Nanny Zhou has always tried her best to hide this secret, and sometimes she even avoids Qu Moying's gaze, feeling guilty.
This feeling of guilt would sometimes suddenly grow stronger as Qu Moying suppressed him.
Qu Moying had been observing carefully and found that Nanny Zhou's reaction was the strongest when this step-father treated her badly.
"Miss..." Nanny Zhou said hesitantly.
"Madame Zhou, I've told you before that you are not me, and neither are other people. If it is really my problem, I have to solve it myself. Being kept in the dark is only temporary. When the truth comes out in the future, I will know nothing. I may even become a stepping stone for others because of my ignorance, and I won't even know how I died in the end."
Qu Moying said slowly.
"Miss... No... No." Nanny Zhou felt cold all over at her description.
"Madame Zhou is not me, how can you know that? Besides, you are not... my father... maybe... he already knows something..."
Qu Moying continued to ask Nanny Zhou more questions.
"No... No, the Second Master doesn't know, he won't do that." Nanny Zhou's face suddenly turned pale and she shook her hands.
“Madame Zhou is not my father, so how does she know that he doesn’t know? What if he knows but deliberately doesn’t say anything? He just wants to continue to be my father, and if there is anything... he suppresses it... After all, he is my father.” Qu Moying calmly explained the fact.
This calmness made Madam Zhou's heart aches.
Her eyes immediately fell. During the time that the young lady was in the Qu Mansion, Nanny Zhou had been observing quietly. The lady was really kind to the young lady, and the first wife was also okay, but the second master really had no father-daughter relationship with the young lady. Could it be... Could it be that the second master really knew something
I was at a loss for a moment.
"Father's ability... to be able to reach the position of... Shangshu at this age, of course there are some unexpected reasons. But if he really has no ability, do you think father would have reached this point, Madam Zhou?" Qu Moying seemed not to notice Madam Zhou's red eyes and continued.
This matter should be related to myself and my father!
Her long eyelashes fluttered, hiding the deep thoughts in her eyes. What Nanny Zhou knew, she was afraid that her father would know, and it was also related to her. She inexplicably had an extra guess in her mind. The handkerchief in her hand unconsciously tightened, but then slowly relaxed. The smile on her face was a bit cold, diluting the charm in her eyes.
For some reason, it makes people feel that the dark red color in the corners of the eyes is actually red eye sockets.
Nanny Zhou couldn't bear it any longer, she knelt down with a plop, and sobbed, "Miss, it's not that I want to hide it from you, it's... it's Madam's intention, it's Madam's intention!"
By the last sentence, Nanny Zhou's words had gone from uncontrollable to low, and she even covered her mouth with a handkerchief when she sobbed, for fear of making a louder noise and alarming others.
"Madam, please speak! No one will eavesdrop." Qu Moying said in a low voice, extending his hand for Madam Zhou to stand up.
"Miss... you... you are not the Second Master's biological daughter. You... you don't have to be sad because the Second Master treats you badly, and you don't have to tolerate the Second Master again and again for the sake of father-daughter affection. The Second Master doesn't only have the Second Young Master as his heir. He... he also has a legitimate son."
After Nanny Zhou stood up, she began to cry softly, wiping her tears as she cried.
Qu Moying's eyelashes suddenly raised. She guessed many possibilities, but only
Not having guessed this possibility, he placed his hands on the handles of the chair and trembled slightly twice.
My mother was replaced, could it be that she was also replaced
"Madam Zhou, please speak slowly." Qu Moying said in a low voice, trying hard to calm the shock in her heart. She was not actually the daughter of her stepfather
Nanny Zhou nodded and recounted what had happened while crying.
Because of Yu's frame-up, Xiao Yue had to take refuge in a small nunnery, which was very remote. Also, because of Yu's behind-the-scenes manipulation, Xiao Yue did not have a good life in the nunnery. She also took the medicine that Yu had the nun give her, and her health deteriorated.
The delivery day was indeed difficult.
Xiao Yue also struggled to give birth to this child after dark. It was a boy, very thin. Nanny Zhou excitedly washed and wrapped the child. Xiao Yue was fine at that time. She was very excited looking at her son.
At this time, an accident happened. A man jumped in from the window, holding the child and left. Xiao Yue and Nanny Zhou chased after him to a place close to the back gate of the nunnery. Nanny Zhou ran fast and left Xiao Yue behind. But not long after, the man disappeared, and Xiao Yue's voice was heard from behind.
Nanny Zhou could only turn around and support Xiao Yue as she stumbled forward.
The two of them had no destination on the way. Xiao Yue's body could not hold on any longer, so Nanny Zhou did not dare to go forward and wanted to help Xiao Yue back.
Xiao Yue was unwilling to come back and wanted to go look for her. Nanny Zhou could only persuade her. While she was persuading her, a man suddenly came over from the opposite direction. When he ran in front of them, he suddenly stopped and fell heavily to the ground, covered in blood. He was holding a child in his arms, a baby in swaddling clothes.
