The night wind was gentle, blowing the leaves and making a thin rustling sound. On the canopy bed, Zhenyuan General Du Chengzhong frowned and fell deeply into a dream.
"General, don't drive us away, we don't ask for anything, just leave a place to live in the mansion. When the madam enters the door, we will follow the duty of slaves and maids, and we will never make the madam unhappy, General, I beg you..."
"The general is kind, the general is kind!"
"Even if it's not for the sake of our loyal service for many years, please look at the child in the belly of the general, and don't drive us away!"
"General..."
In the dream, bursts of mournful weeping and begging for mercy could be heard incessantly, and there were faint sweat stains oozing out of Du Chengzhong's forehead.
The dream scene flashed. In the huge courtyard, the man standing expressionlessly above the stone level gave an order indifferently: "Pour it down!"
As soon as the words fell, a servant girl stepped forward with a medicine bowl in her hand, pinched the jaw of the woman who was being held by the man, and poured the medicine into the woman's mouth.
After pouring a bowl of medicine, the woman lay dying on the ground, but after a while, her lower body slowly oozes bright red.
There were also two other young women who had the same fate as her. They were forcibly injected with medicine without exception. Within a quarter of an hour, the two women's lower bodies were also oozing blood.
"Du Chengzhong, you kill your own flesh and blood, and you have no humanity. I curse you to have no successor in this life, and you will die without a child!"
Du Chengzhong woke up suddenly, his chest heaving rapidly, and he was already in a cold sweat.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed heavily, but the resentful curse of the woman in the dream echoed in his ears, causing him to turn pale without realizing it.
what happened? Okay, why did I suddenly dream of those things in the past? After a long time, his rapid heartbeat gradually calmed down. Thinking of the dream just now, he couldn't help frowning.
In other words, it was not a dream just now, but something that really happened. It's just that he didn't know why, after so many years, he actually remembered those things in this way.
Could it be that the words the child asked that day touched his heart
Any regrets in your life? His eyes flickered slightly, and he looked sideways at his wife lying beside him. After a while, he stretched out his hand to gently brush away the hair sticking to the woman's cheek, and his eyes contained deep affection.
regret? No, he doesn't regret it! Even if he were to do it all over again, his choice would still be the same.
Since the woman he loves doesn't like him having someone else, he will completely remove everything that prevents them from being together. Anyway, those are just servants who serve him, and life and death are left in his hands.
Just a few lowly servants, what qualifications do they have to make him regret? As for the curse, it is even more ridiculous. He climbed up from the pile of dead people, and there are countless people who died in his hands. Is he still afraid of a few so-called 'curses' from a lowly servant
He snorted coldly, tucked the quilt on his body, closed his eyes again and slowly fell asleep.
In the Anping county government office, He Shaoting stared at the letter on the bed, thinking about the words Tian Shi told him when he sealed the letter in front of his clothes, then thinking about Du Chengzhong's answer that day, and then thinking about his early death 's mother.
I don't know how long it took, he picked up the letter and slowly handed it to the burning candle, watching the letter being devoured by the candle little by little, and finally completely reduced to ashes.
Aunt, I'm sorry, I will never go to him again in this life. In the future, even if it is begging, it will not come to the front of the Zhenyuan General Mansion!
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Tang Songnian's safe return made everyone in the entire county office breathed a sigh of relief. Although Dai Xiancheng and Shen Shiye helped to handle all matters in the county, it was difficult to feel at ease when Master Tang was not there.
As for Nguyen Shi, she was even more happy. Although her husband came back with an injury, he still came back safely. Needless to say, Wang Shi and Zhou Ge'er naturally, one can't wait to go to Chaoyunguan to repay their wishes, and the other has completely turned into a daddy's little tail.
And the Di Bao, which established King Rui as the new crown prince of Emperor Jianzhang, also came to Tang Songnian half a month later. He carefully read the Di Bao in his hand from beginning to end, and felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
He sighed and was about to put the Dibao away when he saw his daughter crawling to his side at some point, staring at the Dibao in his hand seriously.
He thought it was a little funny, pinched the little girl's face and said jokingly: "My baby girl is so smart, even at a young age, she can understand the imperial court newspaper."
Xu Yunyao's attention was all attracted by the content of Di Bao, but he didn't have much reaction to his 'hands-on'.
It seems that everything is still following the trajectory of his previous life, and the old man will soon be transferred to the Ministry of War to be a member of the Ministry of Finance.
Xu Yunyao's eyes flashed with excitement when she thought that she would be able to return to the capital in a year or so at most.
