36. Chapter 036

In the memory of the original owner, she overheard the scene of Shen Yu and Old Madam Shen talking, and Shen Shu remembered it very clearly. At that time, Shen Yu said in person that she was able to marry into the Xie family, and it was one thing to plan hard, but the most important factor was that there was an accident on the Xie family's side.

Shen Shu didn't know which class the Xie family could rank in the Southern Dynasty, but it was much higher than the Shen family as a merchant. Shinong industry and commerce, the merchant is ranked last, it can be seen that the status of the merchant is low, as a merchant girl, Shen Yu, no matter how good she is, it is not easy to marry into a powerful family as a concubine, let alone be a wife.

Shen Shu had also thought about what the accident that made Shen Yushun marry in before, but because there were too few clues, there was no way to guess.

But now the appearance of Yu Yanqiu has made the truth of the matter come to the surface all of a sudden.

The so-called accident of the original year must have something to do with Yu Yanqiu. Shen Shu guessed that Xie Changning and Yu Yanqiu must have had a great relationship at that time, either they fell in love with each other, or even they were engaged, but they didn't know what went wrong, and the two couldn't get together in the end. Yu Yanqiu married someone else early, and after Xie Changning stumbled for a while, he married Shen Yu, who was somewhat similar to her.

But what about Aunt Zhou?

She also looks similar to Yu Yanqiu, but it was not what Xie Changning wanted to accept, but Mrs. Xie gave it to him, because Shen Yu was pregnant a few years after entering the door, but the first child was a girl.

It can be said that Mrs. Xie is concerned about her son's heirs, so she stuffed people into his house, but she chose one that looks like Yu Yanqiu, which is a little intriguing.

Are you afraid that he won't accept it? Xie Changning was not a pure-hearted person, in addition to Shen Yu in the house at that time, there were two aunts, one was a maid who had served him since he was a child, and the other was carried by Shen Yu.

Shen Shu vaguely remembered that the current Mrs. Xie was the step-family of Master Xie, and Xie Changning was left by the original wife in front of her.

So, is this another grudge and hatred in the mansion?

Judging from the current situation, Shen Yu must know about Yu Yanqiu's existence, but whether Aunt Zhou knows it or not, Shen Shu is not sure, after all, when they met before, Aunt Zhou's love didn't seem to have changed much.

Shen Shu was thinking about it, and suddenly felt that her hand was being held, and she came back to her senses and looked at Sister Shanghui'er worriedly.

"Mother, what are you thinking?" Sister Hui held her hand.

Shen Shu shook her head, "It's okay......" Halfway through her words, she suddenly remembered that there was a person in front of her who might know the truth, she hesitated for a while, and then asked, "Does Sister Hui know who that Mrs. Yu is?"

When Sister Hui heard this, her eyes suddenly became a little complicated, and she looked at Shen Shu for a moment before she slowly spoke.

"Mother should know her name, her name is Yu Yanqiu, and she was the daughter of the household servant. During the Chengqing period, her father was dismissed and demoted to a commoner for taking bribes, and she also changed from an official lady to a commoner girl. Later, she married a military general, but the other party unfortunately died on the border, leaving her and her children, orphans and widows to live a difficult life. ”

When she said this, I don't know if she hadn't thought about it, or if she was sure that Shen Shu would not delve into it, based on the age of the child, when this incident happened, she had not been born at all, and no one would deliberately tell a girl raised in a boudoir about these past events, theoretically speaking, it was impossible for her to know.

Fortunately, Shen Shu knew the inside story and did not tell it.

Sister Hui paused, and added, "Back then, the Yu family's house was in the same alley as our Xie family, and my grandfather was an official in the same dynasty as Lord Yu, which can be regarded as a bit of friendship. Presumably, my father just happened to meet their mother and son on the way back, and I thought about helping them in the past, mother, don't think too much. Besides, she ...... too There's not much time left......"

Because the time was too long, and she was too young at the time, she only remembered that Xie Changning brought people back, and Yu Yanqiu died soon after. As for whether Xie Changning met Yu Yanqiu by chance, or the latter found him by himself, she didn't know.

At the beginning, she didn't even know Yu Yanqiu's identity, but she later went back to the Xie family's mansion and learned it from her second aunt.

In his previous life, after Yu Yanqiu's death, Xie Changning proposed to let Shen Shu recognize that child as a righteous son. Shen Shu didn't agree at first, and after the two stalemate for a while, she finally compromised.

