Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Third Brother is not your biological brother, you know...
"Are you starving?" Su Guanzhang placed the bamboo table he had made earlier beside the bed and took out a bunch of delicious dishes that were wrapped tightly in a bamboo basket.
They usually had lunch earlier than this time, but among the various gifts that White Falcon had sent early in the morning, there was also a letter from his mother, saying that they would prepare today's meals so he didn't have to cook.
Therefore, when he came back, he would first go to see if the white falcon had returned.
"Huh? It's snowing outside the mountain?" Xuan Jinyu had already seen that most of the snowflakes had melted on the straw wrapped on the outermost layer of the bamboo basket.
Looking at the white falcon again, it buried its head, eating the meat that Su Guanzhang had just found for it. There was nothing visible on its little head, but its wings were glowing slightly.
Xuan Jinyu reached out and touched the glowing area; it felt slightly cool. It turned out the snow had melted, and the bird's feathers were water-repellent, leaving only a hint of moisture on the surface of its wings.
Su Guanzhang turned around and saw this scene. He quickly took her hand, held it in his palm, and used his internal energy to warm her.
"Are you cold?" he asked.
Her hand, which had just been slightly chilled, quickly became warm. Xuan Jinyu scratched his palm and said, "It's a little hot."
Su Guanzhang then withdrew his internal energy and used his body temperature to keep her warm for a long time before continuing to do what he had not finished.
The outer layer of the bamboo basket was wrapped with straw, and the inner layer was wrapped with a small quilt, and each dish was also tightly wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket. When it was opened, Xuan Jinyu saw that each dish was still steaming.
"Thank you for your concern, mother and sister-in-law." Xuan Jinyu put her arms around Su Guanzhang's waist, put her face against it and rubbed it.
She married him and gained many more relatives who were truly kind to her. It was great!
She hadn't been so proactive for a long time. Su Guanzhang's body stiffened instinctively, but soon relaxed and let her hug him.
Xuan Jinyu had already sensed the burning warmth coming from him at that moment, a warmth that couldn't be blocked even by his outer robe. She let go of him and sat up straight as if nothing had happened.
Su Guanzhang took a deep breath.
Jinyu is hungry, so we have to take care of her stomach first.
He said, "Wait a moment." Then he quickly walked to the stove on the wall at the end of the bed, touched the temperature of the copper pot on it, and picked it up.
Only after cleaning Xuan Jinyu's hands did he take apart all the cotton-padded jackets.
The unique aroma of pork trotters and ginger in the clay pot lingers on your nose for a long time.
The sleeping child pursed her lips, and Xuan Jinyu kissed her little face with a smile, "Little greedy cat."
My daughter is a well-behaved girl, but she is greedy. Every time she drinks milk, it's as if she has missed several meals. She gobbles it up, but every time she drinks it, she drains it out.
Xuan Jinyu took a bite of the pig's trotter that Su Guanzhang fed to her. It was soft and delicious, which pleased her very much.
She has to eat more, otherwise when the baby grows up, she is really afraid that her milk will not be enough for this greedy little cat to eat.
Xuan Jinyu withdrew her hand that was lingering on her daughter's face and picked up the chopsticks herself. "No need to feed me, you can eat too." She said to Su Guanzhang in a gentle voice.
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After passing this peak, the weather suddenly became completely different.
It was clearly still winter in October, but the weather in Huaizhao County was cool and warm, just as they had imagined when they were planning in the death row of the Ministry of Justice.
But this year is different from the past. As soon as November arrived, the temperature dropped suddenly on the night of the first day of the new year, and it started snowing a few days ago.
Fortunately, after more than half a year's long journey, the children and the old lady were much healthier than before, so they did not fall ill all of a sudden.
Just to be on the safe side, Su Sheng, Xu Yu Niang and Su Ershen discussed it and decided to keep them in the house and not allow them to go out.
Faced with the pressure from their great-uncle/great-uncle/grandmother, the children did not dare to resist. They just lay in front of the window, opening the door a little to watch the snow.
Their parents turned a blind eye and let them do as they pleased, without saying anything to spoil the fun like "be careful of the cold wind blowing into the house".
I even agreed to their request and rolled a few snowballs in the snow, bringing them back to the house for them to play with. Although the snowballs melted quickly due to the fire in the house, it didn't dampen their good mood.
However, Old Madam Su was quite obedient in the past few days and really did not go out. Her two daughters-in-law brought her three meals a day and she ate with them.
Her eldest son, three grandsons and three granddaughters-in-law often come to talk to her, so she is not bored.
