Shock! The maid in the Marquis's mansion gave birth to the eldest son of the prince

"I don't know if Chan Yi and the others have reached Luo City. May the Bodhisattva bless them to arrive safely." Madam Wang rubbed her temples, clasped her hands together, and muttered softly, "It's better to leave. It's better to leave. Only by leaving can you live a peaceful life forever."

"It's just that the prince..." Mother Zhang was hesitant to speak, her heart beating fast. Oh my God, she wondered if the prince would cause a bloody storm in the mansion when he came back.

"What's coming will eventually come." Mrs. Wang murmured as she put the account books away. "I hope he can get through it."

Mother Zhang nodded and didn't dare to say anything else. Madam was thinking too simply. The prince seemed cold and had no special preferences, but he was obviously in love with Chan Yi and her son. He just might not realize it at the moment.

Alas, Mother Zhang sighed and helped Mrs. Wang sit down slowly.

"You must be more careful about all your eating and drinking in the future." Madam Wang leaned back in her chair and said softly, "You will be responsible for all my meals."

"Yes, Madam, I understand. You can rest assured." Madam Zhang replied in a low voice, "The eldest lady has been coming to the main courtyard to pay respects every day these past two days to get close to the maids working in the small kitchen. I wonder if she wants to..."

Madam Wang sneered and interrupted her, saying, "After Shen Zhi's wedding, I will make them suffer the consequences of their actions."

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Chan Yi originally wanted to find a better and more spacious boat, but after learning more about it, she found that a larger boat is comfortable, but it has fewer people and is easier to be remembered. If she chose a smaller boat, a bunch of people would be crowded in a small cabin, and no one would know each other. If Pei Jin were to investigate in the future, he would have no way to start, so she discussed with Mother Zhou and decided to take a small boat to leave overnight.

It was just a hard time for Mother Zhou. The cabin was small and crowded, and the air was filled with a pungent sour smell that made people feel nauseous. Also, the ship was constantly shaking, and as expected, Mother Zhou, who was from the north, became seasick. She lay on the ground with a pale face and a fever.

Chan Yi asked her to suck on mint candy, scraped her skin, and applied borneol oil. By midnight, Mother Zhou finally felt much better. She ate some white porridge made by the boatman, and her fever gradually subsided. She also felt much better.

"My body is really a burden to you." Mother Zhou said guiltily as she looked at Chan Yi's increasingly thin face.

"Mom, don't say that. If it weren't for us, you wouldn't have suffered so much. I asked the boatman, and we can get off the boat after passing Jiufeng Bay." Chan Yi said while hugging An'er.

She had already changed her clothes. Originally, she and Mother Zhou were going to take care of An'er together on the boat, and they could take turns to rest.

At this time, Zhou's mother was ill, and Chanyi had to take care of her and look after little An'er at the same time, which was really exhausting. Fortunately, An'er was very well behaved and didn't make any noise, which made her worry less.

"Okay, that's good. The boat is crowded and the weather is hot. We'll be fine once we get off the boat." Mother Zhou said with a smile.

"Yes, after we get off the boat, we can hire a carriage and get home." Chan Yi patted An'er's back and said softly.

Yes, after all the hardships, they were finally getting home. As long as they got off the boat, even if Pei Jin knew they had been to Luocheng, he would not be able to find where they had gone. There were so many places in Jiangnan, and so many people, finding them was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Besides, Pei Jin might not come to look for them. Maybe he believed they were really dead, and he would start a new life, marry and have children. Chan Yi felt more at ease thinking this way.

"Mom, let's live a good life from now on." Chan Yi said, holding Mother Zhou's hand.

"Yes." Mother Zhou nodded with a smile, "Let's raise An'er well."

Three days later, the boat stopped at Jiufeng Bay, and Chanyi and the others got off the boat and hired a car to go to Zhuantang. The property that her third sister helped her to settle was in this small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Late at night, at the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion, the night guard heard a man's hoarse knock at the door, and he got up sleepily, opened the door a crack, and was about to curse, "Who came so late? Are you going to let me live?" But when he saw a man and a horse standing at the door, he was immediately startled.

"Young Master..." The servant holding a lantern saw Pei Jin jump off the horse with a tired face. The Black Whirlwind was already half-kneeling on the ground exhausted, gasping for breath.

"Open the door!" he shouted.

"Young Master, are you back alone?" The servant was full of doubts, but when he met his frosty eyes, he was frightened and quickly opened the door.

Pei Jin, dressed in a black robe, slipped in and ran quickly towards Zhuxiang Garden.

The garden gate was locked. He took a deep breath, drew out the long sword from his waist, and swung the sword with force. After a flash of sword light, the huge iron lock on the garden gate was cut in half.

The night enveloped the earth, and there was only a cold crescent moon hanging high in the sky. The weak moonlight illuminated the empty garden, which seemed particularly desolate. Tonight, the Bamboo Fragrance Garden was unusually quiet, and even the frog croaking in the lotus pond in the past became silent.

Facing the empty garden, Pei Jin's eyes were red as he shouted over and over again: "Chan Yi, Chan Yi..."

The hoarse and sad voice echoed for a long time in the empty garden. After a long time, he collapsed in the corridor with tears on his face.

"Master, please accept my condolences." The secret guard appeared out of nowhere, knelt on the ground, and begged in a low voice, "The smallpox virus is extremely dangerous, Master, you'd better go out. If you also..."

"Get out!" Pei Jin shouted heartbreakingly, "Get out!"

Chanyi, An'er, I was only away for more than half a month, how could you... No, I must be dreaming!

Pei Jin reached out and pinched his left arm hard. The piercing pain told him that this was not a dream.

After receiving the news from the secret guard, he did not bother to escort Jingyou to his fiefdom, leaving him behind halfway, and traveled for seven days without sleep. Even the Ferghana horse Black Whirlwind was so tired that he fell down in front of the mansion gate, just to confirm with his own eyes whether Chanyi and her son were still there!

"Be careful, be careful!" Mrs. Wang's anxious voice came from afar. Pei Jin stood up like a puppet and stumbled towards his mother.

Mother Zhang was holding a lantern, and Dongqing and Baisu were supporting Madam Wang as they stood at the open garden gate.

"Mother..." Pei Jin gritted his teeth to hold back the tears.

Seeing her son stumbling towards her like a ghost, Mrs. Wang's heart tightened. The light of the lantern illuminated his untidy beard, sunken cheeks and red eyes. Her heart ached even more.

"Madam, a short pain is worse than a long one, please don't..." Mother Zhang said in a low voice, her eyes full of sorrow.

"Mother, did you send Chanyi and An'er away? Mother, please tell me whether it is true or not? Where are they now? I will go and take them back home." Pei Jin's eyes were red as he looked at his mother solemnly, full of hope.