Shen Yuzhu ordered Chunxi to prepare a gift, and took Chunxi and Yunxiang to the bamboo forest in the back house of the Hou Mansion.

After walking for a long time, I arrived in front of a small courtyard on the edge of the bamboo forest.

Although the yard is not large, it is also very delicately repaired.

Whether it is the courtyard wall or the bamboo house in the depths of the courtyard, it is decorated with Xiangfei bamboo, which looks a little quiet and elegant.

Two eleven or twelve-year-old girls at the gate of the courtyard dozed off boredly.

It wasn't until Shen Yuzhu stood by the door that he woke up.

The two little girls saw that they were the new young ladies who entered the door, and they were busy cheering up and bowing to Shen Yuzhu to bless.

"Slave maid to the young lady to say goodbye!"

Shen Yuzhu nodded and asked with a smile, "Is Aunt He here?" ”

The two girls hurriedly said, "Back to the young grandmother's words, my aunt is here!" ”

Another girl hurriedly walked in to say goodbye, and soon invited Shen Yuzhu into the courtyard.

Shen Yuzhu looked at the past quietly, except for a bush of withered yellow bamboo, no flowers and trees were planted in the yard, which was very suitable for the last slump in winter.

There are not many servants in the courtyard, in addition to the two rough girls who guard the door, there are also two mothers-in-law and two big girls.

A big girl led by the curtain opened the curtain and smiled at Shen Yuzhu, "Young lady, please!" When my master heard that the young lady was coming, he was very happy, and he was waiting for you in the room! ”

Shen Yuzhu's eyes were slightly stunned, and she looked at the girl in front of her.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, he has a bit of a demonic color.

Looking at the decoration in He's yard, the style of the people under him is simple and simple, and he doesn't want the girl in front of him to dress a little more gaudy than others.

However, in this gray atmosphere, this point is gorgeous and quite abrupt.

Shen Yuzhu was busy gathering her mind, put aside some of these things, and walked into the main hall with the corner of her skirt.

As soon as he walked to the warm pavilion in the east room, he saw that He was already standing at the door.

She was wearing a gray-blue skirt, her hair was combed into a bun, and a green jade hairpin was held on her bun.

After seeing Shen Yuzhu come in, the He family hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Concubine, please say hello to the young lady!" ”

Although she is the concubine of the Hou Ye, she is only a concubine after all, and Shen Yuzhu is the young grandmother of the Hou Mansion.

Zun pressed her, and had to salute Shen Yuzhu.

"Auntie doesn't have to be polite!" Where did Shen Yuzhu dare to accept her worship, she hurriedly stepped forward and held her arm weakly and helped her up.

"I heard that my aunt has moved, and I said before that I was going to come to visit my aunt, because I had to take care of the prince, so I didn't come earlier."

Shen Yuzhu said with a smile, and ordered Yunxiang and Chunxi, who followed behind her, to walk in with various gifts, and put them on the table outside in the same way.

He Shi hurriedly said, "The young lady is too polite. ”

She said that she ordered someone to pour tea for Shen Yuzhu, but she sat on a chair some distance from Shen Yuzhu.

Because her face suffered a fire, the scars on her face were really scary, and she avoided it from a distance, worried that it would make Shen Yuzhu uncomfortable.

He was old, his face was full of scars, and even his hair was as white as snow.

But those eyes were exceptionally bright and sharp, and they looked at Shen Yuzhu a little more scrutiny.

Shen Yuzhu thought for a moment, looked at Aunt He and said slowly, "Come today, Yuzhu still wants to thank Aunt He." ”

"If it weren't for my aunt's righteous insistence that day, Yuzhu would have suffered some grievances in vain."

Aunt He nodded, but raised her eyes and said to the girls serving beside her, "You guys stand down." ”

The girls hurriedly withdrew.

Shen Yuzhu's eyes flashed, and he also sent Yunxiang and Chunxi out.

For a while, only Shen Yuzhu and Aunt He were left in the room.

Aunt He looked at Shen Yuzhu lightly and said, "The young lady is also a powerful person at a young age, how can a bride who has just married in, dare to confront the housewife?" ”

"The young lady is not only not afraid, but also gives our family a game back."

"Although the prince has been beaten by twenty boards, it can be regarded as gradually gaining a firm foothold in the mansion, and those people in the mansion dare not underestimate the prince."

Shen Yuzhu raised her eyes and looked at Aunt He, settled down and smiled, "Why did Auntie help us?" ”

Shen Yuzhu watched the He family send out all the subordinates in the Warm Pavilion, and knew that she had something to say.

Since everyone is a smart person, she doesn't have to sell it anymore.

Aunt He was slightly stunned, she didn't want Shen Yuzhu to ask directly, but she was very frank.

After a long time, He chuckled lightly, and there was a thick bitterness in that smile.

She slowly raised her hand, her fingers like dead branches pointing at her face, and the expression on her face gradually became hideous due to the fluctuations of emotions.

Shen Yuzhu's brows frowned slightly, although she was not a person who judged people by her appearance, she was still a little uncomfortable looking at the centipede-like scar on He's cheek.

He sneered, turned his gaze to the window, and looked at the withered yellow bamboo outside.

"I was sold to the Hou Mansion when I was ten years old."

"That year, my hometown was hit by a disaster, and I starved to death two older brothers and one sister."

Shen Yuzhu sighed slightly in her heart.

In the years of famine, the lives of ordinary people are not as good as the lives of a dog.

Aunt He recalled the past, and there was a different kind of light in her eyes.

She took a hard breath and said, "At that time, my mother and my father took me everywhere to flee the famine, and I didn't want the war to be in turmoil, thieves, and chaos in the world that year. ”

"That's it, my grandfather and I