When Minglan and Mingfang returned to the main room after dinner, they saw the master with disheveled hair and pale face, holding a bloody jade pillow in his hand, staring at the bed with wide eyes. The two followed her gaze, then one was sluggish, the other turned around and ran away, "It's not good! Madam injured Lord Hou! Hurry up and call the doctor, hurry up!"
Guan Suyi only then recovered. It was too late to stop Mingfang, so she could only throw away the jade pillow and laughed at herself, "Good girl, she really focused on Zhao Luli."
Knowing that the situation was not good, Minglan twisted the handkerchief to wipe the blood-stained face of Lord Hou, and said in a low voice, "Don't panic, miss, you said that the servant smashed Lord Hou. It's a big deal for the servant to be beaten. It's all right."
"Don't touch him, so as not to hurt him, just wipe off the blood." Guan Suyi's icy cold heart surged with warmth, and sighed, "Silly girl, I do things alone, why do you need to do things for me? Top offense? If Zhao Luli is smashed, I will be sent to another hospital at most, it doesn't matter, if he can't wake up, I will pay for his life. The old lady is soft-hearted, I beg her to let her go home. "
Seeing that her face had changed from panic to numbness, and her eyes showed a sense of deadness, she couldn't help but cry in a low voice, "Wherever the lady goes, the servants will go with them, live together, and die together. Miss, why do you want to beat the Hou Ye? Did he bully you?"
Guan Suyi didn't want to recall the disgusting scene just now, so she avoided, "Okay, we are together in life and death, let Mingfang stay behind. She wants to climb the high branch, how can she know what Zhao Luli is. I will return. I'm going to find a steward to marry her, lest she jump into the fire pit, but she doesn't appreciate it at all. Seeing how good she was just now, she obviously doesn't recognize me as a master, so let her go."
Minglan's mind was simple, and she immediately forgot her previous doubts, gritted her teeth, and said, "Bah, Xiaolang's hoof! I only know how to hook up with Lord Hou all day, so how can I know that Lord Hou does not even give her a straight eye. Miss, we will treat her without her in the future. This person! Don't panic, Lord Hou is still panting, he can't die."
Guan Suyi rubbed Minglan's head lovingly, and then began to organize her appearance. Half an hour later, the old lady hurriedly arrived with a group of people, including Zhao Luli's sons and daughters Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu, and his concubine in the backyard. No matter how angry the old lady was with this son, after all, it was a piece of flesh that fell from her body, and there was no reason not to feel distressed.
The doctor came later to check on Lord Zhao's injury, and told everyone that the situation was more serious. He would pour two bowls of medicine and wait for tomorrow to see. If you can wake up tomorrow, everything will be fine, and if you don't wake up tomorrow, it will be bad.
After all, the old lady took pity on this daughter-in-law and did not reprimand her in front of everyone, but her face was extremely ugly. Everyone stayed in the house all night, and the next day, Zhao Luli still didn't wake up. His children and concubines were all around the bed, calling one after another, but he couldn't open his eyes.
The old lady looked at the people who were crying out of breath, and at the daughter-in-law who looked blank, and said coldly, "Suyi, you go out with me."
The two went to the side hall to talk.
"Suyi, you've been here for four years, and the house is all up and down by you. Wang Shu and Xi'er are also raised under your knees. Now they look a little bit like. At first, I was very satisfied with you, but in recent years, I have seen that even Ye Fan is not as good as it is. It's right that you are the mistress, and it's right that you should take care of the housework, but you are Lu Li's wife first. You can't even keep his people, so why are you staying at Zhao's house? It's just right, you don't want to do it, why did you hit him with a jade pillow? If you plan to be a widow for the rest of your life, then go to another place, don't stay in the house to get in my eyes. Look at Ye Fan, look at you again, I'm so disappointed in you!"
The old lady closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.
