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

After a long time, Pei Jin slowly stood up, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, picked up the half-burned lantern on the ground that had long been extinguished, and found a flint to light the oil lamp on the windowsill.

In an instant, the whole room was filled with the hissing sound of burning oil lamps.

He looked around, but there were no clothes worn by Chan Yi on the hangers, and no items left by her on the bed, table, or chairs. Pei Jin was just wondering, and suddenly he remembered that those things must have been burned.

He was a little depressed and opened the cupboard to try to find something, but it was empty.

He still did not give up, and searched all the way from the grid at the head of the bed, the drawer of the bedside table, to the footstool beside the bed. Suddenly, he found that the wooden partition next to the bed was a little loose. He had an idea and carefully pulled out the partition. He reached in and touched a cold object. He was delighted, and when he took it out, he found that it was a locked iron box.

Pei Jin picked it up and shook it. It was a bit heavy. He wondered what was inside the cicada shell.

He drew the dagger from his wrist and opened the small lock easily.

What caught his eye were several neatly stacked silver bills. He roughly counted them and found that there were about three hundred taels. He didn't know how long Chan Yi had been saving them. He took out the silver bills and found a pair of gold ingots inside. They were the ones he gave her that day. She smiled brightly at the time and said that she had never seen gold ingots in her life. Looking further, there were also some scattered medicinal oils and even a strand of An'er's fetal hair tied with a red string. I think these were all things she cherished very much.

Pei Jin stood there, feeling increasingly sad. For so many years, this should be all Chan Yi's belongings. And she refused to accept the peacock hairpin inlaid with sapphires and the jade bracelet that he wanted to give her. Now they are still in the drawer of his study.

Maybe Chan Yi is really dead? Pei Jin was filled with frustration.

If she had not died, but had just secretly taken An'er away, she would have definitely taken the silver and those important things with her, but now she had taken nothing with her.

Pei Jin staggered a few steps and sat down on the couch. In an instant, the hope that had just ignited turned to ashes, and he was completely desperate.

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It's raining, and everything is white.

It had been a long time since we had such a hearty downpour, and the long-lasting heat had finally been swept away. Mother Zhang hurried in from outside, holding an oil-paper umbrella.

"Mom, where have you been in such heavy rain?" Bai Su said with a smile, holding a bowl of steaming bird's nest soup in her hand.

"The prince had a high fever last night. I'm going to Zhuxiang Garden to check on him." Mother Zhang said with a sad face, pointing inside and lowering her voice, "Madam is not feeling well either. We can't let her know about this yet."

"Ah... The prince has always been in good health, how come he suddenly became so ill?" Bai Su asked in surprise.

"The illness came like a mountain falling. It was all because of the matter with Chanyi and An'er. I was holding on with great energy, but now I can't hold on any longer." Mother Zhang shook her head.

"What's the matter? Who is sick?" Mrs. Wang was just being supported by Shaoyao and Jasmine to come out for some fresh air. Suddenly, she heard Mother Zhang say that someone was sick. She couldn't help but frown and asked.

"Nothing serious. Madam Li from Zhuxiang Garden came to report that the prince did not sleep well last night and had a headache and fever." Madam Zhang tried to remain calm and hide her anxious look and said, "No problem, madam, I will go to visit him later."

"Is he ill?" Mrs. Wang's face darkened and she looked worried. "I'll go and see him."

"Madam, the prince is asleep now, you'd better not go. You can rest assured that Madam Li is here to take care of him." Madam Zhang held her body and said softly, "Madam, you still have to go to Wuyang Marquis' Mansion later."

"I was so busy that I lost my mind." Madam Wang shook her head and said, "Get ready, we will set off immediately."

Along the way, Madam Wang leaned against the carriage wall with her eyes closed, fiddling with her red bracelet. Madam Zhang asked cautiously, "Madam, do you mean to postpone this marriage?"

Mrs. Wang suddenly opened her eyes and said, "I've thought about it. Shenzhi doesn't want to get married. If I force him to marry Miss Lu, I'm afraid they will become a couple with grievances in the future."

"Madam, what you said is very true. The prince is obsessed with Chan Yi now. If we force him to marry now, he will definitely find it difficult to get over this hurdle." Mother Zhang replied softly, "Why not let it cool down for a while? It won't be too late to talk about marriage after he forgets Chan Yi."

Mrs. Wang remained silent, thinking to herself that this time might not be too short, three to five years, and he might find it difficult to forget Chan Yi and her son. The thought that Chan Yi and the others had lost contact like a kite with a broken string made her feel more and more uneasy.

"Yufen, is there any news about them?" asked Mrs. Wang.

"Madam, Manager Liu in the shop has already sent a letter to Luocheng. Carrier pigeons can send letters very quickly, so we should have news in three days. But the journey is long, and we are afraid something might happen along the way." Mother Zhang said in a low voice, crossing her hands, not daring to guarantee whether the message could be delivered.

"Could something have gone wrong over there? An orphan and a widow, with an old mother." Mrs. Wang asked hesitantly.

"Madam, that won't happen. The people over there are trustworthy. They would never dare to betray us. Besides, their indentures are in our hands. I don't think they would dare to do that." Mother Zhang said solemnly.

Mrs. Wang felt a little relieved and only told Mother Zhang to be careful and not let anyone find out.

When they arrived at the Marquis of Wuyang's mansion, the Marquis's wife welcomed them into the flower hall and said with a smile, "I received your invitation the other day and was wondering why our two families had to be so formal. If there was anything, we could just ask a mother to come and let her know. Why bother your wife to come here in person?"

"Madam, I apologize to you and the eldest lady. Alas, it's all the fault of our Yong'an Marquis's Mansion. Last time you all agreed to postpone the wedding date, but..." Madam Wang hesitated and said to the wife of Marquis Wuyang embarrassedly.

"What are you talking about? The wedding has already reached the stage of asking for a date, how could it suddenly..." Wuyang Marquis's wife asked in surprise. Did the Yong'an Marquis's wife come to cancel the engagement? Last time, she had clearly stated that the wedding of the two families could be postponed a little bit, and it could be held next spring instead of this autumn.

When she received Mrs. Wang's visiting card, although she was mentally prepared, she had never expected that the Marquis's wife would directly propose to cancel the engagement with the Marquis of Wuyang's Mansion without going through a matchmaker.

"Madam, I came here today just to discuss this matter with you and listen to your opinion." Madam Wang said in a steady tone, "My Shenzhi means that he will not get married within three to five years, for fear of delaying your eldest daughter."

"Three to five years?" The wife of Marquis Wuyang turned pale and sneered, "You clearly want to cancel the engagement! My Jingqiu is in her prime and there are many people who want to marry into our family. With you guys messing things up, this..."

"After all, it is our Yong'an Marquis's Mansion that does not have this blessing, and my Shenzhi does not have this blessing, and missed such a good young lady in your family." Mrs. Wang stood up humbly and bowed respectfully to the wife of the Marquis of Wuyang.