Chapter 47: A Mistake

Shen Yuan slept in bed until midnight. Suddenly he remembered something and sat up from the bed, then opened the bed curtains and got out of bed.

Although she got up very early today, she couldn't fall asleep when she went to bed early. She thought it was because of her beauty that misled her.

She closed her eyes and tried to divert her attention, but suddenly she remembered a storybook she had read before.

At this time Qingdai, who was sleeping in the outer room, was awakened by Shen Yuan's actions. She hurried in and saw her daughter standing beside the bed, so she quickly turned on the light.

"Why are you awake, girl? Do you want to go to the clean room?"

Shen Yuan shook his head, "No, I couldn't sleep, and I remembered a storybook and wanted to read it."

"It's so late, young lady, you are still reading storybooks. Be careful not to hurt your eyes." Qingdai said this, but in fact she had already started to turn on a few more lights to make the room brighter.

"I can't sleep, so I'll fall asleep after reading for a while." Shen Yuan slipped on his shoes and walked towards the bookshelf at the other end of the room.

"What book are you looking for, young lady? I will get it for you."

"No need, Qingdai." Shen Yuan touched his stomach, "I feel a little hungry, why don't you go to the kitchen and find me something to eat."

The family had dinner at a restaurant this afternoon. Shen Yuan didn't eat again at night after returning home. He didn't feel hungry when he was lying down, but when he stood up, he really felt hungry.

Qingdai heard that Shen Yuan was hungry and quickly responded.

"I knew that the girl would be hungry at night, so I asked the kitchen to cook chicken soup on the stove. Would you mind making a bowl of noodles for the girl?"

"Okay, put less noodles. If you eat too much, you won't be able to sleep."

"Hey! Wait for me, young lady. I will be there soon."

"Well, no rush." ​​Shen Yuan agreed and continued looking for a book.

Soon, Shen Yuan followed his memory and found the storybook, "A Thousand Gold Mistakes".

After finding the book, Shen Yuan walked to the table and sat down. She had read this book before, but she thought it was not well written at the time, so she just read it once and put it on the bookshelf.

Just now, she closed her eyes and repeatedly thought about what she heard when she met the master and servant of the Qin family today, and suddenly she remembered the story she had read in the vernacular novel.

The wife of the prefect went up the mountain to burn incense. When she was coming down the mountain, it suddenly rained heavily and she couldn't go down. The carriage was also startled, so she could only temporarily take shelter from the rain in a dilapidated temple in the mountains.

Not long after, a pregnant woman came into the dilapidated temple. She was the wife of a merchant in the county and was also trapped here while burning incense.

Both ladies felt that it was a great fate to meet here, and it just so happened that their two children were born in the same month.

Unexpectedly, because of the slippery road caused by rain, both of them had miscarriage when they were going down the mountain just now. At this moment, they felt stomach pain at the same time and were about to give birth.

Because of the heavy rain, they had no time to go down the mountain, nor to find a widow at the foot of the mountain. The two could only give birth in this dilapidated temple at the same time.

The merchant's wife often accompanied her husband on business trips, so she was in better health and had an experienced nanny to look after her. As a result, she gave birth to a daughter earlier and even had the strength to sit up after giving birth.

But things were not so smooth for the magistrate's wife. It took her a long time to give birth to the child, and then she fainted after giving birth. The maids who accompanied the magistrate's wife out that day were all inexperienced. When they saw her fainting, they were so scared that they almost fainted, and could not even take care of the newborn baby, so they hurried down the mountain in the rain to call a doctor.

Upon seeing this, the merchant's wife ordered the nanny beside her to help cut the umbilical cord, dry the child's body, and wrap the child with the remaining half of the cloak that had just been cut from the child.

Finally, the doctor was called and the rain stopped. The servants of the prefect's family hurriedly took some wives and the newly born daughter back to the mansion.

No one noticed that in the chaos, the two children were taken away by mistake.

The temple was small to begin with, and the two children were both girls, wrapped in blankets with the same pattern and placed together. It was unknown when the daughter of the prefectural governor was held in the arms of the merchant's wife, and the daughter of the merchant's family was held by the prefect's wife's servant.

Neither family knew that they had the wrong child. Not long after, the prefect was promoted and returned to Beijing. His wife also took the child back to the capital. For the next ten years, the two families never saw each other again.

However, in this story, the author still gave a happy ending.

This merchant family donated a lot of food and fodder generously during the border war, and was later rewarded by the emperor and named imperial merchants. They also moved to the capital with their family.

Later, the former prefect's wife, now the vice minister's wife, happened to see a girl on the street who looked very much like her husband, and she thought she was her husband's child from his affair.

