Wei Chenglin accompanied the British Duke back from Lingyun Temple, first sent him back to the house, and then walked towards the courtyard where he lived.
"Oh, brother Lin, you are back! If you come back later, what will your mother do?" Who would have thought that as soon as he walked past the lotus pond in the mansion, he saw Mrs. Yang looking anxiously at him. come quickly.
After hearing the other party's words clearly, he immediately became anxious: "What's wrong with my mother? Third Aunt, what do you mean by that?"
"Something happened, something happened, you didn't go home last night, you don't know, your mother suddenly contradicted your grandmother yesterday, which made your grandmother furious, and even locked him in the Buddhist hall, now he is still here It hasn't been released inside!" The two walked hurriedly, and along the way, Mrs. Yang told him the reason.
"My mother has always been gentle, and she always serves her grandmother with all her heart. How could she contradict her for no reason? Does Third Aunt know the reason?" Wei Chenglin, who had always been calm, was also in a hurry at the moment, walking faster and faster, still worried asked.
"It seems that because of you, even the detailed Third Aunt doesn't know much about it."
The details of this are actually not very clear to Yang, but this does not prevent her from acting as an insider in front of Wei Chenglin. Furthermore, what is the inside story? Later she led Wei Chenglin to the eldest princess, don't you know
Wei Chenglin's footsteps paused slightly, his lips pursed, and he didn't say anything more after all, but his footsteps sped up a little unconsciously.
Although he is young, the Duke of England has personally taught him martial arts since he was five years old. Not to mention his body is much stronger than that of ordinary children, he is much stronger than that of slender and weak women. As soon as he was in a hurry, his steps became more and more hurried, but in a moment, Yang was left behind by a long distance.
Yang sprinted to catch up: "Brother Lin, wait for me..."
But Wei Chenglin was so anxious that he couldn't hear her voice, and after turning a few turns, Mrs. Yang couldn't see him.
"This child, what are you in a hurry for?" Yang was sweating after chasing, panting from exhaustion, and had to stop to rest for a while.
Offended the eldest princess, does this Mrs. Chen think that life is too comfortable? Tsk tsk, I don't know what medicine I took wrongly in recent days, but this temper has become more and more serious. If she hadn't been with her for more than ten years, she would not have believed that the sulky Shen shi back then was the same as the current one. It's the same person.
***
When the door opened behind her, Shen Xinyan still maintained the posture of kneeling quietly on the futon, watching the solemn Buddha statue in front of her calmly, as if she didn't care about everything around her at all.
"Mrs. Shizi, Your Highness, please come over!" The maid who came to deliver the message replied respectfully.
Shen Xinyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Is this moment finally here
She lightly supported the ground with her hands and wanted to get up, but unexpectedly, her legs were kneeling for too long, and she felt so weak that her legs were so weak that she didn't seem to be on her body before she stood still. The fate of her falling.
The maid helped her to sit down on the bench beside her, knelt in front of her and pinched her legs skillfully. It took a long time for Shen Xinyan to feel more comfortable.
"Okay, let's go, don't keep mother waiting." She gently stopped the maid's movement and ordered.
Seeing that she was able to stand firmly, the other party no longer persisted, and responded softly with "yes", then bowed a step behind her, and followed her out the door.
"Your Highness, Mrs. Shizi has arrived!" When the maid came to report, the Eldest Princess was looking at the exquisite miniature Ningxi Palace in a daze, she lowered her eyes for a moment, and put the little palace into the brocade box herself.
"Let her in!"
She was sitting on the throne, looking down at the woman kneeling on the ground with her head bowed. She heard the woman call her 'mother' respectfully. A woman who is respectful and polite will be the one who has the audacity to question and accuse herself.
"Get up!" She replied faintly, and looked at Shen Xinyan with her head lowered in response, then folded her hands on her lower abdomen, and slowly raised her head.
When the haggard face that could not be concealed at all came into her eyes, the eldest princess' eyelids trembled, and the remaining anger in her heart subconsciously dissipated a little.
It’s good to be afraid, worry, and uneasy, and it’s not considered rebellious and unfilial to the point of hopelessness! she secretly thought. It's just that she didn't show it on the face, her faint eyes fell on Shen Xinyan's body, looking at that slightly thin body, for some reason, she thought of what her son said just now.
In the past two days, Wei Junhang has been ordering someone to send clothes and food to Shen Xinyan. She knows about it, but she also knows that although Wei Junhang gave things away, the person has never been there. At least, he was here most of the time these two days.
Presumably because of these, when Wei Junhang begged for mercy intentionally or unintentionally, she was able to put out the fire so easily.
"After kneeling in front of the Buddha these days, have you ever wondered where you went wrong?"
Shen Xinyan knew that this was an opportunity. If she satisfied the eldest princess, not only would she be able to regain the right to speak in her son's courtyard, but she would also be able to offset her crime of contradicting her.
only…
She took a deep breath, raised her eyes to meet the eyes of the eldest princess, looked into the depths of her eyes, and said earnestly and sincerely: "It is unfilial and unforgivable for a daughter-in-law to contradict her mother." Blunder."
