On the eighth day of October, it was originally scheduled to be Pei Chengyuan's full moon banquet.

Pei Chengyuan was born at the end of August, and the full moon banquet could not reach the eighth day of October, but it was just to celebrate together after the triumph of the child's father.

Shu Yu returned to Beijing safely, but the red lantern at the gate of Pei's Mansion was quietly withdrawn.

There was a banquet in the Baishi Hall, Old Lady Pei's face was tense, sitting on the top, Ji Heng pressed his hands on his knees, lowered his head and couldn't see clearly; Ah Fu and Man'er also looked panicked, and the subordinates looked at each other, helpless.

Chengyuan, who was lying in the quilt, hummed a few times from time to time, and this was the only movement in the hall.

Three days ago, Huan Xian suddenly went into labor, bleeding profusely, and both mother and child died.

This process was so fast, just before Wen Po, who was waiting in the outer courtyard of the middle road, ran to the Qingyaju in the northeast corner, and the old lady Huan's heart-wrenching cry spread to every corner of Pei's mansion.

Afu had just come out of confinement and didn't go over to visit, but when Xiaoyu came back and said, in just a few pillars of incense, Huan Xian's blood soaked through several sets of thick cotton mattresses, and the doll was no longer a lump.

Frightened Afu so much that her face turned blue, Yuan Niang asked while holding her to comfort her, "The dolls are not lumpy?" ”

Xiao Yu nodded, her face full of fear: "Sister Quezhi said that it was a male doll, but.... Not quite...."She's just a little maid in her early teens, and she shuddered as she spoke.

Later, Yuan Niang personally went to Qingyaju to mourn, but Mrs. Huan closed the door of the house and no one was allowed to enter, so Yuan Niang had to leave some thoughts and came back.

Originally, when Shuyu came back, Pei Mansion was crying everywhere, what kind of jubilant state should it be, but he was partial...

The invitations that Mrs. Pei personally sent out sent people to explain one by one, and the banquet that should have swept the capital disappeared like this.

The family sat at the table, waiting for Shuyu to come back.

"The second master is back!"

Ah Fu turned his head to look out, facing Shu Yu, who was wearing silver armor, holding a red tasseled helmet, and his hem flew in a hurry, leaking out some shredded coarse cloth military uniform.

His expression was not flying, and there were still some indescribable things in his eyes, and he bowed to the court: "Daddy, my son is back." ”

Old lady Pei came back with a table, and some tears flashed in the corners of her fine-grained eyes: "I'm back, I'm back." ”

Shu Yu looked at the expressions of the people on the table: Man'er lowered her head and didn't look at him, Ji Heng's smile was a little bitter, and Afu's eyes couldn't hide the joy.

He gently hooked the corners of his lips, sat next to Afu, didn't move his chopsticks, reached out and hugged Chengyuan, carefully put it in his arms, and looked at the eyebrows of the little doll.

Afu's heart softened, and she stretched out her jade hand and touched her son's soft little face.

This meal was depressing, because of Huan Xian's sudden death, Ji Heng's soul was not kept, and Mrs. Pei was not too happy to celebrate Erlang's triumph, so he hastily used a little and left the table.

Ji Heng stood up, looked at the second brother and sister-in-law sitting side by side, made a gesture, and said with a forced smile: "Congratulations to the second brother for his victory, congratulations to the second brother for his success!" .... The third brother went back first. ”

Shuyu stood up, stared at Ji Heng's somewhat reddened eyes, moved his Adam's apple, didn't say anything after all, nodded, and watched Ji Heng's back leave.

Afu stood up, a little mist between her eyebrows.

Life and death are unpredictable, Huan Xian said no, it was gone.

She still remembered the smile on Huan Xian's long face, and she was sad and happy.

I remember the shyness of her new marriage at first, and then the occasional cute childishness after she unfolded.

That's it.

Ah Fu couldn't help but gently wrap his arms around Shuyu: How lucky it is to be able to reunite the whole family by taking a trip before the ghost gate closes.

Shuyu's iron armor was slightly cold, and her fingers curled up, but she never withdrew it.

Shu Yu maintained this posture and slowly paced back to Rongdong Courtyard with her.

Ah Fu only cared about Huan Xian's affairs, and was full of joy that Shu Yu came back, and didn't notice that Shu Yu's expression was different.

There was a hint of a smile on his lips, but there was a cold look in his eyes.

It's not cold, it's the protective color of the flame.

Entering the Rongdong Courtyard, Afu wanted to beckon Yuan Niang to come in with Chengyuan in her arms, wanting to show Shuyu, but the latter closed the door and closed the latch.

