Poor Family

the capital.

The last day of each month is the day when the nobles in the palace receive the court wives. As the countess, Mrs. Shi is naturally going to attend.

Whenever this time is the best opportunity for court wives and nobles in the palace to exchange feelings.

There are many wives, how to get into the eyes of nobles depends on the ability of the wives and the status of the husband's family.

Wuchang uncle's mansion, as one of the few surviving founding nobles, should have been treated with courtesy by the nobles in the palace and the wives, but the fact is completely opposite.

Because of the Prince Regent's case, Shifu was implicated in it. Although the former emperor did not deprive Shifu of his title, he directly ignored the existence of Shifu.

As a result, everyone saw that the first emperor didn't want to see the Shi family, so they all chose to distance themselves from the Shi family.

There is no emperor to value it, no relatives and friends to help, twenty or thirty years have passed, Shifu has long been far away from the noble circle, and now it is getting worse and worse.

However, even though every time she pays homage to nobles, she will be treated coldly, Mrs. Shi still comes to participate every time.

There is no way, this is one of the few opportunities for the Shifu to show its face and show its presence among the nobles, and she can't let the people in the capital completely forget the existence of Wuchangbo Mansion.

As usual, Mrs. Shi visited the Empress Dowager, Empress, Concubine and others with all the wives. After kowtowing, she waited in the side hall.

Next, the queen mother and queen will summon some wives to speak.

At this time, you can see the favor of each family and government.

Those who are valued by the emperor and those who are in the eyes of the nobles will be called to speak, and according to the degree of importance, they will either stay to speak, or get some rewards, or be left in the palace for lunch.

Mrs. Shi belonged to the group that was treated coldly, she was not summoned as usual, and could only leave the palace and return home with a gloomy expression.

Wuchang Earl's Mansion.

When the Shi family saw that Mrs. Shi came back so early, they immediately guessed what happened to her in the palace.

Mrs. Shi felt a little heavy. She thought that the suppression of the Shi family would end when the first emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne, but she didn't expect that the situation would not change at all.

The title of the Shi Mansion is over when it comes to the father-in-law, and now the Shi family still has the name of the uncle's mansion, but after a hundred years from the father-in-law, the Shi family may be completely wiped out.

"Mother has worked hard!"

Mrs. Shi did not dare to show her emotions on her face, and eagerly stepped forward to help Mrs. Shi.

Speaking of her mother-in-law, she admired her from the bottom of her heart.

It sounded like a great honor to enter the palace to meet the nobles in the palace, but the Shi family was ignored by the superiors, and the people in the capital all worshiped the high and trampled the low. She could imagine how embarrassing her mother-in-law would be after entering the palace.

But the mother-in-law never fails every time, and she never loses her temper with them because of being treated coldly in the palace after returning home. This kind of heart, this ability to bear, is something she will never be able to achieve.

When the old lady had calmed down a long time ago, she smiled and shook her head: "You have prepared enough ice cubes in the carriage, as well as refreshments and cakes. I'm neither hungry nor warm. It's hard work."

Mrs. Shi caressed Mrs. Shi back to Yixiang Courtyard, and after serving hot tea to Mrs. Shi herself, she smiled and said: "This morning, a letter was sent from the concierge. It was written by the second uncle. It's a thick letter."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Shi didn't care about drinking tea, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up and bring the letter, the family letters are usually written by the eldest brother, and the second brother hasn't written to me for many years, don't worry about it. Bar?"

Mrs. Shi hurriedly took the bulging envelope from the servant girl's hand, and handed it to Mrs. Shi with both hands: "Mother, don't think too much, if something really happens, it will be a letter from my uncle or aunt. The second uncle wrote a letter, probably because I missed my mother." .”

Speaking of Jiang Anbang, the corners of Madam Shi's mouth turned up, and she opened a letter while laughing and said: "Your uncle is serious. Whenever I got into trouble when I was young, my uncle would scold me severely, but your second uncle is different. Every time, he will protect me unconditionally, like an old hen guarding her chicks."

Mrs. Shi smiled and said, "That's because Second Uncle loves you."

Mrs. Shi quickly read the letter. At first, there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth, but slowly, the smile froze.

Mrs. Shi looked at Mrs. Shi's eyes widening, and the shock on her face became more and more intense. At the end, the hand holding the letter trembled, and her heart skipped a beat.

Don't tell me something happened to the Jiang family, right?

"Mother, what did Second Uncle say?"

Mrs. Shi ignored Mrs. Shi, and quickly flipped through the letter. After reading it once, it was not enough, so she started to read it again, and read it several times, her face was full of disbelief and unacceptable.

"Mother."

Seeing Mrs. Shi's loss of composure, Mrs. Shi was a little frightened, thinking in her heart, could it be that her uncle is gone? !

Mrs. Shi suppressed the huge shock in her heart, and quickly stepped forward to comfort Mrs. Shi: "Mother, don't worry, no matter what happens, you have to hold on."

Mrs. Shi's voice made Mrs. Shi, who was extremely incapable of accepting it, recover from the shock, looked at Mrs. Shi in a daze, and then leaned weakly on the chair.

His face was pale, his lips trembled slightly, his eyes were out of focus, and he looked like he had been hit by a huge blow.

Mrs. Shi's complexion also turned pale: "Mother, but uncle him"

Mrs. Shi was a little distracted, and after a long while she understood what Mrs. Shi meant, she shook her head, and reached out to support her swollen and dizzy head, but accidentally knocked over the hot tea on the table.

The scalding hot tea in the tea bowl was spilled on Mrs. Shi's hands, and in an instant, the back of her hands turned red.

"Mother!"

Mrs. Shi was startled, but Mrs. Shi didn't seem to feel anything.

Mrs. Shi hurried forward to wipe Mrs. Shi's hands with a handkerchief, and quickly ordered the servant girl to bring cold water.

When the servant girl brought cold water, Mrs. Shi put her hot hands into the cold water, and then she said, "Zhihan, go and do your business, I'm fine here."

Mrs. Shi is not at ease: "Mother, I'd better stay with you."

Mrs. Shi shook her head: "It's really fine, your first uncle and the others are fine, it's just that your second uncle said something, I have to take it easy."

Mrs. Shi glanced at the letter that Mrs. Shi held tightly in her hands, hesitated for a moment, and told the maids in the room to take good care of her, then nodded and turned to leave.

As soon as she left, Mrs. Shi picked up the letter with trembling hands, and read it again with tears in her eyes.

how is this possible?

Zheng Kun is not her son!

Mrs. Shi couldn't help but think of the scene when she went back to Rongcheng for the funeral, and when Beiyan raided Rongcheng, she was frightened and had to give birth early in the ruined temple by the roadside.

Not long after she had a seizure, a couple came outside the ruined temple to ask for help. The woman was also pregnant with Liujia, and she was also frightened and was about to give birth.

Feeling compassionate, the husband let the woman into the ruined temple and gave birth with her.

How could a child be wrong?

Even though she passed out after giving birth, there are still so many maids and wives around her!

Mrs. Shi really couldn't accept it, but she also knew her brother, if they didn't investigate clearly, they wouldn't send her a letter.

Zheng Kun

Thinking that the child she single-handedly raised was not her own son, the old lady's heart throbbed.

Seeing that Li Changsen suffered a lot of harsh treatment in the Li family mentioned in Jiang Anbang's letter, tears burst out of Mrs. Shi's eyes.

Military households, battlefields.

Thinking of her child growing up under such dangerous conditions, and almost dying several times, Mrs. Shi felt a little short of breath.

How could this be? !