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

"Master, I have sent people to investigate all the details about Miss Qiu." In the inner room, the shopkeeper Qian said in a low voice with a serious expression.

"How is it? Are there any clues?" Xiao Yuan asked Manager Qian with a serious face.

"This woman and her sisters originally lived in the Luyang city. They divided the work and cooperated with each other. Some of them trafficked women and children, some specialized in training women to buy them into brothels, and some ran secret prostitutes' houses. They had people protecting them in both the underworld and the white world, and their secret businesses were booming." Shopkeeper Qian said in a deep voice.

"Luyang City? I went there for a secret investigation a few years ago, but how come I didn't know there was such a group of people?" Xiao Yuan frowned, a little suspicious.

"That was because of a sudden flood eight years ago. Many people died in the city, including most of Miss Qiu's sisters, including the girls they brought with them. At that time, Luyang City was in mourning, and the tragedy was unbearable to watch." Shopkeeper Qian's voice became lower and lower. "Miss Qiu was lucky to survive, so she continued to do this business along the canal."

"Flood? Death?" Xiao Yuan's face became increasingly gloomy. He finally got a clue, but...

"Master, we have carefully visited the surviving families. They all said that Madam Qiu had a sister named Madam Chun who specialized in kidnapping and selling children. The average-looking children she kidnapped were sold directly to brothels. Only the good-looking ones were qualified to be raised by her and taught, and then sold at a high price in the future." Shopkeeper Qian's heart began to pound as he watched his master's face become increasingly gloomy.

"Have you ever asked how many girls she had eight years ago?" Xiao Yuan clenched his fists and looked directly at Shopkeeper Qian, his voice trembling slightly.

"Master... Master, I'm telling you, please don't..." Shopkeeper Qian said hesitantly.

"Speak!" Xiao Yuan said in a cold voice with a sullen face.

Manager Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead and lowered his head, not daring to look him in the eye. "I have found out that Madam Chun has a group of more than a dozen girls, ranging in age from eight or nine to sixteen or seventeen. There is a girl named Xiaojiu who is smart and clever, with a pair of bright black almond eyes. Her age is consistent with what you said, but I don't know if she has a plum blossom mole on her neck."

"Xiaojiu? Do you know where they went later?" Xiao Yuan asked anxiously, veins bulging on his forehead.

Shopkeeper Qian shook his head, looked up at Xiao Yuan, and whispered, "Master, those who know the situation over there said that Madam Chun's entire family was washed away by the flood, and no one survived. Because they lived in a house along the river, the flood rushed down at night, and they didn't even have a chance to escape..."

Xiao Yuan smashed the table with his fist, and the blue and white porcelain cup fell to the ground and shattered, and his heart was also shattered along with it.

Qianqian, is Xiaojiu really you? Were you really washed away by the flood? No, no. He silently thought to himself that his sister would not be so miserable. She was only nine years old and died in a natural disaster!

"Master, master, maybe it's not the case. How could it be such a coincidence?" Shopkeeper Qian whispered to comfort him.

"Go and capture Miss Qiu for me. I want to interrogate her!" Xiao Yuan said fiercely.

"But this is Jiangyin territory. Master, aren't you afraid of alarming the old master of the Lin family and Prince Shun?" Shopkeeper Qian asked cautiously.

The master has always been a low-key person, and he must be mad this time.

"It's just catching a brothel owner, she's not a famous person. What? You don't dare? Then forget it." Xiao Yuan pursed his lips and smiled, a gentle smile appeared on his gloomy face.

"I will follow my master's orders." Shopkeeper Qian was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed. He knew that the more polite and gentle his master appeared, the more ruthless and fierce his methods were.

Shun Prince's Palace.

Jingyou half-leaned on a carved rosewood recliner with his eyes closed. Two beautiful maids in red gently fanned him with round fans, and two maids in yellow knelt on the carpet at his feet, massaging his feet.

There is an ice jar in the corner, and the cold air is curling up, making it very cool.

