White Fence Dream

Chapter 215 Tell the truth
After the beginning of spring, the weather gets better day by day, and time seems to pass very quickly. In a flash, flowers and green willows appear everywhere.

Xue Silang was the most deeply moved. He walked out of the ancestral hall and stood outside the courtyard, tears streaming down his face.

It seems like a lifetime ago.

"My uncle is so cruel." He cried to the maids who came to greet him, "He actually kept me locked up for a whole month."

According to the previous situation, the so-called house arrest was just a formality. He could still return to his own courtyard, eat and drink, and then climb over the wall and through the dog hole to go out and have fun.

My family members turned a blind eye to it.

Unexpectedly, this time he was locked up in the courtyard where the ancestral hall was located and couldn't get out even if he climbed over the wall.

"My lord has suffered."

"You've lost weight, young master."

The maids said this sympathetically, surrounding him and offering him tea and snacks.

Xue Silang drank tea and ate some snacks, and was led and supported by the maids to his own courtyard, while continuing to complain, "Why doesn't my grandmother care about me?"

"Hey, now that the eldest lady is in charge, the old lady actually doesn't know that you have been imprisoned in the ancestral hall."

Well, Xue Silang thought, ever since his great aunt had a serious illness, she seemed like a different person. Or rather, she couldn’t be said to have become a different person, as she was still as kind and smiling as ever, but she was scary.

My grandmother couldn't get angry in front of her at all.

"Where's my mother?" Xue Silang said aggrievedly, "My mother doesn't even care about me."

After all, she is my mother, so it’s justified for me to make a fuss!

"Sir, you don't know that the lady is also scared." said a maid.

Xue Silang curled his lips: "My mother is also afraid of my aunt?"

Another maid shook her head: "Not really..."

Another maidservant interrupted, her eyes excited: "Master, you don't know..."

"The prince has been going to the Hualou boat often in the past month." The maid also said hurriedly.

Ah, right? Who wouldn't like a place like Hualouchuan after visiting it once? Xue Silang couldn't help but feel proud.

"Ah, then what is my mother afraid of?" Xue Silang came to his senses and asked.

Before the maids could say anything, a cold snort came from the front.

Although he hadn't heard it for a month, Xue Silang still remembered it clearly. He shuddered and froze in place: "Uncle."

Master Xue stood beside a clump of flowers and trees with a cold expression: "What is your mother afraid of? Your mother is afraid that Jingyun will become a loser like you. If the Dongyang Marquis Mansion is ruined, who can you losers rely on when you encounter problems in the future!"

Huh? Xue Silang hurriedly cried out in injustice: "Uncle, it really wasn't me who brought him here, it was Jingyun himself——"

Master Xue angrily interrupted him: "How dare you not admit your mistake! Do you want to continue living in the ancestral hall?"

Xue Silang's legs went limp and he knelt down: "Uncle, I was wrong."

He doesn't want to live in the ancestral hall anymore.

Master Xue snorted coldly, and was particularly angry: "You are not allowed to go out and fool around for this month!"

Xue Silang felt as if he was struck by lightning.

What's going on? Zhou Jingyun can hang out at Hualou Boat frequently, but he can't?!

……

……

Madam Xue's carriage stopped at the second gate and the curtain was lifted. In addition to the maid who came to greet her, Zhou Jingyun stood there with a smile on his face.

The smile on Mrs. Xue's face faded and then fell again.

"It's a rare opportunity to meet the prince." She said, "Is it not a delay in your fun?"

Zhou Jingyun laughed and personally stepped forward to help Madam Xue get out of the car: "Aunt, what are you talking about?" He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "The ship will only leave in the evening."

Mrs. Xue was amused, made a "pooh" sound, and helped him get out of the car.

"Aunt, I know there are rumors going around." Zhou Jingyun walked with her and said with a smile, "But please rest assured, I know what I am doing."

Madam Xue glanced at him and said, "No one can stop you from doing whatever you want. When you said you wanted to be sent to supervise the school, you went. No one can stop you."

Zhou Jingyun smiled and said, "Didn't the capital spread rumors that I was going to become a monk? But you see, didn't I marry a new wife later?"

But her new wife was gone again, and Mrs. Xue almost burst into tears. She tried to calm herself down and listened to Zhou Jingyun's smiling voice.

"….So, now that I'm rumored to be unruly, don't worry, auntie, you will see that I am still myself in the future."

Madam Xue looked at him, seemingly helpless: "Okay."

