The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

"Why are you mentioning him for no reason?" When Feng heard Zhou Shuangyue say this, her face became a little gloomy and her expression began to become unhappy.

She is not a very generous person.

But she had never treated the concubines in the mansion harshly. Even towards their concubines, her husband's women, she would at most ignore them and had never taken the initiative to punish anyone.

Only this bastard——

She really didn't have the generosity to be nice to this little bastard born to Xun Fangniang.

Zhou Jianxun favored his concubine over his wife, and directly ignored her and her two children. He even disregarded the rules and his reputation, and handed over the power of household finances to that bitch Xun Fangniang. He completely ignored her and her two children, and instead praised Xun Fangniang and the little bastard she gave birth to to the sky.

Feng always valued her own reputation.

What Zhou Jianxun did was equivalent to stepping on her face and pressing it to the ground. How could she tolerate it?

Although Xun Fangniang is dead, Feng's hatred for her still exists.

So all the hatred was directed at the little bastard born to Xun Fangniang.

The people in the mansion knew that she didn't like that little beast, so they naturally followed suit and would not be nice to that little beast.

"mother--"

Knowing that his mother had a deep grudge against his third brother, Zhou Shuangyue looked helpless.

Her eyes were still red and swollen, looking like two small walnuts. At this moment, she pulled Feng's sleeve and looked at her with a worried look on her face.

After all, Mrs. Feng still loved her daughter.

Although he was unhappy that she suddenly mentioned that little bastard, he still held back his temper and let her say, "Okay, what do you want to say? What happened to him?"

Zhou Shuangyue told Feng everything that happened in the garden yesterday.

After listening to her, Feng didn't take it seriously, and even said nonchalantly, "Isn't it that nothing happened? Besides, if that little bastard hadn't done something dirty, how could your brother have picked on him?"

"mother!"

Zhou Shuangyue was anxious: "You know that the third brother never takes the initiative to cause trouble. It is always the eldest brother who deliberately bullies and makes things difficult for him."

Seeing her mother's face suddenly turn dark, Zhou Shuangyue also became a little frightened.

This is always the case.

Sometimes she couldn't stand her eldest brother bullying her youngest brother, so she told this to her mother, hoping that her mother would persuade her eldest brother to stop. But her mother was like this every time. Her face would turn black as soon as she said a few words. Every time this happened, she didn't dare to say anything more.

In recent years, she has tried hard to avoid seeing her third brother.

Although she felt pity for her third brother's situation, she could do nothing about it. After all, her eldest brother and mother were her family.

But yesterday, she had already promised her cousin!

She didn't want her cousin to think that she was untrustworthy, and she didn't want her cousin to look down on her...

Zhou Shuangyue bit her lip, clenched her fist, and for the first time mustered up the courage to tell Feng: "Not only did I see it yesterday, my cousin saw it too!"

"what?"

When Feng heard this, her expression finally changed.

She was originally looking straight ahead with a cold face, but now she turned her head and looked at Zhou Shuangyue.

Zhou Shuangyue did not dodge, still looking at her mother with those red eyes and said: "I know mother doesn't like my third brother, but he is not a child who can be bullied by others after all. One day he will marry and have children, and one day he will leave our house."

"You can't keep him locked up forever."

Yes.

Over the years, Zhou has been under similar house arrest in the mansion and has never gone out.

Feng's idea.

Zhou Jianxun is another bastard.

When I liked Xun Fangniang in the past, I was willing to pick the stars and the moon. But later, when Xun Fangniang’s face was disfigured, I didn’t even want to look at her.

He has so many children, how could he care about a mere bastard?

After Xun Fangniang died, he was too lazy to care about his illegitimate son and let Feng torture him.

To him, children are far less important than women.

He has grown older these years, and although he no longer brings a woman into his house from time to time like he used to, he has never stopped spending his time in debauchery outside.

Looking at the hesitation and struggle on Feng's face.

Zhou Shuangyue knew that her mother's heart had actually wavered. She breathed a sigh of relief and continued to speak to others, "Third brother is still young and has not yet grown up. Instead of treating him harshly like this and bringing bad reputation to you and your eldest brother in the future, it is better to take him in and use him for your own benefit."

"People are all made of flesh and blood. If we treat our third brother well, he will repay us in the future."

Zhou Shuangyue is still young after all.

At the age of sixteen, he has been protected by Feng since childhood.

The saddest things before yesterday might be that I gained weight, my clothes didn’t look good, and I didn’t look my best when I saw my loved one.

How could she know that human hearts are unpredictable?

Feng suppressed the illegitimate son in the family because she knew that her legitimate son was useless and she was afraid that the illegitimate son would rise to prominence in the future and surpass her Xun'er.

But what Shuangyue said is not without reason...

The bastard is already fifteen years old. She can't keep him locked up at home forever, and he was seen by her niece...

Feng struggled for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Forget it, that little beast is lucky to be alive. I'll go talk to your eldest brother later."

When Zhou Shuangyue heard this, she was extremely happy!

This time she finally helped her third brother, and she did not break her promise to her cousin. Zhou Shuangyue's eyes were shining and she was very happy.