Guan Suyi didn't say a word of rebuttal. Why didn't she want to keep her husband? But Zhao Luli also needs to give her a chance! She is upright and doesn't speak softly, so she treats him with all her heart, but he didn't expect him to avoid her like a snake and speak coldly. She is also human, with dignity, flesh and blood, and can feel shame and pain. She couldn't do it when he called out another woman's name and was forced to suffer a humiliation she shouldn't have suffered. She doesn't look like Ye Zhen, can't be a substitute for Zhao Luli like Ye Fan, is it her fault
Well, this family really can't stay. Thinking like this, she kowtowed heavily, "Old Madam, I'm sorry, Lord Marquis. If you want to send me away, I'll pack up and leave immediately."
The old lady thought she could wake her up, but she didn't expect her to be so determined and couldn't help but get angry. At this moment, Mingfang knocked on the door and said loudly, "Madam, someone from the Guan family has come, saying that the old man is very ill, please help."
Guan Suyi's numb expression instantly faded away, and she immediately opened the door and asked, "Who's here? My mother? What happened to my grandfather?"
Husband lay on the bed without knowing her life and death, and she didn't see a single tear from her shedding a single tear. She was confused when the Guan family shouted casually. After all, he is also an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf! The more the old lady thought about it, the more angry she became, and she said coldly, "I only borrowed one hundred taels of silver last time. After half a month, I came to play the autumn wind again, and it's not over."
Guan Suyi knelt down with a thud and cried, "Old Madam, my grandfather is really seriously ill, I beg your mercy and save his life!" The old man's body can only be supported by precious medicinal materials such as ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. The cost is as high as dozens of taels. If it is not really desperate, where will the family ask for the Hou Mansion? No amount of arrogance is worth mentioning in the face of grandfather's safety. Guan Suyi kowtowed while pleading, and soon broke his forehead and bleed a lot of blood.
The old lady is not hard-hearted. Although she is annoyed by her serious injury to her son, she will not let her die. She was paid one hundred taels of silver to send Mrs. Zhong away, and then she waved her hand and said, "Go to the ancestral hall and kneel, if tomorrow Lu Li hasn't woken up yet, so you can go to Cangzhou. You have raised the Guan family for four years, can you count how much money you spent before and after
Guan Suyi is not an ungrateful person, so why can't he remember the silver taels that Hou's residence spent on his grandfather? She originally wanted to take good care of Zhao Luli's children, support the old lady, and take care of the housework, but now it seems that people can't tolerate her anymore.
She kowtowed three times and said sincerely, "Thank you old lady, I don't dare or forget your great kindness and virtue. I can't repay you in this life, I just hope to be a cow and a horse for you in the next life. I'm in Cangzhou, you can take my life at any time, please look at the past relationship and don't implicate my mother's family."
The old lady knew that this daughter-in-law had a good heart, but she was too upright and dull, unlike Ye Fan, who could use her face to please her son. It wasn't that she couldn't tolerate her, but she shouldn't, she shouldn't have smashed her son, and let him know his life and death. If she doesn't punish her, how should she explain it to others? Besides, if his son really couldn't wake up, Ye Fanshao had to make a scene, or send the culprit to the government, or kill him on the spot, in short, it would not be good.
No matter how much the old lady hated in her heart, she was unwilling to take two lives, so she simply sent them away and left her to fend for herself.
"You don't have to be a cow or a horse. You can do it yourself in the future. You also know my temperament and will never implicate innocent people. Go ahead." The old lady wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, pushed open the door and walked out.
With the help of Ming Landi, Guan Suyi stood up slowly, caught a glimpse of Ming Fang hiding behind the window, and sighed, "If the Marquis doesn't wake up tomorrow, I will go to Cangzhou with Ming Lan, and you will stay and take care of him."
Mingfang said resentfully, "The slave will take care of the Marquis. Madam, why did you hit him with a jade pillow? Do you want to beat him to death?" If something happened to the Marquis, what's the point of her staying
Guan Suyi didn't reply, she walked out without looking sideways, and caught a glimpse of Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Chunxi standing under the corridor, she couldn't help showing a guilty look. She bent down and bowed deeply, but the two stared at him with hatred. Ye Fan held her pregnant belly in August and September, and said harshly, "Guan Suyi, if there is something wrong with Lord Hou, I want you to lose your life!"
"My life is here, wait for you to come and take it at any time." Guan Suyi bowed again and again, then turned and left.
