Thick low pressure enveloped every corner of the inn.
The shopkeeper huddled behind the counter, not daring to breathe.
The second- and third-class girls and women brought by the Duke's Mansion were also hiding in the kitchen downstairs in silence.
Only the old lady, the confidant mother-in-law beside the third young lady, and the first-class maids stood upstairs waiting with their hands down.
However, they all looked frightened.
The news that the British prince had been demoted from his official position and sequestered his title had already spread in the inn.
The murderous expression on the British man's face when he entered the inn made these people so frightened that they broke out in cold sweats.
"Do you think the master will divorce his wife in a fit of rage?"
"That's not necessarily true. After all, the lady is like this. If the master divorces the lady, he might be ridiculed for being unkind and unrighteous."
"If you ask me, maybe it will be done quietly... Well, you know..."
"That's right. Anyway, if Madam is like this, even if she is deceased, no one will doubt her..."
"Shh! I don't want to live anymore! How dare you say this nonsense?"
"..."
Several third-class servants who usually loved gossiping couldn't help it anymore and got together to discuss secretly.
At this time, the air in the old lady's room seemed to be stagnant, depressing and dull.
The British man Lin Hong looked at the old lady lying on the bed. Although her mouth was no longer slanted and her eyes were slanted, but her face was haggard, her hair was full of white hair, and her speech was unclear, he could hardly believe that this was the lady he had been with for decades.
Mrs. Year.
In just a few months, his wife seemed to have aged dozens of years, and he did not dare to recognize her anymore.
The anger that almost burst out from the British duke's heart when he arrived gradually dissipated.
After all, they have been a couple for many years.
Even if it caused him to lose his official position and seize the title, he couldn't bear to criticize him harshly.
"Guo... Guo Gongye..."
The old lady opened her mouth and spat out a few words indistinctly.
"You...just take care of yourself in peace."
Lin Hong didn't say anything in the end and turned around and left the room.
Upon seeing this, the two middle-aged men who were standing behind Lin Hong with their hands hanging down immediately took a few steps forward and knelt down in front of the old lady's bed.
"mother!"
"mother!"
The old lady turned her head hard and looked at her two sons beside the bed.
"Jin...Jin'er..." the old lady said intermittently.
These days, her grandson has not come to her bedside once, and she is worried.
Although the old lady couldn't speak clearly, Lin Wangjin's father, Lin Rong, still heard that the old lady was asking about his son.
Lin Rong's eyes flashed with a hint of darkness.
"Mom, Jin'er hasn't been found yet." Lin Rong said worriedly.
My son has disappeared and there has been no news for the past few days. I'm afraid...
Lin Rong simply couldn't imagine the consequences.
Now my mother is seriously ill in bed, and the Duke's mansion has undergone tremendous changes. It is true that misfortunes never come singly.
Lin Rong felt desolate in his heart.
As everyone knows, the old lady did not know that her precious grandson Lin Wangjin was missing.
Neither Mother Wang nor the Third Young Madam and others dared to tell the old lady about this because of her condition.
However, Lin Rong had just arrived from the capital and did not know about this.
At this time, he poked it out directly in front of the old lady.
After hearing Lin Rong's words, the old lady's expression changed drastically.
"What... what... Jin... Jin..."
The old lady waved her hands desperately and stretched out towards Lin Rong, her eyes almost bulging out.
Lin Rong was startled and hurriedly grabbed one of the old lady's hands.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Rong's second brother Lin Bing also hurriedly grabbed the old lady's other hand.
"Mom, don't scare your son..."
The second and third masters of the Lin family looked at the old lady in panic. Not far away from the room of the Duke Lin Hong, there was a "pop!" and the sound of porcelain falling to the floor.
"What did you say? You really found the eldest lady!"
Lin Hong stood up suddenly and looked at the middle-aged man with a dusty face in front of him.
If the little sugar baby were here, he would definitely recognize this person as the man who performed the lion dance at the door of the mansion that day.
"Yes! I saw the eldest lady with my own eyes!" the middle-aged man said sonorously.
However, the expression on his face was filled with suppressed anger.
"Where did you find the eldest lady? Take me there quickly!"
Lin Hong said and was about to walk out.
The middle-aged man, Lin Enyi, stood still.
Lin Hong stopped and looked at Lin Enyi in surprise.
"Why, is there anything else?"
"Master Guo, are you going like this?" Lin Enyi asked, holding back his anger: "Is it possible that you don't want to know why the eldest lady has left the Duke's Mansion for so many years and would rather be considered dead than go back?
"
Lin Hong, "..."
He slowly stepped back and sat on the chair.
"If you know anything else, tell me!" Lin Hong said in a deep voice.
Lin Enyi said calmly: "My subordinates have found out that it was the eldest lady's wet nurse who brought her to Fengqi County and treated her as mother and daughter. Later, the eldest lady married a..."
When Lin Enyi said this, his voice paused, and a flash of distress flashed in his eyes.
Moreover, there is also a hint of hostility mixed in.
The eldest lady was originally such a noble person, but she actually married a country boy.
The master and his wife are alive in heaven, how should we feel distressed?
"Who are you married to?" Lin Hong asked.
There was a hint of sarcasm in Lin Enyi's tone.
"The Duke thinks that the eldest lady is hiding her name and has come to such a remote place. Who can she marry?"
Lin Hong's expression changed, and his heart plummeted.
It's not that he couldn't hear the sarcasm in Lin Enyi's tone, but the more it sounded, the more his heart sank.
Lin Enyi stared at Lin Hong closely and finally said: "The eldest lady married a country man. She has been in extreme embarrassment in the past few years and even had no food to eat..."
The more Lin Enyi spoke, the tighter he clenched his fists.
His life was originally saved by the eldest lady, and his kung fu was taught by the eldest lady's father, the late Duke.
Moreover, he was given the surname Lin.
However, he failed to take good care of the eldest lady after the late father-in-law passed away.
As a result, the eldest lady suffered so much.
"I'm sorry for Ru'er, it's me who didn't take good care of her." Lin Hong's eyes were moist and his face was full of guilt.
After saying that, his eyes widened and a fierce look appeared on his face.
"But Ru'er's nanny is the one who kidnapped Ru'er here?" Lin Hong asked.
"Of course not!" Lin Enyi said loudly: "If it weren't for Nanny Qiu, the eldest lady might have really been buried at the bottom of the cliff."
"What do you mean by this?" The British man's expression changed.
"Master Guo, do you really not understand?" Lin Enyi asked back, "Nanny Qiu did not imprison the eldest lady. Why would the eldest daughter rather suffer than return to the Duke's mansion? Do you really not understand?"
"I don't believe that with the intelligence of the Duke, I can't detect anything strange, or... you would rather deceive yourself and others and close your eyes and listen?"