Shen Cangyun stretched out his hand, trembling for a moment, and choked up, "Ruyi..."

"Why is the master here?"

Fang Fei was startled and looked at Shen Ruyi hurriedly.

Shen Ruyi didn't react much, she just said, "Go open the door."

Fangfei opened the door, "Master."

Shen Cangyun walked in and took a quick look around the room, feeling more and more guilty.

The house was in a dilapidated state. The previous furniture had been gnawed by rats, the paint had fallen off, and traces of water leaking from the roof had stained large areas of the wall, making it look like a cold palace.

"Ruyi, the conditions here are not good, why didn't you tell your father? If I had known that this place was already so dilapidated, I would never have let you live in Xifengyuan!" Regret surged in Shen Cangyun's heart.

His eyes fell on Shen Ruyi's face, and he said in a trembling voice: "Ruyi, when did you become so estranged from Daddy!"

Shen Ruyi heard the resentment in his voice.

Looking up at him, she suddenly wanted to laugh, "Shen Jiaojiao wanted to move into Ruyi Pavilion, you wrote the door plaque yourself, changed Ruyi Pavilion to Jiaoyang Pavilion, and waved your hand to let me go to Xifeng Courtyard."

"I'm telling you I'm scared. Since my mother died, no one has lived in Xifeng Courtyard anymore. It's gloomy and dilapidated."

"You said that I was used to enjoying happiness, so I didn't know the sufferings of the world and didn't understand what Shen Jiaojiao had been through out there. Living in Xifeng Courtyard for a while, I would know what kind of happiness I have been enjoying all these years."

Facing him, Shen Ruyi's eyes were calm and her tone was gentle. Everything in the past was already in the past, and she was just stating a fact.

As he spoke, he stood up from the brazier, knelt on the ground beside him, and kowtowed three times to Shen Cangyun, "Ruyi thanks Daddy for teaching me. I now know what suffering is in the world, and I also know what is the most unattainable thing in this world."

Shen Cangyun lowered his head and looked at his daughter kneeling in front of him, trembling.

She was obviously so well-behaved, and everything at this moment seemed to be what he had wanted, but looking at her now, he felt that everything was wrong!

Totally misplaced!

"Ruyi, it was daddy's fault before. From now on I..." He stretched out his hand, trying to help her up from the ground. The father and daughter talked to each other and filled the gap between them.

But Shen Ruyi stood up and took a step back. "What happened in the past is in the past. If you have anything to say, just say it."

This bow means our eternal farewell.

Shen Ruyi no longer regarded him as her father, but just an ordinary stranger, and she had completely let go of it in her heart.

Shen Cangyun's eyes fell on her head, face, and her graceful demeanor, and he felt a sense of trance.

After Shen Jiaojiao came, he always hoped that Shen Ruyi would be generous and tolerant, and take on the responsibility of being the gentle and virtuous woman in the family.

But when she really became like this, he realized that she was his daughter, the same age as Shen Jiaojiao. She was not the mistress of the Prime Minister's Mansion, nor was she his wife who had died long ago!

Shen Ruyi and Shen Jiaojiao are twins.

However, he asked Shen Ruyi to be Shen Jiaojiao's mother, as an elder sister is like a mother.

Now, all of it is shattered.

"Ruyi, are you...not recognizing your father?" His eyes were red. He took a step forward and raised his hand to try to touch her head.

Shen Ruyi tilted her head, dodged his palm and said nothing.

But the meaning is already very clear.

Shen Cangyun was not stupid. Looking at her like this, he intuitively felt as if snowing heavily in his heart, as if he had fallen into the dead of winter.

I have a lot of things stuck in my chest that I didn’t want to say before, and now I’m even less able to say them.

Finally, she had no choice but to say, "Then you should have a good rest. Tonight, the embroiderer will come to take your measurements and tailor clothes for you. All the jewelry your mother left behind will be given to you as a dowry, leaving only a pair of earrings for Jiaojiao..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Ruyi interrupted him, "Take care."

It’s “you”, not “father” or “daddy”.

Shen Cangyun's body froze, and he could only nod silently and turn to walk out.

Shen Ruyi returned to her seat.

Fang Fei closed the door and asked in a low voice, "The sun rose from the west? The master actually came to see you! But Miss, why did you kowtow to him just now? And three times in a row? He didn't seem to be here to ask for punishment."

"It's a farewell."

Shen Ruyi lowered her eyes and fiddled with the charcoal fire. "I will leave the Prime Minister's Mansion soon. From now on, he is him and I am me. I will change my mother nature."

Fang Fei widened her eyes in surprise, "So where are we going after we get out?"

"Don't worry, there will always be a way."

Shen Ruyi also knew that it was difficult to set up a new business.

If the Prime Minister's Office does not agree, then no one in the government office in the capital would dare to give her a new household registration.

This matter needs further consideration.

Fang Fei was about to say something when she heard a voice faintly coming from outside, "Father, why are you here?"

It was Shen Yu's voice, sounding a little surprised.

Shen Cangyun walked out of the gate of Xifeng Courtyard, looking tired, "Come and see Ruyi."

After a pause, he said, "Time is really unforgiving. It hasn't been long and Xifeng Courtyard has become like this... How about this, you vacate the wing room in my yard and let Ruyi live in it."

Shen Yu was stunned for a moment, then he came back to his senses and sighed, "Yes, Xifeng Courtyard has been in ruins for a long time..."

The father and son looked at each other in silence.

When Shen Ruyi moved in, Shen Cangyun was furious. His brothers also felt that Shen Ruyi was ignorant and bullied Shen Jiaojiao, so when they let her live in Xifengyuan, the whole family felt that she should be taught a lesson.

This "should" was shattered by the phoenix hairpin on Shen Ruyi's head.

After she put on the phoenix hairpin, the place she should live in from now on, even if it is not the Queen's Fengyi Palace or the Imperial Concubine's Huarong Palace, it should at least be the Zihuang Palace of the Ninth Prince.

The Prime Minister's Mansion has no room for her.

In the past, they were the ones who bullied her and made her feel ashamed.

Nowadays, the temple is too small to house such a large statue of Buddha.

Shen Ci thought about this with mixed feelings, "Father, please go back first. She promised me that we can go to the outskirts of the city together this afternoon. I just prepared some generous gifts and plan to go and apologize to the old beggar and borrow his prescription."

"Even if we can't win her over, Jiaojiao's illness still needs to be treated. If her stomach problem isn't cured, she won't be able to eat, and her body will be damaged sooner or later. No matter what, she needs to have a child in the Gu family so that she can gain a foothold."

This foothold is Shen Jiaojiao's foothold, and it is also the key to the binding of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Concubine Li, and the Second Prince.

With Shen Ruyi's attitude, she can only rely on Shen Jiaojiao.

Shen Cangyun understood, so he nodded and said, "Well, go ahead. No matter what conditions he puts forward, we will agree to them. In addition, if he can work for the Prime Minister's Mansion, I am willing to give him my courtyard to live in, and he will be a distinguished guest of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the future."

Shen Yu nodded. "He should not be able to refuse such a high honor. After all, who would be willing to be a beggar if they have wealth and glory?"

Shen Cangyun nodded and left.

Shen Yu turned around and entered Xifeng Courtyard. "Ruyi, are you ready? Let's go find your master now."