Shizi didn't come for a few days, Shui Qianqiu was not in a hurry, but Shui Qian was in a hurry, and hurriedly called her to the study.

"I don't see the Son of the World coming today, but what happened?" Shui Qian raised her eyebrows and glanced at her, Shui Qianqiu shook her head and said, "My daughter doesn't know." ”

"I don't know?"

Shui Cambodia squinted his eyes, wondering if his second daughter was not favored by the world? But it's normal, it's not very pleasant for this girl to look so stuffy.

"Well, your grandmother is coming back today, so prepare well."

Shui Qianqiu answered, and when he saw that there was nothing to do, he retreated.

As soon as she got out of the courtyard of the study, she hurried back to her courtyard and found Qianrong and Qingrou.

"I heard that Grandmother is coming back today, have you heard anything about Grandmother?"

Shui Qingrou shook her head, but Shui Qianrong knew something: "My father was a high school jinshi for the children of a poor family, and he went all the way from the small county order to today's position. As for the grandfather and grandmother, they have been farming in the village, and last year the grandfather died of illness and the father had to pick up the grandmother, but the grandmother was unwilling, so she had to keep the funeral for a year. ”

Shui Qianqiu flattened her mouth and thought about it, so it sounded that this grandmother was very affectionate and righteous, but this matter was completely absent from the memory of the original body, and she was a little puzzled.

"Second sister, when your grandmother comes back, you try to avoid her as much as possible." Shui Qianrong opened her mouth and said, this sentence puzzled her, and asked rhetorically, "Why?" ”

"You forgot? Grandmother didn't like Mrs. Xian, and you were not allowed to go to your grandfather's funeral last year, and now that she is back, I am afraid that your life will be difficult. ”

Shui Qianqiu was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled: "I just said that I didn't know about such a big thing as my grandfather's death, so he just hid it from me." She doesn't like my mother...... Why? ”

"It seems to be because of the birth of the first lady." Shui Qingrou whispered, Shui Qianqiu looked at her and asked, "What do you know?" ”

Shui Qingrou shook her head again and again, and said with some fear: "I don't know, I heard what my little mother said." ”

"Aunt Ping?" Shui Qianqiu almost forgot that there was still this person in the house, Aunt Ping was not in good health and never competed for favor, the children were raised by the Wang family, and she ate fasting and chanting Buddha all day long.

Shui Qianqiu thought for a moment, got up and said, "Let's go and see Aunt Ping together, Qingyu, you go and carry the dim sum and fruits." ”

"Second sister, my little sister rarely sees people, even if she doesn't see me a few times." Shui Qingrou got up a little flustered, Shui Qianqiu waved her hand and said, "I know, I won't bother her for too long, but there are some things I want to know, so that I know in my heart." ”

Qingyu quickly prepared her things, and Shui Qianqiu went straight to Aunt Ping's yard.

Aunt Ping's yard is small and quiet and scary.

"Second Miss, I don't know what is going on?" Aunt Ping asked directly, but Shui Qianqiu raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Auntie is quick to talk, I won't go around the corner, does Auntie know something about my mother?" Whatever it is, I want to know something. ”

Aunt Ping was stunned for a moment, as if reminiscing and contemplating, and then slowly spoke: "I am from the same town as your mother and my master. Back then, the old man was just a flat-headed commoner, and it took a lot of effort for the family to marry the daughter of the rich gentry in the town, that is, your mother. ”

"When the first lady got married, she brought a lot of dowry, and she used the money in the dowry for the lord to study for the imperial examination. also had to serve two old people at home, and the old man did not bring his first wife on the way to participate in the imperial examination, because after he returned from his success, he also brought back a pregnant Wang. ”

At that time, the Wang family was only a concubine, but because of the child in her belly, she was quite loved by the old lady. And Mrs. Xian was removed from the family after marrying, and the old lady felt that she couldn't help the master, so she didn't like Mrs. Xian, and often practiced Mrs. Xian to take care of a concubine, and even later Mrs. Xian had a child, and she had to take care of the Wang family. ”

"Wang gave birth to the eldest lady, and the old lady saw that she gave birth to a girl, so she didn't like Wang either. Fortunately, the first lady gave birth to the eldest son not long after, and the old lady's attitude changed slightly. ”

Shui Qianqiu's eyes darkened, and she said softly: "Auntie, there is no need to say it, I know what I have in my heart." ”

She has guessed seven or eight points for the rest, the old lady is patriarchal and snobbish, her mother was removed from her mother's family, and the dowry will always run out one day, even if she has a son, but the Wang family later has a son.

The old lady was bound to be kind to the Wang family under the balance, and snubbed the original mother, and even she now began to wonder how the original mother died.

"The second lady is smart, but there is a little concubine who still has to say that the first lady died at the hands of the rogue."

Shui Qianqiu moved his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Liukou? No wonder my brother is going to the border. ”

Aunt Ping didn't say anything more, and turned her head to look at her daughter: "Qingrou, you take the third lady out first." ”

Shui Qianrong didn't mind that she wanted to support herself, so she got up and followed Shui Qingrou.

