Chu Qianling, who was not far away, had just finished throwing a arrow, and wanted Gu Nanzhao to see how beautiful the arrow she had just cast was, and wanted to get his approving gaze, but when he turned around, he happened to see this scene in the pavilion.

Gu Nanzhao didn't pay attention to Chu Qianling at all, and looked at Chu Qianchen's resolute back stupidly, lost his soul.

Chu Qianling's heart hurt even more, as if a knife was cutting at her heart.

The second prince is devoted to Chu Qianchen, and he only has her as a fox in his heart, and after he came to the Hou Mansion today, he didn't even look at him.

Chu Qianling tightly grasped the bamboo arrow in his hand.

She knew very well in her heart, to put it bluntly, Chu Qianchen was just playing a trick to get away with it.

Chu Qianchen ruined her face just to fight for the position of the second prince's side concubine, she felt that she was ruined now, and it was impossible to fight with her, so she deliberately played these tricks in front of the second prince, wanting the second prince to beg but couldn't ......

It's really cheap, just like my mother said, Chu Qianchen's methods of confusing men were all learned from her aunt!

"Third sister!" Chu Qianhuang called Chu Qianling and pulled her cuffs again.

Only then did Chu Qianling come back to his senses and threw the bamboo arrow in his hand fiercely......

As soon as she threw the bamboo arrow, several people next to her saw the doorway, and said in a gossipy voice:

"It's a pity!"

"Third sister, this arrow has been missed."

"Too hard......"

The bamboo arrow hit the body of the iron kettle hard, followed by a "clang", the iron kettle was knocked to the ground, and all the bamboo arrows originally inserted in the iron kettle fell out, and the ground was in a mess.

The surrounding Chu family sons and girls all laughed.

Chu Yunmu clapped his hands and said confidently: "Third sister, I think you are going to be at the bottom today!" I sit better than you vote! ”

"Hurry up, carry me over!"

Chu Yunmu commanded his mother-in-law to lift his chair over, intending to let Chu Qianchen take a good look at his strength.

But when he wanted to go to find Chu Qianchen, he found that she was no longer in the pavilion.

Odd? Where did the people go?

Chu Yunmu searched around for Chu Qianchen's traces with his gaze.

After Chu Qianchen left the pavilion, she planned to sit elsewhere and save herself from being annoyed, but she was stopped by a blue-clothed maid when she bypassed the rockery.

"Second girl," the maid said intermittently, out of breath, "Auntie...... My aunt's yard is flooded...... Go check it out. ”

Flow?! Chu Qianchen moved his eyebrows and looked in the direction of Qinghui Courtyard.

Qinghui Courtyard was at least half of the Hou Mansion from the garden, and from her current location, she couldn't see anything at all, let alone hear any movement.

It seems that the fire should not be large. Chu Qianchen thought about it, and turned around and ordered Amber: "You go and talk to the eldest girl, I'll go see my aunt, and I'll go to the theater later." Don't alarm anyone. ”

Amber responded, and Chu Qianchen rushed to Aunt Jiang's Qinghui Courtyard with the blue-clothed maid.

The two of them hurried to Qinghui Courtyard all the time, inside and outside the courtyard, there was a noise, some people gathered in the courtyard, and some maids and women shouted and said that they were going to fetch water, and they were in a hurry.

As Chu Qianchen had guessed before, the fire in Qinghui Courtyard was not big, but wisps of white smoke drifted out from the direction of the inner room.

A round-faced little maid hurriedly greeted her, and said with a disgraced face: "Second girl, my aunt is still inside and hasn't come out." The little maid was so anxious that she was sweating profusely.

Chu Qianchen wet the handkerchief with the water brought by a mother-in-law nearby, and quickly followed the little maid towards the house, which was filled with a faint layer of white smoke, as if there was a fog.

Chu Qianchen covered his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief, and walked to the inner room in the direction of the cigarette.

"Second girl, my aunt is inside!"

The little maid who led the way in front pointed to the curtain of the door embroidered with a pool of white lotus in front.

The little maid walked faster and faster, while Chu Qianchen walked slower and slower, and her heart was bright.

If she was still a little unsure when she was outside the house, she was sure now.

It's a bitter ploy.

With a fire like this, Aunt Jiang could easily come out of it, but she had to hide in the house and not come out, what was it for?!

Chu Qianchen suddenly felt a sense of excitement and stopped.

She wanted to leave, but before she could turn around, she changed her mind again.

