When offering incense to his grandfather in the ancestral hall, Ah Yi suddenly found two small tablets in the corner of the shrine, both of which were written as his father's wife, and one of them had a similar name to Ah Niang.

ex-wife Li Yun and current wife Li Fang, referring to the two uncles, one is named Li Mao and the other is Li Ming, and they want to deceive themselves and say that it is impossible for the four of them to be brothers and sisters.

But why did the family never mention the previous one? Why did Grandpa marry two sisters from the same family? The two siblings who have been treated indifferently by A-Niang since they were children are even secretly wondering if they are the biological children of A-Niang in the family?

Whenever I see how good she is to my little sister Yanqing, I will instantly think of how bad she is to herself, don't say that the real child Ah Yi, even Yanbing can't stand this gap, if it's just a stepmother, it's normal to be ignored or even treated coldly, and my heart will not be full of expectations, let alone so lost and uncomfortable.

Therefore, the two children even looked forward to the pestle in front of Grandpa, and wanted to hear him explain.

Shu Hongyang looked at the pair in front of him who suddenly became a big step taller and vaguely had an adult-like appearance, and his heart was full of emotion. Especially the daughter who is holding a white velvet flower in a double bun, with willow eyebrows, apricot eyes and cherry lips, skin like snow and hair like ink, and the beautiful and gentle woman in her memory.

He looked at Yan Bing in a trance for a moment, then suddenly turned his face sideways and sighed and replied in a low voice: "...... I can't say it, I can't say it if I swore a poisonous oath. You will not be able to tell the truth until you are an adult. ”

"Can't really say?" Ah Yi didn't believe it, and he had to find out.

Yan Bing looked at the old father who was sitting down but was a little unbearable, she remembered that the last time she saw Shu Hongyang was when he returned to Beijing at the end of the year before last to report on his work, compared with that time, he is obviously old now. Her hair was completely gray, and her back was slightly hunched, and she vaguely remembered that her grandfather had reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven.

"And who can we ask?" She restrained her aggressive posture and was so tentative. It's not for the father-daughter relationship that almost doesn't exist, but for an old man who has just lost his father and is about to lose his son.

Shu Hongyang only replied simply: "You two are confused, the old man in the family has almost changed, and he can't ask anything." After saying that, he waved his hand and asked them to go back to the house to rest.

The brother and sister were silent all the way, and walked under the porch with the maid holding the swaying white lantern, and after a long time, they heard a deep voice as if they were angry: "The slave has changed, but the master has not changed, so I don't believe it and can't ask anything." ”

"Yes, Xi and Pan are both old people in the family, and most of them can know a little secret. Even, Shiro and Siniang had almost remembered when we were born. But ......" Yan Bing shook her head slightly, it was inconvenient for these people to ask.

Pan's and Shiro are not credible, originally Xi's was quite reliable, but because of her grandfather's death, Yanjie was dragged into the case and was wronged, and now she is behind closed doors all day long and washes her face with tears, and most of their mothers and daughters will not treat themselves.

Ah Yi didn't need his sister to say it to know what she meant.

Yan Bing was reminded by him, and said decisively: "No, go ask your uncle!" "If everyone has sworn not to reveal the truth, then the most likely to break the oath can only be the uninhibited literary and artistic young uncle, who never cares about gods and ghosts.

"Well, that's him." Ah Yi immediately nodded in approval.

However, even though the goal of consultation has been set, it is not a matter of time or a half to actually put it into action. Shufu now belongs to the mourners, and it is time to mourn behind closed doors, and it is inconvenient to invite people to come to the door if they can't go out at will.

Fortunately, the two brothers and sisters were very patient, and they waited silently for two months, and in the blink of an eye, it was the time to worship their ancestors and worship their ancestors on the winter solstice in November.

On the day of the winter solstice, a ceremony was held in the southern suburbs of the capital to worship the heavens, the drums were accompanied by the sound of gold, the flag led the horses, and the lyrics of the song were smoked into the sky. Li Ming, who was Taile Ling at the time, was very busy, lest the ritual music during the sacrifice be missed.

After sending off the king, Li Ming finally went home at night, and he fell into bed and slept until three o'clock in the morning, until he woke up hungry.

Just as he wanted to call the beautiful concubine to help him change his clothes, he suddenly smelled the rich fragrance of mutton soup coming from outside.

Li Ming suddenly felt her stomach rumbling and wailing, so she picked up the indigo brocade robe on the screen next to the bed and put it on, wrapped a camel-colored cotton collared robe, hastily tied a leather belt and walked out.

"Hello little uncle!" Ah Yi and Yan Bing got up at the same time and saluted Li Ming with a smile.

"Hey, yes, yes. You guys are guarding here early in the morning, are you deliberately blocking me? Li Ming smiled when she saw the two, not caring at all about her disheveled clothes at the moment.

