[Chapter 4 Chapter 4 What's the situation with this woman? ]
Madam Shen's only daughter, Shen Yuyao, died in the palace yesterday.
Because according to the rules, elders cannot keep vigil for their deceased younger generations, so the old lady could only send all the servants away and burn paper and recite scriptures for her daughter in the small Buddhist temple in the courtyard.
I hope she has a good journey and goes to a good family in the next life.
For this purpose, she specially asked the kitchen to prepare some of her daughter's favorite snacks.
But Madam Shen didn't expect that the snack would disappear out of thin air right under her gaze!
Old Madam Shen suspected that she was dazzled.
She rubbed her eyes.
But the plate is still empty!
Madam Shen's heart instantly shrank into a ball!
It felt like someone was holding her tightly, and the pain was so severe that she couldn't breathe.
——This is, my daughter is back?
Her Yuyao was wronged, so she told her mother in this way?
Thinking of this, the old lady burst into tears.
"Yao'er, my Yao'er..."
Old Madam Shen completely forgot about being afraid.
She propped up her numb legs and staggered to the table, wanting to see if her daughter would give her any other hints.
At this moment, a piece of paper of strange color suddenly appeared on the plate.
"Mother, I'm still alive, I'm just in another place."
"Yao'er!"
Old Madam Shen held the paper, cried out in pain, and then fainted.
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Cheng Liyan bought a whole lunch box full of dumplings.
The dumplings are made of white flour, with thin skin and large fillings, and are served steaming hot.
When the lid was opened, the aroma immediately filled the entire box.
Cheng Liyan pushed the lunch box in front of Shen Yuyao, handed her a pair of chopsticks, and said, "Eat."
Although Shen Yuyao was born into a noble family, she hadn't eaten good food for a long time.
Looking at those plump white dumplings, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva.
But the rules she learned since childhood prevented her from eating alone in front of a stranger.
She pushed the lunch box back to Cheng Liyan and said, "You eat."
Having said that, his eyes were fixed on the dumplings and he couldn't move them away.
"Eat it quickly, or it will get cold."
Cheng Liyan stuffed the chopsticks directly into Shen Yuyao's hand and turned around to pack the luggage to be taken into the car.
Without his attention, Shen Yuyao relaxed a little and picked up a dumpling and put it in her mouth.
Although it is not as delicate as Xiangfu’s, it tastes good.
Oily and fragrant.
Can……
She suddenly stopped and raised her chopsticks to look at the half that had been bitten open.
Then I saw a piece of fat meat that she had bitten off a little!
vomit.
Shen Yuyao's stomach churned, but she tried hard to suppress it so that it didn't show on her face.
But in the end, he couldn't help but frowned.
In Wushuang Country, wealthy families do not eat pork.
Not to mention such a big piece of fat.
Even though Shen Yuyao knew that things were different now, she still couldn't swallow it!
Cheng Liyan picked up the luggage bag and placed it on the shelf in the carriage.
With a casual glance, he saw Shen Yuyao holding chopsticks and looking like she couldn't eat.
He couldn't help but turn around and asked, "What's wrong? Are these dumplings not delicious?"
"There is meat... in this dumpling." Shen Yuyao stared at the dumpling that she had bitten halfway, not knowing whether to eat it or put it down.
"You don't eat meat?" Cheng Liyan was surprised.
Supplies are so scarce these days, there’s not even enough food, and yet there are still people who don’t eat meat?
Although Cheng Liyan is already the head of the regiment, the navy's food standards are still high.
But if he hadn't been on a mission and was sitting in a sleeper compartment, he wouldn't have been able to eat such special meals.
What's going on with this woman?
Isn’t she an orphan whose parents have both passed away? Why does she look so delicate?
Cheng Liyan couldn't help but frowned and walked over to sit down opposite Shen Yuyao.
He insisted, "Meat is nutritious. Eat as much as you can. It depends on how thin you are."
