The spring rain was so noisy that it was hard to fall asleep.
Mi Ke tossed and turned in bed from the second half of the night until dawn.
She was a light sleeper and had many nightmares, so she woke up after an hour.
"What time is it now?"
The maid on night duty answered, "Madam, it's just past seven."
"It's only seven?"
Hearing the way the maidservant addressed her, Mi Ke suddenly remembered that she had spent the night in the Han Manor, so it could be considered as her home.
The maid asked, "Madam, do you want to get up now?"
Mi Ke answered, "Yes."
Maidservants came in one after another, helping Mi Yu wash her face, tidying up her hair, and even giving her an exquisite massage to relieve her headache.
"Madam hasn't been sleeping well recently. Do you want a doctor to come and take a look?"
Mi Ke propped her elbows on the dressing table and pretended to sleep for a while to relax her tired mind.
"No need. It's the same problem every year. I'll be fine after a few days."
Mi Ke was working in the capital now. She spent most of her time in her own residence and only a few at the Han Residence.
Although she didn't stay much, the courtyard was still well-equipped. It was bustling with people and didn't look cold at all.
The maid tied her hair into a loose bun so it wouldn't hurt her scalp. Her makeup was also much simpler than usual.
She looked at the phoenix eyes in the mirror and asked in surprise, "Why is it so simple today?"
If she remembered correctly, this maid was an expert in all kinds of makeup that was popular in the capital.
Mi Ke would sometimes complain about makeup that was too flashy. Even though she didn't look old and looked to be in her early thirties, her makeup was too thick.
Today was a rare day.
The maidservant said, "Yesterday, Old Master reminded me that Madam prefers a more simple and unadorned one these days."
Mi Ke was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "As expected of the famous Han Wenbin, you are indeed meticulous in your actions."
His success wasn't without reason. It could be seen from every little detail in his life.
Every year, on this day, Mi Qu's mood would become very gloomy, especially on this day, because it was the death anniversary of her first husband.
After dressing up, Mi Ke looked at the woman in the mirror who looked to be in her late twenties and felt a little better.
"Madam, San Langjun heard that you were here, so he came to pay his respects."
Mi Can said, "Let him come."
When she arrived at the main hall of the main courtyard, the young man who looked like a ball of childishness was waiting for her.
"Your son pays his respects to mother."
Mi Ke said, "Rise. Is the academy's rest day today?"
Han Chi stood up and sat on the seat to Mi Qu's right, then said seriously, "Today, the academy will still have classes."
Mi Can frowned. "Class?"
This kid is skipping class?
That shouldn't be the case. Han Chi was a rather well-behaved child, so well-behaved that he didn't have his own opinions.
How could an obedient child do such a "disgraceful" thing like skipping class?
Wasn't he afraid of being beaten up by his father?
Han Chi said, "A few days ago, Father applied for half a day of classes for me. He said it was to accompany Mother."
Mi Qu: "…"
Alright, she had to admit that there was indeed something praiseworthy about a person who was able to make it through the chaos of the world to where he was now and rise up step by step.
"In that case, Chi 'er will accompany Mother to Shangfo Temple on the outskirts of the capital today."
Shangfo Temple was originally a temple in Hejian County, but His Majesty later allocated funds to build one in the outskirts of the capital. It was said that the old monk in the temple had taught His Majesty. Even though His Majesty didn't believe in Buddhism and had tried to curb the development of Buddhism and was more inclined towards Taoism, it didn't affect the incense burning in Shangfo Temple. Mi Qu also donated some money to the temple and held a few water and land dharma meetings to pray for the dead.
Nowadays, the world was peaceful, but there were always places where people had to be careful when they were outside.
Han Chi brought enough guards and went all the way from the inner city to Shangfo Temple on the outskirts of the capital. He didn't run into any trouble.
(: з) ∠) _
No, he was in trouble.
As the only child that Han Yu was still raising, Han Chi was truly "isolated" and had no siblings to share the burden with him. When his parents wanted to teach him something, he could only bite the bullet and do it. For four hours, Mi Qu didn't stop asking questions.
At first, Han Chi was able to answer fluently, but the more he asked, the more anxious he became. His young and tender face was flushed with embarrassment.