Going back to the capital that she was most familiar with in her previous life, there were so many things that could be done. The Ministry of War is controlled by the current new crown prince. Those who can enter the Ministry of War are mostly the confidants of the new crown prince. Once the old man enters the Ministry of War, it is enough to show that he has won the trust of the new crown prince, and he will have a bright future in the future.
And that's a great thing for her. Because this means that in this life, she has the opportunity to get in touch with the emperor's husband in the previous life - Zhao Yuanyou, the sixth son of the current new crown prince, the future king of Yu, and the third emperor of Daqi.
Getting in touch with Zhao Yuanyou in advance also means that she can have enough time to develop a relationship with him, and maybe she will be able to compose a good story about the emperor and the queen's childhood sweethearts.
She glanced at Tang Songnian who was beside her, and suddenly thought that, in her previous life, the old man prevented her from becoming a queen. In this life, she might be able to directly become Zhao Yuanyou's future crown princess and Yuan match queen by virtue of his power!
The more she thought about it, the more proud she became, and the little pear vortex on her face was sipped out of her face.
Perhaps this is the real intention of God to let her go through life and death to become the daughter of an old man, and it is also a compensation for her!
Tang Songnian couldn't help laughing at her appearance. His little girl is really not humble at all. Anyone who compliments her will immediately raise a sweet and happy smile, which makes people laugh from the heart.
On this day, Mrs Nguyen was sitting by the window, embroidered with a handkerchief, occasionally looking up at the courtyard with one hand supporting her lower back, and holding a small fan-shaped wooden board in her free hand, she was playing shuttlecock with her two children. The ball's Tang Songnian had a gentle smile on his lips.
After so many days of recuperation, Tang Songnian's injury has already gotten better, but he hasn't recovered to before the injury for a while, and occasionally there will be a little pain in the wound. And he is also a restless man. Seeing that the weather is just right, he invites a pair of children to play shuttlecock.
Of course, he was injured and his body's flexibility was impaired, so on a whim, he changed 'kick' to 'hit'.
He grasped the strength and held the board to slap the flying shuttlecock, and the shuttlecock flew back towards Xu Yunyao, and then... fell to the ground.
"Ah! You missed it again, Baoya Baoya, you are just like the stupid little duck raised in Uncle Mu's house, you are stupid, you are not as smart as me at all, how can you be so stupid The child!" Seeing that the younger sister didn't block the shuttlecock that Daddy hit back, Brother Zhou stomped his feet in anger, glared at the 'stupid' younger sister again, and shouted angrily.
Xu Yunyao was ashamed and annoyed, she glared back at him unconvinced, and shouted loudly with a small voice: "You are stupid, stupid, stupid!"
"Ah, how dare you call me stupid? It's your fault that made me lose again!" Brother Zhou was even more angry.
Brother and sister, neither of them will obey the other, and no one will give in to what you say to me. Although Xu Yunyao spoke a lot more quickly, the longer sentences were still stuttering. How could she compare to Brother Zhou, who was older than her and spoke smoothly, but was refuted by the other party in a short while and only babbled. chirping.
Tang Songnian looked at the bickering little brothers and sisters with a smile, and did not stop them. Seeing the little girl jumped with anger, her little face was flushed red, and her big dark and bright eyes were full of anger.
Finally, he heard his son snatching the board from his daughter's hand with hatred on his face, and said loudly: "Hey, look at how I play, just like this, when you see the shuttlecock coming, you hit it hard, Hit it back and give it to Daddy. Oh, I'm so stupid, I don't hold the board like this, how can you be so stupid..."
He feigned a cough to hide his smile, and looked at the little girl with a pouting expression, but he still followed his brother's movements obediently.
The Ruan family in the room also saw this scene, helplessly shook his head and smiled, and then gave the unscrupulous father who was obviously watching a good show.
"Tang Songnian, Tang Songnian, come out for me, Tang Songnian!" Suddenly, Tang Bainian's angry cry came from the Yimen side. Tang Songnian's face sank. It was handed over to Brother Zhou who ran over here, patted his son's little face and said, "Let's play with my sister!"
It wasn't until Daddy's figure was no longer visible that Brother Zhou muttered, "Don't play with idiot Baoya!"
After he finished speaking, he made a face towards Xu Yunyao and ran to the east where He Shaoting was temporarily staying, and disappeared in an instant.
"Pfft..." He seemed to hear Yan Wu's laughter in his ears. Xu Yunyao, who didn't really care about Zhou Ge'er's little guy, froze, and forced his respect in his heart: Ben Gong didn't plan to be with him. Ben Gong is not his kind of naive little guy, just now he was just forced to...
