Duke Zheng's words surprised his wife.
"I thought that if my uncle told you, my husband, you would agree."
Duke Zheng smiled bitterly, "Madam, is it possible that in your eyes, your husband is such a confused person?
Didn’t my uncle’s family rack their brains to get us to agree to adopt his grandson to us after seeing our daughter missing for many years and us having no children?
If we really agree, once his grandson becomes the prince of the Duke's Mansion, the Duke's Mansion will completely change hands!
Before he passed away, my father told me to protect the Duke's Mansion. I must fulfill his last wish!"
The Duke's wife held her husband's hand soothingly, "I know, my husband, I have a premonition this time, we will definitely find our daughter!
You sit down, I will go out and see what else my uncle wants to say."
"No, go for my husband."
Duke Zheng stood up, opened the door and went out. Standing at the door was indeed his uncle.
"Uncle, it's so late and you haven't rested yet, what's the matter?"
Duke Zheng had a distant and indifferent expression.
Zheng Erqiang, who was already in his sixties, seemed not to be able to tell that Duke Zheng was in a bad mood, and he kept smiling with his old face.
"Zer, uncle heard something happened in the palace tonight, I wonder what it was?
Uncle is very curious, tell him about it."
"Uncle, how did you know what happened in the palace? Who told you?"
Duke Zheng stared at Zheng Erqiang's cloudy eyes and questioned him.
"Well, didn't my uncle just go out for a walk and overhear someone coming out of the palace say this?"
Zheng Erqiang is still so careless at his age.
"Really? I wouldn't dare tell my uncle what happened in the palace. After all, the current emperor never said it could be spread outside.
Uncle, please don't be too curious. If the emperor hears about this, I can't take the responsibility.
It’s getting late, uncle, you should go to bed early.”
Duke Zheng finished speaking in a deep voice and made a move to close the door.
But Zheng Erqiang stretched out his hand to block it.
"Zer, what have you thought about what your uncle told you before?"
Zheng Erqiang was grinning.
Duke Zheng's eyes grew colder, and he pretended to be dumb without changing his expression. "My uncle has told me several things before, but I don't know what they were about.
But it’s getting late, let’s talk about it tomorrow.”
After saying this, Duke Zheng quickly closed the door.
As soon as the door closed, Zheng Erqiang's old face turned gloomy and he left cursing.
Duke Zheng returned to his room and sat down beside his wife, sighing with a sad face.
"Madam, it seems that someone in our Duke's Mansion has been bribed by my uncle's family.
It's time to clean up the servants in the mansion."
The Duke's wife nodded and said, "It's time to clean up and have someone investigate Prince Gong's concubine.
Now that Prince Gong has been confined to the Prince Gong Mansion by the Emperor, it will be convenient for our people to investigate the matter."
"Okay, I'll give the order right away."
After the Duke and his wife had discussed it, they called the secret guards and gave them detailed instructions.
On the other side, Zheng Erqiang returned to the yard where his family lived, cursing.
"Dad, what did my cousin say? We've been talking about adoption for a long time. Does he agree to let our Yi'er be adopted as his son?"
When Zheng Erqiang's only son Zheng Yaozu saw his father coming back, he couldn't wait to ask about this matter.
Zheng Erqiang felt a little annoyed when he saw his son's nonchalant look.
"I agreed to a request, but I'm just playing dumb!
You are such a loser! You are still wasting your time at your age!
I really can't count on you!"
Zheng Yaozu curled his lips and said, "Dad, don't talk about your son. If you have the ability, you can become a Duke like your uncle. Then I can inherit the title and become a Duke like my cousin."
Zheng Erqiang choked, his eyes turned red, and he raised his hand in frustration to slap his son.
Zheng Yaozu dodged to the side and said, "Dad, please don't get angry because of shame. What your son said is the truth!
As the saying goes, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams will be crooked. As a father, don’t despise your son, and your son will not despise you either!
My cousin's daughter has been missing for so many years and it's impossible to find her.
He has no children, and our Yi'er is now the only bloodline of the Zheng family.
Dad, you must try your best and quickly ask your cousin to adopt Yier and let him become the prince of the Duke's Mansion!
Then we can take advantage of Yier's help!"
Zheng Erqiang glared at Zheng Yaozu angrily, "Do you think I don't want your cousin to adopt Yi'er as his son?
But your cousin has always avoided talking about this matter, or he just pretends to be stupid in front of me!
It's been more than 20 years! The couple is still looking for their daughter!
I really don’t give up!”
Zheng Erqiang became very annoyed when he mentioned this matter.
He is already over sixty years old!
How many more twenty years can we have?!
He will never be able to rest in peace until he sees Yi'er become the prince of the Duke's Mansion with his own eyes!
Zheng Yaozu rolled his eyes slyly.
"Dad, what if my cousin and his wife find their daughter's body?
They have been searching for more than 20 years, isn't it because they believe that the person is still alive?
If they were to find the body, they would be sure their daughter was really dead.
Maybe they will reconsider adopting Yier!"
Zheng Yaozu's words made the eyes of Zheng Pozi and Zheng Wangshi, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who had been sitting silently on the side, light up.
"Old man, what Yaozu said makes sense, why haven't we thought of this in the past twenty years?
This is feasible. How about we think of a way to get a corpse to confuse the couple!
Anyway, they don’t know what the birthmark on that little bitch looks like or where it is.
All we need to do is find a corpse with features similar to those of the couple!"
Zheng Erqiang frowned when he heard this, "That's easy to say, but where can we get the body?
"Do you think there are corpses everywhere on the street? Can you just look for a corpse that looks like this couple?"
"Dad is right, we can only take a long-term view on this matter.
Anyway, it has been more than 20 years, and the child has not been found for more than 20 years. It is impossible to find him right now.
We don't need to rush, and who knows, the child might have already died.
We don't have to scare ourselves.
As for the corpse, we'll have to wait and see. Who knows when we can actually find a suitable corpse!"
A murderous look flashed across Zheng Yaozu's green eyes.
“Okay, old man, just do as Yaozu says.
Our Yaozu is really smart! "
Mrs. Zheng kindly praised her clever son who was doing nothing but eating and waiting to die at home.
Zheng Yaozu's wife, Zheng Wang, didn't say anything, but her bright and admiring eyes fell on Zheng Yaozu and she couldn't move away.
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