"Mom, I'm not a child now. You can tell me if you have anything."

Chen Yichen looked at his mother with a formal and serious tone.

It is very difficult for a single mother like Shen to raise a child in modern times, let alone an ancient mother like the Ming Dynasty.

I am no longer the Chen Yichen who used to be without ambitions and only knows how to play and live a life. It is time to take on the responsibility of being a son and a man.

When Shen faced Chen Yichen's true eyes, his heart was filled with mixed feelings. After working hard for more than ten years, he finally saw his son look like an adult.

There are some things that Shen didn't know if he should involve his son.

After hesitating for a long time, Shen leaned down and opened the lipstick lacquered wooden box.

As soon as the box was opened, a silver light refracted into Chen Yichen's pupils. Because the upper layer of the entire wooden box was neatly placed with a layer of silver ingots, and the purity was very high, it was produced by Daqianju.

In addition, below the silver ingot, there are still cloths stacked. As for the specific material, Chen Yichen is not clear, but it should be valuable.

Chen Yichen came to the Ming Dynasty for some time, and he had a rough understanding of the prices of this era. Today, this wooden box, placed in an ordinary family of three, can almost guarantee that there will be no worries about food and clothing for at least ten years.

Who would make such a big deal and what purpose?

"Chen'er, you must be wondering who gave this box of things now."

"Um."

Chen Yichen nodded.

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Shen's mouth, and then said, "Give it to Mrs. Lin, the second wife of the prince."

Zhu Ji's mother, Lin?

A childhood memory emerged in Chen Yichen's mind. After he and his mother left Chengguo Duke's Mansion, he heard that Zhu Yong's original wife Wang died of illness, and later his concubine Lin was promoted to his wife's second wife.

But did this Mrs. Lin target herself and her mother everywhere back then, why did she still give such a generous gift?

"Mom, what does Mrs. Lin want to do?"

He showed his kindness to the house without any trouble, either a traitor or a thief. The same is true for such generous gifts that suddenly came to the door. Yesterday, at the Duke Cheng's house, Zhu Ji was still full of hostility and was competing against him everywhere, so it was even more impossible for his mother to give gifts.

Facing Chen Yichen's inquiry, Shen opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, but shook his head helplessly.

"It has something to do with me, right?"

Chen Yichen keenly realized that this matter might have something to do with him, otherwise he would have been in peace for so many years in this courtyard, but the situation changed when he saw Zhu Ji yesterday. How could this happen?

"Chen'er, just study with peace of mind. These things are all the grievances of the previous generation and have nothing to do with you."

"What are the grievances of the previous generation?"

Chen Yichen asked once before, but his mother did not answer, and he couldn't continue asking questions at that time. This time, he planned to break the baton and ask to the end.

Listening to Chen Yichen's questioning, Shen was very distressed and she didn't want her son to be affected. But some things were already in front of her, and it was impossible to hide them by hiding and hiding them.

"Mrs. Lin gave these things to you to drop out of the Gongfu School."

I see.

Hearing his mother's answer, Chen Yichen showed a sneer on his lips. The previous doubts can be explained in an instant. It seems that he was too conspicuous at the family dinner yesterday, and he was left by Duke Cheng and Zhu Yong to talk to him, which began to threaten the status of some people.

However, Chen Yichen admired Mrs. Lin's methods. A woman in the deep boudoir who never showed up can do so quickly, which really does not leave any hidden dangers for herself.

"Chen'er, did you do something in the private school? Why did Mrs. Lin suddenly want you to drop out of school?"

Not only Chen Yichen had doubts, but Shen was also filled with surprise and confusion about receiving Mrs. Lin’s “grace gift” today.

Chen Yichen has been studying at the Chengguo Duke's Mansion's Private School for almost ten years. Why is it not too late, but he wants him to drop out of school today?

"Maybe the Duke praised me for a few words, and there was a glimmer of hope to enter the genealogy."

"Really?"

Hearing this, Shen was delighted and dispelled her previous sorrow. Her biggest luxury in her life was to let her son get Zhu Yong's recognition, but the reality went further and further.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yichen was actually in the private school and was already praised by the Duke!

"Well, but I just said a few simple words, and it has nothing to do with entering the genealogy."

Chen Yichen looked at his mother's excitement and quickly changed the matter. He just said that he had some hope that it would be like this. If Shen knew that he had rejected Yinjian, he still didn't know what would happen if he was excited.

"That's enough. At least with a good start, the Duke still cares about you."

"Maybe."

Chen Yichen couldn't bear to expose Shen's fantasy. After all, her daughter was thinking about father-son family relationship, while Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong cared about the clan family.

"Mom, what happened back then? Why did Mrs. Lin be so afraid of us mother and son?"

Although Chen Yichen admired Mrs. Lin’s good methods, if you say it seriously, is this reaction a bit too big?

After all, Mrs. Lin is no longer the concubine she used to be, but the Duke's official family. Not to mention that she has not yet entered the genealogy, even if she has entered the genealogy and becomes a concubine's son, it is difficult to pose any threat to her.

