An Ning taught the five girls some things about Nanyi, the laws and policies of the government, etc., and explained them in detail one by one, and let the girls play by themselves.

After waiting for a while, An Ning specially called Xiao Hui to go to the back room to talk.

As soon as Xiao Hui entered the house, An Ning asked her, "You went to Dong Da again?"

Xiao Hui nodded: "Yes." ”

"Get on your knees. ”

An Ning scolded in a very soft voice.

Xiao Hui immediately knelt on the ground obediently.

An Ning got up: "You kneel, think carefully about what you have done during this time, and think about what you have done wrong and get up again." ”

"Yes. ”

Xiao Hui didn't have a word of complaint, and knelt quietly on the somewhat hard ground.

An Ning didn't look at her again, turned and walked out of the house.

She took Xiao Yin to play for a while and sent the children out.

When Xiao Yin left, she was still looking for Xiao Hui: "Mother, where is Sister Hui?"

An Ning said: "She helps her mother do the work in the house, you go to play first, and she will look for you later." ”

Xiao Yin didn't ask much, and followed Xiao Fu out of the house.

An Ning sent the children away, called the steward to discuss the matter, and after discussing the matter, she read the book for a while, and soon it was time to eat, so she called Chunxing to come over and order: "You let people go and tell the girls, let them eat in their own rooms, it's cold today, and there is no need to walk back and forth anymore." ”

Chunxing called the little girl to go to the various courtyards to spread the word.

She came back again and asked An Ning softly, "Do you want Miss Hui to ...... Get her up and get something to eat. ”

An Ning had a cold face: "No need, let her wake up hungry." ”

Chunxing was a little worried: "The girl is weak, in case she ......"

While he was talking, Xiao Yuan came back.

When he entered the door, he saw Chunxing's worried face: "What's the matter?" Chunxing, what did you tell me?"

Chun Xing looks at tranquility.

An Ning didn't speak, and Chun Xing said softly: "The master will know when he goes to the back room to take a look." ”

Xiao Yuan took off his cloak and hung it up, walked to the door of the inner room and looked inside, he saw Xiao Hui kneeling in the room at a glance, she had been kneeling for a long time, and she was kneeling very unsteadily at this time, and everyone was a little shaky.

Xiao Yuan glanced at it and walked over to An Ning and sat down: "Let's set the meal." ”

He didn't intercede for Xiao Hui, let alone ask An Ning why he punished Xiao Hui.

An Ning taught the children in the family, Xiao Yuan would never interfere, let alone refute An Ning.

Similarly, if Xiao Yuan wants to educate the children, An Ning will never say anything.

The girls set the meal, and the smell of the food permeated the room, with an indescribable temptation, and a kind of fireworks.

Xiao Hui knelt in the room, smelling the aroma coming from outside, and her stomach was rumbling with hunger.

Since she arrived at the Xiao family, she has never been hungry, and the pampered life in the past few years has almost made her forget the days of begging before.

If you can't eat enough every day, you will be frozen in winter and can't sleep, your stomach is hungry, and you don't know if you can survive today and tomorrow.

Those days seem to be as far away as in the previous life.

But today, she knelt on the cold and hard ground, her hungry stomach screamed, and her stomach secreted sour water, and she recalled those memories again.

Xiao Hui clenched his fists, trying to restrain himself from thinking about those things.

She is not a beggar now, she is the girl of the Xiao family, the daughter of Xiao Yuan and An Ning, and one of the most beautiful girls in this Nanyi Mansion......

Xiao Hui gritted her teeth, she knew why An Ning would punish her.

She did something she shouldn't have done, and she deserved to be punished, but even if she was punished, she would never change her mind.

An Ning finished eating, sat and chatted with Xiao Yuan for a while, and then got up and entered the house.

Xiao Yuan saw that An Ning wanted to teach Xiao Hui, so he didn't go into the back room, but got up and wanted to leave.

Before he went out, he turned back to An Ning and said, "Let the child eat something first, don't go hungry, and let her eat if there is anything." ”

"Got it. ”

An Ning answered in the back room.

Xiao Yuan went out, An Ning asked Chun Xing to take the girls out, she closed the door, and then let Xiao Hui get up.

Xiao Hui knelt for a long time, and when he got up, his legs were sore, and he almost fell to the ground.

An Ning looked at it coldly, but there was still a little worry in her eyes.

Waiting for Xiao Hui to limp over, An Ning pulled her to sit on the bed, pulled up her trouser leg to look, and saw that her knees were already bruised.

