Until she got into the carriage, Shi Chunquin was still thinking about what Taifu Liu had told her, that as long as he could keep the emperor's throne, he would do anything at all.
If Chu Ling is really determined to rebel, then he and Taifu Liu will be destined to become enemies. The other party is very sophisticated. Can Chu Ling really defeat him?
Seeing her worried look, Lu Tao quickly asked: "Grandma, are you still thinking about what Taifu Liu said?"
Shi Chunfen nodded slightly and said frankly: "I'm afraid that returning to Liuzhou this time will be the beginning of another dispute." Not only the affairs of the government, but also the conflict between her and the Chu family, even if she could pretend to be patriarchal as if nothing had happened.
The daughter's incident never happened, can the Chu family allow her to never give birth to a legitimate son?
Although she is not opposed to having a second child, who can guarantee that her next child will be a son?
What's more, her body is not easily fertile, and there is no guarantee whether she will be able to conceive the next child. She really doesn't know if she and Chu Ling will end up because of this.
Although Lu Tao didn't think as much as she did, he could understand her worries. A cannibalistic place like the Chu family would never be in peace just because she was left out in the cold. She could only comfort her with a smile, "No matter what, everything will be fine."
Well, grandma now has her little master as her companion, which can be considered a great blessing among misfortunes."
"That's true." Shi Chunfen looked down at the child in his arms, with a smile on his eyes and brows.
No matter how much suffering awaits her ahead, as long as she looks at Tangyuan's smiling face, she feels that she has nothing to fear.
The carriage traveled on the road for more than a month before slowly arriving in Liuzhou. Along the way, the eldest mistress of the Chu family was not restrained by the spring equinox. She took glutinous rice balls to travel around the mountains and rivers. Not to mention how happy the life was, but happy days are always
It was short-lived. No matter how much she didn't want to go back and face it, she still had to go back to that cold house.
This mansion, known as the most elegant, luxurious and desirable in Liuzhou, has now become her nightmare.
"Cousin, you're finally back!" Those who came to greet her were Yu Atu and Ji Xiaoman. Chu Xiu and Chu Run were not at Chu's house, so they didn't know she was coming back today.
The two of them happily welcomed Shichun Equinox into the house. Mother and daughter couldn't put it down when they saw the plump glutinous rice balls in her arms. "This child is so beautiful. He has grown up so much in just two months."
The speaker was Ji Xiaoman. Ever since Chu Xiu agreed to cooperate with her in giving birth to a legitimate son, she had become much gentler and she was always dreaming about waiting for the child to arrive.
It was a pity that even though she and Chu Xiu had worked hard for so long, there was still no movement in their stomachs, so looking at the child at the equinox, they were all extremely greedy.
"Of course my cousin and uncle's child is very beautiful." Yu Atu also looked envious.
Now that the two-year period has passed, Chu Run still has no intention of touching her. She knows that she has brought the blame on herself and no one else. But on the other hand, she is not willing to let go like this, and can only learn to become more humble and cowardly day by day.
, hoping to get Chu Run to change his mind.
Accompanied by the two of them, Shi Chunfen returned to his yard. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Sang Pi standing arrogantly in the yard directing everyone to move things. When he saw Shi Chunfen and others coming in, he did not come forward to salute. Li Yan
I was so angry that I couldn't help but stepped forward to accuse, "What are you moving? Grandma is back, didn't you see it?"
When she shouted, those people stopped.
Sang Pi rolled his eyes and quickly stepped forward with a smile, saluting Shi Chunpin and saying, "Greetings to grandma."
"Yeah." Shi Chunfen nodded slightly and looked at her indifferently, "What are you moving?"
Sampi smiled and replied: "The uncle wanted to dig a pond in front of the yard, so I directed them to move the construction materials."
"Dig a pond?" Shi Chunfen frowned, "The glutinous rice balls are still small now. They will be able to walk and run in two years. How dangerous it will be to have a pond in front of the door by then? What do you think?"
Sangpi was startled by her tone. He quickly shrank his neck and muttered: "I don't even know this."
Shi Chunfen didn't want to take it out on her, so he quickly softened his tone and said patiently: "You ask them to stop working first, and I will explain this matter to the uncle."
Sangpi nodded slightly and quickly retreated.
As soon as the construction workers dispersed, Yu Atu shook his head, "I really don't know what the uncle is thinking. He can't even consider such an important matter."
