Shuitong smiled quietly: "Fifth Master is a great favor to me."

The voice was gentle and old, and Li Xiaoyao felt extremely sad when he heard it.

Shui Lian didn't seem to hear Shui Tong's words and introduced Mrs. Sun warmly.

Mrs. Sun couldn't hide her sympathy as she looked at Shuitong. She greeted her politely and respectfully, and they all entered the flower hall together.

The flower hall has windows on all four sides, two facing the courtyard, and the other two windows in the middle are inlaid with transparent crystal glass, facing the cliffs outside, which seems to be a place to enjoy the scenery.

At this moment, the window next to the crystal glass was wide open, but the room was extremely warm.

Danyue and Haitang waited on Li Xiaoyao and Mrs. Sun to go to the cloak. Shuilian smiled and said: "The mountain view is the best here. My grandfather loved this place most in winter. He was an old man with cold legs, so he connected the flower hall with it."

The bottom is also hollowed out and a fire tunnel is opened. It's not too cold now, so I asked people to burn the fire dragon on the ground. The fire wall and the fire bed are not burned, otherwise it will be too hot."

Li Xiaoyao walked to the glass window and looked out.

More than ten feet away from the flower hall, there is the end of the cliff. On the edge is a half-person-high stone fence, and inside the stone fence are various late-blooming chrysanthemums.

Li Xiaoyao watched for a while, then returned and sat on the kang, took the cup and took a sip of tea.

Mrs. Fan was talking to Shui Tong. Shui Lian and Mrs. Sun didn't know what they were talking about. Yueting sat beside Mrs. Fan, carefully looking at the furnishings in the flower hall.

Just as Li Xiaoyao was about to turn around to admire her scenery, the little girl at the door reported: "Grandma, Miss Seven, Master Ming is here."

Shui Tong straightened up suddenly, Shui Lian jumped off the kang briskly, the door curtain was lifted, and a neat wife in her thirties came in with a little boy of three or four years old in her arms.

The little boy was thin but with a good complexion. He was wrapped in the nurse's arms and looked timidly at the stranger in the room. This was Chen Mingshen, Shuitong's son and Chen Zhongliang's legitimate son.

"A Ming, come here, let Qi Aunt hug you." Shui Lian came over and raised his hand. A shy smile broke out on A Ming's face. He turned around and rushed towards Shui Lian. He then turned to look at his mother Shui Tong from Shui Lian's arms.

He stretched out his hand towards Shui Tong.

Shui Lian grabbed his hand, held him and walked to Li Xiaoyao first, pointed at Li Xiaoyao and said with a smile: "This fifth aunt of the Li family loves our A Ming the most, can A Ming kowtow to the fifth aunt?"

"

Before Shui Lian put down A Ming, Li Xiaoyao had already jumped up and grabbed Shui Lian and A Ming neatly. He did not reach out to hug him, but only held A Ming's hand and praised with a smile: "A Ming is so cute.

!how old are you?"

"Four years old." A Ming's hand was held by Li Xiaoyao, and his two big black and white eyes flashed at Li Xiaoyao. He paused for a moment before replying in a low voice.

Li Xiaoyao took a finely made cloth cow from Haitang, with two pieces of ink jade inlays for eyes. He held it up in front of A Ming and asked with a smile: "Then who is the cow?"

"Me!" A Ming reached out and grabbed the smiling cloth cow, turning it over and over.

Shui Tong had already stood behind Shui Lian and A Ming, bending her knees to thank: "Fifth Master, thank you for your trouble."

Shui Lian carried A Ming and turned to Mrs. Sun. Mrs. Sun smiled and took out a small red gold longevity lock that she had prepared long ago. The wet nurse hurriedly stepped forward to take it.

Mrs. Fan also gave her a greeting gift. Yueting took out a brand new purse from her sleeve, opened it and took out a bright red gold bracelet, unzipped the knot, and put it on A Ming's hand with a smile on her face.

Li Xiaoyao drank tea and glanced at Yueting putting the gold bracelet on A Ming. He turned around and glanced at Mrs. Fan, and sighed secretly. The meeting gifts were all prepared properly. It seemed that it was not a temporary move, but out of fear.

She didn't want Yueting to follow her, so why did she do it first? Or...

I must be thinking too much, thinking too much about everything. Let's go back and find a chance to have a good chat with her.

After having a child, the flower hall became lively. Yueting patiently played with A Ming by clapping her hands, taking the rope and playing with the rope.

Shuitong looked at A Ming with gentle eyes, and finally there was some expression on her face. Mrs. Fan and Mrs. Sun stood around, laughing and talking as they watched Yueting play with A Ming.

Shui Lian played with her for a while, then quietly retreated to Li Xiaoyao and gently pulled her.

The two of them left the flower hall and walked along the verandah into a very small tea room nearby. They sat on the couch. Shui Lian sighed, "Don't blame me, Fifth Master. I invite you to this other courtyard because I want you to

Look at Sister Tong's thoughts like this. Look, this matter is over. Look at her like this. I have said all the good and bad things, but for A Ming, she!" Shui Lian was angry and anxious at the same time.

The word 'she' was stuck in my throat and I couldn't speak any more.

Li Xiaoyao sipped his tea and remained silent without answering.

Shui Tong's grief is greater than the death of her heart. With such a way of mourning, does she love Chen Zhongliang? There is no doubt about it. In this world, no matter what kind of world there are, there are people, men and women, and there is love.