"So you still know that this is unfilial!" The eldest princess interrupted her with a sneer.
Shen Xinyan knelt in front of her, her tone became more and more sincere: "Daughter-in-law is wrong, I dare not ask mother for forgiveness, but mother must cherish herself, and don't get angry because of daughter-in-law's fault. Otherwise, daughter-in-law is Even if you die 10,000 times, it will be hard to atone for your sins!"
The eldest princess still sneered, but she didn't say anything harsh, she just said 'get up and talk'.
Shen Xinyan thanked her, and then slowly said: "It's just..."
Come, she will know! He even dared to contradict himself, how could he admit his mistake so obediently, as expected, there is still something waiting for him in the future! The eldest princess cast a sideways glance at her and snorted secretly.
"It's just that, if we do it all over again, the daughter-in-law still has to say something. Although the mother has a noble status, she is also a mother of others. The compassion she treats her children is even worse than that of the daughter-in-law. The daughter-in-law does not live up to it. With only one son and one daughter, brother Lin and Yinger are the only treasures in this life of the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law can only wish to give them everything she has, and only hope that the two of them will live a healthy and smooth life."
"Brother Lin is the eldest son. His father favored him and brought him up by his side. Although the daughter-in-law is reluctant to give up, she will not delay the child's future because of her own selfishness."
Speaking of this, tears welled up in Shen Xinyan's eyes, she blinked to force the tears down.
"Brother Lin has a calm temperament and has always been reticent. As he grows up day by day, the time he spends with his daughter-in-law becomes shorter and shorter. As a parent and son, but...however, my daughter-in-law doesn't know him much, and is even more afraid of the growing estrangement between mother and child. It will become a lifetime regret.”
"Therefore, even though I know that my mother's decision this time is entirely out of a loving mother's heart, it is also for the mutual support of the Wei family, and the same spirit. Only the daughter-in-law will still disagree, and disagree with my mother entrusting the affairs of my children's courtyard to Sister-in-law."
The eldest princess stared at her quietly, with a calm expression that made it impossible to see emotional ups and downs.
Shen Xinyan met her gaze, with tears in her eyes, but the persistence in her eyes was impossible to ignore.
Time passed little by little, and finally, she heard a long sigh from the eldest princess.
"Forget it, since you are so persistent, I don't want to do that thankless thing, and this matter will stop here. But I am getting old, and I don't have the energy to care about other things. Leave it to your biological mother to decide!"
Shen Xinyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked her with a big gift.
"Daughter-in-law, thank you mother!"
The moment her forehead rested on the back of her hand, a tear slowly rolled down. She quickly wiped it away with her sleeves to cover it up, but there was a sense of sadness in her heart for no reason.
Did she succeed? Has she finally stopped Fang from taking her son in this life
It turns out that as long as you persist, no matter how the process is, the result may not be unsatisfactory.
What did she do in her previous life? She obviously has a good hand, the wife of the son is hers, and the future best heir of the Duke's mansion is her own son, but how did she get into the final ending of betrayal
***
"Brother Lin, why are you standing here so stupidly and not going in?" When Yang rushed over panting, she found Wei Chenglin standing blankly outside the door.
I don't know if her eyes are dazzled, it seems that his eyes are a little watery
"Grandmother is talking inside, Third Aunt, I'm going back first!" Wei Chenglin quickly concealed his emotions, saluted her, and strode away without looking back.
Yang wanted to use him to find out the inside story of the conflict between Shen Xinyan and the eldest princess, who would have expected that it would only take a while for Fang Yi to change his mind and leave, and wanted to stop him, but Wei Chenglin walked too fast, And she didn't dare to yell here, so she stomped her feet resentfully.
She was about to leave with a face full of helplessness, but after thinking about it, she felt a little unwilling, so she also thought about lying outside the door and listening to the conversation inside, when she suddenly heard footsteps behind her, she shrank her neck guiltily, and ran away as if flying opened.
When Shen Xinyan left from the eldest princess, she looked up at the sky, the sky was blue and the breeze was gentle, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ma'am!" Several voices that were also full of surprise came from not far away. She looked towards the prestige and saw beside the green pine tree not far away, Qiutang, Xia He, and Chunliu looked at her happily she.
The three of them made way to the side, and a tall and straight figure slowly appeared. Facing the golden light falling on the ground, the man stretched out his hand towards her with a gentle smile: "Ma'am, I'm here to pick you up!"
"Well, there is Lao Shizi!" She stared deeply at the other party for a long time, and suddenly smiled.
Behind the rockery, Fang looked at the couple in front of them in surprise.
Why did Mrs. Shen come out of the Buddhist hall? Is it possible...
Her heart skipped a beat, she frowned and pondered for a moment, bit her lips lightly, changed the direction of her steps, and headed towards the Ning'an Courtyard where the Eldest Princess was.
"Your Highness, the eldest lady is here!"