Chapter 407: 407 mother and daughter

Chapter 407: 407 mother and daughter

Chapter 407 Mother and Daughter 407

Shen Qianchen closed his eyes, and his eyes were warmed by Gu Jue's big palm. He felt very comfortable and at ease, as if the fatigue of the day had been swept away.

But she was always worried about Xinmai, and she always felt that she had missed something.

She thought back to the year she was with Gu Jue in her previous life, and then thought back to this year in this life...

Gu Jue covered Shen Qianchen's eyes with one hand motionlessly, and gently rubbed her slender waist with the other hand, with comfort, pampering and attachment, as if he was coaxing a baby.

The room was quiet, neither of them spoke.

The afternoon was a good time to take a nap. In this peaceful atmosphere, Shen Qianchen, with his eyes closed, fell asleep deeply with his back against Gu Jue...

The light rain outside had not stopped since the afternoon, and continued to rain all night long until dawn.

Early the next morning, while Gu Jue was still in court, Shen Zhi entered the palace in response to Shen Qianchen's summons.

Today, Shen Yunmu is much busier than before. He has to study with his husband and practice martial arts with Master Cao with Gu Zhiyan. He has no time to follow Shen Zhi into the palace, so he can only write a letter to let Shen Zhi helped him take it to his sister.

Shen Zhi hadn't seen Shen Qianchen for several days, and she missed her daughter a little bit. She got the news from Jiang Yuan yesterday, and got up early today and hurriedly came here. She also specially brought Shen Qianchen the rose preserves she made by herself. With several boxes of snacks.

"Sister Chen," Shen Zhi originally wanted to ask her daughter how she was doing recently, but looking at her daughter's rosy little face, she couldn't ask the question, so she said instead, "You seem to be doing well again. Grow taller."

Amber served Shen Zhi tea and echoed with a smile: "Madam, your eyes are really sharp. I measured the girl two days ago and she is two points taller than she was in the first month."

Anyway, there were no outsiders here, so Amber didn't call her the queen, but called Shen Qianchen "girl" like she did before in her boudoir.

Shen Qianchen said with a smile: "Mom, I grow fast and I will definitely grow longer. Don't bother making clothes for me in the future. By the time you finish, the clothes will be short."

Shen Zhi knew that her daughter was afraid that it would be troublesome for her to do needlework, so she smiled.

She rubbed her daughter's head and said, "Yes, our sister Chen can still grow taller. I see that you look like your great aunt. All of your grandmother's brothers and sisters are tall, but your grandmother is not tall."

"You've grown so fast in the past two years, just like Brother Yi."

"Next time, I'll make you a cloak, and..."

As she said that, Shen Zhi glanced at her daughter's slightly bulging **** and thought to herself: She can also make a nice bellyband for her daughter.

Shen Zhi was a little eager to try it, and she thought of several bellyband patterns in her mind.

When Shen Zhi mentioned Chu Yunyi, Shen Qianchen's eyes flashed and his smile faded.

Shen Zhi keenly noticed the change in Shen Qianchen's expression and asked, "Sister Chen, what happened?"

This matter will have to be discussed sooner or later. Since Shen Zhi asked, Shen Qianchen stopped gossiping and got to the point: "Mom, something happened at Baiyun Temple yesterday..."

Shen Qianchen briefly told what happened yesterday when Chu Qianhuang was stabbed with a dagger by Aunt Jiang at Baiyun Temple.

"Also, my grandmother was also stabbed by Jiang Minshan, but her injuries were not as severe as those of her eldest sister. However, she was frightened at the time and suffered a heart attack."

"I asked the imperial doctor to go to the Chu family to see her. The imperial doctor said that the injury was not serious, but her heart disease was a bit troublesome. Although her life is not in danger for the time being, the root cause of the disease will be found in the future. She said that my grandmother will be much weaker in the future. You must not be angry or overworked, and you have to stay in bed all year round, which may affect your lifespan."

In other words, Aunt Jiang's stab did not hit the wife's vital part, but the wife was frightened and fell ill. She was very ill, and she will be no different from a **** from now on.

"..." Shen Zhi's eyes widened in confusion, with mixed emotions, not because of the Madam, but because of Chu Qianhuang.

Because Chu Qianhuang let her down time and time again, Shen Zhi had already made up her mind to ignore Chu Qianhuang.

However, last month, Shen Qianchen came to Shen's house specifically to find her, saying that he wanted to tell her two things.