As she spoke, she felt a little boring again, she closed her mouth all of a sudden, snorted softly, patted the dust on her body, and ran towards Ruan Shi who was coming this way, opening a pair of small The short arm dragged the long tail and called softly: "Mother..."
Tang Bainian and Tang Songnian in the front yard were at war with each other at the moment.
"Tang Songnian, what do you mean? Are you planning to disregard brotherhood and force me to my death?" Tang Bainian asked with sullen eyes, not without resentment.
"What do you mean by eldest brother? It means that I stand by and watch, obviously have friendship with the imperial envoy, but refuse to intercede for you, and let him stop your official appointment?" Tang Songnian asked in a slow and steady manner.
"You know what to ask!" Tang Bainian's eyes were red with anger.
Tang Songnian sneered: "I was just sitting on the sidelines, my eldest brother was so angry, but that day eldest brother wanted to attack me, but why didn't he think about how I would react?"
"Yes, I did know beforehand, and there is a way to save it for you, but why? Why should I help you? Is it just because of the fragile brotherhood between us?"
"You!" Tang Bainian was furious, but when he thought of the current situation, he had to suppress his anger, "Fall in the hole? When will I fall in love with you? Could it be that you really listened to that brother's words? I really think I was going to take him to the Wu prefect that day to take the opportunity to frame you?"
"You'd rather listen to a child full of lies than believe me, my big brother, who thinks that I'm the kind of person who will kill my brother?"
Tang Songnian stared at him deeply, wanting to know how thick a person's face can be? How shameless can a person be
"Big brother thinks that I, Tang Songnian, are someone who can be deceived?" He laughed angrily, "Big brother cheated a thousand taels from his mother in the name of running for me, and then forced Tinger to do it with his back foot. I was accused of accepting bribes to cover up the real murderer, and I really thought I did it very well, and no one knew about it, right?"
"Or does eldest brother think that I, Tang Songnian, are still the same ignorant child who is single-mindedly trying to get a little brotherhood from you? Can you let you frame it?"
"Tang Bainian, you are indeed a smart person, but that doesn't mean that others are stupid. Also, since it is one thing for you not to be a mother, and you have determined that she is such a successor who has hidden evil intentions, then you should stop playing all kinds of things in the future. Come to see her in her name, you have received enough benefits from her over the years. She does not owe you, nor your mother, you are not qualified to vent your resentment against your father's re-marriage on her. The door is there. Side, let's go!" Tang Songnian finally showed annoyance on his face, and directly served tea to send off the guests.
Although he has always been biased towards his elder brother by his mother over and over again, he does not resent her because of this, but as a son, he is always placed last by his mother, and he will inevitably feel a little aggrieved and uncomfortable.
The stepmother is really difficult, the children left by Yuan Pei are not too light or heavy, especially Yuan Pei's mother's relatives are not fuel-efficient lamps, and they will go around three points without reason. , This is indeed unbearable for a thin-skinned mother.
Understandable is one thing, but it doesn't mean that he agrees with his mother's actions, just knowing that her temperament dictates, even if he is biased towards himself, he can feel the love of his son to some extent.
He was more aggrieved and unfair for her, and he treated Tang Bainian with all his heart, but not only did he not get a good word to say, but he didn't even have the basic respect he should get as a mother.
"Okay, hello, hello!" Tang Bainian's face was blushing, and he immediately dismissed the idea of going to Wang to put pressure on Tang Songnian. .
Tang Songnian didn't take his words to heart at all. Haven't he threatened and harsh words in recent years
He took a sip of tea to calm the anger in his heart, and suddenly heard a knock on the door of the study, calling 'come in', and saw a small figure pushing the door in.
"It's Brother Ting, do you have anything to do with me?" Recognizing that it was He Shaoting, his expression softened a bit.
He Shaoting looked at him hesitantly, then lowered his head and grabbed the corner of his clothes, as if he had something to say for a while.
Tang Songnian didn't rush him, but waited patiently.
After a while, He Shaoting summoned the courage to come forward: "Master Tang, in fact, Uncle Sun was smashed by me that night."
Tang Songnian was a little surprised. He didn't expect that he would choose to confess now that he would not open his mouth no matter what. But what is the truth of the matter, he has already found out the truth, so it is not surprising.
Unexpectedly, at the next moment, he saw He Shaoting took out some silver notes from his arms, and put them in front of him with an uneasy look, he picked them up and looked at them suspiciously.
Ho, my dear, the denomination is not small!
"These were given to me by my aunt that night. She asked me to leave with these bank notes... Sir, do you believe me? The bank notes were really given to me by my aunt." He Shaoting was a little uneasy, for fear that he would misunderstand the bank notes as his own. stolen.
