Chapter Twenty-Three: Old Things
Sent away Shen Qiaoran, who looked uneasy, after Shen Qiaoshen freshened up, lazily crooked on the soft beauty couch, yawned, took a painting book in his hand, and flipped through it without a match.
"Girl, it's not too early, so it's better to rest early." Tachibana stepped forward and asked in a low voice.
Shen Qiaoshen looked down at the painting book, unmoved.
"Wait."
Entering the palace today, Shen Qiaoshen only brought Yun Ling and Zifu, and Tang Bai and Qing Dai stayed in the mansion.
It is precisely because of this that some people who already have ghosts in their hearts are more and more restless.
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In the Bishui Pavilion, all the objects that can illuminate the figure of the person have been cleaned.
A thin figure lay on the couch, quiet without a trace of life. The thick curtain of the bed faintly covers most of the head of the bed, leaving only a small space at the end of the bed.
A plain white hand 'brushed' the curtain of the bed open, and the person who came raised his head, revealing the expressionless face of Mrs. Bai's Lin.
"How long do you want to lie down?" Bai Lin said lightly.
The person on the couch moved when she heard the words, and a plain hand slowly lifted the brocade quilt that covered most of her head, revealing half of her beautiful side face, she paused, and slowly turned her head, surprisingly, the other half of her face, from the corner of her eyes downward, to the corner of her mouth, drew a long cut.
Xu has taken the medicine, and it is no longer as bright red as a few days ago, but the brown powder and the peeled flesh look very hideous and terrifying.
Looking at the wound on his daughter's face, Bai Lin's breath stagnated, and finally turned his head away.
Seeing that even his mother didn't want to look at this face anymore, Bai Xiaonian sneered: "Otherwise, what else can you do, this is in the Shen family, what can you do with them?" Even if Shen Qiaoqi deliberately ruined my face, you still can't do anything!! ”
She gradually became excited, "And that Shen Qiaoshen, what kind of thing is she?" Deserve to laugh at me? Why is she so fateful, why didn't she drown! ……”
In the end, he gradually became incoherent, only the deep hatred in his eyes, and the faint madness.
Looking at the out-of-control Bai Xiaonian, Bai Lin was indifferent, and just asked Mama Sun next to her to step forward to stop her, while she stood aside and watched coldly.
If this scene were to be seen by others, it would be shocking. After all, the Bai Lin clan at this moment is completely different from the gentle, polite, cheerful and straightforward Mrs. Bai in front of the people in the past.
It's just that at this time, in the boudoir of Bai Xiaonian in Bishui Pavilion, in addition to the mother and daughter, there is only the Bai Lin clan's henchman Grandma Sun, and as for the maid and mother-in-law sent by the Shen family, they were all sent to rest by Grandma Sun early.
"Alright, what's the use of talking about that now."
Bai Lin said coldly, then walked to the table and sat down, and poured himself a cup of tea. Because the maid on duty at night was taken away in advance, the tea in the pot was already cold, and Bai Lin did not dislike it, and still drank it in small sips.
His mother's cold words completely pierced Bai Xiaonian's heart, thinking that Shen Qiao Shen had been cherished and pampered by everyone in the Shen family since he was a child, and he had not been close to his mother since he was a child, and even if he ruined his face now, he couldn't get the slightest appeasement from Bai Lin's family, all of which made the tight string in Bai Xiaonian's heart break in an instant, and the surging hatred could no longer be suppressed.
"Why! Why do this to me! Why wasn't it you who married into the Shen Mansion back then! Otherwise, everything Shen Qiaoshen should be mine!! ”
The voice was extremely sharp, and Mama Sun was startled, and hurriedly pounced on it to cover Bai Xiaonian's mouth.
"Girl...... Don't be like this, but be quiet......" Bai Xiaonian was covered with his mouth, still struggling without giving up.
"Shut up."
Bai Lin put down the teacup in his hand with a heavy 'bang' and said sharply.
Bai Xiaonian trembled slightly, looked at Bai Lin's sword-like gaze, put down his hand and stopped struggling.
Seeing this, Mama Sun also let go of her hand, and instead picked up the handkerchief soaked in warm water on the side, carefully avoiding the wound, and gently wiped Bai Xiaonian's tear-stained face.
After wiping it, he got up and said softly: "Girl, you also feel sorry for Madame, after all, now, she only has one relative." ”
Then he looked at Bai Xiaonian's expression and hesitated: "What happened back then...... Although it is not what Mrs. wants, the third girl is the daughter of the Lin family after all, and Mrs. She ...... Madame can't help it. ”
The third girl in her mouth is the daughter of the Lin family, that is, Shen Qiaoshen's mother, and now Mrs. Shen Lin Yuyan.
The words were vague, and the meaning revealed in the words also made Bai Xiaonian stunned on the spot, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Grandma Sun didn't say anything anymore, glanced at Bai Lin, then got up and returned to Bai Lin's back, gently rubbing her shoulders.
The candle flame in the room flickered, and Bai Xiaonian came back to his senses, looked at Bai Lin's clan sharply, and said eagerly.
"In other words, it was Lin Yuyan who robbed her mother's relatives, and it should have been my mother who was originally going to marry into the Shen Mansion?"
The sudden 'truth' made Bai Xiaonian's mind active, and he didn't even want to call his aunt, but called her by her name.
Looking at the strong unwillingness in Bai Xiaonian's eyes, Bai Lin smiled at the corner of his mouth, but his expression was very strange.
After a while, only to hear her voice sounding softly:
"Put away your little tricks, don't act rashly, if it hurts my business, I will not spare you."
In the dimly lit room, Bai Lin sat at the table, only his delicate face was reflected in the candle flame in front of him, and there was a kind of calm madness in his eyes. There is a kind of weirdness in the half-light and half-darkness.
Bai Xiaonian on the couch also quieted down, lowering his head, not knowing what he was thinking.
Until the candle on the table gradually went out. In the dark night, the entire Bishui Pavilion was calm.
Only those secrets that they thought they were unknown to others, with the wind of the spring night, drifted away somewhere.
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"That's what she said?"
In the Yilan Courtyard, Shen Qiaoshen leaned on the beauty couch, and the painting book had been thrown aside. looked at Zifu in front of him and asked softly.
The lamp on the small table on the other side had already dimmed the wick, and the sound of the lamp bursting sounded, and Orange immediately stepped forward and took it away.
Shen Qiaoshen glanced at Tang Bai, his heart warmed slightly, and then he turned his head and continued to listen to Zifu.
Zifu, who had just disappeared as soon as she entered the mansion, was taking a cup of tea from Yun Ling's hand at this time, drank it, then wiped the corners of her mouth, nodded and said:
"Yes girl, after the old lady returned home, Mama Su went to Bishui Pavilion in person, and when she left, she took Chunxing and a few of them to Jinghe Hall, and she didn't come out yet."
Chun Xing is also the son of the Shen Mansion, and she was pointed out by Mrs. Shen to serve Bai Xiaonian earlier, and she is the same big girl of Bishui Pavilion as Lixia who made a mistake.
"After they left, Mama Sun beside Mrs. Bai sent everyone else away, saying that the cousin was injured and was in a bad mood and didn't want to see anyone."
After speaking, he poured himself another cup of tea and drank it deliciously.
"And how do you know?" Seeing that Zifu was only concerned about drinking tea, Yun Ling on the side urged.