Su Yujin, "..."
It only takes three seconds! After He Yanxiu ate several mouthfuls of her food, Su Yujin heard Ai Cao reporting outside the door that breakfast was ready.
Su Yujin responded and asked Ai Cao to set the table in the flower hall. After a while, she and He Yanxiu came out to have breakfast together.
Small wontons with scallion oil, steamed dumplings with wild mushrooms, freshly made tofu pudding, sweet fried fruits, and some refreshing pickles.
He Yanxiu's stomach was empty, but he ate the delicious food with relish.
Su Yujin had long been accustomed to He Yanxiu's untidy eating manners in front of his people, but Su Yunruo was looking at He Yanxiu in surprise at this time.
Are all the young men in the capital so generous and unrestrained? I don't know...
Seeing that Su Yunruo had not finished eating a mushroom dumpling after three bites, as if she was full of worries, Su Yujin asked with a smile, "What's wrong with Ruoruo?"
Su Yunruo came back to her senses and swallowed the half-eaten steamed dumpling in one gulp. "I was thinking that my father and mother will be arriving in the capital in the next two days. I will go to the street to buy some things to prepare them early."
"Okay." Su Yujin nodded.
Although she had already ordered people to clean up the courtyard in preparation for her uncle and aunt to move in, Su Yunruo also wanted to show her filial piety.
Su Yujin continued, "I'm going to Juweizhai later. When you're done shopping, let's go to Juweizhai for lunch. Uncle Zheng has made some new dishes. Let's try them together."
"Okay." Su Yunruo agreed with a smile and continued to eat buns and drink tofu pudding.
After breakfast, the three of them went about their own business.
In the afternoon, when Old Madam He and Lu had just returned from the palace after visiting Concubine Shu, someone from the farm came to the He family to announce the death.
Because Chen Qi had already heard Du Song and Xing'an explain the whole story, Madam He and Mrs. Lu were not surprised at this time.
"My daughter-in-law will arrange the funeral arrangements right away." said Mrs. Lu.
"Yes." Madam He nodded, "Just as Yan Xiu said, we can simply do it."
Finally, he sighed again, "At this point today, Yan Xiu must be very uncomfortable. In the final analysis, it was because I was not careful enough and not strong enough at the time, so he took advantage of me."
Seeing that Madam He was distressed, Lu advised, "Mother had no other choice under the circumstances at that time. If we want to think about it in detail, it was ultimately my eldest brother and sister-in-law who took the wrong path."
Did they take the wrong road, or did she, an old woman, take the wrong road? Old Madam He sighed in her heart, and some old memories gradually came to her mind.
He Yande's father, He Chengxuan, is He Chengye's elder brother.
But he was not born to Madam He. To be precise, his surname should not be He.
At that time, according to the late emperor's order, Old Master He went south to serve for two years. Old Madam He traveled with him. On the way south, they encountered bandits.
In addition to hijacking the He family's boat, the bandits also captured another boat traveling with them.
The family on that boat was named Yuan. They were merchants engaged in the raw silk business. The reason why the couple brought their baby south was to return home to worship their ancestors.
The pirates were greedy and brutal. They extorted money and beat servants. Especially when they saw that Madam He and Old Master He seemed to be from a wealthy family, they tried to kill them so that they would be left without any evidence.
Old Master He led his servants to fight against the bandits, so the pirates wanted to get rid of Old Master He first to leave the He family leaderless.
Just when a pirate jumped out from the dark and wanted to kill Old Master He, the Yuan couple who were controlled by the pirate spoke up to remind him, thus saving Old Master He's life from danger.
Old Master He saw the opportunity and led the entire He family in resistance. They held out until nearby soldiers arrived and together they wiped out the bandits. However, because of their initial warning, the Yuan couple were killed by the bandits in the chaos, leaving only their baby in their cradle.
The Yuan couple died because of Old Master He, and all the servants of the Yuan family were killed. It was impossible to confirm whether the baby had other family members, so Old Madam He and Old Master He decided to take the baby back to raise.
And this baby was later known as He Chengxuan.
He Chengxuan has a calm temperament. Although he has not been very smart since childhood, he is a responsible person. Madam He and Old Master He teach him wholeheartedly and treat him as their own son.
Many years passed in the blink of an eye. He Chengxuan grew up, got married and had children. He Chengye also married Lu and gave birth to He Yanxiu.
Originally, the He family should have been a happy and harmonious family, but He Chengxuan and his wife had more and more worries, and as a result, He Yande became more and more picky and stubborn, and could not tolerate others.
At first, Mrs. He just thought that the brothers were getting older and had their own families, so it was normal for them to have different plans and be competitive, and she just needed to teach them a thing or two.
But gradually, things went beyond everyone's expectations.
He Chengxuan set his sights on He Yanxiu, and even wanted to take action against He Chengye, and even set his sights on approaching the emperor.
It was at that time that Madam He discovered something even more extraordinary.
He Chengxuan's biological parents are not dead.
The pirates that day were just a ruse. He Chengxuan was originally a cancer planted in the He family by some people deliberately for future use.
Having been deceived by one incident for decades, and even letting a wolf into the house, Mrs. He was filled with remorse, so she ended everything in a heavy rain.
But He Chengxuan was her "son" whom she had raised for decades, and He Yande was born by Old Lady He's eyes and she had taken care of him for several years when he was young. In the end, Old Lady He didn't have the heart to dispose of He Yande.
Moreover, most of the people involved in this incident had been cleared out at that time, and no one knew about it anymore, so it was treated as if this incident had never happened, and He Yande continued to enjoy the treatment of a descendant of the He family.
But now…
As expected, some things will come when they are supposed to, and there is no way to avoid them.
She personally dealt with He Chengxuan, and He Yande's relationship with He Yanxiu also came to an end.
Madam He closed her eyes and sighed after a long while, "I'm a little tired, I'll go and rest first."
"Yes, mother, take a rest."
Lu helped Madam He to the bedside, helped her lie down personally, and told the maids to take good care of her. Then she hurried to the storeroom.
The ship carrying Lord Anmin and his wife would arrive in a few days, so she had to hurry .
It was a sultry day, with cicadas chirping noisily, and the heat was unbearable everywhere.
But at this time, the capital city was bustling everywhere.
The teahouses and restaurants were all packed with guests, who gathered in groups of three or four and chatted endlessly.
The first thing discussed was that the current Concubine Shu was conferred the title of Concubine Shu Gui, and the little princess she gave birth to was only one month old when she was given the title.
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