Du Zhao's arrival did not bring much change to Xu Shichu's life. After all, Du Zhao was taken care of by his servants most of the time, and Xu Shichu only occasionally teased and played with him.
It is impossible to say that Xu Shichu can immediately regard Du Zhao as her own child. After all, there was no affection before. Moreover, Xu Shichu has a beast in her soul. It is strange that she can immediately develop maternal love for a human cub.
So at first Xu Shichu just regarded Du Zhao as a child from a relative's family. When he was happy, he would tease him, and when he was unhappy, he would let his servants take care of him. However, Du Zhao was a lovable child. Except for the first few days when he came here, he would miss his parents and cry. After shouting out, he gradually became lively and cute.
After he recovered from his illness, he was fed meat and became plump. He looked very cute. He staggered around the yard with three heads and a body, playing hide-and-seek with the maids. He laughed and laughed every day. He was really very cute. He was very lovable, so Xu Shichu gradually fell in love with him and took him with him wherever he went.
Luo Yaqing's wedding day came soon, and Xu Shichu was not very busy. After all, she did not need to deal with the wedding. She only needed to appear on necessary occasions.
On the day of the wedding, the Prime Minister's Mansion was very lively. Luo Xiang was marrying his daughter, and people from all the famous families in the capital came. Xu Shichu, as the nominal wife of the Prime Minister's Mansion, naturally had to go out to socialize with other ladies.
Du Zhao was young, and Xu Shichu was worried that everyone in the house would be busy with the wedding and would neglect him, so he took him with him. Of course, this was also because he was well-behaved and did not cry when meeting many strangers.
"Hey, which family does this child come from? He's so good-looking." asked Mrs. Li, the Minister of Rites, who was barely a good friend of Xu Shichu's.
"He is my distant nephew, a relative of my mother's side of the family. There is no one in his family, and he is following me now." Xu Shichu took this opportunity to reveal Du Zhao's identity to avoid unnecessary prying.
"What a pitiful little boy! Fortunately, Mrs. Xu is kind and compassionate. It's a blessing in disguise that this child can stay with you." Mrs. Li touched Du Zhao's little head and said.
Du Zhao raised his fair and tender face and glanced at this beautiful woman, pouted his little mouth, raised his little hand and pushed her hand away, but did not cry or resist.
Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing when she saw his cute little appearance.
The other ladies also repeatedly praised Young Master Du for his extraordinary bearing, stability and well-behaved manner at a young age... These exaggerated words made the corners of Xu Shichu's mouth twitch. Du Zhao was only over two years old, and it was a blessing that they could say such words without blushing or out of breath.
Xu Shichu wanted to go socialize with the other ladies, so he apologized to Mrs. Li and the others and left temporarily, but he didn't expect someone to grab his arm before he had gone very far.
"Chu girl, now that you have become the wife of the prime minister, you have forgotten your ancestors and don't even recognize your natal family! We have been here for so long and you don't come to greet you. If I don't come to you, are you going to become Don’t you know each other?” The eldest aunt’s harsh words rang in Xu Shichu’s ears like a string of beads.
Xu Shichu used some skill to free his arm from his aunt's hand, and then looked at her.
After not seeing each other for almost a year, my eldest aunt Zhou has become older and more haggard, with wrinkles on her face, bags under her eyes that almost reach her chin, her eyes are cloudy, her nasolabial folds are deep, and with her demeanor, she looks fierce. Can scare children into tears.
The love comes from the heart. My eldest aunt is getting old so fast. I think this year has not been easy.
Also, whether she wanted her granddaughter to enter the prime minister's mansion to seduce the prime minister's son, or she wanted to plot against Xu Shichu's reopening of the prosperous Zuixiang Pavilion and Houji Bookstore, she failed. Instead, Xu Shichu counterattacked so that even Uncle Ningyuan's mansion could finally make money. Qian's shops are all experiencing bleak business.
As a result, the life of Uncle Ning Yuan's Mansion has become even more difficult. It's strange that the eldest aunt is not haggard and old. It's a pity that she has no chance to seek revenge from Xu Shichu. Today, she finally came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find Xu Shichu openly, so naturally she won't let it go easily.
"Auntie was joking. I pretended I didn't know you, but why didn't you come up to me? When it comes to forgetting one's ancestors, I don't dare to take it seriously. After all, I didn't corrupt the property in the uncle's house." Xu Shichu said with a smile,
"I wonder if the ancestors will be so angry that they will crawl out of their graves when they know that all the property in the house has been completely destroyed by you unscrupulous descendants?"
When the eldest aunt heard her sarcasm, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth: "You still have the nerve to say that? If it weren't for you, how could the business at home be so bad that it was about to close down? It's all your fault!"
"I don't dare to take it seriously. I'm just retaliating with tooth for tooth and eye for eye. Who told you to attack my shop in the first place? Are you planning on me and not allowing me to fight back? If you want to be a thief, you have to be mentally prepared to be beaten. I've already Please be merciful because you are my mother's family, otherwise I will make it worse for you." Xu Shichu said harsh words with a smile.
"Also, before I got married, my uncle's house was unable to make ends meet. Don't blame me for being a prodigal family. I won't admit it!"
Xu Shichu said something again without mercy, which made the eldest aunt turn pale and almost fainted.
"You, you..." The eldest aunt pointed at Xu Shichu with a trembling finger, wanting to yell, but because this was the Prime Minister's Mansion and a wedding banquet was being held here, she didn't dare to make a scene, so she almost rolled her eyes.
The eldest aunt stopped, but Xu Shichu's stepmother Li didn't know what happened and came to her side. She supported the eldest sister-in-law who was about to faint, and then put on a fake smile and said:
"Since you know that your mother's family cannot make ends meet and their livelihood is difficult, as the daughter of the Xu family, you should contribute to the family. No matter what we did in the past, we have raised you anyway. Shouldn't you repay the kindness of raising you? "
After Xu Shichu heard this, he couldn't help but look his stepmother Li up and down. Sure enough, she was very impressed after three days apart. When Li Shichu saw Xu Shichu before, she would only scold and humiliate her fiercely, so how could she possibly give her a smile?
But now she not only gives her a smile, but also knows how to calmly use the kindness of raising her to morally kidnap her!
It's a pity that Xu Shichu is someone who will be kidnapped by her morals? Not to mention that Uncle Ning Yuan's mansion did not regard the original owner as a human being before. Even if the uncle's mansion really raised the original owner well, Xu Shichu would not be able to harm his own interests and use virtue to repay resentment to support the losers in Uncle Ning Yuan's mansion.
"The grace of raising me? Are you talking about the grace of raising me like a rat in the gutter? Do you want to return such a grace to you? I will still find people to abuse, beat, and abuse you. This is what I should do To repay the kindness of raising you."
Xu Shichu sneered and said, "If I hadn't been able to do some embroidery work and secretly go out to sell a few small coins to buy steamed buns, I would have starved to death a long time ago. It's your turn to come here today to ask me to repay the kindness of raising you?!"
