Chapter 151 Mission 014

After Xiao Yu was brought to the garden by the housekeeper of Zuo Xiangfu, he sent the person away: "You know the way, so you can take a stroll by yourself. Just wait here."

It was the first time for the housekeeper of Zuo Xiangfu to receive the prince. He was a little frightened. Hearing that Xiao Yu said that he did not want to serve him, he felt relieved and waited obediently at the garden gate.

Xiao Yu's first goal in the garden was the rockery that witnessed the scene of the first meeting between the male and female protagonists in the original work. However, there were many different rockeries in the garden, and he couldn't drill every rockery. I scanned it with my spiritual consciousness, and sure enough, I found a girl curled up and sitting in a rockery cave in one of the rockeries that was not very big.

Although Shan Ruxuan is the legitimate daughter of Zuo Xiang, she is the daughter of a step-mother. Her status is not as noble as that of the legitimate daughter of her original wife, nor can she keep up with the status of her brothers in the hearts of her parents. It can be said that her father does not love her mother, and she lives in Zuo Xiang's house. Her life may not be as comfortable as that of a concubine.

At least the concubine has her biological mother's care, but Shan Ruxuan's mother is a weirdo who treats her stepdaughter better than her biological daughter.

Logically speaking, it is difficult to be a stepmother. Even for the sake of reputation, a stepmother must be nice to her stepdaughter on the surface. However, no matter how nice she is to her stepdaughter, she will not let her own daughter show off how good she is to her stepdaughter.

It just so happens that the heroine's mother is such a weirdo, and she uses the heroine as a foil to how well she treats the daughter of her first wife.

Ordinary stepmothers may treat their stepdaughters better than their own daughters on the surface, but secretly they will compensate their own daughters, but the heroine's mother is extremely harsh on the heroine whether overtly or secretly.

If there wasn't such a big age difference between the heroine and the heroine's sister, some people would really wonder if the heroine's mother had switched the two of them.

This rockery cave is a very secluded place, and few people come here. The heroine always likes to come here to hide and cry secretly when she is wronged.

On the day of her grandmother's sixtieth birthday, the reason why the heroine Shan Ruxuan hid here and cried was because she and her eldest sister fell into the water at the same time and fell ill at the same time. However, her mother only hired an imperial doctor for her eldest sister. As for her, she was seen by an ordinary doctor. She ignored it and even thought that she was the one who caused her sister-in-law to fall into the water. She was punished by not being allowed to eat for two days and not allowed to attend the birthday party.

Thinking of the heroine's mother, Mrs. Shan, Xiao Yu couldn't help but shake her head secretly. There are too many weirdos in this world, and there are not enough weirdos like the Queen and Mrs. Shan!

The heroine is also pitiful. The original heroine's mother's partiality is also partiality for her own son, but the heroine's mother's partiality is partiality for other people's daughters.

Later, the heroine entered the palace because the hero was weak and could die at any time and did not like women. The heroine's sister felt that entering the palace would mean being a widow, so she was unwilling to enter the palace, so she let the heroine take over.

Now that the prince has been replaced by Su Chenghao, who is in good health, Xiao Yu doesn't think that anyone in Zuo Xiang's house will let the heroine enter the palace, and the heroine's sister-in-law is not kind enough to give her the opportunity to be promoted, so today she and A trip to meet the heroine is a must.

The front was very lively for Mrs. Shan's 60th birthday, but the garden behind was much deserted, with few people passing by and it was very quiet.

Xiao Yu walked to the rockery and could vaguely hear the girl's soft sobbing, and quietly ducked into the rockery cave.

The rockery cave was very small. At least a man like him had to lower his head and bend down to enter, so he saw the girl huddled in the darkness at a glance.

Shan Ruxuan was startled by Xiao Yu who suddenly came in. At this time, she had not yet grown into the brilliant and intelligent woman she would become in the future. She was just a twelve-year-old little girl. Her small body could barely occupy the space. In many places, a pair of big tearful eyes were filled with fear.

Xiao Yu put his index finger between his lips and whispered softly: "Hush!"

Shan Ruxuan bit her lip and did not dare to say anything, but she shrank inward again.

Xiao Yu didn't deliberately get close to her, and just found a relatively clean place to sit on the floor. He sighed slightly and said, "Is my little sister unhappy too?" He looked at Shan Ruxuan, "I used to like to hide here when I was unhappy. It’s sad to be alone in a place where no one is around.”

Although Shan Ruxuan was still wary of Xiao Yu, his words undoubtedly narrowed the distance between the two, and she looked at him with obvious curiosity.

Xiao Yu didn't expect to be able to dispel her wariness immediately, and continued: "My mother is very partial to my younger brother, and my father is also partial to my younger brother. They have always ignored me, and they didn't think of me until my younger brother fell ill and probably wouldn't recover. , even just gave me a name yesterday. I have been a person without a name for so many years... Do you think I should hate them? "

No matter how smart Shan Ruxuan is, she is still just a twelve-year-old lolita who has never seen much of the world. She is very easy to fool. When she heard Xiao Yu complain that she had been ignored by her parents to the point where she didn't even have a name, she suddenly felt He is much more pitiful than himself.

