The snow was heavy, and the carriage walked slowly. Ah Xun, who had just cried, fell asleep slowly in the sound of the snow.

The two-year-old fat boy was heavy. Because there was a strange man around him, Hanzhu was nervous and kept maintaining a position. Not long after, his arm became sore. Hanzhu lowered her head and looked at the boy with her head resting in her arms, helpless and willing.

It feels good to be trusted and dependent on by others wholeheartedly. She once had a younger brother, but now she has another one.

"Hug me." Seeing that his daughter was tired, Chu Qing said considerately, and wanted to care about her son while she was asleep. He said before that he often thought about his siblings in the border, but it was not entirely a coaxing person. His parents died early, and his younger brother also had his own family. These children were his closest people. Who did he think of them?

His hands reached out, Hanzhu looked at Ah Xun's frown little brows and carefully handed them over.

Chu Qing raised his lips and looked at the flesh and blood in his arms carefully. After a year of sight, his son's eyebrows and eyes grew wide, which looked like him than the eldest son when he was a child. He was timid and had a bad temper. He didn't listen to coax him, and he always looked at him from beginning to end. What's even more annoying is that he fought with Cheng Yu, and his son actually looked at Cheng Yu!

Can my cousin have a father's relationship?

Chu Qing kissed his son with a white and tender face, thinking that he would spend more time at home in the future and coax his son every day, and the child would forget his nature and not see his cousin for a long time, so his heart would definitely be on his side.

He was all focused on his son, and Hanzhu couldn't help but look at him secretly. The man lowered his head, but she couldn't see his eyes, but saw him pinching A Xun's little fat hand for a while, and touching A Xun's eyebrows again for a while, looking like he really liked it.

Hanzhu was a little confused. The Zhou family said that Chu Qing treated Chu Han and his brothers harshly, but today Chu Qing's attitude towards her and A Xun...

"A Xun looks like me, right?"

Seeing his daughter's look, Chu Qing smiled and turned her head and asked softly.

Hanzhu looked at him, then Ah Xun, and nodded softly.

Chu Qing stared at her daughter, wanting to find her own shadow in her daughter, but she seemed to see her wife when she first got married, and couldn't help but sigh: "You are like your mother, and you are like your mother. Back then, your mother was the most beautiful in the capital. In another two or three years, if you look like you, you will definitely compare other noble girls."

His daughter must be the most beautiful girl, how could Zhou Wenjia be worthy of the impulsive and impetuous brat?

Hanzhu thought of her mother and nostalgia appeared on her face.

Chu Qingzheng was upset and said, and the coachman outside whispered: "Mr. Marquis, the third young master and fourth girl are coming out to pick you up."

Chu Qing looked at the curtain and saw another pair of children standing at the door, Chu Hong holding an umbrella, Chu Man stood beside his brother in a water-green skirt, and in the snow and ice, he was like a pretty green willow, holding an umbrella obviously prepared for him, and waved his hand excitedly at him.

Chu Qing's eyes softened.

He also thought of these two children, but today his relationship with his eldest daughter has just eased a little. Although the eldest daughter doesn't remember, Fang must have told her that at this time, he and Chu Hong brothers and sisters were too intimate. Will his daughter blame him again? His daughter was unreasonable before, and Chu Qing was determined to be determined. The timid and painful person in front of him was reluctant to let her feel sad as soon as she got home. It would be better to wait until her daughter and sister get familiar with each other. If the relationship between the two sisters is good, he will treat them equally.

One is gentle and the other is sweet and sensible. Chu Qing believes that his two daughters can get along well with each other.

Having a plan in my mind, when the carriage stopped, Chu Qing did not get out of the car, and carried the curtain to instruct Chu Hong: "I'll take your sister and fourth brother back first, you can go back first. It's snowing, so you don't have to go to the room for dinner. We'll get together tomorrow morning."

"Okay, my father has worked hard all the way." Chu Hong replied with a smile.

Chu Man looked at her father in the car blankly, with misunderstandings and grievances in her moist eyes.

She missed her father so much and stood in the snow for two quarters of a year. Even if her father didn't hug her or touch her head, he didn't even get out of the car, and he wouldn't see her again today? He has been away from home for almost a year this time.

