This is a truth that makes Cao Hao feel bloody, Cheng's maiden name is Yaofang, because she lived with her mother when she was young, so her mother's surname is Qiu.

When he was eight years old, his biological mother died of illness, and Mrs. Cheng Men Gu sent her granddaughter to the niece of the Cao family.

Cao Yin's wife, Gu, had been married into the Cao family for ten years at that time and had never had children, and regarded this pitiful cousin and niece as her own daughter. Qiu Yaofang, as Miss Biao, stayed in the Cao family and raised by the Gu family.

Unexpectedly, in less than two years, Mrs. Gu and Gu died of illness one after another. Qiu Yaofang's biological father already has a beloved wife, where will he remember that there is a concubine daughter outside, of course, he will not let someone pick him up.

Qiu Yaofang was only ten years old, and she lost her cousin to rely on, and she was in an embarrassing situation in the Cao family.

Because Gu is the daughter of her husband's concubine, Sun Taijun has never been very kind to this daughter-in-law, and she can't get close to her daughter-in-law's cousin.

It was still Cao Yin who cared about his wife's love before her death, and treated Yaofang as usual, which made the little girl's heart slowly settle down.

A year later, Lee entered the door for the continuation.

She treats people gently, and she has no ill feelings towards this cousin left by her husband's ex-wife. It's just that the relationship between the two, if they are close, there is a suspicion of scolding the husband's ex-wife's mother's family; If you treat them coldly, it is easy to gossip, as if you can't tolerate the old people.

Therefore, for this little girl who lives in the Cao family, the Li family can only treat her with courtesy.

Qiu Yaofang also knew that her uncle's stepwife was not as close to her aunt as she was, and the little girl was trembling, so she could only rely on her uncle more and more. Cao Yin likes her to be lively and clever, but she really loves her.

Then, Cao Yan was born, and in the next two years, the Li family was not pregnant, Sun Taijun wanted to get a male grandson, and Zhang Luo picked someone among the children in the family, and wanted to add a concubine room for his son.

At this time, Qiu Yaofang was already in the year of her life.

Cao Yin has already discussed with his wife to find relatives for Qiu Yaofang. It's just that Yaofang is the daughter of the Cheng family after all, and her own father is there, Cao Yin is not good at self-concentration, so she thinks about when she will go to Yangzhou and discuss this matter with Yaofang's biological father.

Unexpectedly, things have changed.

The girl's heart is unpredictable.

In the past few years, the dependence on Cao Yin has made the little girl unconsciously deeply rooted.

When I learned that Sun Taijun had chosen a maid who was about the same age as herself, she wanted to give her uncle as a concubine. Yaofang made a mistake and tempted the drunk Cao Yin by taking advantage of the cheap convenience of entering and leaving Cao Yin's study...... The little girl thought naively, thinking that with the surname of her uncle's generous gentleman, as long as the raw rice was cooked and cooked, she would be able to be the concubine of the Cao family. But I don't know that Cao Yin is not only weaving, but also a cronie arranged by the emperor to envelop Jiangnan literati in Jiangnan.

Confucian etiquette is fatal.

Cao Yinzhi's ownership is like a fish in water in Jiangnan, in addition to the fact that he has half of the Gu family's blood and is regarded as his own by Jiangnan Shilin, but also because he acts squarely and has an excellent reputation.

Taking wives and nieces as concubines is nothing among the banner people.

The death of the sister continues, and the death of the aunt and the nephew are replaced, which has existed since ancient times. The female family is for the sake of their nephews from being abused by their stepmothers with different surnames, and the male family is for the purpose of leaving the dowry of the deceased wife or preserving the in-laws of the two surnames.

The Han people attach importance to ethics and can accept the "continuation of the death of the sister", but for the "death of the aunt and the nephew", they are not sensitive to the gratitude and regard it as a [***] immoral act.

