Chapter 38: Past Events in the Marquisate
Yun Qiao asked casually, just out of curiosity, just wanting to watch some fun.
Unexpectedly, the gatekeeper, Mrs. Li, seemed to open up and told Yun Qiao everything.
"Miss Qiao, you don't know that this is the grandson of the eldest illegitimate son. The eldest illegitimate master was in poor health and died before the family was divided after giving birth to his only son. Later, the third master got married and divided the family.
Who would have thought that the Third Master would follow in his father's footsteps and die young, leaving behind two children. After his death, the Third Master's wife observed a three-year mourning period before her parents took her away and remarried, leaving behind the two children with no one to rely on...
No matter what, he is the great-grandson of the old marquis.
But the mistake was that this illegitimate son was originally a maid in the old marquis's room, and was secretly born by climbing into his bed.
At that time, the old lady had just married into the Marquis's mansion. She had no children in the first two years, and everyone in the mansion was anxious, so they stuffed a few maids into the old Marquis's room.
But the mistress had not given birth at that time, and the maids were not allowed to do so. But one maid was so bold that she secretly climbed into the bed and became pregnant.
The old lady's mother-in-law took care of the baby, and it was a boy. However, because the baby did not eat or drink well during pregnancy, the baby was small in size and was born sick.
The old lady was not a vicious person, so she promised the maid the status of a concubine.
Later, the old lady adopted the current master of the first house.
After the old marquis gave birth to three illegitimate daughters and two illegitimate sons, the old marquis' wife, who had been infertile for many years, gave birth to a son, who was Chen Jingyan's father, and a daughter who married into the palace.
The old marquis' wife did not treat the old marquis's illegitimate sons and daughters harshly.
However, what she disliked the most was the eldest son from a concubine. After the eldest son died and his sons were separated, the old lady forgot about this family.
Yun Qiao finally understood what he said.
So, the two children standing outside the door, their biological grandfather is the old marquis's eldest son out of wedlock.
The biological grandmother of these two children was a maid who climbed onto the bed and she died.
Passerby A's father died and his mother remarried.
This relationship is far away.
Although on the surface the two children have to call the old marquis's wife their great-grandmother, they are very distantly related by blood.
If the old marquis were still alive, he might let them into the marquis's mansion.
But now, their grandmother did something that made the old marquis' wife unhappy, and many years have passed, so she can't even remember her.
How could the old marquis' wife be willing to take care of them?
No wonder the people below didn't dare to pass the message forward.
This is because they are afraid that if the message is passed on, they will offend the people above them. A higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking official, especially in the marquis' mansion where registration is strict and the rules are very demanding.
Furthermore, even if the message was passed on, no one from above would care. The grandson of the old marquis's eldest son born out of wedlock had no substantial relationship with the Marquis of Zhenbei.
Yun Qiao didn't say much. She felt sorry for the two children, but her identity and status meant she couldn't help them.
Then turn around and walk inside.
The little girl in gray-blue clothes looked at her eagerly. When Yun Qiao turned around, the little girl smiled at her.
"Why are you staring at me?" Yun Qiao asked curiously.
"Sister is so beautiful, I can't even move my eyes away."
These innocent and naive words made Yun Qiao laugh uncontrollably. She pulled the handkerchief from her body, picked up the pastries from the lunch box, wrapped them up and handed them to the girl.
"Your brother is hungry. Take this and eat some."
When the old lady saw Yun Qiao helping her, she immediately knelt down in front of her.
"My dear girl, please be kind enough to tell the old lady a message. I only ask for food for the two children. I kowtow to you."
Three heads fell down with a bang.
Yun Qiao hurried forward and helped the person up.
"You don't have to beg me, ma'am. I'm just a concubine in the Marquis's inner house. I don't have any status or position."
After Yun Qiao finished speaking, she turned and left. There was no need to hold on.
She really couldn't help much, and she was well aware of her situation.
However, Xiaotao's eyes turned red when she looked at the brother and sister.
Yun Qiao was walking and didn't see Xiao Tao coming, so she turned her head to look over.
"Xiao Tao, what's wrong?"
"This servant, this servant, remembers when I was sold to the Yun family, I was younger than that girl, and I also had a younger brother who was one year younger than me."
Now, she has come to Kyoto from northern Shaanxi, and her younger brother in her hometown in the countryside still doesn't know what his situation is.
She was sold into a death indenture and would never be able to return home in this life. She usually never thought about her family, but when she saw the two poor siblings today, she thought of the scene of herself being sold, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
"But you miss home? I miss home sometimes too."
What she was thinking about was not the Yun family, but her own home in modern times.
Xiao Tao wiped her eyes and hurried forward to say, "Miss, it's my fault that I made you sad too."
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After the Qiqiao Festival, Yunqiao returned to her old life and started making embroidery.
Fortunately, her embroidery skills are good, and there are no accidents in her embroidery works. Yun Qiao is also worried that someone might do something bad, so she pays extra attention.
But if you think about it carefully, she is a concubine with no status, unfavored and unable to give birth. Who would pay attention to her?
However, when Yun Qiao was halfway through the embroidery, the old lady called her over and asked about the progress. Seeing that Yun Qiao was really well-behaved, she gave her some food, such as the old lady's favorite braised pork elbow, charcoal-grilled lamb chops, and eight-treasure rice.
Yunqiao became familiar with Miaoyu and Yulan because she often went to the old lady's place.
Thinking of the brother and sister I saw that day, I asked for help.
Later, for some unknown reason, I heard that the eldest son, Chen Yusheng, and his wife Cai took the boy into their family. Although he was not adopted, they raised him under their name.
Yun Qiao thought about it and agreed. This is also a good idea.
Chen Yusheng and his wife Cai have been married for three years, but they have no children.
There are two concubines and three maids in Chen Yusheng's room.
Two of the concubines had been pregnant before, but only one of them gave birth to a child last year, and it was a girl.
Cai had been unable to conceive and was anxious, so she thought about adopting a child from her mother's family.
Yu Lan came to Yun Qiao's place again to look at the embroidery, and after sitting down, she talked to Yun Qiao.
"Perhaps the old lady took into consideration that the child is the bloodline of the Marquisate. After all, the Marquisate only has one great-grandson."
The eldest son of a concubine got married early, and his son also got married early, so it was not surprising that he gave birth to a great-grandson for the old marquis early.
"After all, the old lady is kind-hearted. If it were an ordinary family, she would have sent them away long ago."
"Yulan, do you know where that little girl went?"
Yun Qiao was worried about the brother and sister, so she asked.
"They said they sent her to the manor. At least she'll have food and shelter. She'll be raised there first, and when she's older, a marriage will be arranged for her. As the heir of the Marquis's mansion, they'll definitely not treat her badly." Yu Lan said, looking at Yun Qiao, "I didn't know Miss Qiao was such a kind-hearted person."
Yun Qiao smiled.
Yu Lan added, she had previously thought that since Miss Qiao was so beautiful, she must be a bit arrogant, which she didn't like at first. But as she got to know her better, she found that Miss Qiao had a gentle temperament and was really easy to get along with.
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