Step-Mother has Given Up

The expression on the face of the second aunt of the Shen family became more rigid, and she bowed her head silently.

The two came to Mrs. Shen’s courtyard. Mrs. Shen had been standing under the eaves of the corridor and waiting. When she saw Shen Yanmo leading the child over and walking down the steps, she smiled: "Mo'er is back, grandma can take you Hope is here." The eyes fell on the children, and the smile became stronger.

Seeing her enthusiasm, Shen Yanmo didn't like to pour cold water, and he didn't want to talk about things from many years ago. He endured the discomfort and greeted Mrs. Shen again.

Brother Yao led his younger brother and greeted Mrs. Shen together.

Mrs. Shen smiled with creases and asked the children to get up, and then asked them to share the purse with them: "Hold it for fun, if you don't like it, let it be a reward."

The second aunt of the Shen family also asked people to take a purse, and smiled and stuffed them in the hands of several children: "Keep them all, you are welcome."

She said that you are welcome, but her heart is dripping with blood. It is all white money. In recent years, the minister has been unlucky and the family is struggling to make ends meet. She is living by breaking her fingers. Yan Mo led the child to the door. She was a naked woman of gold and a naked woman of silver. How could she not feel distressed?

Shen Yanmo didn't refuse, because a lot of her parents' belongings were taken away by the second room. They should give something.

Mrs. Shen grabbed Shen Yanmo's hand and entered the house, sitting on the soft couch, greeting tea and cakes, and did not forget to let the children eat.

Brother Yu likes to eat cakes, he stretched out his hand to take it, and suddenly remembered the poisoning, he paused, said thank you, and said against his will: "Great grandmother eats. We have a toothache and can't eat sweets." Looking at the cakes greedyly. I want to eat but can’t eat, uncomfortable.

Upon seeing this, Shen Yanmo winked Dongxue. Dongxue smiled and took out a pouch, took out some cakes, and handed it to Brother Yu: "Madam knows that you have a toothache, and I specially asked Aunt Yan Qing to make it for you, without sugar." Then he gave it to Brother Yao. , Rong brother and Ao brother a few dollars each.

Brother Ao shook his head and thanked him. He didn't like pastries, but ate a bunch of grapes.

Brother Yu knew what his mother meant, and didn't break the point. He took a bite and bowed his brows and thanked him.

Mrs. Shen didn't think too much, but she felt that the brothers of Yu were well-educated, and she praised that she only let the second aunt of the Shen family take the acid water. Her son was also married and had a daughter last year. Mrs. Shen glanced lightly. , Lukewarm and said: "I look good and live well, I hope I will marry a good family in the future."

She also knows that her mother-in-law has a patriarchal temperament, and that her daughter grew up in someone else's family, but no matter how patriarchal she is, she has to care for her own children. No matter how good Shen Yanmo's child is, it is not the Shen family's seed, let alone the other two are adopted children. Who knows whether the adopted children can be mature, don't raise a white-eyed wolf.

But she didn't dare to say such things, she could only slander in her heart. On the face, I still have to compliment Shen Yanmo, who is now the princess of the emperor.

The children felt bored and asked to go out and play for a while, and promised not to cause trouble. Shen Yanmo was worried and let Dongxue follow.

Mrs. Shen also sent a maid-in-law to follow, and the children must not be knocked against.

Shen Yanmo spoke with Mrs. Shen for a while, and then came to Mrs. Shen's study.

Mr. Shen was also very enthusiastic, and a few words involved the second uncle of the Shen family.

Shen Yanmo didn't pretend to be stupid, so she said she was a woman. She was only valued by the queen mother and the queen, and the harem woman was not allowed to do politics, so she couldn't help the second room of the Shen family. Good to Uncle Shen.

The old man Shen was a little angry when he saw that she refused to help, but he didn't dare to attack Shen Yanmo's identity.

At lunch, Mrs. Shen kept letting Brother Yao eat food. In fact, the dishes of the Shen family were average, not as good as Yan Qing's quintessential craftsmanship. A few children had their mouths raised and didn't eat much. Their dining etiquette is very good, Mrs. Shen let them eat, they eat as much as they want, and in the end they praised something against their will.

After lunch, Shen Yanmo resigned from the Shen family and brought a few children out.

When the group arrived, they took two carriages, one for Shen Yanmo and Dongxue, and one for the children. When they left, several children wanted to ride in a carriage with Shen Yanmo, but the carriage was too small to sit in, and several people had a dispute. After the dispute, the old rules of guessing the boxing decision were made, but Yao'er won.

