"Madam Hou, Mrs. Zhang remembered something. She said she remembered that after the Fourth Master came out, he was carried by Su Yi to the next room to wash. At that time, the eldest daughter was still in your belly, and no one else cared about him. The Fourth Master was out of everyone's sight, but it was only half a cup of tea before he came back."

The maid came in hurriedly to report, and when Mrs. Cen heard this, her brows furrowed.

At that time, she was pregnant with twins, and she was not in the marquis's mansion, but in someone else's temple, so she was really busy.

"Why did Suyi take the child away?" she asked Madam Liu.

Madam Liu seemed a little confused. She tried to think for a moment before saying, "Madam, the fetal position was not very good at that time, and the midwife was very anxious. The Fourth Master kept crying, which made you uneasy. The midwife was afraid that it would affect your birth of the eldest daughter, so she asked someone to take the Fourth Master to the next room. But the time was really short, and the Fourth Master was coaxed into giving birth quickly, and then brought back."

Cen Ying didn't say anything. She tapped the table unconsciously. After a moment of silence, she said, "No evidence after death?"

When Aunt Liu heard this, she was shocked and said quickly, "Madam, what happened? Let me think about it with you. I have been a servant of the Cen family since I was born. I came to live with you, and I rely on your kindness to have everything I have today. I have no second thoughts!"

She kowtowed as she spoke, and the "dong dong dong" sound made people tremble in their hearts.

Cen looked at her fearful look and couldn't help but sighed: "Get up."

"I cannot tell you what happened yet. Please be patient. I will let the Marquis interrogate one person before making a decision."

Cen Ying called a little maid and told her, "There is a man imprisoned in the woodshed. Ask the Marquis to interrogate him carefully and ask him what he has done to take advantage of Madam Liu over the years."

The little maid quickly took the order and left, leaving only the Cen family and their servant in the room.

Nanny Liu felt uneasy. She couldn't help but look up, carefully trying to observe Cen's reaction.

After a long while, she finally couldn't help asking, "Madam Hou, I dare to ask, who did you ask the Marquis to interrogate?"

When Cen learned from the system that Liu Caihua had an affair with a man, he became alert and asked someone to conduct a serious investigation.

The people in charge of the investigation were secret agents from Marquis Jiang's mansion, who specialized in assassinating secret agents, which was their strong point. However, the information reported by the secret agents showed that Madam Liu and that poor guy were just lovers, and at most they gave her some money for food and drink, but there was no strange behavior.

"Why? Is there anyone around you who cannot be interrogated by the Marquis?" Cen Ying looked at her coldly.

"No, everything I have is given by my master. I can interrogate you. I said the wrong thing."

Neither the master nor the servant spoke any more, waiting quietly for the final result.

Soon, the door was pushed open and Marquis Zhongyi strode in. He had changed his clothes, but as he walked by, a faint smell of blood still wafted over, making Madam Liu tremble uncontrollably.

Naturally, Cen also smelled the smell. She just frowned and didn't say anything disgusted. After all, when Marquis Zhongyi interrogated people, blood would be shed. Everything was for their child.

"Did you find out anything?" asked Cen.

Marquis Zhongyi took out a piece of paper from his bosom. The paper was densely written with testimony and there was a bright red bloody handprint on it.

"Mu Wencheng's testimony." Cen read the beginning casually.

Just hearing the name, Aunt Liu couldn't help but tremble. She suddenly looked up at the testimony with horror on her face.

"Why, do you know him?" Cen met her gaze and asked softly.

Nanny Liu opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't utter a single word.

"You old bitch didn't want to say it, and the coward couldn't bear it after just a few hits, and blurted out everything." Seeing her hesitating, Marquis Zhongyi couldn't help rolling his eyes and said unhappily.

Madam Liu didn't dare to hide anything at the moment, and immediately cried and begged, "My Lord, Madam, I was just confused at the time. This Mu Wencheng is my lover, and we have been together for many years. He has always wanted me to give him a son, and I promised him, but I can't get pregnant no matter what."

"At that time, I thought it was because of my age and something was wrong, so I tried with my man Feng Fugui. Unexpectedly, I got pregnant soon and gave birth to Xing'er."

"Wencheng invited a fortune teller to come and tell you that our fates were too bad and no one would be willing to be reborn as our children. We had to find a newborn baby to hold. This baby had to have a good fate and preferably be someone we were very close to. It happened that you were about to give birth, so he begged me to let him hold the baby if the young master was born."

"I didn't agree at first, but he wanted a son so much that I couldn't resist and agreed. He went to Fajue Temple with me. The Marquis's labor started in the morning and didn't start until the afternoon, so there was plenty of time. I arranged for him to hide in the side room, and then begged Sister Suyi for help."

When Mrs. Cen heard this, she couldn't help but grip the handle of the chair so tightly that her nails were almost broken.

This fortune teller is clearly a charlatan.

Moreover, the demands made almost specifically named the young master of the Jiang family.

Apart from the child that Cen was pregnant with at the time, was there anyone else who could have had a close relationship with Madam Liu and had a noble fate?

It was obvious that this matter was originally aimed at the child she was carrying.

"Mrs. Zhang said before that Sister Suyi took the child away for half a cup of tea just to let Wencheng hold the child. Although I didn't go with her at that time, the time was very short, and the Fourth Master was brought back very quickly, unharmed!"

"I promise that it was only for a short while, and there were no other unusual movements. My Lord and Madam, I, this old servant--" Nanny Liu knelt on the ground and kowtowed again, obviously begging for mercy.

But before she could finish her words, Cen interrupted her coldly: "You asked Su Yi, and she agreed?"

"I didn't agree at first, but Sister Su Yi was soft-hearted, and after I begged her several times, she agreed."

"Does she know about your relationship with Mu Wencheng?" Cen asked again.

Madam Liu shook her head: "I was too embarrassed to say it at the time. I just said that Mu Wencheng was my fellow villager, and that he was the only one to be passed down for nine generations, so I was afraid that there would be no descendants."

Cen closed her eyes. It took a lot of willpower for her to control her emotions. In fact, she was on the verge of collapse the moment she finished reading the testimony.

"Madam Marquis, you have to believe in me. I have served you for so many years and will never have any second thoughts. If someone else wants to return the young master, I will definitely protect him with my life. But Wencheng really just hugged the young master and did not do anything to hurt him. You -" Nanny Liu was still begging for mercy.

Cen couldn't bear it any longer, she grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at Madam Liu.

"Idiot, you believe this! You just want to hold a baby, why hold a newborn baby and not a one-year-old baby. Isn't he afraid that the baby will not live beyond a full month and be a dead baby? Is this a blessing or a curse?" She collapsed and yelled at Madam Liu.

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