Chapter 237: Arrangements

Mama Xu got out of the carriage, but she didn’t even see Zhou Jingyun’s back.

The maid at the door urged, “Mama, why are you so slow? The Marquis’s Heir has already entered Madam’s courtyard. Hurry up, old lady, don’t let them fight.”

Now, Madam and the Marquis’s Heir are like fire and water. Either Madam doesn’t see the Marquis’s Heir, or when she does, she wants to beat him to death.

Mama Xu was a little helpless. It wasn’t that she was slow, but that the Marquis’s Heir was fast.

The Marquis’s Heir used to dawdle when going to Madam’s place. It had been a long time since he had walked so fast.

It shows how formidable that woman is…

Thinking of that woman, Mama Xu couldn’t help but ask the maids, “Did you see, um, someone carrying a child into the house…”

The maids guarding the gate looked at each other.

“No.”

“We didn’t see a child.”

“Just now, only Ju’er’s sister came to find her…”

It’s strange that no one saw this Bai Li.

Mama Xu was surprised and relieved.

It’s good that they didn’t see her, otherwise, it would have caused more gossip.

“Guard the door well, don’t let anyone disturb Madam!” Mama Xu instructed and hurriedly chased after him, jogging into Madam’s courtyard and seeing Zhou Jingyun going up the steps.

Zhou Jingyun took three steps at a time up the stairs and paused again at the door.

Since the maids had been dismissed, Zhou Jingyun took a deep breath.

“Mother, I’m back,” he said, and pushed the door open.

The moment he entered the door.

“You’re back.”

A female voice said, and the person stood up at the same time.

Zhou Jingyun looked at Bai Li walking towards him, exhaled again, and took a step forward: “It’s good that you’re okay, it’s good that you’re okay.”

Bai Li smiled at him: “I left the water with the child and Shen Qing. It was crowded and chaotic there, and I didn’t have time to tell you.” She stopped smiling when she said this, “Shen Qing was shot by an arrow and passed away.”

Shen Qing actually… Zhou Jingyun’s expression was complicated. Although he really wanted him dead before, but now that he was really dead, he couldn’t help but sigh in his heart. He looked at Bai Li again: “How about you? Are you injured? Do you need to call a doctor?”

Bai Li shook her head: “I’m fine.” She said with a self-deprecating smile, “My luck is hard to say, but it’s also good.”

When she said this, a voice sounded in the room.

“This child is about to wake up.”

Zhou Jingyun hurriedly looked over and saw Madam of Dongyang sitting on the Arhat bed, with the sleeping child placed beside her. At this moment, the child was turning his head and hands, about to wake up.

He hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the child, patted him while looking at Madam of Dongyang with slight embarrassment: “Mother, this matter…”

“I’ve explained it to Mother.” Bai Li said, smiled at Zhou Jingyun, then looked at Madam of Dongyang, “Everything, from the beginning to now, I’ve told her everything. So Mother knows that you were deceived at the beginning, and you didn’t deliberately bring danger to the family. She knows that you didn’t kill me, that I took the opportunity to escape, and that I lived on the pleasure boat, that’s why you often went there.”

Zhou Jingyun looked at Madam of Dongyang, holding the child and bowing: “Mother, I hid these things from you, making you experience joy, sorrow, anger, and suffering.”

Madam of Dongyang looked at him, noticing his skillful way of holding the child. She had a thousand words to say, but she couldn’t say a single one. She just turned her head with a sullen face: “I can’t accept the Princess’s courtesy.”

Nannan’s true identity was also revealed, Zhou Jingyun looked at Bai Li.

Bai Li said: “Of course Madam deserves her courtesy. She was able to survive, and the Marquis’s Heir also contributed.”

Madam of Dongyang didn’t look at her either, she just snorted coldly and turned half of her body away.

“I know I’ve told Madam too much, and your heart is in turmoil right now.” Bai Li said, bowing again, “It’s my fault. Things happened too suddenly. I have nowhere to go, and only Madam is the most trustworthy and safest place…”

Madam of Dongyang interrupted her angrily: “You don’t have to say nice things to me.” After saying that, she glanced at Bai Li, “I didn’t say anything about you.”

Zhou Jingyun hurriedly said from the side: “She’s worried about you.” He looked at Madam of Dongyang with concern, “Mother, are you alright? Can your heart still bear it?”

Heart… Madam of Dongyang thought, what Bai Li said to her just now, every sentence was really shocking.

She didn’t even know how she finished listening to it.

Maybe it’s also because there was no chance to interrupt.

This Bai Li, although her face has changed, her temperament is still the same. She says what she wants to say and does what she wants to do, regardless of whether she can bear it or not!

Fortunately, she has experienced a lot of bizarre things these days, she managed to finish listening to it, and she hasn’t gone crazy yet…

“Thank you for what you have done these days.” Madam of Dongyang looked at Zhou Jingyun and sneered, “I’m used to it, there’s nothing I can’t bear anymore.”

Zhou Jingyun solemnly bowed again: “I didn’t believe or understand the saying that children are debts before, but now I understand. Having a son like me has made Mother suffer.”

Madam of Dongyang was about to say something when the child in Zhou Jingyun’s arms started crying. The room suddenly became noisy. Zhou Jingyun hurriedly comforted the child and put him on the bed to change his diaper and clothes…

Bai Li didn’t bring these things, so Madam of Dongyang could only call Mama Xu in.

Mama Xu didn’t ask anything, just said: “It’s a coincidence, I prepared it before.”

As she said, she really rummaged through the room, made diapers, and took out new baby clothes.

Looking at the baby clothes, Madam of Dongyang’s expression became even more complicated. She had hoped that Zhou Jingyun and Zhuang would have a child, so she asked Mama Xu to make a wish at the temple and prepared baby clothes, as a primer…

As a result, things changed suddenly later, the daughter-in-law was gone, and naturally, the child was gone too.