Tears appeared in the eyes of the ten-year-old girl, looking at Chu Qing pitifully.

Chu Qingxin couldn't bear it and explained in a low voice: "Your fourth brother fell asleep, it was cold outside, and daddy carried him out and easily caught a cold. Manman was obedient and went back with your third brother and came back tomorrow morning to pay his respects to daddy."

Chu Man looked at the boy in his arms, bit his lip and nodded, and led it back to the side of the road, giving the carriage a place.

Chu Qing put down the curtain and drove into Yunyang Hou's Mansion.

Outside the door, Chu Man lowered her head. Thinking of the situation in the carriage, the girl's skirt exposed beside her father, she raised her head and asked her brother in a depressed manner: "Brother, don't the eldest sister don't like to let her father hug A Xun?"

When my father came back from a long house, he sent someone to invite Chu Han when he was having dinner together. Chu Han didn't come. Ah Xun didn't like his father either. He heard that his father cried when he hugged him. What's going on today?

Chu Hong looked at the cloak that his sister was wearing and moved the umbrella to her side. "Manman forgot that the eldest sister can't remember what happened before? From now on, we must also forget the eldest sister of the past and get along with her again. Manman is good. If the eldest sister no longer hates you, don't be assured to get close to her. Our family is harmonious and don't worry about my father."

The twelve-year-old boy was a little dumb and still very nice when he changed his voice.

Chu Man looked at the lotus courtyard where Chu Han lived, and confusion flashed in her eyes. Did she really forget? Then what does the big sister look like now?

After saying goodbye to his brother, Chu Man went to Aunt Xia's place and cried when she entered the room.

Aunt Xia was doing needlework and thread. When she saw her daughter suddenly fell out of gold lumps, she was shocked. She sent the maid out, led her daughter into the inner room, hugged her and coaxed her, "Why did Manman cry? Didn't you get your father?"

She was one year older than Chu Qing. She was the maid arranged by Chu Qing's mother for Chu Qing. She looked just a top-notch. Chu Qing had a woman in a yard who specialized in enjoyment, but never touched the maids around her, for fear that they would only compete for favor and intrigue and delay their duties. After arguing with her wife, her wife pointed to the Baihua Garden where the Hou Mansion specialized in raising singers and asked him why he didn't just carry them all into concubines. Chu Qing was angry and really carried an aunt to her, but she didn't want to give the title of singers, but instead chose the maid who served him the best.

Aunt Xia was very proud and got the best of her. Two years later, she gave birth to a daughter. After the death of Mrs. Zhou, the only aunt who was brought up by Chu Qing for a while, became the number one person in Chu Qing's backyard. Because she acted safely, Chu Han was still young and had a temper that she could not manage. Chu Qing temporarily handed over the backyard to Aunt Xia for the time being. Chu Han asked Chu Han to take care of herself and did not allow Aunt Xia to interfere.

At this time, Chu Man was lying in his biological mother's arms and said the grievances that he could not say to his brother, "Dad doesn't like me anymore. He used to see me first when he went home. Today I have been waiting outside the door for so long, but Dad hasn't gotten off the car. I'm not allowed to go to him again. Mom, Dad doesn't like me anymore..."

The first time I tasted the slightest feeling of her father who was spoiled as precious, the little girl cried so sadly.

Aunt Xia patted her daughter's shoulder and asked about the situation at that time, and said funny: "This little thing is worth crying. Your father is right. Ah Xun is still young and suddenly encounters cold when he sleeps well. He is prone to illness, so your father can't get out of the car."

"Then he can come down by himself and let his elder sister hug Ah Xun." Chu Man twitched and retorted, "I haven't seen him for a year..."

Aunt Xia suddenly felt a little worried. She was most familiar with Chu Qing's temper. It was the one who followed me and prospered me and died. My daughter was able to receive the fatherly love for so many years before. It was entirely because Chu Han repeatedly pushed Chu Qing out. Chu Qing coaxed him twice and still didn't give him a good face. Chu Qing didn't want to be a low-key person. But now Chu Han forgot that although Aunt Xia had never seen her with her own eyes, she knew that Chu Qing would start to treat Chu Han and her brothers. In this way, Chu Qing would be destined to divide her fatherly love into two parts, one for the other and one for this side, and it was even very likely that she wanted to compensate Chu Han and her brothers because of her coldness in the past few years and spoiled them more.

