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After instructing the kitchen to make the family's favorite Red Braised Lion's Head and Roasted Duck, I watched him eat two big bowls of rice before putting down his chopsticks. I couldn't help smiling as I wiped his mouth.

He pursed his lips and turned his head away from me.

I couldn't help chuckling as I grabbed his arm to play with him.

"No!" "No!" He had not been as tall as a stool to begin with. After he had sat down, his legs could not even touch the floor. Now that he had turned the stool over, squeaking squeak squeak sounds could be heard.

"Why not?"

I was afraid that he would fall to the ground and finally give up the idea of wiping his mouth.

"Because I'm a man!" Laughing, he wiped his greasy mouth with his sleeve and puffed out his still small chest. "I want to protect my sister!" he said to me, raising his head.

The seemingly strong and stubborn child has a soft and kind heart.

After instructing Wen Lian and Huang Ying to follow my family back, I felt a little depressed. I laid on the bed, not wanting to do anything at all.

Once the boy grew up, he would be unwilling to listen to my orders, and then we would have to fight. At that time, would he still remember what he had said to his sister?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

No matter how he thought about it, it didn't make him feel comfortable personally nurturing his own enemy.

He then recalled that he was only five years old, and that it would be at least ten years before he could take over the family business. Ten years later, I am already a twenty-two-year-old girl. I don't even know where I am, so why should I be so worried?

He couldn't help but laugh at his childish way of thinking.

When the two maidservants saw me being so lazy, they simply assumed that I was unhappy and even started walking a little more softly.

It didn't matter whether he was sincere or not!

It's enough as long as he treats me as his sister with sincerity!

"I'm tired today, let's rest early!"

On the one hand, it was hard to say whether he was calm or not. I didn't have the interest to chat with the two maids about needlework, nor did I want to look through those complicated and detailed account books. Other than sleeping, I didn't seem to have any other better entertainment.

The two maidservants hurriedly helped me to comb my hair and wash my face. Then, they gargled their mouth and put on clothes to sleep.

It was snowing heavily, and the red plum stood proudly. Xuelang and I sat on the yellow chair. He held me in one arm and showed me a book in the other. I smiled as I turned the page and read out, "Screech, cry of deer."

He turned around and looked at him mischievously, just in time to see his nose turn red from the cold. "What do you think if we give birth to a daughter, it'll be called 'Yo yo'?"

He frowned and said while slowly rubbing my belly, "It must be my son! Look at the boy's name! "

I turned my head unhappily, but I knew why he said that.

Only by giving birth to a boy can he bring me back to the Xue ancestral home in good faith.

But I like girls.

"What do you call it?"

He pointed to the book in my hand and said, "The night is bright."

I shook my head like a rattle and thought the name wasn't loud enough.

It wasn't even as nice as Jin Yu!

Just as he was about to open his mouth, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach. When I opened my eyes, I was lying on my stomach. In front of me was a broken piece of porcelain with a few medicinal dregs on it. I could smell a strange fragrance emanating from it.

That pain was like a heart-piercing pain that slowly seeped into his limbs and bones, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.

Ye Zichen woke up with a start. The sky wasn't completely lit up yet, but cold sweat was running down his back.

Lan Li, who had been standing guard on the kang outside the room, was nowhere to be seen. All that was left was an empty bed, looking a little lonely and empty.

After pouring myself a cup of tea and drinking it, I put on my pink coat that was hanging on the shelf by the bed and went out. When I saw the two people talking under the eaves of the house, they looked a little embarrassed as they saw me get up.

"Did the servants wake you up by talking too loudly?"

Lan Ya's willow-shaped eyebrows were tightly knitted, as if she was extremely worried.

The two maidservants' faces were pale. Perhaps it was because I woke up earlier than usual?

"Tian'er, it's cold here. Miss, you should go back first!"

Green Bandits gave Lan Lingyun a meaningful look, and took the lead to help me into the house.

These two girls must be hiding something from me!

After sitting on the brick bed and drinking another cup of tea, I sighed and asked, "What is it?"

