Chapter 1 Entering the Mansion
Wu'an Marquis Mansion.
"Madam, Madam, that little girl is begging at the gate of our mansion again." Cuixiang just heard the two maids at the second gate talking about this, and hurried back to the main room to report to the madam.
Wu'an Marquis's wife Song Shuqing was wearing a light blue dress and was sitting at the table with an abacus.
Hearing the noisy voice, Song Shuqing raised her head and looked at her maid, her melon-seed face full of curiosity.
"Looking at your temper, when will you be able to calm down?" Song Shuqing shook her head helplessly. This maid was just a nosy one, but this helped her a lot in managing the mansion.
"Madam!" Cuixiang stamped her feet, clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and acted coquettishly.
"You just said that the little girl came again. How many days has it been?" Song Shuqing stopped what she was doing, softened her brows and asked.
"It's the fifth day. You told Mrs. Liu from the second gate to give her a bowl of rice every day. She has been so well-fed that she doesn't want to leave. She comes every day." Cuixiang didn't dislike the little beggar, but was curious.
A three-year-old girl, without adults or other companions, could actually beg in front of the marquis's mansion every day, and was not kidnapped or cheated by kidnappers.
It is said that their Wu'an Marquis's mansion is a high-ranking family, and ordinary beggars dare not come, but this little girl comes every day.
"Come on, take me to see." As the mistress of the house, Song Shuqing was so busy at the end of the month that she didn't go out for the past few days.
Song Shuqing brought Cuixiang to the gate and saw a dirty child sitting on the roadside under the stone steps of the gate.
It was indeed a child about three years old. He
was a little listless, with a broken bowl in front of him.
A black bird stood on her shoulder, combing her messy hair with its sharp beak.
Song Shuqing walked lightly to the child. Her
face was too dirty to see her features, and she was very thin.
"Little girl, why are you alone?" Song Shuqing squatted down, looked at the child in front of him, and sympathy arose spontaneously.
How could such a young child be begging without a father or a mother? How did she grow up to this age?
The child didn't say anything, but just stared at Song Shuqing.
In fact, they were just looking at each other.
"I'll buy you into the mansion to be a maid, okay?" Song Shuqing felt compassion. Anyway, the mansion was not short of food for a three-year-old child, so she might as well do a good deed that day to accumulate blessings for her eldest son and second son.
[Wow, is this my mother? So beautiful! You are finally here. Mother, I am your biological child, but I was switched at birth. The one you raise every day is your second aunt's son. When he grows up, you will be sent to the temple to become a nun.]
An ethereal childish voice came from the little girl in front of her, going straight into her heart, and the little girl did not open her mouth.
Song Shuqing's body suddenly shook, and she almost fell to the ground.
She could actually hear the little girl's voice, and the information shocked her speechless.
This is her child?
How is it possible?
Even when Feng Tianxing nodded repeatedly, she seemed not to notice, and just stared blankly at the child in front of her.
"Madam? Madam?" Cuixiang called twice, but there was no response from the madam, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"
Cuixiang pushed her gently again.
After being called back to his senses, Song Shuqing's eyes finally had a fixed focus, and he looked at Feng Tianxing steadily again.
Those round eyes were looking at him eagerly.
"Are you willing to go into the mansion with me?" Song Shuqing finally controlled himself and asked. But it didn't mean buying her into the mansion, but going into the mansion with her.
Feng Tianxing nodded happily again, smiling with curved eyebrows.
[Finally I can enter the mansion, it's worth it that I pretended to be a beggar for five days. ]
Another child's voice came, and Song Shuqing's heart was struck by lightning.
What is going on?
The third son whom she doted on was not her child, but the one in front of her was?
Thinking back on the attitude of the second wife over the past three years.
She was shocked when she thought about it.
The old lady doted on the third son the most, and the eldest son was fine. She had never held the second son since he was born.
The second brother's wife often took the third son to her courtyard and did not bring him back for a long time. She also often made clothes for the third son, doing more than her biological mother.
The second brother would hold the third son and play with him for a while when he saw him. Her husband, as his biological father, did not have such a good temper.
Thinking about the appearance of the third son, he really did not look like a couple at all. She
could not think about it, could not think about it.
She had always thought that the first and second wives had a particularly good relationship.
It turned out to be an illusion?
Song Shuqing took Feng Tianxing's hand on her own initiative, not caring that her little hands were dirty, and walked towards the mansion in a daze.
Cuixiang was stunned.
Madam is so kind!
But such a good madam has a miserable life. The eldest son broke his leg, and the second son has been sick for many years. It is obvious that they will not live long.
Song Shuqing led Feng Tianxing and went directly to the main courtyard where he lived, Luoxia Courtyard.
"Cuixiang, ask the kitchen to boil some water." Song Shuqing's voice was trembling slightly.
She has not yet come out of the information she just received.
The water was quickly boiled and brought.
Cuixiang called Cuiping and wanted to give the little beggar a bath together.
"Go find a set of Yuanjie's clothes and bring them here. I will wash her myself." Song Shuqing suppressed the shock in his heart and ordered lightly.
"Madam, let me do it." How could Cuixiang let Madam do it? Such a dirty child, wouldn't Madam's hands be dirty?
"I'll do it myself." Song Shuqing's voice suddenly rose, startling the two maids.
What happened to the lady?
The two had no choice but to leave the bathroom. One went to get clothes, and the other went to the kitchen to ask the maid to boil another pot of water.
The child was small, so he only needed to wash in a large wooden basin.
It was May, and the temperature was neither too hot nor too cold.
Feng Tianxing's clothes were covered in mud by her, and the original color could not be seen, but it could be seen that they were coarse cloth and had patches.
How hard it has been!
Song Shuqing didn't mind it being dirty and untied it little by little.
She asked gently while washing.
"Little girl, what's your name?"
Feng Tianxing said nothing, just shook his head, tears rolling down his face, so pitiful.
"You can't speak?" Song Shuqing was surprised. You're three years old, why can't you speak?
Feng Tianxing nodded and pointed at his throat, indicating that there was something wrong with his throat.
[Mother, I have been poisoned and mute since I was a child. 】
What?
The child actually committed such a big crime?
The handkerchief in Song Shuqing's hand fell directly into the water and she was stunned.
After a while, she picked up the handkerchief again.
"Child, don't cry, don't cry, I'll find a doctor to treat you, and he will definitely cure you!" Song Shuqing coaxed gently, and her eyes were red.
[Mother, don't worry . , it will get better in the future, if it weren't for the fact that this body is too weak and needs to be taken care of, I only need one pill to cure it. 】
It's really tiring for a 200-year-old to pretend to be a 3-year-old child, but You have to pretend.
After hearing this, Song Shuqing felt relieved.
"How did you get to the gate of the Marquis' Mansion?" Song Shuqing didn't quite believe that a three-year-old child could come to the capital alone and find the Marquis' Mansion.
Feng Tianxing pointed at From the sky, she pointed at the black bird perched on the window frame.
[Mother, it was Xiao Hei who brought me back. It is a divine bird in the sky.]
Another ethereal voice came, still with a soft and sticky tone.
"Did the gods in heaven bring you here?" Song Shuqing suppressed her shock and said this deliberately. This was to find an excuse and prepare for the future.
Song Shuqing was the daughter of the Yushi family and had good knowledge. In such a short time, how could she have known so many things? I figured it all out.
Feng Tianxing nodded repeatedly.
[Mother is so smart!]
After changing the water twice, she finally washed the little girl clean and put her in a boy's outfit.
Song Shuqing carefully examined the little girl in front of him.
The more he looked at her, the more interested he became . Surprise!