An Ning went to get the ointment and put it on Xiao Hui's knee, and helped her push away the bruises little by little.

An Ning pushed, Xiao Hui cried, and tears fell down in strings.

"It hurts for sure, but you must push it away, otherwise it will be more uncomfortable tomorrow, you bear with it, just wait a while. ”

An Ning's voice also softened a little, with a little distress in his voice.

Xiao Hui cried as soon as she said: "Mother, I don't hurt, I don't hurt, I can bear it, I'm just happy, my mother is not really angry with me, my mother still hurts me." ”

"You kid. ”

An Ning scolded with a smile: "You are my daughter, can I still not want you because you have done something wrong, you have made a mistake, your father and I may beat and scold you, or we may hate iron and steel, but how can I care about you, where can parents in this world give up their children." ”

Xiao Hui couldn't help crying again when she heard this: " Mother, I, I'm really happy, you beat me and scold me, punish me I'm happy, I know that my mother made me kneel because she hurt me, mother, do you know, when I was a beggar earlier, begging for food to the door of someone else's house, I saw the yard as a mother chasing and beating naughty children with sticks, chasing children running all over the yard, I really envy, I just want to have a mother, can manage me, can beat me and scold me when I do something wrong, but also hurt me, at that time I thought, if I have a mother, even if she really beats me, I will not hide。 ”

This kid.

When An Ning heard this, her heart was already soft.

She rubbed Xiao Hui's head: "Eat something first." ”

An Ning went outside and brought a little soup for Xiao Hui to drink, and took two rice crackers for her to eat first.

After Xiao Hui finished eating, An Ning asked her, "Do you know what's wrong?"

Xiao Hui nodded: "I know, I shouldn't have any thoughts about General Dong, after all, ...... He has a wife and children, and there is a big age difference between me and him, and I also understand that my father and mother will find me a very good husband in the future, but I just want to follow General Dong, and I don't want anyone else. ”

An Ning had already lowered her face at this time: "Why are you so confused, you ......"

"Mother. ”

Xiao Hui raised his head and looked at An Ning timidly: "Dad values General Dong more and more now, in order to calm the army's heart and win over General Dong, my father asked him to put his children in our family to teach, I know what Dad means, but now ...... His wife and children don't know if they can get it back, he is a lonely family, unconcerned, really not easy to control, but if I can marry him, it will be different, if I marry him, he will become my father's son-in-law, and he will naturally stand on our side, no one can pull him away, he will never betray his father, and besides, I can also watch him. ”

An Ning pursed her lips and looked at Xiao Hui with a serious expression.

Xiao Hui said softly: "Every time I read history books, I have also read some records of previous dynasties, which dynasty and which generation of princesses are all to be married, especially when the dynasty was first decided, the princess married, it was all because she wanted to win over the courtiers, mother, I am your and father's daughter, this is my responsibility, I ......"

"You're underestimating me and your dad too much. ”

An Ning said angrily: "I didn't raise you because I wanted you to get married, so what is the difference between us and the Zhang family? I raised you because I wanted you to help and be a helper, but I want you to help with your own ability, I want you to learn your skills, learn self-esteem and self-respect, not let you despise yourself so much." ”

"Mother. ”

Xiao Hui looked at An Ning with teary eyes: "I know, I know that you and your father love us, and you really plan for us, and I also understand what my mother means, but I ......"

She covered her face and cried fiercely, as if she wanted to cry out the grievances in her heart.

An Ning sighed helplessly, hugged Xiao Hui and comforted him softly: "What are you crying for, I just said a few words to you, and you cried like this, you are my daughter, I have been carefully pampered to grow to such a big age, even if you really fancy someone, then you should let him come to us, instead of you often running to him to help him do things, Hui'er, your shelf should be put up." ”

Xiao Hui nodded: "Well, I listen to my mother." ”

She snuggled up to An Ning, a little embarrassed, but she made up her mind: "Mother, I'm ...... When I wasn't adopted by my father and mother before, I was given a ...... in a ruined temple This is a shame that I will never forget, I, since then, in addition to my father and siblings, I can't tolerate other men getting close, and then after a long time, General Dong often comes to our house, and he has more contact, I also know that he is actually a good person, I can gradually get along with him, mother, I can't actually marry someone else, I can get along with General Dong without disgust, I thought, since this is the case, then I will do something for my father, it is better to marry him, with my watch, he must not betray his father. ”