Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 2

"Qingbi, come with me to my father's study." After combing her hair, Shen Yingxiu took Qingbi out of Yun Academy, looking at some strange pavilions, she stood there for a while, Turning her head, she said to Qingbi who was following up, "When did there become a rockery?" In my impression, this should be an open space.

During the three years when she was ill in Hou's mansion, she never came back and stepped into Shen's mansion. The buildings in her memory have long since faded. Qing Bi held a food box with prepared pastries in her hand and looked at her young lady With a confused look, "It's been a long time, the master had someone build it last summer, Miss, have you forgotten?"

Seeing Qingbi's cautious look, Shen Yingxiu smiled, "Maybe I'm confused, why don't I remember."

Qingbi made up her mind to go back and ask Yan's mother to ask the doctor to see the lady again. Did she hit her head when she fainted? Why can't the lady remember many things.

Bypassing those unfamiliar corridors, Shen Yingxiu walked very slowly, asking a few questions from time to time, and Qingbi answered them one by one without changing her expression. Master Shen's study is quite a distance from Yun Academy. At that time, Master Shen just went down to return to the mansion, saw them standing at the door of the study, and frowned.

"Why don't you take more rest, and don't bring more people with you when you come out, what if you faint again?" Shen Heye took her to the study with a touch of concern in his words, and Shen Yingxiu took the food box from Qingbi's hand Put it on the table and open it, and brought out a few plates of exquisitely crafted pastries, "Thank you for your concern, Daddy, Xiu'er feels much better, this is the pastry made by Ping'er early in the morning, and Xiu'er thinks the taste is better than the previous ones, so I will give it to you." Dad brought some over."

A trace of surprise flashed in Shen Heye's eyes. Could it be that he hadn't cared about this child for a long time, and he couldn't even see the change? Shen Heye was a little guilty, and took a bite of the pastry on the plate, "Then you don't have to come here by yourself, come Didn't you faint a few days ago, let the doctor come and see for you another day."

"Father, Xiu'er wanted to ask Daddy for a promise." Shen Yingxiu gently pushed the plate in front of him, "Cousin Jinze came to visit me a few days ago and asked me to visit my grandpa and grandma." Well, it just so happens that Wan'an Temple is near Grandpa's house, so I want to live in Qiao's mansion for a while and ask for an ever-burning lantern for my mother."

She didn't know what would happen when she went to the Qiao Mansion, but she knew that if she stayed here, someone would come to her door to propose a marriage three days later. This marriage would drag her back to 16 years old. Maybe it's God's pity She gave her such a chance of rebirth, so that she could contain the occurrence of this tragedy in the cradle.

Shen Heye looked at his daughter's teary eyes, and couldn't help trembling in his heart. Looking at the face that looked like his ex-wife, he nodded involuntarily, "Go ask Madam for instructions, and take some things with you. I'll listen to it in the courtroom today." My brother-in-law said that my father-in-law is not feeling well, so you can go and see for me."

Shen Yingxiu nodded obediently, put away the food box and walked out of the study. It was approaching lunch time and the weather was getting warmer. After Shen Yingxiu took Qingbi back to Yun Academy, Mother Yan was standing at the gate of the yard Waiting for her, seeing her coming from the path, hurriedly went up to meet her, "Hey, my eldest lady, if there is a way to go, I choose this path, what should I do if I fall!"

"Nurse, how can I be so exhausted." Shen Yingxiu looked at Yan's mother anxiously, and smiled and pulled her into the yard, "I went to my father just now, and my father agreed to let me go to grandpa's house. Nanny is going to help Xiu'er pack up, and we'll be leaving tomorrow."

"Then what about Madam." Yan's mother was overjoyed at first, then she looked worried, "What if Madam doesn't agree with you?"

"She won't disagree." Shen Yingxiu looked up at the clear sky, with a hint of laziness and certainty in her tone, and took a sip of the tea she had poured while holding the piano, "Send the things to the young master No?"