Cao Yin had been in Jiangnan for more than ten years at that time, and he didn't know what to do and what not to do.

Moreover, although he is a banner man, he received an orthodox Confucian education when he was a child, and he is also ashamed of his "drunken immorality". It's just that he won't be angry with a child who has grown up by himself, so he can only blame himself for being unvirtuous. As for Naqiu Yaofang as a concubine, I never thought about it.

Under the pretext of being ashamed, he excused himself from Jiangning on official business and went to other places on business.

Qiu Yaofang trembled for more than a month, and did not see Cao Yin return home.

At this time, I caught up with Li's discomfort, and the doctor diagnosed that she was two months pregnant.

Sun Taijun has been looking forward to his grandson for many years, and when he heard that his daughter-in-law was happy, he was naturally overjoyed. The moment Qiu Yaofang got the news, she was in a trance and fainted.

It's not that she hopes that Li will have no children, but that she is a little girl who has no experience in the world. plucked up the courage to do ugly things, and her heart was uneasy, and later Cao Yin never returned, which also made her understand something.

Now that the Li family is pregnant, she can't even keep the "childless concubine", and she is terrified.

When he woke up again, he was stared at Sun Taijun's cold eyes.

Sun Taijun is in charge of the house's internal affairs, and he can't get out of her eyes for the little girl's thoughts. It's just that seeing that his son didn't mean that, Sun Taijun didn't take it to heart. She still knows her son's conduct.

Although his son is outside, he plays on the spot, and he also has some "pink confidants", but he never messes around at home.

In addition, the study is in the front yard, and they are all Cao Yin's people, and Sun Taijun doesn't know that Qiu Yaofang has done "ugly things".

This time Yaofang fainted, Sun Taijun came to visit, only to find that the little girl's brows had dispersed, and her body gradually became rounded. The old man knew that something was wrong, and when he listened to the doctor's words, he was only surprised.

The old man has been in the palace for many years, and he is the most respectful of the rules, how can he bear this kind of thing that happens to his own family?

Not to mention, she knew Yaofang's true life experience, and knew that her biological mother was a fireworks woman, so she became more and more disliked.

If your son is not at home, don't let a big girl have a big belly at home. The old lady arranged for someone to send Yaofang out of the house for resettlement under the pretense of the Cheng family.

The Li family devoted himself to raising the fetus, but he did not have any doubts. Because she heard her husband mention it first, and it was time for this young lady to be married. If there is no one in the Cheng family to call the shots, he will marry from the Cao family; If someone in the Cheng family is in charge, they will be sent back to Yangzhou.

Although she doesn't like Yaofang, Yaofang has the blood of the Cao family in her belly.

Sun Taijun moved his mind, thinking that if he gave birth to a male grandson, he would make arrangements at that time. So, he used a few henchmen to put Yaofang under house arrest.

When Cao Yin returned and didn't see Yaofang, Sun Taijun reprimanded his son with a straight face, saying that he had arranged for Yaofang to marry and told his son not to do anything more.

How Cao Yin was willing to believe it, but in a few days, he traced Yaofang's whereabouts.

However, he didn't think about how to place Yaofang, and both of them were pregnant, so he was shocked, so he didn't go to see him.

This delay will be delayed until the two delivery dates are approaching.

It's just that Yaofang was under house arrest for several months, panicked, but gave birth a few days earlier than the Li family.

After the child landed, Yaofang didn't see it, so she fell asleep, and when she woke up, she was told that the child had died.

Yao Fangchu thought it was true, and she couldn't help but die. Later, I accidentally learned that Li had given birth, and I couldn't help but have a thought in my heart. I always feel that my child is not dead, and I can't say that I can't weave the one in the house...... Thinking of this, she put away her heart of seeking death and life, and wanted to take care of her body, so she went back to Caofu as soon as possible to take a look at the little son.

