Chapter 262 (2/2)

But, she was afraid of making Li Zixiu angry and could only unwillingly agree. ”Alright, wait until after lunch. There will be less people walking around then. Prepare a carriage at the back gate.”

There were only four people that knew who Fu-er's real father was. Other than Muxu and Li Zixiu, only Li Zixiu's mother and Luqiao knew the truth.

Marquis Moyu had only favored Muxu twice. She hadn't been prepared the first time, but she had been fully prepared the second time and had dug a pit for Ning Yuxuan to jump into.

That's right, she had given him a very beautiful green hat.

(T/N: Giving your husband or boyfriend a green hat is a Chinese expression that means you cheated on him.)

This affair had started during the time when Muxu had become a concubine, but hadn't been favored. She went crying to Li Zixiu and said that she had been framed and didn't have any other choice.  While it was true that Li Zixiu was feeling sad about this, he didn't have any reason to refuse Muxu when came onto him.

Li Zixiu was an honest person and had also studied Buddhist scriptures, but there would always be a time when a man didn't think with his brain and let himself be tricked by a woman's dishonest words into willingly becoming an adulterer.

So much so that when Muxu became pregnant later and came to him in panic, Li Zixiu had helped her out by giving her a suggestion, just say that Fu-er had been prematurely born and that the baby was Marquis Moyu's.

And now, Muxu's status had already been raised to an honored concubine because of her son, and Li Zixiu's mother wanted to see her grandchild because her illness had gotten worse. Muxu wasn't happy with these visits, but she couldn't say her true feelings either, so the hostility gradually grew between them.

As expected, after lunchtime, most people were curled up in their warm quilts and taking a nap. Mu Shuiqing was the only that was walking outside. She wanted to take advantage of this less busy time to go to Feiwan Courtyard and chat with Nie Sangyu.

Since returning the marquis's estate, Mu Shuiqing had been so well-behaved that she seemed also nonexistent. Still, she had a good idea of many things that were happening in the various areas of the estate. Why? It was because Marquis Moyu had a.s.signed her a group of servant girls that loved to idly gossip everywhere.

She had prepared a pile of household matters that Madam might be interested in knowing. Just as she was pa.s.sing through the corridor by the back gate, she happened to see Li Zixiu with a woman that was wearing a large cloak with the hood up. They were hurriedly walking towards the back gate.

Who was this woman? Curious, Mu Shuiqing stopped walking away and hid behind a vermilion pillar to look.

The old guard at the back gate greeted Doctor Li. Li Zixiu stuffed something into the old guard's hand, then he helped the woman in the cloak into the carriage that was waiting outside the gate.

It was unclear what had exactly happened from the angle that Mu Shuqing was looking from, perhaps the woman in the cloak had just b.u.mped into something, but as the woman got into the carriage, Mu Shuiqing suddenly heard a baby crying.

Startled, Mu Shuqing wondered; which baby was Doctor Li taking out of the estate?

After the carriage hurriedly left, Mu Shuiqing lifted her skirt, ran to Feiwan Courtyard, and told Nie Sangyu what she had seen and heard.

”Kidnapping a baby to sell?” Ji Man rubbed her eyes. ”Li Zixiu doesn't have the guts to do something like that.”

Mu Shuiqing pursed her lips and said, ”This servant is very curious who that woman and baby were. There's definitely something suspicious about choosing to leave the estate at a time when no one else would be around except the guard.”