After Yu Shu fell asleep, Xue Rui left quietly, took a sedan chair in the back street, and returned to Xue's mansion.

Baode, who was fighting with a few small servants at the second gate, saw people entering the courtyard, hurriedly threw half of the melon seeds in his hand back to the plate, clapped his hands and trotted forward, took out the big fan on his waist, and said with a shy face while fanning Xue Rui:

"Why did the young master come back in the middle of the afternoon, it's more sundry outside."

Xue Rui glanced at him, didn't care that he was not in the inner courtyard at this time, and ran out to play.

"Grandfather is back?"

Baode, as Xue Rui's close-quarters, has a very good reputation among the people in Xue Mansion, and he is a person who loves to run, and he knows the big and small things in the four doors and eight courtyards of Shangshu Mansion without going out.

Even Xue Lingnan's whereabouts, Baode is clear:

"The master was invited by Scholar Song to drink tea at the Liufeng Pavilion, and he is not in the mansion at this time."

Xue Rui nodded, and asked casually, "My mother, has Zhou Langzhong been here today?" ”

Xue Lingnan has never advocated that Xue Rui go to the west courtyard more, so Mrs. Xue has been sick these days, and he hasn't even gone to the backyard to see it.

"Madame seems to be getting better in the past two days, and I haven't seen Zhou Langzhong come to the door for consultation." Baode looked at Xue Rui's face cautiously, looked at no one around, and then leaned in flatteringly and said:

"The master is not in the house, the young master might as well go and see the lady, and the little one will give you the wind."

"Eventful." Xue Rui patted him on the back of the head, his eyes were waveless, as if he was unmoved, and went straight through the east corridor back to his residence

Half an hour later, outside the small courtyard next to the ancestral hall of the West Courtyard. Xue Rui wore the pine green robe he had just changed, his hair neatly wrapped in a square scarf, revealing Fang Xun's handsome facial features, and his polite appearance, which made the maid in the courtyard blush, and when he came back to his senses, the others had already entered the door.

Mrs. Xue has lived on the edge of the ancestral hall for more than ten years, and a sycamore tree in the yard has grown from a sapling to a height above the wall, Xue Rui still remembers that whenever he had the opportunity to visit his mother when he was a child, Mrs. Xue would take him to water the tree in the yard. Coaxed him to wait for the tree to grow. Not to see her every day.

Now the tree grew so long that he wanted to look up, but his mother's promise was destroyed three years ago.

It was destroyed by his own hands.

"Young Master!" The maidservant, who was sitting in the foyer napping, woke up and looked up when she heard the curtain of the door. I saw that the person who came was Xue Rui. Exhaled in surprise.

"Is Mother awake?"

"Wait a minute, young master." The maid hurriedly pulled her skirt and stood up. Lightly entered the inner chamber.

Xue Rui was standing at the door, listening to the faint sound of talking inside, and after a while. The maid withdrew, pursed her lips and smiled at him:

"Young master, come in, Madame is awake."

After saying that, he consciously walked out of the door, "The slave and maid are guarding outside." ”

Xue Rui nodded and entered the house.

The room is not big, a bed, a couch, a dressing table, and a cabinet, which is simple and not at all like the place where Mrs. Xue Mansion lives.

Mrs. Xue was sitting up from the couch, with a thin blanket on her lap, her eyes slightly open, looking in the direction of the door without focus, with a smile on her slightly sickly face, and slowly stretched out her hand:

"Rui'er."

Xue Rui's steps froze, his eyes swept her face, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked quickly to her side, held her hand tightly, and sat down beside her, with a bright smile on his face, regardless of Mrs. Xue's inability to see it at all.

"Mother, my son has been busy with official business these days and has not been able to come to visit you, but I miss you."

"It's okay, if only you could come over." Mrs. Xue patted the back of his hand, pinched his arm along the way, frowned slightly, and said:

"I'm thin again, you work hard, and you have to eat honestly, don't think that I don't know the way if I can't see it."

Xue Rui responded, but didn't say it, the last time he came to see her, the weather was still cold, and she was wearing thick clothes, and now the weather is hot and her clothes have been reduced, and of course she looks thin to the touch.

Mrs. Xue was like an ordinary mother, and she nagged him for a while, mostly talking about Father Xue's affairs.

"At that time, your father was the prefect in Yiyang, and he was also busy all day long, as if he couldn't finish the business, and he lost a lot of weight in the first year, but he was in good spirits, and when he returned to Beijing after his term of office, he couldn't sleep, and he woke up when he went to the morning court every day."

Xue Rui seemed to interject inadvertently: "Dad returned to Beijing when I was two years old, did my mother hear about Yunhua Yizi and Princess Luyue at that time?" ”

Mrs. Xue tilted her head, closed her eyes and recalled: "I've heard of it, but when we returned to Beijing, the couple had already passed away, and we didn't have the chance to see each other." ”

That year, Xue Rui's father Xue Soap was still alive, the husband and wife were in love and harmony, Mrs. Xue's body had not collapsed, and Xue Lao Shangshu did not confine her in the West Courtyard like now.

Xue Rui counted the year and knew that his parents had never seen Yunhua, so he didn't feel disappointed, but asked:

"Then has my mother ever heard that this Yunhua Yizi had a Yuan Match Lady in her hometown earlier?"

More than ten years ago, Mrs. Xue didn't seem to remember it clearly, frowned and thought for a long time before grabbing Xue Rui's hand and saying:

"Yes, when I was young, I vaguely heard some rumors that this Yi Zi had blatantly disobeyed the holy marriage and refused to be the horse, as if he had married a wife."

