Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"Mom, this child cannot be kept." Shen Chuning said resolutely.

Mrs. Shen San became excited. "Shen Chuning, what are you doing? How can you be so cruel? This is your own brother. Don't have any ideas about this child."

Shen Chuning was so angry that she laughed, "My dear brother, how dare anything say that I am my biological brother? I, Shen Chuning, only recognize those who came out of my mother's womb as my biological brothers and sisters, not those who came out of a concubine's womb."

Mrs. Shen San was also angered by Shen Chuning's words and started to speak without thinking.

"She is your father's concubine now. You should call her Aunt Xue instead of calling her "maternal lover" like this."

"No matter whose belly the baby comes from, as long as he is registered under mother's name, he is your biological brother and you have to help him from now on."

"Anyone can despise this child's origin, but you can't. If it weren't for you, how could my mother have hurt herself? How could she not give birth to her own son?"

After hearing what Mrs. Shen San said, Shen Chuning widened her eyes in disbelief and didn't even dare to blink, for fear that tears would fall if she blinked.

"Mom, are you still blaming me? Did you say you didn't care last time just to cheer me up?"

As Shen Chuning spoke, she slowly moved towards the door.

When Mrs. Shen San saw Shen Chuning's sad look, she realized that she had said something wrong and wanted to step forward to hold Shen Chuning's hand. "A Ning, that's not what I meant. Please listen to my explanation."

Shen Chuning dodged the hand extended by Third Lady Shen and said, "Mother, do you know that I have spent a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources recently just to find the miracle doctor in Medicine King Valley to help you recuperate? Now that you have a son, you probably don't need a miracle doctor anymore."

After Shen Chuning finished speaking, she ran out without looking back.

I didn't know when the tears had already covered my face.

The plan to send Shen Jingwan to the farm was put on hold because of Aunt Xue's pregnancy.

Even Shen Jingwan moved back to the third room from Zizhuyuan and lived in Aunt Xue's courtyard.

Firstly, she had just caused such a big mess, and she was afraid that continuing to hang around Old Madam Shen would make her unhappy. Secondly, Aunt Xue was now Shen Jingwan's amulet, and she had to watch over her and couldn't let anything happen to her.

……

Because the matter of Huarong Pavilion could not be basically resolved until the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Shen family was shrouded in a low pressure throughout the twelfth lunar month.

The only thing that made Shen Chuning happy was that Mrs. Shen Er's brother, Mr. Yun, came to give New Year gifts.

The Yun family’s businesses are spread all over the place, and every year when they come to give New Year gifts, they always bring food from various places.

"Uncle Yun, the bag of fish fillets you brought last year was delicious, but unfortunately there were too few of them. I've been thinking about it for a whole year. Do you have any left this year?" Shen Chuning asked Yun Zian.

Yun Zian smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yours is indispensable. Last year, when I returned, I sent someone to ask the fleet to catch more fish, and we had the fishermen dry them as soon as they were brought back. This year, we arrived in Beijing a few days later than last year, just waiting for this batch of fish fillets to arrive. This year, I brought you half a truckload of them."

Shen Chuning exclaimed, "Wow!" "There's so much, how can we finish it all?"

"If you can't finish it, give it away. I heard from your second aunt that you're the eldest princess's study companion now, so you should have a lot of close friends. Give them some to try. It's not worth much, but it's rare. I also brought you half a truckload of fish maw and shark fin. Give them along so you don't seem too petty."

"Thank you, Uncle Yun." Shen Chuning said happily.

Yun Zian ordered someone to bring another half-large box. The box didn't look big, and it was a bit difficult for two people to lift it.

"What is this?" Shen Chuning asked curiously.

Yun Zian carefully wiped the dust off the box with his hands, took out a key from his purse, and opened the lock on the box.

When Shen Chuning saw the room filled with stones, she thought, no wonder it's so heavy.

The top layer of the box was filled with Shoushan stone and Qingtian stone, and underneath this layer of stone was a layer of cotton wrapped in cloth, carefully padded. Shen Chuning lifted a corner and saw Changhua chicken blood stone and Balin stone underneath, and underneath that was another layer of soft cloth.

These stones have not been processed and retain their original appearance.

"These are the stones my uncle has saved over the years for carving seals. Your cousin Yun Yan doesn't like them either, so they're just sitting there anyway. I thought since the eldest princess is being raised by Concubine Hui, you might be able to learn something from her, so I brought them all here for you."

Shen Chuning was shocked. "A Ning did learn a little from Concubine Hui, but unfortunately, she has no talent. It's a waste to use such fine stones to carve. Besides, there are so many stones, I'm afraid she won't be able to use them all in her lifetime."

Yun Zian smiled and said, "No one is born with the ability. Even Concubine Hui back then..."

Yun Zian was talking when he was suddenly stunned for a moment. "It's okay. I'll learn slowly. If I can't use it all, I can give it away."

"It's such a big box, I can't give it all away even if I give it away." Shen Chuning said distressedly.

Yun Zian smiled and took out a small box from the corner of the box.

The outside of the box is carved with scenes of Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting cassia trees, and the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine.

It can be seen that the owner of this small box takes great care of it, as it has been polished to a shiny finish.

Yun Zian opened the box, which contained more than a dozen seals. The seal buttons were carved with rabbits of various shapes. Each one looked different, but the only thing in common was that each rabbit was finely carved and looked adorable.

The seal surface is empty, waiting for someone to carve it.

Mrs. Shen, who was sitting nearby, saw the small box of seals and asked, "Brother, you've been managing the family business for years. Do you still have time to carve these?"

Yun Zian seemed to have thought of something, and his expression was a little unnatural, but he said in a casual tone: "Carving one every year, it won't be a big deal."

Madam Shen sighed, "You know it's impossible."

"I know. This is the last year. I won't carve it next year."

"Yun Yan is already this old, are you really not going to find him a mother?"

Yun Zian shook his head. "I adopted Yun Yan from the side branch just to avoid getting married. It doesn't make sense for me to find someone to marry him off after raising him for so many years. It's hurting both myself and others."

Shen Chuning had always thought that the Yun family's eldest aunt died early, and was afraid that her cousin Yun Yan would be sad, so she never dared to ask about this in front of him. It turned out that Uncle Yun had never been married.

Sensing the heavy atmosphere, Shen Chuning quickly changed the subject, "Uncle Yun is so amazing, did you carve all these?"

Madam Shen Er also suppressed the solemn expression on her face and said, "Your Uncle Yun is more than just a seal carver. When Second Aunt was a child, whenever she saw something new and interesting outside, she wouldn't buy it ready-made. She would go home and ask him to make it for her. One time, he was lazy and asked the servant to secretly buy it for her. When I found out, I cried for several days and wouldn't stop until he made it again."

"Tsk tsk, I never knew Second Aunt was like this when she was little. No wonder Uncle Yun said no one is born with the ability. It turns out Second Aunt forced her to do it."

Mrs. Shen Er smiled and stretched out a finger to poke Shen Chuning's forehead lightly, "Well, you dare to tease your second aunt."