However, because today is Lan Jie'er's full moon day, Old Madam Su is worried about this little great-granddaughter whom she has not seen since she was born, and she is somewhat reluctant to stay in the house.
"I've been on this road of exile for more than half a year." She looked at her eldest son's wife and second daughter-in-law who were blocking the door with dissatisfaction.
"Why, just a few snowfalls will make me, an old woman, fall ill? The snow in the capital is much heavier than the snow in Huaizhao County, and yet I never get sick in previous years." Old Madam Su said.
This is a sign of her being angry.
She never called herself "old woman" in the past.
Xu Yu Niang and Su Sheng looked at each other.
Aunt Su lowered her eyes and pretended not to hear anything.
During the stalemate, Xu Yu Niang glanced at Second Aunt Su.
With the tacit understanding they had gained over twenty or nearly thirty years of living together, Second Aunt Su quickly understood. She quietly turned slightly to block the peripheral vision of Su Sheng and Old Madam Su.
Xu Yu Niang smiled, quietly reached out her hand, and pushed Su Sheng from behind.
The two sisters-in-law looked at Su Sheng as if nothing had happened. When he was caught off guard, he took a step forward and met the angry eyes of Old Madam Su.
Su Sheng was completely unprepared and was forced to stand before his angry mother. He only smiled awkwardly, facing her unfriendly gaze, and touched his nose.
"Don't be angry, mother. Today is a good day for Sister Lan's full moon. Smile more, okay?" He coaxed the old woman dryly.
However, Mrs. Su, who used to be very good-tempered, lost her previous good temper after being trapped in the house for several days.
Seeing that his mother was not buying it, Su Sheng did not hesitate to betray his youngest son. "What a jerk that young Zhang is! We sent him all the pens, ink, paper, and inkstone, but he didn't even send a small portrait of the child."
Madam Su glared at him. "You're talking about not letting me go out. Why are you involving my darling grandson?"
However, Su Sheng's words did remind her.
"Why don't you even draw a small portrait of the child and send it to him? It's a waste of love for him." Old Lady Su couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.
The disaster was successfully diverted to the east.
Su Sheng had just breathed a sigh of relief when he felt a sharp pain in his waist and frowned.
Xu Yu Niang twisted it hard again and let go before Old Madam Su looked over.
Still not satisfied, she took advantage of Aunt Su's cover and pinched him again secretly.
As a father, he actually used his son as a shield. It's really amazing.
Su Sheng knew he was in the wrong, so he endured the pain in his waist and didn't dare show any expression. If Old Madam Su saw anything, then he would be facing a joint attack from the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
There was a knock on the door and Aunt Su, who was standing at the door, opened it.
"The white falcon is here again." Xu Xuanniang walked in quickly from outside with an envelope in her hand.
Everyone in the room looked at her.
When Xu Xuanniang came in, she brought in a gust of cold wind and covered her body with snowflakes. Xu Yu Niang hurriedly pulled her to the brazier to warm herself up from the cold.
"Didn't you say there would be no message today?" Su Sheng asked, a little worried, "But what happened?"
Xu Yu Niang had already taken the envelope and opened it.
A small picture fell into her palm.
Small statue of a child.
It was Su Sheng who used it to divert the blame and complain about the statue of his son.
In the palm-sized statue, the child has his eyes open and is smiling sweetly.
It seemed like the wrinkles on her face had just faded away and she hadn't grown up yet, but one could already see that her childish eyebrows and eyes were similar to Su Guanzhang's.
But overall, she looks more like a replica of Xuan Jinyu. This little girl, barely a month old, already gives us a glimpse of her future alluring beauty.
Xu Yu Niang's eyes turned red.
This is her young granddaughter, Su Yulan.
Sister Lan’s birthday is one month old today, and she finally got to see her portrait, let alone hug her.
Across the mountains and rivers, Xu Yu Niang felt mixed emotions; but soon, joy overwhelmed other emotions.
Old Lady Su had long been attracted by the chubby little baby on the statue. She hurriedly took it from Xu Yu Niang, held it in her hands and looked at it, her hands trembling slightly.
"This is Sister Lan." Tears rolled down her eyes. She quickly moved the statue away, worried that it would get wet.
The others also came over to take a look.
Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang changed the small clothes and gold locks that everyone gave to the child today. Lan Jieer took them off only when she yawned and wanted to sleep.
The small statue shows Lan Jie'er wearing a bright red dress.
The Su family didn't have a "red boy, green girl" concept; every child was equally important. When the baby was one month old, they would wear bright red clothes to show their happiness.
