0p0 Chapter 158 Mother and son reunite!
Chapter 158 Mother and son reunite!
Do you know who has visited Plum Garden recently?
"Miss, only the Second Miss has secretly gone there. Also, Liu Mama, who used to serve the Old Madam, went there once."
"Oh? Granny Liu?" Mu Xin Nuan smiled. She knew it. How could she suddenly think of committing suicide? Sure enough, that old lady was up to something again.
Do you know what they said?
"Miss, I don't know. That Granny Liu gave the two old women guarding the gate a lot of money. However, one of them was quite shrewd. She stood at the door for a while and vaguely heard Granny Liu mention the Second Miss and the Second Master."
"Second Miss? Second Master?" Mu Xin Nuan's eyes narrowed slightly. The Second Miss was obviously Mu Xin Yao. Then, could this Second Master be her Second Uncle?
But now my second uncle is far away on a post, and he has absolutely no connection with Mu Xinyao!
"After Granny Liu died, Madam Song stopped eating and drinking?"
"Miss, it was on the second day. It's been two days since I last had a drop of water," Mu Qing said.
Mu Xin Nuan thought for a moment, a sly glint in her eyes, "Let her be. Life and death are predestined, wealth and honor are determined by fate. If she's determined to die, we can't stop her. However, Song Shi won't die so easily. She will definitely try her best to see Mu Xin Yao and Mu Qing Yuan one last time before she dies. Have someone keep a close eye on her. If she wants to see them, there's no need to stop her, just report to me immediately."
"Yes, ma'am."
Mu Xin Nuan's prediction was correct. Sure enough, Song Shi refused to eat or drink, which made the old woman guarding the gate somewhat anxious. After all, the master's intention was for them to guard the gate, not to starve Song Shi to death. After all, she was the old lady's own niece. Could they really just let her die right under their noses?
The two old women put their heads together, and one of them went in to try and get information out of Song Shi, while the other waited outside.
After rambling on for a while, I finally learned that this Mrs. Song was missing her two children, which was why she was determined to die.
But the master had given instructions that the second young lady and the second young master were not allowed to see her, which put them in a dilemma.
While the two were hesitating, Madam Song tremblingly took out a pair of pure gold earrings from under her pillow. "These were given to me by Granny Liu the other day. She said my aunt asked her to bring them to me. Now that I'm in this condition, I'm afraid I can't use them anymore. I'll give them to you two nannies."
The two old women's eyes widened immediately when they saw there was something to gain, so how could they not accept it?
Naturally, not long afterward, Song saw her children finally appear in her room.
Mu Xinyao was somewhat better off. She had come a few times before because she was looking forward to the benefits from the Song family. However, after the time she was given two shops that she ended up losing, Mu Xinyao became somewhat afraid to see the Song family, fearing that they would ask her for more money. So she kept putting off seeing them.
It wasn't until this year that I started going to the plum garden again, but of course, I always did it secretly, not daring to let anyone see me.
This was the first time Mu Qingyuan had set foot in the Plum Garden since the Song family was imprisoned.
When Song was imprisoned, Mu Qingyuan was only six years old. At that time, although the Plum Blossom Courtyard could not compare with the Rong Courtyard and the Brocade Courtyard, it was still full of flowers and neatly arranged. But looking at it again today, it no longer resembles a small courtyard in a high-class mansion. It is clearly like the home of a dilapidated family!
The yard was overgrown with weeds and showed no signs of spring, which was fine, but once you went up the steps, there was dust and cobwebs everywhere. It didn't look like a place where people could live.
Over the past few years, Mu Qingyuan has been well-educated by the Mu family. Upon seeing this scene, Mu Qingyuan suddenly seemed to wake up and vaguely remembered that the person living here was his birth mother.
Mu Qingyuan is now ten years old, and is no longer the silly boy who knew nothing! Seeing his birth mother in such a sorry state, his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Once inside, the scene was even more appalling. Apart from a bed and a few decent pieces of furniture, all the ornaments and decorations had been completely removed!
Looking around, the corners of the room were covered with cobwebs, and the dust on the floor was very thick. In particular, the strong musty smell in the room was unbearable as soon as you entered!
However, Mu Qingyuan was a man after all, and his birth mother lived in this house, so he naturally endured it and walked step by step to the bedside.
Looking at the woman on the bed, her face sallow and thin, her eyes devoid of any light, Mu Qingyuan's emotions were instantly stirred. Seemingly out of an instinctive blood relation, without Song Shi saying anything first, Mu Qingyuan's eyes immediately reddened.
"Auntie!" Mu Qingyuan called out, his voice choked with emotion, "Auntie, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly fall ill?"
Although Mu Xinyao was very reluctant to get close to Song Shi, she had to put on the act of a filial daughter in front of her younger brother, and since she was also thinking about those things, she had to do it.
"Auntie, are you alright? I came to visit you a few days ago, and you were perfectly fine."
When Madam Song saw that her two children had indeed arrived, especially Mu Qingyuan, her son who had never set foot in the Plum Garden since she was confined to her quarters, she could no longer restrain herself when he finally appeared before her eyes again.
"Ah Yuan! My son! I've missed you so much!"
The mother and her two children embraced and wept bitterly for a long time before they calmed down.
"Auntie, what's wrong? Should we call the family physician to take a look?" Mu Qingyuan wiped away her tears with her sleeve.
"It's nothing, it's nothing! Auntie just wanted to see you all, so she lied and said she was sick." As she spoke, Madam Song took Mu Qingyuan's hand, touched his face, and exclaimed, "You've grown taller and stronger. My A-Yuan, you're really getting more and more handsome."
Mu Qingyuan remained silent, simply letting Madam Song scrutinize and caress him.
Mu Qingyuan's reaction pleased Madam Song. In the past, when Song Xinyao came, she was never willing to get so close to her. Although Madam Song didn't say it, she could clearly feel it.
She had thought that her appearance had frightened her daughter, but when her son came today, he showed no signs of rejection or aversion towards her. Suddenly, Song realized that her son was indeed better!
What Mu Xinyao didn't know was that this small reaction caused her to miss out on so many benefits!