Son as Wife

Chapter 34 Family life

   Walking through the weed-covered bluestone road, Yan Jingshu stepped up the steps. The guard had already opened the door for him, and a bitter medicine gas mixed with the smoke of inferior charcoal fire came out.

Yan Jingshu stepped into the door, the small courtyard has been abandoned for many years, the furniture in the house is old although not rotten, there are layers of cobwebs on the corner beams, it looks very dilapidated and desolate.

In the quiet room, Xie was sitting on the round chair in the hall with her eyes closed. She hadn't seen her for more than ten days. At this moment, most of her hair was gray, and her half-worn clothes looked empty, without any makeup. His face was thin and sallow, no longer the dignified and graceful look of the past.

"Why, aren't you even willing to call mother now?" Hearing the sound of footsteps, Xie, who had been waiting for a long time, opened his eyes.

Now that there is no need to pretend, Xie looked at Yan Jingshu with an undisguised gloomy and cold gaze, mixed with the most obvious disgust.

Yan Jingshu was not surprised, when he was imprisoned here in his previous life, he had seen Xie Shi's eyes like this, and he knew that this was Xie Shi's truest appearance to him.

"You don't like me calling you that, don't you?" Yan Jingshu calmly looked back at Mrs. Xie after stopping, and said indifferently.

Yan Jingshu's condescending gaze of indifference made Xie's face even more gloomy. She stared at Yan Jingshu with a fierce look in her eyes, as if she was not her child but an enemy in front of her. With a hoarse voice, she cursed: "You Wild species, bastard, unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, I should have strangled you, strangled you—"

"... wild species, bastard? Then what are you who gave birth to me?" Yan Jing wrote expressionlessly. He said, but only he knew how tightly the fisted hands hanging by his side were clenched.

"I gave birth to you?" Mrs. Xie sneered, with incomparable malice, and said with a sneer: "You, a lowly bastard who was born of an unmarried adultery, are also worthy of being my child?"

Yan Jingshu's pupils shrank suddenly, as if thunder was ringing in her ears.

As long as he could remember, he knew that his mother didn't like him. His mother would ask his eldest brother to add clothes, and would personally bring vegetables to his eldest brother. She would always hug and love her younger sister, and it was only him. Apart from being amiable in front of his father and grandmother, in private, he completely treats him as if he doesn't exist. Even if he was injured in front of his mother and bled all over the place, the mother just let the wet nurse take him away with disgust and impatience, as if he was something dirty and an eyesore.

Originally, he thought that his mother didn't like him because he was a twin and had a bad horoscope, and because he was in control of his grandfather's family, but it turned out that he was not his mother's child at all—

seeing that Yan Jingshu could no longer maintain his indifference. Xie's eyes flashed with joy, and he continued: "You are a bastard who should have been drowned when you were born, and you have taken my son's place. The glory and wealth that belonged to my son for more than ten years, now, it is time for you to return it." The

overturned mood was hard to calm down, Yan Jingshu was silent for a long time, and then said in a slightly hoarse voice: "...do you want What are you doing?"

Mrs. Xie said coldly, "What are you doing? Take back everything that doesn't belong to you. As the second young master of Duke Anguo's mansion, what you took away through the marriage dowry belongs to the Duke's mansion. These belong to my son, the real Second Young Master of the Duke's Mansion, not you, a scoundrel."

Yan Jingshu's lips were tightly pressed together, her blood was gone, her hands clenched into fists and her nails pierced deeply into her flesh Li felt no pain at all.

He doesn't care about the identity of the second young master of the Duke's Mansion, nor does he care about the dowry of tens of thousands of taels of silver. He had nothing in his previous life, and Jiang Chenghan has always treated him as before, but if Mrs. Yan and Mr. An know about this, I wonder how much they will suffer blow. There are also An Guogong's mansion and grandfather Xie's family, which will definitely be discussed.

In order to retaliate against herself, Xie actually ignored everyone.

Yan Jingshu remained silent, and Xie couldn't help but sneered contemptuously, and said again: "Why? Can't bear the glory and wealth of the Duke's Mansion?"

He closed his eyes, and just when Jingshu was finally about to say something, he listened to Xie's words. Suddenly said: "The old lady and your father love you so much, if you know that you are not from the blood of the Yan family, I don't know how sad it will be, especially the old lady, at that age, if you are too sad for a while, then you will do something... ..."