A group of people surrounded the palm-sized statue and looked at it for a long time before reluctantly looking away.
"You, as a father, are actually using your son as an excuse."
Madam Su recalled the eye drops Su Sheng had secretly applied to Su Guanzhang just now, and snorted, "I was in a good mood after seeing Sister Lan's portrait, so I didn't bother with you."
She slapped Su Sheng, causing him to frown in pain. "Next time you try to frame my little guy, try using him as a shield."
The slap was loud enough. Xu Xuanniang secretly glanced at her father-in-law's expression, lowered her head, and tried to reduce her presence.
Aunt Su turned her head away and held back her laughter.
Xu Yu Niang covered her mouth and laughed without any concealment.
If someone were to compare Xuan Jinyu's approach to Su Guanzhang, they would find that many of Xuan Jinyu's actions were learned from her mother-in-law.
If Su Guanzhang were not used for comparison, Xuan Jinyu was close to her mother-in-law and had learned her skills from her long ago, and she was even better than her mother-in-law.
After all, although Xuan Jinyu has never practiced martial arts, her supernatural powers are unmatched by anyone.
Moreover, she was not as cheerful and generous as Xu Yu Niang, and her temperament was much more delicate. Even when she did things like pinching people or making fun of her husband, it always gave people a feeling of pity.
It may even cause people to vent their anger on the people she bullies.
Su Guanzhang was like this. Many times, he was the one who was "bullied" and was misunderstood as the one who "bullied" others. He was blamed and criticized a lot and had no way to express his grievances.
As for the other method, biting people, Xuan Jinyu likes it.
But Su Guanzhang had never seen his mother bite his father, at least not openly. As for whether she did it in private, as a son, he would not pry into his parents' privacy.
Moreover, with his personality, it is difficult for him to come up with the idea of exploring.
"My younger brother brought Sister Lan's portrait, didn't he?" The door was knocked again, and before the people in the room could open it, the person pushed the door open and walked in.
Su Guanwen walked in first in a hurry, followed by a group of people.
Su Guanyu and Su Guanwu were walking at the end, and in the middle was a series of tightly dressed little kids, each of them so round that they could barely walk steadily.
Chang Meiyan and Ding Qianqian walked on both sides, occasionally helping and rescuing the children who were about to fall.
"How could you enter Grandmother's room without waiting for someone to open the door?"
Second Aunt Su stared at her youngest son, Su Guanwu, and closed the door before going on to lecture her eldest son, Su Guanwen. "Why are you so impatient? Have you forgotten all the rules you learned?"
It had been a long time since Su Guanwen had been scolded by his mother like this, and he really missed it.
He scratched his itchy ears and went to hug Second Aunt Su again, "Don't be angry, mother. I'll apologize to you right away."
Madam Su saw through his tricks and said, "Come on, Grandma has watched you grow up, how could she not understand the little tricks in your heart?"
The apology was genuine, but more importantly, he should take this opportunity to look at the portrait of Sister Lan in her hand?!
She had heard the voice before she even saw the person.
"Come, come, come," she called out to the others who were staring eagerly at the little statue in her hand, "Come and line up, from youngest to oldest. Wen, you line up behind your eldest brother."
Second Aunt Su laughed out loud and patted Su Guanwen on the back, "Go and line up, boy."
Old ginger is still spicy.
This is a good move by the mother-in-law!
This brat is already the father of three children, but he is still so impetuous and does what he says.
It needs to be polished.
"Wow!" Mu Ge'er, who was the first to see the portrait, exclaimed, "My sister looks just like my aunt."
He touched the small statue carefully, then smiled at Old Madam Su, "Great-grandmother, Brother Mu is a big brother now." He was no longer the youngest child in the family.
Madam Su hugged his little body and agreed with a smile, "Yes! Our Brother Mu is also a brother now."
Wen Jie'er was the second person to see the statue.
That day, when she learned that Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang were fine and that she had a new little cousin, those shadows seemed to be driven out of her heart.
Chang Meiyan observed for many days and saw that the child had regained his former liveliness, which made her feel relieved.
"My sister looks like my uncle." Sister Wen touched Sister Lan's eyes on the little portrait and said to Brother Mu seriously.
Mu Ge'er shook his head and said, "She obviously looks like my aunt."
"Uncle." Wen Jieer corrected.
"Little aunt." Mu Ge'er insisted.
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The two children started arguing, which attracted the children behind them to gather around and no longer care about queuing.
