The relationship between the three of them was a mess, and by the end of the conversation no one was interested, so Chunfen got up and saw them off.
After seeing them off, she was too lazy to think about those troublesome things and simply went to bed. She planned to wait for Chu Ling to come back in the evening and then go with him to pay his respects to the old lady.
She slept until late at night, and it wasn't until she woke up in the middle of the night that she realized that Li Yan and Lu Tao didn't wake her up, which meant that Chu Ling didn't come back tonight, otherwise the two would not let her sleep until late at night.
Shi Chunquin never expected that Chu Ling would not even look at her when she came back from the capital all the way. Was he too disappointed that he had not given birth to a legitimate son, or had he already found a new love and left her behind?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt aggrieved, and since she had no sleep after sleeping all day, she simply got up and got out of bed, searching for her coat in the dark.
The girl on duty tonight was Li Yan. She heard the movement in the house and rushed over quickly, lighting the oil lamp, "Grandma, why are you up? What are you looking for?"
When the room became bright, Shi Chunfen quickly put on his coat and said with a cold face: "Where is the uncle? I'll go look for him."
Hearing this, Li Yan was startled, "Grandma, isn't this bad? It's already the second update. If you go to see me at this time, I'm afraid it won't sound good if word spreads."
"What's so bad?" Shi Chunfen said indifferently: "I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep, and wanted to find my husband to comfort me. Is this wrong?"
Li Yan rarely saw her with such a sharp look, and was intimidated by her momentum for a moment, so she had to compromise: "Well, I heard that the uncle is staying in the study tonight, I will light a lamp outside to send you there.
"
When Chu Ling got dressed and washed his face, he went to Chu Ling's study aggressively accompanied by Li Yan. What the two of them didn't expect was that Chu Ling didn't sleep tonight and was reading at night in the study.
When he broke in, his expression was obviously a bit surprised.
Shi Chunquin broke into the study and subconsciously looked around the room, but did not see Sang Pi. The anger in his stomach dissipated a lot in an instant, but he still looked at Chu Ling with an indifferent expression.
Chu Ling noticed her scrutiny, quickly put down the book in his hand, and said calmly: "Why are you here?"
Shi Chunfen turned around and glanced at Li Yan, who quickly withdrew and closed the door for them.
After the door was closed, she slowly stepped forward and looked at Chu Ling coldly, "I came here tonight and just want to ask you, what did I do wrong to deserve to be ignored by you like this?"
This short sentence, although the volume was not high, was full of deep dissatisfaction. This sentence had been held in Shi Chunfen's heart for more than two months. She had been waiting to ask Chu Ling in person when she saw him. Unexpectedly,
The other party didn't even come to see her, which caused all her self-cultivation and dignity to completely disappear. At this moment, she was no longer the eldest mistress of the Chu family, but a poor woman who was looking for her husband and was on the verge of collapse.
Facing her question, Chu Ling was startled for a moment, then stood up with some uncertainty, "Are you angry?"
If Shi Chunfen hadn't been sensible enough, he would have been driven crazy by these four words at this moment. He left without saying goodbye more than two months ago, and turned a blind eye more than two months later. In the end, in exchange for these few words, Shi Chunfen even started to
I wonder if Chu Ling’s conscience was eaten by a dog?
She looked at him and pulled her lips mockingly, "Don't you think I should be angry?"
Seeing that she was really angry, Chu Ling almost couldn't hold back his laughter. For more than two months, he had been secretly sending people to monitor Shi Chunfen's every move. It was said that after he left, the other party was still recovering from his injuries as if nothing had happened.
, negotiated with Taifu Liu, let Hongxing go, and even traveled around. He almost really thought that he was not important in the other person's heart, but now he saw that the other person came to the door in the middle of the night regardless of questioning, and even disciplined the child bride.
Forgetting everything, he finally realized deeply how much the other party cared about him.
But the more he realized this, the more the old lady's advice swirled in his mind, and the path he wanted to take was destined to have no weaknesses.
Thinking like this, Chu Ling suppressed the joy in his heart, walked up to Shi Chunquin expressionlessly, and said indifferently: "I thought you knew the duties of the eldest mistress of the Chu family, what should be done, and what should not be done. Could it be that you
Don’t you have any idea?”
Shi Chunfen was slightly startled, and soon her eyes turned red, "Is it just because I gave birth to a daughter? Or do you already have someone else in your heart?"
