bayedsolid Chapter 147 Qiu Zixian...is not her biological son
Chapter 147 Qiu Zixian...is not her biological son
In the Duke's Mansion, Qiu was in the old lady's courtyard, talking with her mother-in-law and her sister-in-law An.
Next to An is her youngest daughter, Qiu Suqing, and the tall and handsome young man behind her is her eldest son, Qiu Zixuan.
An didn't know why Aunt Qiu invited them to the Duke's Mansion, but the Qiu family had always been on good terms with the Zhang family. Her father-in-law and husband had both served under Zhang Yongping in the army.
The two families have a deep bond and close contacts.
So even though she didn't know why Mrs. Qiu invited them to the mansion, she still prepared early in the morning and brought her two children to the Duke's Mansion.
Just as he sat down and had no time to say a few words, he heard someone around the old lady come in and say that the women of the Lu family had arrived.
Her heart skipped a beat and she looked at Qiu in surprise.
There was undisguised questioning in his eyes.
Who in the capital doesn’t know about the ability of the young man from the Lu family, that strange ability that can see a person’s past in detail? Is the Qiu family planning to use it on the three of them?
Thinking of this, An's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp.
The old lady smiled softly and waved her hand to signal the servants to bring the Lu family in.
"It's Shui'er who wants to have a private conversation with her little sister. It's okay."
The old lady's words made An's heart calm down a little. She quickly recalled her life...it seemed that she had not done anything shameful or against the will of heaven. She had never treated the concubines and daughters of illegitimate children harshly!
She shouldn't die in Xinsheng Society~
While Mrs. An was worried, Mrs. Kong had already brought four girls into the yard.
Several people first warmed themselves in a brazier outside, and then the servants opened the curtain and entered the house.
The old lady was very happy to see them and waved for them to sit down.
As soon as Lu Xinran entered the room, she saw the man standing behind An. After sitting down and listening for a while, she realized from the conversation that this young man with an elegant face and an upright figure was the cousin she had teased before!
[I actually met the real owner so soon! ]
[Zhang Er's cousin is indeed a handsome man, with broad shoulders, narrow hips and long legs~ I just don't know if he has any flesh when he takes off his clothes...]
Her inner voice quickly rushed towards the Harmony, and Lu Xinlan grasped her wrist skillfully, stopping the subsequent 10,000-word short article.
Zhang Shuier's cheeks turned red, and Qiu Zixuan's ears also turned red and his eyes became uneasy.
An had just thought a lot and tried hard to recall her life. As a result, she never expected that the other party's target was her son!
She had only this one son, who was born on a battlefield at the border. She gave birth to him with great difficulty, raised him with great care, and made the most thorough plans for him.
She secretly met girls from various mansions in the capital and wondered which girl he would marry in the future.
She had thought of almost all the suitable girls in Beijing, but the only one she hadn't thought of was Zhang Shuier.
It’s not that she is not a good person, nor that the two of them are not a good match. She just simply doesn’t want the bond between the Qiu and Zhang families to deepen further.
The Zhang family has long lost the emperor's favor, and their future is uncertain.
She, An, is not the kind of person who flatters the powerful and bullies the weak. She does not want to draw a clear line with the Zhang family just because she sees that the Zhang family has no future. She just simply wants to live a stable life.
She was just an ordinary woman who wanted to protect her children as much as possible so that if something happened, the Qiu family would be unlikely to be implicated by the Zhang family.
She felt that she had expressed her thoughts very clearly, and Aunt Qiu also understood her thoughts.
But what she just said made her realize how ridiculous her self-righteousness was.
Anger welled up in her heart, and her face turned cold uncontrollably.
"I just remembered that we have something else to do in our house, so I went back first."
"Don't be impatient." Without waiting for Mrs. Qiu to speak, the old lady took the initiative to speak again: "It's been a long time since we last saw Miss Qing and Miss Shui. Let them talk too."
She didn't mention Qiu Zixuan, but there still seemed to be a fire burning in An's heart.
It was just that Laojun was too senior, so she couldn't think of disobeying him. She could only try to force a smile.
Lu Xinran looked at An's drastic reaction and opened her booklet in surprise.
[If she didn't want Zhang Er to have any contact with her baby son, she wouldn't have such a big reaction, right? ]
[Zhang Er has never thought about Qiu Zixian, why does she act like Qiu Zixian is Tang Monk's meat, thinking that she likes anyone? ]
The two complaints instantly turned An's face into a palette of colors. Standing behind her, Qiu Zixuan's eyes, which had just been a little uneasy, dimmed slightly.
Zhang Shui'er felt embarrassed, annoyed, and inexplicably relieved. Her aunt always treated her like a thief, making her feel like a monster. She didn't dare to say a single word to her cousin.
Lu Xinran, who was busy flipping through a booklet, sighed at the right time.
[However, she did raise her son well. He is a man of both civil and military talents, humble and polite. He is a rare man in the capital who knows how to keep himself clean.]
These words were like a slap in the face followed by a sweet reward. An's heart, which had just been filled with anger, was then filled with a gentle spring rain, and all his anger was calmed down.
The son she raised with all her heart is of course the best!
[So good, it's just right to match her with Zhang Er, after all, Zhang Er is also a rare good girl. 】
Zhang Shuier didn't expect that she was so highly regarded by her friends. She was so excited that tears were about to fall.
Everyone: "..."
So do you want to finish what you want to say in one breath? They really can’t bear this twists and turns again.
Qiu Suqing secretly glanced at her elder brother and cousin. She always thought that they were a good match for each other, but her mother didn't like her cousin and her cousin had someone else in love, so she didn't dare to say a word.
Now, well, my cousin has become good friends with the Lu sisters, so she probably doesn't want to marry the Fourth Prince anymore, right?
She stole another glance at her eldest brother. She had noticed his little thoughts, so how could her mother not know?
The atmosphere in the room was very subtle. Lu Xintong and her sister never expected that they would start eating melons as soon as they entered the door. There was no foreshadowing in between. It was too direct!
[An is really worrying too much. Although the emperor is suspicious, he is not a narrow-minded person. As long as the Zhang family is prudent and does not do anything beyond their duty, the emperor still does not want to be branded as someone who cannot tolerate loyal ministers.]
[And, hey, she should have been aware that Qiu Zixuan... was not her biological son.]
[She was pregnant when she went to the border to visit Qiu Zhenye. Due to acclimatization, the fetus was unstable and she couldn't rush back to the capital. She planned to give birth there before returning to Beijing.]
[As a result, the foreign army attacked the city, and the sound of fighting was deafening. She was so worried that she had a miscarriage that night. ]
[She was less than seven months pregnant at the time, and there were no doctors with excellent medical skills at the border, so the child died soon after she was born.]
[That was their first child. When she woke up, she found that her premature baby was gone again. She was in a trance and couldn't accept the reality.]
[They sneaked out of the city several times to look for their children and were almost captured by the foreign troops.]
[At that time, the war was tense, and Qiu Zhenye had no choice but to listen to the doctor's advice and prepare to find a baby to send to An. ]
[It just so happened that his deputy general died in battle, and his wife was in poor health and too sad, so she died right after giving birth to the child. He couldn't bear to see the deputy general's only child become an orphan, and wanted to try to see if he could win back An's heart, so he brought the child back.]