There was a commotion at the door, Shen Youqing looked over, and her mother, Mrs. Shen, Pei Shi, finally appeared.

The face of the thirties is still very young, with distant mountain eyebrows, almond eyes, a slightly plump face, and a slender figure under the long curtain; is probably influenced by the scholarly Shen family, and naturally adds some elegance to the body, plus the original background of the Jiangmen, it has more unique spirit that other noble ladies do not have.

Different from the coldness in the past and memory, she is even more angry at this time.

Even so, she still took care of the Shen family's face and squeezed out a smile: "Fourth Miss is back, why don't you invite her in?" ”

Although she had long been accustomed to her alienation, she could see her deliberately squeezed out a smile, but after two years, seeing such an attitude when she saw her for the first time, Shen Youqing still felt a little congested.

Shen Youqing straightened his clothes, put away the cloak, raised his feet and walked in, from the high door, dignified......

Standing in front of the hall, Shen Youqing looked at Pei Shi who was sitting precariously with calm eyes.

Shen Youqing never spoke much in the past, Pei always thought that her daughter was dull and had no aura, but she didn't know that Shen Youqing deliberately showed her well-behaved in order to attract her attention, but in the disappointment again and again, the kind of peace and self-preservation that did not belong to her had already been exhausted......

"Before your grandmother's birthday, copy the family motto a hundred times."

Shen Youqing replied respectfully: "Yes." ”

Pei Shi probably didn't see the expected reaction, the two eyebrows couldn't help wrinkling together, secretly depressed his daughter's wood, but he was surprised by his daughter's docility, so he didn't say anything more, just casually ordered some things to Yuxi, and left.

Shen Youqing watched her back disappear and never left......

Grandpa and Wufu still love her as a pearl in their palms, and their uncles also spoil her, but her biological mother hates her so much.

Shen Youqing's memory has been since she was five years old, she seems to have lived in her grandfather Pei Yuan's general's mansion, far away in the southwest of Shu, and the distance between her and her mother is so far that she can't imagine. She vaguely remembered that when her mother sent her back to Pei's house, several uncles and aunts who met for the first time liked her very much and loved her very much, and her grandfather even gave her the official seal to play with, but only her mother, her biological mother, looked at her at that time with eyes full of feelings that she couldn't understand.

Later, as she grew up, she realized that the kind of resentment that was revealed from time to time, and at that time she knew that it was impossible for others to be rejected by their mother for the rest of their lives, and she had already experienced it when she was five years old.

It's good, it's really good......

Along the way, Yuxi told her about the affairs of the house, and when she walked to Ning Yuan, she already knew a rough idea of the Shen family.

"Miss, Ning Yuan is the garden that Madame specially cleaned for you, the plum garden in front is Aunt Lu and the third miss, the eldest lady is married, and the second lady has entered the palace again, they don't have a separate garden. By the way, miss, there is a lake in Ningyuan, and there are lotus flowers in the lake, and when the time comes, the slave will make you lotus cake, which is not sweet. Ning Garden is the largest garden in the mansion except for the lady's jade garden and the old lady's Rong'an Hall, and even the plum garden is not so big; And the flowers and trees inside are also the most beautiful, and when the spring flowers bloom in a few days, they are beautiful. Actually, Madame ......"

Yuxi spoke like a cannon, and Shen Youqing looked at her with a smile, until she talked about Pei's, her voice gradually weakened.

"Let's go inside."

Shen Youqing walked into the garden and looked at it, it was indeed very large and clean, and it looked like it had just been cleaned up.

There are many rooms in the garden, and there is a small kitchen, Yuxi is very excited, it is better to be able to cook and eat by herself, although Shen Youqing knows that this is something that should be thanked, but she has to think of a deeper reason, and she can't be interested.

As soon as he settled down in Ningyuan, he ushered in two uninvited guests.

Pei Shi and Mama An.

I just reprimanded Shen Youqing, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the two of them are uninvited guests.

Shen Youqing had just opened the jade tree, so she had to get up and pour the tea by herself, but halfway through she turned to the begonia potted plant on the other side, "Mother, it's really strange that the begonias are blooming at this time." ”

Pei Shi looked at Shen Youqing's back coldly, and when he heard her words, his eyes were also attracted, those begonias were transplanted from the palace, and he casually ordered them to be planted in this Ning Garden, which had not bloomed last year, but this year it bloomed ahead of schedule.

She looked at Shen Youqing, that face was very ordinary, not the amazing kind, but it did follow her face, focusing on those begonia flowers at the moment, and a trace of pity rose inexplicably in her heart......

"It seems that the fourth lady is a blessed person, and as soon as she came, she made this begonia flower bloom in advance."

Mama An said to Pei Shi with a smile.

This compliment is comfortable for anyone to listen to, and even Pei's responded with a smile, but Shen Youqing didn't intend to appreciate it, so he turned around and smiled, I don't know if it was Pei's or Mama An.

"What brings blessing or not, probably because the stove in the house is burning, so that this flower blooms. Mother, thank you for your advance arrangements. ”

Hearing this, Pei's heart was a little panicked, she used to be the daughter of the General's Mansion, and she had never been able to stand the bad tone of others telling her, not to mention that the person who said this kind of thing to her was her biological daughter, but the estrangement over the years made her not kind to this girl.

"As soon as you came back today, you will rest first, and go to your grandmother early tomorrow to say goodbye, and be well-behaved then, don't be unruly like in the Pei family."

Originally, it was the mother's words to tell her daughter, but when they came out of Pei's mouth, they sounded extremely harsh.

Shen Youqing coughed twice, and sure enough, Pei Shi stopped reprimanding her, and her face softened a little: "What's wrong?" ”

"I went back to Beijing by water......

"Caught the cold?" Pei's reaction far exceeded Shen Youqing's expectations.

"No, I...... Seasickness. Shen Youqing lowered her eyes and avoided Pei's gaze, she was the same as Pei's, eleven years of avoidance had built a wall in her heart, inside the city was her expectation, and outside the city was Pei's maternal love.

In the beginning, if he picked up a hammer and smashed it, maybe there would not be a city wall, but Pei did not pick up the hammer, but instead added bricks and tiles to it one by one, building the city wall higher and higher, and becoming stronger and stronger......

Feeling Shen Youqing's alienation, Pei's face regained its coldness, and he gave Mama An a look, and the latter immediately poured a cup of tea, "Fourth Miss, drink some tea." ”

"Mother, I want to rest." Shen Youqing coughed so hard that her face turned red.

Pei Shi looked at her for a long time, finally sighed, and led Mama An out......

Walking out of Ning Yuan, Mama An glanced back and said in a low voice: "Madam, how can the old slave feel that the fourth young lady's cough is-"

"Pretended." Pei finished speaking for her.

Mama An saw that there was no change on her face, so she said bluntly: "The reason why Miss Fourth is pretending to be sick is probably because you are too cold to her, Miss Four is so thin, even the old slave is distressed when she looks at it, not to mention that you are still her biological mother." After all, Miss Fourth is a child, and if you treat her better, she will be close to you. ”

Pei Shi glanced at Mama An lightly, and after thinking about it, he sighed: "I know what you said, but as long as I see her, I can always think of Rong'er......"