Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 179
Wan Shu rushed back to her mother's house angrily.

After listening to Agui's report, Chu Sui remained expressionless, and went back to the inner room to guard Brother Run, without eating dinner.

At the next day, the boy on the bed finally moved.

Chu Sui's heart tightened, looking at his son who yawned and opened his eyes, he was a little panicked.

Brother Run rubbed his eyes sleepily, opened one of them, and saw a strange man sitting beside the bed.Brother Run was startled, and he exchanged glances with the strange man. He instinctively turned to look for his mother, but he searched around in and out of the bed, but couldn't find his mother.

"Who are you?" Having never dealt with a few strangers since birth, Brother Run shrank back defensively, clutching the quilt with his little hands, "Where's my mother?" The boy's voice was low, sounding like Very poor.

Chu Sui didn't dare to tell his son that his mother was gone, because he was afraid that the boy would not be able to stop crying, so he tried his best to smile gently, and looked at the boy affectionately with his phoenix eyes: "Brother Run, do you know who I am? "

Brother Run shook his head, and looked at him carefully after shaking his head. For a boy who didn't like looking in the mirror very much, he couldn't see the resemblance between himself and his biological father, but Brother Run could already tell the quality of the clothes.Looking at the fine silk and satin on the man's body, the shiny jade pendant around his waist, and looking at the strange and stylish furnishings in the room, Brother Run knows that this man's family is rich.

This is a rich, good-looking man.

With such a judgment, Brother Run is not particularly afraid. He stared at the man with jet-black phoenix eyes probing, "Who are you? Why am I at your house? Where is my mother?"

The boy was quite courageous, and he didn't cry desperately because his mother wasn't around. Chu Sui relaxed a little, looked at his son with a smile and asked, "Have you heard of the Duke of Chu's mansion?"

Brother Run opened his mouth slightly.In the Duke's Mansion of Chu, mother said that father is the second master of the Duke of Chu's mansion. Before going to bed at noon, mother told him that he would see his father soon. Could this man be his father?Brother Run's heart was pounding, and he was about to nod, when he suddenly remembered Uncle Zhou's words. Uncle Zhou warned him again and again that when he arrived at the Duke's Mansion, he had to pretend he didn't know anything beforehand.

These thoughts flashed by quickly, and Brother Run shook his head blankly.

Chu Sui understood the boy's blankness just now as being unfamiliar with the "Chu State Mansion". He smiled slightly, held the boy's small hand and said: "Except for the royal relatives, the Chu State Mansion is the most famous big family in the capital." People, I am the second master of Duke Chu's mansion, and I am also..."

Having said that, Chu Sui restrained his smile and stared at the boy's eyes with complicated eyes, "Brother Run, I am your father."

The guess was confirmed, Brother Run was really stunned.

He raised his head and stared intently at the man beside him.He is seven years old, ever since he realized that he should have a father, Brother Run has been thinking about what his father looks like and where he is.Every time he saw other children on the street with their fathers in their arms, Brother Run would ask his mother once, but when his mother refused to tell him, he would cry sadly.Brother Run was very happy when he learned that Uncle Zhou wanted to help him find his father. Unexpectedly, he really saw his father today.

This man is his father, who is more beautiful and richer than any other children's father he has ever seen.

Brother Run grinned at first, and then cried. Gu Lu got up and threw himself into Chu Sui's arms, hugging him tightly, crying until his tears wet Chu Sui's lapel, "Daddy, why don't you want me and mother? I miss you so much, everyone else has a daddy, but I don't..."

Weeping, really crying.

Which child doesn't want to have his parents hurting him?
The boy cried pitifully, and Chu Sui felt very upset when he heard his son's immature complaints.He really didn't know that Dong Yue'er was pregnant with a child. If he knew... maybe he would kill the child no matter whether he was 16 years old or the current him. He can see that Brother Run looks so much like him, Chu Chu Then I couldn't bear to let him go any longer.

"It's Daddy's fault. Daddy didn't know your mother was pregnant with you, otherwise he would have picked Brother Run back." Chu Sui lowered his head and kissed the top of the boy's head, and assured him in a low voice, "Don't worry, Brother Run. From now on, Daddy will teach you to read." Writing, I will teach you to become a high-ranking official, Brother Run will give you whatever you want."

Brother Run nodded in satisfaction.

Chu Sui pushed his son away, supported his son's shoulder with one hand, and took out a handkerchief with the other to help his son wipe away his tears.Brother Run looked up at him without blinking his head, Chu Sui smiled and he also smiled, he was a child after all, he was happy to see his father who had been looking forward to it for a long time, he didn't have too many complicated thoughts, let alone think deeply about his father The reason for not taking them back to Beijing.

"Father, where's my mother?" The excitement of recognizing his father calmed down a little, and Brother Run thought of his mother again.

Chu Sui frowned, looked at his son relyingly, he pursed his lips, and said helplessly: "Brother Run, Dad was only 16 years old when he met your mother, your mother is a village woman, we are not suitable, so Father gave your mother a sum of money and came back to the capital by himself. Later, father married another wife, who just married this year. After your mother found out, she didn’t want to be a concubine, so she left you to me to take care of, and she returned home alone. Yue Yang has gone..."

