Si Yirong seemed to have little patience with Mrs. Liu anymore, and never thought that the appearance of a child would elevate Mrs. Liu's status again.
During Liu's pregnancy, Si Yirong neither went to Si Haoze to ask him to return home, nor did he come to the palace to make Si Ningchi unhappy. Even when Si Ningchi was pregnant, he only came to visit symbolically. He left immediately.
I guess I put all my attention on this child Liu.
People came to Xiwuhou Mansion in twos and threes to congratulate her. Because the relationship between the Queen and Xiwuhou was not on good terms, Si Haoze never returned to Xiwuhou Mansion to marry the princess. This shows that the relationship between father and son is not necessarily good either.
There is no one in the court who is not a human being. Besides, Mrs. Liu is the step-wife, and her background is not good. She has not accumulated any good reputation in the capital. Her own daughter is not so virtuous, so how can she be good? What about popularity?
When Shen Ting was ordered to deliver gifts, he was not surprised at all when he saw the few people coming in and out of Xiwuhou Mansion.
Si Yirong's joy in his heart was somewhat diluted by the deserted Xiwuhou Mansion. He sent the last guest out with a smile and received a congratulatory gift from the Empress.
When the huge wooden box was carried into the Xiwu Hou Mansion, Si Yirong was a little stunned. He was probably wondering in his heart, how big a gift had the queen prepared, and did it require four people to carry it?
"By the order of the Queen, I am here to congratulate Marquis Xiwu on his new son." Shen Ting stood tall and calm, saying congratulations, but he didn't even bother to bend his waist, and raised his lips with a smile. He motioned to the person behind him to bring the box up.
"The Queen has worked very hard for this gift, and she also asked Marquis Xiwu to keep it properly."
"Since it is a gift from the Queen, I must keep it properly." Si Yirong was convinced that he bowed slightly in response.
The heavy wooden box was placed at Si Yirong's feet. As others stepped forward to open the wooden box, a living person was lying in the wooden box covered in blood. Si Yirong was shocked and took two steps back. He looked up at Shen Ting with an expression of shock and horror.
"What does this mean!?" Si Yirong's expression turned ugly after being shocked, and he looked at Shen Ting and glared angrily.
"The empress is kind and can't bear to see the newborn child not see his father, so she specially found him for the child." Shen Ting smiled casually, said a few words lightly, and left.
"What? What kind of child's father... What does Si Ningchi mean!?" Si Yirong was still thinking that Si Ningchi was deliberately retaliating and deliberately making such a show to disgust him.
"Literally." Shen Ting took a step back and said, "I have something to do in the palace, so I will leave first."
After Shen Ting finished speaking, he turned around and took it away without explaining anything to Si Yirong.
Si Yirong was so angry that he vomited blood and asked someone to get the person out of the box, only to find that the person in the box was already dead!
No wonder there is no movement at all after being inside for so long.
Looking at this person's appearance again, Si Yirong didn't recognize him at all and had no impression of him.
But Shen Ting's words made Si Yirong Wan tremble, and immediately sent someone to bring Mrs. Liu.
Ms. Liu, who was still in confinement and had just given birth to a baby, was brought to the front hall for no apparent reason. The first thing she saw was the dead man lying on the ground with his face wiped clean. She was so frightened that she turned pale when she screamed. His steps were frivolous and he turned to look at Si Yirong: "Master Hou, what do you mean?"
"I just gave birth to a baby, why did the Marquis bring a dead person into the house for no reason?" Ms. Liu's face turned pale and she covered her mouth and nose.
"Don't you recognize this person?" Si Yirong stared at Ms. Liu with burning eyes and asked coldly.
"Ah?" Ms. Liu shook her head in confusion and said, "Of course I don't recognize you."
"But the person who sent the body said that this man is the biological father of the child in your belly."
After Si Yirong said these words, he saw the expression on Liu's face suddenly change. As if he thought of something, he suddenly turned his head to look at the dead man lying on the ground, as if he was taking a closer look at that person at this moment. appearance.
Then his eyes relaxed, and he shouted confidently and firmly: "Master Hou! I have nothing to do with this person! This is slander!"
"Master Hou, can't you still trust me? This is your own flesh and blood!" Mrs. Liu immediately knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
Si Yirong did not miss the change in the expression on Liu's face. As she cried, Si Yirong's heart skipped a beat for no reason. He suddenly stood up and walked to Liu, squatting down and looking at her. He said: "Is this child really my prince?"
Mrs. Liu's face showed a look of sorrow and indignation, and she raised her finger to the sky and said: "I swear to the sky! If you tell a lie, I will suffer a terrible death!"
When Mrs. Liu saw Si Yirong frowning and looking uncertain, she suddenly cried out sadly: "Since Lord Marquis is so suspicious of me, then I should just die!"
Mrs. Liu said that and was about to turn around and hit the pillar, but Si Yirong grabbed her and said, "It's my fault, isn't it? You haven't fully recovered yet, so go back and rest first."
Si Yirong said and asked someone to come forward and take Mrs. Liu down.
Ms. Liu didn't know whether Si Yirong believed it or not. When she was about to leave, she looked back and saw that the person lying on the ground was indeed unknown, and she felt much more at ease.
Even if Si Yirong was suspicious, he couldn't find out anything about the dead man's identity, because...
She was telling the truth, she didn't know this person at all!
But the child's father is indeed someone else.
Mrs. Liu didn't understand why this happened suddenly. She kept the matter extremely secretive, thinking that it was watertight. Now that the child was born safely, he was still a son. This was simply a great joy.
How could someone reveal the child's life experience without any reason, and then randomly send a dead person to pretend to be the child's biological father?
Liu was uneasy, but Si Yirong felt unhappy because of Liu's sudden reaction. He didn't think much about it at first, but when he recalled Liu's reaction later, he felt that something was wrong.
At that moment, they secretly sent people to listen to the noise next to Mrs. Liu, and at the same time began to investigate the origin of the dead body.
The origin of this dead body is not difficult to find out. It was a coachman who fell off a cliff and died while driving a coach. It is said that he escaped because he owed money and was chased. In desperation, he lost control of his carriage and fell off the cliff. He sold his wife and children at home. The body was collected and kept in the county government office for a long time.
Si Ningchi ordered Shen Ting to pretend to be here.
As for other things about this person, it can be found out in almost one page. He has never had any contact with Xiwuhou, let alone any relationship with the Liu family.
After finding out what happened, Si Yirong's weird thoughts faded a lot, so he kindly asked someone to bury the coachman.
"Look, this palace has done a good thing." In Fengwu Palace, Si Ningchi listened to Shen Ting's announcement, turned around and said with a smile.