The eldest daughter, she is proud and sassy

Chapter 461
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In the silence of the night, even the tiniest sounds can be harsh.

When the patrolling guard heard the movement, he quietly touched the handle of the knife, and at the same time shouted at the place where the sound came from: "Who's there? Come out!"

Cui Hengyue, who was hiding behind the pillar, was in a dilemma for a while.

After she left the fourth room, she inquired a little. Cui Yongxuan was still in Cui Quan's study and had not returned to the yard, so she wanted to go to Cui Quan's study to find out the inside story.

Unexpectedly, the study was close at hand, but she was in trouble.

Just when she was hesitating whether to show up, Liu Yang suddenly appeared and reminded her in a low voice: "The Duke has set a trap, the front yard is not safe, get out!"

After saying that, he walked out from behind the pillar and shouted at the patrolling guards, "It's me."

"Deputy Commander Liu?"

The guard was a little surprised: "Aren't you off duty today? Why are you here?"

Liu Yang was calm and composed, with a natural expression: "The Duke is sympathetic, but I can't forget my duty. Although I'm not on duty, I'm always worried. I'd better come and see for peace of mind."

The guard admired him and felt ashamed.

Liu Yang took the opportunity to point behind him: "I have already visited this area, and there is nothing abnormal, you go over there and have a look."

"Yes." The guards did not doubt him, and turned to another courtyard.

And Cui Hengyue had already left while they were talking.

"Yuan Niang, why are you back?"

Seeing Cui Hengyue returned to the room so quickly, Shui Rong was a little surprised, she thought Cui Hengyue would not come back until midnight.

"I'll talk about it later." Cui Hengyue replied casually, and went into the inner room to change clothes.

When Cui Hengyue changed her clothes and came out, Shui Rong had already poured hot tea and prepared refreshments, as if she was listening attentively.

"Is there any gain from this trip?" Shui Rong asked.

Originally, Shui Rong planned to go to the fourth room with Cui Hengyue to watch the news, but Cui Hengyue said that the two of them were too conspicuous during the day, so she didn't let her go.

Cui Hengyue didn't hide anything, and told Shui Rong what she heard: "It's a pity that there are too many guards in the mansion, I can't follow them to the front yard immediately, otherwise I will hear more inside stories."

"It's pretty good if you don't get discovered by them." Shui Rong comforted her.

Then, Shui Rong analyzed according to the news she heard: "What is certain now is that the Grand Duke should have proposed some kind of reward back then, and this reward is related to the children born that year.

"Even... whoever's child is born first will be rewarded.

"Fourth Master said that Third Master's son was one step late, it should mean that he was born one step late."

"and many more--"

Cui Hengyue interrupted Shui Rong's words: "I was born earlier than Fourth Master's daughter, let alone my elder brother, Fourth Master said so, could it be?"

The four eyes met, and in the blink of an eye, a thought flashed in Shui Rong's mind: "Could it be that the fourth master's daughter was born earlier than your brother?"

Cui Hengyue thought the same way, and only in this way can Sifang's behavior be explained.

The more Shui Rong thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, she couldn't help approaching Cui Hengyue, and whispered: "In this way, the Duke must have promised a reward that everyone is chasing after.

"So, except for Dafang, who was not pregnant, the pregnant second wife, third wife, fourth wife, and fifth wife all wanted to give birth to children earlier in order to get this reward.

"This explains why the four women gave birth on the same day, because they all drank oxytocin to get rewards, and gave birth even if they were not full-term."

Cui Hengyue shook her head: "No, apart from them, the old lady also participated."

Seeing Shui Rong looking over, Cui Hengyue explained: "I have investigated, before the four wives gave birth, the old lady personally invited a doctor to take care of their bodies, and sent someone to supervise the four wives to drink medicine every day.

"Thinking about it now, the four wives giving birth at the same time should be the old lady's tricks."

Hearing this, Shui Rong couldn't help shivering: "At that time, only the third wife was the closest to full term, and the other three wives were premature.

"The third lady suffered a lot of physical damage and almost didn't make it through, let alone the other three ladies, what kind of reward is it that makes people disregard life and death?"

There was a moment of silence in the room.

A faint sigh came, and Cui Hengyue said in a helpless tone: "I'm afraid that the wives don't know the inside story, and this matter should only be known by the old lady, the Duke, and a few lords."

Her mother didn't know anything, and the second, fourth, and fifth wives probably didn't know either. Besides, she had been in the mansion for so long. According to her observation, the other three wives knew very little about what happened back then, and they didn't even have any doubts. I gave birth prematurely because it was related to the tocolytics I drank later.

"Ugh--"

Shui Rong followed and sighed: "Back then, the Fifth Madam was the last one to give birth to a child, and she had already been kicked out.

"And the second wife gave birth to Lin'er first, but it was a dead baby, and she lost her chance.

"Following that, the fourth wife gave birth to a daughter, but because the fourth master was a concubine, he was rejected by the Duke of the country. The fourth master was very angry. After learning that the third wife had given birth to a son, he felt evil in his heart and attacked your brother. Afterwards, he killed the only insider, Da Zhong.

"I didn't expect that fourth master, a concubine, would have such guts and strategies to keep the people in the mansion in the dark for 15 years. It's really a deep thought."

In wealthy families, brother persecutions abound. It is not surprising that this happened in Cui's house. Shui Rong saw and heard a lot. Although she was surprised, she didn't feel anything special.

Cui Hengyue grew up in Yunxuan Temple. Although her life was poor, she had never experienced life and death before her mother passed away, and she didn't know about the dirty things in the back house.

The moment she learned the truth, she was greatly shocked.

"No, there is still one person who knows the truth, and that is the Duke, otherwise Fourth Uncle wouldn't be where he is today."

A word awakened the dreamer, and Shui Rong suddenly realized: "That's right, when your elder brother died, logically speaking, the reward should go to the fourth room, but the situation of the fourth master has not improved, and has been imprisoned to this day.

"However, I have a question that I can't figure out. Since the Duke of the Kingdom knows the truth, why didn't he expose it?
"Even if the Duke feels that the matter has already happened, it's useless to pursue it any further. He wants to protect his son, but why do you lie about the fourth master's daughter being born after you?"

Cui Hengyue was stunned.

Could it be that Cui Quan intentionally lied about the birth date of his fourth uncle's daughter in order to make up for her father's loss of a son by giving the reward to her father?
If so, what is this reward?
It seems that after the mother gave birth to her, the father did not get any rare treasures, or got promoted and made a fortune. In short, she did not find out what great benefits his father got back then.

Cui Hengyue thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything, and couldn't help asking Shui Rong for help: "With Cui's status back then, what kind of reward do you think will make the masters in the mansion disregard brotherly affection, and even fight to the death?"

"This..." Shui Rong was very frustrated: "To be honest, I have thought about this problem for a long time, but I still can't figure it out."

Cui Hengyue's expression became serious, this matter became more and more confusing
(End of this chapter)