High-class maid

Chapter 221 A child born out of wedlock is a child born out of wedlock

"Cousin, I was wrong, please stop hitting me! Mom, save me!" Liu Xiujing covered her face with her hands, and for a moment the room was filled with howling and screaming, completely different from her usual arrogant self.

When the First Madam arrived and heard the sounds from inside the room, her heart skipped a beat. That wretched girl, unable to marry her cousin, she schemed against her own brother-in-law!

The First Madam pushed aside the nanny who was helping her, lifted her skirt, and rushed into the house.

"Sheng'er, be careful your hand doesn't hurt." The First Madam went over to stop her daughter. It wasn't that she was protecting Liu Xiujing, but the sound of her being slapped in the face could be heard clearly in the courtyard.

Xiao Luosheng reluctantly stopped, kicked Liu Xiujing again, and finally cried out to the First Madam.

"Mother, that wretched girl! It's one thing for her to come and freeload all the time, and another for her to covet my brother, but now that he's married someone else, she's even setting her sights on the Second Prince! If I had arrived any later, she would be sleeping in the same bed with him right now!"

"Sheng'er, watch your words! I won't let you suffer in vain. Go and summon Zhang Shi." The First Madam coldly ordered her personal maid.

She was extremely annoyed with the mother and daughter. If they were just a little clever, she would have tolerated them for the sake of harmony between the two families. But today they dared to scheme against her daughter's marriage. Did they really think she was a pushover?

"Madam, my master's wife requests your presence. She says there is some urgent business. Please come immediately," said the master's wife's personal maid.

Upon hearing this, Zhang, who had been restless, hurriedly stood up and followed the nanny with a joyful expression.

"What happened? Jing'er, who hit you?" Zhang's face, which was originally full of joy, turned to shock when she saw Liu Xiujing. If it weren't for the fact that she had picked out this outfit for Jing'er, she really wouldn't have recognized who this pig-headed person on the ground was.

"Hey, don't hit me, okay?" Liu Xiujing's teeth were bleeding, her mouth was swollen and red, and her words were extremely funny.

"Sheng'er, why did you hit your cousin? Even if she made a terrible mistake, you can't hit her face. How will she ever get married if you do this?" Zhang hugged her daughter with heartache, no longer caring about the lack of a man.

"Hmph, ask your good daughter what she's done. How dare she covet my man and even drug the prince. She must be tired of living."

Xiao Luosheng showed none of her usual respect; she looked at the mother and daughter on the ground with an aloof expression, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust.

"What? A prince?" Madam Zhang was puzzled. Didn't her daughter have a chance encounter with the young master of the Song family? How did she get involved with a prince now?

"Ugh, kerosene, who cares about your ring?" Liu Xiujing rolled her eyes and retorted.

Zhang knew something was wrong. Trembling, she looked towards the bed and saw the man sleeping soundly on it. Who else could it be but the Second Prince!

"Silly girl! Why are you in your brother-in-law's room! Didn't I tell you to go to Young Master Song's room?" Madam Zhang didn't care anymore. Drugging the prince was a serious matter that could lead to the extermination of nine generations of one's family! This foolish daughter of hers was truly more trouble than she was worth.

At this moment, Song Wenyang, who had finished his social engagements, also arrived at the guest room. Upon seeing a room full of women, he knew that something was wrong. Without thinking too much, he strode to the bedside.

"What's wrong with Your Highness?" Song Wenyang's eyes were practically spitting fire as he stared coldly at Liu Xiujing, as if she were a dead man.

Liu Xiujing shrank back, realizing that this handsome man was actually the young master of the Song family, and that she had unwittingly outmaneuvered the Second Prince! Before she could explain, she turned and hugged Xiao Luosheng and the First Madam's legs, crying out loudly...

"Cousin, I'm dead! I've tried to rob you! Aunt! Save me! I don't want to die!"

Xiao Luosheng turned away in disgust; now, just looking at her made him feel like his eyes were dirty.

Song Wenyang looked towards the door and saw the gatekeeper standing there trembling. He had been shaking with fear since Song Wenyang arrived, and now that Song Wenyang had glanced at him, he wet his pants.

"I'll go and call the royal physician." Song Wenyang didn't want to stay here, thinking that the First Madam would handle the matter.

"Sheng'er, you stay here to take care of the Second Prince. You two come with me." The First Madam did not intend to deal with them here. If the Second Prince woke up and saw this scene, it would not be good for her daughter.

Zhang and Liu Xiujing wiped away their tears and followed the First Madam back to her courtyard via a shortcut. Before long, the Liu family members arrived.

"Brother, what do you think we should do?" The First Madam recounted the whole story and then looked at her eldest brother.

"How could you be so spineless? Why did you instigate Jing'er to act like this? Isn't it enough to embarrass yourself in the manor? You have to come to your sister's manor to embarrass yourself too!"

Liu Zhiyi looked at his wife and daughter with a sense of shame; the gazes of the crowd were like knives, making him feel utterly ashamed.

"Hmph, you only care about eating, drinking and having fun all day long. Jing'er is already of marriageable age! No one has yet proposed to her. If I don't plan for my daughter's future, am I going to let her become an old maid?" Zhang Shi didn't care about losing face anymore and cried out to her husband.

"That's no excuse for embarrassing her! And you even schemed against your own brother-in-law! Do you think the royal family would even look at her?" Although Liu Zhiyi loved to eat, drink, and have fun, he knew his own limitations.

"Get out of here! You all look down on my daughter and me. I only asked Jing'er to say a few words to the young master of the Song family, but who knew she would misunderstand me." Zhang felt wronged. This silly girl is really stupid.

"Alright! This isn't the place for you to blame each other. Eldest brother, you should think about how to appease the Second Prince. How dare you drug a prince? You have some nerve," the First Madam interrupted them, saying with a headache.

She had been busy preparing for this wedding for over half a year, and hadn't slept a wink the night before the wedding! And now it's all ruined!

"Sister, why don't you say something nice and have your sister-in-law apologize to the Second Prince?" Liu Zhiyi said softly.

"Ha!" The First Madam laughed in anger. She just wanted to see her elder brother's attitude. If he was angry, she would think of a way to protect Zhang Shi. But now her elder brother had thrown the problem back to her! Then she shouldn't blame her for being ruthless.

"Brother, do you really think I'm a saint? He's a prince! If the emperor were to execute his entire family, he'd have no choice but to accept it! You think an apology would be enough?"

"Well, Jing'er has mistaken someone for someone else. Besides, Sheng'er hit her pretty hard too. Look at Jing'er's face. What if she gets a scar?" Liu Zhiyi muttered softly.

"So, after all this time, I'm the bad guy? I'm an outsider, and you're all family? You didn't say that when you came to the Minister's mansion every day to beg for money!" The First Madam said to Liu Zhiyi with disappointment.

As expected, a child born out of wedlock is a child born out of wedlock. They are not from the same mother's womb and cannot be tamed. They should be considerate of their maternal family and take good care of them in the past. Now that something has happened, they are only eager to distance themselves from the situation.