The two maidservants looked at each other, and Lan Lingyun opened her mouth:

"Madam's child might not be able to be saved!"

At these words, I was shocked, and stared at Lan Li's face for a long time without saying anything.

'My mother thinks so highly of this child, and it's going to be three months soon. Why can't I protect her all of a sudden? '

"When did this happen?"

My voice trembled in my ears.

"Phoebe …" Last night. "

"Then why didn't you report it to me?"

"We only found out this morning. The old lady said that you were a girl, so it's not good for you to interfere in this matter. That's why we didn't come to spread the news. We know that it was also elder sister Hongyu who came over this morning to speak about it. "

At the last moment, Grandmother protected me once!

"So you mean our people didn't come to deliver the message?"

I had left more than one informant in my mother's yard, and there was no news at all.

In other words, her grandmother immediately locked up all the servants in her mother's courtyard.

Xiao Yuanzi was nothing, but his grandmother chose to keep the news a secret, which meant that this child did not get any special information.

"Do you know why you hurt your child?"

Since it was a letter delivered by Red Jade, he probably didn't know what was in it.

The two maidservants shook their heads.

"Since that's the case, let's set the table!" I sighed and instructed the two maidservants.

"Are you coming?" Green Coe hesitated, holding up the red butterfly weasel that had been scalded last night.

It's best not to see the color of red or purple when you have a baby.

"Since Grandmother has already spoken, we won't go over!"

I look in the mirror and put the scarlet gold lily earring on my ear.

"Yes sir!" Green Cock took off his jacket, skirt, sachet, and scented bag from the shelf and waited for me to comb my hair and put it on.

As my grandmother went to my mother's yard, leaving Aunt Chen to eat alone, I smiled and exchanged a few words with her before heading to the parlour.

There was not a single mother in his mother's yard, and the rest of his mother was a bit confused. It could be seen that a lot of the servants in the family still didn't know that his mother had taken action.

The older the better!

As long as my grandmother wanted to take over the family, I had neither the right to refuse nor the right to resist.

A few mothers were left standing in the room. Lan Liu walked in from the outside and stood respectfully behind me. She didn't have any expression on her face at all.

She was sent by me to see my mother.

This little girl who came in would only act more and more like she was playing tricks on us. Even I couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

After a few words to get rid of those long-winded mothers, I busied myself with asking Lan Li's mother about her situation.

Lan Li lowered her eyes and poured me a cup of tea.

Although she didn't say anything, I had already guessed a little.

"A boy."

Her voice was as light as a feather as it swept across my heart.

I never thought this child would go away like this.

"Have you investigated the details?"

Lan Yue nodded and pointed to the inside of the room with a white finger.

I followed her around the screen and into the back room, where she kept the four windows open for fear of being overheard.

Although Lan Lingyun was in charge of matters within the family, and there were naturally people who were willing to curry favor with her, it was still not easy for her to find out the truth so quickly.

"I heard that it was the old master who pushed the lady, causing her to fall unawares. That's why the child was lost."

For a moment I was sad.

Partly because she needed someone to rely on for the rest of her life, and partly because she loved her father, right?

Old age childbirth was already dangerous, and having lost a child in the past only made it worse. The reason why a mother risked her life to conceive such a child was known to everyone.

How did the former deep love become a dream in the blink of an eye?

Did his father know that the woman was pregnant with her own flesh and blood when he pushed her to his mother? If he didn't know, since his father had already returned home for a long time, what reason would there be for his mother not to tell him this news that would allow them to be even closer? What if he knew that in his fury, his father had risked the murder of his own son to push his wife into the arms of his wife?

I couldn't figure it out. I could only hope that Lan Lan would be able to find out more about it.

She looked a little embarrassed. "Madame Wu told me all of this. You also know that she's working in the kitchen."

As they were on duty in the kitchen, they could not get in direct contact with their master, let alone the fact that so many people were locked inside and had to eat. On the other hand, they could not go to their master's side to serve him, and could not bring out the details.

I nodded my head and continued to bring my family back to my courtyard for lunch. I left him in my yard for a nap before I took him to Fanghua Pavilion to play.