He ignored the three younger brothers, climbed into the carriage excitedly, sat down firmly and opened the curtain to Brother Rong, Brother Yu and Brother Ao and said, "There will be a chance next time."

Brother Ao pouted, his eyes were reddish, trying to pretend to be pitiful to win his brother's sympathy.

Brother Yao knows his temperament and laughs without saying a word. Brother Ao knows that his brother disagrees, so he snorted coldly, turned his head and pouted and walked towards the carriage behind, still muttering, "Brother is bad." The voice was soft and soft. A bit wronged.

Shen Yanmo turned a deaf ear. This was a matter between their brothers. She never participated. She got into the carriage and sat beside Brother Yao. Seeing sweat on his forehead, she took the kerchief and wiped it: "Please don’t run. I want to run fast. Although it is beginning to fall, the sky is still hot, beware of heatstroke."

"Thank you, mother, I'm fine." Brother Yao raised the corners of his lips and took the veil to wipe his sweat.

Shen Yanmo smiled and looked at him, rarely being alone with him: "Brother Yao, have you thought about the future?"

The country of Yan knows the whereabouts of him and Brother Rong. This time the poisoning will not happen. Maybe there will be another time. What will be waiting for them? Cold arrows or poisoning. They are in the bright place, the enemy is in the dark. Shen Yanmo is really afraid of accidents with a few children. If he had known that there would be a lot of trouble when returning to Kyoto, he might as well be in Yangzhou.

Brother Yao's thoughts were so thorough, and he knew that Shen Yanmo meant something: "My mother is talking about the country of Yan? I'm thinking about it these days, but I don't have a clue. I want to sit in that position and want to protect my brothers. , I want to protect my mother, but I don’t have the ability. Let’s not say that Yan State does not have my status, but now that they know the news about me, they always want to kill me. It’s difficult to save my life, so what else?"

He dreamed of returning to the country of Yan, and his mother and concubine had to avenge him. Over the years, he worked hard to learn martial arts and studied diligently. He just wanted to go back one day and avenge his mother.

"If you want to sit in that position, there will always be a way." Shen Yanmo narrowed his eyes slightly, Yan Guo didn't have a place for him, it doesn't mean that he has no support, the current emperor Mingqi is his strong backing.

Compared with others being the monarch of the Kingdom of Yan, the emperor hopes that his nephew will be his nephew. Once he supports Yao's superiority, Yao's kindness will be appreciated. There will be less border warfare. There will be trade between the two countries. The people will be rich and the country will be strong. There is no interest in profit.

Just as he was thinking, a sharp arrow passed through the curtain of the car, flew past Shen Yanmo's ears, and pierced into the back of the car. Brother Yao's eyes widened with fright: "Mother, there are assassins."

Shen Yanmo didn't have time to think about it, he took Brother Yaoyao into his arms, and shot another sharp arrow, thrusting it straight into Shen Yanmo's right arm, groaning, and the feeling of pain swept through his body.

"Mother, you were hit by an arrow." Brother Yao just turned his head to see the arrow stuck in her arm, and shouted out in fear.

Shen Yanmo endured the pain: "It's okay, don't move, this group of people assassinated you, Brother Yu, they should be okay."

On the carriage behind, Dongxue huddled up with the three little masters in her arms. Brother Ao was timid, already scared to cry, crying to find Shen Yanmo, Dongxue was worried, understood the situation outside, and could only hold him tightly to comfort him: "It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s going to be okay, Ao Ge’ermo cry."

Brother Rong got up to go out, but was held by Dongxue: "Outsiders are protecting us. Brother Rong is good at staying in the carriage. Don't move around to worry Madam."

The streets were full of excitement, but the sudden assassination made chaos even more, and the people fled when they saw it. The guards hiding in the dark came out one after another, guarding both sides of the carriage, swinging their swords against the cold arrows.

The sound of weapons colliding, shouts, and calls for help were mixed together, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Brother Yao's eyes were slightly red, and Shen Yanmo's lips were purple. The situation was the same as that of Brother Ao: "Mother, the arrow is poisonous."

Shen Yanmo was afraid that he was worried, so she took out a porcelain bottle from her arms, poured a detoxification pill in her palm, raised her hand and put it in her mouth: "It's okay." The Detoxification Pill was really useful.

"Quick, quick, protect Madam, stay alive." It was Lin Feng's voice.

He received the signal flare from his companion and drove people over. With more and more guards and fewer enemies, less than a cup of tea, the fighting outside gradually stopped.

Lynch opened the curtain and looked in, and saw Shen Yanmo with a sword in his arm: "Madam, did you get an arrow?"

"The arrow is poisonous." Brother Yao cried out in fear.

