On the rosewood armchair in the front of the hall sat a little boy with a tiger's head.

He was no more than five or six years old, and he wore a cool and thick half-arm gown of turquoise, revealing his white, tender, fleshy, white lotus-like arms.

He was holding a nine-link in his arms, and he was studying it with his head down, with a serious face.

Hearing the movement, he raised his head and glanced at Gu Chongyang, then lowered his head and continued to swing the Nine Rings.

Gu Chongyang was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly opened his arms and quickly took a few steps forward.

Seeing that she was only two paces away from the child, she stopped again.

She dreamed of her son more than once, and every time she had to hold him, she would wake up.

This time, is it still a dream?

If she goes to hug Brother Rui, will she wake up soon?

The son who had been thinking about it for a long time was close at hand, but Gu Chongyang was stuck.

She stood stunned, not daring to move, for fear that if she acted rashly, her son would disappear.

Brother Rui can't disappear, she can't wake up!

She still has a lot to say to Brother Rui, she wants to ask him if he is well-behaved, if he listens, and if he misses her.

Gu Chongyang looked at Brother Rui greedily, and his voice trembled uncontrollably: "Are you...... Brother Rui? ”

Although it was a questioning tone, Gu Chongyang knew that this was her brother Rui.

Brother Rui raised his head, his big bright eyes flickering with curiosity: "How do you know my name?" Who are you? ”

The black and white apricot eyes were exactly the same as his own, and his soft and glutinous voice made Gu Chongyang's heart melt.

At this moment she can be sure that this is not a dream! It's definitely not a dream!

It's Brother Rui, her Brother Rui really came to see her.

"Brother Rui!" Gu Chongyang had already rushed to the edge of the chair and hugged Brother Rui in his arms: "Brother Rui, I am your mother, I am your mother!" ”

Gu Chongyang said, and he had kissed Brother Rui several times on the face.

The son was held in his arms, soft and warm, and Gu Chongyang felt that his whole heart was satisfied.

"You're a liar!"

Brother Rui struggled out of Gu Chongyang's arms, his big eyes full of seriousness: "You liar!" My grandmother said I didn't have a mother, and my mother would have died a long time ago! ”

Gu Chongyang's heart was full of sorrow, on the one hand, he couldn't believe that his mother-in-law would instigate his son like this, and on the other hand, he was at a loss for a moment.

Is my mother-in-law disgusted that she has come to this field?

She lied to Brother Rui like this, and when Brother Rui grew up and knew that she was still alive, what would she think of her?

But that's not the most important thing.

Gu Chongyang endured the sourness in his heart, squatted next to the chair and looked at Brother Rui at eye level: "Brother Rui, I am your mother, I didn't lie to you." ”

As she spoke, she reached for Rage's hand.

"Smack!"

Brother Rui slapped Gu Chongyang's hand open, and said righteously: "You lie, you lie!" Grandmother said, liars, are all bad guys, you are a kidnapper, you are going to kidnap me! ”

"No, it's not ......" Gu Chongyang's hand fell short, panicked and wolf: "I didn't lie to you, I am your mother, I am really your mother, really!" I know your birth date is the seventeenth day of the lunar month, and you have a birthmark on your belly......"

"But my grandmother said my mother was dead!" Brother Rui said seriously: "Grandmother won't lie to me!" ”

Gu Chongyang's words were suddenly interrupted, and she opened her mouth, a little at a loss.

The son she conceived and gave birth to in October, the flesh of her heart that she had been thinking about for a long time, she had not seen her for three years, and she no longer remembered her. Not only did he treat her as a stranger, but he also swore that his mother was dead and that she was a kidnapper.

He was obviously his mother, but he didn't believe it.

Being rejected by your own children, is there anything more painful in this world?

The loud children's voice hit Gu Chongyang's heart like a hammer, knocking out a hole in her heart.

Gu Chongyang felt that her heart was dripping blood, and she couldn't help but burst into tears because of the grievances she had never had.

No matter how well she planted her vines, no matter how much the people on the grange loved her, no matter how good her medical skills were, they could not hide the fact that she was a failed mother!

She did not fulfill her obligations as a mother, and she was indeed unworthy of being Brother Rui'er's mother.

Gu Chongyang covered his face and gradually cried.

"Are you a ghost?" Brother Rui'er's soft voice came from his ears, as if he was comforting and affirming: "The nurse said that when people die, they will become ghosts." Are you my mother's ghost? ”

Gu Chongyang raised his head, his eyes were red and swollen, and his voice was choked: "I'm not a ghost, I'm your mother, your mother is still alive and not dead." ”

A trace of struggle and doubt flashed on Brother Rui'er's face, as if he was hesitating to believe the words of the woman in front of him.

But grandmother doesn't lie to herself. Could it be that the grandmother remembered it wrongly?

