The changes in the atmosphere in the house these days can be seen with the naked eye.
First, the number of patrols in the front and back yards has increased, and the people who go in and out have to undergo strict inquiries and inspections. This morning, the front door can only be entered and cannot be exited.
The surrounding area of the main courtyard is even tighter, no one is allowed to approach.
After bringing brother Huai a big drumstick wrapped in oil paper, Zaizai sneaked out of Xiyuan again.
In fact, it is not a secret. Even if someone noticed such a child walking around in the house, they would only regard it as an ignorant child and naughty, and no one would take it seriously.
The cub went all the way smoothly to the garden outside the front yard.
She saw two hours ago, several carriages parked at the backyard gate. Avoiding everyone's sight, bypassing the courtyard corridor, and walking in secluded places with no one, so careful, it would be strange to say that there is no strangeness.
The tall green bushes hid the figure, the cub saw the door of the main courtyard finally opened and several men came out. Among them, the one who walked side by side with Li Chengxuan had a full beard, dry and dark skin, and his eyes were full of fatigue and vicissitudes, but still did not hide his ambition.
The cub frowned and carefully identified for a long time before finally realizing who this person was.
The strong winds and sand in the Western Wilderness are really nourishing. This is to forcibly turn a white-faced noble boy into a black man who lifts stones, which is completely different from the previous appearance.
Oh, it turned out to be her cheap dad.
Is this trying to do something?
He doesn't want to move rocks?
After getting the news she wanted, Zizai turned around and walked back.
It's not unexpected to see Xu Chengting here. She had already guessed it when saw the relative beside him. Think about it, that person was also assigned by him to Li Chengxuan's side. If that's the case, there's no need to show any more sympathy.
Oh no. There was nothing to speak of.
When passing by the East Courtyard, the voices of the people inside came into ears through the courtyard walls.
Cubzai heard Miss Li's characteristic high-pitched voice pretended to be enthusiastic: "The distinguished guest has come from a long way, please forgive me for not entertaining. My brother has been busy recently, and all the affairs in this house are temporarily handed over to me. If you need anything, just send someone to me."
A somewhat hoarse female voice said, "You're welcome, everything is fine, don't dare to bother."
Huh?
sound familiar.
The cub stopped, turned and looked around. Finally, her eyes fell on a plum tree in front of the yard.
The branches swayed lightly, shaking off a few green leaves on the stone table.
Miss Li was talking to a woman in a coarse cloth shirt, the corners of her eyes were raised, and although she was saying a series of polite words, her eyes were full of arrogance.
There was a perfunctory smile on the corner of her mouth, the little maid next to her helped her and said softly: "No need to send, since you and your group have a lot of things, I will send a few old ladies to help with this. There are still a lot of things going on in this mansion, I have to go to Beiyuan to take a look, so I won't stay any longer."
"Oh, you're good to go!" Several women on the side crowded up, scrambling to flatter and please. But Li Yuanli ignored these people. Before leaving, glanced at the haggard-faced woman not far away, her eyes filled with an unstoppable sense of superiority.
The former Mrs. Hou is not here to fight the autumn wind now. If it wasn't for her brother who ordered her to treat her well, she would be too lazy to say a few more words to these sinners.
"I said, from the big house, what's your attitude towards Miss Li, our family still has to rely on others for help, this can't be sold well..."
"Shit place, no matter what you think, I have suffered a terrible crime in the past few years, and don't want to go back any more!"
"Who wants to go back! Every day, apart from transporting sand or moving stones, every mouth is a mouthful of soil. Yes, it's hard to even drink water! We finally found a way out, our family can get out of that ghost place, but we can't ask God to worship Buddha, thank God!"
"Where have the Linglong Bamen gone in the past, Do you think you are the Mrs. Hou who is only held by others, don't make a big dream! If you offend someone, ask the rest of your family to come, the mouth is much sweeter than yours!"
The woman Listening the words of the group with guns and sticks around, she held back her anger and said, "Second brothers and sisters, you don't know what's going on here, so don't mess around. This Li jia wants to cooperate with our family, it is only for profit they managed to pick us up."
On weekdays temperless person got angry, the momentary momentum shocked a few people. Just listening to the woman continued: "Other people are dizzy when they say "VIP", you think you are here as a guest! Put on a low-pitched appearance, will others look at you highly?! Look for the sake of everyone being relatives and sisters-in-law, I advise you to stay in the house and embroider, don't come out and cause trouble for your own man!"
"Du Yunniang, you!"
Several people in the second and third rooms ate after a lesson, all kinds of faces are wonderful. Although the female relatives of the Xu family knew what she said was reasonable, they still refused to be disadvantaged, and their mouths were unforgiving:
"What a powerful mouth! It's a pity that you are so considerate of your father and parents, but they don't appreciate it. Your father left you in the cold, your mother abandoned you. Speaking of which, your stomach is really unsatisfactory. It's not that you are forced to live elsewhere..."