The first thing is that Chu Qianhuang and Shen Qianchen are twins, both her biological daughters. Shen Qianchen also told her how she found the witness Liu Wenpo.

At that moment, Shen Zhi went crazy with hatred. She hated Chu Lingxiao and Jiang Minshan even more than she did last year when she learned that the two girls had been exchanged.

She also hated herself and hated herself for being stupid. She was fooled by Chu Lingxiao and Jiang Minshan fifteen years ago. She was tricked by them again last year, and she was almost cheated for the rest of her life.

Shen Zhi almost rushed to the Chu family to find Aunt Jiang, but then, Shen Qianchen told her the second thing. Chu Qianhuang was no longer the daughter she raised by herself. She was just attached to that body. A lonely ghost in the world.

This truth also shocked Shen Zhi.

On the one hand, she suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Chu Qianhuang had done so many ridiculous things in the past year. On the other hand, she also became in awe of these mysterious and mysterious things.

In the past month, she had been fasting and chanting Buddha's name, and she had been thinking about these things over and over again.

Shen Qianchen was right. The current Chu Qianhuang was no longer the same person. Even if the real Chu Qianhuang mistakenly thought that she was Jiang Minshan's daughter, she would never have done that series of terrible wrong things.

The daughter she raised with her own hands is not that kind of person!

"She..." Shen Zhi opened her mouth slightly, wanting to ask about Chu Qianhuang's injuries, but her throat was tight and she couldn't continue.

Even though a month had passed, Shen Zhi could not remain indifferent when thinking about this matter, her heart felt like it had been hit hard by something heavy.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and she felt a little depressed: that person was her daughter, but she was not her daughter.

Shen Zhi quickly suppressed all the thoughts in her heart and asked with difficulty: "Does Brother Yi know about this?"

"He knows." Shen Qianchen nodded, his eyes flashing, "Brother Yi was also at Baiyun Temple yesterday. He went there with the Xuanjia Army for exercises."

Yesterday afternoon, Shen Qianchen followed Gu Jue to leave Baiyun Temple and return to the palace. At that time, the Xuanjia Army was still there to clean up the battlefield. Although the battle between the Xuanjia Army and the soldiers of the Three Thousand Battalion did not result in any deaths, it was quite noisy. , the road from the foot of the mountain to Baiyun Temple was a mess.

Shortly after Shen Qianchen left, several Xuanjia Army officers discovered the injured Chu Qianhuang. On the one hand, they subdued the assailant Aunt Jiang, and on the other hand, they also told Chu Yunyi. Later, Chu Yunyi asked someone to go there. Chase Shen Qianchen and Gu Jue.

By doing this, Chu Yunyi has made his attitude clear. He does not intend to protect Aunt Jiang.

Shen Qianchen sighed secretly in his heart and said, "Brother Yi has asked for leave. He probably won't go to Fengtai camp these days."

Shen Zhi: "..."

Shen Zhi's lips pursed into a straight line.

She didn't know what to say, so she just picked up the tea cup and drank tea.

The weather has obviously cleared up today, and the sun is shining brightly outside, but inside the house it seems like there are overcast clouds, and the atmosphere is a bit gloomy.

Shen Qianchen suddenly waved his hand, and Amber quietly retreated out. Shen Zhi was absent-minded and didn't notice at all. She lowered her face and took a sip of tea.

She took another sip of tea, savoring the sweet aroma of tea in her mouth, but she heard Shen Qianchen suddenly say something shocking: "Mom, eldest sister may be back."

Shen Zhi: "!!"

Shen Zhi couldn't help but widen her eyes, and a certain thought came to her mind: Could her daughter mean...

Her hand slipped, and the blue and white porcelain tea cup in her hand shook. A drop of hot tea dripped on the back of her hand, but she didn't notice it at all.

Shen Qianchen nodded slightly, confirming Shen Zhi's guess.

She took the tea cup from Shen Zhi's hand, took out a handkerchief and wiped the back of Shen Zhi's right hand that was wet with tea. Fortunately, the tea served by Amber was not too hot because of the hot weather recently.

"It's just possible." Shen Qianchen fluttered his eyelashes twice and said, "Actually, I can't tell. It may be, it may not be."

"..." Shen Zhi excitedly pinched the square handkerchief in Shen Qianchen's hand, tightening her slender fingers. She wanted to say something, but didn't.

She knew Shen Qianchen's temperament, and she would not say such things without reason. Since she said it, she should be 70-80% sure of confirming it, at least 50-60% sure.

