The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Among the few people, except for shopkeeper Yang, the others expressed their willingness to sign the contract and listen to the eldest lady's orders from now on.

The official Yaren also took care of the physical deeds of these people.

After they left, Shi Anxia asked someone to pick out shopkeeper Yang's account books, and then called Dong Li and said, "Keep an eye on him and see who he goes to and what he does."

Dongli took the order and went.

When Anxia finished dinner, the sky had completely darkened.

She looked at the lanterns shining warmly under the eaves in the dark night, emitting a warm yellow light.

I miss my mother inexplicably. There are some things that I didn’t have time to ask in my previous life. In this life, you must always ask clearly.

Shi Anxia stepped on the snow and went to Haitang Courtyard. As soon as she arrived at the door, she saw Aunt Han coughing and standing on tiptoes to look into the courtyard.

Xing'er, the maid next to Aunt Han, hurriedly knelt down and said, "I have seen the eldest... eldest lady."

When Aunt Han turned around and saw Shi Anxia, ​​she was also shocked and quickly lowered her head, "I have seen the eldest lady. I will leave now."

Shi Anxia asked, "Auntie, are you thinking about Brother Shu?"

Aunt Han became more and more nervous and shook her head in denial, "No, no, I was just thinking that Brother Shu had just arrived in a strange place. He might, might not behave well. Don't make Madam unhappy."

Shi Anxia looked at the woman opposite. He is very young, at most five or six years older than himself.

Her face was abnormally pale, and her brows were full of uncontrollable sorrow, which made people feel that she had lived a difficult and bitter life in this world.

If I remember correctly, Aunt Han should have died of illness two years later. Brother Shu was still very young, but Aunt Wen wanted to go there and raise him to death.

Shi Anxia smiled warmly, which was particularly warm in the night with falling snow, "Auntie, don't be nervous. If you want to see Brother Shu later, just feel free to come. Come on, follow me in."

"No, no need." Aunt Han quickly took out a rattle from her sleeve, handed it over tremblingly, and begged, "Miss, please give this to Brother Shu. Shake it and he will stop crying."

Shi Anxia didn't answer the rattle and took advantage of the situation to pull Aunt Han into the yard. "If I tell you to go, you can go. You go and coax Brother Shu, and I can talk to my mother to talk to her."

"Okay, okay." Aunt Han blushed and thought this girl was really nice. It was obviously to help him, but he said it as if he was asking for help, "Thank you, miss."

She gratefully glanced at Shi Anxia's back and watched until the figure was gone, then turned and entered the west wing.

Over there, Tang Chujun was guarding his sleeping son in the east wing.

Originally, such an old son was already considered an adult, so she shouldn't have been guarding him like this.

But the missing sixteen years were the pain in her chest.

She looked at the dense scars on her son's body, her heart felt like a knife, and she was so painful that she couldn't breathe.

Originally she wanted to tell the truth and say that he was her biological son.

But when Yunqi developed a high fever, Dr. Shen came to see him and prescribed medicine for him. When the fever subsided, he fell asleep quietly.

But his sleep was not peaceful, like a frightened puppy, curled up on the bed with his hands crossed and hugging his shoulders. Apparently he often used this posture to avoid being beaten.

Tang Chujun felt extremely sad and couldn't stop crying. He was a hundred times sadder than when he knew that Shi Yunxing was dead.

Aunt Zhong came into the room and whispered, "Madam, the eldest lady is here."

Tang Chujun then wiped away his tears and went to the main house where he lived.

When she entered, she saw her daughter standing alone in front of the window, staring out the window in a daze.

"Xia'er." Tang Chujun wanted to say, it's so late, why don't you go to bed. But when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them inexplicably.

Xu Shi owed her son sixteen years; Xu Shi saw her daughter's slim and lonely back, and suddenly remembered that she still owed her daughter a full ten years.

Tears inexplicably blurred his eyes.

When Shi Anxia heard the sound, she turned around and saw her mother with tears streaming down her face.

In an instant, her nose felt sore.

After living two lives, she had the opportunity to look at her mother in such detail.

It was a breathtakingly beautiful face, with a hint of sadness between the brows, and a hint of alienation and sadness on the lips.

For the first time, Shi Anxia struggled to ask what she had always wanted to ask, "Mother doesn't like Xia'er?"

Tang Chujun was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing. He hugged his daughter tightly and said, "Xia'er! How could mother not like Xia'er?"

"Then why..." Shi Anxia couldn't help choking, "Why is mother only polite and distant to Xia'er?"

As a queen mother of a country, the most regrettable thing was that she had an unsatisfactory father and a mother who died young and was cold to her.

She was lost in the capital when she was more than two years old. She has been wandering around since she was a child. She has learned to read people's eyes and can see into people's hearts from the smallest movements and expressions.

It wasn't until she was found by her uncle when she was twelve years old that she realized that she was the legitimate daughter of such a wealthy family.

She was frightened and anxious, but also hoped that she would be recognized by her relatives. So I studied hard and wanted to be helpful to my family.

At first, people in the second room of the Hou Mansion didn't think highly of her, and even the servants looked down upon her.

Only Shi Yunqi and Aunt Han never tripped her up.

Tang Chujun didn't treat her badly, he was just too polite.

So she wanted to ask clearly, "Because mother doesn't like father, does she not like Xia'er either?"

Tang Chujun shook his head, tears welling up, "Xia'er, I'm sorry, it was mother who lost you, and mother feels really guilty. How could mother not like Xia'er?"

Time was separated for ten years, and she missed her daughter's growth. She was not with her daughter when she needed her mother the most.

How did you lose your daughter that day? It's because of her fault.

When she heard that Shi Chengyi was planning to get married and had set a date for exchanging wedding invitations, she collapsed and cried in the carriage for a long time.

After returning to the Hou Mansion in a daze, she found that her daughter was missing. At that moment, it not only collapsed, but also the earth shattered.

She lost her temper for the first time in the Marquis Mansion, ruthlessly betrayed the derelict wet nurse, and frantically searched for her daughter from then on.

The Duke's Mansion is looking for him, and so is the Marquis Mansion. When he was almost desperate, Shi Chengyi actually brought Shi Anxia back.

When Tang Chujun saw Shi Anxia again, he was so excited that he almost fainted. But there was no imaginary hug, nor earth-shattering hugging and crying.

The thin and small girl saluted in front of her with very non-standard movements, "I have met my mother."

Tang Chujun suppressed all his emotions, helped her up with his own hands, and said softly, "Just go home."

She has always been a coward, both in marriage matters and in matters concerning her daughter.

At this moment, Tang Chujun was suddenly asked by his daughter, and the emotions he had suppressed for many years surged in his heart, "Xia'er, it was your mother who lost you! During the days and nights when you were lost, your mother never missed you."

Shi Anxia suddenly understood that it wasn't that her mother didn't love her, but that she didn't know how to love her. He expressed his love cautiously, so he seemed cold and distant.

She never had the chance to ask.

But her mother was so painful about Shi Yunxing's death, which meant that it was not because of her father that she was angry with her.

In this life, I finally got the answer.

Shi Anxia felt relieved and tears filled her eyes, but she still forced back the sour tears.

She snuggled gently into her mother's arms, looked ahead firmly, and murmured, "Mom, we want to live a good life with my brother!"

Tang Chujun couldn't stop crying. He held his daughter in his arms as if he were holding the most precious treasure in the world, "Mother will never lose you and Qier again!"