Unexpectedly, before she was confined, she was drugged, stuffed onto a passenger ship, and sold to a Sichuan businessman as a concubine. When she woke up, it was already two days later, and the boat had left Jiangning a hundred miles away.

Although she was crying, she was a weak woman and could only be taken to Sichuan.

Later, in Sichuan for a few years, it was not easy to have a concubine. Even if the merchant loved this young concubine very much, Yaofang always remembered her son in her heart.

That's right, even if she didn't see it, she knew that she had given birth to a son.

During the birth, she was tired, but not unconscious, and the baby cried loudly. The midwife's "little pepper", she remembers clearly.

The eldest son of the Weaving House...... Maybe it's the son she gave birth to in October...... Because of this longing, she finally found an opportunity to escape from Sichuan after a few years.

When he arrived in Jiangning, he spent his entanglement and wanted to enter Cao's Mansion, but he couldn't.

She was a young woman, alone, and she was called by a ruffian, who knocked her unconscious, and wanted to sell her into a prostitute.

The one who saw her at that time was the owner of the Ruyi Flower Boat, the Green Lady.

said that it was also luck, the green lady came out of Yangzhou, and in her early years, she had a handkerchief with Yaofang's biological mother.

When Yaofang grew up, she painted a portrait of her mother, and then looked at her age, and the green lady suspected that she was the daughter of the deceased. When she woke up, she asked, and sure enough.

The green lady listened to Yaofang's experience, and in addition to lamenting that the house was eating people, she also told Yaofang a piece of news.

The eldest son of the Cao family may be plundered by the enemy. Although the Cao family did not look for people with great fanfare, the land of fireworks is the most well-informed. The Cao family is the leader in Jiangning, and there are many people staring at their family.

There are already many gentry who want to find Meiji and Cao Yin as concubines.

Although Yaofang was anxious, she could only wait. Fortunately, not long after, there was news that Mrs. Li had returned with her son.

Although Yaofang wanted to see the child, she was persuaded by the green lady.

For wealthy families, the difference between descendants and concubines is worlds apart. The illegitimate son who can't see the light or the son of the main family are two different futures.

Although Yaofang thought about her heart, she also knew that the green lady was right. She is an illegitimate daughter, she did not enter the gate of the family, she either lived in a small courtyard with her biological mother, or she was under a fence, and she was reluctant to suffer like this for her son...... Hearing this, Cao Hao remembered the experience on the Qinhuai River that year, and said: "I can't complain that when I was painting the boat, you lost your temper because I fell into the water. It turned out that I was not afraid of being implicated, but thought that I was your flesh and blood. ”

After saying so much, Yaofang was already in tears, lowered her head and wiped her tears, and said, "Yes, I heard that it was you, and I was going crazy with joy in my heart at that time." I still remember clearly that Ning Ye introduced the uncle and said, 'Both civil and military, even when the long live lord saw it, he praised it well'. But seeing that you are wearing brocade clothes, and you are friends with the son of the chief soldier and the son of the prefect, and the future is very good, I can only guard my duty more and more, for fear of losing my temper and causing others to be suspicious......"

I don't know if it's because of the long history of the matter, or because the person in front of him is Zhiran's biological mother, Cao Hao can't have a contempt for Yaofang.

"Since you misidentified me, how did you find Zhiran later?" Cao Hao pondered for a moment and asked the doubts in his heart.

When Yao Fang heard this, she smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, when I saw you on the boat that time, I thought you had a good face, but I thought that because of the connection between mother and son, I didn't think about it." Later, the old lady died of illness, and at the funeral, I mixed in the crowd and wanted to see you. I saw you helping your mother out...... You have three points for your father and seven points for your mother...... I just want to make a fool of myself, and I can't ......."

Cao Hao could only sigh when he heard it.

remembered that year, because of the addition of a cousin to the family, his father treated his concubine well, and his mother was wronged and fell ill. At that time, Cao Hao was under his mother's window, and when he heard his mother complaining, he mentioned that when he was born, his father was not happy or anything.