The door curtain shook slightly, and a few white lotus embroidered on the curtain also swayed gently, with a bit of a touching posture.

Chu Qianchen's eyes looked at the door curtain, thought about it, and continued to walk inside.

The prince said that you can't escape when you encounter something, and people are in the world, like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.

Only by facing the truth can we deal with it calmly.

The essence of evasion, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than inferiority and cowardice.

The prince's words are always so to the point, in her previous life, she was as inferior and cowardly as he said, she didn't dare to fight, she didn't dare to resist.

Chu Qianchen walked in unhurriedly.

In the inner room, white smoke filled, the vision was hazy, and it was hot.

The rain-soaked blue bed tent on the Babu bed was burning, and Aunt Jiang was sitting by the window on the other side, holding a handkerchief in her hand and timidly wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Her eldest maid Qingyan persuaded her softly: "Auntie, you better go out quickly, it won't be good if this fire burns." ”

Aunt Jiang said softly, "I'm not leaving." Madame punished me with grounding, and I could not go against Madame's will. ”

The corners of her eyes are slightly red, and her eyes are rippling, revealing a soft and weak charm, which I feel sorry for.

When the door curtain was opened, Aunt Jiang looked at Chu Qianchen, and her eyes lit up suddenly.

"Sister Chen!"

"I ...... I thought you wouldn't care if I lived or died. ”

Her voice trembled, delicate and hoarse, and the crystal tears rolled down the corners of her eyes in large pieces, like the dew after the rain rolling on the petals, and as bright as the moon, soft and moving.

"Sister Chen, I know you're close to Madame now."

"Madame is your mother-in-law, she can make decisions about your future, I ...... I shouldn't interfere, I should be happy for you. ”

As she spoke, she choked up slightly, almost speechless, "But, you are my daughter, the daughter I conceived and gave birth to in October, I am reluctant to let you ...... Sister Chen, you haven't come to see me for so long......"

"I have nothing left, Grandma Cui is dead......"

Aunt Jiang cried even more, her body trembled, she looked at Chu Qianchen with teary eyes, and while gently wiping her tears with a handkerchief, she said sadly: "Mama Cui was brought by me from the Jiang family, and she has served by my side since she was a child. ”

"This time, she will end up like this, and it is also for you to ......" Aunt Jiang's voice was extremely bitter, revealing a deep pathos.

Qingyan said, "Second girl, you don't know yet, right? ”

"On that day, Mama Cui crashed into the pillar and died, and before she died, she was still thinking about the second girl, she would do such a foolish thing, all because she felt sorry for the second girl, you......"

"Originally, this person is dead, and the slave and maid shouldn't talk about Mama Cui's rights and wrongs......"

Qingyan also pinched a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.

When Chu Qianchen heard this, he was finally slightly moved.

According to Qingyan's meaning, Cui Mama kept claiming that everything she did was to complain about herself before hitting the pillar? !

Chu Qianchen was a little moved in his heart, but it was not because of Mama Cui, but because of his mother-in-law Shen.

At that time, Mama Cui also pulled her out, no matter how she listened, it couldn't be for her good.

However, when Mama Cui said that, her grandmother never asked herself half a sentence because of this, and she was the same as before.

Chu Qianchen had a warm current flowing through his heart.

She never thought that in this life, she would still be able to experience this feeling of being trusted in the Chu family.

In her previous life, she was thirteen years old, but she was really blind and blind.

Chu Qianchen looked at the familiar and unfamiliar Aunt Jiang in front of her, she was wearing a water-green dress, and her face was not powdered, she was so pitiful.

"Sister Chen!" Aunt Jiang raised her eyes to look at her, tears filled her eyes again, and there were a few tears on her long eyelashes.

She reached out to Chu Qianchen's sleeve, but was avoided by Chu Qianchen sideways, Aunt Jiang seemed to have been stabbed, and her face turned even paler, "Sister Chen...... Don't you recognize me as a mother? ”

"You're the ...... I conceived in October."

The tears in Aunt Jiang's eyes rolled down again.

In the inner room, the bed tent was already burning for the most part, and the flames were scorching the room, and the temperature inside the room was getting higher and higher.

The white smoke in the air became thicker, and Chu Qianchen's eyes stinged slightly.

But Chu Qianchen still didn't blink, staring deeply at Aunt Jiang.

Yes, she is her own mother, they are related by blood, and they should be the closest people......

Thinking about all the things in his previous life, Chu Qianchen only felt like a different life, and his previous life had never seen through this mother-in-law.

