Xiao Zhou looked at her in a daze and finally realized that the woman in front of her was no longer the elder sister who was so kind and bullied by her back then.

remarry?

She just returned to Beijing today and didn't know these things. In fact, if she hadn't met Zhou here, she wouldn't have known that Zhou had returned to Beijing.

Seeing Zhou's face full of spring breeze, her expression remained unchanged. She thought her grandfather was still partial, so she had a good marriage for her elder sister and allowed her to return to Beijing. But she was so miserable, and her elder sister had always been kind-hearted, so she should forgive herself by comparison.

Flying in the countryside?

Wasn’t the elder sister sent to her hometown? How could she be left in the countryside?

She looked confused and forgot to react.

Zhou saw her expression and smiled.

"I was not me who made the mistake back then, but I took the blame. I can't return to the family tree again. I am stupid and stupid, I admit it. I deserve it after being in the countryside for so many years. Now I am married to a good man, and my past grievances are all like clouds. I don't want to mention it, and I will never care about you anymore. As for yourself, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, but I don't want me to salvation for you. If you really regret it, you will beg your grandfather and your father. Even Changru, as long as he is willing to forgive you, I will not say a word."

To ruin the family reputation and frame sisters is an unforgivable crime in the Zhou family. Otherwise, the little Zhou family would not have been able to return to their family for more than ten years.

My younger brother Zhou Changru moved to the front yard after he was five years old. He was taught by his grandfather and father, and he always talked about those etiquette rules. After knowing that she had framed Zhou, he was not even willing to recognize her. Xiao Zhou was even sure that even if his grandfather and father were in charge of his family a hundred years later, Zhou Changru would not allow her to go home as long as Zhou did not let go.

That's why she came to ask Zhou.

Growing up together, she knows the temperament of this elder sister very well. To put it nicely, she is kind and gentle, and to put it bluntly, she is innocent, stupid, timid, cowardly. It is precisely because of this that she was able to succeed at the beginning.

It has been more than ten years since things happened. I have been living such a miserable life and having such a glorious life, so there is no need for her to hate herself anymore. As long as she begs hard, Zhou can always forgive her. As long as she has the protection of her parents, her husband's family will not dare to treat her slowly.

Now she doesn't fight anymore, just want to live a stable life for the rest of her life, raise her daughter well and marry a good family in the future.

"Sister, I..."

Zhou has stood up, "Today, grandfather's birthday, guests in the mansion gather. Since you are back, you will attend the banquet. The rest depends on your own luck."

Xiao Zhou hurriedly pulled her skirt and begged, "Sister, we are of the same clan. My mother has been punished to be imprisoned in the ancestral hall, and Changru has also been separated from me. In this world, you can only help me, eldest sister... I know I was wrong, and I am my own fault. But Hui Jie'er is innocent, and she is also your niece. Do you have the heart to see her persecuted by a rape and even lose her life? Sister, you are also a mother. I beg you to give my sister Hui a way out. I am willing to do whatever you ask me to do, elder sister..."

"mother."

Before he finished speaking, a little girl of six or seven years old ran in and rushed to Xiao Zhou. Seeing that she was crying sadly, she started crying.

"Mom, what's wrong, what's wrong? Get up quickly, mom..."

Xiao Zhou hugged her, "Mom is fine, Sister Hui will not cry. Come on, Sister Hui kneels down and calls her aunt."

There were still tears on Hui Jie'er's face. She knelt down obediently, looked at Zhou timidly, and called in a low voice: "Auntie."

She was only seven years old and wore a pink jacket. She was thin and small, with a very beautiful face as big as a palm, but she became a little cowardly because of her birth.

Zhou waved his hand and asked the mother Kong who was chasing Huijie'er to withdraw. She looked at the mother and daughter kneeling on the ground and said, "I can't repay the grievances with kindness, and you should bear the sins you have done yourself. Your neglect by your husband's family is the result of your own greed. Your son was not killed by me, and your daughter was suffering with you is not my fault. What reason do you have to let me help you out of the sea of ​​suffering? I am not the Zhou Yuqiong who was bullied by others sixteen years ago, and you are no longer my well-behaved and sensible sister. The friendship between our sisters was completely broken more than ten years ago."

Xiao Zhou lost his voice.

