Cao Yaqin looked at Jiang Nian'er on the ground and couldn't bear to look away.
"There is not only one poor person in this world, Jiang Nian'er. Do you want to help everyone you see?" Cao Yaqin asked.
Yi Huan fell silent.
She knelt down and gathered Jiang Nian'er's cloak.
This poor woman was in a state of embarrassment. Yi Huan said, "If you think about it from your perspective, if I was treated like this, I hope someone can help me, sister-in-law."
If everyone ignores these things, then the world will be too indifferent, and only truly emotionless, cold-blooded people can survive.
"Sister-in-law, I will place her somewhere else for less than a few dollars. This is what I can do. Why not do it?"
Cao Yaqin stopped trying to persuade her. She said, "You can do it if you want to. You are old and you can't listen to many of my words. Maybe you can only understand these truths after you have suffered a loss yourself."
Yi Huan didn't think so. She said, "You always say that I have never seen the outside world and don't know how evil people are. But sister-in-law, when I was in the Lin Mansion, I had already tasted the warmth and coldness of human nature. I know what to do and what not to do." What we should do is, if we all remain on the sidelines because we are afraid of implicating ourselves, then who will come to help us if we are in jail in the future?"
"Shuangxi, take her away." Yi Huan ordered the servant.
"Yes, ma'am."
On the way back, Cao Yaqin sat opposite her.
The purpose of coming here today to bring her to see Jiang Nian'er was to persuade her to cherish the present day, but it backfired and things seemed to develop in the opposite direction.
Cao Yaqin said: "On the day you got married, I put the gold hairpin on your head with my own hands, and I tied the scarf around your neck with my own hands. Do you still remember? That day there were loud gongs and drums, and firecrackers. Qi Ming, I sent you out the door with a smile."
"Yes." Yi Huan certainly remembered that everyone's faces were beaming with joy that day, including hers, who also had a longing for a new life. She shyly stepped out of the Yi family's house and became someone else's bride.
"My sister-in-law was really happy for me that day and thought I had found a good husband."
Cao Yaqin did not deny it. She seemed to be caught up in her memories. She said: "You are the child who was raised by me. How could I think that you would have a bad life? No one expected that General Lin would be like that later, but the marriage was decided by the father. After all, the overall situation has been decided."
"You are now struggling to make peace with Li. Do you think Lin Qingpei will give it to you easily? If you have a falling out with the Lin Mansion, don't say it, and if you don't make peace with Li, if you return to the Lin Mansion in the future, the people of the Lin Mansion will How do I view you? Why bother having conflicts with others for no reason?"
Yi Huan asked: "So, sister-in-law, do you want me to be patient?"
"You have to endure these days as long as you can, otherwise how can you live on? I have lived under the oppression of your aunt and uncle for so many years, isn't it okay? Jiang Nian'er couldn't stand the beatings and scoldings of her husband, so she asked for a divorce Book, what’s the result?”
"Sister-in-law, I can bear it for a while, but I can't bear it forever."
When she was a child, her aunts and uncles came to fight against the autumn wind. She listened to her sister-in-law and chose to be patient, because at that time she could not beat her aunts and uncles.
But if you have the strength to fight and still choose to endure, then you are a loser.
She has imperial power that she can use, why not use it? When is there no need to wait any longer?
As for the consequences after that, we'll talk about it later. She didn't want to marry Jin Yuan. It was better than living in the Lin Mansion and suffering anger all her life.
"Sister-in-law, as long as you don't stop me, I'm sure we can reconcile."
"After the divorce, what can the Yi family do if they don't want me? I have the dowry left by my father, and Brother Ming is here. It won't be difficult for us and other branches to separate and start our own families. From now on, The three of us only care about our own business and do some small business. We are not rich or wealthy, but we still have no problem eating and drinking for the rest of our lives. Isn't it better than being suppressed by them in the Yi Mansion?"
"How to separate the family? Will they agree? Do you think your aunt and aunt will agree to the separation if you just talk?" Cao Yaqin shook her head.
Yi Huan said, "Sister-in-law, you don't know that there is an embroiderer around me. Although I don't have the power to tie a chicken, I can't do it if a fox pretends to be a tiger."
Cao Yaqin was startled and said in shock: "Why is there an embroiderer around you?"
The Xiuyi envoy exercised the right to kill first and report later, to supervise all officials, and was called the emperor's lackey.
Yi Huan did not answer. She knew that if she told the truth, her sister-in-law would be frightened, so she began to persuade her again.
Yi Huan grabbed Cao Yaqin's hand and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you willing to take a gamble with me? Even if you lose the bet, it won't be worse than now, right?"
However, Cao Yaqin could not hide her worry in her eyebrows. She asked: "Is he the emperor? Have you met the emperor before? Why did your majesty keep the embroiderer with you? Do you know who the embroiderer is?"
"That day I was punished by my mother-in-law to kneel down, and I bumped into His Majesty in the Lin Mansion. His Majesty saved me. My sister-in-law, remember, it was left by Your Majesty at that time... I am the orphan of the general, and Your Majesty will definitely take care of me. , so that people from the Lin family will not bully me again."
Cao Yaqin looked solemn and said: "Huan'er, are you hiding something from me and not telling me the truth? It's true that my father was a loyal general when he was alive, but no matter how much the emperor valued him, he is gone now, and the emperor also There is no way to take care of your daughter for your ministers."
Cao Yaqin suddenly came back to her memories, including the last time the emperor helped Yi Huan to vent his anger in the Lin Mansion. This happened so suddenly. Although she had never seen the saint's face, she knew that the current saint was not a kind-hearted person.
Yi Huan said: "That's not important. Now that the emperor is willing to uphold justice for me, why can't I take this opportunity to escape from the control of the Lin family?"
Cao Yaqin suddenly said: "You stayed away all night last night. Where did you go?"
She stared at Yi Huan closely.
Yi Huan was stared at unnaturally by her, and she subconsciously averted her eyes. She said, "I went to the White Horse Temple. I didn't deceive my sister-in-law about this. Otherwise, would I have to watch my aunt and uncle smash the memorial tablet of my father and brother?"
"Huan'er, I know you best. Every time you lie or feel guilty, you don't dare to look at me. If you are really at White Horse Temple, why don't you have the unique smell of incense from the temple when you come back?"
Once a person becomes keen, he will not let go of any clues.
For example, the bun on Yi Huan's head today is not her usual style. It is the Suiyun bun that is now popular in Beijing.
Cao Yaqin often told her not to be too showy. She would not wear her hair in such a bun.
Yi Huan couldn't refute.
"No wonder you've been disobedient and contradicting me recently. I think you were taught bad things by outsiders. Not only did you learn to contradict me, but you also learned to lie. Huan'er, I am the person closest to you, and you just because of an outsider, You're going to chill my heart by treating me like this."