Xu Yu Niang and Aunt Su looked at each other and smiled as they watched the children arguing with each other, each arguing with his own opinion.
Looking at Old Madam Su again, she no longer felt dissatisfied about not being able to go out; she was just happily surrounded by the children, listening to their requests and acting as the judge.
"How do you know that the statue sent here is of Sister Lan?" Xu Yu Niang asked her eldest son Su Guanyu, somewhat puzzled.
It was obvious that when the eldest daughter-in-law took it, the envelope was still unopened, so she should have been the first person to see the child's portrait.
Su Sheng guessed and continued, "The third brother of the Xuan family should have got one as well." As he said this, he glanced at his wife resentfully, still remembering how she had just pushed him out to face her mother's anger alone.
Xuan Wensheng did get a portrait of Sister Lan. If he hadn't shown off, Su Guanyu and the others wouldn't have known about it so quickly.
After Xuan Wensheng finished showing off, he stuffed the portrait back into the envelope, put it in his arms, and ran back to the yard. The others couldn't see it, and they were all anxious and rushed over like bees to chase the letter that Xu Xuanniang had just held in her hand.
Madam Su's room was bustling with activity, but Xuan Wensheng's room was very quiet.
Xuan Wensheng held the portrait of Lan Jie'er in his hands and looked at it for a long time. Until his eyes became blurry and he could not see anything clearly, he blinked his sore eyes and wiped away the tears.
"It must have been Jinyu who suggested the portrait," Xuan Wensheng muttered, his voice heavy with nasal murmurs, "My brother-in-law doesn't have such self-awareness."
This is really unfair to Su Guanzhang.
Su Guanzhang took the initiative to draw a portrait of the child.
He drew three copies, gave one to the Su family and Xuan Wensheng, and kept one for himself and Xuan Jinyu.
I thought about drawing a picture for my child every month to record her changes from childhood to adulthood. When she grows up, it will be a precious and unique memory.
With her parents' cherishment and full love for her.
Before the portrait was finished, the child was so sleepy that he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep in his mother's arms.
Bai Falcon went to deliver the letter. Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang, the couple, surrounded the child, looking at her sleeping face, unable to take their eyes off her for a long time.
Dasheng doesn’t pay much attention to full-moon banquets.
After all, it was their daughter's first happy day, so the couple celebrated it well for her.
Well, the so-called celebration was to eat up all the food sent by relatives from outside the mountain.
The couple was trapped at the bottom of the cliff and had nothing good to give to their daughter.
However, Xuan Jinyu did have something of the Buddha's nature on her body; and after wearing it for more than half a year, it had absorbed her body's warmth and breath.
It was the amulet that Su Guanmian, the second sister of the Su family, had asked from the Buddhist temple and asked Su Guanyu to bring it over, and a string of exquisite seven-treasure Buddha pendants.
The child was still very young, and Xuan Jinyu was worried about the child falling over, so she simply placed the amulet inside the child's blanket. As for the seven-treasure Buddha pendant, she hung it on the small bamboo bed.
During this time, Su Guanzhang built a small bamboo bed with a fence around it for the child, which was slightly larger. Even when the child grew up a little, could crawl and stand up, it could not only allow her to continue sleeping, but also prevent her from rolling to the ground.
This can barely be considered as the best gift he can give to his daughter as a father to celebrate her full moon.
There is a semicircular arc above the small bamboo bed, which is carefully surrounded by extremely smooth bamboo strips.
If there are too many mosquitoes in the future, you can cover it with fine silk gauze, which is equivalent to a fine mosquito net.
Su Guanzhang said that the child's vision range was limited, so Xuan Jinyu hung the Buddha pendant on the semicircular bamboo strip that was not used for the time being.
After hanging it up, the Buddha pendant looks like a small bell that makes no sound, which adds a bit of childishness.
When the child was awake, if no one picked her up, she would stare at the Buddha pendant obediently for a long while. Only when she couldn't get a hug from her parents would she start to whimper.
"You look more and more like a little piglet." Su Guanzhang tapped her little nose and said to the child's mother with a smile.
Xuan Jinyu pinched his mouth that was talking nonsense.
Before going to bed at night, the couple hugged and kissed their daughter.
"Lan Jie'er," Xuan Jinyu nuzzled her daughter's straight little nose affectionately, "From now on, Daddy and Mommy can call you that!"
There is a custom in Shengjing City that children are generally not given names before they are one month old; they are just called "child", "brother", "sister", "son" or "daughter" for fear of shortening the child's lifespan.
After the full moon, you can call your child by his or her full name.
