Chapter 28: Leading the crowd to catch the adulterer

Rong'er wanted to say more, but Nanny Gao covered her mouth.

The guests present all smiled awkwardly.

Madam Hu's face turned pale: "Madam Gao, how did you teach your child? Hurry and take Rong'er down!"

Why are you talking nonsense regardless of the occasion?

Even if the Hu Mansion is his, he can't say it in front of everyone.

Grandma Gao quickly apologized to the guests and said, "I will carry the Third Master down right away."

Liang Ruosheng found that no one was interested in the handkerchief she was talking about.

The banquet resumed, and everyone ate and talked, but no one paid any attention to her!

Embarrassed Liang Ruosheng could only sit down and eat.

Hu Yunshen's brows were furrowed all the time. He said to Chen Qingyin, "I'm going to change my clothes and get some fresh air."

Watching Hu Yunshen leave, the wife of Marquis Jinyang beside Chen Qingyin sighed.

She whispered, "Before we got married, we all said that you shouldn't have rashly married him just for saving your life. We thought he would treat you well, but now it seems that you are not even as good as that person's finger."

When Chen Qingyin heard the word "who", her face tightened.

"I should repay the kindness of saving my life with my own body."

The wife of Marquis Jinyang looked around and lowered her voice: "My husband said that someone will be transferred back to the capital by the emperor soon. You can meet him then..."

Hu Mianmian pricked up her ears to eavesdrop, her big eyes filled with the excitement of eating melon.

Who is that? Who is that?

Chen Qingyin hurriedly interrupted the wife of Marquis Jinyang.

"Don't mention the past anymore."

The wife of Marquis Jinyang could only stop talking. Instead, Hu Mianmian blinked her long eyelashes anxiously and looked left and right.

So, who is it?

Hu Yunshen went there for a long time and didn't come back.

Hu Mianmian knew that he must have gone to coax Liang Yunyan. He scolded her so harshly just now, so he must be very heartbroken, right?

The little guy couldn't miss this good opportunity.

She pulled Chen Qingyin's arm and said, "Mom, let's go shopping, go shopping."

Chen Qingyin hugged her with a smile: "Little girl, you can't sit still anymore, right? Mother will take you to the garden to get some fresh air."

She said something to Old Madam Hu, but her face was livid because of what happened just now and she didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Chen Qingyin took Hu Mianmian away from the table, and only Linlang followed them.

After entering the garden, Hu Mianmian started running around with her legs clacking.

"Mom, let's play hide-and-seek. I'll hide and you catch me." The little guy's soft voice is so cute.

Chen Qingyin smiled and nodded: "Okay, but you can only play once, mother will have to entertain the guests later."

After getting permission, Hu Mianmian turned around and ran away.

Chen Qingyin hurriedly took Linlang to follow. How come this little guy ran faster than a rabbit?

Hu Mianmian turned left and right and actually walked through the garden.

Chen Qingyin was afraid that she would go too far, so she hurriedly asked her to come back, but the little girl didn't even look back.

Until Hu Mianmian stopped outside a yard, she was panting and her milky white face was red.

Chen Qingyin chased after him: "You, how did you run away..."

"Shh, mother, listen, someone is talking!" Hu Mianmian interrupted her.

Sure enough, from the other side of the wall, there was the faint sound of Rong'er crying and the voice of Grandma Gao.

Rong Er: "I don't know what's wrong. I always speak my mind. My father hates me."

Grandma Gao comforted him, "No, young master, you are the general's only son. The general will hate anyone but you."

Chen Qingyin widened her eyes, thinking she had heard it wrong.

Her husband's son? Isn't Rong'er the son of Mr. Hu who was born in his old age?

Rong'er felt wronged: "Then why doesn't he let me call him dad in public? Why does he insist that I recognize my grandfather as my dad?"

Grandma Gao: "This is because there is a first lady in the mansion. With her here, your mother, Madam Liang, cannot reveal her identity. Otherwise, what if the Prime Minister's Mansion investigates and bullies you? Even the general can't protect you!"

Rong Er seemed to understand: "I can't let my mother be bullied!"

"Yes, young master, you have to be patient. When the general holds the military power, the prime minister won't have to bother you. Then, you and your family can live happily in peace."

Chen Qingyin leaned against the wall, her face pale and her whole body trembling.

Linlang was also extremely surprised and lowered her voice: "Master Rong'er is actually the general's illegitimate son!"

Not only that, Liang Yunyan was not a widow at all, but a concubine taken in by Hu Yunshen.

