NCCnovel Chapter 256 Confession
Chapter 256 Confession
Chapter 256
Thinking of this, she sat down again and nodded slightly towards Luo Shuiyao.
Seeing this, the Marquis's wife smiled and said, "Yaoyao is here. Come and sit down."
Upon hearing this, Luo Shuiyao stood up and, as Madam Hou had instructed, sat on the stool next to her.
Since she came in, every move she made had been proper and proper. Seeing this, the Right Prime Minister's wife felt even more satisfied. She smiled and said, "I wonder if I have disturbed Miss Luo by coming here so hastily today?"
When Luo Shuiyao heard his question, she raised her eyes slightly and said softly, "I didn't disturb you. Thank you for your concern, Madam."
The moment she saw the Right Prime Minister's wife upon entering, her mind raced. While she wasn't sure why she'd come so early this morning, she felt obliged to treat her with courtesy since she was there. She recalled how she'd behaved fairly well in the Prime Minister's residence, so she figured there shouldn't be any problems.
Seeing Luo Shuiyao's well-behaved manners, Madam Hou smiled and said, "Yaoyao, are you wondering why I called you here today?"
Luo Shuiyao's expression was calm. After hearing what the Marquis' wife said, she just said softly, "Yaoyao doesn't know."
The Marquis's wife did not respond to her. Instead, she stood up and walked to the table where the gifts were placed. She waved at her and said, "Come and take a look. What is this?"
Seeing this, Luo Shuiyao stood up and walked over to the Marquis's side. She looked at the jewelry items on the table, which were obviously worth a lot of money. A look of surprise appeared on her face, and she asked with some confusion, "What are these things?"
The Right Prime Minister's wife was not able to sit still at this moment, so she stood up and walked towards this side while saying, "This is what I brought for you."
"Give me?"
Luo Shuiyao was genuinely surprised at this moment. "These things are so precious, why did you give them to me?"
Her heart suddenly tightened, and she had an ominous premonition. She thought to herself: Could these things be the betrothal gifts received by the Marquis's wife?
But as soon as the thought arose, she quickly suppressed it. After all, while the Marquis's wife had the common faults of the noble ladies of the capital, given their current relationship, she wouldn't act so tactlessly, selling her out without even a word of warning. With this thought, she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself, maintaining an expression of complete ignorance and confusion.
Because she was standing sideways, the other two couldn't see her expression clearly. The Right Prime Minister's wife didn't beat around the bush and immediately explained, "My son got lost in the mansion yesterday. The servants searched everywhere for him but couldn't find him. Thanks to Miss Luo's help, he's back safely. I'm old, and I only have this one son, and he's the apple of my eye. You've been so helpful, I should have brought him here to thank you in person. But, as you all know, my son really doesn't like to go out, so I prepared this small gift to come and thank you in person. I hope Miss Luo won't despise it and will accept this thoughtful gesture."
Luo Shuiyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't what she had suspected, it was fine. She smiled and waved her hand, saying, "Madam, you're too polite. I didn't really help much, so I really don't deserve such a thank you."
She truly felt that she hadn't been of much help, and that it was Mr. Du who had helped her. She also didn't think Mr. Du would be in any danger at the time in his house, but Mrs. Du took this matter so seriously, perhaps because she valued her son too much.
After all, Mrs. Du and her husband were a loving couple, but they only had this one son, and this son had some congenital deficiencies. Perhaps because of this, the couple's reputation for loving their son was well-known in the capital, and it was normal for them to attach such importance to this matter.
"I can afford it. I can afford it."
When the Right Prime Minister's wife heard her refusal, she quickly said, "These things are just ordinary items, not rare at all. They are most suitable for a young girl like you to play with. This is also a small gift from me, so please don't refuse."
When Luo Shuiyao heard her say this, she couldn't think of a good reason to refuse for a moment.
At this moment, the Marquis's wife smiled and joked, "Madam Du and I are not much older. If you find it difficult, you might as well call her Aunt, just like you call me. Think of these things as a first meeting gift from her. Don't feel bad for her, she has so many good things."
Seeing someone chime in, the Right Prime Minister's wife hurriedly continued, "Indeed, I only have one son, and I've long hoped to have a daughter. And I truly feel we're destined to be together. Why don't you just call me Aunt Du? These things will be a gift to you."
At this point, her tone added a hint of joking, "Yaoyao, please don't dislike Aunt Du."
Hearing the Right Prime Minister's wife say this, Luo Shuiyao swallowed the words of refusal that were on the tip of her tongue and could only bow and say, "Then Yaoyao would like to thank Aunt Du for the reward."
"Look at you kid, you're still talking about rewards. Don't be so polite. Just keep what's given to you."
Seeing this, the Marquis's wife smiled even more brightly, and she called the maidservant standing by: "Send all these things back to Miss Luo's yard. Be careful not to bump or scratch them."
The maids obeyed the order and moved all the items away skillfully.
The Marquis's wife then led the two of them to sit down, and then started chatting with Mrs. Du about family matters.
Luo Shuiyao sat on one side, listening quietly with her eyes lowered. When the two people asked her questions during the conversation, she would answer a sentence or two from time to time. For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was exceptionally harmonious.
The two chatted about family matters and things in their respective houses. As the wife of the right prime minister talked about her son, her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
"It's all my fault. I've been weak since childhood, and I exhausted all my strength giving birth to him, so I fainted. By the time my husband called a doctor to revive me, much time had passed. I finally gave him my all, and he was so well-behaved when he was little. He didn't give me any trouble at all, and he had no trouble turning over, sitting up, or crawling, so I didn't think much of it. It wasn't until he was almost two years old and still didn't speak that I became worried. I called a doctor to treat him, but he didn't speak even after trying everything."
At this point, she took a handkerchief and wiped her tears before continuing, "Later, my husband rose in power and was able to hire an imperial physician. The physician said that perhaps it was because he had been in my womb for too long that he became like this. If it weren't for my incompetence as a mother, how could my son have ended up like this?"