Chapter 250: Alive or dead, reality or dream
"You are not Zhao Zhao. Zhao Zhao is dead. I don't know who you are, but you are definitely not my Zhao Zhao!"
Mother Shen stood up from the ground excitedly, "I know you don't believe me, please don't restrict my feet. I will take you to find Zhao Zhao. When you see her, you will believe what I say."
Seeing that the two did not respond, Mother Shen quickly assured:
"I'll be good. As long as you let me see Zhao Zhao and collect his body, I'll do anything you ask me to do. Really!"
"Please let me go find Zhao Zhao, please..."
Shen Zhao and Chu Mu looked at each other.
"Okay, I'll let you go find Zhao."
Mother Shen immediately wiped the tears from her face and left the yard without even bothering to put on her shoes.
Shen Zhao frowned, and finally said: "Mrs. Shen, you should put on your shoes. If Ah Zhao saw you like this, he might feel distressed."
Mother Shen then looked at her bare feet, quickly lifted the hem of her skirt, turned around and ran towards the guest room, but in just a moment, she trotted out again wearing shoes.
Shen Zhao and Chu Mu followed behind Shen's mother.
They also wanted to know why Shen's mother said that Shen Zhao was dead.
Along the way, Shen's mother walked familiarly towards the East Courtyard where Shen Zhao used to live.
The closer they got to the East Courtyard, the more Shen Zhao and Chu Mu's hearts sank.
This was Mother Shen’s first time at the General’s Mansion, and she had no idea about the layout of the General’s Mansion.
He didn't even know the courtyard where Chen Zhao used to live.
But now she can walk towards the East Courtyard accurately.
What does this indicate?
Shen Zhao and Chu Mu didn’t dare to think about it.
When Mother Shen stopped at the gate of the East Courtyard.
Shen Zhao asked, "Mrs. Shen, why are you here?"
Mother Shen's tears, which had already stopped, fell silently again, "Because my Zhao Zhao is lying in there..."
She burst into tears and said:
"Chu Mu, our Shen family has treated you well. Open your eyes and see how you treat our Zhao Zhao."
"If you hadn't neglected her, if you hadn't let an orphan girl bully her, if you hadn't let your family members beat and punish her, how could my Zhao Zhao have been so tortured that she died?"
Mother Shen's hands trembled as she closed the gate, but she didn't dare to push it open.
She was afraid to see Zhao Zhao lying there alone, afraid to see Zhao Zhao's body.
Her Zhao Zhao was still so young, and hadn't yet had children around her...
Seeing that Mother Shen was hesitant to open the gate, Shen Zhao stepped forward and pushed it open.
The familiar courtyard came into view again.
Shen Zhao took the lead and stepped in.
I don't know why, but I feel extremely flustered.
No matter how she forced herself to calm down, her hands couldn't stop shaking.
What's going on?
The unknown enveloped her.
Is she afraid of seeing another her?
From the moment Mother Shen stepped into the yard, her tears were like beads that had broken off the string.
Although the courtyard is clean, it is very dilapidated and depressed.
There was a faint musty smell in the yard, exactly the same as the scene in her dream.
No!
That was not a dream, those things really happened.
Zhao Zhao is in the house in front.
Shen Zhao stepped onto the stairs, took a deep breath and pushed the door open.
Mother Shen and Chu Mu followed closely behind him and entered the room.
Mother Shen took two quick steps past Shen Zhao and Chu Mu and headed straight for the bed.
"Zhao Zhao!"
Mother Shen’s scream instantly resounded over the courtyard.
Shen Zhao and Chu Mu hurried towards the bedroom.
But Mother Shen was like crazy, throwing the quilt and pillow on the bed to the ground frantically.
He kept shouting, "Where's Zhao Zhao? What did you do to Zhao Zhao?"
"She's clearly here, lying here!"
Mother Shen suddenly got down from the bed, turned around and grabbed Shen Zhao’s hand, looking at her viciously.
"Chu Mu, is it you?! Did you have Zhao Zhao carried away?"
"She's already dead, why are you still not willing to let her go!"
Then she put on a pitiful, pleading expression, "General Chu, Lord Chu, I beg you to have mercy on me and return Zhao Zhao to me, your mother. Please return Zhao Zhao to me."
"Wow... I treated her coldly when she was alive. I... It's not that I don't like her. It's not that I don't like Zhao Zhao."
Mother Shen let go of Shen Zhao and sat dejectedly on the ground.
"I always feel that Zhao Zhao has the love of his father and brother, but Shen Qianmeng doesn't. So I selfishly want to be nicer to Shen Qianmeng and not let her feel neglected."
"Zhao Zhao has been well-behaved and sensible since she was young. She always listens to whatever I say and never gives me any worries."
"But Chen Qianmeng is different. She is delicate and sensitive, and always cries in front of me. My father and brother only see my sister, not her."
"In order to make Shen Qianmeng happy, I treated Zhao Zhao coldly. I know she won't blame me as a mother, because she is really obedient and sensible."
"Wow... It's all my fault. It's all my negligence that made Zhao Zhao suffer so miserably in the General's Mansion, and I didn't even send anyone to tell me."
"I'm her mother. How could I watch her being bullied to death? Zhao Zhao... Mother was wrong... Mother shouldn't have treated you coldly or ignored you... Zhao Zhao..."
Mother Shen raised her head and looked at Shen Zhao while crying, "General Chu, please return Zhao Zhao's body to me."
"You don't like her anymore, so please give her back to me. I want to take Zhao Zhao to Lingnan to find her father and brother."
"She must really want to see her father and brother... wuwu... she must really want to..."
"That's enough, Madam Shen!" Shen Zhao's eyes ached badly.
The sharp voice interrupted Mother Shen’s crying.
She didn’t know why Mother Shen insisted on saying that she was dead.
She didn't know whether she was dead or alive.
The dream I had while in a coma might not have been a dream, it was too real.
It was so real that she couldn't tell which was reality and which was a dream.
She didn't care whether it was a dream or not, as long as she was still alive and had all her perceptions.
She has to fulfill the responsibilities on her shoulders.
If this is a dream, let her continue to dream.
"Mrs. Shen, let me tell you again, Shen Zhao is standing right in front of you."
"I don't know if you suddenly realized it out of guilt and were afraid to face her alive and say she was dead, so you put on such a show, or if what you said is true, but I ask you to look, Ah Zhao is right in front of you."
"If you truly feel you owe her, please live well for the rest of your life and wait for Uncle Shen and Brother Shen to return from Lingnan so we can reunite as a family."
"As you said, Ah Zhao cares about her father and brother the most, and she cares even more about their feelings. You are Uncle Shen's wife and Brother Shen's mother. As long as you are alive, it is the best compensation for Ah Zhao!"
After saying that, Shen Zhao left with a wave of his sleeves.
Chu Mu hurriedly chased after him, and for some reason he felt very flustered.
Mother Shen stumbled to her feet, looked at the two people who were about to leave the hospital, and shouted:
"Haven't you always wanted to bring down the Crown Prince and the Queen? I have the Queen's secret."
Shen Zhao and Chu Mu paused and stopped moving forward.
Shen Zhao turned around and looked directly at Shen's mother, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know! Shen Qianmeng is not my biological daughter, her biological mother is the Queen!"
"Heaven is blind. I originally had one son and two daughters, but now I only have one son left. My Zhaozhao died in the general's mansion, and my youngest daughter was switched at birth and drowned by a palace maid... Puff..."
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