Chapter 22: Miss Liu's Parents
The little slave girl was indeed a child, and she fell into a deep sleep not long after arriving on the carriage.
"Third Madam, in front of us is the Palace of the Minister of War, where our eldest lady lives."
Chuntao said with admiration.
"Today is estimated to be Shenshi. The head of my family should not be here. There is only the eldest lady in the house worshiping the Buddha. You can come and see me."
The group of people followed Chuntao and listened to her introduction to some wealthy family members.
"Since the death of Emperor Shun Sheng, the entire dynasty's attitude towards women has changed. The respect that was finally won has disappeared, and many restrictions have been exchanged. Emperor Shun Sheng loved worshiping Buddha, so my eldest lady wanted to express her gratitude to her.
, so I followed suit and worshiped the Buddha every day.”
Gu Yisheng looked at it, and found that the courtyard was indeed cleanly furnished. The lotus pond in the courtyard was empty because it was autumn, but there was a pond of residual lotuses. It must be that in the summer, it will be a prosperous period of "rolling open and letting the sun shine".
scene.
Various evergreen plants are planted in the high courtyard corridor, giving people a fresh and natural feeling.
"Please come to the main courtyard first. This is where my eldest wife lives."
"My eldest wife is also compassionate and likes very pure things. She always laments that her third sister's life is not good, and she doesn't care about the struggles in the backyard. These concubines are very arrogant and often scheming.
The tendency of pampering concubines and destroying wives."
"It's better now. The little lady is gone, and even the last bit of hope has been cut off. It's really sad..."
"I originally... before I was given a name, I thought about following the eldest lady. Unexpectedly, only half a year after the eldest lady got married, the little lady... passed away. Then I was given the name Chuntao.
I miss you little lady."
Chuntao's eyes were already red as she spoke, and she even choked up at the end.
Gu Yisheng thought, if she ended up like Liu Yingchun in this life, would her gentle and kind eldest sister also end up like this?
First, it feels like eating a lotus seed, which is bitter and astringent.
"Chuntao, are you back?"
Madam Liu's dignified voice with a hint of urgency came from the room.
"Why are you coming back so late today? But someone is in trouble?"
After walking a short distance in front of the door, I saw a lady who was dressed in simple and elegant clothes without losing her status. She raised the curtain in person. When she saw Gu Yisheng, she couldn't help but be a little surprised and asked, "I wonder who this lady is?"
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Seeing the eldest lady, Chuntao knelt down to plead guilty and said: "This is the third lady of Gu Youpushe's family. Today, we are paying homage to our little lady. Thanks to this lady, we discovered the abnormality in time. The little lady's tomb... I don't know where it was earlier.
At that time... it has been dug out..." As he spoke, he kept weeping and kowtow.
The eldest lady seemed to be suddenly struck by lightning. Her body trembled violently and she leaned back. Tears immediately rolled down her eyes. She slowly stabilized her body by holding on to the door frame.
Her voice trembled and she said: "Chuntao, get up, this is not your fault. I have already lost a girl, I can't let you get hurt anymore. We...we all grew up together...you, you can't teach yourself to get hurt.
, you know? You can’t kowtow to yourself like this anymore... Show me... Show it to my sister..."
The wind blew away the fallen leaves all around, just like blowing away a piece of family love that is impossible to recover.
"The world is not good, call me... call me... my heart is like a gray tree, and my body is like a boat without ties..."
The way the world is, worrying about other people's faults only adds to the sadness.
Gu Yisheng watched silently, but in her heart she was thinking about how to persuade this eldest sister to look forward, so she took out Liu Yingchun's blood letter and comforted her softly: "Ms. Liu, I have here the blood letter that your sister delivered before she died.
Here is one letter for you to read, maybe it will give you some relief."
Only then did the eldest lady of the Liu family pull back from her sadness, and apologized to Gu Yisheng again and again: "I was so sad for a moment that I neglected our distinguished guests, which made you laugh. Please sit inside the room... and look at me.
How unbecoming is it to stand at the gate and cry..."
However, her tears still couldn't stop and flowed down her cheeks intermittently.
The furnishings in Mrs. Liu's room are still frugal, with a Buddha statue neatly placed on the west side, some soft chairs and couches on the north side, a table on the south side, the four treasures of the study and other official utensils, and many more
There is a plain and elegant hanging curtain on the east side of the Buddhist scriptures, with lotus paintings on it. It must be the bedroom inside.
Mrs. Liu's voice became more subdued, and she slowly read out the contents of the blood book——
"Blood and tears and hatred flow forever, and my fingertips are filled with worry and longing. For eighteen years, no news has been heard. Don't forget the sweetheart in your family. The colorful building has a high screen and a phoenix crown. I have given up my loved ones for you. Gaomen Gaoming has disappeared in the end, and he is in the cold kiln with you.
Worshiping the flower hall. I cut off my robe and made my ambition to conquer Xiliang. I hope that Xue Lang will be turned into stone. It is hard to find dry firewood and buckets of rice. How can I survive the cold spring, winter and summer in the kiln. It is difficult to swallow elm, persimmon chaff and purslane for eighteen years. I only say that this life is difficult.
We met, but I heard that you are still in the world. If you have forgotten to marry your wife, don’t hesitate to write a letter of divorce. The love for the spring is as deep as grass, so please don’t waste your good years."
The content of this blood book is not very different from the previous life, but it is written in a more literary style. It is still the same experience and the same sadness.
"May I ask Madam Liu, who is this Xue Lang?" Gu Yisheng asked slowly.
Madam Liu covered her chest with the bloody letter, feeling extremely painful. When she heard "Xue Lang", her expression became even fiercer, and she said: "This man is a hypocritical person who has no sense of shame. As a mere beggar, he openly exposed himself on the street.
I wanted to give up after hooking up with a noble lady and defrauding a large sum of money, but my infatuated third sister insisted on marrying him. He took it upon himself to kill the donkey and didn't care about it after getting married. He went to Xiliang to live happily by himself, and now he should
It’s because of the official robes, it must be the favorite. I never care about these things, I only pity my third sister..."
Gu Yisheng asked hurriedly: "Can this person be named Xue Pinggui?"
Mrs. Liu seemed to have never heard of this name before and said, "How can a beggar have a name? I did hear the third sister call her Xue Lang. Maybe she changed her name in the future."
"I have something to ask. I heard that in three days, sister, you will be conferred the title of Princess Dingxiang to match the king of Xiliang. Can you take me to see him? I must pay him a visit so that I can see where that scumbag is.
Where! I must make him taste the suffering of my third sister thousands of times!"
These remarks are exactly what Gu Yisheng was thinking. If Mrs. Liu can testify that Xiliang King Xue Pinggui already has a wife, but he still wants to marry the daughter of Yao, if nothing else, but this wanton concealment will be enough to cause a crime.
God is not afraid, the plan to marry her can be put on hold, and the crisis will be resolved.
Chapter completed!