Tang Songnian was speechless for a long time, and after a long sigh, he handed back the silver note: "I believe that these are given to you by your aunt, she is afraid that after her death, it will be difficult for you as a child to survive in the world, so I gave you all her life savings, I just hope you can have a better life in the future. Brother Ting, you have a good aunt. "
He Shaoting breathed a sigh of relief, with a shallow happy smile on his face, but asked nervously, "Then do you believe what I said?"
Tang Songnian patted his little face with a smile: "Go and play with Brother Zhou! I know everything that happened that night. You only hurt Uncle Sun out of the psychology of protecting your aunt, not on purpose. ."
He Shaoting was completely relieved, the boulder that had been pressing on his heart seemed to be moved away, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
Seeing that the little guy also seemed to show a relaxed and happy back, Tang Songnian smiled and shook his head, feeling a little emotional for a while.
That Tian Shi was really ready early in the morning. Even if she decided to die, she would leave her things to those she really cared about, and teach Dong Shi and her daughter that they would get nothing.
The woman who was heartbroken was indeed cruel enough!
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In the next few days, Xu Yunyao was dismissed by Brother Zhou again and again for being stupid, and the little brother who had no friendship and love was unwilling to play with his sister. Often, the parents promised to take care of their sister and play with her. They turned their heads and threw a sentence at her sister, "I don't want to play with idiot Baoya."
It was the first time in her two lifetimes that she was so disliked by others, and now the person who disliked her was still a little girl, which was really maddening Consort Shu.
Fortunately, she still has a 'secret weapon', Mr. Tang is unwilling to accompany her, but there are still people and a ghost who is very willing to accompany her.
On this day, she was still thrown down by Brother Zhou, and she didn't care. She found a quiet and shady place to call out Yan Wu, and practiced 'shuttlecock' with Yan Wu alone.
She got up from where she fell, and she vowed to practice shuttlecock well, and one day beat that 'dog-eyed' little Master Tang to the ground!
So, somewhere in the Houya that no one noticed, a chubby little girl kicked the colorful shuttlecock towards the empty opposite side, and then the shuttlecock was kicked back out of thin air.
Brother Xing'er and Brother Yao'er were brought by Li's intention to reconcile the relationship with the third room. Ever since he learned that his husband Tang Bainian's hard-earned official position will not be guaranteed, Li's heart has been burning, and he has been urging him to treat Tang Songnian over and over again. Say a few soft words, or save the official position, so that the bamboo basket will not be empty.
But Tang Bainian stuck his neck and refused.
It has always been Wang's mother and son bowing their heads to him, and there has never been a possibility of turning back.
Li couldn't, so he could only think of his own ideas, and he couldn't be too straightforward, so every time he went to Anping County to find a reason, he brought his children to cover it up.
Brother Zhou still resented the last time Brother Xing and Brother Yao let snakes scare him, and didn't like to play with the little brothers.
The pair of brothers didn't like this little cousin either, and it was the first time they came back. They looked at everything strangely. They were running around, and the people who taught them couldn't catch up.
Brother Yao chased the hens that the cook bought back and ran away, and caught up with one of them, pinching the chicken's neck and laughing, making the cook not far away angry and anxious, but he couldn't do anything to him.
Fortunately, his interest came and ran quickly, and soon he threw the old hen away and ran away.
Before he knew it, he came to a quiet place. He felt bored and wanted to leave. Suddenly, he saw a small figure in red clothes not far ahead. After a closer look, he recognized the fierce girl that day. The arm was cold, as if to feel the horror of the dead snake on the arm that day.
He shook his body, and the thought of wanting to teach that fierce girl a lesson had now disappeared without a trace.
He watched the fierce girl pick up a beautifully colored shuttlecock, raised his hand, the shuttlecock flew up, and then kicked it, and the shuttlecock flew towards the opposite side.
What a stupid and fierce girl who can't even play shuttlecock. He pouted and muttered, the next moment, his pupils shrank, his mouth opened wide, and he watched the shuttlecock that should have fallen to the ground actually flew back towards the girl.
He kicked, flew out, and flew back by himself, and then another kick, so many back and forth, Yao Ge'er's face became more and more pale, his eyes widened, and he finally broke through the defense line in terror, screaming "ah" With a bang, he hugged his head and ran as if flying.
Terrible, terrifying, not only is she a fierce girl, she is also a ghost girl!
Xu Yunyao was taken aback by the sudden scream, and stopped, but did not catch the shuttlecock kicked back by Yan Wu.
She looked puzzledly at Brother Yao's figure in a panic.
It's that bastard in the big room, what are you doing
"Yaoyao, hurry up and kick here!" Yan Wu, who was interested, urged.