"It has nothing to do with my daughter." Chu Ling knew that glutinous rice balls were the bottom line of the spring equinox, and he was not cruel enough to use such things to suppress her.
"Does that mean you belong to someone else?" Seeing that he did not deny this, Shi Chunfen smiled sarcastically, "Is it Sangpi?"
Chu Ling's hands trembled slightly, but he still met her eyes as if nothing had happened, "I remember that you have never objected to me taking concubines."
This short sentence destroyed all the luck in Shi Chunxin. She almost naively thought that Chu Ling was different from other men. It turned out that men are men, and they are only different when they talk sweetly.
Shi Chunfen's eyes darkened, he forced himself to hold back the tears in his eyes, and said with a smile: "If this is the uncle's choice, then of course I have nothing to say."
Although he had expected that she would not object, Chu Ling's heart sank when he actually heard her say this. He would rather object hysterically at Shichunfen than to do so calmly.
Agree, because this will only make him feel that her feelings for him are not deep.
"Chun Equinox has no right to interfere with what kind of woman the uncle wants to marry." Shi Chunqun continued: "But regarding digging a pond in front of the house, for the sake of my daughter's future safety, I ask the uncle to give up this idea."
Seeing that her visit late at night was just for this matter, Chu Ling's face became even more ugly, "I have already decided about the pond. It is not your turn to comment. Tang Yuan is still young and will not walk into the pond by herself. If you really
If you are worried, send a few more nuns to follow her to avoid any accidents."
"Uncle!" Shi Chunfen became anxious, "There are so many water features in the Chu family, why do you have to dig a pond at the entrance of the yard?"
"Because Sangpi likes it."
In just six words, Shi Chunfen's self-cultivation that she had been holding back for a long time was completely shattered. She raised the corners of her lips mockingly, and unknowingly burst into tears, "Her words of like will make even your own wife and daughter happy."
Don’t you care?”
Chu Ling was stung by her tears and was about to refute that it was not the case.
Unexpectedly, before the words were spoken, Shi Chunfen interrupted: "Okay, you can make them if you like. I will send someone to guard the glutinous rice balls, so you don't need to worry about it."
Seeing how indifferent she was, Chu Ling swallowed the words in his mouth and said stiffly, "It's very late, should I take you back?"
"I don't need you to worry about it." Before his hand touched Shi Chunfen, the other party dodged away vigilantly. "Reading at night is harmful to your health, so I'd better take care of yourself." With that, Shi Chunquin bowed to Chu Ling.
, and quickly exited his study.
This etiquette is not unfamiliar to Chu. When they first got married, Shi Chunfen was extremely reserved every time in front of him. No matter he was coming or leaving, he had to bow stiffly. It took a lot of effort for him to convince Shi Chunfen not to do so.
He was polite, but in just over two months, she had changed back to what she was before, which frightened him to the core.
Chu Ling's fists gradually clenched, but then quickly unclenched. He stared blankly at his palms, feeling that what he once held tightly had now been quietly lost...
Shi Chunfen ran out of Chu Ling's study in embarrassment, not even paying attention to Li Yan who was guarding the door, and ran back to his room regardless.
Seeing this situation, Li Yan quickly followed her and ran back to the room with her. When she saw her crying in the room, she was completely at a loss.
"Grandma, what happened? Is it uncle..." She couldn't say the next words, but as a woman, how could she not guess Shi Chunquin's thoughts?
To make her collapse like this, other than Chu Ling's falling in love with someone else, what else could be possible?
Shi Chunfen lay on the table and cried bitterly. The grievances she had held for more than two months were finally released at this moment. She always thought that when this day came, she would be able to face it well, but until Chu Ling personally sentenced her to death,
Only then did she realize that she was not as free and easy as she imagined. Watching her husband walk to another woman felt like someone had cut her heart in half with a knife. She would not die completely, but she would be dripping with blood.
Leave her half dead.
I don’t know how long she cried. It wasn’t until dawn, when she vaguely heard the cry of glutinous rice balls coming from outside the house, that she gradually calmed down. She suddenly raised her head, opened her eyes that were red and swollen from crying, and looked towards Li Yan.
Asked: "Did I hear it correctly? Is that the cry of glutinous rice balls outside?"
"That should be it." Li Yan also heard it, "Grandma, don't worry, I'll go out and take a look, and you can put a hot handkerchief on your face."
