Just as she never thought that she would be able to see Zhao Xian, Mrs. Huan also did not expect that she would be able to see Chao Rong again in her lifetime.

She vaguely remembered that twenty years ago, this person was still a black-haired child, and he looked like he was the same age as Zhao Xian, but he called his master one after another. But now, less than 20 years later, when the old man said goodbye, he had to have white hair, did not speak, did not move, and he was like an old man.

He stood in front of her, his eyes cold, but his whole body was full of anger, and he accused her with all his voice of turning his back on his apprentice and marrying someone else.

"I heard that you even changed your surname, what is your surname now...... Huan? Hehe, little Shen girl, you are so amazing! ”

Hearing this, the person who had been silent for a long time was suddenly stunned.

Yes, many, many years ago, my surname was Shen.

——A famous family in the south, the Shen who attacked the Shen clan.

Due to the topography, the southern border is adjacent to the Zhou Kingdom, and there are many business travels, and the folk customs are more open and more graceful than those in the north. At the age of twelve or thirteen, her beauty came out of the mouth of the lady who taught in the Hou Mansion, and in a blink of an eye, she had the title of the first beauty in the south.

However, Shen Tingru himself didn't like this name very much.

Although the southern border is rich and prosperous, it is rarely stable, and when it comes to the real number of Valve-reading Ding clans, it is even more difficult to compare with the northern border with the heavy accumulation.

But Shen is different.

It is precisely because of this outstanding nobility that her mother, who is the step-family of the Marquis of Chongjun, attaches more and more importance to her marriage, especially after her daughter is famous and attracts an endless stream of suitors, she also looks down on the so-called 'famous sons' who come to ask for marriage.

In Shen Tingru's memory, after the meeting, the sentence she heard the most in her mother's mouth was 'unworthy'.

The head mother of the Xue family is too low to be worthy; Xing's son's future is too narrow to be worthy; There is also the old lady of the Yong family, and when the official position is here, there is no room for promotion.

It's all unworthy.

After finishing the troubles, she would always listen to her mother complain a few words, saying that her daughter had such a big reputation, why couldn't she hook those strong clans in the north!

"Alas, Pei and Zhao are like that, it's just that they can't reach it! Even if it's the Xiang family, the Qin family, and the Gu family! Take one here at random—even if it's a side branch, it's better than these unreliable ones in the south! ”

Mrs. Yang complained, and did not forget to tell her: "Ru'er, you have to fight for your mother!" Mother's life is hard, she can't give birth to a son, just like you are such a beautiful girl, my mother is counting on you to marry a good family, and you will be able to promote the sheep family in the future! ”

's mother is a step-family, her background is mediocre, and her father's deep affection for Mrs. Yuanyan, Shen Tingru has known since she was a child that her mother's life is not going well, so even if she has many whispers about her mother's actions, she has never expressed her dissatisfaction with every word.

In this way, her mother was picky and chosen, and from time to time she had to send people out to spread the news, until Wu Yao was ten years old, when she was seventeen years old, her mother finally waited for her long-awaited noble son-in-law - the second son of the Xiang family's mansion, Sagara.

When Shen Tingru received a letter from her mother at her grandfather's house and asked her to leave home immediately, she didn't know that what was waiting for her at home was a matter of marriage. She has always been a filial daughter, put down the family letter, did not dare to delay, even said goodbye to her grandmother, and set off to return home.

On the road from the ancestral house of the Yang family to Changcheng, less than 700 miles, she met the person who changed her life - Lingqiu Marquis Zhao Xian.

In this world, how many young girls will not fall in love with the beautiful boy who has the grace to save their lives?

At least, Shen Tingru won't.

Therefore, when she unfortunately encountered a colorful frog on the way back, and the accompanying Wei Cong died half of it in the morning and twilight, Zhao Dispatch appeared like a god, and after trying her best to relieve her poison, she picked up a life, and at the same time, also sent out a heart.

Seven hundred miles away, she walked for three months accompanied by Zhao Xian. When she finally returned to the Shen family, what was waiting for her was the marriage covenant between the two clans and the pearl fetus secretly formed in her womb.

"At that time, he told me to go home and wait for him, and when he returned to Beijing to meet his parents, he would send someone to hire me and marry me in a beautiful manner."

She looked at Chaorong, lowered her head, and slowly shed tears.

"I listened to him, I waited. Division......"

She originally wanted to follow Zhao to summon Chao Rong to say 'Master' as she had done in the past, but before she could say anything, she stopped in time.

It's out of place anymore, she thought.

At this time, Chao Rong said: "The old man knows that you have waited, and the old man once thought that after my disciple disappeared, you girl really died as the Shen family claimed to the outside world, and for this reason, the old man also shed two lines of tears for you!" The more he spoke, the more angry he became, "But now I know that my disciple and I are both fools!" I would believe you half-hearted little girl! ”

Shen Tingru shook his head, the tears became more and more fierce, and his mouth repeated over and over again: No.