He turned sideways, put his bare feet on the beautiful maid's shoulders, opened his eyes, took out a jade hairpin from his arms and played with it. There was clearly a finely carved cicada on the top of the hairpin.

"Go out." He said lightly, and several maids bowed and quietly left the room.

Fuqing saw that they all came out, so he knocked on the door and entered.

"Your Highness, this is the message brought by the carrier pigeon." Fudan knelt down on his single leg and presented the note in his hand.

"Oh, so fast, quite efficient." Jingyou sat up and nodded with satisfaction, then took the note and looked at it carefully.

"What? Pei Yunshan's aunt and concubine died of an acute illness? I think the marquis' wife must have taken the initiative while Pei Yunshan was away. The wife of the Yong'an Marquis is really patient. She has endured it for so many years and finally took action this time. Tsk tsk tsk, oh, Pei Jin, you have come to this day, hahahaha, your life will not be easy this time." Jingyou laughed and complained while reading the note as if he was watching a good show, "Pei Jin's marriage is off. He actually has a hidden disease and cannot be human! Hahaha, it's really the funniest thing in the world! Fuqing, do you believe it?"

"This..." Fuqing smiled awkwardly. My prince, why did you ask a eunuch like you can ask anyone else? This is like calling a monk a bald thief. He felt like crying but had no tears.

Jingyou did not ask further questions, but continued to talk: "Didn't they say that he had a bastard son, born to a concubine, so could it be that..."

“Haha, boy, you are obviously cuckolded, hahaha… No wonder, no wonder, there is no reaction after taking the aphrodisiac, it turns out that it really doesn’t work! But it’s really cruel… The illegitimate son is gone, he must have known that it is not his, Pei Jin, Pei Jin, you are really cruel… You will have no descendants in this life… Hahaha… Hahaha…”

Looking at his master who was laughing so hard that he fell backwards, Fuqing looked helpless.

"By the way, do you have any information about that woman?" Jingyou stopped smiling and asked seriously, gently stroking Yuchan with his fingers.

"Your Highness, she is indeed from the suburbs of Beijing." Fuqing replied, "She came to Zhuantang after her husband died of illness. Her husband originally traveled back and forth between Beijing and Jiangyin for business. He liked the small town of Zhuantang, so he bought property here. After her husband died, this lady Li was afraid that seeing the things of her husband would remind her of him, so she moved her family to Zhuantang."

"Oh." Jingyou smiled and shook his head, "Her husband is dead? So she is really a widow? Haha, you were all deceived by her, right? These days, people give their identities to others. Look at me, when I go out incognito, no one knows my true identity. I don't know how many people I have deceived!"

"But, Your Majesty." Fuqing was afraid that Jingyou would do something unconventional again, so she said hastily, "She has a baby girl who looks less than six months old. How could this be fake?"

"A widow? With a child?" Jingyou was shocked. It was impossible. How could this woman, who looked so graceful, be married and have a baby? Could it be that he had recognized the wrong person? But he would recognize her clear and bright almond eyes even if they were burned to ashes.

"Impossible." Jingyou shook his head and thought, "Maybe it's just a trick. She's a beautiful young lady, and it's easy for people to miss her, so he came up with such an identity. It must be like this."

That's right, you've got me on your mind, Fuqing thought to himself.

"Fuqing, go and prepare the gifts. Tomorrow this king will go to Zhuantang Town to thank her." Jingyou paused after picking up the hairpin and said, "I don't believe she can avoid showing her true colors!"

"Your Highness, you'd better not go. There are always gossips about widows. You should also consider Madam Li's reputation. After all, Madam Li helped us two days ago. You shouldn't harm her. Your Highness, you know that people in small places like this love to gossip." Fuqing said anxiously.

"If they dare to gossip about me... let them go, I don't mind. I don't have any wives or concubines, and Madam Li doesn't have a husband, so why can't we meet normally?" Jingyou said slowly, "I will go to see her openly tomorrow. I have a question in my heart that I want to ask her in person."