After a while, he turned his face and asked He Runnian: "Father, is it true that this sister said that she is my mother?" ”

Gu Chongyang nodded hurriedly: "It's true, I am your mother." ”

After speaking, she stood up and looked at He Runnian with pleading eyes.

He Runnian frowned, and a trace of embarrassment and hesitation flashed in his eyes.

This hint of hesitation made Gu Chongyang's heart pinch suddenly.

"He Runnian, you speak!" Gu Chongyang's face turned pale, and he said to He Runnian with tears in the corners of his eyes: "Why don't you speak, you tell Brother Rui, say that I am his mother, why don't you speak!" ”

In the end, Gu Chongyang's lips trembled uncontrollably.

"Father, is she my mother?"

Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, Brother Rui slid down from the chair, walked to He Runnian's side, and asked timidly.

Faced with the torture of his wife and children, He Runnian opened his mouth, and finally turned into a shallow sigh.

"Zheng Da's family, take the eldest young master out."

Zheng Da's family entered in response, hugged Brother Rui and left.

"Nope." Gu Chongyang grabbed Brother Rui'er's hand and pleaded, "Don't go." ”

Brother Rui's eyes were full of confusion.

He Runnian stepped forward and broke Gu Chongyang's hand, separating her from Rui Ge'er.

The curtain of Xiangfei Bamboo was raised high and fell heavily, and Brother Rui'er's figure disappeared from Gu Chongyang's sight.

"Brother Rui, my son!" Gu Chongyang felt that a piece of her heart had been gouged out, she held on to the bamboo curtain, and saw Brother Rui lying on the shoulder of Zheng Da's family and walking out of the door.

"He Runnian!" Gu Chongyang was sad and sad, and asked He Runnian with a sad face: "Why don't you tell Brother Rui the truth?" Am I not his mother? Don't you claim to be a gentleman? Didn't you keep your mouth shut, and do what you did, and be faithful? Is this your letter? Is this how you teach your son by example? Have you read all your sages in the dog's belly? ”

When her son asked for verification, He Runnian's silence order gave Gu Chongyang a fatal blow, she hated and angered, and the words she said became more and more ugly.

"You Yanenhou Mansion prides itself on being a famous family, but you are doing things that are not as good as pigs and dogs. Mrs. Tai is an elder, she just doesn't like me anymore, and she can't instigate Brother Rui like this. Well, she's old, dizzy, and an elder, so I don't care about her. But what about you? You are a dignified seven-foot man, and you can actually do such a divisive thing. What kind of gentleman are you? Saying that you are a villain insults the word villain! ”

No matter what Gu Chongyang said, He Runnian always didn't say a word.

After Gu Chongyang finished speaking, when he turned around and saw a delicate and small nine-link on the rosewood armchair, tears welled up all of a sudden.

Brother Rui was still sitting here playing just now.

Thinking that Brother Rui was gone, and he couldn't do anything back, Gu Chongyang regretted it again.

What does it matter if Brother Rui doesn't recognize her, he is still young, only five years old. When he grows up, I'll talk to him slowly.

She should have asked him what he liked to eat and what he liked to play.

The clothes, shoes and socks he made, the puppy he braided, and the little wooden sword he sharpened with his own hands didn't have time to take them out.

Next time, you must not forget.

Gu Chongyang held the Nine Rings tightly in his hand, reluctant to let go.

The room is silent, and the two of them have their own thoughts.

Thinking about Brother Rui'er's affairs, Gu Chongyang sat on the chair with a dying expression, ignoring that He Runnian was still indoors.

After a while, He Runnian's difficult voice came: "Chongyang, the Shen family's uncle and family have been beheaded. ”

This sentence was like a scorching thunder, which made Gu Chongyang's whole person stunned.

"What did you say?" Her face turned pale, and she looked at He Runnian in disbelief: "Who was beheaded?" ”

"It's your uncle and two cousins, as well as all the female dependents up and down the Shen family." As soon as the words came out, it was easy to say a lot, and He Runnian had no scruples: "They were all beheaded, and the saint issued an order a month ago." Liao Dongwei's excerpt arrived three days ago, saying that he had been killed on the spot......"

"It can't be!" Before He Runnian's words were finished, Gu Chongyang had already gotten up and interrupted him sharply: "My uncle's family was sentenced to exile, and they have long served in Liaodong, how can they be beheaded?" Even if my uncle and two cousins were sentenced to beheading, how could my aunt and cousin be implicated if they were women's dependents? The matter of the puppet emperor has been decided, and Master Chu Yan said that he is not to blame for the past. He is true to his word, dripping into ice, and will never do such a backsliding thing? Why are you lying to me! ”

"It's not what Master Chu Yan meant, it's the emperor's holy decree." He Runnian explained patiently.

It is even more impossible, now Master Chuyan is in charge of the government.

"You don't joke." Gu Chongyang sneered: "The emperor is so rebellious, Master Chu Yan will not let him do this!" ”

He Runnian looked at Gu Chongyang with pity: "Master Chu Yan passed away last month. ”