He saved her and killed her. Su Wanfang's words tore through the veil of self-deception in Shuitong's heart, and cut off the last connection between her and Chen Zhongliang - the nominal husband.

With his wife.

Li Xiaoyao shuddered slightly, this was the price he had to pay, and he had paid his own life for it.

Li Xiaoyao closed his eyes. It was enough to make the same mistake once. In this life, that thought would stop there. If he didn't love himself, no one would love him anymore.

Alas, Shuitong, what can she do? She can't save herself, let alone others?

The pain of love can only be diluted by the passage of time, maybe it can be diluted, maybe not.

If she had to work, earn money to support herself and raise her children, clean the house, pick up her children and do housework, and have countless things to do, there would be no time for this pain...

But she didn't need it at that time, and Shuitong doesn't need it now. This noble girl from the Shui family has nothing to do except grieve, and everyone reminds her of her misfortune and pain with careful expressions.

,have what……

Well, maybe this is a solution!

Li Xiaoyao raised his head and looked at Shui Lian, "I heard that the Shui family has an almshouse outside the south gate of the city?"

"Yes! It specializes in taking care of the elderly, sick, orphans and poor. Sometimes the guests who are in need are given some medicine and food." Shuilian was stunned and replied. She was telling her about Sister Tong, why did she bring this up?

"The Shui family is a compassionate family. The day before yesterday, I saw a report from the Salesian Bureau. Mr. Wang, who is now in charge of the Salesian Bureau, is seriously ill. Even the report was written by his son. Although the Salesian Bureau is an official establishment, it is not

Entering the official system, there is no salary, all depends on a compassionate heart, how about letting Shuitong take charge of the Salesian Bureau first?" Li Xiaoyao suggested with a smile.

Shui Lian looked at Li Xiaoyao in astonishment, dumbfounded. She didn't know what to say for a moment. What was this? How could girls from the Shui family show their faces to take care of those orphans?

"Before Mr. Wang, the Salesian Bureau was under the control of Mrs. Li. As you know, Mrs. Li is an extremely compassionate person. Not to mention the imperial decree, I heard that many families in Kaiping Prefecture support her.

As for the memorial tablet, Shui Tong is like this now. She is so depressed. Let her have something to do. Once she gets busy, she won't be so sad. Besides, doing something can make her mood more cheerful. This is the first and second thing. Let's reach out.

Help the poor and sad people in this world, do such good deeds, and you can also accumulate blessings and atone for your sins, pray for blessings for your children, and pray for yourself." Li Xiaoyao looked at Shui Lian and advised.

Shui Lian looked at Li Xiaoyao hesitantly: "There is no such precedent. Our Shui family..."

"Everything has a first time. It will only benefit the Shui family if someone from your Shui family is in charge of the Salesian Bureau. This matter is not urgent. You should go back and discuss it with Mr. Shui and your father first and listen to their opinions.

, we will talk about it later." Li Xiaoyao interrupted Shui Lian and said.

Shui Lian frowned and thought for a while: "It's better to ask Sister Tong first. If the second brother and the others think it's good, but Sister Tong doesn't want it, that won't be good."

"No need to ask Shuitong. When the time comes, just tell her that this is a good deed to atone for your sins and to accumulate blessings for A Ming. She will definitely be willing." Li Xiaoyao suddenly became sad and his voice was low.

Shui Lian was stunned for a moment, then burst into tears and said with a choked voice: "What you are saying is that in Sister Tong's heart, she felt that she was a heinous and unforgivable person. She said that after her death, she would definitely fall into the eighteenth level of hell, and she would never be able to do so.

Turn over.”

Li Xiaoyao sighed softly. She was not qualified to judge anyone. She had no choice but to guard her own morals and standards silently and use them to judge herself.

The two chatted for a while, and then the little girl came over to invite them, climbed the steps, and went to eat somewhere else.

………………

The steward of Jingjiang Marquis Mansion was so busy that he wished he had seven or eight wings, and finally got everything sorted just before Su Zicheng and Shui Yan got off the sedan at the gate of Yunzhan Courtyard.

Su Zicheng seemed to be in a good mood and did not enter the Yunzhan Courtyard. He and Shuiyan walked along the mountain path until they reached the top of the mountain. They let the mountain wind blow their cloaks and raised them straight back. They stood on the top of the mountain and looked far into the distance.

After a while, he turned to look at Shui Yan with a bright smile: "It seems like it was many years ago when we were here last time."

"Seven years ago, I remember clearly, you stood on the top of this mountain, clamoring to flatten Beining. A year later, it was flattened, and the uncle made Ning Prince." Shui Yan hugged his cloak tightly and turned to his side.

He answered with his face sheltered from the wind.

The smile on Su Zicheng's face suddenly froze, completely faded away in the blink of an eye, and returned to its usual cold expression. He clasped his hands behind his back and looked into the distance expressionlessly.

Shui Yan wished he could bite off his tongue. Neither the uncle nor the second uncle wanted to mention Ping Beining. He was really confused today! He said the wrong thing!

Shui Yan didn't dare to say anything more, and Su Zicheng didn't say a word either. The two of them spent a long time blowing the wind on the top of the mountain, and then went down the mountain one after another. Su Zicheng was in front, walking along the quiet path next to Yunzhan Courtyard.

The entrance of Cuiwei Villa.

The chamberlain guarding the door saw Su Zicheng from a distance, half of them rushed out to greet him, and the other half rushed in to call the manager of the village. Before the manager of the village could rush out, Su Zicheng had already gone back with his hands behind his back, and Shui Yan followed closely.
Chapter completed!