Zhou looked at the steps outside the door, his eyes never felt indifferent.

"Sister, don't call me anymore. I listened and felt disgusted."

Xiao Zhou looked at her calm and determined face, suddenly relaxed her hands and sat dejectedly on the ground.

"mother…"

Sister Hui called her timidly.

Zhou's steps were about to leave and looked at the child again. When she had a miscarriage, her eldest daughter also lay on her body, looking at her with tears in her face, with helplessness and sadness.

She closed her eyes, her fingers tightened and loosened.

"Pampering concubines and destroying their wives is equivalent to self-destruction. You could frame me at all costs back then, but why can't you even be a man who is unlucky now? After all, it's just greed. You swallow your anger because you still want to rely on him to be an official wife. How do you want me to help you? How do you want the Zhou family to help you? Help you gain a foothold in your husband's family and let you continue to be your main wife. The next step is to let your father support your husband's promotion?"

Xiao Zhou opened his lips, but couldn't speak.

When her grandfather was angry, she married her out of Beijing. On the day she returned, she said directly that she would not be allowed to return to Beijing in the future. She didn't believe that her grandfather and father were so ruthless. On her grandmother's birthday, she came back with her husband, but was ordered by her grandfather to drive her out of the back door.

Her husband felt embarrassed and wondered why she was so unwilling to be regarded by her family. She could not tell the truth and fooled her over with a few words. After that, her husband was unwilling to accompany her back to her parents' home. She had been here several times herself, but without exception, she could not even step into the side door. Even if her grandmother passed away, she was not allowed to come back to wear mourning.

It was then that she realized that her grandfather and father were really cold to her.

She felt as if she was dead and dared not bring shame to herself.

But she couldn't survive in the Liu family anymore, so she took her daughter back to Beijing secretly, and didn't dare to go to the gate to embarrass her eyes, so she knelt on the side door and cried.

Perhaps because of the child's sake, my grandfather finally let her in.

Then she saw the elder sister who was expelled from the family back then, so new hope arose in her heart. Even the elder sister can return home, and she may still have hope. In any case, she is also a daughter of the Zhou family, and her name is on the Zhou family tree. Her grandfather is old and may even be soft-hearted.

As long as she can ask Zhou for forgiveness.

But unexpectedly, Zhou was no longer the simple and deceptive girl she used to be.

"The snake swallows the elephant in a bad heart."

Zhou looked at her, "Give her mistakes and gain wisdom. If you have learned a lesson, you should remember. You can go to see Changru, and he will make the decision to take back your dowry, but the Zhou family will not use their power for personal gain."

The implication is that if someone surnamed Liu wants to be promoted, he has to rely on his own abilities and not take shortcuts.

A man who passed the imperial examination at a young age was still a magistrate after almost twelve years of hard work and was still so confused that he was not distinguished between wives and concubines. He was shameless in his wife's dowry, but his character was not as good as before.

Such a person is difficult to be promoted without anyone to support him.

It is a fantasy that Xiao Zhou wants to rely on the Zhou family to earn decent for himself.

If it weren't for the fact that Huijie'er and Ji Wan were somewhat similar, Zhou wouldn't even want to remind her.

"The banquet is open, take Sister Hui to change her clothes. Today's grandfather's birthday is a festive day. It's so unconventional."

After Zhou finished speaking, he walked out.

Xiao Zhou has not returned to Beijing for many years, and almost no one among the female relatives knows her. The older generation still has some impressions. But today, no one will make a lot of noise in this occasion, so as not to cause trouble. She sat at the same table with the female relatives of the Zhou family, silently without saying anything. Others saw that there was something inside and there was a wink and didn't ask more questions.

"elder sister."

Ji Rong pulled Ji Wan's sleeve and whispered: "When my uncle and the others came last time, I had never seen that lady. Was she also a relative of the Zhou family?"

Ji Wan looked over.

"Hey, sister, do you think she looks a little like her mother?"

Ji Rong looked at the little Zhou family carefully and confirmed that she had never seen her before. The elders did not ask them to call people. But she was definitely not an outsider when she sat at the table in the Zhou family.

Ji Wan was stunned, and then found that the woman's eyebrows and eyes were really similar to her mother. The same black eyebrows and autumn eyes even had the same outline.