Because Zhu Yong also has a first-time eldest son Zhu Yi, the hereditary priority is greater than that of his second-father legitimate son. As for his mother, Shen, the maid's origin has never been favored by the Prince of Chengguo, and it does not affect Mrs. Lin's status.

Thinking about it, if you want to reasonably explain Mrs. Lin’s overreaction, there must be other factors.

"Chen'er, didn't you ask me a few days ago, why did we leave the Duke Cheng's Mansion?"

"Um."

Chen Yichen nodded, but he didn't get the answer that day.

"Because my mother saw something that she shouldn't have seen in the Duke's Mansion."

Speaking of this, Shen sighed heavily and told the old past events.

Wang, the original wife of Duke Cheng Guo, had never been born for many years after marrying into Duke Cheng Guo's mansion. In the ancient environment where there were three unfilial situations and no descendants were the greatest, the wife could not give birth to children, but she committed the "seven crimes", not to mention a hereditary duke like Zhu Yong, and a huge family title waiting for hereditary title to be inherited by her children.

As a result, the relationship between the couple gradually became intermittent, and Duke Cheng also took several concubines one after another, including Zhu Ji's mother Lin.

After Lin entered the Duke of Chengguo Mansion, he was very favored by Zhu Yong with his beauty and methods. He later began to take charge of the inner courtyard of the Duke of the Mansion, which actually challenged Wang's wife's status.

In this case, Wang was anxious and angry, his body became thinner and weaker, and he was even less able to compete with the young and beautiful Lin.

However, the situation soon changed. Just when Wang was over thirty years old and everyone was not optimistic about it, he suddenly became pregnant. And after ten months of pregnancy, he gave birth to a son, who was Zhu Yi, the eldest son of the Duke of Chengguo.

I thought that relying on the eldest son could regain the power of the inner court, but the consequences were that the good fortune was depended on, and the good fortune was hidden.

In ancient times, Wang's age could already be called an elderly mother. After giving birth to his eldest son Zhu Yi, his health collapsed and he was bedridden all year round. The entire Chengguo Duke's Mansion was completely controlled by Lin, and it once reached the point of "possessing concubines and destroying his wife."

Later, Lin also became pregnant with his concubine's son Zhu Ji at that time. During his pregnancy, Duke Cheng Guo, Zhu Yong, fell in love with his maid Shen, and thus he has the current Chen Yichen again.

It is precisely because of this that Lin regards his mother Shen as a "competitor", and since then he has become hostile to the mother and son, and excludes and suppresses them everywhere.

But no matter what, Chengguo’s Justice Room is still there, and no matter how Lin controls the inner courtyard, he is just a concubine. So, in addition to being blocked in his name, Chen Yichen is still treated like a concubine and can live and study in the public residence normally.

And the turning point of all this happened on the night when Shen Yichen and his son left the Duke's Mansion!

The wife Wang was ill in bed and her health became less and less effective. Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng, was promoted to Prince Taibao, and basically did not return to the Nanjing mansion. The entire Duke Cheng, Lin, could only cover the sky with his hands.

That night, Wang was seriously ill and coughed violently. He kept calling the maid to find the doctor, but after shouting like this for half an hour, no one answered.

At that time, his mother, Shen, happened to pass by the courtyard. She was puzzled when she heard Wang's shouting, no one responded. It is logical that the maids should always wait in front of the bed, and this situation would not happen.

With doubts and respect for his wife, his mother, Shen, planned to enter the courtyard to help, but unexpectedly, she happened to see Lin standing at the door.

I saw Lin's face turned gloomy and turned a deaf ear to Wang's shouts in the house. As time went by, Wang's voice became smaller and smaller, just like the passage of life.

Seeing this scene, his mother, Shen, was frightened at the time. She panicked and wanted to leave quickly, but accidentally kicked the flower pot at the entrance of the yard. When she looked up and looked at the door, she happened to meet Lin's cruel gaze.

Although his mother, Shen, was born as a maid, at least she lived in a deep courtyard and still had a basic sense of crisis. So she ran away quickly and took Chen Yichen away from the Duke Mansion overnight to live in this villa at the end of the alley, and clearly stated that she would not return to the Duke Mansion again.

It may be because Lin is afraid of killing the death, or it may be because his mother Shen gave in and Chen Yichen was unbearable, so she did not threaten him. If she continues to pursue the matter, she might backfire and arouse the suspicion of the prince.

So over the years, Shen took Chen Yichen and the mother and son lived in this small villa, and they were still in a corner until they were broken by Lin's "grace gift".

"Chen'er, I didn't want you to be involved, but now you have grown up. Since you can't escape some things, you should face them."

After talking about these old past events, Shen's tone became firmer, unlike the weak and gentle appearance he used to be.

"Mom, I understand."

"I will ask someone to send these things back. You can continue to study in the public servant school. My mother has no other ideas in her life, so she hopes that you will have a future and one day she can stand in front of the master and let him see his son become a talent!"

Shen’s expression and words at this moment perfectly interpret eight words: a woman is weak, but a mother is strong!
Chapter completed!