The nickname Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang had agreed upon on the eve of the birth was never used for their daughter.
First, the child's full name had changed, so the nickname was no longer appropriate; second, the Dasheng Dynasty was different from the previous dynasties, where children were given both full names and nicknames, and their courtesy names were also given when they reached adulthood.
Dasheng started out as a military power and did not value this.
Only the Xuan family, a family of scholars, would give their children nicknames. But after the establishment of the Great Sheng Dynasty, they followed the new dynasty and did not have the custom of giving children characters.
Mist, fog in the mountains.
They gave their daughter the name that embodies this beautiful landscape, hoping that she would be blessed with a long life like this landscape.
The next afternoon, Xuan Jinyu woke up in Su Guanzhang's arms and heard him say, "Jinyu, I have something to tell you."
He looked serious, and it was obvious that what he was talking about was not a trivial matter.
Xuan Jinyu snuggled into his arms and said, "You say." If what he said scared him, she would hide in his arms.
As she moved, the ends of her hair brushed across his chest, and he smelled a slightly unfamiliar fragrance.
Xuan Jinyu had just had her long black hair washed by him yesterday. It was now extremely smooth and had the scent of floral dew.
What he smelled was the scent of floral dew, which was quite different from her sweet and warm body fragrance.
There are many flowers and plants in this cave, and it seems that I can make my own flower dew suitable for her.
Su Guanzhang hugged her and thought distractedly.
He was not idle when Xuan Jinyu was in confinement.
In addition to taking care of Xuan Jinyu and the children and going out to find food every day, he also picked a lot of herbs.
Whether drying or preparing, the herbs he had processed were placed on the bamboo racks on the three sides of the mountain wall outside the small cave that was not close to the water source.
On two of the mountain walls, bamboo racks were filled with herbs suitable for postpartum care for both adults and children. For example, herbs for replenishing qi and blood, promoting lactation, treating persistent lochia, and treating fever, jaundice, and convulsions in children.
Of course, the only herbs used this month were those that replenished qi and blood.
There are also many medicinal herbs that can repel mosquitoes, insects, snakes and rats. During this period, even the rustling sounds of crawling outside the cave have become much less frequent.
Making the floral dew didn't take as long as making the herbs, nor was it laborious. When he continued to process the herbs in the future, it would be a piece of cake.
This thought only flashed through Su Guanzhang's mind, and he kept it in mind.
Right now, he really has something very important to say to Xuan Jinyu.
Su Guanzhang held her with one hand and took out the letter written by Xuan Wensheng, which he had hidden earlier, from his outer robe hanging on the bamboo rack at the head of the bed with the other hand.
Su Guanzhang kissed her forehead and looked into her eyes. "Jinyu, did you know that Third Brother is not your biological brother?"
Xuan Jinyu looked at him in shock.
What is he talking about?
Isn’t the third brother her biological brother?
Xuan Jinyu wondered if she had heard it wrong, or if his information was wrong. But from Su Guanzhang's expression, she knew she hadn't misheard, and that he wasn't lying; he had solid evidence.
"These are letters from your third brother. He asked me to wait until you finish your confinement before reading them to you." Su Guanzhang opened the letter within the letter and took out a thick stack of letter paper.
There were also several unopened envelopes mixed in with the letter paper, waiting for Xuan Jinyu to open them personally.
During this month, he often relied on the White Falcon Jade Claw to communicate with the people on the cliff. He told Xuan Jinyu most of the contents of the letters, but he kept this matter a secret.
Su Guanzhang stared at her face which turned from rosy to pale, leaned over and kissed her forehead, "Read the letter first." He felt reluctant, but she always needed to know the truth.
Xuan Jinyu opened the envelope.
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Xuan Jinyu had finished reading all the letters, and before she knew it, she was already in tears.
Su Guanzhang gently wiped her tears.
"Third brother is not my biological brother," Xuan Jinyu suddenly said, "The female teacher who taught me was actually my third brother's biological mother."
She spoke in a daze, "When I was ten, my female teacher set herself on fire in front of me. She told me never to fall in love with a man."
But the female teacher fell in love twice and finally committed suicide by burning herself, obviously because she couldn't let go.
She recalled the letter that the female teacher left for her. Xuan Wensheng had kept the letter close to his body for many years, and now it was finally shown to the right person.
"The female teacher was originally a daughter of an official. One day, while relaxing at her own farm, she met a young wealthy businessman."
Xuan Jinyu and Su Guanzhang were talking about the story of the female teacher.
