Chapter 1180: Substitute Marriage (5)
Yang Ruxin suddenly associated it with the scheming commonly found in grand family estates. "Does Duo Tianlin have a wife?" she asked.
Gu Qingheng nodded.
"Was it a marriage replacement?" Yang Ruxin’s expression revealed her guess as correct; it seemed the past was indeed complicated.
"You actually guessed it," Gu Qingheng said with a smile, "because there was less than a month left before the wedding. Both families were prominent clans, and it would be too shameful if it got out that the young lady had disappeared. So they had Chu Rui’s younger sister, Chu Xin, replace her and marry into the Duo Family..."
Yang Ruxin frowned. "So is Chu Xin still called Chu Xin?"
Gu Qingheng shook his head. "She took on Chu Rui’s identity and became the main lady of the Duo Family. Today, they only have one son, who is just eighteen..."
Yang Ruxin couldn’t help snorting sarcastically, "Married for seven years and only now have a child?"
"Do you think something is fishy?"
"Definitely," Yang Ruxin nodded. "It’s obvious that Miss Chu was framed... By the way, what is the situation with Chu Xin?"
"Chu Rui is the legitimate eldest daughter of the main Chu Family line, but Chu Xin’s status is somewhat awkward. She is actually the result of a love affair of the second Chu master outside the family. The woman thought that with pregnancy, she would have the leverage to marry into the Chu Family. Initially, she was promised entry if she gave birth to a son, but she ultimately had a daughter. The woman then left the child at the Chu family doorstep and ran away..."
The corner of Yang Ruxin’s mouth twitched. Was such a thing even possible?
"The Chu family’s second lady was fierce, insisting on not keeping the child. If the second master dared to raise her, she threatened to leave him with their son..." Gu Qingheng also sighed helplessly, "In the end, Elder Chu took the child in... That event was quite sensational in Quanzhou back then..."