The prince can read minds! I just want to be a princess and have a bad time

Shen Yu raised his head with excitement flashing in his eyes, but found that Aunt Xu was looking at him with sadness on her face, as if she was lost in long-lost memories.

She had heard before that pregnant women's emotions were always unstable, and progesterone and other things made mothers unable to control their tears. Thinking of what she had experienced today, Shen Yue was beaten and Aunt Zhang was kicked, she thought she was scared, so she comforted her, "It's okay, don't be afraid, your father is waiting for your child, he won't let anything happen to you!"

Her voice was gentle and firm, like a spring breeze blowing across the lake, but Aunt Xu's sadness did not dissipate after hearing it, and tears suddenly surged out, "It's okay, don't be afraid!" The young lady had said this to herself before, but she didn't expect that today... She looked at Shen Yu, and suddenly she was overwhelmed with grief and cried out in pain.

She suddenly burst into tears, and Shen Yu was stunned.

Lotus, the maid who was guarding outside, rushed in nervously upon hearing the crying, only to see the princess squatting on the ground and her aunt covering her face and crying. She was confused for a moment and didn't know whether to go in or retreat.

"He, he... moved again! Wuuuu!" Aunt Xu cried while holding Shen Yu's hand and putting it on her belly. She wiped her tears, smiled and said to Hehua, "I, I just felt his fetal movement for the first time, and I was... I was too excited for a moment. I'm fine..." She restrained her emotions and tried her best to calm herself down. It was so rude that she couldn't control her emotions. She must not scare the princess!

He Hua also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and immediately changed her tone to one of surprise and said, "Ah! The young master can move? That's great! Congratulations, Auntie!"

"Don't say that. We don't know whether the baby in your belly is a boy or a girl. Whether it's a boy or a girl, they are all children of the Shen family. We should treat them equally." Shen Yu immediately stopped her when he heard He Hua say this. Although it was a bit fantastical to talk about gender equality in ancient times, if even the people around him always classified the baby as a boy, if it was a girl, there would inevitably be disappointment, and the expectations for her might turn into anger, which was too unfair to the baby.

"That's right, I'm happy whether she's the princess's half sister or half brother!" Aunt Xu lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Shen Yu, but her hand gently stroked her belly, and the motherly love on her face was about to overflow. When she heard the princess call him brother and sister, she was very grateful in her heart, but she also understood that she couldn't overstep her boundaries. She was originally just a servant in the Su Mansion. How could she let the young lady call her child brother and sister?

She didn't care whether it was a boy or a girl. She thought that after taking that kind of medicine, she would never have the chance to have children in her life. She didn't know what went wrong or whether it was God's love for her. Now that the child was here, she would definitely protect him well.

"Didn't I tell you that we don't have to be so clear about the differences? These are my brothers and sisters..." Shen Yu said as he gently stroked her belly, raised his head to look at her, smiled, and hinted, "If mother were here, I think... she would be very happy for you, too."

Aunt Xu's breath was choked, and she looked at Shen Yu in shock. She, she meant...what she thought she meant?

Seeing her reaction, Shen Yu knew that they were right. "Go out first. I have something to say to your aunt."

He Hua did not move, but looked at her aunt worriedly. When she saw her aunt nod, she bowed and saluted, then retreated to the door to guard it. The two people in the room did not speak.

"Oh! Princess...you know everything, right?" Aunt Xu was the first to break the silence.

"Your maid is really loyal to you! In today's world, it is not easy to meet someone who is purely loyal..." Shen Yu did not give a direct answer, but just smiled faintly, as if chatting with her.

But Aunt Xu understood. She had found out her identity. She just didn't know why the princess brought it up now? Was she blaming him for marrying the young lady's husband? Or... was she blaming her for being dissatisfied with Shen Nian's child?

Seeing her suddenly holding her stomach nervously, Shen Yu knew that she had thought wrong, so she slowly stood up and helped Aunt Xu to sit down, but her calves were a little sore from squatting for too long, so she tapped them twice casually. Seeing this, Aunt Xu habitually wanted to stand up and reach out to help her, but when her hand was halfway extended, she suddenly stopped.

Seeing her being so cautious, Shen Yu spoke directly, "You know my mother, right?"

Aunt Xu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"Can you tell me about your past... and my mother's past?" She asked softly, then sat down opposite, staring at her with her moist eyes, just like in the past... Aunt Xu spoke subconsciously, "The young lady..."

After a pause, seeing that the princess was still smiling, although Aunt Xu's heartbeat had not completely calmed down, she was not as flustered as before. Now that she had already started, there was no pressure afterwards.

She took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and continued to tell the secret in her heart, "The young lady is very good to me, always secretly taking me out to play..." Aunt Xu smiled unconsciously, as if she was recalling the good old days, "When I was three years old, we followed the villagers to escape famine, but my parents died of illness on the way. I was supposed to be sold to a Chuguan and Qinlou by the villagers, but the steward of the Su Mansion was kind-hearted. Seeing that I was a little girl who was lonely and helpless, he happened to be buying a shop, so he bought me from the pawnshop."

"In the Su Mansion, I met a lot of good people. Seeing that I was too young at the time, everyone arranged a job for me to clean a small garden. They told me not to leave easily, so I kept hiding there..." When Aunt Xu said this, she looked at Shen Yu and showed a bright smile, her eyes flashing with gratitude and happiness. She was completely different from the Aunt Xu that everyone in the Shen Mansion was familiar with.

"I was cleaning very seriously at that time. I held the small broom in my hand and swept the clean floor again and again... I was immersed in the illusion that I was working hard, until one day, a beautiful lady who was about a few years older than me suddenly appeared. She said to me with curiosity in her eyes: "I have been observing you for a few days. There are no fallen leaves on the ground. What are you sweeping for?"

"Her appearance made me stunned for a moment. I looked down at the broom in my hand, then looked up at the clean and shiny ground, and then I raised my head confidently and answered: I am not sweeping fallen leaves, I am sweeping the floor!!"

"Pfft!" Shen Yu couldn't help laughing when he heard her cute speech. In fact, the Shen family didn't assign her any work at all. They even specially prepared a small broom for her when she was so young, which was very loving.

This was also the first time that Shen Yu heard about the old stories of the Su Mansion after she traveled through the book. These warm daily details awakened her long-forgotten memories.