Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 171

In the golden autumn season, the three wives gave birth to a baby boy, and the mother and child were safe.

So far, the life of the three couples in the Hou Mansion has come to a close.

After giving birth, the third wife has a much gentler personality. Even when talking to the second wife, she is also kind.

Yu Shaohuan's love for his son is not enough to put it down. He hurried home after finishing his official duties every day to take good care of his wife and children.

On this day, Ye Xizhao made soup for the third lady with his own hands, and went over in person.When he entered the door, it happened that Yu Shaohuan was holding the child, his brows were full of pampering and satisfaction.

When Yu Shaohuan noticed Ye Xizhao coming in, he smiled and said, "Thank you sister-in-law. Thanks to sister-in-law for taking care of Si Niang for so long."

"It should be so." Ye Xizhao smiled and poured the soup into a bowl and handed it to the third lady, "I was also thanks to the help of my third sibling."

The third lady thanked her with a smile, drank two mouthfuls of soup and said: "I am used to the meals cooked by my sister-in-law, and the taste is tricky."

"That's good." Ye Xizhao smiled even more, "In the future, as long as I cook, I'll send you a copy."

While talking, the second lady accompanied Mrs. Tai over.

Mrs. Tai took the child with a smile, "Come and see my precious grandson."

The second lady took a set of clothes from the maid and gave it to the third lady, "I made it, you can wear it as you go."

"Thank you, Second Sister-in-law!" The third wife thanked her bluntly, and looked over at her mother-in-law and the two sisters-in-law, her eyes full of peace and contentment.She once thought about giving up a period of life, but because her husband did not give up, and because her mother-in-law and sister-in-law helped her ease the relationship between her husband's family and her mother's family without a trace, she has what she is today, and she will never forget these things for a day.

Yu Shaohuan and the third wife looked at each other and smiled tacitly.

Sitting in the third room and talking for a while, Ye Xizhao sent Mrs. Tai back to her room.

Mrs. Tai said as she walked: "Now that the three brothers have already spread their branches and leaves, I have no regrets."

Ye Xizhao said sincerely: "It's thanks to a mother-in-law like you, otherwise, the only one who is perfect is the second master."

"Even if I have that kind heart again, if you are ignorant, even Da Luo God can't do anything about it. People, the most important thing in life is people's hearts." Mrs. Tai's expression darkened, "If you are all like Shaoyun and the emperor, everything will be fine. If you are not willing to give in, you will not be able to live a good life.”

Ye Xizhao secretly sighed, Yu Shaoyun and Zhong Liye had already become everyone's heart disease, but no one could persuade those two people.Anyone can have a solution?
Before the winter solstice, Zhong Liye sent several letters to the Queen Mother and Yu Shaoyun.

The letters to the Queen Mother always have a few pages full, causing the old man to cry; the letters to Yu Shaoyun are always some portraits, or a few words, which make Yu Shaoyun laugh and cry.

The queen mother has accepted her fate by now, and began to exchange letters with Zhong Liye. Even Kang Wang also began to write letters to Zhong Liye, asking Yu Shaoheng's subordinates to help deliver them to Zhong Liye.

As for Yu Shaoyun, he never said a word to Zhong Liye.

Yu Shaoheng and Ye Xizhao entered the palace separately, and mentioned this matter to Yu Shaoyun several times.Yu Shaoyun's attitude was the same: she felt that there was nothing wrong with today's life, and it didn't matter whether Zhong Liye came back or not.

In his spare time, Yu Shaoyun started to save the expenses in the palace, and the silver taels saved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs were reserved for disaster relief and porridge, which was praised for a while.

Gradually, the officials who came in and out of the court got used to the fact that there was no emperor in charge, and they followed the lead of the left and right ministers Yongping Hou Ma.

On this winter day, Yu Shaoheng didn't go back to his room for dinner at night, but dealt with government affairs in his study.

Ye Xizhao finished eating in Mrs. Tai's room, on the way back to the main room, he heard that Yu Shaoheng put the food delivered to the study aside, and frowned helplessly.

It really is true that no one is perfect, this guy is always so careless about food, clothing and daily life.

She handed the child to the wet nurse, went to the small kitchen, made some dumplings with her own hands, made a few side dishes, warmed a jug of wine, put it in a food box, and sent it to his study.

Yu Shaoheng was reading a letter he had just received under the lamp.

Ye Xizhao coughed lightly, put the food and wine on the table aside for him, then turned to pinch his ear, "Let's eat first."

"Okay." Yu Shaoheng smiled apologetically, and got up to eat.

Ye Xizhao sat across from him, poured him a glass of wine, looked at his expression, and asked curiously: "You seem to be in a good mood, what's the matter?"

Yu Shaoheng said: "It's a good thing. The emperor plans to settle down."

"Really?" Ye Xizhao's eyes lit up.

"Don't rush to be happy." Yu Shaoheng drank the wine in his glass before giving the following, "He wants to set up an academy in Jiangnan with Tang Hongxiao."

"What?" Ye Xizhao was stunned, and his surprise turned into confusion and disappointment, "Does it mean that you don't plan to go back to the palace to reunite with your wife and children?"