Afu looked at his back as he closed the door stupidly, and a thought crossed her mind: Is his next step to pounce and hold her in his arms, for a lingering time after half a year?

Thinking about it, my ears burned.

Shu Yu turned around, ignoring her appearance, and his voice was flat without a trace of ups and downs: "Chengyuan, why was you born so early?" ”

Afu's smile froze on her face, and she replied instinctively: "I read the letter sent by my second brother that day, and I was a little panicked..."

"The second brother sent it?" Shu Yu repeated.

Afu's lips closed slightly, the heat in her heart dropped point by minute, and her glass-bead-like eyes also looked at Shu Yu like this.

After being silent for a long time, Afu said lightly: "If you want to say anything, you might as well say it directly." ”

Shu Yu sighed and rested the helmet he had been holding all the way on the corner table: "Afu, I'm tired." ”

Afu bit her upper lip, looked down at her toes, and said nothing.

"The streets are full of rumors about you, and some people say that Chengyuan is not my child..."

Shu Yu remembered the pointing and pointing of the pedestrians along the street when he entered the city, and he turned his head to ear, only to feel a wave of anxiety welling up in his heart.

"Don't you know if Chengyuan is your child?" Afu Xing's eyes widened and she said angrily.

She needs to have time to have sex with wild men! How can he hear that the wind is the rain?

"Why don't others see such rumors, and you alone are famous all over the world?" Shuyu's voice also raised.

The three of them became tigers and accumulated and destroyed their bones.

"You grew up in a deep mansion compound, and others don't even know what you look like, who can give you a clean slate? Who will raise your arms for you, and say that you are chaste in nature, and that you will not do anything for nothing? Others will only say that I, Pei Shuyu, married a slut for no reason! ”

Shuyu's voice was not loud, but it shook Afu's eardrums with a roar.

She couldn't help but stretch out her hand to hold the edge of the table, and then said calmly: "Husband, you just came back, are we going to quarrel?" ”

"As soon as I came back, I didn't even enter the city gate, and I heard people talking about Chengyuan's life experience...."

Ah Fu pressed her temples and said word by word: "Husband, you also said just now, others don't even know what I look like, how can I tell Chengyuan's life experience conclusively?" "You believe such nonsense!

Shu Yu looked at her fixedly, in the end, it was a fertility bother, Afu was a little haggard, and a shallow mark twisted between her eyebrows.

He slowly pulled a fold from his sleeve.

Afu could see at a glance that it was a family letter written by Mu Jinheng that he couldn't find before.

Shu Yu slowly unfolded the crumpled fold, and said as he unfolded it: "I know you haven't done anything out of the ordinary, but there are some things that make me very uncomfortable. ”

He spread out the fold and placed it in front of Ah Fu's eyes, and the words "Fu Mei" pierced her eyes.

Such a familiar title suddenly looks a little awkward.

"It was thrown into my arms by someone on the road, and I didn't see who it was. Afu, my own wife, has been exchanging letters with foreign men for a long time, do you think I feel comfortable? Shuyu looked calm and questioned her word by word.

Afu said without thinking: "He is not a foreign man, he is the son of my godmother, and he is my elder brother who grew up." Husband, I can't have cut off contact with my childhood friends because I married you, right? And as you have seen, there is not a hint of anything out of the ordinary in this letter. ”

Okay, isn't he going to be calm and reasonable? Then she will accompany him.

People who have been imprisoned, what is there to be afraid of?

Pei Shuyu's heart was burning with anger at this time, and the most angry thing was that the words were affectionate, but there was no trace of writing.

He asked himself, none of his family letters had disturbed people's heartstrings written by Mu Jinheng, or he said that people were the eyes of the example.

He knew that Mu Jinheng was a gentleman, and Afu was now dead, but he just hoped that the two of them would not have even the slightest connection.

Afu continued: "Husband, I thought that you shouldn't have come to question me, you should find out who could take my personal letters from Pei's mansion. If in the future your military report will also..."

Shu Yu interrupted her: "Afu, you are not allowed to have any more dealings with Fu'an County in the future. ”

Afu was taken aback: "But my second brother...."

"Your second brother has a very good relationship with Mu Jinheng, who knows if he will pave the way for the two of you like your sister-in-law? Don't you think the jokes are enough? The whispers of pedestrians surged into Shuyu's heart again, and he couldn't suppress his temper for a moment.

"How is that possible!"

"How is it impossible, the letter you sent me about the Ministry of Industry Shangshu was signed with Ming Yan's name, but it was clearly written by Mu Jinheng!"