"Yes." Ji Xiaoman also felt a little strange, "The Chu family has so many ponds and a pavilion in the middle of the lake. I can't go anywhere to enjoy the water scenery, so why does it have to be in front of my own house?"
Shi Chunfen was too lazy to delve into this, so he just thought it was Chu Ling's whim, "Don't worry about them. You must be tired from the long journey of glutinous rice balls. Let the wet nurse take them into the house to rest."
"Yes." Lu Tao responded, and quickly left the scene with the nanny holding glutinous rice balls.
After they left, Shi Chunfen brought Yu Atu and Ji Xiaoman into the house. They hadn't seen each other for more than two months, and the three of them had a lot to say.
"How's it going? How are you two doing during my absence?" Seeing her caring about them as soon as she sat down, the two looked at each other and said with a smile: "We will come back with the brigade.
Although the journey is hurried, the food and clothing are the best, but you... must be very tired after traveling alone with your child for so long, right? "
"What kind of person?" Shi Chunfen shook his head funnyly, "Do you think Li Yan and the others are freeloaders?"
"That's not necessarily true." Yu Atu pouted and said, "I know you best. You have always suffered by yourself." After saying that, she looked at Li Yan and asked, "Li Yan, why don't you come?
Tell us, how are you doing on your journey, eldest mistress?"
The three of them looked at Li Yan, but the other person seemed to be staring out the window in a daze.
Yu Atu frowned and asked dissatisfiedly: "Li Yan, Li Yan... why don't you speak?"
Li Yan came back to her senses and turned around to see three pairs of eyes staring at her. She was so frightened that she trembled and asked quickly: "What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?"
Seeing her distracted look, Shi Chunfen frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you too tired from the road?"
"No way?" Yu Atu looked at her with suspicion, "You and Tang Yuan came all the way with her, and you haven't seen her so tired."
Ji Xiaoman was much smarter and saw that Li Yan had something else on his mind, "After you met Sang Pi just now, your whole face changed. Did you find something wrong with her? Why don't you tell us and let everyone give you advice?"
Hearing her mention Sangpi, I remembered that this was indeed the case, and Li Yan had never been impulsive. She had been tit-for-tat with Sangpi as soon as she came back. Is there really something hidden in this?
"Li Yan, tell me." Shi Chunkai said, "We are all our own people here. If you have anything on your mind, you can tell us."
Even she spoke, so Li Yan naturally stopped being coy and quickly knelt down and said frankly: "Grandma, I'm sorry, there is something I should have told you two months ago, but I was afraid of affecting your mood at the time.
, and I was afraid of delaying your recovery, so I didn’t say anything for a long time."
"Two months ago?" Shi Chunfen was slightly startled, and quickly thought of Chu Ling, "Is this matter related to the uncle?"
Li Yan nodded quickly and glanced at Ji Xiaoman and Yu Atu hesitantly.
Ji Xiaoman reacted and quickly pulled Yu Atu to stand up, "How about we avoid it?"
"No need." Shi Chunfen has always felt that nothing should be said to others, not to mention these two people are already the few people in the Chu family who can talk to her about their concerns. If even they have to be wary, then she is not in the Chu family.
Too tired?
Seeing that she didn't need them to avoid her, the two of them didn't show any politeness. They quickly sat down again and looked at Li Yan, waiting for her next words.
Seeing this situation, Li Yan lowered her eyes and said: "The uncle was going to lead the team back to Liuzhou that day. I wanted to persuade him to come and see grandma, but unexpectedly I bumped into him and... I bumped into him and..."
Seeing her hesitating, Ji Xiaoman already knew something in his mind, "Did you catch him and Sang Pi together?"
Hearing this, Shi Chunfen and Yu Atu were stunned at the same time. They looked at Li Yan in disbelief, and saw the other party nodded apologetically.
"How could this happen?" Yu Atu jumped up in anger, "When did that bitch hook up with my brother-in-law? I'm going to tear her face apart right now!"
"Usagi!" Shichun Equinox quickly stopped her, pulled her back, and said angrily: "I still don't know what's going on, can you stop being so impulsive?"
As she said that, she looked at Ji Xiaoman and said calmly: "Why did you guess what Li Yan was thinking? Did you hear something while I was away?"