It's so embarrassing (π ω π)
Mi Qu laughed, "You are still young. This level is already something to be proud of."
Han Chi stammered, "Mother, please comfort me. I understand."
He realized that he was the only one in the family who didn't study well.
Whether it was his brother Han Run, or his brother and sister, their grades in the Golden Scale Academy were all in the top three among the dozens of people in their classes. Han Chi was different. He was always in the bottom 50. He didn't inherit anything from his father except for his face.
Not to mention his father and now his mother.
If it were someone else with strong self-esteem, they would have been anxious to change their temperament, but Han Chi was still slow.
Han Yu didn't force him like other parents, or he was so busy with work that he didn't have the energy to be strict with his son.
His son didn't become a playboy, which was the biggest contribution to the family.
Mi Qu said, "Being good looking is also an advantage."
Han Chi, "???"
Mi Qu said, "If you have a bit more knowledge, with that face of yours and your family background, you should be able to become a famous scholar."
Han Chi was speechless.
He couldn't tell if his mother was praising or insulting him.
Today wasn't a big festival, but there were still many tourists in the temple and there were many carriages outside.
Han Chi saw a familiar carriage in the parking lot and stopped in his tracks.
Mi Qu looked in the direction and found the family emblem on the carriage familiar.
Wasn't that the family emblem of Han Yu's ex-wife who remarried?
"Mother?"
Mi Qu was also aware of the resentment between Han Yu and his ex-wife. She frowned slightly, but her heart softened when she saw Han Chi's pitiful rabbit face.
"Let's go. Don't waste time."
As soon as he entered the main hall of the Buddhist temple, he saw Han Yu's ex-wife leading a strange young lady.
The four of them looked at each other.
Mi Qu didn't even move her eyes and walked straight over.
Han Chi braced himself and saluted Madam Tao.
Madam Tao accepted it with a stiff face, but her eyes were fixed on Mi Qu's face and she clenched the handkerchief in her hand.
She snorted and ignored Han Chi. She was about to lead the strange young lady away.
Mi Qu reached out her hand and blocked her path.
"What are you doing?"
Madam Tao was so angry that her eyes were about to burst into flames.
Things had changed with the passage of time. Now she valued other things more than what she used to hold on to.
Without the power and status brought by Han Yu, without the protection and halo of the Tao family, she was just a weak and helpless woman.
Now, Mi Qu jumped out and took everything she once didn't want.
Mi Qu opened the heavy and dazzling golden fan in her hand, the pendant of which was made from the finest jade of the world.
She held the fan and covered half of her pretty face.
"Chi bowed to you."
Madam Tao sneered, "So what? He is my flesh and blood. He should bow to me. It's none of your business whether I accept it or not. "
She was Han Yu's first wife, and Mi Qu was just his third wife. Why … Did she want to stop and bow to me?
Unexpectedly, Mi Qu smiled and said, "I am a second-rank official in the imperial court. Can't a commoner bow to an official?"
Madam Tao, "???"
Han Chi, who was a little sad and wronged, "!!!"
Mi Qu said, "Chi should bow to you, and you should bow to me. Madam, you come from a noble family and are well-educated and reasonable. How can you not know this? You don't have the title of Honorary Lady. Secondly, you don't have the title of Honorary Lady. Thirdly, your family was convicted by His Majesty as a traitor. If Chi ignored you, I wouldn't have recognized you. Since you've recognized Madam's identity, then the rules should be set. "
Madam Tao's face turned pale, as if it was covered with a layer of white ash. The young lady behind her was also scared and bowed to Mi Qu first.
After a while, Madam Tao bowed to Mi Qu reluctantly and extremely humiliatingly.
"Get up. I am on leave today, so I can't show my authority. If the Imperial Censor finds out and reports it to His Majesty, it won't be good. "
Madam Tao gritted her teeth and her eyes were red. She pinched the young lady's wrist and dragged her away.
Should she stay and be humiliated?
Han Chi was dumbfounded.
Mi Qu said, "She is your birth mother. She shouldn't be treated like this. However, I also can't bear the slightest grievance."