Ziyan opened the curtain and walked in, holding a sandalwood box in her hand, Yingxiu put down the cup and opened it, a little surprised, "Since when is he so polite, he is willing to give it to me." Sandalwood There are two unprocessed pearls in the box, the texture is translucent. These two pearls were brought back by my uncle when he was traveling abroad. Yinghui asked him many times and he refused.

"Miss, this is just right for making a pair of red hairpins. The beads must look very nice." Yingxiu put the lid on the box and shook her head with a smile, "If you really make a red hairpin and wear it, I'm afraid Yinghui will be very angry. , put it away."

Before waiting for a while, Ping'er came over with a food box. The three meals a day were taken by the big kitchen. Although there was a small kitchen in the yard, there were only so many monthly meals, and the small stove could not be opened at any time. The big kitchen came down The dishes were all arranged by the wife. Yingxiu looked at today's dishes, with an imperceptible smile on the corner of her mouth. It seemed that her mother was in a good mood today.

After lunch, Yingxiu took Qingbi to Mrs. Shen's yard. Yingxiu was only three years old when Tang married in. Before she gave birth to a son, Tang was still a little close to her, but As soon as Shen Qizhi was born, it seemed that the Tang family's status in this family had been established, and it wasn't considered bad for her, but just ignored her, so Shen Yingxiu in the previous life was raised with insufficient tutoring, and Mrs. Shen ignored her , there are no less cases, and no more.

Mrs. Shen looked up at Yingxiu who was sitting upright on the chair, she became quite quiet after being dizzy, "You haven't recovered yet, you can rest for a few more days at home, and Qiao's house doesn't have to Go in such a hurry."

Yingxiu expected that she would refuse. In the past, she would think that she was really thinking of herself. In fact, it was to keep her out of the door and not in the second door. No one in the capital knew that there was such a young lady in the Shen family. It would be best, "Daddy heard from the uncle when he came to court this morning that grandpa is not feeling well. Since his mother passed away, I seldom go back to Qiao's house. My mother left early. I should respect and be filial for my mother."

Her voice was soft and cowardly, and she looked at Mrs. Shen softly. She was very harmless. Senior Madam Qiao was in poor health. Tang himself was not qualified to go and see, let alone let her husband visit. , but let Shen Ying embroider, any level in that family would overwhelm her husband, Mrs. Shen was still unwilling.

"Father also said to prepare some things for visits. If you want to come to grandpa, you don't need anything. It's enough to show your heart. What do you think, mother?"

If Yingxiu shows any inadequacies, she can still refuse with reason. Mrs. Shen only thinks that smile is particularly dazzling, but it's just a teenage girl, and it can't make any waves. Tang's face darkens, and then she smiles. He said to her, "Since your father has agreed, then you can go, when will you leave."

"tomorrow."

As a mother should remind, Mrs. Shen casually said a few words, "I'm tired, you can arrange someone yourself."

Seeing her go out of her room, Mrs. Shen felt an indescribable strangeness in her heart. It happened that Yinghui came to see her after dinner, climbed onto the couch and nestled in Mrs. Shen's arms, "Mother, what are you thinking about?"

"You are not learning embroidery in your own yard. What are you doing here? Go back to take a nap, and the teacher in the embroidery workshop will come to class after a while." Mrs. Shen pulled her daughter out of her arms. But it is very strict, and nothing is left behind in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Yinghui pouted and looked at Mrs. Shen with some dissatisfaction, "I just saw my eldest sister go out from mother, mother, you will force me to learn this and that, Why don't big sisters use it!"

"You girl is not sensible, can you be the same as your big sister? You are a good daughter of mother." Mrs. Shen touched her daughter's hair. The [-]-year-old Shen Yinghui grew up in this big house, and she knew something by ear and eyes. She nodded knowingly, "Well, Huier is a good daughter of mother, but the eldest sister is not, and the eldest sister will not be able to marry better than Huier in the future!"