"It's almost noon!" Yan Bing pursed her lips and smiled, and after speaking, she pointed to a celadon bowl on the desk and said proudly, "I will bring you food." The mutton wontons, which I made myself, are delicious! ”

"What did you do with your own hands? That uncle must taste it. After Li Ming served the maid to wash, she immediately sat down and ate two or three wontons, and then exclaimed: "Hey, it's really good - the soup is as thick as milk, the skin is as thin as paper, the filling is tender as soup, and the taste is good, not salty, not light or fishy, but fresh and fragrant enough." ”

After eating a big bowl of hot wontons, Li Ming stroked the two small whiskers on her upper lip, stroked her abdomen and raised her eyebrows and smiled: "Nothing to do...... Anyway, what's the matter? ”

The brother and sister glanced at each other and said in unison: "We want to know about Li Yun, everything." ”

“…… Finally came over and asked, "Li Ming was not surprised by this kind of sooner or later thing, he even felt that the two of them found out too late, so he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Li Yun is your mother-in-law, the eldest brother and my sister-in-law." Now this Li Fang is a concubine. ”

Sure enough, the mother is not a real mother! The two siblings looked at each other again, with a hint of joy in their eyes.

I continued to listen to it, but my heart gradually became uncomfortable. Because why Shu Hongyang married two sisters successively, this is a tangled story.

Li Yun had a heavy hemorrhage when she gave birth to twins, and she has been sick since then, and she went in less than two years, leaving a pair of young children waiting to be fed.

Hearing this, Yan Bing felt that her breath was a little short, and then she saw her uncle pointing to her and starting to tell the story of the past, and she always felt an ominous premonition.

"You two suddenly lost their mothers, crying every day and refusing to eat, and then suddenly saw Li Fang when relatives were mourning." Li Ming looked at Yan Bing and sighed.

Then he continued: "You mistook Li Fang for your mother, and you didn't want her to leave your sight, and in the end, your grandfather had no choice but to marry home." In fact, Li Fang was already engaged to a scholar who was about to participate in the Spring Festival at that time, and she was unwilling to withdraw from the marriage, but after several twists and turns, she finally had no choice but to marry your grandfather. ”

vowed not to tell the identity of the twins' biological mother within fifteen years, which was the condition put forward by Li Fang when she agreed to get married, saying that since she was treated as a biological mother, she should not be burdened with the name of a stepmother.

I see! No wonder she often feels that Li's eyes look at her as if she has implied hatred, and she is really not mistaken, can she not hate her life if she ruins her life?

Strictly speaking, a reader who doesn't know if he can be a jinshi, but here the grandfather is an officer with a bright future, and it is understandable that the elders in the family chose the latter.

It's just that there is a huge age gap between the husband and wife, and this is where Li's heart knot lies, she is a young man who likes to be polite and polite! This is indeed a grievance.

Li Ming's story is told in a straightforward manner, without any additional explanation, and in a few words, the brother and sister have dispelled their doubts.

The news he broke made Yan Bing stand like a tornado, her thoughts were extremely messy, she always felt that she had to have an important issue to pay attention to, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

Just thinking about it, the Rong brothers happened to come to worship their elders.

Because of the funeral of the Li family's in-laws, and thinking that Xingyi and Yanbing brothers and sisters must be present, they did not wear red clothes even during the festival, Wen Yuan was wearing a stone green bamboo pattern gown, a faint gray and green with a green jade pendant around his waist looked plain and elegant, and the frail Wen Heng was wrapped in a brown cluster pattern robe inlaid with mink fur, and the whole person was rounded, which was rare to show a simple and cute appearance.

After meeting the elder of the Li family, my grandfather waved his hand and asked "the children to go and play", and the juniors went to the flower hall to drink tea and chat. Not long after, the daughter of the uncle's concubine, Li Manman, said that he had not stayed for long to practice, and his cousin Li Yan and the first had passed the official examination and had been appointed as the school secretary of the Jixian Palace.

"Hey, I'm finally gone, I have something important to say!" As soon as the two left, Yan yelled and told the Rong brothers the news of the explosion "Mother is not a mother".

Then I saw Wen Yuan pondering for a long time, and suddenly frowned and said: "I always felt that there was something wrong with the previous case, and it couldn't be pushed through, but it was smooth." It is likely that your eldest brother is only an accomplice, and the practice of using poison in the diet is more like a method of a backhouse woman. ”

"......" Yan Bing was speechless for a moment, and said in her heart, is this matter still over?

Before she could come back to her senses, she heard Wen Yuan continue to think about it and remind: "If you want to overturn the case again this time, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find evidence, and it will not work for a while." A few days ago, I heard a message from my uncle, saying that Shu is still not peaceful, and most of the heavenly family will let your grandfather recover at the end of the year. If there are no accidents, don't you have to spend at least a year alone with the suspect? ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but show his worries, and a pair of deep eyes looked straight at Yan Bing, but he also frightened her heart.

After all, it is a period of filial piety, and it is impossible to live in a relative's house without a special reason.

The two of them are not born to the Li family, she has secretly held a grudge, and now she has made her little family sentenced to hanging, so living under the same roof without the protection of Grandpa is really quite dangerous!