A young official's daughter and a wealthy young businessman fall in love at first sight. However, her family is dissatisfied with the businessman's status as a businessman and his personality, feeling that he is not a good match.
But once a young lady falls in love, she will not listen to her family's advice.
At the instigation of the wealthy businessman, she eloped with him.
The two of them spent two years in sweet love, and their family finally relented; they asked her to return home, prepared a dowry for her, and allowed the two of them to become husband and wife in a legitimate manner.
The official's daughter was overjoyed and brought the wealthy businessman back to Beijing, preparing to go home and get married.
But on the way back to Beijing, the rich businessman met a nobleman, who took a closer look at his wife.
That night, the official's daughter was sent to the nobleman's bed.
One can imagine how devastated and desperate the official lady was when she woke up.
However, no one took her thoughts into consideration, and she was sent back home by a nobleman to get married.
The palace maid who sent her back also said to her, "Miss, you are very lucky to have been favored by the young master. In these years, you are the only one who has caught the young master's eye."
The nobleman was the current crown prince. The next day, he learned the identity of the official's daughter and decided to marry her back home.
The Crown Prince was a man of both civil and military talents, having served the court for many years and earning widespread acclaim, making him a worthy heir apparent. His only criticism was that he was still young and untouched by women, despite being over twenty.
To put it in a positive light, it was to keep oneself clean. But for a crown prince, not being close to women and having no children was a serious offense.
The prince initially thought that there was something wrong with him, but he was not a homosexual.
When he met the young lady from an official family and learned that he could fall in love with a woman, he was ecstatic.
He didn't mind the official lady's past experiences, and even took action to erase all traces of her elopement in the past two years.
However, whether it was the wealthy businessman or the prince, none of them had ever asked the official lady what she thought.
One of them gave away his wife, with whom he had slept for two years; the other took her body while she was still unconscious, and thought he loved her deeply and didn't mind her past, and even handed over the position of Crown Princess to her.
She was like a delicate ornament on a shop shelf, at the mercy of anyone, and both the buyer and the seller were satisfied, but she didn't even know the transaction price.
The young lady from the official family returned home and cried to her mother, saying that she did not want to marry the man who had taken her body while she was unconscious. Besides, she was already married.
No one told her that she was sent to the prince's bed that day. She only knew that he was a nobleman that even her own family could not afford to offend.
She was panic-stricken and felt sorry for her husband.
But her mother cruelly exposed her two-year marriage, which she thought was happy. "You have neither the permission of your parents nor the words of a matchmaker, so it can only be considered an unmatched affair," said her mother.
Not using the words "those who run away will be concubines" is the greatest dignity a mother can give to her daughter.
She and the wealthy businessman were not a legitimate couple. According to the laws of this dynasty, there was no matchmaker, no engagement, and no documents for taking a concubine. She could only be considered the wealthy businessman's mistress.
The young lady of the official family had been pampered in the boudoir for more than ten years, how could she know such a dirty thing? Once she learned that she was only a concubine, she was hit by the truth.
She didn't even dare to go to the rich businessman, for fear of learning from him the cruel truth that he had abducted her as his concubine.
The imperial edict came down at this time, and she was chosen as the Crown Princess.
She has lost her innocence and dares not marry, fearing that something might happen that would implicate her family.
But she dared not disobey the order.
On her wedding night, she met the prince, the nobleman who had taken her body.
She didn't know which emotion was stronger, hatred or relief, but at least her family members were not suspected of deceiving the emperor.
The prince answered every question he asked, and she quickly figured out the matter.
Her "ex-husband", oh no, she can only be considered his mistress.
It was her ex-husband who accepted huge benefits from the prince and promised to keep it secret; with the help of the prince, he kept her previous affairs with him a secret.
The happiness she thought she had found was nothing but a bubble. The man she had run away with, abandoning her parents and her family, was truly, as her parents had said, "not a good man."
It’s more than that.
The young lady from the official family looked at the prince's face, which was as gentle as jade, and felt a little hatred in her heart.
After all, life had to go on. The young lady from the official family became the crown princess and lived a stable life in the crown prince's mansion.
She was a smart girl and had received a good education since childhood. However, she was a little naive and was deceived into going astray.
Once she married the prince, she received further education in the palace and gradually became the prince's consort praised by everyone in the capital, and her reputation grew greatly.
Logically, no one knew of her past, and she remained the flawless Crown Princess in the eyes of the court officials and common people. She could have continued to live her life to the fullest, and in the future, she could have been a model for the nation and benefited her family.
But hatred can corrode people's hearts.