In addition, Li mentioned that he had a difficult birth, and Cao Hao really thought about whether he was the "tanuki" in "Tanuki for the Prince". Because the mother died in childbirth, the father brought the child outside in order to comfort his wife.

Later, however, everyone said that he looked like his mother. He looked in the mirror and saw that he was indeed somewhat similar to his mother and sister, so he did not doubt his bloodline.

After all, there is an old lady with a bright eye. If she wasn't her own grandson, the old lady wouldn't be able to spoil herself like that.

Now that I think about it, I realize that my father had the "pain of losing a child" when he was born. When I saw the sister-in-law at home and thought of the "young" concubine outside, I must not have a taste in my heart.

"In my life, the head of more than ten years is you in the weaving house. Knowing that you are Mrs. Li's own child, not my child, I really didn't know how to survive at that time. It's just that in the dark, he refuses to give up. Thinking about whether it is possible, you were just raised by Mrs. Li, but it just happened to be similar. When you enter the Qingliang Temple, I will go to the Qingliang Temple on the first and fifteenth days of the new year. Unexpectedly, until you returned to the weaving house, you didn't have a chance to meet each other. Later, he unintentionally ran into Zhiran and his master...... Before his master became a monk, he was a member of the Cao family, and in his early years, he used to ask the old lady for peace, and I had seen it...... At a glance, I recognized Zhiran as my child......" Speaking of this, Yaofang couldn't cry anymore: "But I met in a hurry, and when I thought about going to Qingliang Temple to find someone, I knew that their master and apprentice had wandered ......"

Cao Hao will know what will happen in the future.

Yaofang gave the name "Qiu Family", bought a house near Qingliang Temple, and when Zhiran came back, she often visited Zhiran. went there many times, and Zhiran noticed that something was wrong, and the mother and son probably recognized each other.

Later, Cao Yin was promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and his family went north, and Zhiran traveled with Cao Yin and his wife under the pretext of "visiting friends".

"Whether it is in Jiangning or in Beijing, I have persuaded him to be vulgar. But he is only willing to treat Hongchen as a catastrophe, coming and going through catastrophes, and never willing to return to the vulgar. Thinking of his young friend, Cao Hao said with a little abruptness.

Although he did not agree with his father's behavior back then, Cao Hao did not mean to be angry with Zhiran. Zhiran has been in Buddhism since he was a child, and his state of mind is innocent, and that indifference is what Cao Hao has always envied.

knew that he was his father's concubine, but because of selfishness, he didn't want to embarrass his mother, Cao Hao never revealed it, but his closeness was not reduced.

Yao Fang choked up and said: "Yes, I sold the Ruyi Painting Boat and bought hundreds of acres of land near Qingliang Temple, just hoping that he can return to the vulgar and ensure his happiness for the rest of his life." In his heart, there is only the Buddha, who persuaded me to let go of my obsession and live well for the rest of my life. He was ruthless, I thought that if he was willing to be the abbot, he would do it, and I would just follow and guard outside the Qingliang Temple. But he left only one letter, and then abandoned the abbot and wandered away...... By chance, I went back to Cheng's house......"

Looking at the woman in front of him, thinking of her bumpy half of her life, Cao Hao was a little unbearable, and said: "Zhiran doesn't want to be vulgar, you always have someone to serve...... Brother Wu Qiao is sincere, and he is also considered to be a pensioner here......"

Yaofang nodded and said with tears in her eyes: "Yes, he treats me very filially, and his granddaughter and grandchildren are also obedient...... I'm scared by myself......"

Cao Hao remembered his father's last words, sighed in his heart, and said, "My father has had his last words, let me look for you and take care of you...... It is also mentioned that if you want, you can be buried in the Cao family cemetery after a hundred years......"

When Yaofang heard this, she was stunned for a long time, and finally couldn't help it and cried......

(To be continued)