After a few breaths, Chu Qianchen looked at the burning bed tent not far away, and there was a bit of alienation in his voice, "So, will my aunt set the fire?" ”

"......" Aunt Jiang's eyes widened slightly.

Chu Qianchen smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around and said, "Auntie, let's reflect on it, I'll go first." ”

"Second girl!" Qingyan couldn't help but shout.

Aunt Jiang didn't even notice that the handkerchief in her hand slipped from between her fingers, staring at Chu Qianchen's back, her eyes were as deep as a pool of secluded pools.

"Sister Chen!"

Aunt Jiang Huo Di stood up and wanted to chase Chu Qianchen.

At this moment, the tent of the bed was almost completely burned, and the scorching flames spread along the bed, turning the little room into a stove.

Suddenly, the copper tent hook on the side of the bed tent fell from mid-air, landed on the bedside table, and bounced back violently, smashing on Aunt Jiang's instep.

The copper tent hook was burned hot, and when it hit the instep of Aunt Jiang's left foot, it was like an iron burning on human skin through the fabric.

Aunt Jiang exhaled in pain, this time, she really felt pain, burning as if her left foot was about to burn, and her body staggered slightly.

Fortunately, Qingyan quickly supported Aunt Jiang.

Chu Qianchen stopped, looked back at Aunt Jiang, and shook his hands unconsciously, after all, he didn't pass.

"Shan'er!" Chu Lingxiao's nervous voice came from outside.

In the next moment, the door curtain was rudely opened from outside, and Chu Lingxiao, who was wearing an indigo brocade robe, walked in anxiously.

His handsome face was full of worry, he didn't see Chu Qianchen here at all, he only had Aunt Jiang in his eyes.

Seeing Qingyan carefully holding Aunt Jiang with a painful expression, Chu Lingxiao asked nervously, "Shan'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

Qingyan hurriedly replied for her master: "Master Hou, my aunt was burned by the red-hot copper tent hook just now......"

"Master Hou, I'm fine." Aunt Jiang said in a hoarse voice, tears glistening.

These five short words are tactful and affectionate, showing weakness, forbearance and strength.

Chu Lingxiao was even more distressed, "Shan'er, don't be reckless. ”

As he spoke, he grabbed Aunt Jiang's arm with one hand, and reached behind her knee with the other, and easily hugged the person horizontally.

"Master Hou!" Aunt Jiang let out a low snort, hooked Chu Lingxiao's neck with one hand, and snuggled up to him weakly and bonelessly, her eyes rolling.

Chu Lingxiao strode out with Aunt Jiang in his arms, from beginning to end, he didn't see Chu Qianchen at all, he entered the house in a hurry, and left the house in a hurry.

Looking at this scene of Fang Cai, Chu Qianchen finally understood.

I see!

It was she who overestimated herself, in this play, she was not the protagonist at all, and she could barely be regarded as a small role that could sing two sentences.

Chu Qianchen looked at the pair of men and women who were looking at the flounder in love, and suddenly felt that it was really boring.

The prince is right, you can't escape in case of trouble. If she hadn't made such a trip, how could she have seen it clearly.

Chu Qianchen strode out of the inner room, and outside the house, those subordinates were circling around Chu Lingxiao and Aunt Jiang, and the slaves and maids who came to put out the fire were belatedly carrying buckets into the inner room at this moment.

Buckets of water were poured on the burning bed.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa......"

Chu Qianchen put the noisy sounds in Qinghui Courtyard behind him, and walked forward without a stroll, passing through a winding veranda for a while, around a pond for a while, and strolling on a winding path for a while.

She didn't know where she could go, this Chu family had never been a place for her, whether it was in the previous life or now......

"Sister Chen."

I don't know how long it took, but an elegant and gentle female voice stopped her.

Chu Qianchen followed the sound, and then found that he had come to the garden again, in front of him, Shen was sitting in the water pavilion by the lake, sitting against the railing, looking at himself with a smile, and there was only Mama Chen by her side.

On the table behind her, there was a steaming cup of flower tea, and it was leisurely to watch.

Today is Mrs. Tai's birthday banquet, but Chu Qianchen didn't expect that his mother-in-law would still be busy.

The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and she walked over quickly.

"Mother." Chu Qianchen blessed his body and sat down as well.

"Why are you here alone?" Shen smiled and asked, "Didn't you play with everyone?" ”

"Auntie's water, I'll go over and take a look." Chu Qianchen said lightly, there was a trace of hardship in her voice that she hadn't noticed herself.