It was indeed the feeling of being refreshed in the autumn. Lin Lan pulled out a total of four swallow kites and taught him how to fly a kite. Not long later, the kite was wrapped around a tree branch and the two of them were chattering on how to "save" the kite. One of us said that we were going to move the ladder to get it, and the other said that we were going to climb up a tree to get it. The two of us argued for a long time, but we didn't see anyone make a move.

"Go to my library and get a kite with a centipede!" I turned back with a smile and instructed the others standing behind me, including Green Khora.

The first one to leave was Orchid Fragrance.

I couldn't help but think of that young man with a brilliant smile that was as beautiful as jade.

I wonder what he's been doing?

"Miss, that kite was given to you by Miss Wen!" Green Cock had always been careful with the items in my storage. Two kites that were slightly more exquisite in their craftsmanship were both very valuable.

Good things were originally meant to be used. They were put away in the storehouse for free. If they were bad, they would take out silver to buy those inferior goods for fun.

I never quite agreed with her extremely thrifty idea of life.

Not long later, Lan Xiang came with two big kites. She was accompanied by a beautiful woman.

"Miss!"

With a bow, it was difficult to describe all sorts of amorous feelings.

"Auntie, please wake up!" I hastily stood up and supported him for half a step. I turned my head around and ordered, "Quickly go and call the second young master over to pay his respects!"

It took a long time for Jianyi to arrive. He respectfully saluted, turned around, and followed the green bandit to fly a kite.

Aunt Mo looked at the figure of her son as he ran off into the distance in disappointment. For a long while, she just tilted her head and didn't say anything.

I can understand how she feels. Although I can't take this child into account because of my daily life, I can't help but feel a little sad when I see that the little person I've spent so much time and effort with can no longer be close to me.

I smiled as I poured a cup of hot tea and respectfully offered it to Aunt Mo.

I really have to thank her for putting such a bold and considerate seedling into my hands.

"Aunt, you are someone who doesn't visit the Three Treasures Palace for no reason. Why have you come to find me this time?"

Ever since Aunt Mo entered the palace, even though she had met me quite a few times, we had always been close acquaintances. Even though I'm a member of the sect, Aunt Mo never asked me for anything. She got praise from the servants just by relying on her own skills.

Such a person could not be underestimated.

"I have a few things I want to say to xiaojie!"

Aunt Mo's smile was like a sharp rose, beautiful and alluring, but with needles hidden within.

I got the news that my mother was a mischievous baby. I don't believe that someone as smart and intelligent as Aunt Mo wouldn't hear a word about it. She should have been watching the door closely during this eventful autumn, so why would she be so reckless to come here and walk around?

"You guys go out and serve him first!"

I instructed the maidservants who served the both sides of the hall.

After everyone had retreated, Aunt Mo's face bloomed into a sincere smile. Not too fast or too slow, but it was still a bit overbearing.

"I congratulate you!"

At that moment, the alarm in my heart rang, and my tone dropped a little.

"Auntie must be joking!" What do I have to be happy about? Where did that happiness come from? "

"I'm happy to come from my concubine."

Aunt Mo's fingers were slender, and she looked beautiful as she held the jade bottle in her hand.

I suddenly understood why my father had doted on this woman for ten years.

This was because she constantly exuded different charisma. Sometimes she was dignified, sometimes she was lively, sometimes she was childish, and sometimes she was charming …

This kind of woman would cause others to sink into depravity.

"I was the one who did that."

Aunt Mo's tone was a little casual, as if she had dropped a flower hairpin somewhere on her temples this morning. The content, however, made my limbs go cold.

I can't think of anything else about what she's talking about, except my mother's infrared!

"Why does Aunt want to do this?"

Fortunately, my voice still sounded calm and unflinching.

Aunt Mo raised her eyebrows, still having a cynical expression:

"Because she's so stupid!"

It was obvious that she was just being perfunctory.

There were so many idiots in this world, if Aunt Mo had the free time, she probably wouldn't even have a single word to say.

Was it because of his family's justice that he fell into the water?

Then how did Aunt Mo do it?