"I wrote a letter and asked me to provide a sum of money to help." Yu Shaoheng smiled, "It's not easy to stop traveling and settle down."

Ye Xizhao still had a headache, "But he's always like this. It's outrageous to leave Shaoyun alone in the palace. I don't think the two of them have no affection at all."

"Take your time." Yu Shaoheng said sincerely, "If they are replaced by ordinary people, the situation may be even worse."

Ye Xizhao filled him with wine, then pointed to the dishes and dumplings, "Don't just focus on drinking, the most important thing is to eat something, I made it specially for you."

Yu Shaoheng reached out and rubbed her face, "Bi Niang is still talking to me now."

Ye Xizhao couldn't help but glared at him, "Mum knows I'm taking care of you so she doesn't care about these things." Then he opened his hand, "Eat quickly!"

Yu Shaoheng smiled, "Of order."

"Then I'm going back to my room." Ye Xizhao stood up and touched his cheek, "Be obedient and eat more, as long as I'm still here to watch you."

Yu Shaoheng laughed out loud, and held her hand, "There's nothing else to do today, just wait, I'll go back to the room with you."

"That's fine." Ye Xizhao turned around and sat down again.

Yu Shaoheng handed the glass to her, "You drink, I eat."

"it is good."

Yu Shaoheng finished his meal in a turbulent manner, and returned to the main room with Ye Xizhao.

Brother Rui was still asleep, so Ye Xizhao asked his nurse to carry him into the room and coaxed him to call Yu Shaoheng's father.

Rui Ge'er, on the other hand, looked bewildered and refused to make a sound.

"It's all my fault, Miss Xin, you always coaxed me when I was young, but now Brother Rui only sees you once in a few days." Ye Xizhao complained to Yu Shaoheng, and asked Brother Rui to call his mother instead.

Brother Rui looked at Ye Xizhao, smiled innocently, and called out in a clear and melodious childlike voice, "Mother!"

"Brother Rui is so good!" Ye Xizhao's smile was exceptionally soft, he gently rubbed Brother Rui's face, and kissed again.

Yu Shaoheng looked at the mother and child carefully, his expression slightly condensed.The son is cute and innocent, and the wife's smile and expression are too gentle and full of warmth.

I finally understood why she was jealous of her daughter in the first place.This feeling is really not good, as if she is going to be snatched away, even if it is a child who is connected with them by blood.

Ye Xizhao noticed that he was slightly stunned, and pushed him slightly, "What's wrong?"

Yu Shaoheng replied calmly: "I'm jealous."

Ye Xizhao was stunned for a moment, then laughed, thinking that you will still be jealous for a long time.

A few days later, Ye Xizhao went back to the prime minister's mansion to visit his parents.When entering the door, I met Mrs. Xu who was walking out.

This time, when Xu saw Ye Xizhao, he greeted Ye Xizhao with a smile, and his voice was very polite.

Ye Xizhao watched Xu's walk away, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked Meng after entering the room: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Meng nodded with a smile, "You have heard about Shao Heng helping the Xu family's business, otherwise you wouldn't have handed over the person who took care of your dowry to me. In the past, I was too lazy to be with her. My family said that now the Xu family's situation has improved and everything is going well, so I will tell her. This way, it will save her from remembering you and your husband."

"No wonder." Ye Xizhao smiled relievedly, and guessed again, "Since my eldest brother left Beijing, she has been very comfortable in the mansion, right?"

"Indeed." Meng's face was full of approval, "It's also thanks to Fang Fei. This year, I don't care about the affairs of the house. Fang Fei can actually preside over the Zhongfu by herself, but she usually takes your sister-in-law with her for everything. The two sisters-in-law are slow." Gradually, I became close, and I think that I am also a bowl of water on weekdays, and I have never shown her face." He said with a smile on his face, "Speaking of it, it's been a long time to see people's hearts, and she is still If you are confused, you can't fail to see what is good or bad. As long as you have a little conscience, you can understand that Shao Heng helped the Xu family out of this predicament because of the relationship between you and the Xiangfu."

Ye Xizhao nodded approvingly, and suggested: "It's better to tell elder brother about these things earlier, so that he won't worry about being alone."

"That's right, I'll write a letter to your elder brother right now." Meng turned her head and called for someone to fetch a pen and ink.

Ye Xizhao stood up, "You write a letter first, I'll go and see Fangfei."

"Go."

Walking through the Chaoshou verandah and walking to the Moon Cave Gate, Ye Xizhao saw Fang Fei leaving the hall with a letter in her hand, and she was blaming the maid who followed closely behind her: "How can the letter for sister-in-law be delivered to you?" In my room? You don’t know how to see it clearly before bringing it over.”

The servant girl explained with shame: "The servant in the front yard was negligent for a while, and the servant girl didn't know a few words, so she thought it was a letter from the uncle to the second master as usual."

"Be more careful in the future."

Before Fang Fei finished speaking, Ye Xilang came out from the room, holding a cloak in his hand, calling Fang Fei, "It's freezing cold, why don't you know how to wear more?"