Dongxue got out of the carriage when she heard the movement and ran forward. Brother Rong, Brother Yu, and Brother Ao also followed, and when they heard that Shen Yanmo had been poisoned by a poisoned arrow, they started to cry in fright.

Shen Yanmo opened the curtain and gave a few comforting sounds, but still could not calm the minds of the few people, and the children still cried.

Lin Feng was asking the last person to live, and when he saw it, he lifted his foot and kicked the man, cursing: "You bastard, hand over the antidote quickly, tell the order behind the scenes, and leave your corpse."

The man knew that he couldn't escape and wanted to bite his tongue and kill himself. Lin Feng was prepared for a long time. He quickly removed his chin, fumbled a few times on him, and found a porcelain bottle. He was happy on his face. He came to the carriage, passed it into the carriage, and gave it to Shen Yan Mo: "Madam, this was found from those people, you can see if it is the antidote."

Brother Yao didn't think much. He took the medicine bottle and opened it. There were a few dark pills everywhere and sent them to Shen Yanmo: "Mother, see if it's the antidote?"

Shen Yanmo took out a pill and sniffed it, analyzed the composition of the pill, and said after a moment: "Not sure, go back and test it." She was not sure about a few medicinal materials, so she didn't dare to eat it.

When she returned to the Shen's house, Liu's mother saw that Shen Yanmo was injured, and she was distressed and anxious: "I went to the Shen's house. Why did it become like this when I came back? What's the matter?"

Yuhe took out the medicine box, helped Shen Yanmo drew an arrow, and bandaged the wound.

When he drew the arrow, Shen Yanmo shed a lot of blood, cold sweat on his forehead, scared several children holding their cry and choking silently.

Especially Yao's eyes were red, his fists creaked, and his teeth gritted hatefully. He must have killed those people and avenged his mother.

Furong asked Dongxue: "How can someone be assassinated?"

Seeing Shen Yanmo's pain, Dongxue couldn't help but flushed her eyes: "I don't know. When I came back, I was sitting in the carriage with the little boys in the back."

Shen Yanmo read a prescription and asked Yuhe to write it down. Yuhe wrote a prescription to get the medicine.

Several children surrounded her with red eyes, and Shen Yanmo comforted her again.

Especially Brother Yao, full of self-blame, felt that it was all his own fault, that made his mother hit the arrow. He lay on Shen Yanmo's lap, crying with a headache: "Both blame me and blame me, it's all my fault. If my mother didn't protect me, I wouldn't be hurt."

Shen Yanmo stroked the back of his head and chuckled: "Mother is glad to have blocked an arrow for you. If you are injured, mother should be so sad."

"I don't want my mother to get hurt, I'd rather get hurt myself." Brother Yao cried.

Before the voice was over, there was a report from the **** outside: "The empress dowager is here."

Shen Yanmo hurriedly helped Yao'er brother: "Don't cry, let the queen mother see, she should cry again. She is getting older, so she can't let her worry about you anymore."

The queen mother helped the maid to walk slowly into the house, just in time to hear this, her nose was sore, and she felt very pleased to press the post. Seeing that Shen Yanmo was about to get up, she waved her hand: "Don't move, good health and recuperation." See Brother Yao and Brother Rong. Nothing happened, unconsciously relieved.

She heard that Shen Yanmo's mother and her son were assassinated in the street, and Yao's brother was almost killed in Huangquan. If Shen Yanmo hadn't blocked an arrow for Yao, she would never see her grandson again. The court lady **** went out of the palace to visit, and saw that Shen Yanmo's pale face was even more pitiful.

Shen Yanmo was afraid of the children, so he sent the children out. Several children hesitated to leave. Shen Yanmo winked at Dong Xue and asked her to take the child out. Dongxue coaxed a few children out.

Knowing that she had something to say, the queen mother sat down opposite her and acted in a respectful manner.

After the children went out, Shen Yanmo slowly said, "The queen mother knows who sent these assassins?"

The queen mother shook her head: "I don't know what Ai'aijia, you already know?"

"Minghua guessed something. If nothing went wrong, it should be from Yan Guo." Without further clarification, Yan Guo has already revealed the identity of the assassin.

"Are you sure?"

"Eight or nine are not separated from ten." Shen Yanmo paused, "Brother Yao's identity was revealed by Princess Mingxia, and she has already confessed it herself. She is the royal princess, and I wanted to keep her life, but she took it The children are threatening me, and you know that the queen mother, the child is my ugly scale, and I don’t allow a few children to be in danger."

"She's damned, you did the right thing." Between her grandson and Mingxia, it was too serious to abandon Mingxia.