Chapter 151 Recognition
"Mother, this Madam Liu looks exactly like my grandmother when she was young. It seems that she is my aunt without a doubt."
After all, Yin Miaoyin was young and her mind worked quickly. She was shocked for a while but then she came to her senses.
She had met Liu Mingyue a long time ago and had always thought that this Mr. Liu was similar to her grandmother when she was young. This moment really confirmed her thoughts and she was not too surprised.
"So like, so like, my son!" Tears welled up from the old lady's eyes and fell down.
She walked forward tremblingly without the help of a cane or anyone to support her.
As they got closer, Liu Ruyi's face was right in front of her. With just one glance, the old lady could tell that she was her long-lost daughter. She had been searching for her daughter for many years, and as she grew older, she thought she would never see her little girl again.
The old lady held Liu Ruyi's hand affectionately, and her wrinkled hands held her daughter's hand tightly.
Once upon a time, she held her daughter in her arms, holding her daughter's hands and shaking a rattle. The skin of her hands was tight and white, while her daughter's hands were soft and chubby, like rice balls, so cute.
She held Liu Ruyi's hand with all her strength. To the "stranger", the old lady's action was a bit too much.
Liu Ruyi suddenly retracted her hand, took a few steps back in panic, and her eyes moved back and forth between her daughter and the old lady.
The old lady looked at her daughter with tears in her eyes, who looked confused and a little panicked. She wiped away her tears a little and realized that her behavior just now was too abrupt. She was the prime minister's wife, and she felt extremely frightened to be so close to Liu Ruyi all of a sudden.
"Don't panic. I... just sit down first. I will tell you everything that happened that year."
The old lady wanted to pat Liu Ruyi's hand to comfort her, but she was afraid of scaring her daughter, so she had to control her excitement and sat back on the wooden chair. Liu Ruyi hesitated, but sat down too.
"Back then, your father, Prime Minister Yin, was ordered to oversee the repair of the imperial mausoleum. Because it would take too long, I took you, who were still young at the time, with me to follow your father to take up the post. The repair of the imperial mausoleum was very busy..."
When the old lady talked about Liu Ruyi's disappearance, she couldn't help but shed tears, but her words were still calm and clear.
After arriving at the imperial mausoleum, the old lady fell ill soon after because she could not adapt to the local climate. She was unable to take care of her young daughter, so she sent her trusted maid to take care of her.
Unexpectedly, on the way out for an outing, the maid slipped and fell down the hillside, was seriously injured and bled to death, and the old lady's daughter disappeared since then.
At that time, the prime minister sent people to the nearby area and turned the mountain upside down, but they still couldn't find the person.
"You were still very young at that time, and you didn't wear any accessories except this jade pendant, which you wore when you were born. I didn't expect that we would recognize each other because of this jade pendant many years later. It can be said that it is fate."
The old lady sighed with emotion. Liu Ruyi had already known that she was the daughter of the Prime Minister and his wife. Although she was happy in her heart, she was not very surprised.
However, long before she met her relatives, her daughter had told her to act surprised and happy.
"Are you really my mother?" Liu Ruyi asked uncertainly with tears in her eyes.
Her surprise was fake, but her joy at reuniting with her relatives was real.
"My dear child, your father and I have been looking for you for many years. We thought we would never see you again in this lifetime, but we never expected..."
The old lady wiped her tears and wanted to ask Liu Ruyi to sit next to her, but then she changed her mind and thought that since they had just met, being too intimate might make her daughter feel uncomfortable, so she had to give up.
"How have you been these years? Where is your husband now?" The old lady asked about Liu Ruyi's husband, and then looked at Liu Mingyue, "I didn't expect that after I recognized my daughter, I also got such a big grandson."
The old lady loved Liu Mingyue because of her love for her. Her eyes were full of love when she looked at Liu Mingyue.
As my granddaughter said, Ruyi Pavilion's business is doing very well, and the jewelry and fabrics that Mr. Liu brought today are all of top quality. Without certain connections and abilities, it would be impossible to produce these things.
Since the grandson is able to run his business successfully, the mother and son should be living a good life these days.
The reaction of Liu Ruyi and her son was not what the old lady expected. They did not laugh and talk about how they had been living over the years.
When asked how she had been doing over the years, Liu Ruyi's face froze and she did not answer immediately.
Under the old lady's worried gaze, Liu Ruyi still pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled: "I have been living with my child for these years and have lived a good life."
The old lady was fifty years old and had met quite a few people by now. She could tell at a glance that although Liu Ruyi said she was living a good life, her expression clearly did not indicate that.
Her son Liu Suifeng also had a secretive look on his face. The reactions of both mother and son did not seem to indicate that they had been living well in recent years.
Liu Ruyi looked hesitant, and her lips moved as if she wanted to speak, but in the end she didn't say a word. She probably thought that there were too many people in the hall and many things were difficult to say out loud.
Since they have acknowledged each other as relatives, some things must be made clear. Liu Mingyue called Uncle Liao forward and pointed at the jewelry that the women of the Xiangfu had chosen: "Except these, send the rest back to Ruyi Pavilion first."
Liu Mingyue kept the jewelry selected by the old lady and the others, and asked Uncle Liao to take the others back to Ruyi Pavilion first, in order to get rid of them.
Uncle Liao understood the hidden meaning of his boss and realized that it would not be appropriate for him to stay aside in the next situation.
"Yes, I'll send the things back to Ruyi Pavilion right away." Uncle Liao waved to the servant, who tidied up the jewelry box and left the flower hall with it.
Except for Uncle Liao and others, the other servants had quietly left at some point.
When only family members were left in the hall, Liu Mingyue spoke on behalf of her mother and told her about what had happened over the years.
"My mother was originally picked up by my father. As they spent more time together, they fell in love and got married. Then I was born. But when I was three years old, my father died on the battlefield. My mother had no choice but to enter the Zhou Mansion and became Zhou Junyuan's concubine."
The old lady had never heard of the name of her father that Liu Mingyue mentioned, but she did know Zhou Junyuan's name.
"Zhou Junyuan? Are you talking about General Zhou?" The old lady's eyes widened in surprise.
"Yes." Liu Mingyue nodded. "Zhou Junyuan was my stepfather. He coveted my mother's beauty. After my father died in the war, he coerced and bribed my mother to become his concubine. My mother had no choice but to enter the Zhou Mansion and become Aunt Liu."
Hearing this, Yin Miaoyin took a breath. The old lady and Zhen were in poor health. It's not that they didn't pay attention to what was going on outside, but they didn't know such detailed information about the affairs of the concubines in other people's backyards.
But Yin Miaoyin often went out of the house to play, so there was no gossip in the capital that she didn't know.
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