I Became The Stepmother of My Ex-husband

Chapter 83: Shen Shi

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!"