The coachman, Old Feng, knelt before Madam Li, trembling. Before Madam Li could even ask him anything, he confessed everything he knew.
“I really don’t know what the woman looks like, what her name is, or where the mansion that you arranged for her is located.”
I only saw the woman once from afar. She had a graceful figure, wore a veil, and looked to be around twenty years old.
As for the woman's pregnancy, that's just my wild guess.
All I saw was the master stroking the woman's lower abdomen, smiling broadly...
You wretched wretch! Making wild guesses about your master and spouting nonsense while drunk!
"Please spare my life, madam!"
After Old Feng finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily to Li, his forehead swelling up high, but Li still showed no sign of stopping him.
Only after she slapped herself until blood appeared did Li speak with a look of disgust.
"Alright, now tell me where you met that woman."
Seeing Old Feng's timid appearance, Li naturally did not believe that he was lying.
She controls the entire household, so the master must be extra careful when he goes out to meet that vixen. Therefore, it's normal that Old Feng doesn't know the woman's true identity.
Old Feng looked grateful and quickly replied, "It's in Shiliu Lane. The master often goes to the vicinity of Shiliu Lane, and every time he goes, he tells me not to wait and to come and pick him up in an hour."
Li silently repeated the three words "Shi Liu Lane" in her heart, but her brows furrowed more and more tightly.
Shiliu Lane is very large, and no one knows exactly where that vixen is hiding.
If she were to ask the master directly, he probably wouldn't admit it. If he then protected that vixen and allowed her to have an illegitimate child, her position as the head mistress would be effectively over.
Just then, Old Feng hesitated before speaking, "Why don't you have someone search the master's personal belongings? If there are any items that don't belong to you, they must be that vixen's. Perhaps we can find her by searching those items."
Upon hearing this, Li's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly ordered her personal maid to search.
A short while later, the maid returned.
"Madam, this servant found this in Master's study."
As they were talking, the maidservant presented a woman's purse to Madam Li.
The purse is embroidered with a pattern of moneywort, which is quite unique and unlike the patterns usually embroidered by young ladies in their boudoirs.
Old Feng, who was originally kneeling on the ground, hurriedly shuffled forward a few steps after seeing the purse, staring at it with a hesitant expression.
Li asked in confusion, "What? Have you seen this purse before?"
Old Feng quickly straightened his kneeling posture and bowed as he replied, "I haven't seen it, but I have heard of it. A few days ago, Su Muxi, the owner of Shanci Hall, stopped the carriage of the daughter of the Marquis of Anyang on the street. He happened to meet the son of the Minister of Revenue, who asked about Su Muxi's purse and seemed to have mentioned copper coin grass."
"Su Muxi?!"
Li looked on in disbelief, finding the idea that Su Muxi was a fox spirit too absurd.
She had met Su Muxi when she visited Jiang Shi at the Marquis of Anyang's residence. Su Muxi was not only ugly, but also seemed to have a gloomy personality.
How could the master possibly like a woman like that!
But then she thought of the rumors circulating outside, and Li hesitated again.
Moreover, the master used to frequently visit the Marquis of Anyang's residence. Could it be that he was going to see Su Muxi?
Looking down at Old Feng kneeling on the ground, Li asked coldly, "If I were to let you meet that Su Muxi, could you tell if she is that vixen?"
Old Feng hesitated for a long time before finally nodding.
…
A carriage was parked not far from the Shanci Hall. The curtain was slowly lifted only when an old man of about fifty years old walked up to it.
"how?"
Li sat in the carriage, her face calm, but her voice trembled slightly.
Old Feng looked nervous, his lips trembling for a long time before he finally nodded, "Su Muxi is the fox spirit I saw that day, there's no mistake."
Upon hearing this, Li felt a wave of dizziness.
She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh before she felt any better.
The result was truly unexpected!
I never expected He Xing would even be interested in someone like this!
A maidservant asked from the side, "Madam, now that we've confirmed that vile woman's identity, what should we do?"
Li sneered, "Ha! How to proceed? Naturally, we'll abort the bastard!"
The maid hesitated, "But Su Muxi has been granted a marriage by imperial decree and is the future Princess Consort of Yong'an. It might not be appropriate for Madam to intervene directly..."
Li's eyes were filled with malice. "What do you think the Prince of Yong'an and the Emperor would do if they knew Su Muxi was pregnant? Princess of Yong'an? Su Muxi can forget about being that. She'll be a despicable person despised by everyone. I, on the other hand, can make her be that!"
…
Pei Yuan hesitated for a long time and lingered outside the Shanci Hall before finally mustering the courage to go in.
Yesterday, he discussed with Xie Xuan for a long time that if he wanted to break off the engagement with Qiao Zixi, he had to first expose Qiao Zixi's vicious true colors to the public.
So he came here today to take the little mute girl away and bring her to the Marquis of Anyang's residence to help her get justice.
Marquis Anyang is a kind and polite man. He would surely take the initiative to annul the engagement after learning of his daughter's wickedness.
He simply couldn't face Su Muxi now.
He didn't know how to bring up the idea of taking the mute girl away.
After all, he was unaware of the situation that day and had even defended Qiao Zixi…
There were more people at the Shanci Hall today than in the past few days, but most of them were not there for medical treatment, but to see Su Muxi.
"Is that Su Muxi? She does have a great figure. If you covered her face, she might be quite a sight!"
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