As soon as they left, Aunt Ping knelt straight in front of Shui Qianqiu, and was so shocked that Shui Qianqiu hurriedly wanted to help her up: "Auntie, what are you doing?" Hurry up. ”

"Second Miss, when the concubine was born Qingrou, she had a difficult birth and injured her body, and she tried her best to give birth but fell ill. Seeing that it is useless, I have been pretending to be in front of Qingrou, but Lang Zhong said that I don't have long to live. ”

"The concubine knows that the second lady is smart, and now she has the protection of the son, so the concubine has the courage to beg the second lady, and she will be a little softer in the future, she was raised by the Wang family to be timid and cowardly, and the concubine is physically and mentally painful, but she can't do anything."

Shui Qianqiu helped her up and said softly: "Don't worry, as long as you are gentle, I will do my best to protect her." ”

"Second Miss, Mrs. Xian was very good to me, and when she was dying, she still had something for me to entrust to you, and she said that if you grow up and inquire about her, let me tell these words, if not, then just do it."

"What is it?"

Shui Qianqiu helped her sit down, and Aunt Ping said slowly: "Mrs. Xian said that dozens of years of happiness in life are over, and so is sadness. She doesn't ask for anything else, she just wants you to be happy, you must keep your eyes open, don't look at the wrong person like her, and make the rest of your life regretful. ”

"At that time, the second girl was still young and couldn't see Mrs. Shang for the last time, but the eldest prince saw it, and she also told the eldest prince to protect his sister."

Shui Qianqiu's eyes were slightly wet, although she and Mrs. Xian did not have a mother-daughter relationship, but she didn't know what the reason was, she was very touched in her heart.

"Thank you aunt for telling me this, Qing's kindness should be like you, if she hadn't secretly helped me all these years, I'm afraid I would have died a long time ago. Therefore, as long as she does not do anything that violates the bottom line of principle, I will keep her safe and happy. ”

Aunt Ping got up and bowed deeply, and said, "With the second lady's words, the concubine will be relieved." ”

Shui Qianqiu sat here for a while and was about to go back, on the way Shui Qingrou kept wanting to speak and stopped, she looked at Shui Qianrong twice more and asked: "Fourth sister, what's wrong?" Look, there's something to say. ”

Shui Qianrong pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "Second sister, in fact, we heard some of the words you and your aunt said in the house just now, Qingrou knew that her aunt's time was short, and she wondered if she could ask the prince to let Xianyu Gongzi come to see her aunt's illness." ”

"Xianyu? I forgot that his medical skills are good, but ......" Shui Qianqiu thought that she and Shi Ziye hadn't seen each other for several days, and it was probably because of what she said that day that angered him, and I was afraid that it would be bad to ask him to do things again.

Shui Qingrou's eyes were red, and she knelt in front of Shui Qianqiu with courage, gently tugging her sleeves and said, "Second sister, please think of a way, I don't want my mother to die, I don't want her to die." ”

Shui Qianqiu looked at her and felt distressed, so she quickly dragged her up and said, "Don't worry, I'll go out to find the son, don't cry." ”

Shui Qingrou thanked her, Shui Qianqiu could only let Qianrong accompany her back, and she went out of the house directly to see if she could find the prince.

"Third sister, aren't you afraid that the second sister will take revenge on Madame?" Shui Qingrou wiped her tears and asked in a low voice. Shui Qianrong shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with me, I have been raised by nurses and maids since I was born, if I have the opportunity, I will repay her kindness, and I will pay it off after repaying it." ”

"Why does my aunt ask my second sister to take care of me, shouldn't she believe in you more?" Shui Qingrou couldn't think of this, Shui Qianrong sighed and said, "Because the second sister is smart, and she has a son to take care of." And how far is my situation from yours? There is only one more name for a concubine, and it is also a non-existent existence in this family. I can't take care of myself, let alone you? ”

"I think my aunt should know about you being injured by Shui Qianzi." Shui Qianrong also complained that she couldn't protect her and made her suffer so much.

Shui Qingrou looked worriedly at the direction in which the second sister left, and asked uneasily, "But can the second sister really protect us?" ”

"She's smarter than we know before, I don't know if she's been hiding or suddenly opening up, Madame was punished and her reputation was damaged, and now her father is willing to take more care of her, no matter how much of it is because of the son, but in the end it's because she has her own ability."

"Qingrou, if the second sister fails to invite the envy of the jade prince, don't be angry with her, this matter has nothing to do with her, you know?"

Shui Qianrong couldn't help but say a few more words, and Shui Qingrou nodded, indicating that she knew.

"Two young ladies, hurry up and go to the front hall, the old lady is back, right, what about the second young lady? Please let her come along. The subordinate in the front yard ran over to deliver the message, Qianrong and Qingrou glanced at each other, and said in unison full of self-reproach: "Oh no." ”

Shui Qianqiu completely forgot that her grandmother was coming back today, and she was still thinking about where to find Shizi with Qingyu, should she go to the Qin Pavilion or to the small courtyard?