Edith Phoenix was just about to question when she suddenly heard a commotion from the guests outside. A woman dressed as a servant suddenly burst out from the crowd.
She rushed to the front of the hall and shouted at Edith Phoenix,
"Lily! You are the real Lily, aren’t you?! Your aunt has finally found you!"
Saying this, she turned towards Hudson Phoenix and the others, knelt down, and knocked her head hard on the ground,
"Lord Phoenix, the two girls were switched at birth back then, and it’s one thing for you to have taken your daughter back to the mansion, but why wouldn’t you return my second brother’s child? That’s the only bloodline my second brother’s family has. You can’t just take all the children away like that!"
As the woman pleaded, she didn’t forget to reveal the truth about the switched children in a few words.
She spoke too quickly, and Hudson Phoenix and Lady Phoenix didn’t have time to stop her.
Seeing the guests around starting to talk among themselves, Lady Phoenix’s expression turned ugly. She stood up, pointed at the woman, and scolded,
"Where did this madwoman come from, causing such trouble here?! Someone take her away!"
With Lady Phoenix’s order, a servant immediately stepped forward to apprehend the woman, who dodged and shouted loudly,
"What I said is true! What twins?! One of them is clearly a bloodline of the Craig Family! When Lady Phoenix and my sister-in-law gave birth at the temple, the children were switched. The child the Phoenix Family raised for fifteen years was clearly a Craig Family child!"
As the woman was about to be caught, a lady among the guests stood up and said,
"I didn’t expect such a thing to happen. Lord Phoenix, Lady Phoenix, if what this woman says is true, it’s not right for you to deceive everyone like this."
The lady who spoke was from the family of Official Zhou, but her own family actually belonged to the Prime Aspect’s camp.
Seeing her stand out at this moment, it was clear who orchestrated this scene today.
The fact that this woman could enter the mansion dressed as a servant was also due to the Prime Aspect’s actions.
But Lady Phoenix couldn’t possibly acknowledge something just because a woman said so.
Or rather, on such an occasion today, she absolutely couldn’t acknowledge it.
Lady Phoenix and Hudson Phoenix attempted to gloss over the situation, but the few ladies who had been informed by the Prime Aspect in advance had no intention of letting them off, each asking what exactly was going on.
Lady Phoenix was furious but had no way to blow up in front of so many guests. She could only barely maintain her composure and said,
"It’s just a crazy story made up by a madwoman from who knows where. Why take it seriously? Let me say that the Phoenix Family has never had any contact with the Craig Family she mentioned, and even if we had, who knows if she’s really from the Craig Family or not?"
Lady Phoenix dared to be so confident because, before deciding to bring Lily Phoenix back, they had already sent away everyone in the village who used to have close ties with Lily Phoenix, to prevent the truth from being discovered in the future.
Moreover, Edith Phoenix’s biological mother died of difficult labor back then, and her biological father had passed away two years earlier as well. Her only sister disappeared from the hometown ten years ago, which meant there was no one left to prove that Lily Phoenix grew up with the Craig Family.
At the time, Lady Phoenix had also tried to find the whereabouts of that so-called aunt, but to no avail. Even someone the Phoenix Family couldn’t find, she didn’t believe the Prime Aspect Mansion could find the real Craig Family in just a few days.
This line of thinking by Lady Phoenix wasn’t entirely mistaken; her only oversight was Scarlett Jennings’s abilities.
Finding a relative connected by blood to Edith Phoenix wasn’t difficult for her.
Meanwhile, the lady from Official Zhou’s family seemed to have anticipated Lady Phoenix’s reaction, casually saying,
"Whether it’s true or not, asking this newly returned Phoenix Miss should reveal the truth, no?"
The clarity about whether it was twins or an impostor only the involved party would know best.
Her words seemingly enlightened many guests present, with all gazes turning to Scarlett Jennings.
Unlike the curious looks seeking the truth from the guests, Hudson Phoenix and Lady Phoenix looked at her with a clear warning in their eyes.

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