"I don't believe it, Mother said she would raise me with Daddy!" Brother Run couldn't accept that his mother left him and left, and was about to jump out of the bed with bare feet, but was held down by Chu Sui in time.Brother Run couldn't resist him, so he cried "wow", wailed loudly, and called mother over and over again.

Mother said that they would have money if they found daddy, and he also promised to buy clothes for mother to wear, how could mother not want him?

Brother Run kept crying, trying to jump off the ground to find his mother, crying until his body convulsed.Chu Sui couldn't help feeling distressed. He had suffered for a long time after his grandfather passed away. Now that his son is separated from his mother who has been with him for seven years, it will only be more heartbreaking.

But Chu Sui couldn't guarantee anything, he couldn't find Dong Yue'er and come back, he had to make his son give up.So Chu Sui just hugged his son and comforted him again and again until Brother Run was so exhausted from crying that he buried him in his arms and sobbed softly.

Chu Sui often coaxes his two younger sisters, and he has some experience in coaxing children. When he heard his son's stomach growling, Chu Sui immediately thought of an idea, wiped away his tears again, and asked his son, "Brother Run, are you hungry?" , Daddy asked someone to cook you a table of delicious food, will Daddy feed you?"

Brother Run was hungry, but he didn't want to eat. While crying, he begged his father pitifully, "I won't eat, Daddy, you go find your mother and come back quickly, I want my mother..." As he spoke, he began to cry again.

"Your mother has gone far away, and father doesn't know where she went." Chu Sui lied seriously, hugged his son, and told Agui to pass on the meal.

There was indeed a table of hearty meals in the kitchen, and when it was ready, Chu Sui picked up his son and walked towards the main room.Brother Run was still sobbing and crying at the beginning, but when he saw the table of food, there were chicken, fish, pig's trotters, and many dishes he had never seen before, the boy swallowed Swallow, slowly stop crying.

Chu Sui secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his son is still young and can be fooled with these things. If he grows up, it will be difficult to coax him.

Putting his son on the chair, Chu Sui sat next to his son, picking up food for Brother Run one by one, just like a maid serving the master, just watching Brother Run eat without moving a chopstick.Brother Run asked if it was good after he took a bite. Brother Run forgot about his mother for the time being while eating these delicious meals.

After the meal, Chu Sui asked someone to prepare water. He took a bath with Brother Run and told Brother Run who was in the family.Brother Run's eyes were already swollen from crying, and now he was soaking in a comfortable hot bath, looking at his handsome and gentle father, although he still missed his mother, he didn't cry so much anymore.

After taking a shower, the father and son share the bed.

Chu Sui hugged the boy's small body, and continued to speak sweetly, "Brother Run, Daddy always wanted to have a son, and now he finally has..."

Most of the time, he was the one who spoke, while Brother Run listened dully.After talking for some time, seeing that his son was finally sleepy, Chu Suicai said in a low voice: "Brother Run, Daddy knows that you miss your mother, but she has already left. From now on, Daddy will treat Brother Run well. Brother Run also regards this place as your home, so you can live with your father in peace of mind, okay?"

Brother Run slipped into his father's broad arms, and after a long, long time, he choked with sobs and nodded.

In the dead of night, in Cheng Enhou's mansion, Mrs. Cheng Enhou is also coaxing her daughter.

Wan Shu returned to her natal home in the evening, which shocked the whole Hou Mansion. Wan Shu didn't want to talk to her brothers and sisters-in-law, and was bored in the boudoir alone. She calmed down when it was dark, and opened the door for her mother. When she saw her mother, she couldn't stop crying Stopped, crying and complaining about the Chu family.

Her daughter suffered such a big grievance when she was just married. Of course Mrs. Cheng Enhou was dissatisfied with what the Chu family did, but she was no longer a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. She knew that tears and complaints could not solve the problem.After patiently listening to her daughter cry, Mrs. Cheng Enhou wiped her daughter's tears with a wet handkerchief. When Wan Shu calmed down, she asked in a low voice: "Shu'er, we are the only two mothers here. Tell your mother the truth. Do you want to spend time with Shi Qian? If not, mother will arrange for you two to reconcile tomorrow."

Wan Shu raised her head in astonishment, and called out in disbelief, "Mother..."

She was just angry, she didn't... she didn't think about getting along with Chu Sui.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou understood, she sighed, put her arms around her daughter and said: "Shu'er, if this matter is changed to mother, mother will be wronged, but if you want to live with Shi Qian, you shouldn't be so impulsive, isn't it just a A concubine? Bring it back and bring it back, what can it do to you? With so many family properties in the Duke’s mansion, why worry about his future dowry?"

Wan Shu defended aggrievedly: "But when I saw that child, I would think of Chu Sui following other women..."

Mrs. Cheng Enhou laughed: "You just thought, what will you do when Chu Sui brings another woman back?"

