"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Cui Ruixin couldn't sit still any longer and stood up from her chair.

"Get over here and explain yourself, or I'll rip your tongue out." She trembled all over, as if a thunderbolt had struck her mind.

Ever since she gave birth to Weiwei, the Marquis has indeed rarely touched her.

This month, I've been spending even more time in the study.

She was very flustered, feeling that the maid might have hit the nail on the head, but she refused to believe it at all.

The maid and the maid who was chatting with her were brought before Cui Ruixin.

“My name is Cuicui, and I am the goddaughter of the head cook. I went out today to run errands for my godmother, but I never expected to run into the Marquis in Willow Lane 13. There was a woman embracing the Marquis. She even told my daughter to call the Marquis ‘father.’”

Cui Cui began to speak out each word as taught by her sister, Emerald.

When she entered the mansion as a maid, she was bullied by many people.

Jade Sister, who was by the Third Madam's side, stood up for her once and even got the kitchen maid, Madam Sun, to take her in as her goddaughter.

She had long wanted to repay this kindness.

"I... I was too scared to tell my godmother, so I thought I'd come to Yan'er to ask if this really happened. Please forgive me this time, Madam." Cui Cui quickly kowtowed and admitted her mistake.

The maid Yan'er, who had exclaimed earlier, also kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Normally, everyone would gossip about their master in private, but she never expected to be so unlucky as to be caught red-handed by the madam today.

Cui Ruixin froze on the spot.

The maid spoke so earnestly and clearly that she didn't seem to be faking it, and she had already begun to believe her to some extent.

"Yangliu Thirteen Lane?" she murmured to herself, then suddenly remembered.

Isn't that the location of the shop that accompanied her dowry?

She immediately sent her trusted nanny out of the mansion to inquire whether a young woman with a child lived nearby.

"You two are actually gossiping about your master! You're asking for trouble! Guards, throw these two out of the manor!" Cui Ruixin had no intention of letting them stay any longer.

"Madam, spare me! Madam, spare me!" Yan'er wailed.

If they were sold off by the Marquis's mansion, other high-ranking officials' residences would not want maids like them who had made mistakes.

The only places they can go are those unreliable ones.

She didn't want to leave the Marquis's mansion.

Cui Cui was also very scared, but thinking of her sister Emerald's promise, she remained silent and let the servants escort them to the backyard.

After all, the Third Madam is now in charge of all affairs in the mansion.

Shen Jinzhu received them and said calmly, "We've already sold off one maid this month. If we continue to do so, it might damage the reputation of the Marquis's mansion."

Mistreating servants is not a good reputation.

"Alright, let's sell this maid named Cui Cui. As for Yan'er, let's keep her, but deduct a month's salary and send her to the backyard to do laundry." Shen Jinzhu tapped the table lightly and made her decision.

"Thank you so much, Third Madam." Yan'er was moved to tears.

She no longer has to leave the Marquis's mansion.

I'd rather be a servant girl in a wealthy family than a poor woman.

She didn't want to be sold again.

When this result reached Cui Ruixin's ears, she said resentfully, "She certainly knows how to be a good person."

After uttering that curse, she lost all interest in paying attention to Shen Jinzhu's situation.

She was still anxiously waiting for the Marquis to return.

After Shen Jinzhu ordered Cuicui to be sold, before the slave trader arrived, Cuicui was locked in the woodshed, hugging her legs in fear and afraid to move.

A moment later, she heard a noise at the door of the woodshed, and she stood up in fright.

Emerald pushed open the door and entered, shh.

She quickly made a gesture to silence her.

Cui Cui nodded.

Jade slipped her the deed of sale into her hands.

"This is from the Third Madam. When that slave trader comes, it'll just be for show. She'll send you out of the city. After you leave, live your life well."

Upon hearing this, Cui Cui burst into tears.

She had wanted to redeem herself for many years, but she had never been able to save enough money.

Unexpectedly, the Third Madam was so kind that she directly canceled her status as a slave and returned her indenture to her.

"Take this silver. Go back to your hometown, find a good husband, and get married." Emerald stuffed the one or two taels of silver she had hidden and the five taels of silver given to her by the lady into her arms.

He then patted her head and turned to leave.

……

Cui Ruixin waited anxiously all afternoon, and finally Yu Kangping returned to the mansion.

"My Lord~" As soon as she saw him, she immediately went to greet him.

She sniffed carefully and found that the Marquis had a very strong magnolia scent.

Her heart instantly sank to the bottom.

After being out all day, the fragrance on my body shouldn't be this strong.

Unless it's to mask other flavors.

"What's wrong?" Yu Kangping straightened his clothes without making a sound.

There shouldn't have been any major problems, right?

He specifically asked the servant to increase the strength of the incense he usually wore, so that he shouldn't be able to smell Ying'er's scent anymore.

"It's nothing, Weiwei just misses you." Cui Ruixin smiled and asked the maid to bring her daughter over.

Unexpectedly, Yu Kangping's smell was too strong, and Yu Ruowei felt uncomfortable from the smell, so she started to cry and refused to let him hold her.

Yu Kangping had already held his daughter enough in the outer room today. When Yu Ruowei refused to let him hold her, he simply handed her over to Cui Ruixin.

"I have other matters to attend to. Please have your meal by yourself, Madam."

After saying that, he went straight to his study.

Cui Ruixin's tears welled up instantly.

No need to investigate further; the Marquis most likely has another woman in his heart.

Cui Ruixin wiped away her tears, said nothing more, and ordered someone to bring the children over to have dinner together.

During the meal, she tentatively asked, "If your father had a child with another woman, giving you a new brother or sister, would you be willing to accept it?"

"No! I will absolutely not acknowledge any other children except those you gave birth to," said the eldest son, Yu Ziche, the first to express his opinion.

“That’s right. We only have Weiwei as our little sister, we don’t need anyone else. If anyone dares to come, I’ll beat them to death.” The youngest son, Yu Ziyuan, waved his chopsticks in his hand, indignantly.

"Mother, is something wrong with Father?" the second son, Yu Ziqing, asked cautiously.

"No, that's not true. I was just asking casually," Cui Ruixin said with a smile, changing the subject.

"Did you all enjoy today's Eight Treasure Duck?"

After hearing what her child had just said, she was completely relieved.

Even if the Marquis really had a mistress and a child, she could leave the mother and child.

She gets to bring it back and raise it, but how she raises it is entirely up to her.

She remained calm and focused on having someone keep an eye on Yangliu Thirteen Lane.

Finally, one day, she caught her.

"Madam, the Marquis has indeed gone to see that vixen!" Granny Li angrily ran over to deliver the news.

"Let's go, let's go now, I want to see what that little vixen looks like!"

Cui Ruixin ground her back teeth and angrily led her people to the Marquis's brothel.

She wants to catch them in the act!

The eldest son's family had just set off when the third son's family, Shen Jinzhu, received the news.

Yu Ningyao was not about to miss out on such a lively event, and she promptly insisted on going out to play.

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