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

Inside the main hall of the Eastern Palace, Pei Jin bowed respectfully to Jing Hao. Today he came to the palace to report the news of An'er's death, and also came to the Eastern Palace to apologize to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person again.

"Your Highness, I have returned to the capital without permission due to family matters and without regard for Prince Shun's safety. Please punish me."

"Shenzhi, this matter cannot be entirely blamed on you. Who could have thought that in just a few days, the child would... Since you have already dealt with fourth brother's affairs, you should take care of the affairs at home first." Jing Hao looked up at him and sighed softly.

His companion had never looked so haggard and sad before. It had only been a few days, but the sudden bad news had turned a gentleman who was once elegant and graceful into someone so haggard.

"Please accept my condolences. Since the person is gone, don't think too much. You will have children after you get married." Jing Hao consoled softly, "I will give you ten days off first, and you can go back home."

"Thank you, Your Highness. I will come back to accept the punishment after I have dealt with my family affairs." Pei Jin lowered his head and slowly left the hall.

He walked silently on the palace road, and was suddenly patted on the shoulder by someone, followed by a giggling voice saying, "Brother Pei, I heard that your wedding is coming soon. I am still waiting to drink your wedding wine."

"Go away." Pei Jin pushed him away impatiently and walked out of the palace gate on his own.

"Why are everyone like this today?" Lin Yi touched his head and looked blankly at Pei Jin who was walking away.

Just now he met Xiao Yuan on the road and was about to tell him that he saw a young man who looked a bit like him a few days ago, but he saw that Xiao Yuan didn't want to pay attention to him at all. He just lowered his head and walked hurriedly towards the Kunning Palace, obviously going to meet his aunt, Empress Xiao.

What happened to all of them? Lin Yi turned back to the East Palace indignantly.

In Kunning Palace, Empress Xiao stood by the window, teasing a pair of parrots. Upon hearing that Xiao Yuan had arrived, she quickly handed the bird cage to a maid beside her, and slowly walked to the armchair inlaid with white jade peony flowers and sat down.

After the ceremony between the monarch and her subjects, Empress Xiao dismissed her attendants, stared at her nephew with a worried look on his face, and said in a deep voice: "I am a little uneasy that you sent a letter to the palace so early. Yuan'er, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"My nephew has made my aunt worried." Xiao Yuan bowed and said, "My nephew came here early in the morning because my mother's heart disease has recurred. I want to ask my aunt for some Danshen Heart Protecting Pills."

"Why are you sick again?" Empress Xiao nodded, a look of concern appearing on her dignified and beautiful face.

"Aunt, you also know that ever since my mother's wet nurse took my sister away on her way back from my maternal grandparents' home more than ten years ago, she has been ill at this time every year. It has become more serious in the past two years. I'm worried that she won't make it." Xiao Yuan lowered his eyes and said in a low voice.

"So many years have passed, your mother should let it go. This was not her fault, why does she blame herself every day? Poor parents in the world." Empress Xiao sighed slightly and said softly, "Back then, your father refused to let her take such a young child back to her parents' home, but your grandmother happened to be ill and the child couldn't leave her. Alas, it's all fate. I didn't expect that the wet nurse took your sister away because your mother thought she was gambling secretly and wanted to replace her."

"This matter is a knot in my mother's heart. Although my father doesn't know the truth and thinks that my sister caught a cold and died on the way, my mother has never felt at ease in her life." Xiao Yuan said in a low voice, "People outside also thought that my sister was dead."

"That's great. Otherwise, I don't know how many people would come to the Duke's Mansion to recognize their relatives every year." Empress Xiao said in a low voice.

"Over the past few years, I have secretly searched along the route back and forth many times, but I haven't gotten any news about my sister. It's all because I was young at the time and couldn't share my mother's worries." Xiao Yuan looked gloomy.

"The wet nurse committed suicide out of fear of crime at that time, so it is really not easy to find any clues. Aunt, think that the words of the black-hearted wet nurse cannot be fully trusted. She abandoned such a young child, and no one knows where she has abandoned it. And if Qianqian is still alive, no one knows what she looks like. Finding her is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Empress Xiao comforted her softly. She had a very good relationship with her eldest sister-in-law, so she kept the matter a secret from her eldest brother, but not from her.

"Aunt, I want to put aside my current work and concentrate on looking for my sister. I will also check all the brothels and secret rooms one by one. Those people may see that my sister is beautiful..." Xiao Yuan felt more and more distressed. He couldn't imagine his sister being sold into a brothel and tortured by those men. "Aunt, please hide it for me from my father, otherwise he will scold me for not doing my job properly."

"Yuan'er, don't worry, I'll take care of this. That's fine, you can go and look for her carefully." Empress Xiao stroked her forehead and said, "If she is still alive, she would be sixteen or seventeen years old now, which is the best time for a young lady. I remember that she is one year older than Qing Yuan, ah..."

"Aunt, I'll trouble you to take care of the affairs in the capital. I will leave Beijing tomorrow." Xiao Yuan said softly, thinking of his mother often holding his sister's bellyband and crying secretly, his heart ached. But when he thought of having no clue, how could he find his sister in such a vast sea of ​​people?

It was already noon when Pei Jin returned to the mansion.

"Master, Aunt Liu said that the young master and the others did not have smallpox at all." Xuan Bai knelt at Pei Jin's feet and whispered.

"I knew it, it must be them." Pei Jin sneered, becoming more and more certain that the death of Chan Yi and the others must have been a trick set by his father and others.

"Master, the coroner has carefully examined the charred bones and found no signs of poisoning for the time being. Further careful verification is needed." Xuan Bai said in a low voice.

Pei Jin nodded, his eyes solemn, his thoughts drifting away. He originally thought that Chan Yi and An Er were poisoned to death, but now it seems that there is something hidden.

"Master." Xuan Bai saw that he was silent and looked up at him.

Pei Jin waved his hand to signal him to leave.

In any case, what is certain is that Pei Yunshan and Liu Wan'er must be the culprits.

He designed a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain, sent Pei Yunshan away to Qingcheng Mountain, and sprinkled a powder that would cause a rash in the jewelry box. Within two days, as he expected, Liu Wan'er and Pei Yun both fell into the trap.

He originally still cared about the blood relationship and wanted to leave Pei Yun a way out. However, he didn't expect that after investigation, he found out that it was she who instigated Aunt Liu to murder Chan Yi and her son, and even secretly planned to poison her mother so that Liu Wan'er could become the wife of the Marquis' Mansion. How could he dare to keep such a person?

"Master, are you in the house? Madam wants to see you and says she has something important to discuss." The little maid Que'er knocked on the door softly to report.

"Got it." Pei Jin replied. He knew very well why his mother asked him to come here. She must want to ask him how to deal with Liu Wan'er and her daughter.

When I entered the main courtyard, I saw my mother sitting upright in the hall, and Mother Zhang beside her also looked very solemn.

"Mother, what happened?" Pei Jin asked in a deep voice.

"It's unfortunate for our family. Madam Liu and Yun'er have both contracted the rash. The doctor in the Liu residence checked them and said that it was the same disease that An'er and the others had contracted." Madam Wang wiped her tears and said, "After checking, we found that when Chanyi and the others were buried, Madam Liu's personal maid Hong'er secretly went to Zhuxiang Garden to see them. She didn't take any protective measures, so she might have contracted the disease at that time. Shenzhi, what do you think we should do?"