Aunt Xia doesn't care how Chu Qing spoils his children, but if her daughter can't take the turn, she can't accept her father's "neglect" and blames Chu Qing or Chu Han's siblings, then the one who ends up suffering is destined to be her daughter. Chu Qing tends to be soft but not hard, and her daughter complains that he doesn't take it seriously once or twice. If she often times, Chu Han is the lesson of her daughter.

"Manman stop crying, listen to me."

Realizing the seriousness of this matter, Aunt Xia felt a stern and held her daughter's shoulder and asked, "Does Manman know why her father liked you and didn't like her elder sister before?"

Chu Man knew, "The eldest sister always makes her angry if she doesn't listen to her father."

Aunt Xia nodded, "Yes, now the eldest sister listens to her father, so of course her father will like her. The eldest sister is sick and Ah Xun is still young. Do you think Dad should spend more time with them?"

Chu Man burst into tears and said in fear: "Why don't your father likes the eldest sister, don't you like me?"

Aunt Xia helped her daughter wipe her tears and coaxed her softly: "No, as long as Manman is still as sensible as before, Dad will continue to like you, and she likes you and your elder sister. But there is only one Daddy. He goes to the elder sister's side and can't come to see you. At this time, Manman can't be angry with Daddy, nor can she be angry with Big Sister, do you understand?"

Chu Man burst into tears, "Mom, is it that Dad will not accompany me every day in the future?"

My daughter only knows how to cry, Aunt Xia frowned and said in a cold voice: "He is not your father alone, why should he accompany you every day? Then I also like your brother. If I only accompany your brother for dinner, will you be sorry for you? Manman, remember, in terms of identity, your elder sister is the legitimate daughter, you are a concubine daughter, and your father likes the elder sister more. If you blame your elder sister for this, you are losing your duty, and you are a mistake. Your father knows that he once neglected your elder sister, and you will neglect you."

She didn't want to scare her daughter, but she was even more afraid that her daughter would not recognize her position and cause trouble.

Chu Man finally stopped crying and looked at her biological mother in disbelief.

Aunt Xia also looked at her. When her daughter's eyes regained her rationality and became less excited, Aunt Xia softened her voice and hugged her daughter and coaxed her: "Manman is not afraid, remember her mother's words, and if she doesn't compete with her elder sister, Dad will not neglect you."

Chu Man leaned in her mother's arms, nodded, but she was confused and restless in her tears.

Will Dad really like his elder sister more than her?

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On the other side of the Lotus Courtyard, Chu Qing put A Xun on the already warm bed, covered him with a quilt, and sighed to his daughter: "This kid is still asleep."

He was kind and Hanzhu tried to say, "Dad, don't worry, Ah Xun wakes up, and his daughter will advise him to get close to Dad."

This is also for A Xun's good. Now A Xun is young, so she can take care of her. When A Xun is a few years older, he will study and start a horse and practice martial arts, he has to arrange it. The father-son relationship is harmonious, so Chu Qing will be more attentive to A Xun. Hanzhu is not Chu Han, and she has never seen Chu Qing neglect her legitimate children. Now Chu Qing has a kind fatherly attitude, and Hanzhu can no longer recommend Chu Qing, let alone...

He glanced at the man who was still full of momentum while sitting there, and Hanzhu lowered his head.

She didn't have the courage of Chu Han, and dared to be angry with such a father.

She stood there timidly, like a little maid waiting for the order. Chu Qing smiled and signaled her daughter to sit down, "Come on, let's talk well, it's inconvenient to be at your uncle's house."

The embroidered stool was a bit far away, and Hanzhu didn't want to move it here specifically, so he sat down at an arm's distance, lowered his eyes and waited for him to say.

