The First Phoenix

Shi Anxia stood in the courtyard, instructing the maids to cut wintersweet branches.

When he looked up, he saw Tang Chujun coming out of the house. She smiled and waved her hand, "Mom, these wintersweet flowers are so fragrant!"

As if he were stepping on an auspicious cloud, Tang Chujun stroked his bun with energy and said with a smile, "If you like wintersweet flowers, I will have people plant them all in the small courtyard behind your Xia Shi courtyard."

Shi Anxia came forward happily and said, "My mother loves me, so I won't be polite."

Tang Chujun leaned over, took a deep sniff of the wintersweet flowers in his daughter's hands, and made a pun, "I will leave all good things to my children."

The mother and daughter held hands and left, chatting and laughing. When they were left behind, Wanzhen was so angry that she stamped her feet.

She grabbed the hem of her skirt and ran inside. When she rushed into the room, she found her mother's face was livid, and she fell on the chair in pain, clutching her chest.

At that time, the old lady was furious and had a heart attack.

After Doctor Shen came to see her, he prescribed some medicine and left with a few words of instructions to the waiting grandmother.

Shi Wanzhen complained while crying, "It's all my sister-in-law's fault. I don't know what she told her mother!"

Shi Anrou rushed over upon hearing the news, looking anxious. Seeing the price of the manor skyrocketing every day, she was helpless. "Aunt, have you convinced mother about the hot spring manor?"

"What are you talking about?" Shi Wanzhen wiped away her tears. "As soon as she heard that I had to take out the dowry, my sister-in-law turned hostile."

She originally thought that if she persuaded her sister-in-law to provide money, maybe the uncle's house could get some exposure from the hot spring village, so that the prince would not beat her again.

Who would have thought that Tang's family would not be able to get enough food and salt, so it would not give the mother face.

Shi Anrou sighed inwardly. She had never imagined that the daughter of the Duke of Huguo was not as farsighted as an old lady. It was clearly a good business, and if it worked, everyone would make money together. Why didn't she agree?

In fact, the old lady had woken up a long time ago, but she just didn't want to open her eyes.

She remembered that Aunt Wen sent someone to invite her to the Rose Garden a few days ago to talk to her alone.

Aunt Wen said, "Aunt, we are not strangers, so I won't hide it from you. I'll tell you the truth, my daughter Rou'er is the one sent by God to save the Marquis' Mansion."

After speaking, she took out a letter, which was written by Shi Anrou before Shi Yunxing's accident. The letter warned, mentioning the specific location where Shi Yunxing fell into the water and the time of the accident.

Everything is perfectly accurate.

Mrs. Shi was suspicious that Wen Huiyi was tricking her, and she saw the other party take out an envelope. The envelope is stamped with the markings of the postal stations along the route and cannot be faked.

It's just that the letter in the envelope was written later to deceive her. Wen Huiyi is no longer trustworthy in her eyes, so there is no fluctuation in her expression.

"You see, Rou'er was still in Ganzhou at that time. She dreamed that Xing'er fell into the water and died, so she wrote back to me and told me to stop Xing'er. But this letter was written to me on the second day after Xing'er's accident. I just received it, but there was no time to prevent the tragedy." Aunt Wen's sad face was full of sadness, "If Rou'er had been by my side at that moment, Xing'er would not have left."

In fact, the old lady didn't have much feeling about whether Shi Yunxing could leave or not.

"Aunt, I know this is too unbelievable for you and you won't be able to accept it right away. But time waits for no one!" Aunt Wen tried her best to persuade him, "Rou'er said there are hot springs on Yanxing Mountain. There must be hot springs there."

At that time, the old lady was a little tempted by the hot spring business, but not enough to make her want to gamble with the whole family.

It was Aunt Wen's words that completely shook her, "Aunt, there is another very secret news. Four years later in July, the current emperor passed away. His successor was His Highness the King of Jin, whose reign was Rongguang, and he was Rongguang. Emperor. My Rou'er will be his Princess Jin, and will be the queen in the future..."

