On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

As soon as the woman at the back spoke, the faces of the others suddenly changed.

"Some things should not be said nonsense."

"That's right. Everyone knew that the old Marquis of Changping had a deep love for his wife..."

"No matter how deep the love is, it will eventually fail. Don't forget that there is still a childhood sweetheart living in the backyard of the Changping Marquis's Mansion..."

Seeing that the others were getting more and more outrageous, Mrs. Hong pinched her handkerchief and deliberately coughed lightly.

The discussion stopped abruptly.

One of the noble ladies, who was wearing a dark purple brocade dress embroidered with hibiscus flowers, came forward and greeted Hong in a familiar manner.

"Oh, the Marquis' wife is here. We are still talking about the good fortune of our Marquis' wife."

Mrs. Hong tried hard to keep a smile on her face. "The one getting married is not my daughter, so what's the point of saying good fortune or bad fortune?"

The words were addressed to the noble lady, but Hong's eyes were always roaming among the other women who were sitting in groups of three or five chatting and laughing.

Finally, her eyes fixed on a middle-aged woman not far away who was wearing a dark red satin dress embroidered with peony flowers and a red headpiece in her hair.

Next to the woman stood a young man with an upright figure and a gentle and elegant temperament.

The woman was none other than the current Lady Xu of the Yong'an Marquisate, and the young man standing next to her was the person that Hong was looking for today—Shen Qi.

While Hong was looking for Xu, Xu's eyes were also looking around for Xu.

After a few glances, their eyes met at the same time, and then they looked away tacitly.

"I'm sorry for the poor hospitality today. I hope you ladies won't be too restrained. Eat and drink well. I hope you can forgive me." Mrs. Hong smiled and exchanged pleasantries with the ladies in front of her.

Several noble ladies also responded to Hong's polite words in the same humble manner.

Another round of hypocrisy.

Feeling that the time was about up, Hong made up an excuse, said goodbye to the ladies, and went to the other side of the front yard.

When Xu saw Hong walking away, she politely declined the conversation with the noble ladies who tried to talk to her. After instructing Shen Qi not to wander around, she followed in the direction of Hong with her personal nanny.

Halfway through the walk, he ran into a maid holding a fruit plate.

"Greetings to Madam Yong'an. My wife said that things have changed and the location has been changed. Madam Yong'an, please come here."

When Xu saw that the maid looked unfamiliar, she didn't want to pay any attention to her.

But on second thought, today she accepted the invitation of her sister-in-law and gave the wife of the Marquis of Changping a favor for the future happiness of her child. Her Qi'er was in a special situation...

After thinking about it, she obediently followed the maid holding the fruit plate in the other direction.

On the other side, Hong walked for a while and found that Xu did not follow her.

Feeling surprised, he was about to send Nanny Dai to look back to see if Xu had been lost, when he ran into a servant that Nanny Dai had placed next to Su Qishun.

"Madam, the Marquis received a veiled guest into the mansion today. The two of them should be in the Bamboo Garden now..."

Bamboo garden?

Hong's breathing choked slightly, and a surge of anger rushed from her heart to her forehead.

Whether it was a thank-you banquet or not, whether the marquis was real or fake, all seemed to be unimportant at this moment.

"To the Bamboo Garden."

Hong almost squeezed out the word "short" from between her teeth.

On the right side of the Changping Marquis Mansion, there is an elegant and quiet bamboo garden, which occupies a quarter of the front yard of the Changping Marquis Mansion.

Su Qishun specially sent people to plant it.

No matter what time, no one can enter the bamboo garden without Su Qishun's permission.

In the past, Hong just thought that he liked to pretend to be cultured and didn't want to be disturbed by others.

Now it seems that there may be something else hidden inside the quiet and elegant bamboo garden.

Since all the cards are laid bare today, one more Zhuyuan won’t make a difference.

"You little slaves, how does the Marquis treat his wife? Are you blind or deaf? You can't hear or see at all?"

At the gate of Bamboo Garden, faced with the obstruction of the servants of Bamboo Garden, Mrs. Hong changed her usual gentle attitude and asked Nanny Dai to question them directly.

"You said today that Madam has to ask for permission to enter the Marquis's bamboo garden. Then tomorrow, Madam won't even be able to enter the Marquis's mansion?"

The two guards knelt down immediately and said, "We dare not."

"Don't dare? I, an old woman, think you are very brave." Nanny Dai put her hands on her hips and lowered her chin. Several strong and powerful servants came forward and suppressed the half-reluctant servant on the left and right.

"Please spare my life, madam..."

The two guards were forced to kneel on the ground.

Hong snorted coldly and walked into the bamboo garden with the servants she had summoned.

This was the first time that Hong came to Su Qishun, a forbidden area where no one was allowed to enter.

At first, Mrs. Hong thought it was just an ordinary bamboo garden, but when she went in, she found that it was simply a paradise.

The winding paths along the way lead to secluded places, isolated from all the noise outside.

The paths are lined with all kinds of exotic flowers and even the pebbles on the path have been carefully selected, with the most translucent and evenly sized ones being laid on the path.

The morning mist has not yet completely dissipated, and it lingers around the lush bamboo forest. The scent of green grass mixed with bamboo fills the nostrils, making one feel relaxed and happy.

However, a faint giggle interrupted this ethereal mood.

The further you go in, the clearer the laughter becomes, accompanied by the sound of rippling water and the man's low laugh.

That man's low laugh...

Hong's stomach was churning, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost torn to pieces...

Su! Qi! Shun!

A breeze blew, bringing the conversation between two people not far away to Hong's ears.

"...Qilang, you are so bad..."

"If a man is not bad, a woman will not love him... Qing'er, you smell so good..."

"Well... this is annoying... You promised me that when Wan'er married into Duke Gu's mansion, you would divorce that yellow-faced woman and marry her. Is this true?"

"My dearest, be gentle... You are trying to kill me... All right, marry me, marry me. When everything is settled, I will marry you in a grand sedan chair. All other bastards will give way to my dearest. From now on, I only want the child born by Qing'er..."

"Give birth, give birth to me now...give me two, is that enough?"

"That won't work. At least eight or ten..."

Then, there was another round of obscene words coming from far away and the sound of water becoming more frequent.

Hong could hear these sounds, and naturally Nanny Dai could hear them as well.

There was a group of servants following behind her. Nanny Dai was about to step forward to remind them, but was interrupted by Hong.

"Since even he doesn't want this face, then let's just tear it all apart."

Anyway, his title of Marquis of Changping was not legitimate to begin with, so it would be better for him to die directly at Su Sui'an's thank-you banquet, letting the second branch bear the stigma of being unkind for the rest of his life, while her Hao'er could continue to inherit the Marquis of Changping Mansion by stepping on the second branch's family like his heartless father did...

The Hong group came in a grand manner and left quietly.