Sitting with my mother, I really look like a pair of sisters.

Wait, sisters?

She thought of a possibility, and her pupils shrank slightly.

After the luncheon ended, she quietly found her mother and asked for her doubts.

"Mom, is the lady sitting next to you just now the one you mentioned..."

"Um."

Zhou did not intend to hide his daughter and nodded, "She is my half-sister."

Ji Wan whispered: "Didn't you say that your grandfather wouldn't let her enter the house?"

"She came back with the child." Zhou said lightly: "She was not doing well at her husband's house, so she took her daughter back to Beijing just to ask her parents to make decisions. When she was driven out, she would still pull her daughter to cry. Today is your grandfather's birthday, and the crying and making noise will only make outsiders laugh. No matter what mistake she made, her daughter is also bleeding from the Zhou family, and she can't watch her be implicated and suffered."

That's true.

Ji Wan didn't ask more. She was not a direct descendant of the Zhou family, but a junior, so she was not qualified to get involved in the affairs of the elders. With the temperament of the Tai Grandfather and grandfather, she was not a person who was soft-hearted after being cryed by Xiao Zhou. Moreover, Xiao Zhou had already married, so there was no reason to return to her parents' home.

As for her second uncle, she may be concerned about the sibling relationship, but she will never let Xiao Zhou take advantage of the family's power to do anything wrong.

The old grudges of Zhou have also been repaid. What is the future? It depends on one's own fortune.

After the dinner, the guests left one after another, and Zhou did not stay for a long time and took his daughter away. As she promised, she would not say a word.

The family met the carriage from Duke Anguo's mansion at the door.

Ji Wan looked up and saw Lu Feili. He was looking at her, with a smile in his eyes. Under the influence of the moonlight, he was particularly gentle and delicate.

She blushed for no reason, and after saying goodbye to Lu Feiyan, she hurriedly got on the carriage.

Lu Feiyan walked to his brother and whispered: "Third brother, today in Zhou Mansion, Awan and I met Xie Ruyu."

Lu Feili didn't know who Xie Ruyu was at all, and he didn't even react for a while.

"who is she?"

"Xie Ruyue's legitimate sister." Lu Feiyan reminded: "It is the daughter of the Xie family that my mother likes you before. You met at the eldest princess's house last year."

But it was just a one-time relationship that Lu Feili didn't take it seriously. It's almost two years since he had passed, so it's no wonder he forgot.

"Have she caused trouble for you?"

Lu Feili frowned. The Xie family was also a famous family. Although he didn't know much about the Xie family's daughter, in other people's mansion, that girl wouldn't bully the Zhou family's cousin? If this spread, the Xie family would be embarrassing.

"It's not considered trouble." Lu Feiyan said: "It's just that he's a little bit thorny, so he didn't do anything too much. But I think Awan seems a little unhappy... Well, third brother, I'll tell you something, don't blame me."

"Um?"

Lu Feili looked down at her with a puzzled look.

"Just..." Lu Feiyan felt a little guilty, "Oh, it's all for Xie Ruyu, let Awan see the flaws, and he insisted on asking me which noble girls you have ever met before. I had no choice but to say it. You can't blame me. Anyway, Awan will marry you in the future, and you still have to deal with those people. But you're relieved, I've explained it to Awan..."

"She is unhappy?"

Lu Feili suddenly interrupted her, and a faint light seemed to flash in her eyes.

"Ah? What?"

Lu Feiyan looked at him blankly.

"Xie Family." Lu Feili said concisely, "Is she angry?"

Lu Feiyan thought about it carefully and said, "It's not that very angry, but I'm sure I'm unhappy. I'm provoked by a woman I don't know for no reason, and no one can be happy if I change it. That girl Xie Ruyu thought of holding on to her elder sister, and she would definitely not like Awan. Third brother..."

What was she going to say? Mrs. An Guo, who had seen her not getting on the carriage for a long time, lifted the curtain and urged: "Feiyan, why are you still rubbing against? Come up quickly."

"Oh, come now."

Lu Feiyan responded, "Anyway, third brother, next time you see Awan, it's better to explain to her, I'm leaving. No matter how much I say, it's not as useful as the guarantee of you, the client."
Chapter completed!