"Sir, Aunt Shi Xing said you want to send me to the Zhao Mansion. Why? Did I do something wrong?"

A drop of ink fell on the clean memorial. Shen Yubai frowned slightly and was about to write a new one.

He put down the brush, feeling a little irritable.

"Yu Wanqiao, who taught you the rules to break in without knocking?"

Looking at Shen Yubai's stern face, Yu Wanqiao took a breath, her body trembled slightly, and her tears fell even more fiercely. "I realize my mistake. I will write a letter of apology when I get back. Sir, could you please not send me to the Zhao Mansion?"

Her eyes were filled with mist, her eyelids blinked slightly, and tears fell like crystal clear beads.

The little girl's body, which is still growing, is as slender as a willow on a spring day.

In my impression, she has never asked for anything from herself, and she is so obedient and sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

Only this time, she stood there stubbornly, refusing to leave.

Shen Yubai's chest felt a little heavy, and this feeling came inexplicably. There was no time to investigate, but from the perspective of the overall situation, sending Yu Wanqiao to the Zhao Mansion was the best decision for her future.

"No, just pack up and the housekeeper will send you there tomorrow."

Yu Wanqiao opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but when she caught Shen Yubai's eyes, she realized that no matter what she said, nothing would change it.

She pursed her lips, turned around and ran back to her courtyard quickly.

Shi Xing followed her through the door. When he saw her lying on the quilt holding back her cries, he couldn't help but sigh and stepped forward to comfort her. "Miss, this is for your own good. You are about to get hairpin now, and the Prime Minister's Mansion has endorsed you. In addition to the Zhao Mansion and the Duke's Mansion, I don't know how many aristocratic families want to marry you."

Yu Wanqiao's origin is unknown, and she has always claimed to be Shen Qingyuan's adopted daughter. But if he really wanted to find a decent marriage for her, Shen Yubai planned to send her to the Zhao Mansion and live there in the future.

Grand Master Zhao has now abdicated, but his disciples are all over the court and everywhere. Yu Wanqiao was educated by Mrs. Zhao, and the other noble ladies looked up to her.

Shi Xing watched Shen Yubai grow up and participated in many affairs in the court.

Shen Yubai's thoughts were not only 100% guessed, but at least 70% or 80% guessed. But she knew in her heart that it was the same thing. She couldn't make unreasonable comments about her master, so she could only vaguely mention Yu Wanqiao.

Yu Wanqiao turned over and lay on the quilt like a salted fish. She looked at the tent ceiling with red eyes, "Auntie, I know you are doing this for my own good. I was abandoned by my parents when I was a child, and my adoptive parents died later. If Master Shen hadn't brought me here, if you hadn't taken me in, I could have been dead."

Not to mention that she is now comparable to a noble lady in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. When she goes out to be a guest, she will be extremely polite to her if she is out of favor with the adults.

"I'm just... just a little sad." Yu Wanqiao regarded Shen Yubai as his most important relative in the world. She doesn't care about marriage or future at all.

"Auntie, actually I don't need to get married. As long as I stay with you, you'll be fine."

Shi Xing bent down and touched her little head. "What nonsense are you talking about? If you are so beautiful, you will surely meet the man you truly like. Then you will understand how good it is to grow old hand in hand with someone."

The Shen family has already given birth to a Taoist nun, Shen Qingyuan, and if another one is born, everyone will really have a heart attack.

"Aunt, no young master from an aristocratic family has a concubine. I have never seen the kind of relationship you mentioned." Yu Wanqiao gave an example, "You see, Aunt Yunyan and my uncle have such a good relationship, they still have an aunt."

Shi Xing thought of Zhao Yin and Shen Lanzhou, and a touch of sadness appeared in her heart. "Yes. The first lady and the gentleman are the most loving couple I have ever seen. The first lady has never looked at the other woman while she was alive."

Several versions of the incident between Zhao Yin and Shen Lanzhou have been written by literati, including Zhou Yuanshan. The love story of several people has twists and turns.

Many of them are embellished, but Shen Lanzhou's feelings for Zhao Yin are obvious to all.

Shi Xing talked to Yu Wanqiao for a long time that day, starting from when she met Zhao Yin.

It's like opening an old book again, and those memories that I thought had faded come back to me as if they all happened yesterday.

The next day, Yu Wanqiao personally cooked a bowl of chaos and had it delivered to Shen Yubai.

She began to organize her things.

In these years, apart from Shen Yubai, she was the master of the house. Those people knew that Shen Yu couldn't get enough of the oil and salt, so they turned their attention to her and gave their daughter many things she liked.

Shen Yubai sometimes retreats, and sometimes lets people stay.

You wouldn't know it until you sorted it out. After sorting it out, you found that she had several boxes filled with various gold and silver jewelry, as well as several large boxes of clothing.

If all these things were taken away, the carriage would not be able to pull it all.

Yu Wanqiao watched silently, looking lonely. In the end, I simply packed up a few pieces of clothing and jewelry and got on the couch to the carriage of Zhao Mansion.

Shen Yubai returned to his house when it was dark.

The steward reported to him, "Miss went to Zhao Mansion this morning."

Shen Yubai nodded, paused and asked, "Is she crying?"

The butler thought for a moment and said, "No."

Shen Yubai couldn't describe how he felt in his heart. He felt both relaxed and disappointed. "Has Aunt Shi Xing followed?"

"Yes, I also brought a maid. But the lady didn't bring much clothing and jewelry."

Shen Yubai seemed a little unhappy, "What should I do? Someone will send it to her tomorrow."

Little girls love to compare and show off, and he doesn't want Yu Wanqiao to be wronged in the Zhao Mansion.

"It was a small oversight."

Zhao Gaozhou married the daughter of a local official at the border and had a son and a daughter. Over the years, he still rarely came back from outside.

After serving in Anping County for three years, Zhao Gaozhan was transferred back to Beijing and is now a third-rank official. After marrying, he gave birth to only one son.

Zhao Gaowu took over the family business, although he did not hold any official position. But people outside called him Mr. Zhao, and everyone treated him with respect.

They have two sons.

Mrs. Zhao often said that the old Zhao family was destined to give birth to a son, but it was difficult to give birth to a daughter!

She was happy to know that Yu Wanqiao was coming to the Zhao Mansion, and she loved the few children Zhao Yin left behind. Aiwujiwu also feels pain to Yu Wanqiao from the bottom of her heart.

She had someone clean up a yard with a beautiful scenery for her, and prepared a lot of things from her daughter's house in advance as a meeting gift.

Yu Wanqiao was flattered and had dinner with the Zhao family.

When Shi Xing followed her back home, he saw that she had not spoken a word and asked with concern: "Miss, what are you thinking about?"

Yu Wanqiao stood at the end of the corridor, raised her little face and looked at the bright moon in the sky and said softly: "I'm just wondering what the adults are doing right now?"

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