Zhou Jingyun smiled and handed her hand to Mother Xu who came out from the main courtyard in front.

"I won't go in with my aunt." He said with a smile, "My mother is still very angry and doesn't want to see me."

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"No matter how angry you are, you can't avoid seeing him. You have to teach your son, you can't just abandon him." Madam Xue said to Madam Dongyang Marquis, disapprovingly, "It's been a long time."

Mrs. Dongyang lowered her head and drank tea: "Not long."

"He went there a few times in the past month, but no one said anything except that he went to the boat," Mrs. Xue said. "So many people said that he just sat there drinking, watching the music and dancing, and didn't gamble, play with the singing and dancing girls, or even socialize with other guests."

Hearing this, the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang raised her head and sneered: "Isn't there a beautiful woman accompanying you all the time?"

"That's the owner of the Hualou ship," said Madam Xue. Thanks to Zhou Jingyun, she now knows more about the Hualou ship. "Shouldn't the owner do his best to entertain guests?"

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang curled her lips and said nothing more.

"I think he is in a much better mood, with a smile on his face," said Mrs. Xue. "He was not like this when he was a child and had no worries. He has always been upright and upright, as if he is not worldly."

Speaking of this, his expression was full of emotion.

"When others say he is an immortal, it is a compliment and a pleasure to watch, but for our family, the aloof and cold immortal always makes us feel uneasy."

"Well, there's no need to speak well of him." Dongyang Hou's wife said, "I'm not angry. If he wants to go to Hualou Boat, then he can go."

Having said that he sneered.

"I want to see what else he can do."

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"Mom, why are you here?"

Aunt Mei came in with a bunch of pomegranate flowers in her hand and saw Mother Li sitting in the house.

"Isn't Mrs. Xue here? Isn't your kitchen busy?"

Mother Li seemed to be in a daze. Aunt Mei called her again and she came back to her senses. She looked at her and asked, "Is the prince home?"

Aunt Mei said, "She just went out."

"Mrs. Xue is here..." said Mother Li, "He's still going out." "He's busy." Aunt Mei said, and asked the little girl to put the pomegranate flowers in place. She turned around and saw Mother Li seemed to be in a daze again, "Mother, what's wrong with you? What's the matter?"

Suddenly I remembered that I came here often this month, and then just sat there in a daze, which felt weird.

Mother Li said, "It's okay." She looked at Aunt Mei and asked, "Did the prince stay overnight?"

In fact, since the first night when the concubine was brought in, the prince's stay was just a show and it was very rare. Of course, this was a private agreement between her and the prince, and she couldn't even tell her own mother.

"What are you talking about, mother?" Aunt Mei pretended to be angry. "We are still in mourning. It has only been three months since the young lady passed away."

Mother Li murmured: "Why are you guarding me? I already have a child..."

Aunt Mei didn't hear clearly: "What are you talking about, mother?"

Mother Li came back to her senses and looked at her: "It's okay. I'm leaving."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out.

Aunt Mei was puzzled: "Mother, you are thinking about me, why don't you bring me food every time you come? Last time I asked you to buy me the Jade Dew Balls from Mrs. Wang's shop, but you didn't buy it for me..."

Aunt Mei's voice was left behind. Mrs. Li walked out of the prince's courtyard through the alley, looked back, and reached out to press her pounding heart.

She can no longer rely on her silly daughter who only cares about eating.

But as a mother, I can't just sit there and do nothing. If things get really chaotic, Aunt Mei will lose even less status in front of the prince. She's not even as good as a maid...

Mrs. Li took a deep breath, made up her mind, and looked towards where the wife of Marquis Dongyang was.

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"Jingyun went out and said that something happened in the government office, and I actually know what it is."

Madam Xue was playing cards with the wife of Marquis Dongyang as she spoke.

"Grain Transport Commissioner Luo Wen has been sued. There has been a quarrel in the court for three days. His Majesty has been unable to attend court because of the quarrel."

Mother Xu asked, "What can the prince do?"

Madam Xue smiled and said, "Of course, we should check the accounts of the grain transport over the years and make them clear so that Your Majesty can make a clear judgment."

Mrs. Dongyang Marquis seemed not to have heard and put down what she was holding: "I won." She stretched out her hand and said to the three people, "Give me the money."

Mrs. Xue glared at her. Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Huang both smiled and took the money. Someone lifted the curtain and came in.

"Madam, Madam Xue, make some tea."

