Farmhouse pretty cook

Chapter 875: Campfire Picnic (3)
The charcoal stoves for the barbecue were all brought from Prince Xiang's Mansion. They are very professional. The charcoal they burn is all excellent smokeless charcoal, and there is no thick smoke when burning.

Hongye's two daughters were taken by Wei Zeng to play, so she sat with Muxiang, watching them busy, and said something by the way.

Thinking of what happened today, Hongye felt sorry for him, "To be honest, you made a lot of noise today, but it scared me to death. I didn't expect that Canglan people would sneak into Prince Xiang's mansion and kill you." There are so many people, you are pregnant, how dare you get involved in such a thing, you are not afraid of passing it on to your children in the future."

Mu Xiang leaned on the chair and sighed helplessly, "Is there any way to do this? People have pushed us to the front, and we have no way to retreat. Everyone has their own ghosts. We don't plan for ourselves. Sooner or later we will fall into the trap set by others." You don't know, today in Qiankun Palace, the face of Lord Hu Guogong, this old guy, is getting too much, I can't swallow this breath, don't tell my husband."

"What do you want to do?" Hongye sat up straight in shock.

Mu Xiang smiled viciously, "What do I want to do? Hmph, he forced me to do something. You are well-informed in the capital. Do you know anything unknown about Jiang Zhenting? My own news is tightly blocked, and I haven't found it yet."

"This..." Yes, but they are all old things. She heard it from the guests, but she dared not tell Mu Xiang, fearing that she would cause some trouble.

"Oh, just say it, I didn't come to him with a knife on my shoulders to argue with him. It's not enough to rely on force these days, but to use resourcefulness. It's best to use gossip, such as scandals or something. The more obscure the better, really. It doesn't matter if it's fake," Mu Xiang encouraged her.

Hearing that she would not come to the door, Hongye felt relieved, and thought about it carefully, "It's like this, there was a midwife in my shop once, she was the most famous midwife in the capital, and she was very skilled at delivering babies. People have invited her, and that day, she came to my shop with another woman, gossiping."

Hong Ye moved closer to Mu Xiang, with a gossip-like expression on her face, "She said that more than ten years ago, on a rainy night, she was dragged and dragged to the Duke's Mansion."

"The midwife is going to the Duke's mansion?" Even Mu Xiang was shocked, "Could it be that someone in the Duke's mansion is going to have a baby?"

It doesn't seem surprising that there is this possibility, there are women in the Duke's mansion too!
No, since ancient times, except for the master, all the servants and servant girls of the official family, as long as they are pregnant and want to have a baby, have to be sent out of the mansion, and they are not allowed to give birth in the mansion, which will bring bad luck to the master's family.

"Oh, don't interrupt, listen to me," Hongye was anxious, her words got stuck in her throat when her words were interrupted, she was so aggrieved.

"Okay, I won't interrupt, you continue talking."

Hongye gave her a white look, and then said: "The woman said that when she arrived at the Duke's mansion, she was covered by someone, and she didn't know what kind of room she was going to. When she could see, she had already been taken to a place. A gorgeous room, and there is a woman who is about to give birth lying in that room."

"When the midwife arrived, it was probably a dystocia. The remaining half of the woman's life was almost gone. There was still a person sitting in the corner of the room. Her face was blocked and she couldn't see clearly, but the aura on her body was very strong. The housekeeper next to her ordered her to go up to deliver the baby, and she must keep the little one, which is very obvious, and the midwife is also discerning, so she rolled up her sleeves and started doing it without asking any questions."

"It's all like this. The big one will definitely not be able to keep it. In the end, the midwife made an opening on the woman and dragged the baby out. It was a boy baby. She had just cleaned it up, and the housekeeper took the baby away, and then gave it to him. He paid her a hush money, asked the guards to blindfold her, and took her away."

Mu Xiang was confused and didn't quite understand, "There is a child in the Duke's mansion, is it a maid or a maid, is it Jiang Zhenting's concubine?"

"Duke Hu has never married in his whole life, and he has no concubine or housekeeper. This is something that everyone in the capital knows."

"That's strange. Could it be his relative?"

Hongye smiled mysteriously, "When the incident happened, Lord Huguo had a distant cousin who was staying at his house. She was an unmarried girl from Yunying. The midwife also said that when she went in, Lord Huguo was inside. It stands to reason that when a woman gives birth to a child, a man cannot stay in the room, unless forced to do so by circumstances, it must be someone who is close, otherwise it will cause rumors and gossip if a man and a woman give birth to a child!"

"On the second day after the child was born, someone saw a coffin carried out from the back door of the Duke's Mansion, and it was quietly carried outside the city for burial. Also, the child was also sent out of the city that day."

It is a woman's nature to always gossip, Hongye is no exception, she speaks with great interest.

Mu Xiang thought about what she said, and then waved to Shan Linyuan, "Come here."

"Here we come," Shan Linyuan was trained to be very obedient by her, and his previous arrogance has also subsided, and he no longer dared to confront Mu Xiang.

"I'd like to ask you something, do you know where the child was taken out by the Duke Protector's Mansion more than ten years ago?"

Shan Linyuan had crawled into the beds of so many noble ladies, and he only loved to inquire about gossip, so his sources of information were very obscure, and even spies could not find out many things.

"Why did you suddenly ask about this?" Shan Linyuan laughed, and when he looked up and saw Mu Xiang's gloomy face, he had to tell all he knew.

"I've heard a woman say that the Duke's mansion took out a baby back then. On the same day, he was at his sister's house in another place, and she said that she gave birth to a baby, and it was also a boy. Oh, and, I heard that back then When his distant cousin lived in the Duke's mansion, he had a close relationship with the Duke, and the two lived only one door apart. As for whether they had an affair in secret, no one knew," Shan Linyuan said I've finished talking about what I know, after all, it's a matter between the bedbrothers, and the Duke's Mansion is very tight-lipped, so there is really too little news that can be heard.

Mu Xiang frowned, and beckoned Shan Linyuan to put his ear closer, "Go and explore again, you must dig something more, then send someone to monitor Jiang Rong, don't let him go out of the city, and let Niu Zijin spread the news Let’s just say that Jiang Rong is the illegitimate son of Lord Huguo, and the story should be well-written, and it must be passed on to everyone in a day.”

Niu Zijin also came to the old house. Shan Linyuan took her order and didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to find Niu Zijin, and the two stood in the corner to discuss for a while.Niu Zijin didn't even bother to eat, so he went back to the city with another guy.

(End of this chapter)