IBTSOME Chapter 83 Part 1

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 83 Part 1: Shen Shi

 

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The summer days were long, even in the Summer Palace the weather gets hot day by day. Because of the hot weather, the womenfolk were not too happy to go out and walk around, so when Lin Wei Xi stayed behind closed doors it didn’t look abrupt.

 

Lin Wei Xi put away all the bright and light summer clothes in one day and changed all of her clothes to plain colors. Originally she felt that she was calm enough to deal with the stories of her past life rationally, and she would not acknowledge her relatives from the past life. But when the news of the death of Duke Yingguo Shizi came that day, she still felt that the world was falling apart and could not believe it.

 

The father-daughter’ feeling between her and Duke Yingguo Shizi was very faint, often had nothing to say even when they were face-to-face. Lin Wei Xi had a mixture of love and hate towards him, but in the end only indifference remained. But he was her father after all, and the pain of losing one’s father, no one could feel the same.

 

Even though it was actually unnecessary, Lin Wei Xi still asked the maid to remove the red bed curtain and put on plain clothes. During the period of filial piety, banquets and drinking were forbidden, so Lin Wei Xi declined all social invitation from outside. Fortunately, the heat was roaring in the past few days, everyone stayed behind closed doors, so her behavior didn’t appear abrupt and strange.

 

Lin Wei Xi stayed in the house. To pass the time, she went to Gu Hui Yan's study to find a book. Gu Hui Yan's study was a forbidden area in the mansion, guarded by soldiers all year round, but for Lin Wei Xi, it seems like an unmanned territory, she come and go as she pleases.

 

Because the rules in the outside palace were much relax than in the capital, Gu Hui Yan's study also was not as strict as before. Lin Wei Xi took the maid to look for a book in the study. Didn’t know which maid bumped into the wooden shelf, the vase on a decorative box swayed and fell straight down from the shelf.

 

With a "crash", there was a harsh shattering sound, and everyone in the room screamed in fright. Lin Wei Xi was also taken aback. She hurriedly turned around and found that the vase was broken, then let out a long breath.

 

Wan Xing reproached: "Who dropped the vase? You’re all thumbs, what if you scared Wangfei?"

 

The shattering vase was not a small movement, the people outside were also alarmed and ran in one after another: "Wangfei, what happened?"

 

"It's alright, a vase is broken." Lin Wei Xi didn’t take it seriously, "People come, sweep the broken porcelain pieces."

 

The maids all lowered their heads, and no one would admit who knocked down the vase. Fortunately, Lin Wei Xi also didn't pursue it. They lowered their heads and quickly came up to clean up the mess.

 

There were still fresh bouquets in the vase, and the vase fell from such a high place, the water also spilled on the floor. A bunch of people gathered around to clean up. A granny hurried to rescue the books on the shelf. She suddenly shrieked and shouted: "Is this box also wet?"

 

Everyone's eyes were drawn to this. Wan Xing craned her neck and looked at it, and saw that it was just a plain mahogany box, and asked strangely: "It's just a box. If there is water, you can wipe it clean. What's the fuss?"

 

"Oh, how can this be the same." The granny was so anxious that she didn't care about the water stains, quickly held the wooden box in her arms and wiped the water on the box with her cuffs. "This is Wangfei Shen and Wangye’s love tokens. Normally this is Wangye’s precious treasure, and he carry this wherever he go. How can it be like ordinary wooden box."

 

After wiping the water, the granny lifted it up and looked at it, and said distressedly: "Oh no! The water still seeps in. There are letters inside, how can it be!"

 

Wan Xing didn't expect this to be something from Shen shi, not to mention that Yan Wang would bring it with him when he came to the outside palace. She looked dazed, and gave Lin Wei Xi a careful look.

 

Lin Wei Xi's expression had already cooled down. A large group of people gathered around to look at the wooden box, while Lin Wei Xi took Wan Xing and Wan Yue to stand by the side, invisibly draw a line.

 

Gu Cheng Yao heard loud noises in this area from a distance. He walked in and saw that the maids and grannies were gathered in the middle, not knowing what they were doing. He frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

 

Everyone turned their heads and saw Shizi standing behind the doorstep, looked at them with a frown. They hurriedly stood up and saluted together: "Greetings Shizi."

 

Gu Cheng Yao swept across the servants, even though he tried to control his line of sight, he couldn't help but glance at the furthest Lin Wei Xi. He realized his behavior and his expression unconsciously became irritable: "What's wrong?"

 

The granny secretly glanced at Lin Wei Xi. Seeing Lin Wei Xi's cold expression, the woman became more frightened. She smiled awkwardly and said, "It was the maid who accidentally broke a vase and wet Wangfei Shen's letters."

 

"Mother's letter?" Gu Cheng Yao's expression immediately became solemn. Obviously he also knew that Shen shi's letters were kept together and carefully placed in Gu Hui Yan's study. Now they were actually wet? Gu Cheng Yao frowned and said, "Give it to me."

 

The granny handed it to Gu Cheng Yao carefully. The wooden box was locked, Gu Cheng Yao held it in his hand and looked at it, his eyebrows frowned more and more tightly: "The water has entered quite seriously, I am afraid the letters inside are difficult to preserve. Who did this?"

 

Gu Cheng Yao's tone was not good. Wan Xing was about to reply, but was interrupted by Lin Wei Xi: "I brought people to the study to pass the time. It was my maid who broke the vase and spilled water on the ground."

 

It turned out to be Lin Wei Xi's maid... Gu Cheng Yao thought it was a clumsy maid from the study, but he didn't expect it was because of Lin Wei Xi. He realized that his tone was not very good, and tried to restrain his emotions: "This is mother's most important relics. It has been kept by father very carefully. This son was worried and spoke a little bit urgently. Ask mother to please forgive."

 

The room was in a mess, and suddenly a voice came from outside the door: "What's wrong?"

 

Gao Ran walked in. She looked at the flower branches and broken porcelain on the ground, then looked around the crowd curiously, and asked: "I heard voices here from a long distance. What's wrong? Why are you all gathered here?"

 

The granny told the story again. Gao Ran covered her mouth in astonishment as soon as she heard it, and her expression became worried: "It turned out mother's personal letter got wet. How did you do it? How important mother's relics are. This is father’s treasure collection for almost 20 years, but it was ruined by you today. When father come back and learn about it, how do you explain it?"

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