I was a housekeeper in ancient times

About half an hour later, Grandma Sun and Mrs. Wu came back in a hurry, saying that Qi Motai and Nanny Guo had brought Sister Fan back.

This reminded Mrs. Ding, "I wondered why Nanny Guo didn't come to collect the monthly allowance. I asked her and she said she went home. It turns out she secretly went to see Sister Fan. She kept it a secret."

Madam Lu glared at Mrs. Ding fiercely. What a fool! There were obvious signs long ago. If she had paid more attention to check where Nanny Guo was, she wouldn't have ended up like this!

Although she was angry, Madam Lu calmed down and analyzed the matter carefully. She thought that she had done it perfectly and not a single word of it had leaked out.

Lihua Village was such a secret place, and the Hu family was a wealthy family with many courtyards, so it would be easy to hide a child there. How could it be...

Also, why would the Qi family get involved in this matter?

They suddenly found Sister Fan. Was it an accidental discovery, or had they known about it for a long time?

The former is unlikely. Lihua Village is so remote, how did Nanny Guo find it? As for the latter, how did they know where Fan Jie'er was hiding? Could it be that someone leaked it?

Just as Madam Lu was wondering who leaked the information, Madam Yang came in hurriedly with a letter, "Madam, there's a letter from the Hu family."

In the double courtyard.

The door of the main room was ajar and the window was half open. It was a cloudy day, so the room was neither bright nor dark, and slightly cool, which was quite comfortable.

There are bunches of dried wormwood to repel mosquitoes hanging on both sides of the windows, and mint with green leaves is planted outside the window. There is an occasional breeze and the sound of cicadas chirping.

Yu Muyan gently stroked the forehead of the sleeping Fan Jie'er with one hand and fanned her with a goose feather fan with the other hand. Her expression was kind and she was reluctant to take her eyes off Fan Jie'er, as if she could never look at her enough.

Lin Weiqiao, who was standing by, was putting the herbs into the sachet very carefully, not daring to make any noise. She smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry. The fourth young lady won't get lost again this time."

Yu Muyan shook her head. "Mom, I still can't believe that Sister Fan is back like this. Am I dreaming?"

"It's not a dream. The fourth girl has really been found. She is right in front of you, Madam."

"I didn't even dare to close my eyes to sleep, for fear that as soon as I closed my eyes and opened them again, Sister Fan would disappear again."

As she spoke, Yu Muyan's eyes turned red again.

Lin Weiqiao took a step forward. There were only the two of them in the room, and the sleeping Fan Jie'er, who could be ignored.

Lin Weiqiao took a soft stool and sat beside the bed, "There are two important matters that Madam needs to make the decision on."

Yu Muyan paused while fanning herself, and asked in confusion, "What is it?"

"The first thing is the disappearance of the fourth young lady. Nanny Guo said that Sister Fan was hiding in the home of a wealthy family named Hu in Lihua Village. This family is a distant relative of the old lady. According to the Hu family, it was the old lady who asked them to hide Sister Fan in the house."

"How is this possible? Sister Fan is her own granddaughter!"

"Madam, you are confused. To be honest, the granddaughter of the old lady is the second lady. In the past, the old lady treated the uncle very well. People who didn't know the truth thought that the uncle was the old lady's biological son. But we all know that the old lady only has the second master as her biological son!"

"Even so, she shouldn't have attacked Sister Fan! Sister Fan is just a girl, not a man, who can she bother?"

Yu Muyan was still naive and inexperienced, and it was hard for her to believe that Madam Lu would hide Sister Fan.

She said earnestly, "Madam, the fourth girl is your biological daughter and your first child. Everyone knows that you treat her like the apple of your eye. The one who is most distressed about the fourth girl's disappearance is you, Madam. To be honest, the old lady is not going to attack the fourth girl, but you, Madam."

She analyzed that Yu Muyan was now supporting the first house. As long as Yu Muyan was alive, it would be difficult to determine who would own the earldom. If Yu Muyan wanted to adopt, the title would still go to the first house.

Previously, Madam Lu joined forces with the clan members and tried to force Yu Muyan to death in the name of martyrdom. Once Yu Muyan died, the first branch fell into decline, and the title naturally fell into the hands of the second branch.

In this way, it will be legitimate and no one else will dare to say anything.

"The second thing I want to say is that it can solve Madam's current predicament."

"What is it?"

"Madam Lian, she has been pregnant for more than two months."

"Wha, what?"

Hearing this news, Yu Muyan couldn't sit still anymore. Her voice suddenly rose, almost disturbing Sister Fan. Sure enough, in her heart, nothing was more important than Lu Yuxuan.

Her expression changed, her eyes full of doubt and astonishment, "How could it be? This, this is impossible, how could Aunt Lian be pregnant?"

Lin Weiqiao couldn't help but complain in her heart, love brain is really the most difficult and incurable disease in the world. "Why not? Before his death, Master Bo did go to Green Bamboo Residence once, and Madam, you have never given Concubine Lian contraceptive soup. Concubine Lian is still young, isn't it normal for her to be pregnant?"

"I still can't. My husband...how could he let Concubine Lian get pregnant? He hasn't been to Concubine Lian often since she came into the family. If it weren't for the sake of her elders, I'm afraid he would..."

"Madam, no matter how much affection the master has for you, he is still a man after all, and he can't help himself sometimes."

Seeing Yu Muyan's disbelief and tearful expression, Lin Weiqiao's eyes almost went dark. She drank several sips of tea and continued, "Madam, you should be happy. This child came at the right time."

Yu Muyan lowered her head slightly, feeling very depressed, "Mom, it's already this late, and you're still joking, how can I be happy?"

"Madam, don't you want to preserve the title left by the Earl? Are you going to give up the title that the Earl is so proud of to the Second House?"

"But I have no children. Even if I want to keep one, I can't. If I adopt someone..."

"There's no need to adopt her. Aunt Lian's baby came just in time. It was born for Madam!"

"What do you mean?"

"If the baby in Aunt Lian's belly is a boy, then he will be the only male offspring of the first wife and the only son of the Earl. It is reasonable that the title can only be inherited by this boy."

"Is Aunt Lian really pregnant?"

What troubled Yu Muyan was that Aunt Lian was actually pregnant with Lu Yuxuan's child, but no matter how troubled she was or how unacceptable she was, she would never dare to suspect that Aunt Lian was cheating on her.

Being simple also has its advantages, as it helps you not think in complicated ways.

Lin Weiqiao's mouth was almost dry. "How could I lie to Madam about such an important matter? Madam, if you don't believe me, you should believe in Doctor Ma's medical skills, right? If you don't believe me, please ask a few more reliable doctors to diagnose."

Yu Muyan was speechless, staring blankly ahead, muttering: "How could it be..."