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

Pei Jin nodded silently and said, "Mother is right. However, when Lieutenant General Luo set out, he kept a trick. He always felt that this trip was too hasty, so he left a letter to his daughter who was in Luoshui Pass. When Miss Luo saw that we had not returned, she took the risk of being strangled by the enemy and secretly went into the mountains with a few people to look for us. Unfortunately, her father, Lieutenant General Luo, had already died. She did not give up and searched hard for other people in the dense forest, and then she found me."

Wang's eyes were fixed on her son's face. When she heard him mention Miss Luo, her eyes softened and she understood her son's intentions more clearly.

"Shenzhi, why did you come back just now? Can't you even deliver a letter?" Wang asked suspiciously.

"Mother, there are many reasons why I cannot explain this to you. Please forgive me." Pei Jin smiled again. "Everything is fine now. Please rest assured."

"You don't know, your father did come back to the capital when he heard you were missing. Unfortunately, he was not worried about your safety, but he went to great lengths to find His Majesty to plot for the position of the Crown Prince. Isn't that funny?" Madam Hou sneered, with a coldness in her eyes that she had never seen before. "Dream on, he just wants to give the position of the Crown Prince to Liu's eldest son Pei Xun. You are just dreaming!"

Wang's eyes moved around and she sneered a few times.

"Mother, please don't be angry." Pei Jin clenched his fists. He knew his mother's hardship. His father had been wandering around for years, just wanting to live with Aunt Liu and live a warm life with the family of five, leaving the mother and son alone in the empty Yong'an Marquis' Mansion in Shangjing.

"If it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to stop them from succeeding, I would have divorced him long ago." Wang's eyes were filled with tears, and she gritted her teeth and said, "He never knew that the five of them lived so carefree and where they used all the money. If I wasn't afraid of affecting your future career, I would have cut off their support long ago. I want to see how they can live so happily without the blessing of that money!"

"Mother, you have suffered a lot. You don't have to worry about your son's career." Pei Jin's eyes were bright. "Don't worry, mother. Even without the support of Yong'an Marquis' Mansion, your son will make a name for himself."

"Mother believes in you, but you haven't started a family yet." Wang sighed softly and looked at her son gently, and asked in a warm voice, "Shenzhi, this Miss Luo must be the one you like, right?"

Pei Jin smiled noncommittally, raised his wrist and rubbed it, and a bracelet carved from peach wood suddenly appeared on his wrist.

Wang's eyes paused, as if she had seen this bracelet somewhere before. Then she thought, there are many such things, so what if she has seen it somewhere before?

"Shenzhi, Miss Luo is your savior. If you like her, mother will definitely agree. But you have to think it over carefully, because she will be the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion in the future." Wang looked at her son meaningfully.

"Mother, Miss Luo's parents are both dead. She has only one distant cousin in the capital, who is a minor official in Jingzhao Prefecture. He will come to take her back in two days." Pei Jin lowered his head, his deep pupils unable to tell his emotion.

Does that mean that my son may not marry this Miss Luo? Wang was secretly happy. She felt that Miss Luo's background was indeed a bit weak, but she didn't show it on her face. She just leaned aside and asked carefully, "Then... Shenzhi, you have to hurry up and discuss marriage. You are not a child anymore."

Pei Jin raised his eyes and said calmly: "My son is entirely at the disposal of his mother."

The Marquis's wife was still a little confused. Why would her son bring someone back home if he had no intention? Was he testing her?

"If you like, I'm not afraid of a weak family background, as long as the girl is good. Tomorrow, mother will prepare all the dowry for her, and will never let her be looked down upon by others. Mother will also invite a few maids from the palace to teach her well, and mother can also teach her about household chores." Wang looked at her son intently and said. She only had one son, and she would never make him unhappy.

"Mother, you think too much. There is no personal relationship between my son and her. But she is my savior after all, so I still have to give her the respect she deserves." Pei Jin bowed with a look of determination in his eyes.

"Oh, in that case, mother knows. But mother has something else to tell you." Wang observed her son's expression and knew that she had to tell him about it. She was just not sure how to say it so that her son would not be too surprised.

"Mother, please speak." Pei Jin raised his head and stared at Wang. Her face, which was always meticulous in makeup, showed a hint of frost and there were also some white hairs on her temples.

After being away from home for more than a year, his mother had indeed aged a little. Thinking of her struggling to support herself in the Marquis's Mansion and worrying about his life and death, his expression became softer.

"Shenzhi." She called his name softly, "You...you have a successor!"

"Mother, what did you say? How could I...how could I have any descendants?" Pei Jin showed a surprised expression on his face.

"Shenzhi, not long after you left, Chanyi became pregnant. Mother was worried about your life or death outside, so she made the decision..." Wang bit her lip and whispered as she looked at her son's gradually flushing face.

"Chan Yi? But... Mother... She... Contraceptive Soup..." Pei Jin seemed unable to accept the fact all of a sudden. He had only had sex with her for one night, how could she have a child? And he remembered clearly that before he left that day, he specifically told Mother Zhou not to forget to give her the Contraceptive Soup.

"It's all mother's fault. Mother was selfish..." Wang lowered her eyes and spoke intermittently, "All the young men of your age from noble families in Beijing have wives and concubines and children around them, but you...when you left, mother was worried. The Liu family was eyeing you covetously...so mother exchanged the tonic soup for the contraceptive soup..."

"Mother...is the child a boy or a girl?" Pei Jin's eyes flashed with the thin figure of a woman in plain clothes. She seemed to be holding something in her arms. So it was his child?

"Yes... it's a boy!" Wang pursed her lips and said with a guilty conscience, "Chan Yi is weak, I thought she wouldn't be able to bear it, but I didn't expect that although she suffered a lot during childbirth, she still gave birth to the child smoothly."

Pei Jin nodded and stopped talking. His mind was in a mess, and all the dusty memories came clamoring back. Those were the memories he deliberately chose to forget, that chaotic and out-of-control night, that girl who begged for mercy in a low voice...

There seemed to be a faint citrus scent in his nose. He didn't want to think about his escape that day.

"Shenzhi, what's wrong with you? Mother knows this is not what you want, but I had no choice at that time. Please don't blame mother." Wang clenched her fists, with an apologetic look in her eyes. "If you don't like it, mother will help you solve it as soon as possible."

"Mother, this is my son's own business. I will handle it myself." Pei Jin said coldly, "But who is raising the child now?"