Xiao Yue acted like a madman, picked up the child, turned around and ran away.
Nanny Zhou didn't dare to look any longer. She held the child and helped Xiao Yue leave.
After the master and servant stumbled back with the child in their arms, they discovered that the child was not Xiao Yue's, but must have been a few days old. The swaddling clothes were not the ones that Nanny Zhou had used to wrap the child.
More importantly, this is a girl, not a boy born to Xiao Yue.
Nanny Zhou was horrified. Xiao Yue's condition was already very bad. She held the child tightly. Although she was still conscious, it was obvious that she was dying.
The kind-hearted Xiao Yue asked Madam Zhou to look for the child again. If she couldn't find the child... she should recognize this child. If she found her own child, she would say they were twins. Her own child was pitiful, and this child was also pitiful. She didn't know why he was born in front of her. This was also God's will.
Xiao Yue cried so hard that she couldn't speak, and repeatedly asked Madam Zhou to agree.
Xiao Yue was also very desperate about Qu Zhizhen and no longer believed that Qu Zhizhen could do anything. Yu would definitely take over next. She also knew that it was no use and all she could do was to protect the child in front of her.
If no one comes to find her, she will let the child be her own. As for the child she gave birth to, Xiao Yue also knew that there was basically no hope.
Xiao Yue had a lot to say, but in the end she only left these few simple words. Then the Madam Tai came, and Xiao Yue entrusted the child to her again...
“Madam… Madam was almost dying at that time, but she pitied the young lady… and was willing to adopt her as her daughter, so… so I didn’t dare to tell anyone… I was afraid that the Second Master would know… I was afraid… I was afraid that he would dislike the young lady even more…” Madam Zhou burst into tears.
His body fell limply to the ground.
The secret that had been kept for so many years was suddenly revealed. Nanny Zhou didn't know anything now and only felt sad and uncomfortable.
Over the years, Nanny Zhou has been looking for it but has never found it. She has also checked the nunnery, but no trace of it was found. It was as if what happened back then was an accident that no one could explain.
"Mother...she...she knows?" Qu Moying's voice choked, she bit her lip hard, suppressed the grief in her heart, took a deep breath, her face turned pale, but she tried hard to suppress the shock in her heart. She had countless thoughts, but this one was not one of them.
“Madam knows. Madam thinks that the young lady was sent by God and is her daughter. She wants to protect you and also wants to find her own biological son, but... but she doesn’t have time. She... she doesn’t have time anymore.” Madam Zhou cried uncontrollably.
Even though so many years have passed, Nanny Zhou still remembers the situation at that time. She feels heartbroken every time she thinks of it. Why would such a good lady suffer like this? Why would it be like this
After taking a deep breath, Qu Moying asked again, "Then... Madam Ling Anbo... does she know?"
"Madam Bo... Madam Bo knows something, but I dare not tell you everything. She only said that Madam Bo gave birth to a pair of children, and a son, who are twins." Nanny Zhou said, "Madam Bo secretly helped me look for her for a long time, but there was no news. It was as if what happened that day was not true. No one found out, only... only..."
"Only what?" Qu Moying asked.
"Miss... do you remember that nunnery? There was a small slope there, and there... there was a red strip of cloth on it... it was torn from a swaddling cloth. Madam Bo had checked it out, but apart from these, there was... nothing else. And this torn red strip of cloth was from Miss's swaddling cloth. Without this one..."
Nanny Zhou said while wiping her tears.
Now that I have said this at the beginning, there is nothing to hide from now on.
The piece of cloth was kept, and it was also a kind clue left by Madam Zhou, although Madam Zhou also knew that it was very slim...
"That small hill?" A scene flashed through Qu Moying's mind. At that time, it was just a faint trace and he didn't pay much attention to it. But now it was like a ray of light flashing in his mind.
"Yes, it's that small hillside, but apart from these, there is nothing else, nothing at all. The swaddling clothes that the young lady received before were kept by this old servant at that time. They should be something that the young lady...had before." Madam Zhou cried. She didn't want to talk about what happened back then, but she had to bring it up now.
She was just a servant, and even if the lady of the baron helped secretly, she would get nothing. Nanny Zhou had actually given up all these years, and the child could never be found again. The young lady was the second master's daughter, and she would keep this secret.
But now, not only does the Second Master have no father-daughter affection for the Young Miss, he also suppresses her in every way. Madam Zhou has seen how smart the Young Miss is, and she will only get better in the future, but no one can say for sure whether the Second Master will suppress the Young Miss in doing something, just like today.
“Miss, if the Second Master forces you to do something again in the future, you can refuse. He… he never raised you, and he has no affection for you.” Nanny Zhou said resentfully, “If the Second Master hadn’t favored his concubine over his wife, Madam wouldn’t have… become like this, and the young master… wouldn’t have disappeared, and now I don’t know… I don’t know what’s going on with him!”