“Why is he still crying after changing?”

“He’s hungry.”

“I asked Jiang Yun to bring the wet nurse and Madam Zhuang. Do you want to let them in?”

“Let the wet nurse come in.”

“Feed him some goat milk first, we have goat milk at home.”

The child was crying in the room, Bai Li, Zhou Jingyun, and Mama Xu were talking. Madam of Dongyang only felt a buzzing in her ears. She reached out and pressed her forehead, thinking that if she really had a child, it would be like this.

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It’s so noisy!

The child was first fed some goat milk, and then a wet nurse was brought in. Mama Xu arranged a side room and retreated with the wet nurse and the child. The room finally quieted down.

It wasn’t exactly quiet.

Madam of Dongyang breathed a sigh of relief and saw Zhou Jingyun and Bai Li, who also sat down with a sigh of relief, start talking.

“How is it over there? Are there many casualties?”

“Not many. When I saw the illusion, was everyone pulled in? Fighting in the illusion, but hardly any fighting in reality?”

“Was it aimed at Li Yu?”

“It should be.”

Madam of Dongyang couldn’t help but slap the table: “Go out and talk about your business! I don’t want to hear about these things!”

Bai Li hurriedly stood up, but before she could speak, Zhou Jingyun said first: “We want Mother to know that we won’t hide anything from you in the future.”

Madam of Dongyang sneered: “You’d better hide it from me, I still want to live a few more years.”

Zhou Jingyun was about to say something else, but Bai Li stopped him with a smile.

“Madam is tired, have a good rest. These things are to let you know, so you know what’s going on and won’t overthink.” She said softly, “But don’t think too much. As I said to you before, it sounds dangerous, but it won’t threaten the Marquis of Dongyang’s Residence.”

Madam of Dongyang glanced at her and waved her hand angrily: “I can’t argue with you, whatever you say.”

Bai Li smiled and curtsied: “Thank you, Madam.”

After saying that, she pulled Zhou Jingyun and walked out.

But Zhou Jingyun stopped her at the door.

“Look, where is it convenient to go?” he asked, “Back to our, cough, I mean, my courtyard?”

Bai Li understood what he meant. She came in using illusion, and no one outside Madam’s courtyard knew about her.

But walking around the residence, she couldn’t keep using illusions.

It’s just that her current identity is hard to explain.

“I’m not going, I still have to explain to Chun Yue and the others.” She said, “It’s not that I want to keep it from them, but knowing these things is also a burden for them. They are just innocent ordinary people. Find a remote place for me to settle down.”

How can that be done? Zhou Jingyun thought of something and smiled: “I’ll arrange it, you rest here with Mother first.”

Bai Li was about to say something, but Zhou Jingyun had already strode out. Through the curtain, she saw him jump down the steps three steps at a time and rush out of the courtyard gate in the blink of an eye…

Not at all the demeanor of an elegant gentleman, Bai Li muttered in her heart, pursed her lips, and looked at Madam of Dongyang again. Madam of Dongyang was staring at her with a stern face.

“Madam.” Bai Li smiled at her, “I’ll bother you for a while longer.”

Madam of Dongyang said coldly: “What are you asking me for? Don’t you have the final say in this family?”

Bai Li said with a smile: “That also requires Madam’s permission for me to have the final say.” After saying that, she bowed and walked out towards the side room.

The room was finally quiet this time.

Madam of Dongyang sat there blankly.

Suddenly, she got up and walked quickly towards the door.

As she reached out and pressed the curtain, the sound of a child crying came from the side room outside, followed by a woman’s coaxing voice, “Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry, if you cry again, the monster will catch you—”

What kind of words are these? How can she speak to a child in such an annoying way? Madam of Dongyang was both angry and amused. She put down the hand that was pressing the curtain and relaxed her shoulders.

It’s not a dream.

It’s real.

Although it’s bizarre, it’s like a dream!

That person is not dead, she is still alive.

It’s good that she’s alive, it’s good that she’s alive.

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“How can I live like this—”

A woman’s cry came from outside. Chun Hong, who was busy packing her things, immediately frowned and scolded: “Concubine Mei!”

Chun Yue, who was holding a bundle in her hand, also hurried out and saw Concubine Mei covering her face and walking from the corridor.

“Concubine Mei! What are you doing!” she whispered.

Concubine Mei grabbed her arm, her eyes red: “Is the Marquis’s Heir going to drive us all out?”

Chun Yue corrected her: “No, he’s asking us to change our residence. The Marquis’s Heir has something to do these two days.”

“Then I’m still being driven out—” Concubine Mei cried again, “Oh my god, what should I do.”

Chun Hong rushed out angrily: “Are you going or not? If you make any more trouble, be careful that the Marquis’s Heir will sell you.”

These words scared Concubine Mei’s face pale. Chun Yue scolded Chun Hong and persuaded Concubine Mei. She arranged for a few young maids to help Concubine Mei leave.

“If only Madam was still here, I would still be useful, and the Marquis’s Heir wouldn’t drive me out.” Concubine Mei muttered in a trance and was taken away by the young maids.

Although she looked down on Concubine Mei’s behavior, Chun Hong was actually also panicked.

“What’s wrong with the Marquis’s Heir? He wants everyone in the courtyard to move out, not leaving a single one.” She said, thinking of something, “Could it be that the Marquis’s Heir wants to become a monk?”

Madam didn’t agree, so the Marquis’s Heir is practicing asceticism at home, that’s why he drove out all the servants…

Chun Yue spat and pushed her, “Nonsense, hurry up and leave after you’re done packing. In a family, what the Marquis’s Heir wants to do, we’ll soon see.”