Is her sister Huang really back? !

In just a blink of an eye, Shen Zhi's mood changed from excitement to excitement to nervousness. Her eyes were slightly opened and her heartbeat was pounding faster.

Shen Qianchen grabbed Shen Zhi's hand gently but forcefully, looked into her eyes and asked seriously: "Mom, I asked you to come today just to ask you, do you want to meet her?"

"Yes, I want to see her." Shen Zhi held Shen Qianchen's hand and said without hesitation.

There was no hesitation in her expression or tone. Not to mention the 50% to 60% chance, even if it was just a glimmer of possibility, she wanted to see Chu Qianhuang.

Shen Zhi was too eager, so she pulled Shen Qianchen up and the mother and daughter hurried towards Jingren Palace.

The road from Qianqing Palace to Jingren Palace was not that far. They did not sit in a carriage, but walked there. Along the way, Shen Qianchen only briefly talked about Chu Qianhuang's injury, but did not say much else, nor did he mention it. According to what Master Hui said, she wanted Shen Zhi to see Chu Qianhuang with her own eyes before making a judgment.

Shen Zhi was speechless all the way, and her heart was very confused.

She thought of all the weird words and deeds of Chu Qianhuang in the past year, the disappointments and heartaches she felt over and over again, and the terrifyingly unfamiliar Chu Qianhuang.

Shen Zhi was afraid, a fear that came from the depths of her soul. She was afraid that she was just enjoying it in vain, but she hoped that everything was true.

Chu Qianhuang was a child she raised with her own hands. From the time she was a baby waiting to be fed, she personally took care of her and raised her. She watched her toddle and learn to talk. Later, she personally enlightened and taught her. She plays music, chess, calligraphy and painting...

Since Chu Qianhuang was a child, Shen Zhi had invested countless efforts in her, hoping that she would grow up to be a better person than herself, and thinking that she would choose a suitable husband for her daughter.

…

While thinking, the mother and daughter came to the door of Jingren Palace.

Shen Qianchen stopped in the main hall and said to Shen Zhi: "Mom, please go in."

What she meant was that she wouldn't go in.

Shen Zhi nodded and followed a palace maid to continue walking inside.

Before entering Jingren Palace, she walked very fast, but now her steps were getting slower and slower, as if she was timid about being close to home.

Shen Qianchen watched Shen Zhi go inside and sat alone in the main hall with a candied rose that Shen Zhi sent today in his mouth without saying a word.

She was thinking about Gu Jue's weak heart again.

It was the same in the last life. Gu Jue's heart was getting weaker day by day. Master Lin Miao said that it was both because of the broken blade in his body and because of his poisoning.

But in this life, it was obvious that she had taken out the broken blade with her own hands.

She was sure that there was nothing wrong with the entire treatment process. It was cleaned very cleanly and absolutely no residual fragments were left in his body. Why was Gu Jue's heart pulse still weak?

Could it be the same as in the previous life... is it also because of poison?

Thinking of this, Shen Qianchen was stunned and thought of the conversation she had with Chu Qianhuang at Baiyun Temple yesterday.

She guessed that the remaining half of Gu Jue's death might be due to poisoning.

This is very likely.

The problem is, Shen Qianchen believes and has this confidence that as long as she is by Gu Jue's side, it is impossible for Gu Jue to be poisoned, let alone let the poison develop to a fatal level.

unless…

Shen Qianchen's heart suddenly shrank, feeling tight and painful.

After eliminating all possible factors, there is only one possibility left, unless Gu Jue has been poisoned a long time ago.

Moreover, this poison has never been obvious, and it is so subtle that the pulse cannot be detected.

So far, she could only feel that Gu Jue's heart pulse was weak, and she couldn't even feel what caused it.

Thump, thump, thump!

Looking back now, she couldn't tell whether Gu Jue's heart pulse was the same as it was in April last year, or whether it was weaker.

Shen Qianchen is now a fan of the authorities. She thought about it repeatedly, but she still couldn't tell the difference.

The more she thought about it, the more irritable and uneasy she became, so she picked up another rose preserve and stuffed it into her lips.

The sour and sweet preserves calmed her down a bit and she began to concentrate again.

She tried hard to remember her last life.

In the last life, Gu Jue never told her how he was poisoned, and no one else told her that when Master Lin Miao checked Gu Jue's pulse, the poison in Gu Jue's body had already invaded his heart veins.