The innocent and bright young lady from the official family, even with the prince's love, could not withstand the increasingly deep hatred in her heart.
The accident that happened to her family was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
She hated the rich businessman's ruthlessness and disloyalty for tricking her into elopement; after that, he disregarded her dignity and gave her away as a tool for wealth and fame.
She hated the prince's self-proclaimed affection. If it weren't for that glance from him, the rich businessman would not have known that he had taken a fancy to her, and thus made the "perfection" of the two men possible.
She hated herself even more. Why did she ignore her family's objections and choose to elope and bring shame to the family rather than stay at home and wait for another year or two to see whether the rich businessman was really worthy of her lifelong trust?
In the suffering day after day, she became pregnant with the prince's child.
As her belly grew bigger day by day, she finally planned her revenge.
She orchestrated the tragic deaths of the wealthy businessman and his family; orchestrated the accusation that the prince was plotting rebellion; and orchestrated her own death.
But she didn't die after all.
She survived with the child in her belly that shouldn't have existed, but the prince committed suicide before the three-judge trial to appease her resentment and cover up her frame-up.
The prince erased all the tricks done by the princess, secretly prepared another piece of evidence, and gave it to his confidant to hide.
If the Crown Princess decides not to pursue this wealth and glory, the evidence will never see the light of day; if the Crown Princess still cares about the unborn child in her belly in the future, the evidence can also be used as evidence to clear his name in the future.
Before the prince died, he looked at the princess with affection and told her that he was sorry and should not have ignored her wishes.
She is a human being with dignity. No matter how depraved she is when she is ignorant, she should not be deprived of the right to dispose of herself.
She is just herself. No matter how miserable her life is, it is her own choice. Others have no right to deprive her of her human rights and dignity in the name of doing good for her, while still saying they love her in front of her.
She felt utterly sick.
But after listening to the prince's dying confession, she felt that he was not unforgivable.
She gave birth to the child in a daze, and allowed the confidant left behind by the prince to take her out of the prince's mansion by faking her death.
At this time, Lin Qingwan, the wife of Xuan Zhao, the head of the Xuan family, also gave birth to his second son.
She gave the child to Lin Qingwan, who had tragically lost her child shortly after giving birth, and said to her, "This child will be your biological son in the future."
Lin Qingwan, who had just lost a son, burst into tears and hugged the baby tightly, unwilling to let go.
The prince committed suicide before his guilt was determined. The emperor was so grief-stricken that he died within half a month.
The new emperor was the previous emperor, who ascended the throne by virtue of his age.
The Crown Princess became the former Crown Princess. She left the Xuan family and traveled almost all over the country under the protection of the Crown Prince's confidants and the Xuan family's secret guards.
When she returned to Xuanfu, Xuan Jinyu, the daughter of the Xuan family, was only three years old. Her child is now the third son of the Xuan family, named Xuan Wensheng, and is already seven years old.
"Sheng" or "Sheng"? Is the Xuan family keeping the father's surname for this child?
She stayed for some unknown reason and became Xuan Jinyu's female teacher.
It was not until seven years later that she asked to go to Xuan's manor. Xuan Jinyu also often traveled back and forth between Xuanfu and the manor to study.
No one knew that she had suddenly instilled a lot of words into Xuan Jinyu, such as "Men in the world cannot be trusted", "Don't give your true heart to a man", "Don't fall in love, and don't be the first one to fall in love".
She told her obedient disciple to keep it a secret, so Xuan Jinyu really didn't tell anyone.
Until the female teacher set herself on fire in front of Xuan Jinyu, and was seen by Lin Qingwan and Xuan Wensheng who came to take her home.
The female teacher's letter came to an abrupt end.
She didn't analyze her feelings any further, so Xuan Jinyu never knew why she suddenly didn't want to live anymore.
"Maybe, as I grew older, she saw a familiar look on my face." Xuan Wensheng wrote this at the end of the letter his biological mother left for Xuan Jinyu.
Xuan Wensheng learned about his life experience a long time ago, but it was only then that he realized that his face might bring disaster to the Xuan family.
So, after passing the imperial examination at the age of eighteen, he gave up literature and went into business, and had not been seen in Beijing for many years.
Xuan Jinyu closed the envelope.
The letters were put on the fire and soon turned into a pile of ashes.
The past is like the wind, let them be like the ashes, dust to dust, earth to earth!
Xuan Jinyu was still a little melancholy.
Later, with the care of her family, she gradually forgot the pain she had experienced at that time. Only the tragic death of her daughter teacher and her constant warnings remained in her heart.
