Brother, stop!

After hearing this, Bai Ran raised his eyes to look at her, and unexpectedly met a pair of sad eyes. He relaxed his body slightly, and replied, "No, mother." Then he asked her again: "Over the years, mother's body Good." For Bai Ran, it is impossible to talk about losing something that he has never had before, not to mention the resentment for commemorating the loss, which he had never experienced before.

Seeing the open eyes of her son when he spoke, Mrs. Bai believed his words, and pulled him to her side. When she asked how her life had been over the years, Bai Ran answered them one by one. After hearing this, she felt regretful. He repeatedly said that he would let him enjoy the blessings he deserved in the future.

"Tomorrow, I will ask the housekeeper to find someone to measure you. I will grab a few sets of clothes and wear them. After a while, when your father comes back from the imperial city, our family will have a happy meal and welcome you." Clean up the dust, and I'll arrange it for you later." Mrs. Bai felt that she would be busy in the future. This child has a lot of things to buy inside and out, as well as the gift of the weak crown at that time, " Oh, yes, I have to tell you that after your father comes back, we will prepare to crown you, and from now on, your birthday will be on the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Bai Ran let his mother hold his hand, and listened to the man's babbling, feeling mixed emotions in his heart for a moment. He had never had this feeling before, and in his vague childhood memories, his mother had never So close to him.When he heard that his birthday was going to be changed, Bai Ran couldn't help but frowned slightly, not understanding why he had to change it. In this White Mansion, apart from his own birth, there was no other trace of his existence.

Xu Shi saw the doubt in his eyes, and Madam Bai explained to him: "Your birthday violated your father's taboo, so you were sent to Zhuangzi back then. Now, the master has promised to pick you up. It’s better to change it.” She paused, seeing that Bai Ran just lowered her eyes and showed no dissatisfaction, she nodded secretly satisfied, thankfully this son didn’t have the bad temper of those rural folks, but this The first day I got to know him, she still solemnly warned Bai Ran that no matter what it was, don't disobey his father, and remember to be submissive and obedient in front of the elders.

Bai Ran just stood there listening quietly, with a submissive appearance, suddenly, a maid came in outside the door and asked if the meal was passed on, and Madam Bai was startled when she heard it, the sky outside had already dimmed, and she put the Bai Ran stayed in the house after eating before letting him go back.

"This child is really quiet." After Bai Ran left, Mrs. Bai said leisurely to Mother Xu.

"The eldest son has just come back for the first day. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. It is inevitable that you will be unfamiliar. Madam, don't be impatient." Mother Xu said comfortingly: "Besides, the eldest son has always had this temper since he was a child. I remember, when I went to visit Zhuangzi on behalf of the princess, the eldest son also looked so quiet."

As she was talking, Mother Xu thought of that taciturn child in the Bie Yuan back then.This noble son was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, but because he was born a few hours late, he clashed with his biological father's birth date, which was not good for his father. If this was in an ordinary family, such a child would not be able to stay Yes, even powerful families have to send them to foster care no matter how reluctant they are.If it wasn't for the fact that the princess was too high-spirited back then and didn't want to give her child to others to raise, and this was the first child and a boy, she begged her husband, who is now Master Bai, to send the child to her The old master Bai was just a low-ranking Xuanzheng who could marry a noble princess, but at that time, he would not refute the matter that many people were jealous of. face.

So this little prince of the White Mansion was sent away from the splendid and prosperous Lianyu City to a sparsely populated and remote villa, where he was only taken care of by a personal servant.

Bai Ran didn't have any playmates since she was a child, and the peasants in the village were all taught to be respectful and respectful to the young master and follow the rules, so no one dared to run to play with him.And the maid who took care of Bairan, because she had learned calligraphy in her early years, saw that there was a study room in the village, so she often took the young Bairan to read in the study room, and taught him to read and write by the way. The memories left behind sound and color, not like the sky on the Zhuangzi, lonely and lonely.

Bai Ran, who came out of the backyard, went straight back to the wing room where he was in the afternoon. He waved the boy to leave, and sat quietly under the lamp by himself, recalling the conversation with his mother today. He vaguely felt that his father called him When he came back, it wasn't just to crown him. What he wanted to know was why they suddenly remembered a person who had been ignored for 20 years.

Sitting and sitting, he took out the jade pendant in his arms and looked at it, wondering in his heart whether the person in the valley took the medicine he left on time, whether he felt uncomfortable because he couldn't help being greedy, whether he Like him, looking at the white jade parrot in his hand in the middle of the night, thinking of him who is far away in his heart.