The next day, Zhao Luli still didn't wake up, but his pulse condition improved slightly. Seeing that Ye Fan was jumping up and down to kill Guan Suyi, the old lady had to put the man into a carriage and send it to Cangzhou far away. After she walked for less than half a day, Zhao Luli woke up and saw his sleepy son and daughter standing beside the bed, his expression froze.
How could Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu be so young? Aren't you about to die? He sat up slowly, touched his aching forehead, and the memory surged like a tide, making him almost faint.
Zhao Chunxi and Zhao Wangshu were awakened by groans, and when they saw their father who was in great pain, one hurried to help, the other ran out and shouted, "Daddy is awake! Go and call the doctor!"
The old lady slept next door, and when she heard the sound, she immediately came to check, bowing in the air and thanking God for his kindness. And Zhao Luli was suffering from the erosion of his memory, and soon realized that he was reborn. This is Zhenbeihou's mansion, his wife is still Suyi, but the rest is completely different from his previous life. Grandfather-in-law and father-in-law were not used by the court, but were used as stepping stones by Xu Guangzhi in that debate, and they were completely suppressed. Now the Guan family is impoverished, his grandfather-in-law is seriously ill and can only hang himself on medicinal materials; his father-in-law has found a small job as a swordsman in the French Cao, and his life is extremely hard; and his wife has been married to him for four years, diligently, Conscientious and conscientious, he turned a blind eye to her, and even humiliated her everywhere.
"Madam," he shouted, "Where is Madam? I want to see her!" No matter whether it's a dream or reincarnation, as long as you can see Madam again and make up for her, everything will be worth it!
"Is Marquis all right?" An anxious female voice came from outside the door, causing Zhao Luli to hold his breath to look, only to see Ye Fan with a big belly, stepping into the room in three or two steps. Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Chunxi hurried forward to meet her, supporting her from left to right with nervous expressions.
Ye Fan? pregnant? Zhao Luli, who was in ecstasy, seemed to be poured down by a bucket of ice water, and his blood instantly cooled down.
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Guan Suyi and Ming Lan packed up some slack, and took a staggering carriage to Cangzhou. In addition to the driver, there was an old woman who was in charge of escorting. The two probably knew that the lady had fallen out of favor, and their attitude towards her was terrible. At first, they wanted to defraud a few money, but they found out that she was really penniless, so they gave up, but they scolded and scolded her, which was very unclean.
Minglan kept holding her breath, and several times she tried to attack but was stopped by Guan Suyi. Cangzhou is a long way to go. If you offend the escort, you will not be able to reach it alive, so you can endure it.
The old lady was used to cheating and cheating. When she was going out, the old lady gave her one hundred taels of silver, saying that it was the entanglement of escorting the lady. She secretly concealed it, and then urged the driver to send her home, intending to give the silver to her children and grandchildren for safekeeping. In fact, how could Guan Suyi not know? It's just that people have to bow their heads under the eaves. If Zhao Luli can't wake up, she is ready to lose her life, so naturally she won't care about these trivial matters.
The driver parked the car by the pond at the entrance of the village and followed the old lady back to eat. Before leaving, he asked the lady, and he didn't care when she saw her shaking her head.
"Hmph, these dogs see low things!" Minglan spat.
"Don't be angry with them," Guan Suyi rubbed Minglan's head and comforted her, "Why hurt your liver and lungs for the sake of a few irrelevant people? We only need to be able to reach Cangzhou safely." Can't arrive alive, even she herself doesn't know. The old lady wants to let her go, but when Zhao Luli has an accident, she may change her mind.
Minglan's mood was very low, and she whispered, "I don't know what happened to Marquis, I hope he doesn't die."
Guan Suyi's eyes dimmed slightly, but she didn't answer the words. Of course she hoped that Zhao Luli would wake up, but she had no regrets about hurting him. If she did it again, she would still resist desperately.
Both the master and the servant were a little out of their minds, but at this moment, a large group of villagers came noisy and noisy across the pond. The leader was a grizzled old man with a piece of paper in his hand, as if he was announcing something. Because of the distance and the noisy environment, Guan Suyi couldn't hear it clearly, and only vaguely caught a few words, such as "Don't obey women's way, damn" and so on. When he finished speaking, the crowd separated from left and right, and a woman trapped in a bamboo cage was lifted up. The surrounding villagers frantically threw rotten leaves and stones at her, and some people spat at her.
