Chapter 185 The Secret Pain of the Dirty Mistress of the Marquisate
Shuqi is a smart man who understands his master's heart best.

From the fact that he was sending people for his master in the beginning, to the fact that his master is sending them here in person now, one can tell his importance. The master asked him to knock on the door just to vent his anger. He is a lackey who shows off his power, and he is not bad at all!
Shuqi straightened his back and knocked on the door more and more urgently. When Shui Bo inside heard it, he was so scared that he stumbled and fell down against the door.

Seeing this, the two gatekeepers nearby rushed over to help the man on both sides.

"Mr. Shui, Mr. Shui?"

"You better be careful!"

Shui Bo pushed the two of them hard, urging them with sparks in his throat: "Go, go quickly, go, quickly inform the lady and tell her that there is a visitor claiming to be the second master of Cheng En Mansion. Go quickly!"

When the two servants heard this, they were shocked. They did not dare to delay, let go of Shui Bo and ran in the direction where the servant in front had left.

Shui Bo tried hard to steady himself and took several deep breaths. Then he tremblingly pulled out the bolt and opened a corner of the ceremonial door that had been slightly closed just now.

Looking at Shuqi standing outside the door, and then seeing Cheng Su and his wife standing next to Shuqi, Shui Bo retracted his gaze and stared at Shuqi.

"Yes, do you have a visiting card?"

Shuqi frowned. His master loved to eat and play. He was going out of town for a trip today, not to visit relatives or friends. How could there be a visiting card?
Shuqi glared at Shui Bo unhappily, but he also knew the rules. After thinking for a while, he took out the token with the emblem of Duke Cheng'en's Mansion from his sleeve, which was used by his master to enter and leave the city, and waved it in front of Shui Bo.

Fortunately, Shui Bo's eyesight was not blurry. When he saw the token, his legs went weak and he thought, "It's just as I expected." He opened the door a little wider and greeted Shuqi in a nice tone.

"Please forgive me, young man. I didn't know it was your Excellency's son who came to visit. I have already informed the host. Please wait for a moment. The host will come to greet you."

At the same time, in the owner's house in the upper backyard, Mother He, who had been called out of the yard by the maid, frowned after hearing the first report from the gatekeeper servants outside. She did not dare to delay and hurried back to the upper house in the yard to report to the Marquis's wife what the servants had reported.

Mrs. Hou, who was sitting in the warm room by the window, holding a small celadon cup in her hand and grabbing a long sandalwood spoon with a thin handle, and was lazily feeding the koi under the window, heard the long spoon being put into the small cup. Her extremely finely drawn willow eyebrows raised up and the sound became shrill.

"That bastard Lao Liu and his family are actually alive?"

Mother He didn't dare to say more, and respectfully took a step back and said, "The gatekeeper didn't say anything specific, but Shui Bo, the gatekeeper, said that Master Su Liu and his wife are here."

"Ha!", this is true!

So many people were trapped in the north and had no chance of survival, but how come they were the only ones who could come here unscathed? These bastards are really lucky!

"Ma'am, please don't be angry and take care of yourself."

"I'm not angry? Ha! If it wasn't for that bastard concubine of the Sixth Brother, how could this lady have lost her child? It was her! I had to watch helplessly as those illegitimate children from the first house were born one after another, and one by one, two by three, took the place that should have belonged to my son!
During those years, I suffered so much hardship, got so many cold stares, and drank so much bitter soup behind my back. I finally struggled to have Yu'er, but what about the Marquis?
For the sake of his bastards, he insisted that my Yu'er was the ninth child and the youngest among the brothers and lacked experience. For the sake of his bastards, he kept delaying and refused to ask for an imperial decree to enthrone my Yu'er as the crown prince.

Oh! How many of these rich wolves in this mansion are good guys! It's a pity that my son Sheng Yuer is injured and can't give him a brother to help him. He is trapped in this mansion that eats people. Hua Qing, I can't accept it, I can't accept it! I wish they could all die!"

"Yes, madam, it is too difficult for you. But madam, even for the sake of our Ninth Master, you have to be cautious. What happened to Sixth Master is the Second House's business. Second Madam didn't do anything. Why should you get angry and become the bad guy, dirtying your hands for the Second House?" Mother He advised like this, but she knew in her heart that who knows who was behind the Madam's miscarriage. There were complicated secrets involved. A timid person like Sixth Master's biological mother must be crazy to offend the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion when she was pregnant, and finally she died in childbirth.

Alas! But the lady had gone insane after losing her son, and the culprit behind it was very deep, and the lady had already made up her mind. How could a servant like her persuade her? She could only coax her.

Lin was impatient to hear this, "Dirty hands? What did I do? I just let the bastard leave the house to avoid disaster, didn't I? I didn't do anything."

Seeing this, Mother He said hurriedly, "Yes, Madam, you are the wisest. But Madam, how should we deal with the Sixth Master outside?"

"How should we deal with it?" Lin smiled coldly. "Just now, didn't you persuade me that this was the Second House's business? If it is the Second House's business, Hua Qing, you should go to the East Courtyard in person to inform the Second Madam and tell her that her Sixth Young Master has survived a disaster and returned home with his family. Let her make the arrangements."

Mother He carefully glanced at her master's expression and dared not say anything more. She bowed and went to the second room. Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped out of the yard, a little girl came running in hurriedly, gasping for breath.

Mother He frowned and scolded, "Why are you in such a hurry? Don't you remember the rules I taught you in the past?"

The little girl was startled and knelt down with a thump. She leaned down and touched her forehead to the ground, but she did not dare to delay and replied anxiously: "Mother, calm down. I am telling you that two gatekeepers at the hanging flower gate in the outer courtyard came to report that Mr. Lu from the mansion of Lord Cheng'en is here to visit."

Upon hearing this, the furious Mother He stopped in her tracks, glared at the maid, waved her hand to send her away, turned around with a sullen face, and hurried back into the house.

Inside the house, Lin, who was leaning over to feed the koi in the pond again, frowned and said, "Hua Qing, why are you back again?"

Mother He did not dare to delay and quickly reported the situation.

Upon hearing this, Lin straightened her expression and asked, "Is the news true?" But she was puzzled, "Our mansion has never had any dealings with the mansion of Duke Cheng'en. Why would that second-generation ancestor, Mr. Lu, come to our mansion for no reason?"

Mother He shook her head. "I can't guess this either, but I think that in Yuhang Prefecture, under the Emperor's feet, no one would dare to pretend to be the Cheng'en Mansion."

"Yeah, that's true."

Seeing her master nodding, Mother He felt relieved, but then she thought of something and was startled, "Oh no!"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Mother He lowered her voice and reminded, "Madam, now is not the time to talk about this. Let's think about how to welcome the guests. We must not neglect them. Madam, don't forget that Master Su Liu and his wife are still outside the gate. If they meet..."

"Oh no!" The marquis's wife also became anxious when she heard it. She quickly got up from the warm room, waved away the maid who wanted to help her, turned her eyes and looked at Mother He to speak.

"Lu Er has always been favored, and His Majesty and His Majesty in the palace also love him very much. Qinghua, you should go quickly, lead a team of capable maids, and go directly to the front yard to invite your Ninth Master. Open the middle door and let him go to welcome the distinguished guest in person. Don't neglect him, and don't tarnish the reputation of our Zhenwei Marquis Mansion."

Mother He didn't dare to delay and quickly took the order and walked quickly.

Then Lin showed the aura of the mistress of the house and gave orders to the servants one after another, making a series of preparations to welcome the guests. At one moment, the whole mansion was in motion.