My younger sister insisted on marrying me and made me the Marquis' wife.

Chapter 249 Are there any relatives?
Cheng Ge'er's eyes flickered, and he nodded heavily, saying, "Yes, I will answer whatever my godfather asks, and I will never hide anything."

Gu Jinghui then asked, “Did your mother meet you before she left the house? Or did she leave you a message? Regarding the princess’s entry into the house… who did you hear what she said?”

After asking, he stared at the two children without blinking.

Cheng Ge'er lowered his eyebrows, clenched his fists, and bit his cheeks.

Yu Jie'er sobbed quietly, calling for her mother from time to time. It seemed that she was sad again because of the mention of Zhao, and she just cried to herself.

"No, we haven't seen mother," Cheng Ge'er said after a while, and then turned to Yu Jie'er and said anxiously: "Is it true? Tell me whether it is true or not."

"...Wuwuwu...Yes...Sister Yu really wants to see my mother. Foster father, when will my mother come back? My mother is not a bad woman. They said that my mother did something bad and hid away and would not come back. They are all lying to me, right?"

Yu Jie'er pouted, her face full of tear marks, and she stretched out her hands pitifully, wanting Lord Gu to hold her and comfort her.

Gu Jinghui didn't move.

I was worried about hurting the two children's hearts before, and I also thought that after Madam Zhao fell ill, the twins had been raised by the old lady and they should not be aware of the situation.

But ever since he discovered that they could enter and exit through the dog hole, Lord Gu was no longer sure.

In the northern frontier, children of a few years old can kill the enemy when necessary.

Although he usually sympathizes with the weak and protects women and children, he dare not look down on anyone.

"Forget it, forget it. You still have to know it eventually." Lord Gu thought for a moment and said, "Instead of waiting for others to tell you with exaggerations, it is better for your foster father to tell you the truth, so that you won't have any grudges against me and the Marquis' Mansion in the future."

Hearing this, Cheng Ge'er clutched his belt tightly and looked at his adoptive father with fear on his face.

Yu Jie'er didn't understand what was going on. She barely stopped crying and waited quietly for her adoptive father's next words.

Lord Gu closed his eyes tightly, then opened them immediately, a hint of coldness appearing on his sharp brows.

"A while ago, my adoptive father sent Sixteen to Jizhou to find the whereabouts of your father's family. Because your father Pang Hai claimed to be a member of the Jizhou Pang family, Sixteen went to the Pang family to look for him, but there was no one named Pang Hai in the Pang family, and he didn't even find anyone who looked like Pang Hai in the Pang family, so he had to come back to report."

The two children listened in a daze when they heard about their father for the first time.

Lord Gu continued, "After my foster father found out, he planned to ask your mother to ask her if she knew anything about your father. But who knew that your mother suddenly left the mansion with a nanny, and the other died beside the rockery."

"I thought your mother had some unspeakable secret, so my foster father took people to look for her, but they couldn't find her. When we returned home, we found out that there was already an outbreak of smallpox."

"Both of your sixth uncle's children were sick. At first, we thought they had chickenpox, but later we consulted the imperial physician and found out it was smallpox. This smallpox came out strangely. And because your mother disappeared and someone died in the mansion, the housekeeper of the mansion went to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion to report it to the authorities."

"The judge came to investigate the case and found out that the two maids your mother brought from the northern frontier had walked around the Sixth Madam's yard. There were also clothes used by smallpox patients in the box left in Fengxuan Pavilion. Zihe and several other servants were also infected with smallpox."

"Even the prosecutor concluded that the smallpox was deliberately released by your mother or someone close to your mother, so when people in the mansion say that your mother has spread smallpox, it is not a lie."

Cheng Ge'er's face turned pale, Yu Jie'er was stunned, and Gu Jinghui also looked solemn.

Although he felt reluctant, he continued, "Your biological father is a mystery, and your biological mother has disappeared, and they have done such a thing. I'm afraid your future will be affected. Cheng Ge'er can no longer study in the Imperial College, and Yu Jie'er's future needs to be reconsidered. But your godfather once promised your father that he would take good care of you. I will make good arrangements for you in the future and make sure you have no worries about food and clothing." During these days, Cheng Ge'er has seen a lot of people who look down on him and heard a lot of things about the world.

Now that I have heard Lord Gu speak clearly, I know there is no room for maneuver.

Cheng Ge'er tried hard to hold back his tears and choked up, "Foster father, my mother did such a thing, do you also resent us?"

Lord Gu looked at him and said sternly, "Father doesn't know why your mother is like this. I took extra care of you and your son because of your father. You grew up under my care, so how could I resent you? Now..."

Cheng Ge'er asked, "Is it true that we can no longer live in the mansion?"

Yu Jie'er burst into tears and screamed, "Adoptive father, Yu Jie'er doesn't want to leave the house. We already have no mother, and now even Adoptive father doesn't want us anymore?"

Cheng Ge'er's tears slowly flowed to the corners of his mouth.

Lord Gu said, "If you stay in the mansion for a long time, you will inevitably feel resentful because of the gossip of others. When I went to Jizhou to look for your father's family before the 16th, it was also to seek shelter for you and your widow. At the beginning, my adoptive father planned to find a courtyard near the street in the mansion, build a wall to separate it from the mansion, and then open a door facing the street. This way, living next to each other, it is convenient for communication, and the mansion can protect you and avoid gossip from others."

"what about now?"

Cheng Ge'er asked stubbornly.

"Now……"

Lord Gu sighed, looked at poor Yu Jie'er, and said to Cheng Ge'er, "If I keep you in the mansion, I'm afraid you won't be able to tolerate other people's gossip. Brother Qi was beaten, and you are also resentful. Now the servants in the mansion are very resentful of you. I'm afraid that in the future... you will be even more unbearable. Rather than waiting for everyone to be resentful of each other, it is better to settle you down after the mansion is opened."

These days, he saw that Cheng Ge'er seemed to be able to make his own decisions, so he put it on the table like this.

Gu Jinghui continued, “Think about it again. Has your mother ever mentioned any relatives you can rely on?”

Cheng Ge'er looked at him blankly, as if he didn't understand.

Lord Gu did not even look at him. He turned his head to look at the lush green outside the window and said, "If you remember, tell your foster father. He will send people to look for you and will definitely not let you down. If they are willing to come to the capital, the Marquis' Mansion will accommodate them. If you want to seek refuge with them, your foster father will also prepare money and silver, and will visit you every festival to inquire about your whereabouts. He will never let you down."

Yu Jie'er stamped her feet, cried loudly, her hair was all disheveled, and she looked like a little lunatic.

"No, I don't want to. I don't want to leave my foster father. Foster father, foster father, do you really not want us?"

Cheng Ge'er knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Gu Jinghui several times, then pulled Yu Jie'er down and asked her to kowtow with him.

Yu Jie'er shook off Cheng Ge'er's hand and looked at Gu Jinghui stubbornly, as if she would leave the Marquis' Mansion if she kowtowed.

"What are you doing? Get up quickly."

Gu Jinghui hurriedly helped Cheng Ge'er up.

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