Xue Rui perked up, and said in his heart that his mother had a good memory when she was sober, and there would be no mistake, so the jokes told by the storyteller in the teahouse were indeed true.

"Then what about later, why did he become a princess again?"

"Who knows Lu Dao, maybe he is greedy for royal power and wealth, or maybe he thinks differently, isn't there a saying in the book - heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass."

Mrs. Xue smiled coldly, her pale appearance could vaguely distinguish the beauty of her youth, but she was blind, and she couldn't see what kind of demeanor those eyes were ten years earlier.

Xue Rui saw that she was sentimental, and he didn't dare to ask any more, for fear of picking up her sadness and starting hysteria again, so he pulled the topic and said:

"Mother and son have a favorite person."

Mrs. Xue was stunned for a moment, then her face showed joy and curiosity, pushed his hand, and asked:

"When did it happen, which lady of the family, did you tell your grandfather and ask someone to propose?"

After living in seclusion for more than ten years, Mrs. Xue has long lost the right and consciousness of being a mother, and she never dared to think about her son's marriage.

Xue Rui's eyes flashed, and he chuckled: "She is a person from Yiyang, not a female Yi Shi from a family, she only took the exam last year, she is a female operator on the list, she is smart and governor, and she has a younger brother in the family, who is the most supportive of the old and the young." I haven't mentioned it to my grandfather yet, so I'll talk to my mother about it first. ”

Mrs. Xue smiled for a while when she heard this, and then she was sad, "Daughter's family, it's best to be knowledgeable, I'm a person who has no idea, if you are optimistic, tell your grandfather as soon as possible, so as not to miss a good marriage." ”

"Well, my son is interested."

Mrs. Xue patted the back of his hand again and sighed: "I have been married to your father for a few years, and in the end I am the only child like you, your father is gone, I am here with a breath, and I also want to see you start a family and hold your grandson, so that you can close your eyes with peace of mind." ”

Hearing this, Xue Rui's face darkened, the corners of his mouth were pursed, and he carefully held Mrs. Xue's cold hand, pressed it on his forehead, and said softly:

"It's the son who is not filial."

Madame Xue didn't seem to hear him, blinking her empty eyes, and still smiling softly at him.

Xue Rui looked at her, only to feel a pain in her heart, three years ago, she was crazy, and when she woke up, she no longer remembered Jin Xun, she only knew that there was a son like him, and she couldn't see Jin Xun, otherwise she would get sick again.

He can still come here a few times a year, but Jin Xun hasn't seen his biological mother once since three years ago.

This is the sin he has created, but he does not know that in their lifetime, he will not be able to pay it back.

***

Yu Shu woke up, it was dusk and sunset, she was lying alone under the cool and ventilated patio, opened her eyes a few times, and felt a little unrealistic-

She told Xue Rui all in one breath.

Rubbing her swollen head, she sat up cross-legged, slowly recalling the details, and suddenly smiled.

"Heh, Bai has made me distressed for a few days, but it's easy to say it."

She stretches and puts on her shoes, and as soon as she gets out of the house, Fluttershy, who is guarding outside, hears the sound and enters.

"When the girl wakes up, take a sip of tea and wash her face."

Yu Shu took care of it refreshed, returned to her room on the second floor, changed into wrinkled clothes, and asked:

"Did my eldest brother say he'd come back in the evening?"

Xiaoqing squatted in front of her to smooth her belt, and replied, "Childe said that he would not come in the evening, let the girl eat before leaving." ”

Yu Shu is not clingy either, listening to this, he was just disappointed, so he should do something.

After dinner, Yu Shu returned home and asked the concierge, knowing that He Fangzhi came back early today, he remembered what he had promised Yu Xiaoxiu the day before yesterday, so he didn't go back to the house, and went directly to Zhao Hui's yard.

He Fangzhi and Zhao Hui were teasing their son in the room, Yu Shu came in and sat down, hugged He Xiaochuan, and mentioned that he wanted Yu Xiaoxiu to recognize the couple as godfathers.

The first to nod was He Fangzhi:

"If you don't say it, I just want to mention this matter to you, you two sisters and brothers, one calls me dad and the other calls me uncle, but they don't say anything on weekdays, and they are a few steps away for no reason."

Parents are biased, if Zhao Hui hurts Yu Shu more, then He Fangzhi undoubtedly prefers to take Yu Xiaoxiu with him.

Zhao Hui hesitated on the side and said, "It's a good thing, but have you asked your mother about this?" ”

"Naturally, I came to tell my father and mother after asking, Xiao Xiu is also happy to be your godson, my mother is not a big deal, in the future, Xiao Xiu will grow up, there is really no elder to teach, and it is difficult to even talk about family affairs, this truth, my mother understands."

Yu Shu's ability to talk nonsense with his eyes open is the best in the world, and Xue Rui can hold her pigtails, and honest people like Zhao Hui and his wife can't tell the truth or falsehood, so they believed him at the time and happily agreed. (To be continued.) )

PS: (Yesterday's Dragon Boat Festival,I went to my grandmother's house.,It was supposed to escape the "monitoring" of the fruit mother.,After realizing that there is no network cable here.,I have to go home.,So I can only take advantage of the middle of the night to sleep the fruit mother enough for a chapter.,This time it's sent up.,I hope to calm down the grievances of the relatives.,Don't abandon the Lun family%>_