After the divorce, I pursued the Ninth Prince 100 times.

Her mother was a concubine who could not be seen in public, and she, the daughter of a concubine, could not be seen in public either.

She stayed outside the Nanyang Marquis' Mansion every day. Whenever someone came out of the mansion, she would pretend to be a passerby and secretly peek into Shen Nanxing's life.

Every three days, Shen Nanxing would go to see Xie Tingyu alone, and she would follow him quietly at a distance.

Every time the young man saw Shen Nanxing from afar, he would smile.

Although she didn't show it on her face, she saw it clearly from the side; the boy's eyes would light up whenever he saw Shen Nanxing.

Ironically, Shen Nanxing always complained about the boy, saying that he always had a long face, as if he was unhappy to be with her.

She would often pout and act coquettishly, asking for this and that, and the boy would always give in to her...

Shen Nanxing had a bad temper and would often turn and walk away at the slightest disagreement, with the young man always following behind her, trying to coax her...

He always spoils her!

She had fantasized countless times in her mind that if the boy treated her like this, she would never lose her temper. She would be very well-behaved, never make him angry, and make him happy every day.

Countless times, she followed Shen Nanxing toward the boy, only to see his eyes suddenly light up as he walked toward them with a smile.

In a daze, she might think the boy was walking towards her with a smile, so she would smile brightly in return.

But each time, the boy stopped in front of Shen Nanxing, lowered his head to touch her hair, took the things from her hands, and never even glanced in her direction.

She would suddenly realize that she was just a clown spying on them. She could only silently retreat and find a secluded place to hide.

Another time, she saw the boy weaving a bamboo dragonfly and giving it to Shen Nanxing. She then went to find a piece of bamboo and wanted to weave a bamboo dragonfly, pretending that the boy had given it to her.

But no one taught her, so she tried many times by herself. The sharp bamboo strips scratched both of her hands, and blood was dripping. She finally managed to weave a strange creature that she could barely convince herself was a bamboo dragonfly.

That night, she held the bamboo dragonfly to her heart and slept through the night. That night, the boy appeared in her dream, looking at her tenderly and smiling.

"Yi'er, this is a bamboo dragonfly that I made myself, and I'm giving it to you!"

He called out "Yi'er," not "Nanxing"!

She held the beautiful bamboo dragonfly in her palm, her face blushing. "Thank you, Brother Yu. I like it very much."

She was so happy that she giggled in her sleep and woke herself up.

When I opened my eyes, it was already getting light outside the window.

She held up the bamboo dragonfly in her hand and glanced at it. This wasn't the one her brother Yu had given her; this one was ugly...

Then she hid under the quilt and cried.

......

After about two years of this rat-like, peeping life, things took a turn for the better.

Shen Nanxing's grandfather died in the war.

That day, her father came to their courtyard happily and said that he would take them to the Nanyang Marquis' Mansion. From then on, she and her brother could call him father in front of outsiders.

My mother is no longer a concubine and can meet people with dignity.

She was overjoyed that day. From then on, she was just like Shen Nanxing; she was a young lady of the Marquis of Nanyang's mansion!

She excitedly returned to her own courtyard to pack her things, then, carrying her small bag, followed her parents and brother and stepped into the vermilion gate of the Nanyang Marquis Mansion for the first time, outside which she had wandered countless times.

From now on, this will be her home.

The Nanyang Marquis's Mansion was very large. She only remembered walking a long way behind her parents. Whenever she met people dressed as maids or servants along the way, she would stop and salute them no matter what they were doing at the time.

She had never experienced such treatment before, and her face turned red with shyness.

It turns out that being a daughter of a marquis is so glorious!

They passed several rockery, streams, pavilions and towers, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard.

It was a three-courtyard detached house. Her father said that it would be their family's home in the future. She was assigned a small room facing south, from which she could see the small pond in the courtyard and the big banyan tree by the pond.

This courtyard is bigger than the small courtyard they lived in before, and the decorations inside are much better. All this makes Shen Zhiyi feel that his family has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

The day she moved in was her happiest day.

She was finally qualified to play with the boy like Shen Nanxing. Shen Nanxing was her sister, and if she begged her to take her along, she would definitely not refuse...

That day, she was smiling even in her dreams.

She dreamed that she, Shen Nanxing, and Brother Yu were playing together. Brother Yu always spoke to her gently, and everything given to Shen Nanxing also had a share for her. She no longer had to hide in the corner and peek...

But later she realized that there are differences between daughters.

For example, Shen Nanxing is the legitimate daughter, while she is the concubine's daughter.

There is also a difference between the mistress and concubine of a marquis's mansion.

For example, Shen Nanxing's mother is the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, and her mother is Concubine Qiu.

When her mother met Shen Nanxing's mother, she had to bow.

When she saw Shen Nanxing, she had to be respectful and even call Shen Nanxing's mother mother. She could no longer call her own mother mother as usual, but had to call her aunt instead.

As for the young man.

Shen Nanxing has a bad temper and a bad personality. Every time he goes out to play with Brother Yu, he never wants to take her with him.

She said she hated her, that without her as a sister, she was not allowed to appear in front of her...

When Shen Nanxing said such things, no one in the entire Marquis's mansion said a bad word about her.

But if she dared to say a word back, she would be punished by kneeling in the ancestral hall for disrespecting her elder sister.