The King of England came from the capital to the manor to visit the Queen who was recuperating there.
Because the King of England was coming, the Princess of England forced herself to get up and walked a few steps with the King of England in the palace, where she met Duke Yu who came to the palace to ask for a meeting.
Duke Yu also went outside the city to visit his wife who was recuperating outside the city.
Hearing that the King of England was also there, he came over to ask for a meeting.
Unexpectedly, he met the Princess of England. After seeing her, he could hardly believe that he saw the Princess of England. After asking the servants in the mansion for some simple information about the Princess of England, he hurried back home.
After returning home, Lady Yuguo sent a maid to deliver medicinal herbs. Lady Yuguo had been ill, and the farm had prepared a lot of medicinal herbs.
Because of the events in the Northern Frontier, the reputation of the Duke of Yu is quite high now. When the people of the Duke of Yu's wife came, the Prince of Ying's Palace sent a personal maid to receive them. As the two talked, the maid of the Duke of Yu's wife found out a lot of information.
After the maid returned, she reported the matter to the wife of Duke Yu. The wife of Duke Yu could not hold back and brought people to ask for a meeting. However, Princess Ying was in poor health and refused to see her.
The wife of Duke Yuguo came with great fanfare. She had never visited guests in all these years, and this was her first time since she came to Beijing many years ago.
The manors in this area outside the capital, especially those around the hot spring manors of several princes, are basically manors of other royal families and aristocratic families in the capital.
For all these years, Lady Yuguogong had never been on guard against others. Even when the Queen Mother met the officials' wives on New Year's Day, she would apologize. But now she actually went to the farm of Prince Ying's mansion to visit a patient.
Such a piece of news spread silently immediately, and many people were wondering if something had happened, and it was related to the affairs of the Duke Yuguo Mansion and the Prince Ying's Mansion. Otherwise, why would the wife of the Duke Yuguo, who had been ill for many years and was in poor health, go to visit the Princess Ying at this time.
Could it be that something happened between Duke Yu and King Ying? Or was there something going on in Northern Xinjiang
Many people speculated secretly, and many were watching. Duke Yu used to be a powerful general. Although he was implicated later, at least his title was preserved. Now he is considered a new noble. Not only has he regained the trust of the emperor, but he has also pacified the northern border and lured them to negotiate peace.
Right now, the Duke of Yuguo Mansion is once again flourishing, and many people are paying attention to the Duke of Yuguo Mansion...
The wife of Duke Yu, who was being watched so closely, went to Qingyun Temple again...
In Qingyun Temple, the old lady's eyes fell on the windowsill, feeling uneasy for a long time. Her eyes finally fell on the swaddling clothes in front of her. It was already very old, and it could be seen that the color of the material on it had faded a lot. Even if it was the best material, after so many years, it no longer looked as brilliant as it once was.
Her fingers trembled as she touched the gold thread on the swaddling clothes. She had forgotten about this swaddling clothes, but when Nanny Zhou took it out and let her see it again, she suddenly remembered it again.
This belongs to Ying girl. She was wrapped in it at that time. She didn't pay much attention to it at that time, but now she realizes that the material of this swaddling cloth is not even from the capital area.
Xiao Yue prepared the swaddling clothes early on. When she was in the nunnery, she and Nanny Zhou took the time to embroider more, including small clothes, small pants, and swaddling clothes that would be used in daily life.
But none of these are made of this material.
At that time, she was only paying attention to Xiao Yue's death and was busy with the aftermath of Xiao Yue's death. She did not notice the difference between this swaddling clothes and those in the capital. She just heard the maid beside her say that the pattern was very unusual and the embroidery did not seem to be Xiao Yue's, but that was all.
But now Nanny Zhou told her that Ying was not her biological granddaughter, but was taken away by someone and replaced by mistake.
Xiao Yue gave birth to a son and had a grandson.
But the child was kidnapped. When it was found later, the child had become a girl and the kidnapper was dead.
No one knows what happened, but Nanny Zhou is certain that the Princess of England is not the blood of the Qu family, as evidenced by the swaddling clothes at the time...
“How could this happen, Xiao Yue…” The lady’s eyes were red.
“Madam, this matter… this matter…” Wu Ma’s face was equally pale. Like the Madam, she still couldn’t come to terms with what was going on.
The fourth young lady, who was so close to the Dowager, turned out not to be her biological granddaughter. Is there anything more shocking than this
Even the script wouldn't dare write that! But seeing the swaddling clothes and Madam Zhou crying, Madam Wu could only sigh that fate plays tricks on people and things in the world are unpredictable.
"This matter... do you think it's true?" The lady asked tiredly, her voice was not loud, and it didn't sound like she was asking my grandmother, but more like she was asking herself.
