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

"Shenzhi, Shenzhi, come out quickly! Mother will tell you everything." Looking at her son's red eyes, Mrs. Wang could not help but burst into tears. Her body was staggering. If it weren't for the two maids supporting her, she would have fallen.

In the main hall, Pei Yunshan had been invited in and was sitting in a sandalwood armchair with a sullen face.

"Shenzhi, where are you from? Why do you look like this? Where is your servant?" He frowned and looked at his son who was exhausted but still standing.

"Father, where is Chanyi? Where is An'er?" Pei Jin looked straight at Pei Yunshan who was sitting high up in the armchair.

"Did you sneak back? You evil creature, you, the son of a marquisate, ignored everything for a lowly woman, and you are not afraid of bringing trouble to the marquisate. If you continue like this, everyone in the marquisate will be buried with you!" Pei Yunshan pointed at Pei Jin's nose and cursed loudly.

"Don't talk nonsense. At worst, I will sever ties with your Yong'an Marquis Mansion! Whoever wants to be the prince can do so!" Pei Jin, who had never disobeyed Pei Yunshan in person, sneered at his sanctimonious look, and his clenched fists were already bulging with veins.

From the moment he received the message from the secret guard, Pei Jin's first feeling was that Pei Yunshan and his men had set a trap to harm Chan Yi and her son while he was away.

"You...you unfilial son! You actually...actually dared to disobey me for a lowly woman!" Pei Yunshan was so angry that his whole body was shaking. His hands were shaking like candles in the wind. He wanted to rush over and slap him twice, but he was afraid of the long sword hanging at his waist.

"Shenzhi, what nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by not being the crown prince? You are the eldest son of the marquis's family. If you don't be the crown prince, who will?" Madam Wang said sternly with a sullen face as she sat next to Pei Yunshan.

"Mother, then tell your son where Chan Yi and her son went?" Pei Jin asked in a hoarse voice, "You promised your son that you would take good care of Chan Yi and her son."

"Who told her to go to Ji'en Temple to burn incense when she had nothing to do, and she brought An'er with her. Now she has contracted a serious disease, who can we blame!" Pei Yunshan sneered, glanced at Madam Wang beside him and said indignantly, "If we hadn't discovered it earlier, the entire Marquis' Mansion would have been ruined by her by now."

"What's wrong? Has the court doctor examined it?" Pei Jin looked at Madam Wang with a cold gaze, without blinking.

"Ahem, Shenzhi." Madam Wang took out a piece of silk and wiped her tears, saying, "Don't be sad. A few days after you left, An'er suddenly developed a rash on his body, followed by a high fever, and he even refused to drink milk. When I heard the maid report it, I thought he had smallpox, but your father said..."

Madam Wang glanced at Pei Yunshan and saw that he looked as if he had nothing to do with the matter. She choked up and said, "He said... he said that smallpox broke out in a village in the suburbs, and the villagers were burned to death by the government. He was afraid that An'er had been infected with smallpox. If that's true, our entire mansion..."

"Smallpox? How come I don't know?" Pei Jin stepped forward and stared at Pei Yunshan, saying word by word, "Where did father hear that? How did you know for sure that An'er had smallpox?"

"This... the world is so big, how could you possibly know everything?" Pei Yunshan felt a little guilty. He calmed down and said, "I heard it from others. The government has long blocked the news of this kind of thing. How could it be possible for all of you to know it?"

"Since father said so, let me ask you how dare you be so sure that An'er has smallpox?" Pei Jin pressed on.

"It's not me who said that. It was Doctor Liu who said that after he examined him." Pei Yunshan stiffened his neck, convinced that Doctor Liu would not dare to speak carelessly.

"What the Liu family doctor said is great." Pei Jin's eyes were blazing with anger. "Father has completely cleared himself of all blame."

"This is how things are. Believe it or not, I didn't interfere in this matter at all. It was all handled by your mother. Since the person is already dead, you shouldn't make random guesses and upset your mother." Pei Yunshan denied all the blame.

Mrs. Wang sneered in her heart. She thought that she had truly loved such a man. She was really blind.

"It's all mother's fault." Madam Wang cried softly, "Shenzhi, mother didn't take good care of Chanyi and An'er. I never thought the disease would come so quickly. An'er... didn't make it past two days. Chanyi and Mother Zhou were infected by him..."

Pei Jin listened to his mother's words. He could understand every word, but for a moment he seemed to not understand the meaning of everything she said. He looked at his mother blankly, as if he had heard nothing.

"Shenzhi, Shenzhi, Chanyi and An'er are both gone... Mother's heart feels like it's been cut by a knife, and mother can't bear to leave them... and Mother Zhou." Mrs. Wang burst into tears.

Pei Jin seemed to no longer hear any sound and stood in the hall like a puppet.

"Chan Yi and An Er are both dead?" He murmured, "Impossible, how could they die?"

"Chan Yi, An Er, where are you? Why didn't you wait for me?"

"Chan Yi, you are so timid, you must be very scared, right?"

"An'er, An'er, Daddy will hold you high up."

"Chan Yi, you said you would wait for me to come back."

Pei Jin muttered to himself, took out the purse from his waist and pressed it against his chest. Inside was the amulet that Chan Yi had prayed for him and the medicinal oil she had boiled herself.

"Mother, I'm going back to Zhuxiang Garden first. Chanyi and An'er are waiting for their son to come back." Pei Jinqian said with a smile, "I also bought some small toys for An'er. He will definitely like them."

As he spoke, he took out a small bamboo rooster from his backpack. When he pressed his head, the rooster would crow.

"Mother, look, An'er will definitely like it, right?" Pei Jin said to Mrs. Wang while holding up the little rooster.

"Shenzhi, Shenzhi, don't scare your mother. You must be too tired. You will be fine after a good sleep." Mrs. Wang was so scared that she covered her mouth. She wanted to cry but didn't dare to.

Pei Jin smiled and bowed to Madam Wang and said, "It's getting late, mother, you should go to bed early."

"Shenzhi, my son, someone, come, quickly send the prince back to his room to rest." Mrs. Wang shouted.

"Don't worry about him. He's a grown man, but he got so angry over such a small matter. He might as well die. If people knew about it, they would be so amused." Pei Yunshan pulled Mrs. Wang's sleeve and said, "It's already midnight and he's still not quiet. I'm going to go back to sleep first."

He yawned, stood up and was about to leave.

Mrs. Wang grabbed him and raised her hand to give him a sharp slap in the face. She had endured this slap for too long.

Pei Yunshan had not expected Mrs. Wang to do this and was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses and wanted to hit Mrs. Wang, she had already chased him out.

Mrs. Wang's sharp curse came to my ears: "Go ahead and die, Pei Yunshan, I want to divorce you. I will go to the palace tomorrow and tell the Queen and the others all the evil things you have done. I don't believe that you can live a good life without us!"