"Big brother, second brother, Gong Ni Niu is no longer the daughter of the Cheng family. I am the only daughter of the Cheng family."

Cheng Ling didn't understand why her aunt and uncle took it lightly when the same thing happened in the Ge family, but the consequences were so serious when it happened to the Cheng family.

"Let's just call my cousin Lingling my cousin. We have a younger sister, although she is no longer in the Cheng family. Our sister is not you. I only have one younger sister and one elder sister, and my elder sister died in the military camp before she was a year old."

Cheng Shaogong's words made Cheng Shi and Xiao Yuanyi burst into tears. Their daughter, who was severely burned and died in pain, had never been forgotten in the depths of their memories.

This is why Cheng Shi did not snatch his daughter away to live with him even though he was obviously reluctant to do so. He knew that his wife had other plans and that his daughter would not be treated well by the patriarchal Madam Cheng, but he still kept Shao Shang in the capital.

Cheng Shidu knew that filial piety was more important than anything else. He felt sorry for his daughter but was even more reluctant to see his wife being controlled by her mother.

"Lingling, you are a daughter of the Cheng family, but you are the daughter of the second wife. My daughter is not around anymore. This feeling of separation from your loved ones is too painful. You should go back to the old house to accompany your mother."

Xiao Yuanyi looked at the various jewelry and cloth piled on the floor and continued, "Although the things my husband and I gave our daughter were not used by her, she is still alive after all, so these things cannot be given to you. Our eldest wife is not lucky enough to keep our daughter by her side, so you should take the things that the Ge family prepared for you back to the old house."

After Xiao Yuanyi finished speaking, she returned to her room and knelt by the window, reading the bamboo slips that recorded Shao Shang's misfortune several times.

She stared blankly out the window, not knowing what she was thinking. When Cheng Shi finished his work and walked into the house, he saw his wife's depressed figure.

"Yuan Yi..."

When Xiao Yuanyi heard Cheng Shi's voice, she quickly wiped the tears from her face and said with red eyes: "My husband, I am sorry for you, because I wanted to control Jun Gu and let you lose my daughter because of my selfishness, my Nannan..."

Cheng Shi patted Xiao Yuanyi soothingly and said, "Yuanyi, I know everything you said. This is not your fault. The fault is that I was oppressed by filial piety and could not refute mother. I wronged you to be caught between mother and me."

……

"My husband, I am so cruel. I hate my younger brother for not taking care of Nianni and almost causing her to die young. I hate my second brother for saying that he would take care of the old and the young at home but turning a blind eye to the torture Nianni suffered at the hands of Ge and Jun."

"What I hate most is myself. It was my selfishness that caused Nannan to almost die at the age of seven. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have helped the Xiao family, I shouldn't have kept Nannan... I shouldn't have thought of using Nannan's suffering and flesh and blood to escape from Jun Gu's shackles. It's all my fault."

At this moment, Xiao Yuanyi completely regretted losing her daughter's heart.

"Yuan Yi, let's be fine in the future. The future of the Cheng family is what Nannan prayed for when she was seven years old and had just recovered from a serious illness..." At this point, Cheng Shi choked up a little and continued, "In order to prevent Nannan from becoming a joke, we will be fine as a family in the future. Just watch her happiness from afar."

……

Nothing that happened in the Cheng family affected the joy of the He family's reunion. Zimu and Shaoshang acted like spoiled brats in front of their parents for several days.

Even the nephews of the He family knew that as sons they had to give in to their two aunts, so Zimu and Shaoshang loved them very much.

The eldest lady of the He family realized that she had been married into the He family for sixteen years when she saw that her two younger daughters were about to reach the age of marriage. She sighed as she looked at her three sons and still felt that the daughter was considerate and not as naughty as the sons.

The young ladies of the He family looked at their sons and a series of nephews, and suddenly they understood why Aunt Jun and Uncle Jun wanted a daughter.

The He family's eldest and second young wives no longer have any obsession with having a daughter, and only place their hopes on the fourth and fifth wives.

Yes, there is another weirdo in the He family who refuses to get married. He Ziyu, the third son of the He family, is two years older than Wen Zirui. General He and his wife have urged him to get married over the years, but he just won’t listen and have long given up on this rebellious son.

The two old people are unable to take care of so many grandchildren, so who has time to care about the third son of the He family who refuses to get married and is about to become a burden to them?

The palace had already made arrangements for Zimu and Shaoshang's coming-of-age ceremony. All civil and military officials in the capital, regardless of whether they could attend court, were allowed to enter the palace and attend the banquet as an exception.

Zimu and Shaoshang put on the dresses prepared for them by Queen Xuan and Queen Yue, and the two sisters wore similar accessories.

One was dressed in moon-white and the other in lotus-red, which made the two sisters look even more beautiful.

Queen Xuan would discuss things with Queen Yue from time to time, and only after they had matched the earrings and hair accessories did the two queens and several princesses let the two go.

"I can't take it anymore. My two mothers, my sisters and I are almost dying of exhaustion." Shao Shang lay on the couch and refused to move.

"You two are lazy too. You should learn from your third sister who dresses up all day long. I think you should strike a balance. Don't be too lazy to dress up on the one hand, and then put everything on your body and hair on your head to dress up like a colorful pheasant."

After Queen Yue finished speaking, she glanced at the Third Princess who was trying to lower her presence, and the Fifth Princess also laughed out loud, which was rare for her.

"Xiao Wu, have you used what I taught you on your son-in-law? Is he still well behaved now?"

Queen Yue knew her nephew very well. If Her Majesty did not want to ease the relationship between the Xuan and Yue families, and the Yue family only had one candidate who was of similar age to the Fifth Princess, she might not have allowed that incompetent nephew to harm the Fifth Princess.

"The Queen Mother's idea is very good. The Prince Consort is now much more docile and considerate. He no longer goes out to do anything wrong and he has taken the initiative to send away the concubines in the mansion."

The Fifth Princess never expected that after hearing about the bad things her husband had done, Queen Yue was the first person to give her advice.

"That's good. You are the princess and he is the subject. You are the king and he is the subject. You can just show off your royal princess's dignity and deal with him well."

After saying this, Queen Yue held Queen Xuan's hand and continued to apologize, "The consort that my sister chose for the third princess is very good, ambitious and has a good temper. If it weren't for the fact that the Yue family only had that one bastard who was about the same age as Xiaowu..."

Empress Xuan shook her head and patted Empress Yue in return: "This has nothing to do with Sister Heng. You have stood up for Xiao Wu a lot. If you want to blame someone, blame the one outside."

The two queens were chatting and laughing, and all the princesses and maids in the room dared not make a sound.

Zimu, Shaoshang and several other princesses were used to seeing the two queen mothers getting together and would dislike Emperor Wen. After all, the two queen mothers all agreed that Emperor Wen was not worthy of the other, which made Emperor Wen feel more and more redundant.

At this time, Huo Buyi and Wen Zirui came over with the hairpins they had made. When they saw their loved ones, they smiled rarely.

"Come on, sister, you see, we just raised Zimu and Zijin, two little cabbages, and now our own pigs are eyeing them."

Queen Xuan smiled but said nothing, because she knew that the obstacles facing Zisheng and Zirui were not just the He family's father and brother.

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