A little sweet through the fragrant

Song Jin said that she was very kind to Cheng Huilan.

She has always coaxed people carefully, Cheng Huilan is the eldest lady, she usually follows around like a little maid.

It wasn't she who kidnapped Cheng Huilan, she had been a filial piety for Cheng Huilan for so many years.

"I'm not even that kind to my own father."

Cheng Lifeng stood outside the door, looking up at the sky. Maybe it was because the words in the back room were too harsh, or maybe it was because the sunset was shining. His eyes turned red instantly, and many old things from the past were replaying in front of his eyes.

When Song Jin came to Cheng's house for the first time, she was almost six years old.

She was only allowed to associate with the Cheng family after her talented father died.Because no one in the Song family could stop him, Grand Master Cheng wanted to pick someone up, so he could go there directly.

At that time, Yudie and Huilan were only four or five years old, and they both called her sister.

No one in the house suppressed them, Yudie and Huilan were very straightforward, dare to speak and laugh, when they were young, seeing that Song Jin was not well dressed and skinny, they thought she was a new maid.

The ladies in the mansion will match a few little maids, who will be taken into the mansion from an early age and grow up with the master, so that they will be raised to be loyal.

Because of this misunderstanding, both Yudie and Huilan were punished by Cheng Taishi, who asked them to serve Song Jin for a day.

At that time, Cheng Lifeng and his second brother were dissatisfied with this, but the second uncle had just passed away, and when his father was in deep grief, he was only punished for one day.

Later, the girls in the family grew up and had their own playmates.

Yudie doesn't like Song Jin, saying that telling her anything can make people anxious to death, and she will cry every now and then.She'd rather go out and play with some not-so-good girls, and have fun showing off something to each other.

Hui Lan would bring Song Jin with her, whether it was praying for blessings in temples, garden lantern festivals, or ordinary shopping for clothes and jewelry. If a lady was invited at home, Song Jin would be invited to come and learn together. give her one.

The second younger brother followed her wishes, and prepared two copies of everything he bought for her, so Grand Master Cheng was also satisfied.

Cheng Lifeng doesn't like this. There are thousands of clothes in the world, which can be bought or given away, so why should they all be the same?Yu Die didn't have to be the same, Song Jin had a different temperament from Hui Lan in all aspects, she didn't need to send it over, so why waste it.

That's why Song Jin didn't like him either. When she saw him before, she pretended to be afraid, but later she mocked him, trying to make him angry, and then went to the grand master to complain.

The conversation in the back room continued.

When the fourth sister disappeared, he used similar methods to scare Song Jin.

Because Song Jin usually behaved too obediently and humblely, at that time she was trembling and chattering, unlike what she said, blaming herself for quarreling with Hui Lan, which caused Hui Lan to get lost, so she was insane.

But that scare didn't work.

No matter whether someone saw it or obtained relevant evidence, Song Jin refused to admit it.

The entire Song family was thrown into a state of panic. After checking all the people Song Jin could come into contact with, including those who had indirect contact, there was no clue at all.

Until the old trick was repeated, people were asked to write on the handkerchief and soak it to make it old.

The same method finally became useful after many years.

Song Jin was afraid, afraid that this was something left by Cheng Huilan.

Then how could she have nothing to do with Hui Lan's disappearance.

Song Jin stared, begging for mercy and stubbornly thinking that she was right.

"I just said that, she wants to go there by herself, what does it matter to me? I also realized that I was wrong later. If she can't come back, am I doing my filial piety to you? People in your house don't like me, I've been feeling better all these years? Why am I being so angry? It's not because of her!"

Grand Master Cheng asked her, "Where is she going?"

Song Jin didn't want to say it.

Grand Master Cheng said yes, "Then let's wait for the evidence."

Song Jin lowered her eyes, clutching the corner of her skirt and shaking her mind.

She felt that there should be no other evidence. If there was, she should have found the Grand Master's Mansion long ago. Why did she wait so long?

Grand Master Cheng told her about Yuncheng's life in the village, "Hui Lan went there not long after giving birth. The father and son of the Yun family depended on each other for their lives. They also ate grass roots and bark. During the winter, they didn't have a decent cotton-padded jacket. Living on the kang to keep warm...he has lived a miserable life these years, I said I wanted to take him to the mansion, and his husband would come with him, but he didn't want to..."

Song Jincai didn't care how Yun Cheng was doing before, she wished Yun Cheng would starve to death, freeze to death, and die of illness, rather than coming here today to destroy her happy life.

But this matter is related to whether she can do well in the future, so she listened carefully and grasped the point.

