Chapter 57 Reconciliation
Shen Shaoyu came out of his father's study, and just then the steward hurried to his mother's yard.
In the late autumn evening, the sun hung in the sky like a huge salted egg yolk, illuminating the roofs of houses near and far with an orange-red glow, and casting large shadows at the base of the walls.
A thin young man walked out from the shadows, his clothes fluttering in the wind.
In the main room not far behind him, Ruan was talking to Shen Jingshu: "Shu'er! Are you saying that those rumors outside were spread by someone specifically?"
The pampered woman looked down at her daughter's face and said, "It's just that something happened to Miss Shi in our Chen Mansion. This is a fact that cannot be denied."
Shen Jingshu leaned beside Ruan, her eyes full of resentment, "Maybe it was one of their own who did it. Their purpose was to ruin the reputation of our Shen family and to suppress Shu'er."
After hearing what her daughter said, Ruan felt that it made sense.
But she didn't see the triumphant smile on her daughter's face when she lowered her head, as she seemed to be extremely dependent on her.
The maid who suddenly walked in interrupted the "warm" moment between the mother and daughter, "Madam! The steward of the master's courtyard is here."
Ruan was startled when she heard this: "Who is in charge?"
"It's Manager Qiu, the one the master respects the most." The maid answered truthfully.
Ruan frowned. Manager Qiu rarely came to this inner courtyard and had never come to see her so formally before.
Hearing this, Shen Jingshu, who was sitting next to Ruan, sat up straight. She thought she could control Ruan, but she didn't dare to underestimate anyone around her second uncle.
Not only my second uncle, but also the brother who seems to be dying soon.
Manager Qiu did not enter the house, but relayed Shen Xinian's original words outside.
After hearing this, Ruan hurried to look at her daughter. Seeing that she was indeed pale, she said lovingly, "Shu'er! What your father said makes sense. After all, those are your biological parents."
Shen Jingshu was only stunned for a moment, then she quickly understood.
Today's incident was directed at her. Second Uncle's meaning was very clear. The more she didn't want people to know her true identity, the more he emphasized this point.
All the time, no matter what she did.
This nominal father was very clear-headed and she was just the daughter of his half-brother.
Listening to Ruan's bland consolation, Shen Jingshu felt annoyed.
But what can she do?
In the second house, she only had Ruan to rely on.
She closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Mother! It's not that I don't want to honor them, it's that I really can't bear to leave you. I want to spend more time with you before I leave the house."
Since it was Shen Xinian's words, Shen Jingshu knew that she could not resist, so she could only use this method of retreating to advance to win more love from Ruan.
As expected, Ruan was both pleased and distressed after hearing this, but she also tried her best to comfort her daughter: "Shu'er can still come to see me every day after she passes away. It won't affect her."
Since her daughter didn't live with her, and coming from the main house wasn't much farther than coming from her own courtyard, Ruan couldn't understand her inner conflict.
Therefore, even Shen Jingshu, who wanted to gain sympathy, could only go back to pack her things in a frustrated mood.
Xiuzhu in her room was also shocked when she saw her young lady's gloomy face.
"Miss..." Xiuzhu called softly.
"Pack up all the things I'm used to using here and move them to the big room!" After Shen Jingshu gave the order, she stood in front of the window and said nothing.
But her eyes were sinister, and she was completely different from the delicate daughter in Ruan's house.
Although Xiuzhu didn't understand why, she still asked the maid to clean it up.
But if we talk about the things that the young lady is used to using, there are quite a few of them.
We moved here since the little girl was over two years old. From big things like tables, chairs and cabinets to small things like flower ornaments and earrings, which one is not used by the little girl?
Mrs. Ruan had a generous dowry and only had this one daughter, so all the good things were given to her.
Xiuzhu could only ask the maids to put all the small items into boxes and baskets. However, she could not move away completely because she was going to live in the main house for a few days.
Just as he put it away, he heard the woman standing in front of the window say, "Hurry up and deal with that person for me. It's hard to prescribe medicine. Didn't you say that you can wait until that barren woman leaves the house before the attack?"
Xiuzhu was frightened when she heard this, but she left Zhilanju and went to the main house in a blink of an eye.
In the mansion of Duke Chengguo, after Xu Shuyao recovered, she went to Songhe Hall as usual and stayed there for an hour every day.
Since the wedding date of Liu Qingwan and Xiao Jinrong was set, the woman should have returned to her parents' home to get married.
Only Liu Qingwan still lives in the Rose Courtyard. The Liu family also bought a house in the capital, saying that they will wait until the wedding day before returning.
As for the Second Madam Chen, she is currently busy preparing for her stepson's marriage!
There are less than three months left, but I still have to complete the six rituals, as if I'm in a hurry.
These days, Xu Shuyao was also captured by her aunt and forced to serve as a soldier.
She went to the old lady's place every morning, and after lunch and a short rest, she had to go to Jinhua Hall to help.
She met Xiao Jinrong a few times, and he seemed to be hesitant to say something, so Xu Shuyao didn't bother to pay attention to him.
But on this day, she saw the Second Young Master Xiao standing not far away on her way back from delivering some cakes to her third cousin.
The bluestone road in front of us is wide and spacious, not only enough for two people to pass through, but even three people can walk side by side without any problem.
But just as Xu Shuyao walked over, Xiao Jinrong followed.
"Is there something wrong, second cousin?" Xu Shuyao stopped and looked back. She still remembered that she almost broke her leg because she was trying to avoid this person.
Xiao Jinrong looked at his cousin from the Xu family in front of him. She still looked calm and composed.
Originally, when he saw the other party acting like this, he thought it was the most clever disguise.
But now that his wedding date has been set, she still goes to Jinhuatang to help as usual, and everything is no different from before.
Maybe... I blamed her wrongly?
"Cousin Xu, are you doing well now?" Xiao Jinrong asked softly.
"It's okay." Xu Shuyao cast a faint gaze on the other person and answered him truthfully.
She saw that the man seemed to smile, but she was already about to leave.
"Jinrong had many misunderstandings about Cousin Xu in the past. I apologize for causing you to sprain your ankle that day." Just as he took a step forward, he suddenly heard the other party say this.
Xu Shuyao was a little surprised.
However, if the marriage between this second cousin and Liu Qingwan had not been finalized, she would have also planned to make her position clear to the other party.
Everyone in the world likes to turn hostility into friendship, and she is no exception.
Xu Shuyao suddenly thought of the young man in the ochre-red robe she had seen when she first arrived at Jinhua Hall, and the piece of "Deng Deng Frozen" that she hadn't been able to return the favor. She smiled sincerely and said, "I'm very happy that my second cousin thinks of me this way. Please take good care of me in the future!"
After saying that, she said goodbye and left.
Xiao Jinrong stood there for a while before leaving.
Xiao Mo's words from that day flashed through his mind: "Since you have decided to take responsibility, there is no need to ask more questions. Asking too much will do you no good."
And my own question is: "Did the medicine come from the Shen Mansion?"
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