The First Phoenix

Aunt Zhong came through the gauze curtain to report that Young Master Yunqi was awake.

The mother and daughter went to the east wing.

Shi Yunqi struggled to get up and salute, but Tang Chujun held him down.

Shi Yunqi blushed and said cautiously, "My son has seen his mother."

Tang Chujun pressed his hand on his son's bony shoulders, feeling sad. His makeup that he had just finished was messed up again, and his eyes were filled with tears, "My poor son, my son..."

Shi Yunqi was a little stunned.

Starting in the afternoon, he felt something was wrong. He always felt that his mother looked at him very strangely.

He later learned that his mother wanted to choose one of her bastard sons to raise as her legitimate son.

It's not that he doesn't expect it in his heart.

Growing up, he never knew what his mother's embrace was like. He only knew that Aunt Wen had always warned him, always reminding him of his status as a bastard, reminding him that he was born low, and reminding him that he should respect Master Yunxing in everything he did. .

When he lived in Qiangwei Courtyard, even if he took one more bite of food, he would be beaten black and blue by Aunt Wen.

Later, when he grew older, Aunt Wen would no longer hit him in the face, but would just think of ways to leave scars where no one could see.

The concubines in the family all call his wife "mother", but how much he wishes that she is really his mother.

This gentle woman would give him osmanthus cake, candied fruit, or soft and delicious persimmon cake when no one was around.

All the delicious things he has tasted were brought to him by this woman.

She was the only light in his dark world.

So after his mother's biological daughter, Sister An Xia, was found and most people in the house laughed at her, bullied her, and laughed at her jokes, he would quietly go and seriously talk to Sister An Xia about the rules of the house. What should you pay attention to and what should you avoid in any situation?

But he was already sixteen years old, and his mother would not want a grown-up bastard to be her legitimate son.

He understood why she chose Shu Ge'er. The child was young and didn't recognize anyone, so it was easy for him to be close to his biological mother.

But what the mother doesn’t know is that after a child has suffered too much, he or she will want to hug and get close to others more when he or she encounters warmth.

In fact, he also wanted to be close to his mother.

But in the end, his dream was shattered.

But why did the mother cry so sadly? He doesn't understand.

Shi Anxia stood quietly aside, looking at the young man in front of him with exquisite features. He should have lived the most beautiful and splendid life, but he died in the dirty ditch outside the back door of the brothel on a cold morning.

Legend has it that there was a dispute over grabbing a girl in a brothel, and several people put a sack over his head and beat him to death.

I also heard that Aunt Wen disliked him for bringing shame to the Hou family and refused to collect the body.

Shi Anxia was already surrounded by enemies in the palace and had no time to care, so she sent a letter to her uncle to help her deal with the aftermath.

The uncle later wrote a letter saying that Shi Yunqi was not beaten to death at all, but was tortured and humiliated to death.

At that time, she didn't know that Shi Yunqi was her biological brother.

It wasn't until she became the most noble woman in the North Wing Kingdom that the granddaughter of the midwife told the secret at the risk of beheading.

At that moment, she was shocked. Perhaps Shi Yunqi's death was not so simple. However, Aunt Wen had already died of the plague by then, and she couldn't even find someone to avenge.

Shi Anxia's breathing became heavy at the thought of her brother's tragic death. She had neglected so many people and things in the past, which led to her eternal regret.

Fortunately, God was kind to her and there was still a chance to save her poor brother. With this thought in mind, she gave him a gentle kiss and said, "Xia'er has met my brother."

Shi Yunqi froze again, and the feeling that something was wrong came to his mind again.

In the past, Shi Anxia also called him "Brother Yunqi".

But today is different.

That "brother" sounds very pleasant, as if they are a family.

This thought made his nose sore.

He doesn't deserve it! How could a despicable person like him deserve such a good mother and sister?

Shi Yunqi lowered his head, not daring to look into their eyes, "Yunqi was incompetent and failed to save Master Yunxing. I feel ashamed of my mother's love."

Everyone thought that he was the one who saved Shi Anxia.

In fact, only he knew that after jumping into the water that day, he saw Shi Anxia and Wei Cailing were about to be washed away by the water. It was Shi Anxia who made the decisive decision and pushed the drowning Wei Cailing to him.

The person he saved was actually Wei Cailing.

Could it be because of this that his mother treated him...

At this moment, Tang Chujun was crying like rain, and his heart was so painful that it almost burst into tears. He opened his mouth to speak, but found that not a single word could come out.

Shi Anxia stepped forward upon seeing this, and stared at him, her eyes gleaming with warmth. In a few words, she revealed the truth that had been hidden for sixteen years, "Brother, Aunt Wen swapped you with Shi Yunxing back then. You are my biological brother, mother's legitimate son. Shi Yunxing is nothing more than a counterfeit who stole your life."

Something exploded in Shi Yunqi's mind, and the old and new wounds on his body became extremely painful. He looked at Tang Shi in confusion and disbelief, then at Shi Anxia, ​​then suddenly fell down and lost consciousness.

When I woke up again, I found myself lying on the bed and the room was empty.

If he moved, his body would explode with pain. Unable to hold it back, he hissed coldly.

Just this one sound startled the people outside the house.

It was Tang Chujun who came in with a medicine bowl, "Qi'er, you're finally awake. I've been frightened by the high fever for two days."

"Mother..." Shi Yunqi stared at the gentle woman in front of him, feeling like he was having a sweet dream, "I dreamed, dreamed..."

He couldn't continue, feeling ashamed. He had dreamed that he was the legitimate mother giving birth to a son because she was afraid he wouldn't be chosen.

Tang Chujun tried his best to hold back the tears that were about to fall. He placed the bowl on the bedside table and covered his son's forehead with his delicate hands. "Qi'er, that was not a dream. What your sister said is true. You are here for your mother." biological son."

Shi Yunqi stared at this gentle face greedily, fearing that in the blink of an eye, his mother would turn into that ferocious and terrifying woman.

He looked too hard, his vision gradually blurred, and tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

Their eyes met, Tang Chujun finally couldn't hold back, and hot tears fell on his son's hand.

Her choked voice made the air a bit sad, "Qi'er, I'm sorry."

How can an apology make up for so many years of harm?

She felt sorry for her son and her daughter. She is not a good mother.

Suddenly I remembered something my daughter said earlier. She said, "Mom, we want to live a good life with my brother."

Just think of the past sixteen years as your last life! As a mother, you must be strong. From this moment on, she must cheer up and support her children.

Tang Chujun wiped away her tears, as if she had come back to life, and fed her son the medicine spoonful by spoonful.

Shi Yunqi sat up, his voice hoarse and choked, "Mother, I can do it myself."

Tang Chujun looked at him gently and said, "You are injured. Take the medicine obediently."

Shi Yunqi lowered his head and drank the medicine obediently with a spoon. His ears turned red, but the corners of his lips could not be suppressed no matter what. But the tears rolled back inexplicably, starting with choking, and then turning into howling.