FSC [QT] Chapter 94.1

Worried that her words were not convincing, after confirming Yu Wu’s identity, Nanny Liu winked at the two guards who had accompanied her.

One of them took the token of the Marquis’ Mansion to find the local county magistrate, and the other went to the village to inquire about the Yu family’s past to see if their young lady had been wronged in the Yu family.

The guards rushed to the county town on horseback.

The local county magistrate was only a seventh-rank official, while the Marquis of Changping was a first-rank marquis. Not to mention that the current Marquis of Changping was highly regarded by the old emperor, but he was also the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate who held real power.

Even though the Marquis of Changping Ling Yaodong himself did not come, and the person holding the token was only a guard from the Marquis’s mansion, the county magistrate did not dare to neglect it at all.

Before he heard what had happened, he hurriedly followed the guards to Xiaoxi Village.

On the way, the guard briefly explained to the county magistrate.

When he heard that the marquis’s wife had lost a daughter in Lin County eleven years ago and that the daughter was stolen by a woman in his jurisdiction, he was so scared that he almost fell off the carriage.

Fortunately, the Marquis’ Mansion did not seem to have any intention of pursuing the matter against him as the official in charge.

The reason they looked for him this time was to let him prove to the villagers that they were not bad people so that they could take the young lady away smoothly.

The guards told the county magistrate not to tell the villagers their true identities. After all, it was not a good thing for the young lady of the Marquis’s Mansion to be stolen away by a peasant woman and left alone for eleven years. It might also hinder the young lady’s future marriage plans.

So after taking the young lady back, they did not want anyone from Xiaoxi Village to come over and ask the young lady to do things for them based on their old relationship.

Of course, if the people in Xiaoxi Village had been kind to the young lady and had never bullied her over the years, they would have left generous compensation before leaving, which would not have made people feel cold.

This request was reasonable and well-founded, so the county magistrate had no need to refuse it. What’s more, he couldn’t refuse the request of the Marquis.

When the county magistrate arrived, everyone from the county chief to the village chief of Xiaoxi Village was alarmed.

It was at this time that the people of Xiaoxi Village realized that Yu Wu was not a child of the Yu family, but the young lady that Mrs. Yu had stolen from a wealthy family.

The servants of the family who came to look for their relatives were able to alarm the county magistrate to come over, which showed that Yu Wu’s biological parents were far more capable than the county magistrate.

If it weren’t for Mrs. Yu, Yu Wu would have been a pampered young lady from a wealthy family.

“Mrs. Yu is such a sinner. No wonder she didn’t love Xiao Wu before. It turns out that Xiao Wu was her stolen child, not her own, so of course, she doesn’t love her.”

“Hey, why didn’t Xiao Wu’s family come here a few years ago? If they had come a few years earlier, maybe Xiao Yan wouldn’t have gotten into trouble.”

“Shh, stop talking.”

Was this something they could say casually? If Yu Wu’s family knew that Mrs. Yu had sold her as a commodity, they would probably have to dig up the graves of the eighteen generations of the Yu family’s ancestors.

Even if Yu Yan sacrificed himself for Yu Wu, he would not be grateful to that family.

It was Yu Yan’s biological parents who committed the sin. Wasn’t it only natural for him to pay off the debt for his biological parents?

Of course, the people in the village wouldn’t think that way, but there was no guarantee that Yu Wu’s biological parents would think that way.

Everyone reminded each other that they must hide what happened back then and never let Yu Wu’s family know that the Yu family had thought of selling her, so as not to cause trouble to Yu Yan.

“Hey, I don’t know if Xiao Yan is doing well or not. Is he still alive?”

“That child has a miserable life, being born with such a pair of parents. You said it would have been better if Xiao Yan was also stolen by Mrs. Yu.”

“Eh—”

There was another sigh. Everyone knew that this was impossible.

Unlike when Mrs. Yu gave birth to Yu Wu, there were many women present in the village on the day she gave birth to Yu Yan. Yu Yan was the child of the Yu family. There was no doubt about this.

Because the county magistrate came forward, no one suspected that Nanny Liu and others had bad intentions. Instead, they believed in Yu Wu’s ‘true’ life experience.

Yu Wu had helped a lot of people in the village over the years, so everyone was happy that she was found by her wealthy biological parents and could return to her real home to live a pampered life like a spoiled young lady.

Back then, the people in the village were helpless and watched Yu Yan go down a road of no return. Over the years, whenever they thought of this incident, they felt extremely guilty.

Now that Yu Wu could live a good life, it could at least make them feel much better.

Li Xu was the most reluctant to let Yu Wu leave. She truly raised this child as her own daughter, but now when it was time for Ah Wu to leave, she was also the quickest to let go.

“After you go to your new home, you must get along well with your brothers and sisters. But, don’t worry, Xiao Wu. You are so well-behaved and sensible. Your new family will definitely like you.”

Li Xu gently touched Ah Wu’s beautiful hair. The scene of her anxiously looking for this little girl that night eight years ago seemed to still be before her eyes. Time passed so fast.

“Don’t blame your parents for not coming to pick you up in person. Even the heads of small families like us can’t leave home casually, let alone the heads of those wealthy families. Your parents have never given up looking for you over the years, and this time they even sent their trusted nanny here, which shows that they love you.”

Li Xu didn’t know much about the great principles and could only tell Xiao Wu what she understood.

Although Ah Wu had always behaved well and was sensible, she was also afraid that this still-young child might become obsessed with something for a while, get into trouble, and resent her parents, which would not be good for her future life in her new home.

Maybe at the beginning, the people in her new family would compensate her twice as much out of guilt, but as time went on, the guilt wore off and Xiao Wu’s life became miserable.

 

 

 

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