Chen Qingyin's lips were pale and her whole body had dropped to freezing point.

She actually allowed her mistress to enter the house and live under the same roof for such a long time.

On the other side of the wall, Nanny Gao coaxed Rong'er and took him into the house.

Hu Mianmian looked at her mother's pale face, as if she was deeply shocked.

She felt a little distressed!

But, in order to let her mother see the truth, she could only be more cruel.

Let mother see how miserable her future will be if she does nothing!

The little fellow waved his hands secretly, and golden mist came from all directions, covering Chen Qingyin's eyes.

Show her the truth.

Liang Yunyan was an orphan. After Hu Yunshen rescued her, they went to bed that night. At that time, Chen Qingyin and Hu Yunshen had just been married for half a month.

Later, Hu Yunshen asked Liang Yunyan to follow the army in the name of a female doctor and warm his bed.

During the days when Chen Qingyin thought that Hu Yunshen was suffering from the hardships of the battlefield, in fact, he was not suffering at all. He was making love with Liang Yunyan and indulging himself to the fullest.

The two of them were not bound by any etiquette or rules, so Hu Yunshen didn't need to fear being discovered by the prime minister.

After Liang Yunyan gave birth to two children, she could no longer stay in the military camp, so Hu Yunshen thought of taking her back home.

But Rong'er is a son after all. In order to make Rong'er a legitimate member of the Hu family, Hu Lan came up with an idea to create the illusion that Hu Mianmian fell off a cliff and died in the mountains.

Later, while Chen Qingyin was heartbroken, he brought Rong'er back and let her adopt him.

At that time, Chen Qingyin had just lost her child and was in urgent need of a child as a support. She didn't know that Rong'er was born to Liang Yunyan, and she only loved him as her own child.

If Hu Mianmian had not come back, Chen Qingyin would have continued to raise Rong'er until he came of age.

Liang Yunyan and her daughter also lived a prosperous life in the Hu mansion.

Chen Qingyin saw that when she was forty years old, the prime minister's father was framed and the whole family was convicted. By that time, Hu Yunshen had already gained control of a large number of troops by leveraging the prime minister's power.

Chen Qingyin went to ask Hu Yunshen for help, but he kicked her away.

Liang Yunyan showed off to her by holding her two children. Rong'er, whom she raised, spat in her face and said with disgust that he had never regarded her as a mother but as a servant.

Chen Qingyin eventually became a divorced woman and was driven out of the Hu family with nothing.

Her parents-in-law, whom she had served wholeheartedly, disliked her for not being able to give birth to a son; her sister-in-law, whom she treated seriously, scolded her for occupying the position of the mistress.

The golden mist in front of her eyes dissipated, and Chen Qingyin actually saw the next twenty years of her life!

She became weak and almost collapsed to the ground.

"Madam! Madam, are you okay?" Linlang anxiously supported her, "What happened to you?"

Chen Qingyin's face was pale and his whole body was trembling.

"The people I live with, my husband, my parents-in-law, my sister-in-law, are all wolves in human skin."

She closed her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks, filled with regret.

Until a warm little hand held her fingertips, Chen Qingyin opened her tearful eyes, looked down and saw Hu Mianmian blinking her big eyes.

"Mother~"

Her daughter's call brought her back some sanity.

Thinking that Hu Mianmian almost got killed, she felt guilty.

Chen Qingyin hugged Hu Mianmian into her arms: "Mianmian, it's all my fault. I will protect you well in the future."

As she spoke, Chen Qingyin calmed herself down and wiped away her tears.

She pulled Hu Mianmian and said, "Let's go back to our table first."

After returning, Chen Qingyin glanced coldly and found that Hu Yunshen had not returned yet.

Why does it take so long to change clothes? Maybe he went to coax Liang Yunyan!

Chen Qingyin was not going to be polite to this adulterous couple.

She raised her hand, signaling the troupe to stop singing, and everyone looked at her.

"I just heard from the maid that Madam Liang went back crying. I couldn't help but feel uneasy. After all, Madam Liang is the benefactor of our Hu Mansion. No matter what she did wrong, we shouldn't treat her like this."

"So, to show respect, I would like to ask everyone to follow me to Madam Liang's courtyard and invite her out to have a feast with us. What do you think?"

Everyone looked at each other and stood up: "What the eldest lady said makes sense."

Chen Qingyin is the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion and also the mistress. Once she speaks, who dares not give her face?

Liang Ruosheng watched helplessly as the crowd followed Chen Qingyin and walked towards her mother's yard.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, her father Hu Yunshen is not in the yard, is he?