"No wonder the old woman told me yesterday to be a good servant. It turns out that woman hasn't agreed to your adoption yet." She muttered to herself very quietly, and Xuan'er didn't hear clearly.
"Mom, what did you say?"
Wei Yaer lowered her head and glanced at Xuan Ge'er, with some calculations seeming to flash in her eyes.
She bent down slightly, placed her hands on Xuan'er's shoulders, looked into his eyes, and said to him gently, "Xuan'er, from now on, you must remember what your mother taught you..."
Xuan Ge'er felt his shoulders were weighed down, and his head was tilted up for a long time because he wanted to look at his mother. He didn't think anything of it before, but for some reason, he thought of his wife from yesterday.
The lady would squat down and talk to him at eye level, even gently brushing off the snow and frost on his body and putting a warm hot water bottle in his arms...
He actually knew that the lady had fallen into the water and was said to be particularly afraid of the cold due to her illness. When she handed him the hot water bottle, her hands were still ice-cold.
She must be cold.
But she——
"Mom, the lady said that even if I was adopted by her, I would only be considered a stepson, not a real member of the Shen family, right?" Xuan Ge'er interrupted Wei Ya'er and asked.
Wei Yaer froze.
"Why? Mother, I am obviously father's biological son, why can't I use the identity of Shen's son to let others know?" Xuan Ge'er asked again.
Why?
Yeah, why!!
However, because she was born in a humble family and did not have a strong maternal background like Yang Zhao, the son she gave birth to could only be like a mouse and could not see the light of day.
Even if they return to their family now, they have to be adopted as beggars whose parents have both passed away.
The more I think about it, the more unwilling I feel.
"Mom, it hurts!" Xuan Ge'er frowned.
Wei Yaer came back to her senses, hurriedly let go of her hand, and gently rubbed his shoulder with heartache: "Xuan brother, mother didn't mean it. Mother just thought of something and panicked for a moment."
"Mom, I'm fine."
"Xuan'er, remember this: you are my mother's life. Only when you are well can I be well. You don't have to worry about what that lady says. It's useless even if she disagrees. As long as the old lady agrees, she must adopt you. So, you must please the old lady and let her see your goodness and your intelligence..."
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"Is Brother Xuan feeling better?"
After worrying for two days, Mrs. Shen finally remembered her sick great-grandson.
Nanny Liu brought a bowl of shredded chicken porridge. Looking at the obviously haggard old lady, she replied with concern, "I heard from Nanny Xu that the young master's fever subsided yesterday. But you, old lady, have been busy dealing with the affairs of the various courtyards these past two days and have obviously lost a lot of weight."
Mrs. Shen felt a headache when she thought about what happened in the past two days. She couldn't help but think of Yang Zhao: "How is Madam? Is she still sick?"
"I heard from the maids downstairs that the gate to Qinyuan is still tightly closed. He must still be ill."
The old lady frowned.
"After Madam fell into the water, her body... was injured. When the master and his men came back that day, it was winter with heavy snow and frost. Madam had not recovered yet, and the cold wind must have made her condition worse." Madam Liu said as she handed over the shredded chicken porridge.
Madam Shen took the chicken porridge and took a sip. After thinking for a moment, she said to Madam Liu, "Forget it. Ask Doctor Li to prescribe a new prescription for her to stay healthy. She should stop taking the medicine she was taking before. Otherwise, she will be sick all day and it will delay things."
There are a lot of things going on in the whole house now.
Her eldest daughter-in-law can do nothing except crying. She is an old woman and has been idle for several years. She can't handle all those tedious matters all of a sudden.
Aunt Liu naturally understood what the old lady meant: "Yes, I will arrange it later."
"By the way, has there been any news from Lan'er?" The old lady had been busy these past two days and really had no energy to care about Shen Sulan who was taken back by the old lady of the Chen family that day.
Thinking back to that day, Old Lady Shen still felt bad: "Madam Liu, you said that Lan'er fell into the water. Is it really not related to Yang Zhao? I always feel that she had something to do with it."
There was also the matter of the slave Xiao Cui being pregnant. She was so angry that she wanted to punish Xiao Cui's family, but she found out that Xiao Cui's family had been exiled to a farm in the countryside with Mrs. Yi.
What a coincidence!!
Nanny Liu also had her suspicions, but she couldn't say it directly. Now that the old lady asked, she whispered back, "I also think it's too coincidental, but it's not easy to investigate openly. If the old lady wants to find out, I can investigate secretly."
Old Madam Shen narrowed her eyes, "Go and investigate, this matter must be investigated thoroughly. If it is really that girl who did it, I will make her pay for it!" Back then, if she had a way to let her marry into the Shen family under such circumstances, she naturally also had a way to make her obedient and work hard for them.
"Yes, I'll go there soon..."
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law..."
Before Aunt Liu finished her words, a loud and powerful voice was heard from outside.
When the old lady heard that, her face darkened: "Why is she here again..."
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"Sister-in-law, you said it yourself at the beginning. We, the Shen family, are of the same bloodline and share weal and woe. But now that the men in the family have just returned, you've already started to withhold our food, clothing, and other expenses. This is truly unkind of you..."
The one who spoke was the grandmother of the third uncle of the Shen family, who was a sister-in-law of Old Lady Shen.
When Old Master Shen was still alive, he had a good relationship with the three brothers of the same lineage, so they have not yet split up. Now the two families live in the East Courtyard and the West Courtyard respectively.
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