"He dares!" Wan Shu raised her head from her mother's arms and said with wide eyes.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou nodded her forehead, "He is the second master of the Duke's Mansion, full of talent, learning, and suave. In terms of ability, your eldest brother and the others are not as good as Shi Qian, but who hasn't touched the maid around him before getting married? It's fishy, ​​the Chu family has a good family style, and Shi Qian was only foolish once when he was young, otherwise he really took two concubines, what can you do?"

Wan Shu's expression darkened.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou patted her daughter on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Shu'er, get married and follow your husband. We women want to live a good life after marriage. We have to learn to let go of what should be let go, and we can't care about it. Looking at the capital, people like Shi Qian are also A good husband and son-in-law, one in a hundred, today, if I were to be my mother, she would recognize the child generously, and Shi Qian also knew that he did not behave kindly, and felt ashamed. Seeing that you are so virtuous, he will definitely treat you well in the future You, don't you think so? On the contrary, if you make such a fuss, it's easy to toss away the guilt in Shi Qian's heart. If you still refuse to let go, blame him for it. Shi Qian's heart is cold, and he really wants to find another woman what to do?"

Wan Shu finally listened and pursed her lips, secretly regretting her impulsiveness.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou looked at her daughter, smiled and comforted her: "Okay, don't worry, Shi Qian will come tomorrow, you can follow him back along the steps, be gentle in private, there is still time. As for that child, Now that their father and son have just met, Shi Qian has never been a father, so he must be wholeheartedly trying to make up for his son, even if Shu'er is dissatisfied, she must endure now, and cannot touch Shi Qian's rebellious scales again."

Wan Shu rolled her eyes and asked pleasantly, "Mother, what do you mean is that ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge?"

Mrs. Cheng Enhou didn't deny it, she pinched her daughter's nose, "My spoiled daughter, I can't just let people bully me and not fight back, but Shu'er remembers that small punishments are fine, and you must not make things big, let alone be punished by others." People take hold."

Wan Shu readily complied.

The next day, as soon as everyone in Cheng Enhou's mansion had breakfast, the second wife of Chu, Chu Sui's mother and son came to the door with gifts.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou sent away her son and daughter-in-law, and their husband and wife accompanied their daughter to meet guests.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou knew to persuade her daughter, but her daughter was wronged. She also wanted to sneer at Chu Sui's mother and son to support her daughter, but when she saw Chu Sui's face was hurt, Mrs. Cheng Enhou's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately He gave his daughter a hard look.Really, the daughter's actions turned out to be unreasonable!
Wan Shu lowered her head guiltily.
Mrs. Cheng Enhou decided to teach her daughter a lesson in the future, and stepped forward to care about her son-in-law first, and blamed herself: "Shu'er is so ignorant, it's all because I spoiled her too much in the past, and made her lawless... Shi Qian, it's mother's fault." For the sake of it, you forgive Shu'er for once? Next time Shu'er dares to mess around, Mother will teach her personally."

Chu Sui looked at his wife.

Wan Shu glanced at him timidly, a little wronged and a little scared, afraid that her husband would not forgive her.

After a night's rest, Chu Sui had calmed down. At this time, his wife obviously felt remorse, and Chu Sui didn't want to worry about the injuries on his face any more. Confusion led to today's fruit, causing Shu'er to be wronged, Shi Qian knew I was wrong, and asked my father-in-law and mother-in-law to forgive me once, Shi Qian promised that I would never let Shu'er suffer this kind of wronged again in the future."

Cheng Enhou is a man, so he can understand Chu Sui's thoughts better, and said with a loud smile: "Shi Qian's words are serious, and it was Shu'er who made a big fuss, but... well, Shi Qian, don't blame Shu'er for being hot."

Chu Sui shook his head, taking all the faults on himself.

The two families forgave each other, Cheng Enhou talked with his son-in-law, and the female relatives went to the backyard.

The Second Madam Chu didn't want to offend the Wan family, so while her daughter-in-law was back in the boudoir to pack her things, she whispered to her mother-in-law helplessly: "That village girl from Dong's family was born, and Shi Qian gave her a sum of money back then and it was cut off. She is lucky enough to be pregnant with a child? In fact, the sons born to such women are at most raised in Zhuangzi, and they will never be brought home to raise, but, our Chu family..."

Madam Cheng Enhou looked at her in surprise, "Do you have any difficulties?"

Mrs. Chu glanced at the door, her voice lowered, "I'm only telling you this, you must never spread it."

Madam Cheng Enhou nodded immediately, and promised repeatedly that she would keep her mouth shut.

Mrs. Chu then sighed: "You know that Shijin's daughter-in-law is having a difficult labor? Qiao Lao said that she might not be able to give birth in the future... Alas, Shiqian is the only two brothers in his life, and Shijin has no children. Remaining Shiqian, Mrs. Tai is worried that the descendants of the Chu family are too weak, so she is reluctant to part with Brother Run, otherwise how can we let Shu'er be wronged?"

Mrs. Cheng Enhou suddenly realized, and her heart suddenly brightened!Lu Mingyu couldn't have a baby, so wouldn't Chu Xing have to adopt a son from his cousin?In other words, her grandson is very likely to become the next Duke of Chu?

Thinking about it this way, an annoying matter suddenly turned into a happy event.

(End of this chapter)