Cui Yijing is Brother Jing.

After recognizing Brother Jing'er, Shen Shu was cold and indifferent to him from the beginning, and then became better and better, even surpassing her and Brother Zhen.

Because of this, Sister Hui felt that Shen Shu still had Xie Changning in her heart, and the reason why she was good to Brother Jing was to please Xie Changning and wanted to reconcile with him.

It's a pity that Xie Changning had an accident later, and Shen Shu's wish failed to come true after all.

Sister Hui still remembers that at that time, she saw a remorse similar to remorse on Shen Shu's face for the first time, and after returning to the Xie family's mansion, it once made people think that she was a little misanthropic.

Sister Hui fell into her own thoughts, but Shen Shu frowned at her last words.

Shen Shu has always been unable to figure out why Sister Hui is so keen to match her with Xie Changning, according to Shen Yu's mind at the beginning, she is not favored like this, which is the most beneficial to their sister and brother, isn't she?

Another is why Sister Hui felt that she would be sad for Xie Changning, and comforted her more than once to tell her not to be sad, every time before something happened, she would come like this.

If Sister Hui really cared about her, why didn't she just stop these things from happening? In Shen Shu's opinion, this kind of behavior of knowing before the incident but not stopping it, and then comforting her with words after the incident, is not only useless, but also makes people feel hypocritical.

Or, Sister Hui actually just wants to support her and restrain Aunt Zhou?

Shen Shu will not speculate on others with malice, but it is really difficult for Sister Hui'er's various behaviors not to be thought about.

But she didn't dwell on it for long, and she was attracted by the information revealed in Sister Hui'er's last sentence.

She said that Yu Yanqiu didn't have much time, and Shen Shu thought of the hoarse voice of the other party's pale complexion and emaciated body, and the only thought was that Yu Yanqiu might not live long.

If this is the case, does Xie Changning know? If he knows, what does he mean by bringing people back? If he doesn't know, what will he do then?

Although Shen Shu was thinking about this question at this time, she didn't think it would have anything to do with her. Yu Yanqiu is Xie Changning's cinnabar mole Bai Yueguang is true, but she doesn't have any thoughts about Xie Changning, if she can, she can't wait to clear up her relationship with this person immediately.

Once again, however, things went against her expectations.

After Yu Yanqiu settled in the mansion, Xie Changning stayed in the East Chamber most of the time except for going to the county office. Yu Yanqiu was not in good health, and the doctor he invited temporarily lived in the house to facilitate his care.

A few days later, in the evening, Xie Changning suddenly came to the East Courtyard.

Shen Shu had a bad premonition at that time. Sure enough, Xie Changning's next words proved that her hunch was correct.

Xie Changning wants her to recognize Yu Yanqiu's child as a righteous son!

Shen Shu didn't hesitate at all, and blurted out the words of refusal.

What are you kidding, she doesn't even want to care about the two children left by Shen Yu now, and she will only recognize a godson when she goes crazy!

Xie Changning was not surprised by her refusal, but calmly told her about the child's situation.

When the child was two years old, because of Yu Yanqiu's negligence, he accidentally injured his head, and since then, his consciousness has been stopped at the age of two, and it is still the same.

That is, the kid is a fool.

When Shen Shu heard this, she was a little stunned, no wonder she felt that there was something wrong with that child's behavior before, so it made sense.

However, this did not change Shen Shu's determination.

Seeing that Shen Shu was still indifferent, Xie Changning frowned slightly, "If Ah Jing is like an ordinary person, I can just send him to the academy directly, but this is the case for him, I don't worry about letting others take care of him, so I can only trouble you." As long as you promise to take care of him, I can promise you one condition. ”

Shen Shu listened and replied unceremoniously, "Not long ago, you agreed to a condition for me, and how long has it been since you came to this set again." That makes people doubt the validity of your words, you know?"

Xie Changning's brows furrowed even tighter, "I'm not going to lie to you as a woman." ”

When Shen Shu heard this, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Two conditions, no matter what I propose, you will agree, right?"

Xie Changning nodded, "As long as it's reasonable." ”

Regarding this statement, Shen Shu felt that it was necessary to change it, "The scope of reasonableness is too vague, let's put it this way, how about changing it to as long as you can call the shots, do not touch the law, and do not violate morality and morality?"