When Mrs. Shi heard this, she covered her mouth and almost fainted from fright. She didn't recover for a long time.

"Aunt, do you believe me now?" Aunt Wen said with great enthusiasm, "Our Hou Mansion will be the mother clan of the Queen in the future! I, Rou'er, am the foundation of the prosperity of the Hou Mansion!"

Madam Shi actually believed such a ridiculous statement. Compared with the pie painted by Shi Anxia, ​​this pie is obviously larger, more direct and more impactful.

This gave her the confidence to force the Tang mother and daughter. But she didn't expect that Tang Chujun would call her by her name and even bring up the shameful past to accuse her.

Mrs. Shi's eyes were filled with gloom.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Shi Anrou's concerned expression.

"Grandma, you're finally awake." Shi Anrou shed tears of excitement and reached out to grab Madam Shi's hand. "Rou'er thought, thought that I would never be able to enjoy the caress of Grandma again..."

In the past, Mrs. Shi didn't pay much attention to this concubine's granddaughter. She was of little value and little help, so it wasn't worth the trouble.

Even though she knew that His Highness Prince Jin had sent this granddaughter back late at night, she still didn't really care.

At this time, after taking a closer look, I discovered that my granddaughter has beautiful features and beautiful eyes, and her skin is like cream. She is really a little beauty.

It is not impossible that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin would fall in love with this granddaughter.

If she really had the ability of foresight, she would be able to plan everything in advance, and maybe she really was destined to be a queen.

Mrs. Shi's heart was burning with thought, and she spoke with a kind of gentleness and kindness that she didn't know she had. "Rou'er is here."

Shi Anrou couldn't help crying, "Grandma, are you feeling better?"

Mrs. Shi said feebly, "Okay, much better, good boy, don't cry. Grandma is fine..."

At this time, Grandma Li came in and hesitated to speak.

With Shi Anrou's support, Madam Shi struggled to sit up, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Back, back to the old lady, the young master has moved out of Haitang Courtyard."

Mrs. Shi closed her eyes deeply, "This Tang's! She really doesn't want a brother anymore!"

Just now, I said that the family tree was about to be published and the banquet was invited. What do you mean by kicking Brother Qi out now? She didn't figure it out for a moment.

As this changed, she began to trust Shi Anrou a little more.

Shi Anrou sent everyone out of the room and gently rubbed the backs of her hands for her grandmother, "Grandma, my granddaughter wants you to trust me. On New Year's Eve, a snowstorm broke out in Jade City, Zhangzhou. When the court received the news, It was already a month later. The emperor sent people to rescue, but it was too late... Jade City was destroyed! It is called the 'Shame of Jade City' in history!"

Mrs. Shi's eyes widened and her breathing quickened, "Really?"

Shi Anrou nodded affirmatively, "Really! Sister Anxia's uncle was also banished from the capital in this incident. Please wait and see if this is true. Then you will know that I am not lying."

Mrs. Shi was already convinced.

Here, Shi Yunqi moved into Dongqingyuan.

He is over sixteen years old and is not suitable to live in Haitang Courtyard for a long time.

The tribal school will be opened later in the year, and Dongqingyuan will be closer, making it more convenient to go to school in the future.

Tang Chujun had originally planned to report the move to Old Madam Shi today. He hadn't expected it to be so completely rifted, as if she had driven her son away out of spite.

She warned, "Qi'er, don't worry about other people, just study hard. Mother and your sister are in charge of everything. No matter what bad words you hear, don't take it to heart."

Shi Yunqi's originally pale and thin face became warm and energetic after just a few days of intensive care.

He straightened his back and smiled at Tang Chujun, "Mom, there is no conflict between studying and doing work. You must tell your son what you and your sister need to do, and your son can also cooperate."

Shi Anxia looked at the handsome young man wearing gorgeous clothes, and felt soft in his heart, "I need my brother's full cooperation."

She personally selected four personal servants for Shi Yunqi to take care of his daily life, assigned Sister Gui to him to take charge of the affairs of the hospital, and assigned two palace guards.

One of the guards was Chen Yuan.