Mrs. Liu returned to her mansion after a bad start. She thought that the method of visiting directly as a relative to establish relations seemed to be unworkable. She had to think of other ways. Mrs. Liu was not willing to let an easy-to-use person like Du Shichu go in vain. people.
But no matter what she thought, she couldn't think of a proper and natural way to get closer to Du Shichu. Remembering the humiliation she had suffered in the Princess's Mansion, she resented Du Shichu's coming in her heart more and more, and only thought about waiting for him in the future. After using her, you must torture her to vent your anger.
Zhou Yizhu, who was reading a storybook in the name of studying in the outer courtyard, heard the servants say that his mother had returned from the princess's mansion, and immediately went to the main courtyard to find Zhou.
"Mom, did you go to the princess's mansion and see your cousin? What did she say to you?" Zhou Yizhu anxiously entered the square to find Liu without waiting for the servant to pass the message.
When Mrs. Liu saw him, she immediately glared at him and said, "What are your rules? Although I am your mother, you are so old. How can you come in without just announcing?"
"Oh, Mom, there's no need to mention these little things." Zhou Yizhu said nonchalantly. He knew how much his mother valued him, so he didn't worry that she would be really angry with him, so he said with a smile, "Mom, Aren't I so comfortable being close to you? If I weren't close, I wouldn't bother to come to your place."
"Nonsense!" Ms. Liu scolded her son, but her words were actually quite helpful to him, because her little son was brought to her mother-in-law's room as soon as he was born and raised until he was almost five or six years old and needed to study. She only came out after enlightenment, so she was not close to her biological mother at all. She was too polite but not close enough, so she valued Zhou Yizhu, the eldest son she had raised, more.
It is precisely for this reason that in her previous life, Mrs. Liu would spare no effort to bring Zhou Yizhu to be with the original owner, instead of marrying her younger son who is closer to the original owner, because she knew that whoever married the original owner would be marrying a stable family. Jinshan, a lifetime of glory and wealth was all at hand, but she didn't expect that Zhou Yizhu, the one she liked, would dare to do the stupid thing of killing the original owner for the sake of his lover, thus ruining her plan.
"Mom, please tell me what you did when you went to the princess's mansion." Zhou Yizhu asked impatiently.
When Mrs. Liu heard this, her face suddenly darkened, and she said expressionlessly: "What did you do? I didn't even enter the princess's mansion, and I was kicked out by the concierge. He also said that I was uneasy and wanted to have a relationship with the princess. People said that the princess’s relatives are all in Lincheng, her hometown, and none are in the capital... You don’t even know how embarrassed I was at that time! I underestimated this little girl Du Shichu..."
"What? How dare my cousin do this to my mother? Don't you have a very good relationship with her mother and concubine? Does the princess look down on us poor relatives? But when I returned to Beijing with her, she didn't treat me coldly. ." Zhou Yizhu said puzzledly.
"You said that when you returned to Beijing with her, she didn't treat you coldly?" Ms. Liu immediately caught the key point of Zhou Yizhu's words, narrowed her eyes and asked him, "Continue to tell me, she and What is your attitude when you get along with me?"
Zhou Yizhu began to recall: "Attitude? She was very polite and courteous to me. Although she rejected my offer to invite her to live in our house, she just refused, not sarcastically..." He automatically ignored Du Shichu's expression when he rejected him. Show no mercy.
Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up when she heard what he said. She didn't know what she was thinking of, and asked again: "How old is she now? Thirteen or fourteen? Is she about to have haircuts?"
"No, she still looks like a child. I heard from a nun sent by the palace that my cousin is only twelve years old and has several years to go before she gets her haircut. She looks childish." Zhou Yizhu remembered that she looked like a yellow-haired girl. Du Shichu had no feelings for her at all.
In fact, in the previous life, after the original owner grew up, she became a graceful girl and showed her beauty for the first time. Zhou Yizhu did not object to marrying the original owner. If the original owner had always been like this yellow-haired girl, Zhou Yizhu would not be willing even if it was for the sake of his future. Marry her, but directly push her to his brother.
When Mrs. Liu heard Zhou Yizhu's words, she was a little disappointed. If Du Shichu was still a child, then her plan would not be completed so quickly...
"Mom, what are you thinking about?" Seeing that Mrs. Liu was distracted, Zhou Yizhu woke her up.
"I was wondering if Du Shichu would see you if you came to visit her." Mrs. Liu replied.
Zhou Yizhu said unconcernedly: "Maybe we will meet? After all, at least I went to express my condolences to her father, so I have some face."
"Son, you should be more attentive these days, and try to find ways to see her and establish a good relationship with her. It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to recognize me as my cousin, just recognize you as my cousin!" Mrs. Liu's eyes flashed, solemnly. The incident happened to Zhou Yizhu.
Although Zhou Yizhu knew that this was for his own future, but he wanted to please a yellow-haired girl, he still reluctantly said: "Okay, I understand, I will try my best, but if she doesn't even see me, then I won't There’s a way.”
So Zhou Yizhu went to see Du Shichu in person after Liu. Not surprisingly, he was kicked out mercilessly by the concierge, and he couldn't even get through the gate of the Princess's Mansion.
Zhou Yizhu felt extremely embarrassed. He didn't expect Du Shichu to be so heartless. She didn't even see him. She had expressed condolences to her father after all. She felt like a companion all the way to Beijing, right?
The arrogant Zhou Yizhu was so humiliated by Du Shichu that he was angry and embarrassed. Finally, he angrily tossed his sleeves and left without trying to see him again.
After Du Shichu knew that he had left, he smiled sarcastically. Although Zhou Yizhu was not very talented in reading, he was very noble. He couldn't stand others looking down on him and not giving him face, so he was exposed in public by the people in the princess's palace. After being kicked out, he didn't know how to hold a grudge in his heart.
In fact, the princess's palace not only rejected the visit of Liu and Zhou Yizhu, Du Shichu also declined the invitations from other people. However, it was not as disrespectful as the rejection of Liu and Zhou Yizhu, but they also did not come to the door in person. Ah, they were all sent by servants, so Du Shichu was more tactful and polite when he refused, and he still used the convenient excuse of filial piety.
Of course, everyone knew about her situation, so they didn't feel embarrassed after being rejected. They did it more to show the emperor, showing that they had not ignored Du Shichu, an orphan girl, and it was natural that Du Shichu was willing to meet her. Okay, it’s okay if you don’t want to, I don’t want the Zhou family to be so “clear-cut”.
"During this period of my mourning, I will basically not see anyone else except entering the palace. If there are any invitations, just reject them all. If anyone else bothers you, you can go directly to the official. No one can disturb my filial piety." Du Shichu had no intention of socializing with outsiders, no matter whether those people were kind to her or not.
