Shen Wan said, "There's no use in her staying."
This concerns the reputation of the Second Master, no, it concerns the reputation of the entire Pingyang Marquis's Mansion. Not only will the Old Madam issue a gag order, but even Father will not allow a single word of it to be uttered outside the mansion.
Dong'er couldn't find out about such a secret, so keeping it would be useless.
But Dong'er won't do, but Chen Yu will.
Xie Jingyan didn't want to accompany her back to the Marquis's residence, but he was also worried about her, so he sent an extra guard to protect her. She could leave Chen Yu behind to listen to the gossip for her.
She's so clever.
Chen Yu, “…”
Could Your Highness please consider his status as a bodyguard?
Having a bodyguard neglect his duties to stay in the Marquis's mansion and listen to gossip is not just a waste of his talent, it's like burning him as firewood.
The bodyguards were exhausted, but they dared not disobey.
Shen Wan left the Pingyang Marquis's residence with a reluctant expression. She was reluctant to leave because of the gossip, but the gatekeeper sighed repeatedly, saying that the eldest aunt was reluctant to leave the Marquis's residence. It was a pity that the Marquis was busy with military affairs and the eldest aunt had not been able to see the Marquis during her trip back.
Shen Wan and her two maids boarded the carriage and returned to the Ling Prince's residence.
When she returned to Moyuxuan and finished her tea, there was a knock on the window. Shen Wan guessed that Chen Yu had returned, so she quickly put down her teacup and got up to walk towards the window.
I opened the window, and sure enough, it was Chen Yu.
Shen Wan asked impatiently, "How is it?"
Chen Yu said, "That maid named Hongkui is indeed carrying the Second Master's child..."
Although Shen Wan was mentally prepared, she still found it hard to believe when she actually heard it.
How desperate must the second master be to even touch his own son's people?
Chen Yu reported everything she had overheard from the second wife to Shen Wan.
The second wife hurriedly returned to the south courtyard from the Buddhist hall. She did not go to find the second master, but went to ask Hongkui. When she arrived, Hongkui was drinking medicine to prevent miscarriage.
The second wife dismissed the maidservant who was serving Hongkui, and then asked Hongkui whose child was in her belly.
Hongkui's face turned pale when the second wife asked her question, and the second wife's heart sank to the bottom.
If she were carrying her son's child, Hongkui wouldn't be pale-faced; her pale complexion must mean she felt guilty.
The second wife's fingernails, which were scratching the third wife's face so badly they dug into her flesh, seemed to cause no pain. She asked, "Whose child is that in your belly?!"
Hongkui initially denied it, insisting that the child was the second young master's. The second wife said, "You're still being stubborn even now. Do you want me to beat you before you'll tell the truth?!"
Hongkui knew the Second Madam's methods; the Second Madam even dared to scratch the Third Madam's face, let alone punish a maid like her.
She refused to speak, and the second wife was equally uncompromising, immediately ordering people to enter the house and drag her out.
Hongkui was terrified and dared not lie. When Hongkui said that the child in her belly was the second master's, the second mistress felt as if all her strength had been drained away, and she almost collapsed to the ground in anger.
Tears welled up, and the second wife's face contorted in rage.
The more she protected Hongkui before, the more she wanted to tear Hongkui apart now.
Hongkui's child was conceived when the Second Madam asked her to inform the Second Master about her pregnancy. That day, the Second Master was drunk and could barely stand, so she helped him up. Without saying a word, the Second Master carried her to the small couch and forced himself on her.
Normally, when the second young master favored a maid, the head maid would give the maid contraceptive medicine. No one knew about her affair with the second master, and as a maid, she didn't dare to leave the manor to buy medicine. She held onto a sliver of hope, thinking she wouldn't get pregnant...
However, it doesn't seem like a bad thing now. The second young master is gone, and the second master has no sons. If she can give the second master a son, he will definitely treat her well. This is why Hongkui confessed when the second madam pressed her for answers.
The second wife was so angry that she trembled all over. She immediately called in a servant, covered Hongkui's mouth, and dragged her away to be beaten to death.
However, before Hongkui could be dragged out, the Second Master arrived. The Second Master's timely arrival was all thanks to Shen Wan. Shen Wan sent someone to the government office to tell the Second Master that the Second Madam knew that Hongkui was not carrying the Second Young Master's child and that she wanted to beat Hongkui to death.
The second master rushed back to save Hongkui. The second mistress originally wanted to just deal with Hongkui and leave it at that, not wanting to hurt her relationship with the second master. She knew that the second master was drunk and that's why he did such a foolish thing.
But the second master stopped her from disciplining Hongkui, and the second wife could no longer tolerate it.
She wouldn't allow anyone to bully her son, not even the Second Master!
The second master disregarded the feelings of the second wife and Shen Li for the sake of a maid. The second wife lost her temper and started fighting with the second master.
Her nails are definitely worth having.
Um.
The second wife scratched the second master's face too.
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