She sat paralyzed on the ground and cried heartbreakingly, her cry so sad that it made people shiver.
Li Shi pulled her up, but she couldn't struggle and threw his hand away.
He stood angrily: "My husband, this is for her own good!"
"For her own good, why are you so selfish? Do you think I don't know what you think? You want to use me, the Wu Gu Lun Jia, to consolidate the power of your nephew, so you want to dedicate my Qingya to him."
He struggled to pull her up, and roughly threw her on the chair to sit: "Get up, get up! What a shame for you."
"How come you are so ignorant? King Yong is knowledgeable, calm and sensible. Qing Ya married the prince's concubine. Will he still wrong her?"
"You think that joining the royal family means countless honors and favors, don't you? Look at what happened to your own sister when she entered the late king's palace. Not to mention she was treated harshly by the concubine when she was young, and later she became a convert to Buddhism. As a result, Qing Ya was tortured in the Li family. She was made things difficult for her by your wife since she was a child. But you, a cold-blooded old man, let the lazy man dominate you, and now you want to send her to the royal family. , do you insist on taking her life?"
She sat on the chair and kept wiping her tears, crying so sadly that even the slaves outside the house lowered their heads in private.
But Li Shi didn't show any affection, so he continued: "The girl and Lu'er have been in love since they were young, so they will not end up like the eldest sister. But now that rebellious girl refuses to listen to discipline, what should we do?"
She smiled bitterly and said: "It's ridiculous, it's extremely ridiculous. Qingya is not your flesh and blood after all. You naturally just treat her as a chess piece and manipulate her at will."
He clasped his hands behind his back and widened his eyes: "Okay, it's just like what you said! So what, I have raised her for more than ten years, so I must repay her! The girl must obey her father before she gets married, and she must obey her words and never disobey her. .”
"Old man, you old man! I was wrong after all. I should not have married into your Li family, and I should not have given birth to Qingya in a place of right and wrong."
He became more and more enthusiastic, and sneered: "My Li family has treated you badly? Just look at whoever is young and indiscreet, does something shameful, and ends up asking my Li family to end it. I will make it clear to you that the Li family belongs to me." The master of the house is in charge, and it's not your turn to step in. The girl and I have our own arrangements, so just do your part."
Her shoulders trembled, she shed tears like rain, she used her fists to hang the tea table and made a creaking sound, then she clenched her silk tightly, her teeth itched with hatred, she buried her head in her arms and wept heartily.
Li Shi waved his sleeves and walked away. His cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness made people shudder. It turned out that for more than ten years, he had just been wearing the skin of a loving father, but he was a tiger and wolf in his heart. It was really shuddering.
In the evening, Kyouto calmed down before deciding to take a look at Qingya. She looked a little haggard and was helped up to the embroidery building by Mo Ying. Every step seemed to be extremely difficult.
Li Kuike opened the beaded curtain and walked in. The eldest young master Li Kuike was sitting anxiously outside the screen. There was a worried look in his eyes and he had nowhere to put his hands.
Seeing Kyouto walking in, he immediately stood up: "Sister, you are here!"
She walked over anxiously: "Kui Ke, Qing Ya, how are you?"
Kuike shook his head: "It's not good. The female doctor just now took a look at it and said that the skin and flesh wounds are a bit serious and need to be carefully applied with medicine every day. Now I am applying medicine to my little sister."
"Hey! That's how bad girls are."
"Kui Ke was heartbroken, so he returned from Taixue. Seeing that my little sister's delicate body was treated so harshly by her father, it was me, the older brother, who didn't protect her properly."
Seeing his sad face, Kyouto's eyes were red. She patted his shoulder and turned around and walked into the screen.
The figure of Kuike's wife, Jiagu Tantan, was vaguely visible in the plain tent, and she was vaguely heard sobbing.
Gongren walked closer slowly, lifted up the plain tent, and saw that it was indeed a miserable scene.
Qingya was already sober. She was lying on the bed in obscene clothes, gritting her teeth and holding back painful tears, her whole body was trembling.
The obvious marks of whipping on her back were not completely healed, and there were even green and red marks on her upper arms. The buttocks and waist where she was beaten today were stained with blood and her flesh was hazy.
Even though Tantan applied the medicine very carefully, every time it touched her skin, the pain made her whole body tremble.
Jiagu Tantan wiped the waves in his eyes and said: "Ajia, my daughter-in-law has never seen a daughter of a famous family suffer so much. How could Aweng do such a thing? When my daughter-in-law was a girl, she was the apple of her parents' eye. Father treats me, the daughter of a common concubine, in the palm of his hand. He won't beat or scold me, but Aweng went too far! Seeing that my uncle's old wounds were not fully healed, he added new ones."
"Your uncle seems to have lost his mind and gone crazy. I've also told him on weekdays, but to no avail. It's a pity that your sister was beaten like this in vain!"
Gongren covered his face with a silk handkerchief and cried, and then spoke to Qingya: "How come you, a girl, are so disobedient? You insist on falling in love with Wan Yanliang. If you stay in the house obediently, your father will not beat you." is you!"
