I was a housekeeper in ancient times

At this moment, the night is so quiet and silent, so quiet that only the sound of heartbeat remains.

Lu Yuheng supported his hands on the stone wall, breathing heavily, his heart pounding. At this moment, he could not be more awake.

Before this, he also suspected that Aunt Lian's pregnancy came at too coincidental. Why didn't Aunt Lian get pregnant when his eldest brother was alive, but news of her pregnancy came out not long after his death? It was really strange.

However, he could not produce any evidence, so he only had suspicions. He even suspected that Aunt Lian was faking her pregnancy, but he did not dare to suspect that Aunt Lian was pregnant with a bastard.

He didn't dare to imagine that if Zhu'er didn't tell him the truth tonight, then when Aunt Lian gave birth to a bastard, wouldn't the title of the Earl's Mansion fall on the head of a bastard!

The eldest wife is really brave. She would rather give the title to a bastard than let him inherit the title.

"Does the eldest wife know about this?"

“You should know.”

"What do you mean by should?"

"I don't really know. That's all I know."

He looked at Zhu'er meaningfully and put his hand on her shoulder. "You have done a great deed. Why are you talking about this now? But you are from the first house. You won't say anything unless you are forced into a corner."

Zhu'er wanted to cry but had no tears. She thought that she had saved tonight, but what would she do in the future? Letting Lu Yuheng know this fact would be like pushing the eldest wife into the fire pit. As a maid of the eldest wife, she would not be able to escape the disaster. "Second Master, can you let me go?"

"Of course you can, but don't you think about your future? You sold the first house, so you are the sinner of the first house. If the first house knew about this, would they still tolerate you?"

"Second Master... If you don't tell me, I won't tell you. This matter is known to heaven and earth, and you and I know it. If I tell you this secret, will you still betray me?"

Zhu'er mustered up the courage to say that she had indeed not thought it through, but no one else knew what happened tonight except them.

Lu Yuheng laughed a few times. He didn't expect a little girl like her to say that. He couldn't help but look up to her. "Since you told me all this, it means you have turned from darkness to light and are on my side. Don't worry, if there is anything else happening in the first room, just tell me. After the matter is done, I guarantee that you will get a lot of benefits."

Zhu Er didn't dare to accept it. She was still a member of the first wife's family. Lin Weiqiao had been kind to her. If she betrayed the first wife like this, wouldn't this put the first wife to death? Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. It seems that she has no way out.

Lu Yuheng was still trying to win her over. "The first wife has done something like this, so she will definitely not be able to keep it. You might as well turn to me. How about this, when I inherit the title, I can promise you a condition, and I guarantee that you will fly up to the tree and become a phoenix."

She didn't say anything, but lowered her head and rubbed her palms, not knowing what she was thinking.

Even though Yu Muliu was injured, Old Lady Yu still worried about Yu Mubao's marriage.

With the arrangement of the matchmaker, Yu Mubao and Zheng Jia Erlang met in the Marriage Temple of Dayin Temple, accompanied by Ouyang and Old Lady Yu.

Speaking of the second son of the Zheng family, he is strong and sturdy, and looks like he can kill someone with one punch.

But in the eyes of Mrs. Yu, only such a son-in-law is suitable for her. Yu Mubao's previous husband was not as good as Zheng's Erlang, who looked thin and had no luck. Unlike Zheng's Erlang, he had a title, was rich and powerful, was born strong, and spoke with strength, which was like a man.

Old Madam Yu liked Zheng Jia Erlang so much that she kept praising him to Ouyang, "Look at him, he is indeed a young man, handsome and strong."

Ouyang just smiled and said, as long as Old Madam Yu was satisfied, what else could she say?

Yu Mubao, who had been following Mrs. Yu shyly, also secretly glanced at Zheng Jiaerlang several times. Zheng Jiaerlang's appearance was not as good as she had imagined. He looked like a warrior and spoke in a rough and loud voice.

However, Zheng Jia Erlang was polite, well-mannered, and caring. As soon as they met, he gave her a precious pearl phoenix hairpin as a gift, which was very much to her liking.

At least she could marry into a noble family. In the future, she would be the second wife of the Zheng family. The Zheng family was wealthy, so she would have endless wealth and splendor in the future! If the eldest son of the Zheng family died one day, maybe she could even become a viscountess.

She has turned things around overnight, and no one dares to look down on her or laugh at her!

Zheng Jiaerlang, who was sitting opposite him, was enthusiastic on the outside but perfunctory on the inside. He didn't want to get married. Getting married meant marrying a woman to take care of him at home, right? How boring.

But his mother threatened to commit suicide and forced him to marry a lady from a prominent family in Beijing. He had no choice but to compromise, thinking that it would just be one more woman and not a big deal.

When he first met Yu Mubao, he was quite disappointed. He had seen women of all kinds of beauty, but Yu Mubao was old and not very pretty, so he usually didn't even bother to take a second look at her.

Considering that Yu Mubao is a lady from the capital and the elder sister of Lady Pingrong, she is worthy of him. It doesn't matter who he marries, as long as his family is satisfied. It has nothing to do with him anyway.

In this way, both parties, with their own ulterior motives, tacitly agreed to the marriage and were very satisfied.

In Wuxiangli, there were several small vendors walking around the streets shouting, their voices echoing in the alleys.

Qiushi took Qi Ge'er out to buy things, but unexpectedly ran into Song Zan who was here to look for someone.

Song Zan refused to believe that Qiu Shi had been demoted to a servant girl and even kicked out of the mansion, so he wanted to find Qiu Shi and ask her face to face.

"Qiu Shi!" He recognized Qiu Shi's pretty figure in the crowd at the first moment and couldn't wait to run up to her.

"Manager Xiao Song, why are you here?" Qiu Shi couldn't hide her joy when she saw him, knowing that he had come to see her specially.

"What happened? How did you end up here?"

"It's a long story."

Qiu Shi looked at his anxious and concerned look, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether he was concerned about her or her future. Although the two were not contradictory, she didn't want her future to be more important than herself.

She just said that she had committed a crime, so she came to Wuxiangli to do some rough work.

"Then you can't go back to your ladyship?"

"I'm afraid that's not possible. You know, the thing that the mansion lacks the most is people who want to climb up. If I'm not here, someone will take my place. It will be difficult for me to go back. To put it bluntly, I'm just a servant, not worth much, and the lady doesn't have to have me."

"Then, then you are willing to stay here and not go back?"

"Whether I am willing or not is none of my business."

Qiu Shi said this with a smile. It was undeniable that Song Zan cared more about her future than her.

Song Zan seemed particularly anxious, perhaps because he didn't want to put in the effort again, so he kept persuading her to do everything she could to return to the Bo's Mansion.

She said calmly, "I think it's not bad here either. It's quiet and peaceful, and there's not as much going on as in the Bo's mansion."