Looking at her daughter's well-behaved and quiet face, Chu Qing whispered to her: "I don't know how your uncle and aunt told you about me. Dad admits that I have neglected you for so many years and have not fulfilled my father's responsibilities. I didn't think there was anything wrong with doing that before. Last month, I learned in Liaodong that you were injured and unconscious, so Dad regretted why he was angry with you as a child."

He had never coaxed a woman, and he unknowingly applied his daughter to deal with women. Now, when he fought with Cheng Yu, he always thought that he was a junior and did not use all his strength. Then why did he get angry with her for his biological daughter?

He touched his daughter's head and sighed, "Dad really regrets it."

My daughter didn't want to pay attention to him, so he should have visited her more. After a long time, wouldn't she know that her father valued her?

Hanzhu's tears fell down.

Not for myself, but for the poor girl who will never hear this again.

She turned her head and wiped her tears. Chu Qing looked at her silently for a while. When she stopped her tears, he continued, "Dad will compensate you well in the future. You only look at what Dad does. Don't think about what uncle and aunt said. Let's live a good life together?"

Hanzhu nodded slightly, "Well, my daughter understands it."

Chu Qing mentioned Chu Hong's brother and sister, "The two just now are the third brothers born in the same year as you, and the other is the sister who is two years younger than you. You didn't like them before, but if you meet them tomorrow, if you like them, just be a younger brother and sister. Your third brother is good at studying, but not daddy. In the future, if you don't understand Ah Xun's knowledge, you can ask him for advice, which is more effective than finding me. Manman is quite well-behaved. If you are bored in the house, you can call her over and play."

Hanzhu did not nod or shook her head, and said to the truth: "If I have similar personalities, I will listen to my father. If I really can't play one thing, don't worry, even if I don't like my sister, I won't cause trouble for her. Everyone is in peace."

She came to the Chu family to take care of A Xun's safe growth. Hanzhu didn't want to turn them into her true relatives. She could talk about it like Chu Qiang, and she would treat her as good sisters. As for Chu Man...

People's hearts will be biased. Chu Han and Chu Man are strangers to her, but they have felt the considerate care of the Zhou family for their sisters and the innocence and loveliness of Axun. Hanzhu instinctively stood on Chu Han's side. So she was not sure that she could treat the ignorant Chu Man as her sister. She didn't want to force herself to be rude with someone she didn't like to please Chu Qing. Chu Qing came to see her and Axun, and she treated him as her father and respected filial piety. If Chu Qing didn't reason, she would take her anger at her. With such a father, Hanzhu would not expect him to be good to Axun in the future. Then it doesn't matter whether he came or not. She and Axun would stay in the Lotus Court to live their own life.

This is the first time Hanzhu has not answered whatever Chu Qing said.

Chu Qing was not angry, but became more and more satisfied. He liked his daughter, gentle and obedient, but he should have his own temper. In this way, he would not be treated as a soft persimmon and would not be bullied by his in-laws when he got married in the future.

"You are right, brothers and sisters and those who dislike each other. If you really don't like her, Dad won't force you."

Hanzhu relaxed her eyebrows and eyes, and was glad that Chu Qing was quite reasonable.

After saying the thoughtful words, Chu Qing stood up, "I'll go to the front yard to change my clothes first, and come here to have dinner with you during dinner."

Hanzhu looked up at him, pursed her lips, and wanted to speak but stopped.

"Is there anything else?" Chu Qing asked curiously, touching her daughter's head with encouragement, "Silly girl, I am your father. If you have something to say, you will respond to you as long as your father can do it."

Hanzhu didn't want to ask him for anything, and said uncertainly: "When my daughter was recuperating in the village, my aunt and my third aunt had visited me. Today, my daughter is back, right?"

Chu Qing understood, surprised that his daughter became so polite, and liked such a daughter. He interrupted with a smile: "No need, it's snowing heavily now. Dad will send someone to say that Dad will take you to pay tribute to his elders tomorrow."

Hanzhu felt relieved and followed him to see him off.

Chu Qing turned around to enjoy the treatment he gave to her daughter. She was warm from the inside to the outside, comfortable and ironed. After leaving the main hall, he stopped and turned around and advised her daughter: "It's cold outside, hurry up and stay, don't be frozen."
To be continued...