The matter of Qinghui Courtyard going to the water, Shen had already heard the report of the subordinates, but she didn't care about it at all, and she forgot about it for a while.

"How is your aunt?" Shen asked casually.

Chu Qianchen smiled lightly and said, "Mother don't worry, it's just that the bed tent in the inner room is burning, and people are fine." ”

Aunt Jiang was just burned by the copper hook of the tent, and in Chu Qianchen's eyes, it was as if she was not injured.

It's just that her aunt has always loved beauty, and if she accidentally leaves a scar on her skin, I don't know if she will regret taking this step......

Shen looked at Chu Qianchen and saw that she had a faint expression from beginning to end, and she didn't seem to be sad because Aunt Jiang was injured. However, it was her faint expression that made Shen feel a little distressed inexplicably, as if his heart was being bitten by something.

After a pause, Chu Qianchen added: "Father has just passed, and my aunt's purpose has been achieved." ”

Reliving a life, once, Chu Qianchen felt that she had seen everything, what kind of person Aunt Jiang was, as early as after meeting Gu Jue in her previous life, she had slowly figured it out.

Therefore, in this life, she never planned to question Aunt Jiang about anything, let alone get any maternal love and affection from her, she just watched coldly, did everything from her heart, and did what she thought she should do, just to be worthy of her heart.

However, in just one month, she found out that the Aunt Jiang she had known in her previous life was only one-twelfth of them.

Watching his mother refresh her bottom line again and again, Chu Qianchen felt a little unspeakably depressed in her heart.

She has no one to talk to about this feeling.

Shen was stunned for a moment, although Chu Qianchen didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning of her words was obvious, she was telling herself that Aunt Jiang was playing a bitter trick, and today's water was also tossed by Aunt Jiang herself.

Shen was a little suspicious, but she was too lazy to care, and Chu Qianchen's statement could be regarded as confirming her guess in her heart.

To tell the truth, Chu Qianchen could see Aunt Jiang's thoughts, she was not surprised, this child has always been smart and smart, but she didn't expect Chu Qianchen to tell her without reservation.

So, this kid should trust himself.

Thinking of this, Shen's heart warmed.

Mama Chen was pouring tea for Chu Qianchen, and when she heard this, she paused for a moment, and continued as if nothing had happened.

"Second girl, drink tea!" Mama Chen personally served Chu Qianchen a cup of rose tea, and her eyes were even more complicated when she looked at her. The second girl is indeed an understanding person, but she has such a mother-in-law!

Shen stopped talking, and looked at Chu Qianchen's eyes and softened a little.

Chu Qianchen's expression was still calm, and the clouds were light and light, as if he was talking about an inconsequential person.

However, the Shen family knew how much Chu Qianchen relied on Aunt Jiang, and what Aunt Jiang did made her cold again and again, pushing her away from her.

Shen couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this girl, any child will have a natural admiration for his own mother, how uncomfortable this girl's heart should be, to be able to say this so calmly.

She's only thirteen!

Shen suddenly stood up and sat down beside Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen was stunned, raised his eyes, and the next moment, Shen gently took her in his arms.

Chu Qianchen's shoulders stiffened, and his expression was a little uncomfortable.

In two lives, no one has ever been so close to her......

Shen gently patted her shoulder, again and again. Chu Qianchen could feel her warm body temperature coming through several layers of fabric, and he smelled a fresh scent like an orchid on her body at the end of his nose.

Unconsciously, Chu Qianchen relaxed, his eyebrows stretched.

That doesn't seem to be a good feeling, either.

"Mother," Chu Qianchen lowered his eyes, looking as docile as a lamb, and muttered, "You say, in this world, will there be any mothers who don't like their children......"

Shen's heart jumped suddenly, and his voice sounded in his ears: "Ah Wan, do you say that there will be mothers who don't like their children?" ”

Not long ago, she asked the same question.

Looking at Chu Qianchen nestled in her arms again, for some reason, a feeling surged in Shen's heart that even she couldn't explain.

"Dust ......"

She was about to speak again, but was interrupted by a female voice from afar: "Mother! ”

Chu Qianhuang walked over from the southeast quickly, his breath was slightly short, and he had a bright smile on his face.

"Mother, second sister, you are here!"

She glanced at Chu Qianchen, who was snuggling up with the Shen family, without a trace, and a dark glint flashed in her eyes.

Chu Qianchen raised her head from Shen's arms, she was a little shy and a little nostalgic.