But Shen Yuyao had already taken the lunch box lid and placed the half-eaten dumplings on it.
She smiled apologetically at Cheng Liyan and said, "I have never eaten this before. I am not used to it."
Because she had just cried, Shen Yuyao's eyes were still a little red.
But his eyes looked wet and watery, as if they had just been washed.
Just like a lost deer, it looks as innocent as possible.
Looking at Shen Yuyao like this, Cheng Liyan's heart softened all of a sudden.
He suddenly began to blame himself.
This is not being spoiled at all, it's clearly because he has never eaten good food since childhood!
I have never eaten meat since I was a child...
Cheng Liyan just felt an indescribable pain in his heart.
He knew that with such a spleen and stomach, he really couldn't eat too much greasy food at once, so he silently took the chopsticks from Shen Yuyao's hand.
Open the dumplings in the lunch box one by one, pick out the meat inside and put them on the lid of the box.
Then push the picked dumplings back over.
There was no meat in the dumplings, and Shen Yuyao finally stopped feeling nauseous.
She took the chopsticks and started eating in silence.
The dumplings were very big, and Shen Yuyao couldn't eat any more after eating a few.
But the lunch box was already in a mess and she was at a loss again.
This couldn't be thrown away, but she really couldn't eat any more.
"Don't you want to eat anymore?" Cheng Liyan asked when he saw her put down her chopsticks.
"Yeah, I'm full." Shen Yuyao replied softly.
Seeing that she was not being polite, Cheng Liyan took the lunch box and poured all the fat that he had picked out from the lid into it, including the half dumpling that Shen Yuyao had left.
Then he started eating with big mouthfuls.
Seeing that he even ate the dumplings he had bitten, Shen Yuyao's face turned red.
She didn't dare to look any further, let alone meet Cheng Liyan's eyes.
She stood up hurriedly and said, "I, I'll go up first."
Cheng Liyan looked at her and then nodded.
Shen Yuyao climbed back to the upper bunk.
The first thing she did was to look at the porcelain bowl, hoping to see a reply from her mother.
But there was nothing in the bowl.
There was a hint of disappointment in Shen Yuyao's eyes.
What she didn't know was that at this moment, the Prime Minister's Mansion of Wushuang Country was in chaos!
"My Lord, my Lord, the old lady has fainted again!"
As soon as Shen Junyuan sent away the son of the Minister of Revenue, a servant ran over and said to him in a hurry.
"Have you called the imperial physician?"
"I've already asked them. But... the old lady insisted on staying in the small Buddhist temple and refused to come out."
Shen Junyuan turned around and strode towards the backyard where his mother lived.
My younger sister accidentally fell into the water and died yesterday while attending a flower-viewing banquet organized by the Imperial Concubine. This news was a bolt from the blue for the Shen family!
The mother fainted on the spot.
My father immediately went into the palace and has not returned since.
Although his sister's body had not yet been brought back, Shen Junyuan had to set up the mourning hall and begin accepting condolences from all parties.
Because the incident happened suddenly, my mother, who usually takes care of things, fell ill again, and now the house is in a mess.
Shen Junyuan didn't even have time to grieve.
Walking on the way to the backyard, looking at the familiar scenes and objects.
Shen Junyuan finally realized that the girl who had loved to act like a spoiled child with him and pull his sleeves and call him "big brother" since childhood would never come back.
He couldn't help but feel a sore nose.
Shen Junyuan suppressed his grief and walked to the small Buddhist temple in his mother's yard, and then saw that the door was closed.
He looked to the side.
His mother's personal maid, Sanyue, supported him and said, "My dear, the old lady refused to open the door and would not let us in."
Shen Junyuan couldn't help but take a deep breath, stepped forward and knocked on the door, saying, "Mom, it's me, I'm coming in."
He waited, but there was no response.
Shen Junyuan gritted his teeth and pushed the door open with force.
He was stunned when he saw the scene inside.
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