The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1341

Chapter 1341: 652 Jiaojiao Takes Action (Double Update)_3

The second wife said, "That’s not it. Just now, the eldest brother grasped Miss Mu’s hand and called her Yinyin; he mistook Miss Mu for Yinyin!"

Jing Erye waved his hand, "How could that be? How many years has it been since Yinyin passed away?"

"Of course, I know Yinyin is gone, but didn’t the eldest brother hurt his head?" the second wife pointed to her own head, "Maybe he doesn’t remember at all."

Jing Erye decisively shook his head, "No, the eldest brother would remember."

The second wife said, "Alright, let’s say he remembers. Let me ask you, didn’t the eldest brother start to get better after Miss Mu came to our residence? Wasn’t it after Miss Mu saw the eldest brother, that he started calling out for Yinyin at night?"

Jing Erye kept recalling, "That seems... to be the case."

"Just now the eldest brother was grabbing her and calling out Yinyin again!" the second wife emphasized the matter once more.

"What are you trying to say?" Jing Erye asked.

The second wife smiled mysteriously, "I mean, the eldest brother wants a daughter, and Miss Mu is about the same age as Yinyin. If the eldest brother really likes her, it wouldn’t be a problem to recognize her as his daughter."

"This..." Jing Erye hesitated.

The second wife said, "If Miss Mu calls him father, maybe that would wake the eldest brother up."

Jing Erye frowned, "Wait a minute, didn’t you disbelieve this method of speaking to the eldest brother? The schoolmate of Mu Qingchen suggested it, and you drove him away as a quack."

The second wife said irritably, "Can’t I believe it now?"

Jing Erye raised an eyebrow, "Oh."

So his 500 taels for the consultation fee weren’t given in vain.

The second wife had great respect for the Duke, and her intentions were good. Since marrying into the Duke Residence, she had never been mistreated or suffered any wrongdoing, and whenever her family faced any troubles, without her needing to speak up, the eldest brother would actively have Erye provide silver to help her family out.

She truly hoped the eldest brother would wake up.

"But the young lady might not be willing," Jing Erye said.

The second wife smiled, "I’ll go test the waters with her first."

Soon after, the second wife went to the Duke’s room and called Miao Ruoxin to the courtyard, softly explaining Yinyin’s identity to her: "She is my eldest brother’s daughter."

Miao Ruoxin nodded, "I see."

The second wife spoke with a smile, "You are about the same age as my eldest brother’s daughter, and you’ve been accompanying my eldest brother these days. You must have reminded him of his daughter."

"The status of the Duke Residence’s daughter is prestigious, and I dare not compare myself to her," Miao Ruoxin, though proud, would never equate her status to that of a daughter from an upper-class family of Shang Country.

"Haven’t you asked Miss Mu’s mother?" the second wife said.

Miao Ruoxin spoke dejectedly, "My parents passed away early, and it was my master who raised me."

"You’ve really had it hard." The second wife took her hand and gently patted it, "If Yinyin were alive, she would be about your age as well."

...

After the second wife left, a maid asked Miao Ruoxin, "Miss, what did the second wife mean? Why did she suddenly say so many strange things to you?"

Miao Ruoxin looked at the hand that the Duke had just grasped and said indifferently, "Who knows?"

The next day, a piece of gossip spread quickly through the Duke Residence.

A few maids gathered in the garden to do some cleaning.

Maid A said, "Have you heard? The Duke is going to recognize Miss Mu as his adoptive daughter!"

Maid B asked, "Who told you that?"

Maid A replied, "Never mind where I heard it from, the question is if you believe it or not!"

Maid B said, "I don’t believe it!"

Maid C joined in, "It’s absolutely true! I heard it myself! The Duke was holding Miss Mu’s hand and calling her his daughter’s name!"

Maid D also chimed in, "Is the Duke awake now?"

Maid A said, "He only wakes up when Miss Mu is with him."

Maid B remarked, "Looking at it this way, is Miss Mu going to become the Duke Residence’s daughter? She’s a bit too proud for my liking. I don’t really like her."

After dismounting from the carriage, when Mu Chuan saw which inn it was, he complained with a gloomy expression, "This inn is quite far from the Lingbo Academy!" _{frёeweɓηovel.coɱ}