"Is this the Crown Prince's wife? Her whole demeanor is somewhat similar to that of Princess Qiongshu. No wonder my aunt loves her so much." However, she immediately concealed her disappointment, and said with a smile, holding Shen Xinyan's hand.

Shen Xin smiled faintly with her eyes lowered. Naturally, she could sense her closeness to herself and felt a little puzzled.

If she was the 'Yu Wei' who had just entered the mansion, she would have wanted to stay away from me so that I wouldn't recognize her. After all, that was not a glorious past.

On another level, when the Zhao Mansion was still intact, the Crown Prince's wife of the Duke of Ying Mansion was not her, and it was Fang who had contact with the Princess Rui. Logically, if she wanted to be close, she should be close to Fang.

She was puzzled and just gave up.

There are only benefits in the eyes of this Lord, and she is not a fool to reject such benefits.

The ladies present could naturally see that the Imperial Concubine looked upon the ladies of the Duke of Ying's Mansion differently, especially the kindness she showed to the Crown Prince's wife, and they were envious for a moment.

Although Empress Zhou in the palace holds the title of empress, she has no children. Secondly, her dignity as the mistress of the imperial palace has been greatly diminished by His Majesty. Thirdly, her natal family is also declining. The only one who has a hope of making a breakthrough is a distant half-brother.

But the one before me is different. Not only is he favored by His Majesty, but his son is also the eldest, so I'm afraid he will have a bright future.

The Grand Princess was also surprised by Concubine Rui's closeness to Shen Xinyan, but she didn't think much about it. After all, Emperor Yuanyou and Wei Junhang had always had a good relationship, so it wouldn't be a bad idea for Concubine Rui to do Wei Junhang a favor.

On the contrary, Fang and Yang looked at Shen Xinyan with envy and jealousy as she was being held by Concubine Rui and laughing.

Really, it seems that all the good things in the world are either taken by the eldest or the second wife. How will the third wife live in the future?

However, alarm bells were ringing in Fang's heart.

If the Second House has the support of Consort Rui Guifei, it will be difficult to regain the throne of the Crown Prince in the future. Suddenly, she remembered that Wei Chenglin seemed to have been injured last time in order to save the eldest prince, and her heart tightened instantly.

No wonder, no wonder, no wonder the noble concubine looks at Shen differently. If the eldest prince really does... the position of the second house will be truly unshakable.

When she was leaving, Shen Xinyan felt that the ladies around her looked at her differently, with envy, suspicion or inquiry, but she could only pretend not to know.

"Second sister-in-law is so lucky that she has caught the eye of the Royal Concubine. Look at the gifts the Royal Concubine gave to you, Lin'er and the fourth girl. They are much more generous than those given to others." After returning to the mansion, Yang said sourly.

"Maybe this is the legendary fate between people?" Shen Xinyan stroked her chin in a serious tone and deliberately said something to anger her.

Sure enough, Yang held her breath when she heard this, and secretly cursed the other party for being too arrogant.

But when she looked at Fang, who had an expressionless face on the other side, she felt balanced again.

Back then, when Concubine Rui was still the Princess of Rui, she had contacts with Fang, the wife of the Crown Prince at that time. But today, Concubine Rui treats Fang the same way she treats herself.

From this point of view, perhaps Shen from the Second House really catches the eye of the Imperial Concubine!

The children were no longer interested in listening to the adults' remarks. Yue Ge'er and Xiao Yingzhi took the lead and ran away with the gifts from Concubine Rui. Yang, who was the first to discover them, shouted from behind her son, "Don't lose everything! They were gifts from the Empress!"

Yue Ge'er had already run a long distance away, and it was unknown whether he heard what she said.

"Lingfu Lingfu, look what good things I got!" Yue Ge'er shouted happily before entering the house.

Lin Fu, who was staggering as he was carrying a book, turned around and looked over. Yue Ge'er ran up to him, holding up a lifelike colorful jade horse in his hand, and said with a proud smile: "What do you think? You haven't seen one before, have you? When I grow up, I'll ask my dad to give me a real horse like this."

Pingfu looked envious: "It's really beautiful, who gave it to you?"

"It's the Empress in the palace!" Yue Ge'er became even more proud.

Xiao Yingzhi tilted her head to look at him, then looked at Pingfu who was full of envy. She pouted her lips slightly and suddenly stuffed everything in her arms into Pingfu's arms: "I don't like these anymore, give them to you!"

"Ah, if you don't like it, why don't you give it to me?!" Yue Ge'er cried. He had long been eyeing the rabbit-shaped paperweight in her arms.

"I won't give it to you!" the little girl snorted at him.

"You spendthrift girl!" Yue Ge'er muttered as he watched Pingfu put all the things Xiao Yingzhi gave him into a big box.

The little girl didn't hear him, so she ran over, took Pingfu's hand and said, "Pingfu, let's go to mother's place!"

"Okay." Rongfu locked the box and hung the key back around his neck.