Hearing her reminder, Shi Chunfen realized how embarrassed she was crying at the moment. I was afraid that I couldn't just go out to meet people. She nodded slightly and asked Li Yan to go out first to see what was going on. She had already prepared the other person.
She wiped her face several times with a hot handkerchief. After wiping away the tears on her face, she arranged her hair in front of the bronze mirror. Before she finished all this, Li Yan came back and reported: "Grandma, the wet nurse said that the baby
After the mistress woke up this morning, she kept crying for some reason. She fed her milk and changed her diaper. The little mistress only stopped for a while and then continued to cry. She was afraid that the little mistress would be unwell, so she specially hugged him.
We are here to ask if you would like to find a doctor for the young master."
"What?" After hearing what she said, Shi Chunquin immediately became anxious, "Quickly, bring the glutinous rice balls in and let me see them."
Li Yan called the wet nurse in. Shi Chunquin took the baby and carefully touched her forehead. She saw that the baby didn't have a fever or any abnormality in her body. She really couldn't tell what was wrong. Just when she thought
When she called the doctor, she didn't expect the glutinous rice balls to arrive in her arms. She became quiet after a while, and looked at her with dark eyes, as if she didn't intend to cry anymore.
Shi Chunfen was stunned for a moment, and then he stopped laughing. He reached out and scratched her nose, and said dotingly: "Did you know that Mom was sad, so you came here to comfort Mom?"
Tangyuan didn't understand her words, but just chuckled at her.
Seeing this situation, Li Yan sighed with emotion, "Yes, yes, it must be like this. They say that mothers and daughters are connected. Tang Yuan must have known that his mother was in pain, so she rushed over to comfort her."
Hearing what she said, Shi Chunquin couldn't help hugging Tangyuan tighter. She lowered her head and touched her cheek with hers. The sadness of the whole night disappeared at this moment. It didn't matter if her husband was gone. She
There is also an obedient and sensible baby daughter. For the rest of her life, she and Tangyuan must live well so that others will not laugh at them.
With the company of glutinous rice balls, Shi Chunfen's mood improved significantly. Li Yan took the opportunity to ask the kitchen to pass the food around and used some of it with Shi Chunfen.
After breakfast, Tangyuan seemed to be tired from crying and fell into a deep sleep. Seeing this, Shi Chunfen quickly asked the wet nurse to take her back to rest, while he planned to clean up and go to pay his respects to the old lady.
Originally, she was supposed to go see the old lady yesterday, but because she wanted to ask Chu Ling to accompany her, she postponed it until today. Now that there was no hope of calling Chu Ling, she could only clean up and wipe some more.
She used powder to cover her eyes that were swollen from crying, and then slowly walked to the old lady's yard.
"Meet Grandma on the Spring Equinox." Seeing that she was about to kneel down, the old lady quickly reached out to support her, "Silly girl, we haven't seen each other for so long, how come you are separated from Grandma?"
The kinder the old lady was, the more Shi Chunfen wanted to cry, because she already knew that Chu Ling had changed his mind. All the old lady's kindness was just to make her compromise on Chu Ling's concubine. How could she not
Feel sad?
Seeing that her face looked wrong and her eyes were still swollen, the old lady sighed and said bluntly: "I also know that it was A Ling and I who left without saying goodbye two months ago, but there were a lot of things waiting for us in Liuzhou at that time.
Come back to deal with it, so A Ling didn't have time to inform you, I hope you don't blame him."
Although he knew that she was making nonsense excuses for Chu Ling, at least it gave her a step forward. Shi Chunfen still managed to smile and said, "It doesn't matter, it's all over."
Seeing that her voice was hoarse and she had obviously cried for a long time last night, the old lady's expression became more and more sad. She grabbed Shi Chunfen's hands and said with emotion: "You had just given birth to a child at that time, and our Chu family treated you like this. You
You should blame us in your heart, so don't hold it in, lest you get sick from holding it in."
The old lady's tone was gentle, which made Shichun very sad. She finally couldn't hold it back and quickly shed tears, "Grandma, please don't say that. I know you must have other reasons. All of this, the Spring Equinox
I don’t want to care about it, and I won’t care about it. I hope you won’t mention it again, so as not to make the Spring Equinox even more embarrassing.”
She said this, and the old lady nodded naturally, "This is natural, this is natural."