Mother Xu took a look and frowned slightly. She recognized that it was Mrs. Li from the kitchen. Logically, this kind of job was not hers...
What is this woman doing here?
Mother Xu winked at the maids in the room, and the maids stepped forward smartly and said, "Give it to me..."

As soon as she stretched out her hand, Mrs. Li knelt down.

"Madam, I have something confidential to tell you. Please ask Madam to send the others away."

The atmosphere in the room became tense.

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Mrs. Li was a very cautious person. That day, after seeing the prince saying goodbye to the woman holding the child, she did not dare to stay for long and ran away in a hurry with the basket.

After returning, he did not shout out immediately.

This matter was of great importance, so she couldn't speak carelessly. What if she was mistaken? What if the woman and the child were the wife and child of the prince's good friend?

She had to confirm it again.

Over the next month, she noticed at home that the prince would not come home overnight every few days, but it was not always because he was going to the ship.

Under the pretext of shopping, she quietly went to the alley over there. Although she didn't see anything eight out of ten times, she still saw the prince coming out twice, with a woman and a child following him. The prince even tied the cloak tightly for the woman. Although this was not a very intimate action, the prince's eyes were full of tenderness and affection.

enough.

confirmed.

No doubt.

The prince did keep a woman outside and had a child with her.

She heard the baby crying, it was a baby in the month of confinement...

The carriage was shaking. Upon hearing this, the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang, who was sitting in the carriage, breathed heavier and closed her eyes.

A child in confinement.

It has only been three months since Ah Li passed away.

In other words, the child had been conceived a long time ago.

Mrs. Xue also took a deep breath and interrupted Mrs. Li: "Did you see the child with your own eyes?"

Mrs. Li huddled in the corner of the car and shook her head: "No, I didn't dare get close to you."

"Then don't speculate yet." Madam Xue said, then looked at Madam Dongyang and advised softly, "Don't worry, let's go and take a look first, maybe it's a misunderstanding." She paused here and said, "Don't get off the car later, I'll go and take a look myself..."

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang opened her eyes and sneered, "What should I be afraid of? It's not like I'm not ashamed to be seen." Then she asked Mrs. Li, "How far is it?"

Mrs. Li glanced outside and whispered, "It's in the alley ahead."

The wife of the Marquis of Dongyang looked at the shaking curtain with a gloomy expression.

The servants had been dismissed from the house, leaving only Madam Xue behind. After listening to Mrs. Li's story, both were stunned. Madam Xue meant to ask Zhou Jingyun first, but the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang directly asked someone to prepare a car and took Mrs. Li to see it immediately.

"Ask Zhou Jingyun? I won't ask him. I have my own eyes and I can see for myself."

The carriage slowly stopped. Without waiting for Mrs. Li to help her, Mrs. Dongyang jumped out of the carriage. Mrs. Xue hurriedly pulled her from behind, "Slow down, slow down."

Madam Xue did not dare to shout loudly and held the hand of the wife of Marquis Dongyang. It was afternoon now and there seemed to be not many people living in this alley. It was extremely quiet and only the footsteps of three people could be heard.

"Which one?" The voice of Mrs. Dongyang Marquis suddenly sounded.

Mrs. Li shuddered and pointed to a door a few steps away. Without waiting for anything to happen, the wife of the Marquis of Dongyang pushed aside Mrs. Xue, stepped forward, and raised her hand to knock on the door.

The sound of knocking on the door echoed in the alley.

Mrs. Xue felt as if she was being hit on the heart again and again. Her ears were buzzing and her breath was sweet.

It seems like someone is burning incense?
The door never opened. Lady Dongyang became very angry and kicked it while picking up her skirt.

With a bang, the door was kicked open.

At the same time, there was a sound coming from next door.

"What are you two ladies doing?"

Mrs. Dongyang Hou and Mrs. Xue turned their heads subconsciously and saw a young woman standing at the next door. She was wearing an apricot dress, standing gracefully with delicate eyes and eyebrows.

"Are you looking for someone?" she asked, looking at them with dim eyes.

Madam Dongyanghou and Madam Xue nodded slowly and subconsciously: "Yes, we will find someone."

The woman looked a little surprised: "But, no one lives here."

unoccupied?
Mrs. Dongyang Hou and Mrs. Xue were stunned, and slowly turned their heads to look at the door that was kicked open. Through the half-open door, in their dim vision in the afternoon, they saw a courtyard with weeds growing on the ground, desolate and dilapidated.