After separating from my mother-in-law, I raised my children, built a house, and filled the granary

She knocked on the door and it opened quickly.

Tears were still hanging on Lin Xiangbei's cheeks.

"Mother." Lin Xiangbei hugged Shen Yunwan, his hands tightly around her waist.

Hold her tightly, quietly.

Qiuhua and Lin Xiangxi also hugged Shen Yunwan from the side. The four of them hugged each other.

"Okay, Mommy's fine."

Shen Yunwan touched the children's heads and comforted them.

Qiuhua let go of her hand and went back to the house to light the oil lamp.

Lin Xiangbei pulled Shen Yunwan into the house.

The children surrounded Shen Yunwan, and the worry and sadness in their eyes filled the small room.

"Mother, will you always be with us?"

Lin Xiangbei looked at Shen Yunwan with tears in his eyes.

Although his brother said they had no mother, he didn't believe it.

Mother loves them so much, how could she bear to leave them.

Isn’t he mother’s most adorable little baby?

Shen Yunwan took his hand, sat down beside the bed, and put her arm around Lin Xiangbei's shoulders, her eyes moist. "Mother may be away for a while tomorrow, don't be afraid."

She looked at Qiuhua and Lin Xiangxi, "Even if mother is not by your side, you must live well and grow up well.

It’s not that Mother doesn’t love you, but there are things she has to do, so she might… leave.”

"Are the people from the government office going to take my mother away?" Lin Xiangbei's tears rolled down again.

His brother said that his mother got hurt and caused others to get hurt in order to protect his elder sister.

But this is not my mother's fault, it is their fault.

They deserve to die.

"Well, if..." Shen Yunwan looked at Lin Xiangxi. She knew this son and knew everything.

"Don't come to see me."

"I don't, I don't, I don't want it, I want my mother, I want my mother."

Lin Xiangbei looked up at Lin Xiangxi, "Brother, isn't the emperor very good to you? Didn't you just enter the palace?

Please save my mother, please save my mother!"

Hearing that Lin Xiangxi had just entered the palace, Shen Yunwan looked at Lin Xiangxi in surprise.

"Have you just returned from the palace?"

Lin Xiangxi nodded and said, "Mother, I have something for you."

Shen Yunwan comforted Lin Xiangbei and Qiuhua, then went out with Lin Xiangxi.

"Sister, why don't you let us see it?" Lin Xiangbei looked outside the door with some dissatisfaction.

“Maybe it’s not suitable for too many people to know.

After all, it belongs to the palace."

Shen Yunwan and Lin Xiangxi stood in the corridor.

"Mother, you will not die. You will live well."

As he spoke, Lin Xiangxi took out the imperial edict from his sleeve.

"Mother, you must divorce Father and leave the capital." Shen Yunwan looked at the words on the imperial edict. "You're going to the palace to ask for it? Will you let me go if I divorce you?"

Lin Xiangxi's eyes were a little evasive.

"Did you promise him anything else? Tell mother."

"It's nothing, I just came to the palace to be a study companion.

If there were a better teacher to teach me, I would also…"

"You don't want to, do you?" Shen Yunwan interrupted Lin Xiangxi. Although he was very smart, he didn't like the cage-like palace.

Every time he came back from the palace, he looked serious, or at least not happy.

Shen Yunwan felt even more uncomfortable.

"Mother, I am willing. Because I yearn for absolute power."

There is a maturity in Lin Xiangxi's eyes that does not match his age.

"Mother, you said that everyone must die.

After most people die, no one will remember them in the future.

There won't even be any trace of having lived in this world.

I don’t want to be like this. I want to stand at the top of everyone else and leave my name in history books.

So, mother, this is the path I chose on my own initiative."

Lin Xiangxi's words were clear and firm in the night.

Shen Yunwan's previous self-blame dissipated a lot. She didn't want to dwell on this unchangeable thing anymore.

Even if the imperial edict is issued, that person will not change his mind.

"This imperial edict, shall I take it?"

"Well, mother, take it. You can tell the world or just keep it to us. The choice is yours."

Shen Yunwan put the imperial edict into her sleeve.

I was thinking of going to the government office to file a record tomorrow.

In any case, she was a person with a criminal record, and her name was removed from the Lin family's genealogy.

At least it will make Lin Xiangxi's future path less obstructed.

"Xi'er, you can only rely on yourself for the future.

Mother, I can’t help you.”

Shen Yunwan looked at the young man in front of her, feeling distressed.

In her world, someone with a criminal record like her, her children would not be able to enter the court.

This dynasty was not so bad, men were superior to women, and after a divorce, the woman had no relationship with her husband's family.

It has little to do with children.

This is good.

"Mother." Lin Xiangxi, who usually doesn't show his emotions, gently put his arms around Shen Yunwan's waist.

Smelling the unique fragrance on her body, Lin Xiangxi's eyes were filled with reluctance.

Tonight may be the only chance for me to be close to my mother in the long, long future.

"Xi'er, I'm sorry for not being a good mother and protecting you from the wind and rain."

Shen Yunwan gently hugged Lin Xiangxi and looked up at the moon in the sky.

I couldn't hold back the tears that flowed down my cheeks and onto my neck.

“No, you are the best mother in the world.

Mother, you have done so much for us and given so much to this family.

This time, go live the life you want. If…"

Lin Xiangxi held Shen Yunwan's hand tightly.

“If you meet someone who pleases you in the future, you can become my mother again.

I will also treat him/her as a treasure."

The future is too long and too uncertain.

Five years, ten years, twenty years...

He just hopes that his dearest mother can be happy.

Since his mother and father have divorced, it doesn't matter anymore.

She can pursue her own happiness.

Shen Yunwan's neck was getting more and more wet, and she hugged Lin Xiangxi tightly in her arms.

Lin Xiangxi is like her greatest comfort in this dynasty.

His understanding, his intelligence, his responsibility, and his thoughtfulness.

Did it make her doubt whether Lin Xiangxi was really a real child?

How could Shen Yunwan deserve to become Lin Xiangxi's mother?

Only he simply hopes that she can live a happy life.

Instead of just treating her as a mother, treat her as Shen Yunwan herself.

The two of them quietly enjoyed the mother-son time at this moment.

"Xi'er, no matter what happens tomorrow, don't feel sad for me.

There is nothing more to do, you have already done enough.

Go back to the house and comfort your brother.

Mother, please talk to your father."

Lin Xiangxi nodded and went back to the house.

Shen Yunwan watched him enter the house before turning and leaving.

I went to the main house to check on Su Luo first, and seeing that she was already asleep, I went to the study.

Lin Chengfeng was sitting there motionless like a stone sculpture.

"let's talk."

Shen Yunwan's voice made Lin Chengfeng raise his somewhat stiff neck.

He looked at Shen Yunwan with somewhat numb eyes.

Then he stood up and returned to his previous state.