She had seen many old foxes in the officialdom. Which one of them didn't have a complicated mind?
How could she not see through Madam Tao's thoughts?
She was just an ignorant and sad woman. Did she really think that the title of "Li's first wife" could suppress her?
Not to mention actual actions, she couldn't even think about it!
In the past, Mi Qu wouldn't do this, but today was different.
Today was the anniversary of her late husband's death. She didn't want him to see her being wronged.
Han Chi lowered his head and said nothing.
Mi Qu offered incense and burned some Buddhist scriptures in the side hall. Two hours passed in a flash.
Before leaving the temple, Mi Qu asked the Buddhist monk who cleaned the main hall.
Only then did she know that the young lady beside Madam Tao was a concubine she arranged for her remarried husband. In order to win over her husband's heart and to stabilize her position as the first branch, she desperately hoped that the concubine she carefully selected could have a child as soon as possible. Today, she offered incense to pray for a child.
The corners of Mi You's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but retort, "I can understand praying for good health, but what's wrong with going to a monastery to pray for children?"
Han Chi was puzzled. "Why?"
Mi Yu said, "Don't you think it's ridiculous for a monk to say that the world is empty and seek a child from a monk?"
Han Chi: "…"
If the Buddha heard this, he would cry.
Mi Ke was very busy, but she was still better off than Han Yu. She had three days off every month.
Out of respect for Han Yu, Mi Can would occasionally ask about Han Chi's studies and care about his life in the academy.
It was Han Chi's first time coming into contact with a woman like Mi Qu, and he quickly felt closer to her than his birth mother, Madam Tao.
Han Chi was sent back to the Han Estate by the housekeeper. The woman who was massaging Mi Yu's shoulders said, "Third Langjun is not bad. He has a pure and kind nature."
"What are you trying to say?"
The woman said with a smile, "There's no harm in passing him over and putting him under your name. I'm sure the Old Master will agree."
Mi Ke played with the golden fan and said with a smile, "If we do that, Madam Tao will probably vomit blood from anger."
The woman said gently, "Everyone has their own fate. This is her fate."
To be able to forcefully turn a situation like this into the current situation was also a skill.
She prided herself on being smart, but she never saw the truth in her life.
Her fate had always been in the hands of others.
It wasn't others who wanted to control her fate, but she took the initiative to give it to others.
All honor and disgrace were tied to her family, her husband, and her son.
Her family was destroyed, her husband was divorced, and her son was estranged.
She lost everything, but she still didn't wake up and continued to stubbornly step into the same pit.
She wouldn't understand now, and she wouldn't understand why her life was like this in the future.
Mi Ke looked at the painting and inscription on the golden fan and said indifferently, "I only hope that there will be fewer women like her in the world."
The woman said, "With Madam as a role model, why would those women not be moved?"
Mi Ke sneered, "You don't understand. There are always more people who sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor than those who do it themselves."
So what if there was a role model?
The current Emperor was still a woman.
"As long as getting married and having children is still a way out for women. Women like Madam Tao will still be endless." Mi Ke sneered, "They will only say, 'This is a woman with a good life', 'It's a pity that she has been married three times, no matter how high the position and generous the salary is, it's not as good as them'. Then they will turn around and teach their daughters to work hard to marry better men, and teach their sons to study hard and practice martial arts, so that they won't be inferior to women. No one is a fool. Of course, they know that it's much easier to marry a man in a high position than to become a woman in a high position. "
The woman didn't understand.
Many years later, Han Yu asked her if she wanted to be buried with her late husband. She was dying of old age.
Mi Ke smiled, "It's good to be a neighbor with an old man like you. Why bother the dead?"
Han Yu sat beside the bed and asked her, "Are you relieved now?"
"Things that I couldn't think through at seventeen should be solved at seventy-one. How can my state of mind be the same as now? "
Her young man lived in her heart for nearly fifty years.
She didn't have the passionate feelings and obsession of the past. Instead, she felt that he was an old friend who had left for a long time.
She said "Hello" and "Take care."
She looked at the sunlight outside the window.
Vaguely, he could hear a faint chuckle in his ears.
Mi Ke smiled.
An old friend finally returned.
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