Houmen's runaway wife

Chapter 9
It turned out that it was another story about an infatuated woman who betrayed her heart.When General Shen was young, he was ordered by his parents to marry his cousin Liu Shi as his wife.The two respected each other as guests and had a good life.But after all, when he was young, General Shen unintentionally rescued Shen Biyan's mother, Xia Yingqiu, when he was on tour with the former emperor in his humble clothes.Fall in love with Xia Yingqiu at first sight.After finding out that Xia Yingqiu was not engaged, she immediately came to the door to ask for a marriage.Father Xia was a master with strict family education. When he learned that his daughter was secretly selling embroidery on the street, and even met a man privately, he fainted on the spot.The marriage proposal was interrupted.

General Shen stayed in Suzhou with the late emperor for a few days, and had to return to the capital with the late emperor.Before leaving, he made a special trip to visit Father Xia.He explained that he was not a prodigal son, and that he and Xia Yingqiu only met once.I really like Xia Yingqiu.After I return to the capital to report to my parents, I will definitely ask the official media to come and propose marriage three months later.Xia's father didn't know that the young man in front of him already had a family, so he thought that inviting the official media to his door was asking for his wife.He kept silent as a tacit agreement.

After General Shen returned to the capital, he found out that Mrs. Shen was pregnant.The surprise and excitement of becoming a father soon made him temporarily forget about Xia Yingqiu.He waited until Mrs. Shen's belly grew a month before he sent someone to Suzhou to inquire about the Xia family's situation.After all, three months have already passed, and the agreed time has also passed.Moreover, the marriage proposal was only a verbal agreement, and it was not filed with the government.Maybe Xia Yingqiu has already married someone else.

Hearing the report from the servants, Xia's father accidentally fell into the water while rafting on the lake with his students in the second month after he left Suzhou, and died a few days after being rescued.Xia's mother was so sad that she also went with Xia's father.Xia's father had only one daughter, Xia Yingqiu, and Xia's mother had a dystocia when she gave birth to Xia Yingqiu, which hurt her vitality and never conceived again.Xia Yingqiu, who lost her parents, has no one to rely on, so she can only go to the embroidery workshop to become an embroidery girl.Xia Yingqiu has an outstanding appearance and a graceful temperament. Many sons and brothers admire her, and seeing her as an orphan, some even come to harass her too often.Fortunately, the owner of the embroidery workshop and Xia's father are old acquaintances, and the owner's wife is the niece of the county magistrate of Suzhou.

Xia Yingqiu is very grateful to General Shen.At the same time, he was even more shy when he heard Father Xia tell him about his coming to propose marriage.Although it was only a verbal agreement, she believed that General Shen would definitely come back, and she always treated herself as a married woman to restrain herself.Work with peace of mind in the embroidery workshop, waiting for General Shen.

After General Shen heard about Xia's family and Xia Yingqiu, recalling Xia Yingqiu's big watery eyes, he decided to go to Suzhou in person.So, General Shen, who arrived in Suzhou, fulfilled his wish and brought Xia Yingqiu who had been waiting for him back to the Shen residence in the capital.Along with her was mother Tao, an orphan who worked together in the embroidery workshop.It was only after arriving in the capital that Xia Yingqiu found out that the person she had been waiting for had already had a family, and Mrs. Shen was about to give birth.Suddenly, my heart became cold.

When General Shen returned to the Shen Mansion, he did not immediately make Xia Yingqiu his aunt, but placed her next to his yard, cared for her every day, and spent time with her.When Xia Yingqiu couldn't leave her, would she still care about the difference between her aunt and wife? Besides, Xia Yingqiu was just a talented daughter, and being able to enter Shen's mansion as an aunt was already flattering her, so what else could she be dissatisfied with?Now General Shen is just feeling fresh and doesn't want to force her.After all, twisted melons are not sweet.

As the days passed, Xia Yingqiu couldn't control her feelings and dependence on General Shen more and more, so she finally became Aunt Xia.Mother Tao has also been serving Aunt Xia.

(End of this chapter)