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"Liu Niang, my father knows your true feelings, but this behavior is too dangerous. If you go to Beijing alone, your uncle and aunt will be worried about you, do you know?"
Xu Gucheng said this without exposing Xu Qian.
This daughter is thoughtful and mature early. Even if he scolds her and questions her now, it will be of no avail.
What she didn't want to say, she still couldn't say a word.
Instead of getting angry, talk to her calmly.
Xu Qian pretended to be panicked when she heard this, then covered her face with her hands, shook her shoulders and said, "Son, I know I'm wrong, it's just aunt..."
Xu Erniang was deceived by Xu Qian earlier, and her reputation was greatly damaged. Mrs. Ding has always held a grudge.
In October last year, after Mrs. Lu and Xu Nuo left Suzhou, Mrs. Ding began to make things difficult for Xu Qian in every possible way. She would be harsh on food and clothing. She would not take Xu Qian out to any banquet. good.
Xu Qian is smart and naturally knows why Mr. Ding treats her like this.
But as a married woman and a concubine, she had no power to fight back against her mistress's difficulties.
What's more, she is no longer the fourth wife of the Xu family who was loved by her parents like a legitimate daughter.
In order to avoid Ding's troubles, Xu Qian could only seek help from Zhang, and spent more than half of the six months in Zhang's courtyard.
Zhang Xian was recently in Hangzhou. After the two got engaged, they went to Suzhou from time to time to visit with gifts.
Mrs. Zhang knows that he loves Xu Qian and they are engaged, so she will give Zhang Xian and Xu Qian the opportunity to get along appropriately.
In order to make Mrs. Zhang love her as always, Xu Qian could only force a smile and face Mr. Zhang, a guy who always pretended to be a gentleman.
Zhang Xian did not realize that Xu Qian was in a difficult situation at first. After getting along for a long time, I found that Xu Qian rarely changed her clothes and headwear, so she became aware of it and sent someone to inquire about it. Only then did she learn about Xu Qian's situation.
I immediately felt that Xu Qian was a tough but pitiful woman.
Zhang Xian is not a young man in his teens. It was the man who had already grown up. After learning about Xu Qian's situation, although he felt pity for her and threatened to stand up for her, he still had other thoughts without hesitation.
With Xu Qian's intelligence, even if Zhang Xian had other ideas, he would not take advantage of him.
But in order to make her life better, she wanted to make Ding unhappy. Finally, she secretly asked Zhang Xian to do something for her.
Afterwards, Zhang Xian took advantage of Xu Qian a lot and touched all the places that should be touched, but he didn't break her body.
Xu Qian sobbed quietly. While he recounted what Ding did to her, he did not mention a single word about Zhang Xian.
Listening to Xu Qian's choked words about her situation in the past six months, Lu couldn't help but reached out and patted her back.
Xu Nuo stared blankly at a white-glazed plum vase from a sealed kiln with an indifferent expression.
After hearing this, Xu Gucheng had his own opinion. He said: "Siniang, you are tired from traveling and traveling. Now you can go to Mingjin Pavilion to have a rest. I will have someone clean up the courtyard for you and we will move there in the evening."
He didn't know that Ding would be harsh on Xu Qian, and he didn't know why Ding would do this.
Xu Gucheng originally thought that Xu Qian should be responsible for her actions and be punished. He hoped that she could see herself clearly in adversity and abandon the old and pursue the new.
It seems now. Useless.
Xu Qian saw that Xu Gucheng no longer pursued her for coming to Beijing alone, nor did she mention her attending the tea order. She breathed a sigh of relief, her father still had her in his heart.
"Yes, father."
Xu Nuo and Xu Qian returned to Mingjin Pavilion together. The two of them were silent all the way. It was not until they entered the courtyard that Xu Nuo pointed to a guest room and said, "Fourth sister, please take a rest in this room for a while. Wait for your courtyard." Pack it up and move it over.”
Xu Qian had been using her handkerchief to block the sun along the way. Now she put it down, rolled her eyes, and said, "Liu Niang, why don't you invite me to sit in your room? Is this how you treat your sister?"
"My small temple cannot accommodate a big Buddha like you, Fourth Sister."
Xu Nuo dropped these words and took Chun Tang and Qi Qi back to the house.
When she was in Suzhou, Xu Qian thought of ways to bully the original owner, which eventually caused Lu to lose her voice and the original owner fell to death.
After she traveled back to the original owner, she saw Xu Qian acting like a white lotus. No matter what she did, Xu Qian was always trying to frame her.
For such a person, Xu Nuo really didn't want to let her step into his house, let alone ask for help, have someone clean her, and prepare clothes for her.
After Xu Nuo entered the room and sat down, Xu Qian shouted outside: "Six Niang, won't you leave a maid for me? How can I get in when the guest room is so dirty!"
After hearing this, Qiyue pursed her lips and couldn't help complaining in a low voice: "The fourth lady beats and scolds her maid all the time. Who dares to serve her?"
Qi Qian obviously still has fresh memories of Xu Qian's mistreatment of her maid.
Xunuo took the fan from the couch and threw it to Qiyue, and said with a smile: "Dispel the fire, eliminate the fire."
Seeing Xu Nuo making fun of herself in Qiyue, her little mouth started to pout, and she said in a long voice: "Madam!"
Seeing Qi Qi's embarrassed look, Xu Nuo and Chuntang smiled contentedly, stopped teasing her, and started their daily essential homework - embroidery.
The busiest moment of every day for Xu family Liu Niang begins.
Xu Qian scolded her for a few times but received no response. She could only look grim and pulled the youngest maid to clean her.
In Yingcheng Courtyard, Lu and Xu Gucheng were still sitting in their original positions.
It's just that Ms. Lu has taken off the big sleeves she wore when she went out this morning and put on a dark pink jacket. The only jewelry on her head has also been removed, and her long hair is draped over her shoulders.
Mrs. Lu told Xu Gucheng about today's tea ordering competition, and now they were talking about the final ranking.
"Master, I really didn't expect that the eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom would help Liu Niang. If Liu Niang wins the best in the end, I think the house will be uneasy for a while."
Xu Gucheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, even if Liu Niang is rated as the best, no one will take the opportunity to find excuses to do something detrimental to Liu Niang."
Since he had agreed to let Xu Nuo participate in the tea competition in the morning, he was already prepared to accept any result.
"Master, I feel relieved to have you here, but I am talking about the eldest princess of the Sui Dynasty. She today..."
After Xu Gucheng heard what Lu said, he smiled faintly, held Lu's hand in his own, looked calmly and gently, and said, "Wan Niang, don't you know that the eldest princess admired your piano skills when she was a child?"
Lu shook her head, she really didn't know about this.
She had never met the eldest princess of the Sui Dynasty before she got married. When she met her later, she only saw her from a distance at a banquet and never talked to her.
Xu Gucheng did not say how he learned that the eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom appreciated Lu's piano skills, but continued: "Liu Niang and the eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom have met before..."
As he spoke, he took out the prize he promised to win today and said, "Wan Niang, you don't have to worry about these things, just leave them to me. Would you like some tea?"
The tea sets from the official kiln and the new tribute tea this year, such good items are naturally used to order tea for Wan Niang.
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small theater
Promise: Mom and Dad, is it really okay to show your affection every day?
Xu Gucheng: I didn’t show off enough...
Lu: Master, the tea is delicious.
Promise: Daddy, I want to drink too
Xu Gucheng: It’s not your fault (To be continued...)
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