the world's most toxic poison, diagnosed by numerous doctors to be incurable, and considering the duration, Yanyan's condition should have deteriorated beyond recovery. How could it suddenly get better? It's simply beyond belief.

Lin Yannan glanced lightly and said, "Why is it impossible? If our nephew and niece recover from their illness, wouldn't our second sister-in-law be happy?"

Yao Shi replied, "Happy my foot! If you really are Lin Yannan, then it's a miracle in broad daylight."

“你说你就是林晏晏，你的病好了，那我来问你，是哪位大夫给你看好的？你又是如何在短短几日内就好了的？”

林晏晏笑了笑，先不回答姚氏的问题，而是转向祖母：“祖母可还记得晏晏的左肩上有块心形的胎记？”

"Of course I remember." As soon as Yan Yan was born, the midwife lifted her up and showed her the birthmark, a faint pink heart-shaped birthmark.

Lin Yan Yan pulled down her left shoulder garment: "Once my grandmother examines it, she will know if it's real or fake."

Yao and Zhou both approached to have a look.

As expected, there was a light red heart-shaped birthmark on Yan Yan's left shoulder.

Yao still couldn't believe it and held onto a ray of hope: "Could this... birthmark be fake?"

Maybe she used rouge or something similar to paint it on.

Zhou said, "I'm sorry, San Shu, feel free to touch it."

San Shu replied, "It's fine."

Zhou extended a finger and rubbed the birthmark twice, but it didn't change at all. "Mother, the birthmark is real, she is Yan Yan."

“你病好了，怎么也不告诉祖母一声？”事实摆在眼前，老夫人也不知该喜还是该怒。

In fact, upon closer inspection, Yanyan's facial features vaguely resemble Boyan's shadow.

恢复容貌的晏晏姿容出众，比蓁蓁更胜三分。早知道这样，蓁蓁这步棋走的有点多余。老夫人暗忖。

林晏晏整理好衣裳，道：“祖母恕罪，孙女收到公主府的帖子，自觉长的这么胖无颜出去见人，便用了土法子开始辟谷，每日只喝巴豆泡的水，没想到歪打正着，病给治好了。”

“晏晏，你不要糊弄你祖母。”打死姚氏都不信，喝巴豆水能把毒给解了，巴豆是神药？

“回老夫人，二夫人，小姐说的是真的，头两天小姐只是喝少量的巴豆水，后来小姐被二小姐气的不轻，趁奴婢没留意，吃了大把巴豆，然后就开始上吐下泻，奴婢想，小姐当时是不想活了。奴婢原本要禀报老夫人和二夫人，但小姐不让，说奴婢若是多嘴，就把奴婢也赶出去。没想到小姐这般胡乱折腾，反倒真的把病给治好了。”锦心按着小姐事先的交代一一道来。

Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "The doctor said that Yanyan's illness is caused by pent-up emotions affecting the harmony of her spleen and stomach. Could it be that her outburst last time actually released the suppressed anger in her heart? And combined with taking croton seeds, which caused vomiting and diarrhea, it helped eliminate the accumulated toxins in her body. Perhaps this is what they call 'fighting poison with poison'."

林晏晏心里默默地给三婶比了个大拇指，好一个以毒攻毒。

“许是爹娘在天之灵保佑，林家祖宗庇佑之故。”林晏晏感叹。

Yao was secretly alarmed and couldn't believe in the concept of fighting poison with poison. But Yanyan did indeed get better. Now she actually hoped that Yanyan had stumbled upon a fortuitous solution rather than discovering the true cause of the illness. That would be too terrifying.

"If you are really Lin Yannan, then you shouldn't break your promise and gain weight." Lin Zhenzhen doesn't care about what is true or false. What she hates is that Lin Yannan has made her look bad and destroyed the network of relationships that she has worked hard to build over the past two years.

"Yan Yan, Grandma has given you what you wanted. However, you made a promise. How do you explain today's matter?" The old lady just remembered the purpose of calling Yan Yan.

Lin Yan innocently responded, "Grandma, I did not break my word. I made it clear in public that it was me who initiated the cancellation of the engagement. I have no relationship whatsoever with Master Zhu and Second Miss. If you don't believe it, Grandma can go and inquire if that's what I said."

The old lady looked at Lin Zhenzhen, who among these two sisters is telling the truth.

"You are right in what you said, but..."

“可是什么？本来我解释了就完事儿了，结果蓁蓁突然来一句……不是你们想的那样，她是故意那么说的。蓁蓁，我没冤枉你吧？”

“蓁蓁，你大姐说的是真的吗？”老夫人简直不敢相信，蓁蓁是出门脑子被门夹了吗？

“我……我……我是说过，可你们没看到她当时的表情，没听到她说话的语气，好像很委屈的样子，被逼无奈的样子，大家看我的眼神都变了。”林蓁蓁气道。

"Sigh... Zhenzhen, it's actually your own guilty conscience. You always feel like no one believes you. People are speculating and no matter what I say, they need some time to process and sort things out, right? Isn't it normal for them to be skeptical? What can they do by doubting? As the person involved, what I say is the truth. As long as the Marquis and the Duke's household remain silent, this matter will be settled, and what else can everyone say?"