Xiao Jingyan, the eldest son of the Duke of Guo, has always been cold and ascetic.
Su Tan, the maidservant of his wife, had served him carefully for many years, but she never received a gentle look from him.
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It is a "mean thing" to humiliate the princess in public when she arrives.
He stood in the corridor without saying a word from beginning to end, without even moving an eyebrow.
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The sarcasm from the maids late at night penetrated through the thin wall: "It's just a roommate, do you really think you are a young lady?"
Su Tan cried silently in the quilt until dawn, and the wishful thinking in her heart was finally shattered.
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Half a month later, Xiao Jingyan was ordered to leave the capital, but Su Tan suddenly bent over and retched while waiting for the sweeper in the morning——
She held her lower abdomen and knelt on the blue brick floor. Her fingertips were cold and her whole body was shaking.
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This was supposed to be a secret she kept secret from now on, but it happened to be revealed late at night when he returned home early.
All he said was: "The child cannot be kept."
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Su Tan knelt at his feet and cried until her voice became hoarse. She hit her forehead on the cold floor tiles and begged him for mercy.
All he got in exchange was his back turned and left.
The next day she heard that the boy next to him went out to get medicine.
What the medicine was used for, she didn't dare to think about.
Su Tan wiped away her tears, set a fire in the side room, took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the corner door with her baggage in her arms, and was never heard from again.
Five years later, at the entrance of Xinghua Alley in Jiangnan, Su Tan set up a pastry stall to make a living by embroidering handkerchiefs for others. There was a child next to him whose features resembled someone's.
She thought she would never have anything to do with the Duke's Mansion again in her life——
Until the man in black clothes and jade crown stood in front of her stall through the catkins of late spring.
Those deep pool-like eyes were filled with things she couldn't understand, and the first words he spoke were hoarse and low:
"Su Tan, I have been looking for you for five years."
Purpose: Pursue a happy life