At least before marrying Ye Cunshan, Cheng Huilan's relics were unrecognizable.

It's not that they don't want to find relatives, it's because the process takes time.

Song Jin started to tremble again, she didn't know what Cheng Huilan would write and keep.

She said: "It's really not me. I just told her that there is a poor child in the yard. Several children are waiting for charity. They don't have enough food or clothing."

This matter can be directly contacted with Shantang, and a rich lady like Cheng Huilan doesn't have to go there in person.

It was Song Jin who said that she heard people crying, as if someone was sick.

The two of them went out for a walk that day, Song Jin was sensitive, and when Cheng Huilan was with her, she would not bring her maids with her, and the money she brought with her was not much.

Song Jin was still introverted at that time and didn't have the ability to handle things independently. If she was asked to talk to strangers and give gold and silver, she couldn't do it.

Cheng Huilan didn't need her to tell, so she agreed to go and have a look.

Song Jin said that she couldn't make her spend money, so she took off a few pieces of jewelry on her body, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and asked Cheng Huilan to take them over, showing that she was very anxious and cared about this matter.

Cheng Huilan originally said that she would go back home to call someone, but she was shaken by her urgent worry.

She didn't want to take this jewelry. Song Jin said that her jewelry wasn't worth much, and it was just right to send it over. It was replaced by Cheng Huilan's, which was too expensive, so they might not want it.

He said it sincerely, everything behind was taken care of for others, and Cheng Huilan's worries were gone.

In other words, she never thought that Song Jin would lie to her.

Song Jin didn't think about it before.

She just overheard someone saying that the people in the yard did not do a proper job, and the people in it came and went, and they didn't know where they would be sent.

She wanted Cheng Huilan to be sent away, so that she would be the only one given by the Grand Master's Mansion.

She didn't have to follow Cheng Huilan to be called Miss Cousin, and she didn't have to be looked at with weird and disdainful eyes by Cheng Huilan's friends.

She can be a lady by herself.

Needless to say, what happened later, both father and son inside and outside could guess.

Cheng Lifeng turned around, looked at the door in front of him, and waited for Grand Master Cheng to speak to see how he would arrange Song Jin.

The time passed very slowly.

Standing in the shade of the backlight, his back was scorched to the bone.

Grand Master Cheng said: "I can't keep you in the Grand Master's Mansion anymore, and you can't live in another courtyard. I'll ask your second cousin to send you back to Song's house. From now on, it will be treated as if you are not related."

Song Jin yelled inside, don't want this punishment, "I'm telling the truth! I have a stepmother, she doesn't want me well, she wants to marry me casually! My father doesn't care about me! He only cares about my younger brother! It's you The one who picked me up, I have a bad relationship with them, if you send me back, you might as well ground me!"

The confinement gave her a lot of inspiration, "You can confine me in Orchid Garden, I can still serve you as a filial piety..."

Cheng Lifeng didn't listen any more, turned around and left.

Back at his side courtyard, Mrs. Yu saw his dark face, and also had a guess in her heart, "Is it really Song Jin?"

Cheng Lifeng went to the study, spread out the pen and paper, and studied the ink with a frown on his brow.

Mrs. Yu followed in, closed the door, and said in disbelief for a while, "Father wants to keep Song Jin?"

Cheng Lifeng's expression was cold, and the slight curvature of his lips appeared to be mocking.

Not wanting to talk about it, he asked how Yuncheng was doing, "You won't be fined for depositing silver, but I think it's a terrible place to live in this mansion. I remember you still have two small courtyards under your name? Tell someone to go now." Pack it up, I will tell them tomorrow, move out for a few days."

It is rare for a family of three to come to Kyoto once. After moving the grave and recognizing relatives, they also have their own private affairs to take care of. It is not comfortable to stay in the mansion. Instead, they will live in a small yard behind closed doors. It is more comfortable than an inn and saves money.

Yu didn't want to go, "Dad ordered? You are the father of two children yourself, and you will lose face if you are punished."

Cheng Lifeng slammed the ink stick on the table, "He is shameless, what face do I want?"

This is too serious, even Yu Shi was taken aback.

Her housekeeper usually kept her word, and the men in the family never intervened. After the couple returned to the house, although Cheng Lifeng had a cold face, he would not refute her face. The two have been married for almost 20 years and have always had a good relationship.

This is the first time I lost my temper like this.

Yu Shi sat on the spot for a while, and then returned to the question, "Keep Song Jin, is it because she is afraid that she will die? Why should there be a family law?"

As soon as these words fell, Cheng Lifeng sneered again and again.

Yu Shi had never seen him like this before, guessing that he was going to be mad with anger, remembered something, and hurriedly got up to get it.

