Just when Xin Nianyan and his carriage were driving through one street and were about to turn into the next street, they saw several people gathered around the three-way intersection in front of them. They pointed in front and muttered about something.

Xin Nianyan's eyes moved slightly and the corners of her mouth raised: "Shi Wu, pull over and stop ahead."

"Yes." The carriage stopped and Xin Nianyan got out of the carriage and walked towards the crowd.

Xiaozhu hurriedly followed: "Miss, please wait for me, slave. There are many people here, be careful not to crowd you."

The master and the servant walked into the center of the crowd and saw a woman wearing mourning clothes kneeling in front of her, sobbing softly. Next to the woman lay a corpse covered with a straw mat. In front of the woman, there were some words painted on the ground with branches.

: "Sell yourself to bury your mother."

The number of onlookers gradually increased, but they were just watching the fun and chatting with people around them from time to time. No one had any intention of helping the woman.

Xin Nianyan stood in front of the woman, looked at her condescendingly, and asked, "What's your name?"

A cool and pleasant voice reached her ears, and the woman sobbed for a moment before raising her head.

Seeing a good-looking young lady wearing a brocade dress, the woman hurriedly said: "My name is Gu Shuang. My mother died of illness at noon today. Due to poor conditions at home, I could not buy a coffin for my mother, so I had to sell myself."

Please give me some money to bury my mother. Please, Miss, please do me a favor and buy my little girl."

As the woman spoke, she kowtowed to Xin Nianyan.

Xin Nianyan stared at her face for a while and confirmed that she was the person he was looking for.

Gushuang!

Yes, in his previous life, Xin Yuanwen met a beautiful, gentle and pleasant woman outside, and he raised her outside just like he had raised Zhang Yunhui.

She also learned about it accidentally, but she was stupid at that time. After learning about it, she went to tell Zhang Yunhui. Zhang Yunhui was very angry. When Xin Yuanwen was not around, she found a few men to defile and kill the woman and threw her away.

Mass grave.

When Xin Yuanwen wanted to find someone, Zhang Yunhui deliberately asked someone to tell him that the woman had run away with another man, causing Xin Yuanwen to be depressed for a long time.

And that woman is the one in front of her, Gu Shuang.

Looking at Gu Shuang's pitiful appearance, she is no worse than Zhang Yunhui. It's no wonder that Xin Yuanwen falls in love with her. I'm afraid a man can't help but feel soft after seeing her.

After all, he was the one who harmed her in his previous life. In this life, she found her before Xin Yuanwen could, so he should consider it as compensation for her.

Thinking of this, Xin Nianyan said to Shi Wu: "Shi Wu, go buy a coffin, find a few people to help her bury her mother, and then give her some silver."

"Yes." Shi Wu agreed and left quickly.

The onlookers all looked at Xin Nianyan and admired in low voices:

"Whose lady is this? She has such a kind heart."

"She looks unfamiliar, she must be a young lady from a wealthy family who doesn't go out for many years."

"Why do I look a bit like the young lady that the Prime Minister's Mansion just brought back last year?"

"No way. Didn't I hear that that guy not only came back from the country, he was vulgar and domineering, but he also wanted to seize his sister's engagement and steal her fiancé?"

"When did you hear that rumor? It was clearly that Miss Xin Er was having an affair with her sister's fiancé. She usually had secret trysts with a man and a woman alone. On the day Miss Chen got married, she went to the Duke's Mansion to hang out. In the end, she was raped by a lot of people.

People see it.”

"When you said this, I also remembered that at that time, rumors about the two young ladies of the Xin family were popular throughout the capital. However, it was originally Miss Xin Er who seduced her sister's fiancé, and later it became the shameless desire of Miss Xin.

Taking over my sister’s engagement, hey, I don’t know which one is true.”

"No matter which part of it is true, Miss Xin Er is still young and is hanging out with men before she gets married. It's not a good thing at first glance. Hey, I don't know if she can still do it!"

"Shh, keep your voice down. The man you are talking about is the current Crown Prince. Be careful of others listening to you."...

Everyone was talking incessantly, completely forgetting that the Miss Xin they were talking about was standing in front of them.

This was not the first time that Xiaozhu heard these discussions. In the days after the incident happened, she would come out to listen when she had something to do. At first, she was talking about Xin Rouer, but then she suddenly turned into scolding Xin Nianyan.

.

She was so angry that she went back to tell Xin Nianyan. Xin Nianyan asked her to ignore him again, so she stopped paying attention. She didn't expect to hear it again today.

She originally wanted to refute when she heard that Xin Nianyan had taken over her sister's engagement, but she didn't expect to hear that Xin Rou'er was shameless, so she shut up immediately.

The lady is right, there are thousands of people with thousands of faces, and their mouths are in other people's faces. Others cannot control what they want to say. Although some people's thoughts are led away, there are always a few discerning people.

If they don't refute, that's the best refutation. If they say too much, they'll end up losing three hundred taels of silver.

Xiaozhu didn't want to speak anymore, and naturally Xin Nianyan wouldn't either.

Gu Shuang, who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowed to express his gratitude when he heard that Xin Nianyan was willing to give him money to bury his mother.

Xin Nianyan said quietly: "Get up. My maid will come to help you bury your mother later. If you need anything, you can go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to see me."

After finishing speaking, Xin Nianyan turned around and left the crowd. Gu Shuang stared at her back blankly, biting her lip, her eyes moist.

"Miss, aren't you going to buy her?" After leaving the crowd, her ears became quiet, and Xiaozhu couldn't help but ask doubtfully.

"She will come to me again." Xin Nianyan said.

"Okay." Xiaozhu didn't understand why she was so confident, but she didn't ask any more questions.

Shi Wu was not here, and Xiao Zhu couldn't drive the carriage. In the end, Xin Nianyan walked back.

As soon as she entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, Aunt Zhang from Mrs. Xin's Courtyard came to stop her: "Miss, the old lady asked you to go to the Jingxin Courtyard after you came back."

Xin Nianyan paused and nodded lightly: "Okay, let's go."

She knew why the old lady called her there in a hurry.

Since the last time she asked for a dowry in the ancestral hall, the old lady seemed to be angry, and her attitude towards her had become much lighter. When she went to pay her respects, she did not stay with her to eat again.

Now that I suddenly wanted to call her over, I probably learned that she went to the Duke's Mansion today, and I was afraid that she would go to the Duke's Mansion to file a complaint.

It was indeed as Xin Nianyan thought. As soon as she went out today, Mrs. Xin got the news. She hurriedly asked someone to inquire. She heard that Xin Nianyan went to the Duke's Mansion after wandering outside all morning.

Mrs. Xin was worried that Xin Nianyan might go to talk about the dowry. After all, after so many days, Xin Yuanwen said that there was indeed no movement in retrieving the dowry. She was afraid that Xin Nianyan would go to the Duke's Mansion to file a complaint.
Chapter completed!