Chapter 145: Concubine
At night, Fan Shuhui resisted the urge to sleep and finally made the same hairpin as Jiang Panyu. Then she was sent back to her room by her mother to sleep.
Fan Shuhui looked at the beautiful hairpin happily, imagining that she would wear this hairpin to meet Dou Qiming, and wondered if Dou Qiming would be stunned by her beauty. The more Fan Shuhui thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and she fell asleep in bed after a while.
After she had a good sleep, she was stunned by the scene in front of her when she opened her eyes.
She was covered with a smoky-colored brocade quilt and was wearing snow-white satin pajamas. The bed she was lying on was not her small wooden bed, but one with exquisite carvings, beaded curtains and drapes, which was full of splendor.
This is not her home, not her room, where is she?
Fan Shuhui pinched herself hard. She thought she was dreaming, but the pain made her grimace in pain. She was not dreaming!
Where is she? Fan Shuhui felt fear in her heart. She hurriedly lifted the curtains on the bed and looked out. The scene outside shocked her even more.
The dressing table next to the bed was filled with dazzling jewelry, the floor was covered with intricately patterned wool felt, and there was a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes beside the bed.
Fan Shuhui was stunned, then she wanted to move, but suddenly a pain came over her head, and a strange memory filled her mind.
It was the memory of a young girl for more than ten years, as if someone unreasonable had forced it into her mind. The huge amount of information made Fan Shuhui roll around on the bed in pain. When she stopped, her whole body was soaked with sweat, and the memories in her mind had already been read and understood by her.
Fan Shuhui now understands her situation. She is no longer Dou Shuhui from Guaigun Hutong. She is the eldest daughter of the Fan family, of noble status, and has been brought up in luxury since childhood.
Fan Shuhui stared blankly at the curtain above the bed, unable to come to her senses. How did she become a different person? What on earth happened?
Before Fan Shuhui could figure out what was going on, the door of the room was pushed open, and seven or eight maids came in carrying toiletries, and someone gently lifted the bed curtain.
The leading maid gently called Fan Shuhui to get up, and then served her gently, helping her wash, change clothes, and put on makeup.
Fan Shuhui was as stiff as a puppet, being manipulated by a group of maids until she adapted to her new identity and accepted herself as the eldest daughter of the Fan family.
The maids had already finished dressing her up. Fan Shuhui looked at the face in the mirror that was both familiar and unfamiliar. The delicate and beautiful pearl hairpin on her head, the gorgeous skirt on her body, and the accessories around her waist all made her feel a little dazed. She had never been so beautiful before.
Fan Shuhui stared at the mirror in a daze, and suddenly felt that this was actually not bad, except that she would never see her parents and Dou Qiming again.
Fan Shuhui's eyes turned red and tears were about to fall, but fortunately she covered her eyes with a handkerchief and no one noticed anything unusual.
Then, Fan Shuhui went to the main courtyard accompanied by her maid to pay her respects to the mother in her memory.
Fan Shuhui was a little nervous along the way. After all, it was not the original one. When she saw the relatives of the original owner, she was still a little scared, afraid that others would find out her flaws.
But when she arrived at the main courtyard and saw the woman sitting on the chair in the main courtyard, Fan Shuhui's sense of strangeness towards her disappeared, because the original owner's mother looked exactly like her own mother.
Fan Shuhui immediately developed an infinite fondness for the woman sitting on the chair. After she greeted Mrs. Fan as she remembered, Mrs. Fan pulled her to her side and said with a smile: "Shuhui, today is your birthday. Your cousin and his family are here to celebrate your birthday. They are coming soon. Come with me to the second gate to greet them!"
"Okay." Fan Shuhui responded, but her mind was searching for information about her cousin's family.
It turned out that my cousin's family were Mrs. Fan's sisters, and the two families were brothers-in-law, and they often exchanged letters.
Fan Shuhui followed Mrs. Fan to the second gate to wait for someone, but what she never expected was that the cousin in her memory looked exactly like Dou Qiming. Fan Shuhui was stunned.
The young man, dressed in white and elegant, looked at her with his handsome eyes and eyebrows filled with an indescribable burning emotion. Fan Shuhui's cheeks turned red. Dou Qiming in Guaigun Hutong would never look at her like this.
Especially after they reached the age of thirteen or fourteen, Dou Qiming learned to avoid suspicion and no longer had physical contact with her. He no longer hugged her or touched her head like he did when they were children.
Later, after Dou Qiming knew her thoughts, he avoided her even more. Dou Qiming was rarely friendly to her, almost never.
Fan Shuhui has been very sad about this, but she didn't expect that her cousin now would be so gentle and kind to her.
If this was really a dream, Fan Shuhui would rather stay in the dream and never wake up, because Dou Qiming in the dream was really gentle to her.
That’s right, now her cousin not only has the same face as Dou Qiming, but also has the same name.
Fan Shuhui couldn't suppress her joy. She wondered if this was her previous life. Otherwise, why did her two biological mothers look the same? Dou Qiming also looked the same and was nominally her brother.
The more Fan Shuhui thought about it, the more excited she became. When Mrs. Fan and her aunt were chatting and chatting, she couldn't help but secretly look at her cousin Dou Qiming. Then, Fan Shuhui found that her cousin was also secretly looking at her. If the two of them accidentally made eye contact, they would immediately turn their heads away.
The elders who were chatting nearby saw this scene and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
In fact, they also wanted to bring together Fan Shuhui and Dou Qiming, seeing that the two children liked each other.
The adults of both families were relieved, and then, after Fan Shuhui's birthday, her marriage to Dou Qiming was settled. Fan Shuhui pretended to be shy on the surface, but she was extremely happy in her heart.
Then, Fan Shuhui was detained by Mrs. Fan, who asked her to learn embroidery well and embroider a wedding dress for her.
Fan Shuhui had never done this before, but when she thought that she could marry Dou Qiming by embroidering a wedding dress, she suppressed her temper and began to learn stitch by stitch.
This study lasted for three years. In the blink of an eye, she was eighteen years old. Her wedding dress had been embroidered, and in two months she would marry Dou Qiming.
Fan Shuhui could not hide her excitement and secretly made an appointment with Dou Qiming to meet at a temple outside the city.
In the past three years, they often met secretly. There was no other way. This was the feudal ancient times, where the separation between men and women was very important. Unmarried men and women were not allowed to meet in private.
Fortunately, they were engaged, so the parents of both families turned a blind eye and pretended not to know, allowing the two children to meet often.
But something bad almost happened during this meeting. Thieves sneaked into the temple and killed people. The lovers were almost killed. At the critical moment, a young girl selling flowers rescued them.
Fan Shuhui and Dou Qiming were fine, but the little girl was stabbed and almost died. The doctor diagnosed that the little girl might have difficulty in giving birth. In ancient times, if a woman had such a disease, she would not be able to get married.
The little girl's family was crying and wailing, with an expression that looked like the sky had fallen, which was really unbearable.
Because the girl saved his life, Dou Qiming proposed to take her as a concubine and give her a place to settle down and live.
"Shuhui, I know you are sad, but that little girl is our savior. She can't marry into a good family in her current condition. It would be better for her to be my concubine, just like raising a kitten or a puppy. I would just give her a place to live in peace. I still think of you in my heart!" This is how Dou Qiming explained to Fan Shuhui.
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