The whole yard was hung with red silk, and the maids and servants all had red silk tied around their waists.
Even the dead branches in the yard were tied with red silk. The whole yard was surrounded by a festive atmosphere, which made people feel happy just by looking at it.
"Princess, Concubine Yun is here."
The maid walked to the door of the main house and replied towards the inside.
He just lifted the curtain and invited Zhao Yunzhu into the room.
In the new house, red candles symbolizing auspiciousness of dragon and phoenix were burning brightly.
There were peanuts, red dates and longans on the table.
The wedding veil on Song Shumin's head had already been taken off.
She was sitting on the wedding couch with her hands folded, and the bright red wedding quilt beneath her was embroidered with auspicious dragons and phoenixes.
"You're here." Song Shumin sent all the maids out of the room.
He pointed to the stool beside him and asked her to sit down and talk. "I was thinking of looking for you tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to come after all."
When Zhao Yunzhu left the county lord's mansion just now, she thought Zhao Yunzhu would never come again.
After the wedding ceremony, the virtuous king carried her to the bridal chamber.
After the two drank the wedding wine, Song Shumin sent the servants away and told the King about Zhao Yunzhu's request.
"The chief steward of the Empress Dowager was involved in the poisoning of the late Emperor. Well, we owe each other nothing."
Zhao Yunzhu didn't want to have anything to do with Song Shumin anymore.
"Mother!"
Zhao Yunzhu was just about to find an excuse to leave when a boy's childish voice suddenly came from outside the door.
Song Shumin's face darkened, and annoyance flashed across her face. The next second, she smiled and shouted to the door, "Come in."
The older boy, dressed in a royal blue brocade robe and with a delicate figure, was the virtuous king's eldest son, Qin Yihuai, six years old. The girl in the light green dress he was holding was the virtuous king's eldest daughter, Qin Yueyue, three years old.
"Mother, I brought my sister here to pay my respects to you."
"Mother."
Qin Yihuai took his sister's hand and greeted the new mother with a smile.
There was no trace of displeasure on the faces of the brother and sister.
Zhao Yunzhu looked at the two of them and wondered in her heart, are they so sensible, or are they so deep-minded at such a young age?
Before the brother and sister could actually kneel down, Song Shumin quickly stepped forward, held out her hand to stop them, and said with a doting look, "I appreciate your kindness. From now on, you will be my children. There's no need to be so polite to me."
"Thank you, mother."
Qin Yihuai grinned with an exceptionally sweet smile, but Qin Yueyue, who was only three years old, had a hazy look in her eyes, but the corners of her pursed mouth revealed a hint of happiness.
"Mother, my sister and I are here to offer tea to you."
After saying that, Qin Yihuai looked towards the door. "Come in."
I saw a girl in a light pink dress holding a red lacquer tray with two white jade porcelain cups in it.
The maid lowered her head slightly, and she did not have a red silk tied around her waist.
Zhao Yunzhu saw at a glance that the maid was holding the tray tightly with her knuckles, her fingers turning white.
"princess."
The maid came closer, knelt down and bowed, and she lowered her head even lower.
Qin Yihuai took his sister's hand and knelt down, took the teacup and offered it to Song Shumin with both hands, "Mother, please drink this cup of tea. From now on, my sister and I will be your biological children."
After saying that, Qin Yihuai nudged his sister beside him and said, "Sister, please invite mother to have some tea."
Qin Yueyue was only three years old now. She looked at her brother in confusion. She didn't understand why she and her brother had to call Song Shumin "mother" when they clearly had their own mother. She didn't understand, but she would cry and make a fuss every day, asking for her mother because she hadn't seen her mother for a long time.
"Sister!" Qin Yihuai saw his sister biting her lips tightly.
He frowned and spoke with a stronger tone.
Qin Yueyue pouted, and seeing her brother's fierce look, tears were about to burst out of her eyes, but the next second she still obediently picked up the teacup and said, "Mother, please have some tea."
Song Shumin froze when she saw the brother and sister like this.
"Doesn't mother like us siblings?"
Qin Yihuai saw that she was reluctant to take the teacup, so he raised his head and looked at Song Shumin in front of him, looking at her with his clear eyes that were innocent and sad.
"If mother doesn't like it, then forget it. Today, I am forcing you with my sister."
Qin Yihuai lowered his eyes, and his hands showed a hint of weakness.
"It's all my fault. Father had already told my sister and me not to bother Mother and to stay quietly in the courtyard. I was afraid Mother would think we didn't like you, so I thought of sneaking over here and treating her to tea. That way, we can be a family from now on."
Zhao Yunzhu listened to Qin Yihuai's heartfelt words, and after he finished speaking, he used his little hands to wipe away the tears on his face.
Even if Song Shumin didn't want to drink anymore, she saw the brother and sister like this.
In the end, she took the two cups of tea and said, "Alright, be good, just drink it. We will be a family in the future, and I will teach you well."
Qin Yihuai burst into laughter.
He nodded repeatedly, stood up and echoed, "Mother is so kind!"
Zhao Yunzhu watched Song Shumin take two sips of tea from two cups, then looked at Qin Yihuai. She saw that there seemed to be a hint of something strange in his sparkling eyes that was hard to describe.
He was smiling, but there was a hint of sinisterness in that smile.
Zhao Yunzhu frowned secretly, feeling that something was wrong.
When she turned around, she saw the maid standing beside her looking up at Song Shumin, her eyes full of fear.
She quietly took a few steps back to reduce her presence. She held the tray tightly with both hands, and her fingertips chipped off a lot of the paint on the red lacquer tray.
She lowered her head, her body trembling slightly.
Zhao Yunzhu thought to herself, "Oh no!"
The next second, I saw the maid's upper and lower teeth suddenly exert force, and her face was full of pain in an instant.
The maid's eyes were tightly closed, and dark red blood was seen flowing from the corners of her lips.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the maid fell stiffly to the ground, and the tray in her hand fell heavily to the ground. She rolled over and over before landing at Zhao Yunzhu's feet.
Song Shumin widened her eyes and looked at her stepchildren in front of her with a questioning look.
Qin Yihuai was seen holding his sister's hand and protecting her behind him. His face was full of fear. He shook his head repeatedly in panic and stammered, "Mother, what, what's going on!"
Song Shumin naturally would not believe the innocence Qin Yihuai pretended to have on his face.
She clutched the teacup tightly in her hand and was about to call someone in.
Suddenly, Song Shumin felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen. Her body softened and she used her last bit of strength to hold on to the bed and sat down on the ground.
The veins on her forehead bulged and a dense layer of sweat appeared.
The teacup in her hand fell to the ground and shattered. She covered her abdomen tightly with both hands. The severe pain in her body made her too painful to struggle.
Zhao Yunzhu watched all these changes unfold in an instant, then glanced at Qin Yihuai, only to see him staring fiercely at Song Shumin, with a hint of a sneer at the corners of his lips.
Zhao Yunzhu actually saw a suffocating viciousness in this little guy.
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