The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

Chapter 594 The Woman Who Came Up

Du Mingxian wasn't disgusted at all; she was happy that someone cared about her. "Not ugly at all, I'm very happy. Have you washed it yet?"

"No."

"Children's clothes need to be washed before they can be worn. Let's wash them today, let them dry, and then we'll dress him in them."

Xiangyang was extremely excited, "Madam, you don't mind what Xia Yu and I prepared?"

"Why would I complain? This is your kind gesture, and the little one will appreciate it."

The two were very happy. Xia Yu blushed but didn't say anything. It was obvious that she was very excited. Xiang Yang kept talking. Finally, he turned around and wanted to run out to wash, but Du Mingxian stopped him.

"We can't let the fact that there are multiple children in the compound get out yet. I've never announced that I'm pregnant, and given our current situation, it wouldn't be appropriate to announce that I'm pregnant."

“I’ve discussed it with you adults. We’ll go out for a walk in the street, then bring the child back. We’ll say that we found the child, that we’re destined to be with him, and that we’ll take him in and raise him.”

Xiangyang felt a little sorry for her, "It's good, but it's a bit unfair to Miss."

"What does a little kid know? Anyway, he came from my belly, so who would mistreat him? Don't think too much about it. The situation is what it is now. When his identity is legitimate in the future, he can tell the truth."

"That's good too. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Your discussion with Madam is excellent." Xia Yu had a broader perspective, so she agreed with Du Mingxian's idea.

Du Mingxian glanced at Xiang Yang and then at Xia Yu. One was trained by her adoptive father's family, and the other was trained by the Crown Prince. Indeed, their perspectives were quite different.

Xia Yu said, "Shall we go out in a couple of days after Madam finishes her postpartum confinement?"

"No need. The weather is nice today. Xiangyang will go out first with a basket, and Xiayu will come out with me. When we come back, we can hold the child in our arms."

Du Mingxian was actually a little worried about Xiangyang taking the child out, but Xiangyang was always the one who went out to shop for the family, so it was very convenient for her to take the child out, but not for Xia Yu.

“Carrying a basket won’t do. Madam and Xiangyang go out first, I’ll carry Miss out quietly, hand the child over to Madam on the street, and then quietly come back.”

"That works too." Du Mingxian was more satisfied with this arrangement.

They talked for a long time, and then the child moved and opened its eyes.

Xiangyang and Xiayu were overjoyed.

One person said, "Miss, you are so beautiful."

"Yes, beautiful."

Amidst the two women's praises of the young lady, Du Mingxian untied the baby's blanket, then wiped his excrement, revealing his little penis.

The two men who were still praising the young lady's beauty were stunned.

"No, Miss, it's Young Master, Young Master," Xiangyang stammered.

Xia Yu was a little stunned, but reacted quickly, "Young Master will definitely be very handsome when he grows up."

She's as pretty as a little girl; she'll be amazing when she grows up.

Du Mingxian skillfully tidied up the children. Although Xiang Yang and Xia Yu weren't very good at it, they kept their eyes on it and tried to learn from it.

They must learn how to serve their young master properly, because it's impossible for the master to do everything himself all the time.

After doing all this, Du Mingxian fed the baby, who was already asleep, and then got up to change her clothes.

The clothes were fine before, but... now that my chest is bigger, my figure looks even better.

After leaving, Du Mingxian didn't forget to tell Xia Yu, "Xia Yu, after we go out, bring the child over in a quarter of an hour. On the main street, turn left at Dashu Hutong, there's a dead end there, and it's usually deserted."

"Yes, I have remembered it."

Du Mingxian took Xiangyang out like that. When Xiangyang left, his face was full of worry. "Madam, should I stay and let Xia Yu go with you? I'm afraid Xia Yu is not careful and might hurt the young master again."

"Alright, let's hurry up, we're already here." Du Mingxian was also quite anxious. This was just a formality. "Xia Yu's lightness skill is better than yours, so it's hard for anyone to notice her. Even if there are people watching outside, we're not afraid of being seen."

Xiangyang felt ashamed of herself; her skills were indeed not as good as Xia Yu's. Seeing that they were almost at the front yard, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Madam, are we just going to walk out like this? Should we prepare a carriage?"

"No need, we can just walk out. We haven't shown our faces for a long time, so it'll be easy for them to spot us."

"Yes."

Du Mingxian suddenly realized that during her absence these days, her stand-in had also been staying in the courtyard without venturing out. Not to mention the people serving in the backyard, the only people she could probably see were Xiangyang and Xia Yu. Even Ling Silang often rested in the study in the front yard.

"When I'm not around, do any women lean on me?"

Xiangyang smiled awkwardly and answered truthfully, "Yes, they said you were sick. Most of the time, the adults were resting in the study. The servants couldn't keep their mouths shut, and some rumors always got out."

"Many people say that the lady and the lord are not on good terms, so... so there are women from the families of several yamen runners who want to get close to him."

"Under the pretense of delivering food to his elder brother, he deliberately approached the adults. The first one to do so was ordered by the adults to be thrown out."

"But those people were still quite persistent, thinking that the first one wasn't pretty enough or tempting enough, and one after another, people kept coming forward."

"What's most infuriating is that one of them actually took off his clothes in the adult's room and even tried to make the adult swallow this bitter pill."

"When the magistrate entered the office, he saw a woman dressed in thin clothes, so he immediately withdrew and then ordered Xiang Guang to go out and summon all the yamen runners to his office."

"Then let Xiang Guang go in and pull that woman out. The adults didn't punish the woman at the time, but instead asked who let her in."

"If no one answers, the adults will make them accuse each other. If no one can come up with a coherent explanation, then they will beat the woman to death."

"Someone immediately stepped forward and said that it was his cousin who came to bring him food, but after taking the food, he asked his cousin to leave. He didn't know why his cousin was in the adult's room."

"That woman is extremely shameless. She even tried to frame the magistrate, saying that he would deny everything after he had done his job."

"The man was quite calm and directly asked the woman where he and she were and what their relationship was. The woman couldn't make up a story because the man always had someone with him."

"The magistrate was angry and said that if no one spoke up, all the yamen runners would be responsible for dereliction of duty and would be punished. Immediately, one or two of them spoke up."

"The constable was indeed wronged. His cousin had been having an affair with another constable, but that constable had a family, and the cousin was pregnant."

"The two of them put their heads together and decided to find an adult so that the mother could gain status through her son."