The woman was very frightened. First, she insulted these people loudly. Seeing that they were indifferent, she cried in despair. Even if she was far away, she could feel the despair and anger in her voice.
"Oh no, this woman is going to be sunk!" Ming Lan shouted with a pale face.
Ever since the Empress Niangniang wrote "The Female Ring" and it was widely publicized in Beijing, Shentang is no longer a new thing. Any woman who is defined as "doesn't keep women's morals" will either get out of the house or drown in a pond, and the end will be miserable one by one.
Guan Suyi had suppressed countless anger in her chest, and it rose and fell violently because of these words. Why should women suffer these tortures? A man is a man, but a woman is not a man? Can you let them fight and kill when they say they want to, and treat them like livestock
She quickly took off her shoes, socks and heavy robe, chose a place overgrown with bushes and reeds, and dived quietly into the water.
"Miss, what are you doing? It's cold now, so be careful not to freeze." Ming Lan realized something, and quickly lowered her voice, "Miss, you must be careful not to be discovered by those people!"
Guan Suyi followed her grandfather to travel all over the world since she was a child, not to mention a pond that is dozens of feet square, even rivers, lakes and seas can wade through. She swam slowly along the reeds, and after a while, she held her breath and dived to the bottom of the water.
The villagers were all crusade against the woman, and no one looked into the water. The old man seemed to have had enough of the woman's crying and scolding, raised his hand and said, "Throw her down!"
The villagers who had good deeds had long been ready to move, and immediately stepped forward to lift the woman, took the boat to the center of the pond, and threw her down. The pond was very turbid, and because it was too deep, it was impossible to find out what was going on underneath. Only a few blisters came up and burst on the water surface.
"Patriarch, it's over," they shouted as they rowed the boat to the shore. The villagers stood on tiptoes and stretched their necks, but they couldn't see anything. Because of the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, they stood there for a while and then went home one after another.
Li Su'e, who was tied up and locked in a bamboo cage by Wu Hua Da, struggled for a while, and finally could only accept her fate. She tried her best to hold her last breath, and quickly recalled the moments of being with her brother-in-law and sharing weal and woe, but she had no regrets in her heart. If it came again, she would still take care of him, follow him, and fall in love with him. She only hated that she had awakened too late and resisted too deeply, for not being able to spend more time with him and leave him more happiness.
I hope in the next life, you and I can meet sooner. Thinking like this, she let out her last breath and let the cold liquid pour into her nose. Just at this moment, a hazy figure swims over in the turbid waters. Her pure white shirt floats up and down, her long black hair spreads out like algae, and floats back with the current, revealing a beautiful face.
Li Su'e opened her eyes wide, thinking she had seen a ghost, but found that the other party grabbed the bamboo cage and swam to the other side, worried that she would drown and died, and she came over to give her a breath.
The lips were soft and hot, so she was human, not a ghost. Li Su'e was in a trance, uncertain of sadness and joy. When she regained her senses, the bamboo cage had surfaced and was hidden in the dense reeds. Fortunately, her hands and feet were tied so tightly that she couldn't struggle, so she was rescued smoothly. Otherwise, depending on the current temperature, if the two of them were entangled and pulled together, they might have died.
"Are you all right?" she heard the woman ask with concern.
"I'm fine," Li Su'e burst into tears the moment she spoke, and said excitedly, "Thank you for saving me, thank you!"
The woman shook her head and said nothing. She ripped open the bamboo cage with her bare hands, untied the ropes, and carried her ashore. Li Su'e was stupid, she never expected that the other party was so petite and so powerful. No wonder she dared to jump into the water to save people in the cold winter and twelfth lunar month.
Thinking of the kiss in the water, and the woman's calm behavior, Li Su'e's pale cheeks flushed, feeling a little shy. Who is this woman? She is so chivalrous and chivalrous, she must let her brother-in-law thank him after returning home!
"What, you're scared?" After getting on the carriage, the woman handed her a handkerchief and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, you are safe now, change into dry clothes quickly to avoid cold sickness. You may trust And the one who defected? If there is one, I will send you there now." While talking, he changed his clothes and went outside to pull the reins.