"Aren't I impatient?" Fang Fei explained with little confidence.

"This temperament will change in the future." Ye Xilang spoke softly, and then helped Fang Fei put on the cloak himself.

Ye Xizhao looked at the pair of Bi people, the man's eyes were full of tenderness that couldn't be melted away, while the woman's was showing the weakness and shyness of a small bird.She turned around silently with a smile, and said after walking back for a while, "Come back later."

During the New Year's Eve of this year, Zhong Liye stayed in Jiangnan and personally helped Tang Hongxiao choose a deep house compound with a pleasant view as the academy.After this matter was settled, he stayed for a while, took the guards on the road, and continued to travel far away.

On the way, his decree arrived at the capital: abolish the six palace system, send all the concubines out of the palace, and only keep the empress in the main palace. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy.

This decision was a relief for anyone:
The concubine no longer needs to live alone with a nominal title; Yu Shaoyun and the queen mother no longer need to guard against who intentionally harms the prince.

The separation of mother and child and husband and wife has not changed.

After Yu Shaoyun took the order to thank her, she began to live the life she wanted according to her temperament: painting and practicing martial arts every day, and coaxing her children to accompany the Queen Mother in the rest of the day.

A few days after enjoying it, a letter from Zhong Liye arrived.This was truly a letter. In the letter, he asked the queen mother and whether the child was healthy, asked if her resentment had lessened, and finally asked her if she wanted him to go home.

Yu Shaoyun read the letter once, then casually threw it aside.

His world, his relatives, in fact, he has already given up, for so long.

It has been so long that she has forgotten all the fronts.

If he came back, it would be fine if he continued to court, but if one day after he came back, he would start to be unwilling to have no real power in his hands, her children and her family would have to suffer from repeated troubles because of him.

Just thinking about it makes me tired.

It was a mistake for her to believe in a man like him.

Since the days outside are good, you might as well continue wandering.He would be underestimating her if he thought she couldn't manage everything by herself.

Without the support of true feelings, men are just dispensable to some women.As it happens, she is this kind of woman.

It is acceptable to help him take care of the mess left behind, and to be filial for him.As for his return, she will not stop him, nor will she speak out to invite him.If he repeats the same mistakes when he comes back, she can only treat him mercilessly.

Even if she had a heart of stone, in the process of time passing silently, she also developed a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship with the Queen Mother.She understood that the Queen Mother was counting on her to persuade Zhong Liye to come back, but this was something she was unwilling to do and could only ignore.

Everyone should bear the ups and downs of life for themselves, just like Zhong Liye can give many people great glory, but also make many people fall into hell and suffer because of him.

She always has a lot of calculations in her heart, and she will never try things that are not cost-effective.

She admitted that she was a heartless person, and she didn't feel it was wrong.

On the same day, Ye Xizhao received a generous gift from Jiangnan.

Tang Hongxiao asked Yu Shaoheng's subordinates to send it, including many interesting toys collected by him from all over the world.There are also two picture albums he painted by himself. One is about ordinary flowers, with the shape of flowers on the top and names on the bottom; the other is about many common and visible things, including cats, dogs, horses, cattle and sheep.

Apart from these, there is not a single word.

Ye Xizhao looked at them one by one, and handed them to Shen Xing calmly, ordering her to distribute them to the two children, and only give the picture album to sister Xin.

She is willing to accept this silent love for her two children, and so is Yu Shaoheng, otherwise no one would send it to her.

After Qian Fan passed away, she and Tang Hongxiao were like relatives and friends, but they never spoke any more.

It's just that I hope more and more for him to be well, just like treating a relative or friend who doesn't move around much.

Ye Xizhao felt a little tired and went back to the dormitory to take a rest.

This time, she returned to the night when she parted with Yu Shaoheng in her previous life in her dream.

The heavy snow that night, and the cold and lonely man appeared very clearly in her dream.

Different from his personal experience, when Yu Shaoheng walked out of sight, he was full of guilt, only guilt.But in today's dream, the pain in my heart is beyond words.

Ye Xizhao woke up panting under such a feeling, just like that, fell into a moment of confusion, not knowing where he was.

In the deep twilight, the room was quiet, and the luxurious furnishings had a cold atmosphere due to the severe cold.

It almost made her think that she had returned to her previous life.

Hearing the faint voices of Yu Shaoheng and Sister Xin, she felt relieved, returned to reality, and couldn't help but smile.

The past life was short and desolate, like an inconspicuous shooting star, and lived ignorantly, not knowing right or wrong, or seriousness.Cherish today's birthday, and finally have this perfect day without regrets.

Looking back on the way we came, it was not easy.Fortunately, he was always by his side, never giving up, helping her get rid of her inner demons and knots, and in the end, she could face this world calmly without any worries.

No matter now or in the future, unsatisfactory things are inevitable, but she has no fear, because of him, each other's family, relatives and friends to work together to face everything.

Some people can only be missed.

Some people are always worth cherishing.

Ye Xizhao got up and dressed neatly, with a pleasant smile on his face, and went to look for the father and daughter.

(End of this chapter)