A few people in the second room covered their mouths with a handkerchief and sneered, "Oh, it's not a big deal, it's just that you are lonely under your knees, other people's children don't kiss you, it's inevitable in the future... can't do anything good! Hahahaha—"
"Oh, sister-in-law, don't blame, you know, our people are not as good as your big room, so we can only live in You're showing off your prestige—" The woman turned pale at the taunting, but in the end didn't say anything, and turned around and went back to her room despite the constant ridicule from everyone. But even if the door was tightly closed, it couldn't keep out the jeers from outside.
She sat dazedly in front of the dresser, looking at the woman in the bronze mirror.
Old and haggard.
Who is that?
The cocooned hands gently caressed her face, there was no goose pear snow powder, and no cloud rouge... Even the originally fair face became rough and dull.
Is this her?
No, it's not her.
She is still so young, how did she become like this in just a few years. Look, the woman in the mirror has wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
How could this be her!
Du Yunniang was lying on the dressing table, sobbing in a low voice.
Everyone once said that the ten-niang of the Du family was born well. her eyebrows, eyes and face were the most attractive, she would definitely be loved by her husband in the future.
However, how long has passed...
Her husband has already hated her.
Now even more, don't even bother to look at her more...
Why is he so ruthless and don't think about it, since she arrived in Xihuang, she has to serve her mother-in-law who had a stroke and also has to take care of his few worry-free children. Turned into this old and haggard appearance!
It's all for him!
She tried her best, in exchange for his betrayal.
Didn't he say earlier that he looked down on the little Shen family who was abandoned by the Zhen family? No matter what, it didn't delay him sleeping on other people's bodies. After only half a year, she became the person on the top of his heart.
In the past, she was known as a confidant sister, but now she thinks of Fa'er hooking her husband and staying in her house all day. What kind of sisterhood, now don't even care about etiquette and shame...
Whenever Du Yunniang saw her husband speak softly to little Shen shi, Du Yunniang felt unbearable in her heart. Who can blame this, she led the wolf into the room, miscalculated the heart, and now can only break her teeth and swallow it in her stomach.
"What's wrong?" A woman's delicate voice came from outside the door. "Whoever makes the ladies unhappy, it's time to fight! Who doesn't know that the second and third ladies are the most reasonable. It must be that person is not good, and her words collided with the ladies. If this concubine is in..." The two rooms glanced at each other with Sanfang and the others, and knew this woman was provoking trouble, but it didn't prevent them from making things difficult for Du Yunniang.
"It's not like that. If Sister Shen is here, we can't be with He Meimei. How can there be such a commotion."
Shen's eyes turned cold, she felt resentment in her heart, and she said as usual: "Sister, what are you talking about? Even if you are angry and humiliating, there must be a limit!"
"Who is your sister!" Du Yunniang said angrily: " Where can I have a younger sister like you!"
The second and third rooms around saw Du Yunniang's crazy appearance, they knew it was not good, so they all said they still had a lot of unfinished business, and left the place quickly. .
Without the bystanders, Xiao Shen was too lazy to act anymore, so she stopped pretending. She walked to the table, poured herself a cup of tea unhurriedly, sipped it slowly and said, "Du Yunniang, do you think I don't want to be the noble daughter of the Shen family that everyone holds and coaxes? But......"
Xiao Shen's mouth brought up a sarcastic smile, "How come you can't see clearly now, the situation is better than people. Since I can no longer be the noble daughter of the Shen family, I have to let myself live a little better. Come on..."
"What you call a better life is to rob someone's husband and try to kill your sister!" Du Yunniang glared at the woman in front of her.
"Sisters?"
"Hehehe--" Xiao Shen burst into laughter. "It's a joke. In the past, it was just because of your status as Mrs. Hou, I wanted you to talk with me. Otherwise, you, the prostitute of an ordinary little official family, would still expect to show face in front of me."
"Let's talk about it, what are you so angry about. You let me relieve my boredom, and also took you into the middle of the noble ladies in the imperial city. Speaking of which, you took a big advantage of me, and it was me who was at a loss. Now ..."
Du Yunniang calmed down, her face darkened.
"Did you think of me as a joke before? I thought... After all, there is a feeling of talking and being fun together for so many years. Even if they have their own thoughts, it will not be so much."
Xiao Shen drank slowly and leisurely again. She took a sip of the tea in her hand and put the cup on table. She opened her mouth and said, "Should I say you are stupid, or are you stupid? Why can't you see clearly now? You said it yourself. In the past, everyone had different thoughts, which is just a superficial relationship. At that time, of course, you are good and I am good; now that disaster is imminent, we are both destitute people, what kind of relationship is there to talk about. Each is fighting for profit and each is based on ability!"
