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

"Prince, this matter..." Liu Fu's doctor looked embarrassed and looked at Pei Jin, becoming more and more unsure of his thoughts.

"Doctor Liu, please tell me." Mother Zhang urged anxiously.

"Why not... why not send them to a place with fewer people? This way, they can reduce their contact with others." Liu Fu Doctor gritted his teeth and said cruelly, "After all, there are many servants in Haitang Courtyard, which is different from the situation in Zhuxiang Garden last time."

"Mother Zhang, in my opinion, we should do as the doctor Liu said, and the sooner the better." Pei Jin said in a deep voice, "Send the little girl named Hong'er with them, so that they can take care of them. This matter needs to be handled with caution. Anyone who talks nonsense will be beaten to death."

"Your Highness is right. I will do as you say." Mother Zhang replied in a low voice and sighed softly, "What should I do? Oh, it's really..."

"Mother Zhang, don't forget to invite the Third Young Master over and let him know about this." Pei Jin said seriously, "After all, Aunt Liu and Yun'er are his biological mother and sister."

"Yes, Your Highness. I will go to the academy and inform the Third Young Master right away." Mother Zhang nodded in response.

Speaking of the three children born to Aunt Liu, the third son Pei Qian is the middle one. He is not loved by his father, nor is he liked by his mother. However, he has suffered less abuse and is a much more upright person than the other two.

After returning to the mansion, Pei Qian devoted himself to reading the books of sages and philosophers, paying no attention to what was happening outside, and his academic performance was quite good.

That night, Pei Qian hurried back to the mansion and cried bitterly when he saw his biological mother and sister covered in abscesses and breathing weakly. He inquired about the situation and learned that they were infected by their nephew who had passed away in Zhuxiang Garden. He was worried that the disease would spread in the mansion, so he had to tearfully agree to send them out of the mansion.

Late at night, Liu Wan'er and her daughter were picked up by a carriage and taken to a small farm on the outskirts of Beijing.

Hong'er cried and wailed, refusing to get in the car. She knelt in front of Mother Zhang and kowtowed repeatedly: "Mom, Mom, please forgive me. I will definitely die if I go. Aunt Liu is so cruel. Even if she dies, she will drag me to be buried with her."

"Don't worry, she can't protect herself, she won't do anything to you! You just need to do the food delivery over there, don't worry about anything else." Mother Zhang, who had her head and face tightly wrapped, said in a low voice, "As long as you don't get infected by them, you can go anywhere in the future."

"Mom, but I am just a servant. Where can I go? Mom, please save me." The little girl's eyes were filled with tears. She looked at Mother Zhang and begged bitterly.

"Go ahead, work hard, and you will reap the rewards." Mother Zhang took out a paper bag from her bosom and said in a low voice, "Here is your indenture and a few taels of silver. You are a smart person, so I don't need to teach you what to do!"

Hong'er kowtowed several times, climbed up tremblingly, held the paper bag tightly in her hand, put it carefully in her arms, and got into the carriage, looking back every few steps. She had already made up her mind.

After returning to the main courtyard, Mother Zhang changed her clothes, burned all the clothes she had just worn, and fumigated her body with mugwort. Then she carefully returned to Mrs. Wang's main house.

"Madam, everything has been done." She reported in a low voice.

"Okay." Mrs. Wang nodded with satisfaction.

Ever since Liu Wan'er and Pei Yun contracted the rash, she thought about it and felt that it was not accidental. There would be no one else in the mansion who could come up with such a good plan except her own son. But she couldn't expose him. After all, Chan Yi and the others had never been sick. She wanted to insist that Liu Wan'er and her daughter were infected.

"Madam, you have finally put your mind at ease. You dealt with these two people without any effort. Otherwise, we would be trembling in fear every day, fearing that they would do something shady. But the Marquis will definitely cause a huge uproar when he comes back." Mother Zhang said with both joy and worry.

"What are you afraid of? Now that Shenzhi is here, I have nothing to fear. They deserve it. What does it have to do with us?" Mrs. Wang said with a cold snort.

"Yes, Madam is right." Madam Zhang said slowly with a serious expression, "Even if Lord Ren returns, it will be of no use. We have already won this round. But I am puzzled. Where did their illness come from? Could it be that smallpox is really spreading in the capital?"

"Who can know?" Mrs. Wang yawned and said softly, "It's already late, it's the fourth watch, you can serve me and rest. I've thought about it, tomorrow you must find a way to ask Chan Yi whether she has arrived. It's been so many days, and there is no news, I'm really uneasy."

In Zhuxiang Garden, Pei Jin tossed and turned on the couch, unable to sleep. He felt vaguely that Chanyi and An'er might not be dead, otherwise why there would be no baby among the corpses, and the bones also showed no signs of poisoning, which was really puzzling.

Unable to fall asleep anyway, Pei Jin sat up and carefully recalled every word and every move Chan Yi made before she left. He always felt that she was saying goodbye to him.

No!

Pei Jin pushed the door open and went straight to the side room where Chan Yi lived. Because he was afraid of being reminded of her by the sight of things, he had never been inside. He thought that if they were not dead, they must have taken some things with them when they left, and perhaps he could find some clues from them.

"My Lord." Mother Li heard the noise in the main room, hurriedly got out of bed and followed. She was the one newly assigned by the Madam to serve Pei Jin in Zhuxiang Garden.

"Open the door of this room." Pei Jin stared at the thick iron lock on the door and said coldly.

"My Lord, you can't do this." Mother Li, holding a lantern, said in panic, "The door was locked by Madam. I'm afraid there's poison inside and it could infect others."

"Open it." Pei Jin said solemnly.

Mother Li took out the key from her waist tremblingly and opened the door.

Seeing her trembling appearance, Pei Jin took the lantern from Mother Li and said slowly: "You don't have to follow me, go back."

"This..." Mother Li hesitated.

"Go back, I want to be alone for a while." Pei Jin said in a firm tone as he walked into the house.

The swaying lanterns emitted a warm yellow light, illuminating the entire room. By the window, there was a cradle with a small bell hanging on the bamboo frame. Pei Jin seemed to see An'er stretching out her tender little hands, babbling and trying to grab the bell.

Chan Yi was sitting upright on the couch, wearing an embroidered handkerchief with a gentle smile on her face.

"An'er, let daddy hold you." Pei Jin couldn't help but stretch out his hand, wanting to pick up the baby.

However, in the blink of an eye, An'er disappeared without a trace. Pei Jin looked up at the couch, but there was no trace of Chan Yi's charming smile.

"An'er... Chanyi..." Pei Jin threw away the lantern, sat down dejectedly, tears falling silently...