Shan Ruxuan didn't know how to answer Xiao Yu's question. She thought she should comfort this elder brother who was even more pitiful than herself, but she didn't know how to comfort him, so she had to say: "My mother is also very partial to my sister. Maybe both parents are partial, but we happen to not be the favored ones..."

When Xiao Yu heard Shan Ruxuan speak to him, he smiled in his heart and was willing to confide in him. This was already a big improvement.

He slowed down his voice and tried to be gentle: "What about your father? Does your father only favor your sister?"

Shan Ruxuan looked very disappointed: "My father only cares about my elder brother and younger brother, and never cares about us girls. It is my mother who cares about us... But my mother favors my sister. Obviously I am..."

Shan Zuoxiang is a man who values ​​sons over daughters. For him, daughters are only the value of marriage alliance. The difference is that the marriage value of a legitimate daughter is high, while the marriage value of a concubine's daughter is low.

Therefore, Mrs. Shan's harshness towards Shan Ruxuan made it difficult for her to move in the Shan Mansion.

Xiao Yan quietly moved a short distance towards Shan Ruxuan, slowly approaching her to lower her vigilance.

"My brother's illness has recovered, and my mother hopes that I will disappear and give way to my brother. But if I give way, I will definitely die... Whenever I think of my mother wanting me to die, I feel very sad and even a little resentful..."

Shan Ruxuan stared at Xiao Yan in disbelief. Obviously, she was still very innocent at this time and never thought that there would be a mother who would want her child to die! She thought that the most excessive thing she did was to treat her harshly like her mother. And he was a boy, not a girl! This idea of ​​treating one's own children as enemies was very incredible in this ancient time when many children were born and sons were valued over daughters.

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Xiao Ying's approach to Shan Ruxuan was very successful. At least after the two of them talked about their complaints, she felt that they were both in the same boat, and their hearts were immediately closer.

He looked at the time outside and said to Shan Ruxuan, "It's getting late, I should leave too."

Shan Ruxuan was a little reluctant. No one had ever talked to her so closely. "Then when will you come next time, big brother?"

Xiao Ying's face showed some helplessness: "I probably don't have a chance to come... What's your name? After I remember your name, I'll find a way to save you and leave here!"

Although Shan Ruxuan was a little disappointed, she still told Xiao Ying her name with hope.

"Shan Ruxuan..." Xiao Ying slowly recited the name, and then looked at her sparkling eyes, "My name is Chenghao! Ruxuan, don't forget your big brother!"

Shan Ruxuan nodded her head vigorously: "Yeah! I won't forget!"

After saying goodbye, Xiao Ying came out of the fake cave, cleaned up his appearance, and then walked out of the garden and returned to the banquet with the housekeeper who had been waiting at the gate of the garden and dared not leave for a moment.

Xiao Ying did not stay in Shan's house for long. After meeting Mrs. Shan and Shan Zuoxiang, he said goodbye and left.

Back to the palace, the emperor summoned him as soon as possible.

The emperor looked at Xiao Ying and asked: "I heard that you went to the garden of Zuoxiang's house and visited it for half a day?"

Xiao Ying smiled faintly and said: "Although you only visited the garden, you gained a lot."

The emperor asked curiously: "Oh? What gains make you so happy?" It was rare for him to see his eldest son, who was a little serious, show a smile without any sarcasm.

Xiao Ying said calmly: "I found a daughter-in-law for you. Do you think this is a big gain?"

The emperor was stunned and laughed: "Big! This is a great gain! How can it not be big? Which girl did you like?"

Many wives of court officials attended the birthday banquet of Shan Zuoxiang's mother with their children, so the emperor was not surprised that Xiao Ying met several young unmarried girls in Shan's mansion. On the contrary, he was very happy, because the emperor knew that he probably would not live long, and his son was still a teenager. It was a great joy to see his son get married before he died.

Xiao Ying did not intend to hide it. Anyway, the status of the heroine was high enough. It would be a good deed to complete the task early and rescue the heroine from the fire pit of Shan's mansion early.

"Shan Zuo Xiang's second daughter, Shan Ruxuan."

The emperor thought about it. He might not know the name of the second daughter of the left prime minister, but he knew the identity of the second daughter of the left prime minister very well: "She is the daughter of the second wife of the left prime minister, right?"

Xiao Ying nodded: "Yes."

The emperor thought for a while. Although he felt that Shan Ruxuan was not the daughter of the original wife, it was a pity that she was not the daughter of the second wife. After all, the status of the daughter of the second wife was a little lower, but he thought that the original wife's daughter had a mother and mother who died early, which was not as auspicious as the daughter of the second wife's daughter. So he nodded and agreed: "Then I will issue an order to grant the marriage today, so that my son can get the beauty as soon as possible!"