As the moonlight began to rise, Lord Xiao covered his chest with his hands and hurried towards the main courtyard.

As soon as he stepped into the house, he raised his voice and said, "Shuang'er, look what I brought you back."

He looked inside the room and saw Madam Xiao sitting at the table. He hurried over to the table and sat down beside her. He reached into the collar of his navy blue brocade robe and took out the yellow-brown paper bag that he had been holding to his heart. He smiled and said, "You like to eat the sugar-roasted chestnuts!"

Mrs. Xiao watched him put the paper bag on the table and asked unhappily, "Why did you come back so late today? Are you keeping someone else outside?"

Her fingers were well-maintained, with light red nail polish on her nails.

At this moment, he gently picked up a chestnut, his tone becoming even more unhappy: "It's still hot. The shop should have been closed at this time. Did you do something behind my back and feel guilty, so you bought it a long time ago and put it away?"

"Why are you saying such things out of the blue?" Marquis Xiao looked at Madam Xiao's expression in surprise and found that she looked worried.

He hurriedly asked, "But what happened? Did someone so blind as to make Shuang'er angry again?"

Madam Xiao turned aside in anger and snorted, "It's all because of your good son!"

Lord Xiao frowned: "Yu'er? Isn't he in the northwest? Is he back?"

As if he had thought of something, his voice suddenly became angry, "Could that bastard have sneaked back to Beijing?"

"Oh, no!" Madam Xiao turned around again, looking up with grievance, "It's Chen'er! He said today that I won't let you take a concubine, but I want him to take a concubine!"

At this point, she glanced at Marquis Xiao with displeasure and asked in a fiery tone, "If I asked you to take a concubine, would you have done so?"

"That's impossible! Why would I take a concubine?" Marquis Xiao fed Madam Xiao freshly peeled chestnut kernels and coaxed her with a smile, "I already have Shuang'er and two sons, and I have an idle job. Life is so comfortable like this. If I take another concubine, wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?"

When Mrs. Xiao heard what he said, she forced a smile.

But Lord Xiao said "Huh?" and asked, "You just said that you wanted Chen'er to take a concubine? He doesn't even have a wife, and you want him to take a concubine. This is indeed a bit inappropriate."

After saying this, Lord Xiao looked at her cautiously.

Madam Xiao snorted lightly and told the news that her two daughters-in-law were not dead.

After she finished speaking, she stared at Marquis Xiao's expression and angrily said, "Husband, tell me, are the two of them deliberately seeking revenge against our family? If they're not dead, why don't they come back? One of them changed her name and hid in Yunjing Court, saying that her hometown is in the northwest!"

"Look at this Chen Fu, she's actually still thinking about leaving!" Madam Xiao became more and more angry as she spoke, pointing her handkerchief in the direction of Jinxiu Residence, "Leaving her man behind, where else does she want to go?"

Marquis Xiao grabbed Madam Xiao's hand and held it in his palm, coaxing her softly, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, be careful not to get sick."

He pressed on, "Are you sure both of them are alive? Is the one living in Yunjing Court really Yu'er's wife?"

Madam Xiao rolled her eyes at him, "Chen'er admitted it himself, how could it be false? Besides, they both look very similar, how could such a coincidence exist in the world?"

Lord Xiao's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He had heard that Yun Jingting's concubine Yu'er had a daughter!

If that person is really Yu'er's wife, then her daughter...could it be his granddaughter?

He had to find an opportunity to go to Yunjingting and meet the child.

Seeing that Madam Xiao was still angry, Marquis Xiao was in a good mood and leaned close to her and kissed her on the lips.

Madam Xiao glared at him coquettishly: "Oh, what are you doing!"

Marquis Xiao smiled and said, "Shuang'er is so cute when she's angry. I couldn't help myself. If Shuang'er gets angry because of this, I'll let you kiss me back."

Madam Xiao was so flattered by his shameless and frivolous words that she felt as if she had tasted honey. She pulled out her hand from his grasp and pushed him away coquettishly, "You stink so badly. Go take a shower and clean yourself up."

Lord Xiao grinned and said, "Okay, I'll go take a shower now. Shuang'er, please wait for me."

Madam Xiao glared at him with seductive eyes and said "Pah" softly, "Who wants to wait for you! I'm going to sleep now."

Lord Xiao was attracted by her charming appearance and ignored her duplicity. He only reminded her, "Eat the chestnuts while they're hot."

As he spoke, he walked outside and ordered the maid in the courtyard, "Go inside and serve. Be careful when peeling the chestnuts. Don't spoil the appearance of the chestnut kernels. Madam doesn't like to eat chestnuts that are not in good shape."

The maid hurriedly replied respectfully: "Yes."

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Cloud Mirror Courtyard.

When Li Nian saw the bloodstains on the woman on the bed, he was stunned for a long time before coming to his senses.

Previously, she had heard the noble ladies at the banquet say that Yun Er Niang was not living a good life. She thought that she was not living a good life, just that she had difficulty in eating, dressing and other expenses, or was ridiculed and scolded by others.

So when she heard the servants say Yun Er Niang came to see her at dusk, she still felt a little annoyed.

She didn't want to get too emotionally involved with the people in the capital. She just wanted to quickly resolve the troubles at hand and leave this troubled capital with Sisi as soon as possible.

Before, she sent things to the Yun Mansion in the name of Xiao Yunyu, thinking of giving some help to the original owner's mother without getting into trouble.

After all, with Xiao Yunyu's care, Yun Erniang's situation in the Yun Mansion will always be better.

Unexpectedly, the people from the Yun Mansion not only did not show leniency to Yun Er Niang, but instead became even more aggressive. Not only did they steal all her things, they also beat her up like this!

The doctor who had been taking her pulse suddenly sighed, "This external injury isn't serious. It will be fine after some rest. However, Yun Er Niang seems to have some toxins in her body."

Li Nian's heart tightened, and he frowned and asked worriedly, "Do you know what kind of poison it is?"

Yun Erniang, who had been lying in bed in silence, spoke weakly, "It's not a fatal poison. It's just that when I was young, due to my physical condition, I took some medicine to improve my constitution."

Upon hearing this, the doctor immediately asked, "Could it be a folk remedy for easy pregnancy?"

Yun Erniang nodded silently.

The doctor looked helpless: "I know, more than ten years ago, many women did believe in that prescription."

He stood up, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down a prescription. His tone was noticeably more relaxed as he spoke, "If that's the case, it's not impossible to cure it. You can just follow my prescription and take care of it for a year or two."