When she came back, she put Yun Cheng's "Girls Visiting the Garden" by his desk, and before she could speak, Cheng Lifeng urged her: "You want me to find someone in person?"

Mrs. Yu said that she just sent someone to find Wen Rui, "Wen Rui is the eldest grandson, and he has more face in the mansion than you."

If he goes to do it, the grand master will not punish him if he is dissatisfied.

Cheng Lifeng is better now.

After flipping through "Girls in the Garden", he felt angry again.

If his fourth sister was a vicious person, she would have treated Song Jin badly in the past. If Song Jin did this, he would take it as revenge, and when he felt sad, he would think it was the fourth sister who reaped the consequences.

But what is it now?

In the garden picture, Cheng Huilan, who was a girl, was chasing butterflies from the garden in the backyard of the Taishi Mansion, with a smart posture and a bright smile.

Yuncheng drew the feeling of one step at a time, a family gathered together, and she walked through it like a passerby.

Finally, we went back to the main house and had a family banquet. There was a big round table, and everyone came according to their seating order.

The seat number was pointed out by Cheng Wenjie, and Yuncheng made some minor adjustments, which was also his own selfishness.

Cheng Huilan was sitting beside Cheng Lifeng.

It's getting late today, so it's not advisable to talk to someone, because talking about it will cause trouble in the child's heart, and he won't be able to sleep all night.

But Cheng Lifeng thought about what happened during the day, and felt that Yun Cheng wouldn't be able to sleep if he didn't talk.

After thinking for a while, he put away the things on the table, got up and went to Lanyuan.

In the orchid garden, Yun Cheng and Ye Cunshan sat on the steps outside the door to watch the stars.

He couldn't sleep again tonight, and he felt a little nauseous.

When I came back, I didn't go to the dining room for dinner today, but ate in the small courtyard.

He likes to drink fish soup, the fish bones are all stewed crispy, and some white and thin fish meat is mixed in, every bite is delicious and sweet.

The mansion has always taken care of his taste. After arriving in Kyoto, all kinds of fish became more and more precious.

But in the evening he didn't eat a single bite.

Now take a dry biscuit and eat it, and feel more delicious.

There is no small kitchen in Orchid Garden, and it is inconvenient for Ye Cunshan to get him something else, but the face has always been lined up behind Yuncheng, and he doesn't mind the trouble, calling Yuxiang again and again, let the kitchen do some serious things s things.

"Sour or spicy is fine, not sweet or bland."

Yun Cheng tore half of the pancakes and gave them to Ye Cunshan, sharing them with him, "I feel that this is the only good thing about this mansion. The cook is good."

Ye Cunshan wiped the crumbs from the corner of his mouth, feeling sorry for him, "Anyway, don't be impatient, we can stay a little longer."

The last few days I was suffering because I was in a hurry to give gifts.

It's really hard to sleep now, Yuncheng can't tell what's wrong, he feels uncomfortable all over his body.

He said to Ye Cunshan: "Actually, I am not so irritable. I have experienced things before. When I really collapsed, I cried and cried, and then I calmed down and figured out a way. Life will always pass. I have been holding back. I am the one who suffers. But recently I don't know what's wrong, I can't control myself."

A little bit of emotion is put on the big side.

Realizing that there is a problem, it is difficult to correct it.

Ye Cunshan said that it might be due to the environment, "I stayed in the village, and the clan brothers all tried to make money to supplement the family. Everyone joked and joked. When we get together, we still want to earn money and ask for a wife. But when we go to the academy, we just I study and study all day long, and occasionally there are two people who don't like to study, so I have to pretend to be gregarious."

The Grand Master's House is big, they haven't integrated in, they don't know how to go around, they know only a few people, they stay in a small circle, and everything they see and hear is in this place.

It just so happened that this incident came as a surprise when I didn't expect it. When I thought it would not go so smoothly, the Cheng family was friendly, and they came here when they were most moved.

Everyone feels aggrieved.

Ye Cunshan said: "This is much worse than my father and stepmother."

No wonder the Cheng family didn't say anything when they saw that he was not filial to his parents.

Yun Cheng said something nice for Cheng Lifeng, "I think uncle is really protecting his weaknesses."

Of course, this is the uncle.

He is not very familiar with the second uncle.

In the Cheng family, the couple had the most contact with Cheng Lifeng.

Ye Cunshan also nodded, and said to Yuncheng: "I think it's a separate burial today, and everyone is watching. Uncle is watching you."

Looking at Yuncheng at least shows that he cares about his feelings.

Just as he was speaking, Cheng Lifeng knocked on the courtyard door.