After investigating, she found out that their family came from the place where her husband used to be the prefect, and her daughter looked very similar to the lady of this family.

Only then did she remember that she had given birth in a temple. At this point, the truth of the two children being taken away by mistake was revealed.

Afterwards, the two girls returned to their respective homes, but they recognized their adoptive parents as godparents, and the two families continued to interact, so it was a happy ending.

Thinking about what he heard today, Shen Yuan couldn't help but boldly guess, isn't Qin Ruyue the biological daughter of Duke Jing and his wife?

Shen Yuan was just thinking when Qingdai came in with a bowl of chicken soup noodles. The hunger in her stomach interrupted her thoughts.

"Girl, you must be hungry."

Qingdai put the bowl on the table. This bowl of chicken noodle soup had more soup than noodles. The chicken soup was skimmed of oil, so it would not be greasy to drink in the evening. There were also a few green leaves floating on the soup, which made people's appetite increase.

"The noodles have been soaked in cold water, so the girl won't feel the soup is too hot when she drinks it."

"Qingdai, you are so nice." Shen Yuan couldn't wait to take a sip of the soup. It was indeed delicious and at just the right temperature.

In the end, Shen Yuan ate the entire bowl of chicken noodle soup and drank up the soup, which filled his stomach without being too full to fall asleep.

After eating, Qingdai helped me brush my teeth and then I went to bed.

After Qingdai blew out the lights and went out, Shen Yuan thought about the story just now while waiting to fall asleep.

She didn't remember what the other members of the Qin family looked like, so she couldn't tell whether Qin Ruyue looked like anyone in the Qin family.

Qin Ruyue had just returned from Jiangnan, and Mrs. Qin had been claiming to be ill...

The nanny beside Qin Ruyue said, "Did Madam discover something?"... Could it be that Madam Qin realized that Qin Ruyue might not be her daughter?

But she had always heard that Duke Jing and his wife were very affectionate. If she had doubts, why didn't she tell her husband?

If that nanny was an insider, did Qin Ruyue know it herself?

Instead of figuring out the problem, it became even more confusing. Even when he fell asleep, Shen Yuan still hadn't figured it out.

As expected, Shen Yuan slept until noon the next day. Her brother Shen Su was at home during those two days, and Shen Yuan didn't have to go to her sister-in-law to learn housekeeping. The couple finally had a chance to be together, and Shen Yuan thought it would be better for her not to bother them.

She is a good sister who cares for her brother and sister-in-law!

The students of the Imperial College are still on vacation, but the officials have already started attending court, and today is a court meeting.

Many of the ministers today seemed to have not yet recovered from the holidays, or they had slept too late yesterday. During the morning court today, many of them stood at the back, drowsy.

There were also ministers who rowed the dragon boat too hard yesterday and either pulled a muscle or sprained their waist, and looked very exhausted.

Shen Yun looked at them, then at Mr. Xie Hui, who was standing next to him as straight as a green bamboo, and suddenly he felt much more pleasing to the eye.

Shen Yun nodded silently in his heart. As long as there was such a young man in Dazhao, an old man like him could rest assured.

Fortunately, the emperor himself might not have had much interest in attending court, and before long they heard the words "If there is something to report, then the court will be dismissed; if not, then the court will be dismissed."

So a bunch of ministers came to the hall, stood there and took a nap, and then went back.

"Yes, yes! Dad will go with you." Xie Yuan came up with a smile and said to Shen Yun beside him: "Hello, Lord Shen, it just so happens that we can go together."

Shen Yun had not had much contact with Xie Yuan in the past, so he didn't know that this Duke was so easy-going. He smiled and returned the greeting.

Xie Hui reminded Xie Yuan, "Father, the Hanlin Academy and the Dali Temple are not on the same page." His father has always been unconcerned, so who knows if he wants to go with him.

"Eh? That's wrong. Father just wants to go with you for a while, even if it's just for a little while. What does it matter if it's convenient or not? Don't you agree, Master Shen?"

Shen Yun didn't expect that he would have something to do here, but he still said, "Of course, Lord Xie and Little Lord Xie are father and son serving in the same court, so they should be closer."

"Hahaha Lord Shen is right. I heard that your son will also take the imperial examination next year. I guess the day when Lord Shen and his son serve in the same court is not far away."

"Then thank you for your kind words, sir."

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The two of them chatted and enjoyed themselves so much that when it was time for them to go back to the Dali Temple and the Hanlin Academy respectively, they actually felt reluctant to part and even made an appointment to have a drink together next time.

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