Qingya smiled bitterly, her voice hoarse and choked: "Sister, I am a human being of flesh and blood, not an object. I have my own ideas, but my father treats me as a gift to my cousin. I don't want this, I don't want it."
"But you also know who Wan Yanliang is. He has all the power in the government, and His Majesty is wary of him. If you want to enter his house, wouldn't you jump into the abyss on your own?"
"My daughter has spent many years in fear. Finally she has met someone who can make her feel at ease. I must not give up."
Although she was beaten up, she didn't feel that she was wrong at all. When she spoke, her voice was weak and breathless, and Kyouto was heartbroken when she heard it.
Tantan caressed her hair: "But my uncle is always punished for being like this. It's not an option! Although my sister-in-law is also in love with your brother, after all, my sister-in-law's father is extremely in favor of this marriage. You are like this How good is the situation?"
"Sister-in-law, what a pity it would be if you can't make your own decisions in life. Qingya will try her best to win. I believe it will be useful."
After hearing her speak, Tantan also sighed. She admired this girl in her heart for having such courage to fight against backward ideas, but she was even more worried about her situation.
Tan Tan gently covered her dress and sat on the edge of the couch chatting with her.
Later, when everyone dispersed, she fell asleep on the bed, with a slight blush on her face as she fell asleep. She slept for the whole day and only woke up at noon the next day.
It started to snow heavily outside again at noon, and the cold wind penetrated through the cracks in the windows of the embroidered building. Although there was a charcoal fire in the house, it was still freezing.
In Qingya's hazy state, she felt Cuihe coming to cover her with a quilt, so she opened her eyes slightly and felt a sour taste in her mouth, like a nauseating taste, so she called out: "Cuihe, I want to drink some water!"
Seeing her waking up, Cuihe said happily: "The girl is awake, and the slave will bring it to the girl immediately."
"What time is it now?"
She was lying on the bed and her buttocks couldn't touch anything, so Cuihe helped her up a little and fed her some water. After a few sips, she felt better and slowly turned to her side.
"It's noon, girl, would you like to eat something?"
"I..., let's eat some! Let me get up! It's really uncomfortable lying down."
When she was about to get up, Cui He hurriedly came to help her: "Girl, if you want something to eat, my slave will bring it. If you are injured, just lie down!"
She looked at her worried look and smiled slightly: "Looking at the way you talk, it's like I'm paralyzed."
"Girl, Cui He thought, it would be bad if the wound opened again."
She shook her head again, looking very relaxed: "It's not that serious. It's not a broken bone, just a broken skin and some blood! Just help me up. After I eat something, I will play the pipa."
"Let's forget it for today! It's a good rest, girl."
"It doesn't matter, just bring it and I'll play while standing."
She couldn't sit on a chair, so she had to stand up to dress up. Cuihe chose a smart moon-white top and a lotus-colored skirt for her to put on carefully, and put a cloak on her.
After eating some porridge and soup on the green lotus, she held the ivory-inlaid pipa and stood in front of the small fence to play. For a while, the moving sound was accompanied by the white snow in the sky and a few clusters of falling plum blossoms. , this poetic and picturesque scene makes people intoxicated.
Liang Xiyi walked in wearing a tunic robe. She stood up and was about to speak. She looked at Cuihe and said "shh" before she stopped talking. The two of them quietly watched Qingya playing the pipa from behind and enjoyed it. The chime sound is like pearls falling on a jade plate.
It seemed like a few hours later, in the main hall of the Li family, Li Shi walked in wearing a crimson official robe and a three-beam crown. He smiled and waved his sleeves and said, "Your Majesty, please!"
While speaking, I saw a tall man walking into the door. King Wanyan Yong of Yong Dynasty was wearing a purple robe and official uniform, a large dukehualuo, and a seven-beam wreath. He was tall and tall, and he was dressed in official robes. He has a slender body, sharp edges, slightly rough skin, thick eyebrows, and heroic facial features. When he smiles, he is as warm as the warm sun in winter.
Now he is in his mid-twenties and has just begun to grow strong. He has lost the immaturity of previous years and has gained a bit more composure.
He has a calm and sensible personality, is not good at words, is modest, prudent and sensible. He saw Li Shi inviting him and walked in politely: "Uncle, there is no need to be so formal, we are all one family!"
Li Shi invited him to sit on the armchair: "First the monarch and his ministers, then uncles and nephews. This is the gift of the ancestors."
The maid immediately served tea and placed it on the tea table between the two of them. Li Shi invited tea: "Lu'er has been working hard all the way, so let's have a cup of tea first!"
He picked up the tea cup and drank it with a smile, looked around and said, "In the past five or six years, everything in the Li family has remained the same."
"I don't dare to change, because I'm afraid Lu'er won't be used to it when he comes back!"
"Ha ha!"
The two looked at each other and smiled. They hadn't seen each other for several years. It seemed that uncle and nephew had a lot to talk about together.
