Reborn Young Lady's Peerless Grace

Su's illness was getting worse and worse. One day, she seemed like a normal person, in good spirits, and even said she wanted to see Shen Wanqing.

Seeing this, Nanny Zhu knew that this was a last gasp of life, and it seemed that Su really couldn't hold on for much longer. She hurried to Qingfeiyuan in a hurry.

Inside Qingfei Courtyard, Shen Wanqing sat by the window, a book in hand, her eyes wandering. The sunlight streaming through the window onto her face failed to dispel the haze in her eyes. Hearing Nanny Zhu's urgent call, Shen Wanqing's heart suddenly tightened, and the book in her hands unconsciously slipped.

"Miss, something bad has happened. Madam is critically ill and wants to see you for the last time." Nanny Zhu said breathlessly, with beads of sweat on her forehead.

When Shen Wanqing heard the news, a mixture of emotions surged within her. On the one hand, she was worried about her mother's condition, as blood is thicker than water. On the other hand, past memories of her mother's partiality surfaced before her eyes. Those days of neglect and indifference seemed like yesterday, piercing her heart.

Finally, she stood up, her body trembling slightly. She tried to calm herself down, turned around and said, "Madame Zhu, let's go."

Along the way, Shen Wanqing's emotions were a tangle. She recalled how, as a child, Shen Wanru always received her mother's favor. New clothes and jewelry were always given to her first, while she could only watch helplessly from the sidelines. Her mother's smile to Shen Wanru was so warm, but she was always cold and dissatisfied with herself. She had longed countless times for her mother to hug her, to speak to her gently as she did to Shen Wanru, but she was always disappointed.

Now that her mother was critically ill, those resentments seemed less important. She quickened her pace, silently praying that her mother could survive this.

Shen Wanqing came to Su's bedside. Su's face was as pale as paper, and her breath was barely moving. The moment she saw Shen Wanqing, her eyes were filled with guilt and regret.

Su raised her hand with difficulty, wanting to hold Shen Wanqing's hand, her voice was extremely weak: "Wanqing, my daughter, it was your fault before, your mother is sorry for you."

Shen Wanqing's heart ached. She didn't want to see Su like this. Now that she'd heard her say she was wrong, the hatred she once held was long gone. She looked at Su's haggard face. Though she harbored resentment, seeing her like this made her heart ache. The words she'd once wanted to ask were now stuck in her throat.

She tried hard to hold back her tears, her voice choked with sobs as she said, "Mother, it's all in the past. I don't remember anything."

Seeing that his daughter was so sensible, why didn't he see it before? Or was it that he just couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart?

Su shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "No, I can't get over this. Every time I think of my neglect and indifference towards you, my heart feels like it's been cut by a knife. Over the years, I've been blinded by greed and only saw Wanru, but not your good side."

The motherly love that I longed for so much now arrived in this way. I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad. Shen Wanqing bit her lip and said, “Mother, please don’t say that. It’s more important to take care of yourself now.”

After saying these words, Su was already breathing heavily from exhaustion. She took her time to continue, "Wanqing, you have been well-behaved and sensible since you were young, but I didn't cherish you well. I gave all my love to Wanru, but I didn't care about you at all. I am such a foolish mother."

Tears welled up in Shen Wanqing's eyes: "Mother, maybe this is fate."

Su held Shen Wanqing's hand tightly: "No, this is not fate, it's my fault. I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive your mother."

"Mother, I no longer blame you. From the beginning to the end, I have always been your daughter."

Shen Wanqing stepped forward and gently patted Su's back to help her calm down.

Despite this, Su was still panting, hesitating again and again, as if making some decision, and finally revealed the secret that had been hidden for many years.

She looked at Shen Wanqing for a long moment, her expression becoming complicated. She sighed and said, "Wanqing, there's one more thing I must tell you. In fact, you're not Shen Yunlan's daughter, nor are you the fourth young lady of this Hou Mansion. As for who your real father is, I don't know either."

Su's words made Shen Wanqing stunned. She couldn't accept it or understand it for a while. She was obviously the fourth lady of the Hou Mansion. What Su just said seemed to say that she was not the fourth lady of the Hou Mansion...

It took Shen Wanqing a long while to come back to her senses. She widened her eyes in shock, unable to believe what she heard. She asked in a trembling voice, "Mother, what did you say? Are you sick and confused? How could you say those nonsense just now?"

Just now, Su kept apologizing to her, and she thought that Su really remembered her daughter. However, Su's words just now made her feel disappointed. It turned out that Su was about to die, and she still wanted to slander her life experience?

The expression on Shen Wanqing's face gradually turned cold. She took her hand away from Su Shi to relieve her anger, stood up, took a few quick steps, and moved away from the bed. She didn't understand what Su Shi was trying to do at this moment.

Seeing her reaction like this, Su Shi was also very sad and tears were flowing. Finally, she said with difficulty: "Back then, I took a few servants to the pile outside the city to escape the summer heat. One rainy day, a few dark men suddenly came to the pile and fought with each other. I was so scared that I could only hide in the house and dared not come out. I don’t know when, the few men in black were left with only one man wearing a soldier's uniform. He was seriously injured at the time, so I arranged for the servants to carry him into the house and also called a doctor..."

"What happened next?" Shen Wanqing's heart sank completely when she saw that Su didn't seem to be lying.

"Later, I brewed medicine for the general every day while he practiced swordplay under the peach tree. When we had nothing else to do, we would discuss poetry. Perhaps he was attracted by my talent, and even though I was already married, he eventually fell in love with me. Of course, I gradually developed feelings for him as well. I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't suppress the feelings in my heart, and ultimately did something I shouldn't have done..."

Su slowed down. Although it was very tiring to say so much, she still insisted on telling the truth. She couldn't let Shen Wanqing be trapped in this mansion that no longer had the glory of the past.

"What about the general you saved?"

Shen Wanqing believed it now, and she had no choice but to believe it. She just wanted to know who her biological father was, not to look for him.

Su's eyes raised slightly, and a trace of longing appeared on her face. "The general didn't stay at the stake for long. Just when the two of them were in love, his subordinates came to find him, so he left with them. But when he left, he gave me a jade pendant."