Ye Cunshan thought it was food from the kitchen, but Yuncheng said he wanted to drink Hu spicy soup, and told him what to add, and the kitchen was trying to make it.

Ye Cunshan was stunned when he opened the door and saw him, "Uncle? Why are you here so late?"

Cheng Lifeng said that he had something to tell Yun Cheng, and after taking a look at Ye Cunshan, he said, "You can come together."

Yun Cheng knew it was Song Jin's business.

Looking at Cheng Lifeng's expression, he probably guessed that the ending would not be happy.

He couldn't even eat the pancakes.

It just so happened that someone from the kitchen came to bring Hu spicy soup. Yuncheng said that the pancakes were delicious, so he baked another plate and brought them over.

Cheng Lifeng said that he hadn't eaten yet, and together, Yun Cheng added some dinner.

Yun Cheng met Song Jin on the first day he came to the house, and today is only the fourth day.

It is fast to tell the result, but the result is not good.

With Cheng Lifeng's personality like this, he decided to say nothing.

Yun Cheng felt very sad after hearing this, and he still had a little expectation in his heart. Maybe Grand Master Cheng would look back and think that Cheng Huilan had passed away long ago, and Song Jin was still dominating the family for many years, he would be heartbroken and change his mind.

But Cheng Lifeng said: "No."

If you really want to change your mind, there should be some movement when the family sends Song Jin out.

"He has his own brother, he must live up to his brother's last wish and is willing to protect Song Jin."

Cheng Lifeng paused for a long time before opening his mouth: "I also have my sister, if I want to be worthy of her, I will protect you."

Yun Cheng wiped his eyes, as if the tears couldn't stop falling, he wiped it a few times, but he didn't wipe it anymore, just let it be today to vent his emotions.

"It's better not to be nice the day you go home," he said.

Being so kind and harmless in front of him, but turning around to have a problem with Ye Cunshan, the recovered biological daughter may not be valued much.

Cheng Lifeng had nothing to say to comfort him.

Ironically, on the day the fourth sister moved to the grave, his father decided to let Song Jin go.

After sitting for a while, he said that Wen Rui was going to clean up the other houses, "It's boring to live at home, let's move out, before returning to Fucheng after work, tell me, I'll go see it off."

Ye Cunshan sent him out of the yard, and Cheng Lifeng asked him to watch Dianyuncheng for the past two days, "You work hard, don't be afraid of delaying your study, I will make up other notes for you later."

Ye Cunshan didn't care about this, "No need."

Going out from Lanyuan, you will pass a gravel road in the backyard.

Cheng Lifeng saw a figure from afar, from a young age, surrounded by night, he also recognized Cheng Taishi.

He thought, maybe a long time ago, when there was suspicion in the family, Grand Master Cheng had already understood the truth of the matter.

It's just that he was looking for evidence, and Song Jin was always soft and timid, saying that Cheng Huilan was very good to her, she couldn't do this, and she really couldn't find the motive, so she has been so vague for more than ten years.

Looking at it now, perhaps when the mansion was looking for someone vigorously, Grand Master Cheng already knew that Cheng Huilan would not be found.

Cheng Lifeng looked away, it was rare to be rude, so he pretended he didn't see it.

The door of Lan Yuan never opened again that night.

After Yuncheng and Ye Cunshan cleaned up and washed, they lay on the bed and chatted.

He was very curious, whether it was because of this confession that caused conflicts in the family.

He also wanted to know if Song Jin didn't come to make trouble, so the family wouldn't be like this.

Ye Cunshan said: "On the first day you came back, Song Jin came to scare you, maybe it was a tacit consent. I want you to know that there is such a person in the family, so prepare early."

It was Cheng Taishi's confession to his daughter that he cheated the truth from Song Jin.

Song Jin's punishment was his confession to his younger brother.

As for Yuncheng, he was willing to bring back his father-in-law's coffin and bury it in the ancestral grave.

As soon as Yuncheng opened his eyes, Ye Cunshan reminded him to close them, "Your eyes are bloodshot, do you want to be blind?"

He closed his eyes and kept pushing into Ye Cunshan's arms, feeling that there was no sense of security in this place.

Ye Cunshan explained that he would leave early tomorrow, "We have few things, so we can leave immediately."

"Well, hurry up."

The author has something to say:

I locked [-] words, but I couldn't get out halfway, so I came late

Today is just in case, it’s too long, I’ll divide it into a temporary chapter qwq

In addition, I did not reply to the comments yesterday, and today I will make up a small red envelope for the readers who left comments in the previous chapter~

The second update will be posted soon, see you in the next chapter!