PDLP Chapter 222: The Houmen Madam Nursery School has started (8)
Chapter 222: The Houmen Madam Nursery School has started (8)
The main gate of Cheng'en Marquis Mansion.
The woman in light blue silk clothes cried and said that she had a miserable life and begged the lady to show mercy and let the child return to his ancestral home.
While twisting the chubby little boy in her arms with her hands, away from the crowd's sight.
The sobbing of women, the crying of children, and the whispering of the audience.
For a moment, the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, which was usually deserted, became a little more chaotic.
When Bu Shi'an and others came out, they saw the woman holding the child and trying to hit the stone lion nearby, while the onlookers and the gatekeepers were trying their best to stop her.
Aunt Qiu, who came out with them, saw this scene and silently labeled Marquis Cheng'en's concubine as brainless and stupid.
People like this are so easy to bribe and exploit.
For the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince during his recuperation in the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, if the concubine did not deal with the matter, she would report it to the Queen.
The woman, who had no idea that she had been sentenced to death, immediately broke away from the crowd and knelt down when she saw Bu Shi'an coming out.
"Sister, please be merciful and let my child recognize his ancestors."
As she spoke, her hands did not stop, and she kowtowed with the child in her arms.
It was not until the two men's foreheads were red from knocking each other that Bu Shi'an said something in confusion amid the crowd's whispers.
"My father only has two sons and one daughter. How can you call me sister?"
The woman was stunned by this unexpected answer and her face turned ugly in an instant.
Her words were clear enough, and the onlookers around her understood it all.
Who would have thought that the other person was talking about something else and refused to respond.
But she had already brought the child to the door of the Marquis' Mansion, and her cousin the Marquis had not come out yet.
Seeing this woman's unhurried attitude, if she doesn't take advantage of today to squeeze herself and the child into the mansion.
If this woman really has her own child in the future, what will happen to her and her mother?
The woman thought about it for a few moments, but in reality, only a moment passed.
She seemed to have made up her mind and kowtowed with the child again.
"I beg my mistress to show mercy and allow me to return to the Marquis' Mansion with my child."
"Oh, so this is the person the Marquis keeps outside."
Bu Shian looked at her with a smile and asked the question even though he knew the answer.
“Then whether you are a skinny horse or a prostitute, if you want to enter the Marquis’ Mansion, I, as the mistress, must know your status.”
Upon hearing these two identities, the noise around them quieted down a bit.
The woman was so angry that she fell backwards, and the words she spoke were almost squeezed out from between her teeth.
"I am not a skinny horse, nor am I a brothel girl. I am the daughter of a good family."
Bu Shian's smile grew wider, and his eyes swept over the crowd watching the show around him.
"Listen, everyone, she said she was the daughter of a good family."
"I've lived in seclusion for so long that I don't really understand the customs of the outside world, but I have a general idea of it."
"No family would want their innocent daughter to be married to a man without a name or status, without a marriage ceremony or official approval, and even give birth to a child of seven or eight years old."
"I don't understand why this woman said this out of the blue."
"Maybe it's because I don't go out often and am uninformed that I don't realize how the wedding customs outside have developed to this point."
"Everyone has watched this play. Could you please help me understand the wedding customs outside?"
As soon as she said this, the audience who were originally watching the show immediately changed their indifferent attitude and began to deny it hastily.
"That's not the case, that's not the case. Who would want their daughter to follow someone without any status? That's not my family anyway."
"That's right, don't bring your own problems onto the public. My family has been in Beijing for three generations and I've never heard of this kind of marriage custom."
"There's something wrong with this woman. Madam Hou, you can't just condemn her. We are all honest people here, and no family would want their daughter to bear a man's child without getting married."
"I don't have a daughter, but I've never heard of this custom. You can't use this woman's relationship to accuse the people of our capital of having problems with their marriage customs."
They rushed to speak out, fearing that this outrageous custom would be attributed to their own family.
Who doesn’t have an unmarried kid in their family?
If you watch a play in the daytime, your family will be labeled as willing to let your daughter have children without any status or identity.
From now on, it will be difficult for the younger generation in the family to get married.
They don't want to be the sinners of the family for no reason.
Seeing her request turned into doubt and humiliation of her identity.
The onlookers were afraid of being criticized and wanted to quickly distance themselves from her and stepped on her.
The woman's face flushed red as she racked her brains for a solution.
In her nervousness, she actually came up with an excuse.
"I am indeed the daughter of a good family. The reason I didn't get married to the government is because the Marquis fell into the water and lost his memory."
Seeing everyone's eyes on her, she straightened her back and prepared to make up a story about her savior and amnesia.
In this way, she could not only get rid of the previous problems, but also make this woman owe her a favor.
With the favor, if this woman continues to be aggressive and changes the subject, she will not be allowed to enter the house with her son.
This reputation of being jealous and cruel to his benefactor would be spread by the crowd and known to most of the capital in an instant.
Thinking of that possibility, she forced out two tears and started to make up lies.
"A few years ago, the Marquis fell into the water in the suburbs, and it was I who saved him."
"Unfortunately, someone saw us hugging each other, both wet and drenched. For the sake of my reputation, I had no choice but to marry the Marquis."
"We held a banquet in a village outside the city, but because he didn't have his household registration with him, we didn't report it to the authorities."
"The Marquis is very capable. Although he has lost his memory, he still brought me from the suburban village to the capital all these years."
"It wasn't until news of Madam Hou's serious illness came out that the Marquis was stimulated and regained his memory."
As she spoke, she began to kowtow again.
"Madam, I know I was wrong to interfere with the relationship between you and the Marquis."
"But my child is of the Marquis's bloodline, he can't be left out in the world."
Her performance caused the onlookers who had just distanced themselves from the incident to start talking again.
"Don't tell me, don't tell me, this Marquis Cheng'en is really not at home all year round, isn't that right?"
"I heard that the old lady of the Marquisate fell ill because of the news that the Marquis had a mistress. Perhaps the Marquisate discovered that the Marquis was missing and searched for a long time only to find him at his other home. The old lady thought that the Marquis neglected his family for this woman outside, and that's why she fell ill."
"That's right, then strictly speaking, this woman is the Marquis's savior."
"Then why don't we let this woman come into the mansion and explain everything to the child? The old lady will feel better after understanding the whole story and seeing her grandson."
They became more and more excited as they talked, and there was a hint of sarcasm and pity in their eyes when they looked at Bu Shian.
Facing everyone's gaze, Bu Shi'an just stroked the jade bracelet with excellent water content on his wrist.
"Have you said enough?"
"Enough of that. Come and listen to me shatter your random excuses."