Shu Yan comforted Shu Jinqi for a long time, which made Shu Jinqi's feelings settle down.

After asking about Shu Jin's painting, Shu Yan handed the wooden box in his hand to Shu Jinqi and said, "This is the senior brother of the fourth young lady, Bai Zimo handed it to the old slave." It was inconvenient for the old slave to go to see the fourth lady, so the second lady handed it over on her behalf. ”

Shu Jinqi took the wooden box, and the man with a timeless appearance and a gentle expression came to mind. After thinking about it, he said, "Uncle Yan, Bai Gongzi may visit tomorrow, it is inconvenient for me to come forward, if my father and Yu An have not returned, I can only trouble you." ”

"Second Miss, don't worry, the slave is saved."

Shu Jinqi nodded, her eyes moved, and she said, "Aunt Du said why didn't she come back?" ”

When Shu Yan heard this, a gloomy color appeared on his face, but his tone remained the same, "My aunt said that she had to pray for three days to show her sincerity, but now that the master is not here, the slave is still a slave in the end, and he doesn't dare to cross the distance." ”

"She can be a master! Eat things inside and outside, my Shu family has a place where she can't live with her? Shu Jinqi was furious, she couldn't get used to Du Ruyan, not to mention that Du Ruyan had not given her some things over the years, but her father also vaguely told her that Du Ruyan couldn't move for the time being. She didn't understand why a concubine made Shu Yue jealous. But since she framed Scarlet, her father not only failed to do anything to her, but finally sent Scarlet away, she knew that there was definitely someone behind Du Ruyan.

"Second Miss, be cautious!" Shu Yan hurriedly stopped Shu Jinqi, "The wall has ears, you can't say this kind of thing anymore." ”

Shu Jinqi's face was sad, and he said sadly, "Uncle Yan, I don't know anything, but I have been so ignorant of half of it, what if I suffer a loss in the future?" Who knew that today's assassination was not Du Ruyan's handiwork? ”

"It's the old slave's dereliction of duty! The old slave let the second lady punish him. As soon as Shu Yan heard Shu Jinqi's words, he quickly stood up and bowed down to make amends.

"Uncle Yan!" Shu Jinqi was annoyed, "You know what I mean. ”

Shu Yan took the responsibility on himself, because he didn't want to tell her who the person behind Du Ruyan was.

"Uncle Yan, I know. My father didn't tell me the truth, he was protecting me. But as a concubine, I can't help my father share anything, and I need the double protection of my father and younger brother. I don't want to be like this all the time, and I can't live under my father's wing all the time! Shu Jinqi said in a mournful voice.

Shu Yu'an has been by his father's side since he was six years old, although he is a younger brother, but since he was sensible, Shu Yu'an has been like a father, knowing how to protect his sister and sister. Over the years, Shu Yu'an has indeed done it, but now that he thinks about it, Shu Jinqi is not a taste in his heart. She is the same age as Shu Yu'an, she is still an older sister, and she should be the one who protects her younger brother, but this qiē is all pressed on her younger brother.

The protection of her father and younger brother allowed her to grow up carefree. It's just that today when she saw Scarlet's desperate protection, she really spit on herself in her heart! It turns out that the most useless thing at home is yourself. In the court, she failed to help her father. In the inner house, she only knows to find Shu Yan when she encounters big things. Today's assassination, she can only be the one hiding in the carriage and being protected by everyone.

Shu Jinqi endured tears for a long time, and finally flowed.

Shu Yan couldn't bear it, but he also felt that the old man was not wrong. He, like Shu Yue, is a person who loves children, especially when Shu Jinqi and Shu Jinhua were young, the two pink and tender little girls can always arouse the protective desire of the elders.

Seeing Shu Jinqi blaming himself like this, Shu Yan sighed in his heart, and his back, which had always been as strong as a mountain, also bent down, and his tone couldn't hide the full tiredness, "Since the second miss wants to know, the old slave will talk about it one more time." ”

Shu Jinqi pursed his lips. She was a little coercive to Shu Yan today.

"The second lady has always thought that Du Ruyan is Mrs. Niang's dowry." Shu Yan seemed to fall into memory, although his tone was flat, but full of disdain for Du Ruyan, "Actually, Du Ruyan is the second lady of the Chen family, a member of the Hu family." ”

"Second uncle?" Shu Jinqi was stunned, he never expected that the Hu family would be involved. Hu is the wife of her maternal grandfather's second uncle, who still lives in Yangzhou.

"That's right, it's the Hu family." Shu Yan continued, "The identity of the Hu family, the second miss also knows. It is a side branch of the mother and ancestor of the current Empress Dowager. In order to win over the Chen family in Yangzhou, the Empress Dowager married the daughter of the side branch to her second uncle. It's just that the Empress Dowager didn't know that this move not only failed to win over the Chen family, but made the Chen family hate the Hu family. ”

Shu Jinqi was stunned and asked, "Why is this?" When the first emperor was weak, the empress dowager once controlled the government, how could my grandfather still hate the Hu family? ”

"The Chen family is not interested in the powerful. The Chen family is in Yangzhou, Jiangnan, but he is called the second king with Prince Guang. What's more, the second uncle already had a favorite woman back then, and the two were already about to start talking about marriage, but who knew that the Queen Mother was sideways. Shu Yan sighed and shook his head, "The Empress Dowager has decreed to give marriage, and it is impossible for the old lady to resist the decree." But the second uncle was also stubborn and refused to live or die, and in the end, the second uncle's favorite woman hanged herself in the lake. Before he died, he gave a letter to his second uncle, which prevented his second uncle from resisting the decree. married is married, but it also makes the second uncle hate the Hu family. The second lady also knew that the Chen family was short-guarded, and the Hu family entered the door, although they were not treated coldly, but they were not warm with anyone. Even with it, the two in-laws have nothing to do with each other. ”

"No wonder ......" Shu Jinqi paused, his face flushed slightly, "No wonder the second aunt has never had children." ”

The Hu family has been married into the Chen family for more than 20 years, and has never had children, and the two sons and one daughter in the second room are all concubines. At that time, she still felt that her second aunt was pitiful, not to mention that she had no children of her own, and the three children born in her name were not recorded in her name to raise. Now it seems that the second uncle still can't let go of the hatred in his heart.

"Hu's personality is flamboyant and domineering, and after all these years, he still doesn't know how to restrain. When the lady and the lord got married, the Hu family's scheme, the wife's adoptive mother and the eldest maid who accompanied the marriage all passed away halfway through the marriage. There were not enough people around Mrs., and the Ya Po that Hu was looking for halfway picked four maids for Mrs., including Du Ruyan. ”

Shu Jinqi frowned and asked, "Du Ruyan has colluded with the Hu family early in the morning." ”

"Well, at first, Madame didn't care." Shu Yan eased, "Du Ruyan has always been very honest, and when the accident happened, it was when Mrs. was pregnant for the first time. The lord was only in the Hanlin Courtyard back then, and the government affairs were complicated, and during that time, the lady was not feeling well, so the lord rested in the outer courtyard. Du Ruyan took advantage of this ......, "Speaking of which, Shu Yan was stunned, this kind of thing, and Shu Jinqi, a boudoir woman, said that he really didn't know how to speak."

Shu Jinqi understood, her eyes widened angrily, and she said in a deep voice, "She took the initiative to climb the bed?" ”

Shu Yan coughed lightly and nodded awkwardly, "Not only that, but she was the first to take the medicine...... Otherwise, how could the master ......".

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