The box was filled with things that the little girl had stuffed into him because she "didn't like" them, and it was almost full.

He thought that he might have to ask Sister Chunliu to find him another big box after some time.

After returning from the palace, Shen Xinyan received more and more invitations to various banquets every day. She picked a few that she couldn't refuse, and found excuses to turn down the rest.

After a few days, she was even less in the mood to attend the banquet.

This was because the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an, whose condition had improved, fell ill again. This time, the condition was even more severe, and the wife could not survive after several days of hard work.

With tears in her eyes, Shen Xinyan took Shen Huiran, whose hand was tightly held by the old lady, and handed her to the maid to take away. She said to the old lady, who had already died with her eyes closed, "Don't worry, mother. I will take good care of Hui'er."

As soon as she finished speaking, the lady's eyes slowly closed.

As expected, he was still worried about his only granddaughter until his death.

There is no mistress in the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion now. Ever since the family was divided, the second and third branches have moved out one after another. Now there are only four masters in the mansion: Jing'an Marquis and his three sons and daughters.

Shen Xinyan suppressed her grief and arranged everything one by one. She did not take her leave until the couples from the second and third wives hurried over to take over.

"Aunt, let me help you get in the car." Shen Feng, with red eyes, reached out to help her.

Shen Xinyan straightened his collar for him, her voice hoarse from crying: "Feng'er is the eldest brother, and now that grandma is gone, you have to help daddy take care of your younger siblings in the future, understand?"

"Yeah, I know." Shen Feng nodded in a muffled voice.

Shen Xinyan stared at him for a moment, thinking of the fact that her nephew had been missing since her niece committed suicide in her previous life. Her heart began to tighten again, and she reminded him again with concern: "You must remember what your aunt said. You must never abandon your family at any time. Do you understand?"

"I know, don't worry, auntie!" The teenager nodded vigorously again.

Although she still had a lot to say to him, she didn't know where to start. She sighed softly, patted his shoulder sympathetically, and was about to get in the car and leave.

"Feng brother..." A trembling voice rang out behind the two of them. Shen Xin turned around with a frown on her face, and saw that Liang had appeared out of nowhere. Next to her stood Shen Huiran, whose nose was red from crying.

She frowned slightly but said nothing. No matter what Liang had done, she was still the biological mother of Feng'er and his siblings. As their aunt, she had no right to stop the biological mother from seeing the children.

"What are you doing here?! Go away, get out of here, you are not welcome here!" When Shen Feng saw him, he immediately roared at Liang like an angry leopard.

"Brother, mother came here because she knew that grandmother had passed away and she was worried about us." Shen Huiran explained while crying.

"How dare she come here? If it weren't for her, grandma wouldn't have died! She was the one who killed grandma!!" Shen Feng became even angrier.

"It's none of Mom's business, how can you say that, brother?!"

"It's none of her business? If she hadn't been so greedy that she committed such a heinous crime that brought disaster to the whole family, how could my grandmother be so angry that her old illness was triggered and made worse? It's all her fault!! It's her!" Shen Feng glared at Liang, who was crying with her face covered, and roared with gritted teeth.

Being accused by her own son in front of her, Liang felt heartbroken: "It's my fault, but, but everything I did was for you and your brother!"

"Get out! We don't need your kindness! Go, get out of here!" Shen Feng's eyes were filled with hatred. He rushed forward and pushed Liang. Liang took several steps back and almost fell to the ground.

"Brother Feng!" Shen Xinyan saw that he actually started to fight and quickly stopped him.

"Aunt, please let her go. I don't want to see her again, not in my entire life!" Shen Feng's eyes were red with tears in them. He turned his face away stubbornly and wiped his eyes fiercely.

"Brother, don't be like this, she is our mother!" Shen Huiran was overwhelmed with grief.

"She is not our mother. I don't have such a mother. Come back with me!" Shen Feng pulled her over roughly, and regardless of her crying and struggling, he dragged her into the house without looking back.

Shen Xinyan did not stop him, but just looked at Liang, whose face was pale and crying silently.

The Liang who was being abandoned by her son in front of her somehow overlapped with the Liang who was also abandoned by her son in her previous life. She felt the despair of Liang at this moment, the despair of having nothing and being abandoned by the person closest to her.

She lowered her eyes, unable to bear looking any longer, turned around and got in the car to leave.

As soon as she turned around, her arm was grabbed by someone, and Liang's hoarse voice rang out: "You will take care of Hui'er, Feng'er and the others, right?"

Shen Xinyan pried open her fingers little by little. Every time she pried open a finger, the color on Liang's face faded a little.

"They are my nephews and nieces. I will naturally take care of them." Finally, when the overwhelming despair was about to strike again, she heard the answer.

"Thank you, and sorry..."

The moment the car curtain was lowered, Shen Xinyan's tears finally fell.

She didn't know why she was crying, she just felt like the tears that had accumulated in her heart for many years had finally found a place to vent.