Mrs. Shen's face turned solemn, she grabbed her daughter's hand and asked, "Which snarky servant girl told you this!"

Yinghui looked at Mrs. Shen in pain, and shook her head hastily, "No mother, I heard it from some woman, and no maid told me."

Seeing that she was hurt by scratching her, Mrs. Shen hugged her and coaxed her, "I can only tell my mother this, and no one is allowed to say it in the future, and I don't want the maids under her hand to tell me. Come and tell your mother."

Shen Yinghui nodded with some fear, didn't stay here for long, and hurried back with her maid. Madam Shen narrowed her eyes and glanced at the door, and ordered, "Go and find out who said this in Miss Er's ear?"...

Yingxiu returned to the yard, Yan's mother and the others had almost packed their things, Yingxiu asked Baoqin to put in the two spring clothes she had just made, "Qingbi, you are the most stable among the girls, you and Would you like Mother Qiao to stay in the mansion?"

Qingbi neatly put her jewelry box in, nodded, "Miss, don't worry, I will definitely take care of Yun Academy." Turning around, she began to tell Baoqin and Xiangling what to pay attention to when they went to Qiao's mansion.

Yingxiu interrupted her, "Xiangling will also stay with you this time. Ziyan and Baoqin will go to Qiao's mansion with me. Qiao's mother is getting old, Xiangling, please take care of her."

Xiangling, who was packing her clothes, paused, a trace of reluctance flashed across her face, Yingxiu looked in her eyes and said nothing, and asked Baoqin to invite Mother Qiao over. Mother Qiao was Yingxiu's mother's nurse, and followed Qiao's house When Qiao Qingran passed away, Yingxiu brought all the mothers who were close to her mother over. When Qiao's mother walked in, Yingxiu had already changed her clothes and was about to take a nap.

He pulled Mama Qiao affectionately to sit down on the couch, and Yingxiu asked Qingbi to close the window, "Mama Qiao, you have been with your mother for the longest time. Do you have one?"

"The old slave was there when the master and wife were preparing the dowry. When the young lady passed away, the uncle locked up the young lady's treasury, and all the dowry was still there. The master had a copy of the gift list, and the uncle should also have it." Qiao's mother recalled All of a sudden, he said slowly.

"Mother should have used the dowry in these years. Grandpa and father have all the dowry at the beginning. Mother Qiao, do you have a list after the mother used it?" They were all given to her as a dowry, but the specific list was more than half less than when she married in. At that time, Yingxiu believed in Mrs. Shen, and she didn't know how much of it was drawn.

Qiao's mother looked up at her, with no extra expression on her face, but the hands held by Yingxiu trembled a little, "The old slave has the list that the young lady used at the beginning."

"Qingbi, follow Mother Qiao to get the list." Yingxiu stood up and sent Mother Qiao out the door. The room with the windows closed seemed a bit dark. Yingxiu lay down on the bed, a little dazed, and stretched out her hand in front of her eyes. For a while, but after a few days, I still feel tired lying on the hospital bed and moving more, but now I feel very smooth breathing.

Waking up in the middle of the night for the past few days, she was afraid that she would still go back to that room full of rotten smell. The deadly aroma in the air was covered by the strong smell of medicine, until the light soothing fragrance lingered in her nose, and her heart After a while, she really came back.

Early the next morning, after Yingxiu went to pay her respects to the Tang family, she got on the carriage to Qiao's mansion. The market was very lively in the early morning, and she could hear the yelling and selling from the market even in the carriage. Xiu pulled open the covering curtain and looked out, her gaze suddenly fixed there.

Baoqin looked at it and said with a smile, "Miss, this is the Nanyang Marquis Mansion. We came here three years ago, and it was the poetry meeting held by the second lady of the Qi family."

Yingxiu stared at the four big characters of Nanyang Marquis Mansion on the plaque, feeling a prickly pain in her heart, her hands unconsciously clutched the cushion under her body, until the gate of the mansion disappeared from her sight, she still couldn't calm down.

(End of this chapter)