Nanny Rong hesitated, saying, "Didn't the Marquis say we should wait for news from the Magistrate?"
Waiting for the Magistrate's message meant that these two children's status in the ninth branch was still unsettled; they would not be entered into the family register. Gu Jingcheng was only helping to raise them.
Everything remained a matter of expediency.
Old Madam Gu frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "All right, but after all, they've stayed with me for quite a few days..."