"I see that my third brother is also studying. Mother, why don't you let him study with the eldest brother? Anyway, there is a school in the mansion, so he doesn't have to go out to study."

"You are wholeheartedly helping him." Feng was unhappy again and stared at Zhou Shuangyue.

Zhou Shuangyue was not afraid of her. She knew what was wrong with her mother, so she took her arm and said, "I am not helping him, nor am I forgetting my grudge. It's just that what happened back then, my third brother was just a child."

"I just think that the trouble caused by Aunt Fang should not be borne by my third brother."

Feng pursed her lips and was about to sneer, but she heard her daughter beside her say, "And I don't want to damage the reputation of mother and elder brother."

"My eldest brother wants to get married, I..."

Zhou Shuangyue talked about herself and thought about what happened yesterday, and the feelings she had that she had yet to express but had to restrain.

She suddenly became sad again, lowered her eyes slightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "...I have to get married one day."

"Mother doesn't want my brother and I to be hindered by our reputation and unable to find the right person in the future."

Feng's face changed slightly after hearing what she said.

She certainly didn't want her children's bright future to be ruined because of a bastard!

After gritting her teeth for a while, Feng finally sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll just listen to you."

Seeing her daughter's eyes sparkling beside her, Feng didn't know whether to be angry or amused.

He held her hand and said nothing.

Zhou Shuangyue's wish had been fulfilled, and she felt much better. She even took the initiative to massage Feng's legs and said to her with a smile, "I knew that mother was the best to me!"

"Next time I see my cousin, I can finally face her calmly."

"Do you like your cousin very much?" Feng's eyes moved slightly and she asked Zhou Shuangyue.

Zhou Shuangyue did not hide her liking for Mingjin and nodded, "My cousin is pretty good. Although she doesn't talk much, I feel like I can get along with her."

"Compare……"

She subconsciously wanted to say that it made her feel more comfortable than when she was with Mingyao.

But thinking that if she said that, it would inevitably be suspected of complaining, Zhou Shuangyue immediately shut up, only glanced at Feng secretly, and continued to say to her: "Anyway, I think my cousin is pretty good."

"Since you like her, you should spend more time with her in the future." Feng suddenly said.

Zhou Shuangyue opened her eyes wide, seemingly in disbelief.

"You're not angry anymore?"

Zhou Shuangyue was very surprised.

When her aunt left yesterday, her mother was obviously resentful and didn't treat her cousin well. She thought her mother would stop her from interacting with her cousin.

Feng raised her eyebrows: "I don't like your aunt, but that girl didn't do anything wrong, why should I be angry with her?"

"It just so happens that the girl just returned to Beijing not long ago and doesn't have many friends. You should take her out to play more often in the future."

Zhou Shuangyue was stunned by what Feng said.

But Zhou Shuangyue was still very happy to be able to play with her cousin, and soon she said hello with a smile.

……

It was already evening when Zhou Que received the news.

Feng didn't say much about what she sent someone to say. She just asked Zhou Que to make good preparations and go to the prefectural school tomorrow.

"Madam, I hope that the Third Young Master will abide by his duties and not bring shame upon himself and his family. He also needs to know what to say and what not to say!" The person who came to reply said this at the end. Seeing that the thin young man was still standing there with his head down, he had no intention of replying.

The housekeeper who spoke frowned.

But he was too lazy to say anything more. He left the clothes and four treasures of the study given by Feng, and then led his people away.

As soon as they leave.

Before Zhou could say anything, the only servant beside him burst into tears of joy.

"Master can finally go to school openly, and he has clothes and new study tools. Master, go and try on the new clothes!"

As Fuzi spoke, he happily took his things into the house.

She was very careful, fearing that the hard-earned clothes would get dirty and wrinkled.

Seeing the young man follow in, Fuzi hurriedly called Zhou Que to come over to change clothes, saying: "This time it's all thanks to the second young lady. If it weren't for the second young lady, the lady wouldn't have let go."

"No."

Zhou took off his outer clothes and suddenly said something.

"What?" Fuzi didn't hear clearly. He looked at Zhou and blinked in confusion.

Zhou Queque didn't say anything else.

He took the clothes from Fuzi's hand. After all, they were not tailor-made, so they were a little big and didn't fit him well. Perhaps they were made for Zhou Xun, so they might be left behind.

But Zhou didn't mind.

Fuzi was only concerned with seeing whether the clothes were good or not.

Zhou ignored Fu Zi's muttering. He lowered his eyes to look at the brand new set of four treasures of the study on the table. He gently stroked these things with his fingertips, but what Zhou was thinking about was the woman he saw yesterday.

If it weren't for her, Zhou Shuangyue wouldn't have the courage to do these things.

He thought of the stunning glimpse he got yesterday, of the momentary gaze he had exchanged with her, of the beautiful scenery by the Lotus Lake, of her in a red dress, with black hair as black as ink, her skirt lifted by the wind like ripples in the lake, and she was calm and composed, with a composed look on her face, always staring at him quietly.

Zhou pursed his thin lips slightly.

Cousin?