Therefore, the poison should have remained in his body for a long time.

In other words, Gu Jue was most likely poisoned in the North, just like the remnant of the arrow on his chest was an old injury suffered in the North.

Soldiers go to the battlefield, risk their lives to protect their homeland, and fight to the death with the enemy. Not only Gu Jue is injured, but Yun Zhan, Xue Fengyan, and Tang Yuchu also have old injuries, more or less minor or severe. Who among the people who came back alive from the battlefield with great military exploits was "intact".

Shen Qianchen tried hard to recall the scene when she checked Gu Jue's pulse for the first time in April last year at Jishi Hall. She frowned even more as she recalled Gu Jue's pulse.

Yes, she was sure that Gu Jue's heart was very weak at that time. She thought it was caused by the broken blade. That day, she was very happy because she found out that Gu Jue was not poisoned...

But now thinking about every detail of that time, Shen Qianchen couldn't be happy.

It suddenly occurred to her that there was a kind of poison that might cause Gu Jue's current situation.

The kind of poison he brought back from the battlefield.

Shen Qianchen woke up and accidentally hit the tea cup next to him with his elbow, which made a slight collision sound.

Just at this moment, Shen Zhi came out. Her eyes were red and swollen, and there were still tears in her eyes. It was obvious that she had cried loudly just now.

The pair of phoenix eyes washed by tears seemed to contain the stars of the summer night, clear and bright.

Shen Zhi's whole body was full of energy, and her steps became very brisk. She was completely different from the lonely figure when she entered.

"Mom." Shen Qianchen called softly, feeling very excited.

She knew that Shen Zhi was a very strong person. With so many things happening in the past year, she had never seen Shen Zhi cry.

The last time, Shen Zhi cried because she knew that she was her biological daughter. That time, she cried in depression and pain, but this time it was different, this time she was happy.

Shen Qianchen vaguely guessed the answer from Shen Zhi's current demeanor.

"Sister Chen," Shen Zhi came closer and grabbed Shen Qianchen's hand, smiling so hard that her eyes were bent, "Really, it should be true."

Shen Zhi's intuition told her that her sister Huang was back.

The girl who was talking to her just now was different from the one before. She was her daughter, her sister Huang.

Looking back on the past now, Shen Zhi felt that she was so stupid. Her sister Huang was obviously completely different from that "lonely ghost", so how could she not realize it and just think that her daughter had changed.

Shen Zhi was very excited and spoke in no coherent manner. She said whatever came to her mind: "She is different. No, she has changed back again."

"The way she talks to me, her demeanor...she is Sister Huang."

As she spoke, another layer of tears appeared in Shen Zhi's eyes.

These are tears of joy.

She took a deep breath, tried hard to hold back her tears, calmed down her mood, and told herself that this was a happy event.

She shouldn't cry, she finally found her baby girls.

"..." Shen Qianchen next to him was in a daze, answering one after another.

Suddenly, Shen Zhi held Shen Qianchen's hand even more excitedly: "By the way, she asked me to tell you something." As she said that, Shen Zhi deliberately looked to the side.

Shen Qianchen immediately understood and sent out Hu Hua and all the surrounding palace people.

When only their mother and daughter were left in the main hall, it suddenly became very empty.

Shen Zhi looked directly at Shen Qianchen with a solemn expression and said to her, "Sister Huang said, I want you to pay attention to the 'corpse poison'."

Shen Zhi actually didn't quite understand what was going on, but Chu Qianhuang asked her to tell Shen Qianchen just like that, saying that Shen Qianchen would understand.

Corpse poison? !

Shen Qianchen stood up from the chair awkwardly, his pupils contracting slightly.

It is indeed corpse poison! !

"Mom, please wait for me here." After Shen Qianchen said these words, he rushed inside like a gust of wind, losing his usual calmness.

Probably only Gu Jue's matter could make her lose her composure to this point.

Shen Qianchen rushed into the inner room in one go, and Chu Qianhuang was the only one inside.

After just one night of rest, Chu Qianhuang was still very weak, her face and lips were as pale as paper. She had obviously cried just now, and her eyes were a little red and swollen like Shen Zhi's. She was gently wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, her chest was rising and falling slightly, and her emotions had not completely calmed down.

"What do you mean by corpse poison?" Shen Qianchen looked at Chu Qianhuang with burning eyes. His scorching gaze fell on her, so hot that it seemed to be burning.

(End of chapter)