I'm not half-hearted, I'm not thinking differently, I'm just ...... There's no way around it.

Chao Rong spit out the blame, felt a little relieved, and sneered: "Isn't it? Oh, tell me what it is! ”

What is it? The fact is that as soon as the news of the Marquis of Lingqiu and the Xiang clan fighting for his wife came out, the government and the opposition were shaken. After several turmoil, the eldest brother of the second son, Sagara, who had attacked the Duke of Jiyang County for three years, returned to Beijing from the battle, took the initiative to write to the Son of Heaven, and retired from the Shen family for his younger brother, and was willing to become an adult.

Shen Tingru heard the news in the south, and he hadn't been happy for a few days, but in a blink of an eye, it came out again that the Marquis of Lingqiu had eloped with the singer of the mansion and left a book.

Suddenly, Shen became a laughing stock, and she became an unfilial daughter who insulted her father.

Because of this, my mother couldn't get up in one breath, and she had a heart attack and died.

"He's gone, and I'm still pregnant with a baby in my womb, what can I do?" She is also aggrieved, all these years, no one can say these words, but when she says them, she is not comfortable at all.

Chao Rong asked: "You also believed the rumors outside, and think that I really had such a temperament and eloped with someone?" ”

Shen Tingru opened his mouth and didn't speak for a long time.

She didn't believe it either.

After her mother died, her father didn't even give her a chance to keep filial piety, and sent her to the Zhuangzi outside the city, thinking that when the child was born, there would be no such thing, and she would find someone with a lower family to marry. But she didn't give up, secretly ran out of the Zhuangzi, took her body, and went all the way to the north, and went forward.

"I'm ...... I wanted to go to him, and I wanted to ask him what was going on. I don't believe what others say, I just have to listen to him...... I want him to tell me that everything is fine, and in the last letter, he was still telling me that good things are going on, and suddenly he doesn't want me......"

"I want to tell him that I already have his child, even if he doesn't want me...... This kid ......"

However, she never had the opportunity to ask him these words in person.

When she walked out of the city, she was full of ambition, and her heart was full of fear and hope at the same time.

But when she went through hardships and walked to Handan City, but almost lost her life at the hands of bandits, the last bit of hope in her heart was also extinguished.

At that time, it was Xiang Tao's retainer and her now titular brother Huan Bushi who happened to bump into her on the way back to Beijing and came forward to rescue her.

At that time, it was the beginning of Wu Yao's eleventh year, and it had been ten months since the Xiang clan went to the south to seek relatives.

"The second son, Sagara, passed away shortly after the dissolution of the marriage, and everyone outside said it...... It is said that he was humiliated, so he was angry and could not afford to be sick. She showed shame on her face, and said with difficulty: "At that time, Brother Huan brought me to the county prince, I thought it was ......"

"I thought that the county prince should hate me very much for the sake of the second son, but he looked at my pregnancy, was silent for a long time, and didn't say anything."

"The next day, he only asked me if I would like to stay with him and give the child in my womb a place to live."

After she sneaked out of the house, Shen Gong was angry and announced that his daughter was dead and removed her from the family tree. She trekked all the way, and when she was most desperate, Xiang Tao stretched out a hand to him, just for his consideration of the child in her womb, she really couldn't refuse this proposal.

Outside the window, Pei Yao, who had been listening carefully, frowned slightly and looked straight.

It turns out that it is like this.

Really, that's true.

Everything has been explained, only Mrs. Huan - or Mrs. Shen, the knot in her heart can't be untied.

She straightened out her thoughts, left the window, walked into the court, and asked in a loud voice where the gardener was.

After a while, Chao Rong walked around from the back of the room with a black face.

"Yo, old-timer, why are you upset?" She smiled faintly, "Where did Shicai go?" ”

Chao Rong looked at her quietly, his gaze a little deep, as if he wanted to see something else through her.

He seemed to smile, "Heh, where has the old man gone, don't you know?" ”

Pei Yaowei was not surprised, but just lowered her head and smiled: "Well, there are some places, just go once." ”

Chao Rong looked at her for a while, didn't speak, went to pick up the barrel under the flower stand, and left.

Pei Yaowei stood in the courtyard for a while before entering.

Mrs. Huan still had tears on her face, and when she saw her come in, she was afraid that she would find out, so she turned her face sideways and picked up the needle and thread.

"Mother, this is ...... Ever cried? She asked.

Mrs. Huan was stunned, her expression was flustered, and she didn't know how to respond, but Pei Yaowei sat down beside her and hugged her side gently.

"Is my mother so reluctant to give up her daughter......

Mrs. Huan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, even if you get married, your daughter will definitely find an opportunity to come back to see you from time to time." She said softly, "No one can separate the relationship between our mother and daughter. ”

Mrs. Huan choked up for a while, tears fell on her hands, and nodded seriously: "Okay, mother believes." ”