Xie Changning did not hesitate and nodded again, "Yes." ”

Shen Shu said again, "Confirm, I can recognize him as a righteous son and take care of him, as long as I am still in the Xie family for one day, this relationship will continue to be maintained, and you promise me one condition, right." ”

Xie Changning didn't care about the meaning of her words, and when he heard her agree, his brows finally relaxed, and he nodded again in confirmation.

The two reached a deal again, which also meant that the purpose of Xie Changning's trip had been achieved, and there was no need to stay here, so he got up and left directly.

Early the next morning, a maid who was waiting in the east chamber came to the east courtyard to ask to see Shen Shu, saying that Yu Yanqiu wanted to see her. Shen Shu was a little curious about why the other party wanted to see her, so she took the maid to the East Chamber.

Yu Yanqiu was so sick that she could barely get out of bed, and she was lying on the bed, as if she would close her eyes and sleep at any time. Seeing Shen Shu coming, he smiled, thanked her, and after saying a few more words, he suddenly came to Shen Shu's ear with difficulty and said to her, "I will do my best to repay you." ”

Shen Shu didn't pay much attention to her words, and went back to the East Courtyard after saying goodbye to her.

After another two days, something suddenly happened. Aunt Zhou went to the east chamber to visit Yu Yanqiu, at first the two could be said to be talking very happily, and then Aunt Zhou drove out the maids who were waiting, the two didn't know what to talk about in the house, after a long time, the maid outside suddenly heard Aunt Zhou's sharp curse from the house, and noticed that it was inappropriate to push the door in, and happened to see Aunt Zhou push Yu Yanqiu, who was unstable and fell directly back to the bed.

When Aunt Zhou saw the maid coming in, she scolded with a distorted face, "Who let you in!"

The maid ran directly to the bedside to check on Yu Yanqiu's situation for a while, but saw her lying on her back on the bed, her eyes closed and her brows furrowed, and there was no trace of blood on her face. The maid immediately knew what was going on, and hurriedly invited the doctor to come over, and after the doctor diagnosed the pulse, he prescribed a prescription for people to grab medicine to boil, but it was to no avail, not long after the afternoon, Yu Yanqiu went.

After the people from the government went to the county government to tell Xie Changning about the matter, he rushed back regardless of it and ran all the way to Dongxiang.

Aunt Zhou knew that something was wrong, so she waited at the door for Xie Changning to come back, and hurriedly greeted her. Just before she could explain, he pushed her away, with so much force, that he directly pushed her to the ground and rolled down the stairs a few times. She curled up on the ground with pain in her stomach, feeling something leak out between her legs.

She vaguely saw the frightened expression of the maid, heard a piercing scream, and soon lost consciousness.

Yu Yanqiu died, and soon the news of Aunt Zhou's miscarriage came again, and the situation was very unoptimistic.

Shen Shu listened to the maid who was present at the time tell her about the situation of the day, and she could hardly suppress the anger in her heart.

She finally knew what Yu Yanqiu meant by the last thing she said to her that day. Yu Yanqiu said that he would do his best to repay her, and the way to repay her was to make Aunt Zhou disgusted by Xie Changning. Because in Yu Yanqiu's opinion, Aunt Zhou is more favored than Shen Shu and will pose a threat to Shen Shu's status, so she designed to make Aunt Zhou fall out of favor. She knew that Xie Changning still had her in her heart, and she also knew her physical condition, so she designed to provoke Aunt Zhou and let the other party push her.

In fact, even if Aunt Zhou didn't move that hand, Yu Yanqiu wouldn't be able to live, but her moment undoubtedly accelerated her death. Even if Xie Changning knew that this was the case, it would be difficult to overcome this hurdle in his heart in a short period of time, and when he saw Aunt Zhou in the future, he would think that Yu Yanqiu died in her hands, and when he figured it out and was relieved, Aunt Zhou was already old, and it can be said that Aunt Zhou's fall from grace was a sure thing.

As for the miscarriage, this is probably something that Yu Yanqiu didn't expect, but if she knew about it, it was estimated that she would only be happier.

Shen Shu was not happy at all, and was even a little angry. She hates Yu Yanqiu's self-righteousness, Aunt Zhou has been pregnant for almost six months, and the child has already taken on a human form, which is equivalent to killing a human life, if Aunt Zhou has another accident, although Shen Shu will not take all the responsibility on herself, but there will be some guilt.

Yu Yanqiu thought that she was repaying Shen Shu for Shen Shu's good, but in fact, she was causing her trouble and causing trouble.