Minglan handed the skirt she had prepared to Li Su'e and said worriedly, "Miss, will it be bad for you to leave those two dogs in Lijia Village?"
"There's nothing wrong. I don't say anything, it doesn't mean I'm afraid of them, but I'm too lazy to care about it." Guan Suyi's face was full of disapproval. The two of them changed their itinerary without permission and hid the property of the main family. When they found out that the carriage was gone, they would run back to the house to arrange their own guilt and escape. When he returned home after sending the woman home, he pleaded guilty to the old lady, only saying that he was worried that the two would take him to a strange place to murder him, so he drove away in a carriage for a while.
The old lady is a clear-sighted person, and she sent someone to investigate, just to see who was unlucky in the end.
Minglan has always been obedient to the young lady. Seeing that she is confident, she stops talking and helps Li Sue wipe her hair silently. Li Su'e was very grateful to the two of them, knowing that it was inconvenient for them to ask why she was killed, so she took the initiative to chat, "Thank you for your help. My surname is Li, my name is Su'e, and I am the sister-in-law of the Marquis of Zhenxi. Please send me back to Marquis of Zhenxi. Fu, thank you!"
"It turned out to be Mrs. Li, it's a pleasure to meet." Guan Suyi rarely went out to socialize due to her low family background, and she didn't know many noble ladies. But she had heard about this Mrs. Li. The other party seemed to be from a poor family, but because the Marquis of Zhenxi attached great importance to love and righteousness, she was grateful for her years of care and respected her very much.
Why the sister-in-law of Xihou of Tangtang Town was taken to Shentang, the secret inside Guan Suyi does not want to know, and will never inquire. However, she did not ask, but Li Su'e took the initiative to be frank, "I see that my sister is chivalrous, so I will not hide it from you. My uncle and I have discussed that we will get married in the spring of next year. That set of rhetoric tricked me into returning to Shentang. Fortunately, I met my sister, otherwise I wouldn't be able to go back alive today."
She was terrified after saying this, and her eyes began to redden again.
It turned out that it was the sister-in-law who remarried the uncle, which was considered a disorder of ethics. No wonder the old people couldn't bear it. Guan Suyi thought to herself, but there was no surprise or contempt on her face, which made Li Sue more at ease.
Perhaps it was because the other party saved her at the most desperate moment. Li Sue trusted her very much and was very close to her. After changing her clothes, she sat beside her and asked with a smile, "Which family does my sister belong to? Could you please let me know? It looks like you are going to go out? There are two slaves with you? Don't be afraid, I will ask Lingyun to send guards to escort you when we arrive at the Marquis of Zhenxi, and then send a letter to your house."
Seeing her recovering so quickly, Guan Suyi felt much more relaxed, and replied, "I'm Guan Suyi, Mrs. Zhenbei Hou. Don't bother my sister to send them off, I'll go back and explain the reason later. Of course, I don't Will reveal anything about my sister, this is our secret."
Li Su'e opened her mouth in surprise, "You, you are Mrs. Zhenbei Hou? Oh, it's really fateful to meet each other! We are one in Zhenbei and the other in Zhenxi, and there is a 'su' in our names. Sister Jin Lan is the one!"
Is "the fate of a thousand miles to meet each other" used in this way? Guan Suyi smiled, chatting and laughing with Li Sue and driving back to the capital.
The coachman and his wife came out of the house after having lunch and walked around the village for a few laps without finding a carriage. Only then did they feel that something was wrong, and they immediately hired an ox cart to rush home. When Zhao Luli learned that his wife had been assigned to Cangzhou, Ye Fan, who had a big belly, was dispatched immediately to intercept him. The old lady repeatedly ordered him to stay in bed to recover from his injuries. Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Chunxi cried and made trouble in the way, and a group of concubines went up to hug his legs, which made him unable to move an inch.
At this moment, how much he misses the Zhao family that was rectified by his wife in an orderly and quiet manner, not the Hou's mansion that looks like a bell, but is actually a mess. At this moment, the coachman and his wife hurried over, knelt down and shouted, "No, Madam, she absconded in fear of the crime!"