For the next few days, Bai Ran was called over by his mother every day, asking about hobbies, talking about preferences, and talking about tastes. Bai Ran followed his concise style of speaking, and answered every question to his mother. After shutting up, I don't want to say a single extra word.Mrs. Bai was not distressed because he was so unsophisticated, on the contrary, she was very satisfied with her son's respectful appearance.She asked Mother Xu to explain to Bai Ran the population situation in the mansion in detail, while she drank tea leisurely at the table.

"In this mansion, there are several aunts and aunts of the master, who are of the younger generation. After the eldest son, there are two sons and three girls. These two sons are from Aunt Liu, who is a year younger than you, son. He is still in the academy and not in the house. The young master is the younger brother of your mother, who is four years younger than you. Speaking of this young master, he is a clever and impeccable person. The second son is doing well in the academy, but who knows that a disaster happened in the sky, an accident last year, all of a sudden... just like that." Mother Xu choked up as she spoke, and Bai, who was drinking tea leisurely, Madam, when she heard this, it was as if someone had poked her heart, she burst into tears in an instant, covering her face and weeping.

When Mother Xu saw that her slip of the tongue had aroused the sadness of the Princess, she hurried to appease her. Since the young master passed away last year, the servants in this mansion have consciously tabooed in front of the wife, and dare not mention anything related to the young master. Huatou.

Seeing the sad look of the master and servant, Bai Ran was also infected with that grief for a while, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only stand at a loss.Seeing that he was fidgeting, Mrs. Xu persuaded him to go back to the house first, and then helped Mrs. Bai into the inner room.

"My Yu'er..." Mrs. Bai threw herself on the floor, recalling the scene of her youngest son Cheng Huan's knee in those years, she called out like a knife, thinking how much painstaking effort she had spent to get Yu He was brought up by his son, he was so lively, smart, and lovable, but he accidentally fell into the water and ruined his life.

"God is really short-sighted, and he is so cruel to me." She recalled that she had to send her eldest son away right after giving birth, and now she was told to send a white-haired man to a black-haired man, and she couldn't help scolding God for treating her unfair.

"Princess, don't want to do this. If the young master knows the truth, I don't want to see you cry and hurt your body." Mother Xu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and comforted softly, "Now the eldest son is back. I will definitely be filial to you."

"That child, how can I be as caring as my Yu'er." Madam Bai retorted with tears in her eyes, then sat up excitedly again, pulled Mama Xu and asked, "Yu'er's death day is coming, and everything that should be prepared is ready." Have you prepared it?" Seeing that the other party said that it had been prepared a long time ago, she still told her worriedly: "You have to explain to the people below, and let me check everything carefully. If there is one thing missing, I will be all You will be punished severely."

Xu's mother promised again and again, and assured her that the ceremony would go on smoothly by then, so she leaned back on the bed with peace of mind, and said worriedly after a long while: "My poor Yu'er, he is only twenty-eight years old, and he is still young." Not married, he likes to be so lively like usual, no matter how many things I burn for him, but no one is with him, and he is alone, I will definitely not feel relieved."

Suddenly she remembered the marriage that was originally arranged for him, and said with regret: "It would be great if he had done the marriage when he was 15 years old, and now there is no caring person to light the lamp to serve him." As he spoke, he spread his grievances on the unmarried daughter-in-law, "The Qi family was originally engaged to Yu'er, but now that Yu'er is gone, they changed to Ran'er. It's really shameless. My girl came in, I have to teach her the rules."

When Xu's mother heard this, she couldn't help feeling sorry for the girl who hadn't passed the family, and she hesitated to persuade her: "Princess, the master agreed with the Prime Minister's mansion that the first son of the two families will get married, and the eldest son is indeed the first son." There was no non-contract agreement, even though Bai Ran was homeless back then, both families agreed to Bai Yu, but now that she is gone, is it possible to ask a good girl to marry a dead man?Which prestigious family would do such a thing, let alone the golden branches and jade leaves of the Xiangfu.

"Hmph, that's not what Mrs. Qi said at the time. She met Yu'er and she was full of praise. What about the Xiangfu? They are just upstarts in the imperial court with very shallow foundations. Now the situation in the imperial city is unclear. It was the time when the Bai family was needed, and if the master was willing to stick with me at that time, this ghost marriage might not be impossible."

Master, that's the sensible way, Mother Xu could only say so secretly in her heart, not daring to speak out to break Madam Bai's assumptions.