Everyone has their own secrets.
Looking at Shi Xuan's fake face, Mu Run thought of herself; wasn't she also fake?
What a fake couple they are.
"Xiaoshi, can you tell me about your situation?" Su's mother asked kindly.
Su's mother and father were different. Su's father was straightforward and said what he thought without holding back. Su's mother, on the other hand, always had a smile on her face and was very thoughtful, which complemented Su's father perfectly.
Although Shi Xuan looks very ordinary and unremarkable at first glance, and might be hard to spot in a crowd, upon closer inspection, his straight shoulders and dark, ancient eyes exude a special kind of charm.
Shi Xuan said, "To answer my mother-in-law's question, as far back as I can remember, I was a beggar, growing up by begging from all directions. Later, I met Prince Sheng and received his favor, and now I work as a steward in the Prince's mansion."
Su's mother glanced at Su's father, whose eyes were practically spitting fire. She patted him gently to calm him down, "Listen, you couldn't come with her; you went hunting with the prince."
Those who can stay by the prince's side are all people he trusts. When the prince ascends to heaven, these people around him will surely be promoted and rise to high positions.
The fire in Su's father's eyes gradually subsided.
Su's mother continued, "You really don't remember your own home?"
Shi Xuan nodded, "I don't remember. The old beggar who raised me said that when he found me, I had smallpox, so I must have been thrown out by my family and left to my fate."
Su's mother had a soft heart, and upon hearing this, her eyes welled up with tears. She said to Su's father, "What a pitiful child."
Su's father didn't think at all that the people who took his daughter were evil people!
"Can you read?" Su Qi asked.
Shi Xuan replied, "I recognize it."
Su Qi asked curiously, "How do you recognize me?"
Shi Xuan said, "There are also educated people among the beggars. I learned from them."
"Stop talking and have some water." Mu Run handed Shi Xuan a glass of water.
Seeing Mu Run's actions, Su's mother shrugged at Su's father... See? Your daughter is happy.
"Do you still have contact with those beggars?" Su's mother asked.
Shi Xuan nodded, "Yes. I will set aside a portion of my monthly earnings to help them."
Upon hearing this, Su's father finally lost his temper. "With your meager wages, you can barely support your family. How are you going to let Xiaoxiao live?"
"I will take good care of my wife and ensure she has no worries about food and clothing." Shi Xuan said, untying the bundle he had brought, which contained various exquisite boxes and fine brocade and silk.
Opening one of the more ordinary boxes, inside was a ginseng root labeled as 400 years old!
"Besides working at the Prince's mansion, I also do some business. I can earn a net income of five hundred taels of silver every month, and even more at the end of the year or during festivals."
Not only were Su's parents and Su Qi stunned, but even Mu Run was speechless.
Su's father worked at the Yan family's residence, earning only three taels of silver a month. With additional rewards and such, he would receive a maximum of ten taels, amounting to just over a hundred taels a year.
But Shi Xuan said he could earn in a month what he had earned in several years, and the things he brought proved that what he said was true, which was really hard to believe. How could that be?
Mu Run was also a little curious. Since he was so rich, why did he still want to be a beggar, or even enter the royal palace to be a slave?
It was Su's mother who spoke first: "What did you do when you were little?" Her voice was also more affectionate.
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