“Madam… Even if the Princess of England is not your biological granddaughter, she is still filial to you. You see, she specifically asked Madam Zhou to tell you about this matter first, so that you can have some peace of mind.” Madam Wu knew that the Madam could not accept it for a while, so she advised.
Nanny Zhou's purpose of coming was very clear, which was to explain the matter, let the Madam make a decision, and ask her what to do next.
"What should we do? What can we do now? We can't stop her from recognizing her ancestors." The lady smiled bitterly, and turbid tears fell.
She wiped the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief in her hand to hide the traces of tears.
"Madam... if you don't want to... it's okay, you just have to deny it." My nanny said when she saw that Madam was so sad.
The lady smiled bitterly, "What kind of person am I? I am forcing my family members to reunite even though they can. How can I face the Yue family in the future?"
Even in that situation, Yue still knew to protect the child. Even though the child she had just given birth to was snatched away by someone else, Yue was still kind enough to adopt the child who was snatched back from someone else.
“Madam…” My nanny choked and felt even more sad.
"The second son treated this child badly in the past, probably because there is no blood relationship between the two of them. Now he is calculating to the core, just wanting Princess Ying to drag the entire Qu Mansion forward, but he never thought that even if she is his own daughter, he still needs to respect friendship. He treated Princess Ying so badly in the past, so how can he have the nerve to drag Princess Ying to death now."
The lady shook her hand, signaling to my nanny to listen to her first.
He spoke slowly, with the magnanimity of an old man: "It's good now. The Princess of England is the Princess of England, and the Qu Mansion is the Qu Mansion. This may be a good thing for the second son. At least there is nothing to calculate, and he can live a peaceful life. Don't think of anything and bet the entire Qu Mansion."
“Madam…” My nanny shuddered. As a servant, she dared not listen to these things even if they were Madam’s confidants, and of course she dared not discuss them.
"How could the second son be so confused! He is not a good husband, nor a good father, and now he is in such a mess. All the children in the mansion are alienated. I don't know what he has been doing for half his life. What is he seeking? He came to Beijing with high spirits in the beginning, not for the current situation."
The lady knew that Wu Mama would not say anything, so she continued to talk to herself, tears streaming down her face, "Yue... this child has a miserable life... She... I'm afraid she can't rest in peace in the underground for so many years."
"Madam, are we going to look for the young master?" My nanny was finally able to free herself from the previous topic.
"Look... You must look for him. Even if it's not for me, you have to look for him for the Yue family... When this child died... I'm afraid they didn't expect that after all these years... we wouldn't have any news at all. He's the second son's son, and a legitimate son..."
The lady could not continue talking at this point.
This child is Xiao Yue's only flesh and blood, but he is missing. The lady has a feeling that this matter may be related to Yu.
Since Yu was able to cause Xiao Yue to give birth prematurely, then perhaps she had been preparing to snatch this child away and force Xiao Yue to death.
It was not easy to give birth to a child prematurely. Even if Xiao Yue was lucky enough to escape death, how could she bear the pain of losing her child
The Yu family is leaving no way for the Xiao Yue family to survive.
What kind of vicious woman was that that the second brother brought back to the house? Why did he let this Yu into the house
The biggest mistake the second son made in his life might be being blamed on women. It was like this at the beginning, and it is like this again now. Yet he kept it a secret from himself and was stubborn and self-willed.
"Madam...should we tell the Second Master about this?" Wu Ma said after a moment's hesitation. Her feelings towards the Second Master were getting worse and worse.
The more she uncovered what happened back then, the more she felt that the Second Master was a good-for-nothing. How could he treat the wife who gave birth to his child in this way
"No hurry. He has never been anxious in all these years anyway." The lady said angrily. She only hated Qu Zhizhen for making things like this. Even if Yue had left behind a son, he might not have lived a better life than the Princess of Ying. At that time, the second son listened to Yu wholeheartedly.
He was obedient to Shishi in everything, but so cruel to his first wife.
Even though he was her own son, the lady felt that he was too heartless.
"Madam, do you think that with Yu's ability at that time, could she have snatched someone away from there?" My nanny looked at the madam's face cautiously and asked in a low voice.
Although Yu was vicious and secretly sought out scoundrels and nuns in the nunnery, she seemed to have no ability to get others to snatch the child away. My nanny always felt that there was something fishy going on.
The lady shook her head heavily and leaned back. "Where has the second son provoked an even more vicious and cruel woman?"
“Madam…it’s not necessarily the woman who was provoked…” Nanny Wu didn’t know what to say and could only speak vaguely.
"If she's not a woman... how can she snatch someone else's child, and at that time? Xiao Yueshi has no enemies. Her biggest enemies are the women of the second son." The lady snorted coldly and put her hands on the table. "When things here are settled, call the second son over. I want to see what other women he is secretly dating!"
It's not that I know nothing, there are always some clues, but I just never think in this direction...
When the news of the visit from the wife of Duke Yu came in, the lady sighed heavily...