"Speaking of which, it is not that I robbed your man, it should be You stole my man. Don't you know, I used to discuss kissing with Tinglang, but at that time..."
She didn't like him at that time.
Now she realize how good this man is.
In that barren land, the only brother who could rely on injured his leg and lost his fighting spirit. He was in a daze all day, he had two dollars in his hand to buy wine and drink, and asked others to take care of her.
There is yellow sand in the sky again, and it can be said that she was in a difficult situation when she used to be pampered.
Is Du Yunniang good to her?
Also count.
Seeing that she has not completed the prescribed work, when she is hungry, she will distribute some of her own dry cookies to her. But will she appreciate it?
That condescending look, those sympathetic eyes are so dazzling, reminding her all the time that you are no longer the noble daughter of the Shen family that everyone was vying for, your queen sister and the emperor's brother-in-law are gone... even Your husband's family also deceived you and abandoned you.
Watching Xu Chengting distribute the food he got to Du Yunniang, the two looked at each other affectionately.
Xiao Shen's heart was even more unbalanced.
This man was supposed to be hers!
There is such a pitiful woman to embrace, even if he does not love, she will not refuse. The Western Wilderness is hard and the days are dull. Xu Chengting found novelty in Xiao Shen, and gradually, paid less attention to Du Yunniang.
After Du Yunniang found out, there was a cold war between the husband and wife, and in the end, they could only stand in the empty house and cry to the moon.
Facing the current situation, what can she do but compromise?
Although the Du family was not exiled, they were afraid of being implicated by the Xu family. Regardless of whether they are in-laws or not, they made a statement long before the judgment was made. Since then, Du Yunniang was expelled from the family, the name was crossed out in the genealogy and the Du family just assumed that there was no such daughter.
Without her family, Du Yunniang was helpless. The only person she could rely on was the man in front of her.
Bottom lines are meant to be broken again and again.
Anyway, Xu Chengting already has several concubines in his room, and now, she doesn't care about one more.
Although she felt that she deserved it, Du Yunniang finally recognized her through gritted teeth.
But although Xiao Shen was sheltered by Xu Chengting, the original life was better, she was even more dissatisfied.
She thought she was born in a noble family after all, Du Yunniang was just a shu daughter, so why should she be placed on her head. The more Xiao Shen thought about it, the more unconvinced she became. If it was about seducing Xu Chengting, she used to have a trace of guilt towards Du Yunniang in her heart, but as the days passed, that uneasiness disappeared long ago.
She wants to be the madam.
Xiao Shen's fingers lightly rubbed the rim of the cup and seemed to be fascinated. After a while, she chuckled and said, "It's all in the past, I won't talk about it. Now, all you need to know is that I want this man. And the identity of your main mistress, I have to decide..."
"You are dreaming!" Du Yunniang lost her dignity and said angrily: "It's a thing! Cheng Ting will never help a married person.'s woman!"
Xiao Shen's foot was trampled, and immediately lost her smile. She looked gloomily at the woman in front of her, her eyes full of viciousness.
"What are you making again!" Outside the door, the man walked in with steady steps. Xu Chengting came back after talking with Li Chengxuan about major events. As soon as arrived at the door, he heard Du Yunniang's angry voice, he couldn't rest for a moment.
He frowned, looking at Du Yunniang's complacent appearance, and scolded: "Look at your current style, how can you still look like mistress in the past!"
Seeing the man coming up without asking the accusation, Du Yunniang Chilled.
This is not the first time, and she herself can't remember clearly...
"Master Hou, you are back." Seeing Xu Chengting, Xiao Shen immediately changed to a weak look. "you tired. My concubine will fetch you some water right now."
"No need." Xu Chengting waved his hand, his expression softened a lot, thinking it was very useful for Xiao Shen's submissive respect. He said softly: "In the past in Xihuang, the conditions were difficult and everything had to be a last resort, so I had to do it myself. Now that you have left that place, you are a master after all. All these matters of fetching water and washing are left to the servants to do. All right."
Xiao Shen shyly lowered her head and whispered softly, "Those people are all rough, I'm afraid they will not serve the Marquis well, or it would be more reassuring if the concubine comes in person."
Xu Chengting stared at Xiao Shen. Looking like, he chuckled: "You are a sensible person."
"Right," remembering something, he continued: "Your brother's side, if you have time, go and see more, his legs and feet are not good, you can replace me pay more attention to greetings."
"Yes." Xiao Shen said respectfully. "My concubine knows."
Xu Chengting took the tea cup handed over by Xiao Shen, and the two exchanged glances.
"I'll go to your house for dinner tonight."
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