Yan Jingshu opened his eyes suddenly, looked at Mrs. Xie with deep and cold eyes, and said, "What do you want to do?"

His life experience was made public, and he was most afraid that Mrs. Yan would be sad and even hurt her body. Xie's words can be said to hit his weakness, but at the same time let him understand that Xie should use his life experience to achieve other goals, otherwise why would he ask himself to come here, and just announce everything directly .

Her plan was guessed, Xie was not surprised, her cheap son has always been a smart one, so she stopped talking nonsense, and simply said her plan, saying: "Speak to the old lady, let her Go to the Duke of Zhen's mansion to marry Yu'er to the prince of the Duke of Zhen, as long as you complete this matter, as long as Yu'er successfully marries into the Duke of Zhen's mansion, you will always be the second young master of the Duke of Zhen's mansion."

Unexpectedly Mrs. Xie actually made such a request, which made Yan Jingshu, who thought he wanted him to intercede with his grandmother, to release Mrs. Xie's Yan Jingyu, very surprised.

In fact, Mrs. Xie never wanted to seek freedom for herself and her daughter, but she knew better that Mrs. Yan would not let herself, the person who harmed her, be released easily, and Yan Jingyu had lost the favor of Duke An. Even if it is released, it will not change anything.

In this way, for the sake of her daughter's life and her own future, the only way to go is to let Yan Jingyu get married. As long as the daughter can find a good son-in-law, even for the sake of the Duke's family's face, Duke An will not let her daughter go, and when the daughter gains a foothold in her husband's house and can support herself, she will naturally leave this place Xiaoyuan, continue to be her Duke's wife.

"Don't you know that Mu Tingyuan, the son of Lord Zhen Guo, once treated me... Even so, you still want to marry Yan Jingyu to him?" Yan Jingshu knew that Yan Jingyu liked Mu Tingyuan, but he knew that Mu Tingyuan had no intentions for Yan Jingyu. Especially now that he has feuded with Mu Tingyuan, so how could Mu Tingyuan marry Yan Jingyu.

Yan Jingshu said that the Xie family never knew, but Yan Jingyu's affection for Mu Tingyuan has long been deeply rooted, and Mu Tingyuan is the successor of Zhen Guogong and the eldest princess. Achieving Yan Jingyu's long-cherished wish can also solve her current predicament, but it couldn't be better.

Furthermore, even if Mu Tingyuan has no intentions towards Yan Jingyu right now, she has confidence in her daughter. When the two get married and face each other day and night, and know the benefits of their daughter, they are not afraid that Mu Tingyuan will not be tempted. Then the relationship will naturally follow. Here comes. It's just that there is no need for Yan Jingshu to know about these.

"This has nothing to do with you, you just need to persuade the old lady to go to the Zhen Guogong's mansion to say goodbye." Xie said coldly, and then said: "You don't even think about doing anything to me to keep my mouth shut, I will marry you." Now that I have told you about this matter, I have already prepared for it. If any bad news about me comes out after today, within three days, everyone will know that you are just a bastard who occupies a magpie's nest. If If you don't believe me, you can give it a try."

Yan Jingshu didn't say anything, but took a deep look at Mrs. Xie, and he turned and left the main hall. After leaving the house, the warm afternoon sun shone on his body, but it couldn't dispel the chill in his heart.

"Second young master, you are finally out, this old servant will help you back." Nurse An's voice suddenly sounded with a gentle smile. Yan Jingshu

looked at her in surprise, and said, "Mother An, why are you here?"

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Yan Jingshu's body froze slightly, thinking of what Mrs. Xie said, thinking of her own life experience, she was afraid to see Mrs. Yan for a moment.

Mother An didn't seem to have noticed Yan Jingshu's strangeness, she still smiled and said: "Second young master, the old lady said that the lady has been ill for many days, and I am afraid that she is a little sick and confused, and her speech is not clear. Let me tell you, no matter Don't take anything Madam said to heart, if there is anything you don't understand, just ask Madam."

"Grandmother..." Yan Jingshu was at a loss when she suddenly learned of her life experience. What Mrs. Yan told him was like a handful of warm water pouring into his heart, and the hot current surged away, dispelling the coldness in his heart.