"Mother, you are so good to your second sister, I am a little jealous." Chu Qianhuang sat down on the other side of the Shen family, held her arm affectionately, and pouted coquettishly.

Shen couldn't help but laugh at his daughter, stroked her sideburns, and said with a smile: "Mother is also very good to you." ”

Chu Qianhuang nodded vigorously, a little shy and childish, and changed his words: "Mother, second sister, it's time to start the banquet, I specially came to call you over." ”

"Then let's go." Shen stood up and stroked his dress gracefully.

Chu Qianchen and Chu Qianhuang both went to the theater with the Shen family first, and asked Mrs. Tai before beckoning everyone to move to today's banquet hall.

In addition to the second prince Gu Nanzhao, today's guests also have several aunts and grandmothers who married in the Hou Mansion and their husbands and children, filling the hall to the brim and lively.

That is, Chu Lingxiao arrived a step late and changed into a new lake blue robe, and everyone only thought that he was going to change clothes, but they didn't care, including Mrs. Tai.

She is the birthday star today, whether it is the Shen family, Chu Lingxiao, or the subordinates of the Hou Mansion, they all tacitly did not tell Mrs. Tai about the water in Qinghui Courtyard.

At noon, the banquet started on time, all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, chickens, ducks and fish, melons, fruits and vegetables were presented by the maids, which can be said to be dazzling, full of color and fragrance.

Not only that, but Shen also arranged for the musicians to play the piano and pipa in a pavilion outside.

The guests ate and drank, talked and laughed, and occasionally tasted tea and enjoyed the music, all of which were quite comfortable and full of praise.

The birthday feast did not end until just after mid-afternoon.

After the banquet dispersed, Shen took Chu Qianhuang and Chu Qianchen to send the guests away.

"Sister-in-law, then let's go first, and come back to visit another day." A twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old beautiful woman said goodbye to the Shen family with a smile, her eyes couldn't help but turn on Chu Qianchen's body, and then to another twenty-four or five-year-old young woman in Tsing Yi, "Fifth sister, anyway, let's stop by the way, why don't I give you a ride." ”

"Third sister, then I won't be polite to you." The young woman in Tsing Yi, that is, Chu Wuniang, got into Chu Sanniang's carriage from the goodness.

After getting into the carriage, Chu Wuniang couldn't help but lift the curtain of the carriage, glanced at Chu Qianchen more, and said softly in a voice that only their sisters could hear: "Third sister, did you say that sister-in-law treated Sister Chen very differently today?" ”

The two sisters exchanged a look of mutual understanding.

Chu Sanniang bowed her head and said: "Yes, I just looked, and it is no different from Sister Huang'er." ”

Chu Wuniang paused, and her voice lowered a little more: "I heard that the concubine intends to choose a side concubine for the second prince from several nieces, third sister, do you say it ......?"

"Eighty-nine is done. Sister-in-law should be taking her to learn to entertain guests today, this girl was taught by her aunt that she couldn't be on the stage before, and her temperament was cringe, if she did this, the second prince's side concubine, would not be the face of our Chu family! ”

"That's it!"

While the two sisters were talking, their eyes looked through the window of the carriage at Gu Nanzhao, the second prince, who was walking towards the Yimen.

Gu Nanzhao came to the Shen family surrounded by several sons and girls of the Chu family, and said with a polite smile: "Auntie, I want to take a few cousins and cousins out for a walk. ”

"Mother, it's still early, we want to go for a walk around the neighborhood." Chu Qianhuang said, smiling brightly.

This is just a trivial matter, of course the Shen family will not sweep Gu Nanzhao's face, and nodded with a smile: "Your Highness, you young people go and play." ”

"Sister Huang, don't be too playful, remember to come back before curfew." Shen gave an extra word of advice to his daughter.

Chu Qianhuang responded with a smile, with the brightness and cheerfulness of her little daughter.

Chu Qianling was also there, her face was still veiled, her face was happy, and her right hand subconsciously touched her left hand wrapped in gauze.

My cousin treated her very well and was willing to take her to the doctor.

It's just that......

Chu Qianling looked up at Chu Qianchen on the right hand side of the Shen family, and his eyes were gloomy for two points.

Gu Nanzhao smiled slightly, smiling like a spring breeze, "Don't worry, aunt, I will send a few cousins back safely,......" Saying that, Gu Nanzhao looked at Chu Qianchen with hope, wanting to call her along.

Chu Qianchen noticed his gaze and retreated directly behind Shen.

She has no intention of him, so naturally she will not give him the slightest possibility of misunderstanding.