The First Phoenix

In his previous life, Shi Anxia fell into the water and became seriously ill. He was in a coma for many days before waking up.

Tang was strong-willed and didn't want to cause trouble for her brother, so she single-handedly arranged the funeral for Shi Yunxing, but ended up being blamed for it.

Both Old Madam Shi and Concubine Wen felt that the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion was not giving them face and that the funeral was not grand and dignified enough.

Tang, whose name was Chujun, had become taciturn and disheartened since she married into the Jian'an Marquis's Mansion. The pain of losing her son made her depressed and ill, and she passed away soon after.

But Shi Anxia always suspected that her mother died strangely, but there was no evidence to prove that Aunt Wen had done something wrong.

Shi Anxia carefully helped her mother sit down, and then asked Nan Yan to bring bird's nest and feed her personally.

Since Tang Chujun learned the truth about the child exchange, the depression in his chest has eased a lot.

Now that I have some free time, I really feel hungry, so I reach out to take the bowl and sip it myself, "Xia'er, has your brother settled down? Can you ask a doctor to treat his injury?"

Shi Anxia smiled and said, "Mom, aren't you still worried about my uncle's work?"

Hearing this, a trace of sadness flashed across Tang Chujun's eyes, then disappeared in an instant, "Your uncle is a reliable person."

Shi Anxia thought of his uncle Shi Chengyi's generosity and warmth, and compared it with his own father. There was truly a world of difference.

In her previous life, she had been up and down in the deep palace, and had been in and out of the cold palace several times. If it weren't for her uncle and others who always protected her and ran around for her outside the palace, she would never have been able to sit on the position of Queen Mother and become the final winner.

At that time, she thought how great it would be if her uncle was her biological father. Her uncle is her confidence.

In this life, she would return the honor that belonged to her uncle in full. She would never let her useless father bear the glory of the Marquisate and only do things that hindered it.

Shi Anxia's thoughts were wandering a little far. She met her mother's probing gaze and said sweetly, "Mom, please be more at ease. My uncle has already arranged for my brother to be in Tong'an Medical Center as I said. Dr. Shen is taking care of him. He shouldn't be there." Something will happen. I will definitely let my brother come back to you openly."

"What if Aunt Wen asks you for someone?"

Shi Anxia raised her eyebrows slightly, "You are the legitimate mother, so shouldn't all the concubines' sons and daughters be your children? What right does a concubine like her have to ask for someone? Mother, from this moment on, we have to stand up."

Tang Chujun was stunned by her daughter's words and sighed softly, "It's my mother who is useless." After saying this, she straightened her back and said, "It's time to stand up. Aunt Wen was so angry with you today that she will definitely not let it go."

Shi Anxia slowly poured a cup of hot tea and held it in her hands to keep warm. She was not afraid at all, "I'm just afraid that she will stop and do nothing."

"Xia'er," Tang Chujun put down the bowl, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at his daughter distressedly, "You just fell into the water and got seriously ill, so you shouldn't work too hard. There will be many troublesome things in the future. Mother will solve it."

Shi Anxia pondered for a moment and asked, "Does mother really know what kind of person Shi Yunxing is?"

"You know, you know...right?" Tang Chujun lost confidence when he heard his daughter's words.

Regardless of whether Shi Yunxing was her biological son or not, she was not very competent as a mother these years.

It wasn't until Shi Yunxing died that she was tortured to death by the profound pain of losing her child.

Only then did she deeply understand that even if she had no expectations of her husband and her heart was as calm as water, her children were the people she most longed to be close to in her heart.

She thought for a while and replied, "I only know that Xing'er is an opportunistic child..."

Shi Anxia corrected him, "That's not opportunistic, that's random. Mother, please continue."

Tang Chujun felt as if he was taken out for assessment by his nanny when he was a child. "He likes to hear other people's praises."

"No, he just likes to hear compliments from others."

"He is a bit naughty and doesn't like reading."

"That's called being ignorant."

"He had some talent when he was little."

"That's my brother Shi Yunqi's talent. All the poems and essays he wrote were written by my brother."

"Ah! Really?" Tang Chujun exclaimed in surprise.

Then she thought that her son had suffered under her nose for sixteen years, but she didn't know it, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

For a while, I cried and laughed.

Shi Anxia rubbed her eyebrows, and suddenly she understood why her mother was tricked by her grandmother and became the wife of her father Shi Chengxuan.

It's really... so heartless!

Shi Anxia said seriously, "The reason why Shi Yunxing fell into the water and died was entirely his own fault. He cannot blame others."

Not only is this man uneducated and misbehaving, he is also dissolute and has no sense of shame.

Earlier, he had fallen in love with Wei Cailing, the legitimate daughter of Wei Zhongshi, the director of the Ministry of Industry, but he thought her family was too low and did not want to marry her through a matchmaker. He only wanted to take her as a concubine.

Although Wei Zhongshi was only a sixth-grade junior Beijing official, he was also a clean and decent family.

Moreover, the Wei family has a pure and upright family tradition. How can we allow such a disgrace to be humiliated? Let alone a concubine, no one would be willing to accept her as his wife even if she was offered a sedan chair.

When Shi Yunxing heard that Wei Cailing had gone out to burn incense at Wanfo Temple, he became evil and prepared to arrest someone to destroy the girl's innocence.

In this case, the girl had to enter the prince's mansion and become a concubine.

Shi Yunqi got the news from somewhere, and hurriedly came to report the news to Shi Anxia, ​​and then rushed to save people together.

Unexpectedly, as soon as we reached Changfu Road in the southern suburbs, we saw Wei Cailing jumping into the river. The maids brought by Wei Cailing also jumped in one after another, and for a while, the river was filled with the screams of girls.

Shi Yunxing took advantage of the good water quality and chased him into the water.

The current was so fast that a girl was swept further and further away.

Shi Anxia didn't think much, ran along the shore for a while, then jumped into the water, trying to pull the girl up.

When she jumped down, although she caught the girl's hand, she was too weak to pull it.

At the same time, Shi Yunqi also jumped into the water to save people.

At this commotion, the people in the surrounding village came around to watch the fun and fished out all the girls from the water.

Finally, Shi Anxia discovered that only Shi Yunxing had not come ashore.

When she returned home to call for help, the body that was salvaged was Shi Yunxing's.

At this time, the cold wind was biting outside the window, and the flying snow in the sky was charming. Shi Anxia carefully broke down what Shi Yunxing had done and told it to Tang Chujun.

Tang Chujun was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.

She didn't know the whole story at first.

She knew her son was naughty and didn't like studying, but how could she have known that he would be so shameless? Not to mention that Aunt Wen usually taught others one thing in front of her and another behind her back, keeping her secret.

If it hadn't been for her daughter's words, she might have been kept in the dark her whole life.

She remembered that her daughter had vaguely reminded her earlier that her brother was not acting appropriately outside and hoped that her mother would exercise more restraint.

But at that time, she thought her son was just a naughty boy, so she beat him up.

What she didn't know was that her son turned around and gave Shi Anxia a lesson, telling her to stop meddling in other people's business and stop complaining, otherwise he would make her look good.

When Shi Anxia saw that her mother was not doing anything, she stopped worrying and hid away when she saw the plague god.

Tang Chujun felt extremely ashamed when he learned the truth. After all, he is a child who was raised by himself. How is he any different from that local gangster if he does such a thing?

He cursed angrily, "What a traitor! What a traitor! How dare he?"

Shi Anxia pushed a cup of hot tea in front of Tang Chujun and smiled warmly, "Mother, why are you so excited? He's not your biological son!"