Calm down, Yan Jingshu knew that she still had to tell her grandma about this matter, and it was better for her to say it herself now than grandma would hear it from others unprepared in the future. As for whether grandma still recognizes him in the future, and how he treats him, he is willing to bear it.

With such a mood, Yan Jingshu followed Nanny An to Rong'an Courtyard.

Mrs. Yan had been waiting for a long time. Seeing that Yan Jingshu's expression was not right, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked, "What did your mother say to you?"

But Yan Jingshu walked up to Mrs. Yan without saying a word, and then knelt down. The old lady frowned even deeper, and said, "What's this all about?" She asked Mother An to help Yan Jingshu up again.

This time Yan Jingshu didn't listen to Mrs. Yan, he gently broke away from Nanny An, still kneeling, although it was very difficult, but he still opened his mouth to say every word of Mrs. Xie, her plan, her threat, every word. He told Mrs. Yan every word, but he kept his head down as he spoke, not daring to look at Mrs. Yan.

After Yan Jingshu finished speaking, there was a moment of quiet needle dropping in the room. After a while, Mrs. Yan finally spoke, but her tone was not the shock and anger that Yan Jingshu imagined, but a calm and clear voice that seemed to have been known for a long time, and said: " Did she actually tell you this? It seems that she is really desperate and can't think of any other way."

"Grandmother—" Yan Jingshu raised her head abruptly, her wide eyes filled with disbelief, if he had just You heard me right, did grandma know that she was not from the Yan family's blood?

As if knowing Yan Jingshu's surprise, Mrs. Yan quickly gave him an affirmative answer, and said in a very nonchalant tone: "Okay, get up, I knew about this a long time ago, it's not a big deal, there's no need to be like this "

Yan Jingshu was stunned by being helped up by Nanny An, she was a little dazed, the situation suddenly turned around, and Mrs. Yan's reaction was far beyond his expectation, so that he didn't know how to react.

Mrs. Yan pulled Yan Jingshu to sit next to her, recalled, and slowly talked about the past, "At the beginning, your elder brother gave birth prematurely, and your mother's body was also damaged, and then she had another miscarriage, which hurt her roots. Originally, she She should take good care of her for a few years, but she didn't want to be pregnant again soon. It's just that although this baby was taken care of every day, it was very difficult to conceive, and it was almost impossible to keep it several times.

Originally I asked the imperial doctor in private, even if your mother barely gave birth to this baby, it would be difficult to raise her. I don't want to wait until the birth, your grandfather is seriously ill, your mother went to visit her mother's house, and she became pregnant at her mother's house. I was born prematurely. When your father and I received the news and thanked the mansion, we saw you lying next to your mother.

Although you are twins, your father still loves you very much and didn't mind anything. At that time, I felt a little I was puzzled, but your mother gave birth smoothly and you are healthy, which is always a good thing, so I didn't take it too seriously. But after returning home, although your mother didn't show any abnormalities in front of me and your father, but In private, she is completely indifferent to you.

She thinks that she has been in charge of the house for many years and everything is under her control, but this cannot be hidden from me. I vaguely guessed at that time that when Your mother went home to visit your father and caused premature birth, or it was not as simple as it appeared. As you grow up, although you are outstanding, your appearance is completely different from your father's, and your mother's attitude towards you, It made me understand some things enough."

Hearing this, Yan Jingshu finally understood everything, but thinking of Mrs. Yan's love for him for many years, she couldn't help but her eyes turned red, and said: "...Grandmother, since you know, Then why, why..."

Without Yan Jingshu finishing his sentence, Mrs. Yan already understood what he meant, smiled kindly, and said: "Blood relationship is important, but the relationship that comes from getting along with each other is the most real. You have been filial since childhood, and you are regarded as My dear grandmother, I will naturally not deny you as a grandson. And there is one thing you should know, your father was adopted from the Yan clan, not my own, and there is no one in the entire Duke's mansion who is like me People who are connected by blood, how can I care about this."

Mrs. Yan's words completely calmed the panic and anxiety in Yan Jingshu's heart, and it was nothing more than a turn of events. Even if he wasn't the second young master of An Guogong's mansion, he was still grandma's grandson, and his real background would not bring harm to grandma. Thinking of this, Yan Jingshu finally let go of the burden in her heart.