After hearing this, Yu Atu sat down and looked at Ji Xiaoman curiously.
She also returned to Liuzhou in advance, but her heart was focused on Chu Run, and she had no idea about the big house.
Ji Xiaoman hesitated for a moment, then nodded quickly, "Ah Xiu is very close to his eldest brother. He often goes to his eldest brother's study at night to discuss business. According to what he said... he said..." At this point, she also looked embarrassed.
The way he opened his mouth.
Yu Atu became impatient and interrupted: "Did the Second Master see the two of them doing something shady?"
Ji Xiaoman nodded hesitantly, "You can say that."
"It's really unreasonable!" Yu Atu was so angry that he said, "It turns out that he left his cousin alone in the capital just to have sex with that bitch. No wonder Arun said that he changed overnight, but in the end he was still a dog.
I couldn't stop eating shit, so I finally couldn't help but take away the mulberry skin! No wonder that bitch looked so complacent just now, I said how dare she not be polite to her cousin when she saw her!"
Every time she said something, Shi Chunfen's face turned a little paler, but in the end the color was gone, but she still had to pretend to be calm and said, "Maybe things are not as bad as you think. Sangpi has been with A Ling for so many years."
, I would have accepted her a long time ago, why wait until now? Besides, she is A Ling's personal girl, so it is normal for her to be close to her, so you'd better not spread false rumors."
Seeing that she refused to believe it, Yu Atu became anxious, "What are you spreading lies about? Li Yan and the second master have both seen it and will they still lie? Besides, look at the attitude of that little hoof just now. If she didn't have the support of her brother-in-law, she would dare to be so arrogant.
?"
"Atu." Ji Xiaoman interrupted her in time and signaled her to stop talking nonsense.
Yu Atu was startled for a moment, and then he noticed that Shi Chunfen's expression was not good, and couldn't help scratching his head, "Well... I just made a random guess, maybe it's just a misunderstanding? A misunderstanding..." She said more and more
The more I spoke, the less confident I became. In the end, even my voice became weaker.
Shi Chunfen glanced at her and shook his head amusingly, "So what if this thing is true? Sooner or later there will be other women around A Ling. At least I know Sang Pi thoroughly, which is better than him just casually finding someone from outside.
The woman is coming, isn’t she?”
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Ji Xiaoman's face turned a little pale unconsciously.
Shi Chunquin noticed the change in her and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Xiaoman, I didn't mean that."
"It doesn't matter." Ji Xiaoman smiled at her, "I can understand your mood now, just like when I first knew that the second master was messing around outside. After all, there is no cat in this world who doesn't steal fish.
At least brother didn’t look for those shabby women, right?”
Seeing that she was still in the mood to comfort herself at this time, Shi Chunfen felt even more apologetic. She took the other person's hands and asked: "What about you? How are you getting along with the second master during this time? Has he gone there yet?
Looking for that woman?”
Mentioning Ruyan, Ji Xiaoman's eyes were obviously gloomy, and his face was full of hatred, "Not only did he go to look for me, he would go there every other day, and he never took me seriously!"
Seeing her angry look, Shi Chunfen didn't know how to comfort her.
If Ruyan is Chu Xiu's antidote, the gentleness that soothes his irritable nerves, then Chu Xiu's choice seems to be right, but it is too unfair to Ji Xiaoman.
When Chu Ling suddenly felt a little scared, was mulberry an antidote or a comfort to Chu Ling?
If that woman is far more important than her, how should she deal with herself?
Seeing the two of them in a trance, Yu Atu curled her lips and said, "At least you two still have someone to fight with, unlike me who goes crazy in the air every day!"
Hearing this, the two people were slightly startled. Shi Chunquin clearly felt that Yu Atu glanced at her meaningfully, and then quickly looked away. Her heart trembled slightly, and she quickly understood that Yu Atu
where the pain lies.
She is different from them. Her enemy is her cousin Shi Chunfen, and she is a cousin who has no interest in Chu Run at all, so she knows very well that she cannot blame Shi Chunfen or Chu Run, lest the other party hates her even more.
When no one could complain, she could only do what she said and go mad in the air every day.
The pain of not being able to find a place to vent was far heavier than the two of them.
Shi Chunfen could understand her feelings, but he didn't know how to comfort her. She was the person least qualified to intervene in the matter between her and Chu Run, so how could she comfort her?