Sheng Hong had been an official for many years and knew something about the Lin family. If the Lin family had not been convicted, Lin Qinshuang, as the only legitimate daughter of the Lin family, would not have become his concubine.

In particular, Lin Qinshuang is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is talented in poetry and songs, and has a gentle temperament. Lin Qinshuang has many advantages that Madam Wang does not have.

Because of their relationship, Old Lady Sheng kept Lin Qinshuang by her side and arranged for her to marry when she reached marriageable age. However, Lin Qinshuang did not dare to trust Old Lady Sheng's judgment, let alone gamble her life on it.

So based on her understanding of Sheng Hong, she slowly walked into his heart.

Otherwise, if Sheng Hong really liked her, he would not go against Old Lady Sheng's wishes and get together with Lin Qinshuang.

"I still have to thank the old lady and the eldest lady for their kindness to me, which allowed our Mo Erji to be raised by the eldest lady herself."

Sheng Hong felt sorry for Lin Qinshuang's past, and now when he heard her calling herself a slave, he felt even more distressed and said, "What slave? You have already gotten rid of your slavery. Shuang'er, don't call yourself a slave in the future. It hurts me."

"Thank you, Hiro."

After Lin Qinshuang's full month birth, Madam Wang had been nearly five months pregnant. Wei Xiaoniang, who was originally bought by Madam Wang and favored by Lin Qinshuang, was also diagnosed as pregnant at this time.

As a result, the method that Madam Wang had finally come up with to balance the backyard was now useless. However, Madam Wang didn't think much about it after Lin Qinshuang stopped making trouble everywhere.

Lin Qinshuang was absolutely willing for her daughter to be registered under Madam Wang's name since birth. This way, at least in the eyes of outsiders, her Mo'er would be a legitimate daughter.

Unable to raise her daughter by her side, she could only raise her with the old lady. For the first time, Lin Qinshuang thanked Madam Wang from the bottom of her heart. If her daughter could learn a little bit of the essence of how to behave in society that the only daughter of Marquis Yongyi had spent her life, it would be enough for her to live a stable life.

Ever since Lin Qinshuang gave birth to a daughter, the Sheng family's backyard has been peaceful for a while. Madam Wang was not used to it at first, but later she relaxed with the comfort of Mama Liu.

Old Madam Sheng never objected to Lin Qinshuang seeing her daughter, but she just didn't want to see Lin Qinshuang.

Lin Qinshuang knew that since she and Sheng Hong were secretly having an affair, Madam Wang hated her to the core, and Old Madam Sheng also looked down upon her for rushing to become someone's concubine.

In order to prevent Old Lady Sheng from feeling alienated from her daughter, Lin Qinshuang, who had never expected to use her daughter to ease the relationship between her and the old lady, decided to apologize to the old lady again.

————Shou’an Hall————————

"old lady"

As usual, when Lin Qinshuang appeared in Shou'an Hall to see the children, Mrs. Sheng was about to get up and leave, but this time she was stopped by Lin Qinshuang.

This time, Lin Qinshuang did not pretend to be invisible as she had done in the past, but knelt down firmly in front of Old Lady Sheng.

After a slight pause as she was leaving, Old Madam Sheng was ready to continue leaving Lin Qinshuang as if she were an invisible person.

"old lady"

This time, Lin Qinshuang's voice was not as affected as before, nor did she sound cautious and compromising. Old Madam Sheng turned her head and glanced at Lin Qinshuang who was kneeling on the ground and said, "I don't think I have anything else to say to you, and you don't have to kneel in front of me anymore."

"At that time, the Lin family was convicted and all the women in the family were confined to slavery. Fortunately, the old lady took pity on Qinshuang and allowed her to leave slavery early. The old lady raised and taught Qinshuang..."

Old Madam Sheng didn't wait for Lin Qinshuang to finish her words. She glanced at Zimu who was drowsy on the bed and said to Lin Qinshuang, "The fourth girl is sleepy. Let's talk outside."

In the main hall of Shou'an Hall, Old Madam Sheng sat on the main seat, looking down at Lin Qinshuang who knelt down again: "I raised you, but I didn't expect you to be so arrogant and stubborn."

"Qinshuang knew that what I did that day hurt the old lady's compassion, so the old lady never saw me for so many years."

"Since you know I don't want to see you, why are you acting like this now?"

Lin Qinshuang had been raised by the old lady for many years, and she knew that she was a person with a cold exterior but a warm heart.

Today she didn't ask the old lady to be nice to her for Mo'er's sake. She only hoped that her Mo'er would not be implicated by her past actions and make the old lady dislike her because of the estrangement in her heart.

"When Qinshuang was raised by the old lady, the master had not yet arranged marriage. After the master married the eldest lady, Qinshuang also kept her distance from the master."

Old Madam Sheng recalled the past and it was indeed true. When the eldest lady first married into the Sheng family, she had been good friends with Lin Qinshuang.

Since when did it change?

It seemed that things started to change after Lin Qinshuang met several potential marriage candidates.

"When the Lin family was not convicted, my mother raised my aunt's only daughter by her side. When my cousin reached the age of marriage, my father and mother wanted her to marry a man with a good family background. After much deliberation, they chose a young scholar."

The familiar scene made Mrs. Sheng not interrupt Lin Qinshuang and motioned her to continue.

"The scholar was praised by the Lin family in many ways, but when my cousin married him with the dowry prepared by our family, she found that it was not the case at all. The scholar was not ambitious and lived on my cousin's dowry all day long. He even beat and scolded my cousin many times."

"My cousin is the daughter of my mother's biological sister. After the Lin family backed her up several times, the scholar slowly repented. A few years later, my cousin's life finally got better, but the scholar started to make a fuss about taking a concubine again."

"In the end, my cousin made concessions for her three children, but within two years, she was pissed off to death by the concubine and the scholar. The scholar remarried with the dowry left by my cousin. My cousin's three children were tortured every day and could not get any help from heaven or earth. When my mother wanted to take my cousin's children back to the Lin family, the Lin family was convicted."

"The families that the old lady suggested for Qinshuang to marry are indeed noble farming and scholarly families, but Qinshuang doesn't dare to gamble her life that she will be luckier than her cousin after learning from her experience."

Old Madam Sheng sighed. Most unfaithful people are scholars. "You should have told me at that time."

"The old lady's younger sister's daughter is still like this, what about the daughter of an old friend who we didn't have much interaction with?" Lin Qinshuang continued, "The master will take a concubine sooner or later, and Qinshuang is sure that he is a rare person with a good heart. If outsiders can be the master's concubine, why can't Qinshuang?"

Old Madam Sheng remained silent. There were always many injustices against women in the world. Although her adopted son was a smoother person, Lin Qinshuang was right. Sheng Hong was indeed soft-hearted.

"You can go back. The fourth girl is very nice. I like her very much."

"Thank you, old lady." Lin Qinshuang kowtowed again and left. When she turned around, the tears she had been holding back burst out.

Lin Qinshuang didn't expect to see Madam Wang, who was pregnant, as soon as she went out. She quickly wiped the tears from her face and respectfully bowed to Madam Wang and said, "Hello, Madam."

Madam Wang nodded and looked at Lin Qinshuang's departing back thoughtfully.

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