After being married to Su Guanzhang for more than a month and realizing that she had fallen in love with her new husband, the past events that had not troubled her for many years came to her mind again.
But she was spoiled by her family and was fearless. She was only haunted by the past again and again, attracted to him again and again, sinking hopelessly into his trap again and again.
But it did have an impact.
She married a cold and taciturn man, and the most they spent together was the passionate entanglement between the bed curtains at night. When she was beside him, she could not see clearly into the man's heart.
But she wasn't the type to just sit there and endure it silently. So she indulged herself, she made a scene, she scolded, she cried, she wanted to know whether he had her in his heart.
In this way, I spent three years with this man despite all the quarrels.
Xuan Jinyu leaned her head against Su Guanzhang's chest and said, "Don't let me down."
She is not a female teacher, and after all, she does not have the heart as cruel as a female teacher, but she has the confidence that a female teacher does not have.
Her family background is the icing on the cake, but her own strength is her greatest reliance.
She doesn't need to rely on or depend on her family, she can be her own support.
Su Guanzhang responded solemnly, "Okay."
The two were kissing passionately and were about to lose control when the baby who was sleeping soundly on the small bamboo bed started to cry.
"The child is hungry." Xuan Jinyu leaned her head against Su Guanzhang's chest, breathing softly.
Sure enough, when the child smelled the familiar aroma of milk, he leaned forward impatiently and drank the milk in big gulps.
Xuan Jinyu touched her little head lovingly.
A baby's head that has not been shaved feels very nice to the touch. As long as you are careful to avoid her fontanelle, you don't have to be extremely cautious and worry about hurting her delicate skin.
Therefore, she loves to touch her daughter's head the most.
After feeding, Sister Lan fell asleep again.
Xuan Jinyu was unwilling to let go, and held her as they walked around the cave. She was still feeling a bit sad because of the incident with the female teacher.
Su Guanzhang silently accompanied her around the cave.
Looking around the entire cave, it is no longer as simple as when I first moved in. It has changed a lot now.
Bamboo tables, bamboo chairs, bamboo screens, bamboo shelves...
The water for her bathing was drawn from the warm lake, and bamboo was also used.
During this month, Su Guanzhang used cut bamboo tubes to lead the warm lake water to the hot spring behind the mountain wall.
The bamboo tubes are buried in the soil, so there is no need to worry about wind and rain.
The reservoir was built next to the hot spring pool, so you can soak in it and bathe to relieve fatigue every day. It can be used as a bathing pool, and it is Xuan Jinyu's exclusive bathing pool.
As for Sister Lan, she was still young and was still using the copper basin that her aunt gave her on the day she was born.
If Xuan Jinyu is not convenient to take a bath, she can still take a shower.
Su Guanzhang built two water outlets on the mountain wall, one according to Xuan Jinyu's height when she stood up, and the other according to her height when she sat down.
This way, she can bathe comfortably whether she is standing or sitting.
As for Su Guanzhang, he was not picky. He could wash in the warm water lake outside, in the spring in the small cave, or even in any water source outside the cave.
When entering the mountain wall behind the big cave, he still has more options than Xuan Jinyu: he can soak in the hot springs, take a bath in the pool, and he can use both water outlets.
"I'm not envious." On the day the bathhouse was repaired, Xuan Jinyu said sourly, "You built the bathhouse, and you brought the lake water. You can do whatever you want with it." She said.
He had built the pool, and she was not the kind of person who was ungrateful and only cared about her own enjoyment; the bathing pool did not have to be hers exclusively, he could use it whenever he wanted.
The air is filled with sourness.
Su Guanzhang held her hypocritical mouth and said, "Be patient. Wash in the warm lake water for the time being. You can soak in the hot springs in a month." He said.
At this moment, they were passing by this mountain wall, and Xuan Jinyu handed the child to Su Guanzhang to hold.
She walked to the water outlet at the bottom, turned the bamboo tube, and washed her hands with warm water; she also soaked her handkerchief and thoroughly washed away the remaining frustration on her face.
When she stood up again, Xuan Jinyu's mind was clear.
She screwed the bamboo tube back to its original position and the water stopped flowing.
This skill surprised Xuan Jinyu. It was the first time she used this water outlet by herself.
It was not known whether Su Guanzhang had cut down all the bamboo forest. Xuan Jinyu laughed at him, "If you don't want to be an official, you can be a bamboo craftsman." She said.
Su Guanzhang held the child in one hand and chuckled, "Then, Madam, are you still willing to spend the rest of your life with a bamboo craftsman like me?"
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