The woman surnamed Qiu smiled, no longer having the slightest trace of the previous amorous atmosphere, but gentle and clean, she tiptoed over and called out softly-

"Ah Ling!"

The young woman turned her head, her goose egg face was gentle and amiable, and she was wearing the dress of the maid of Xinfu, not someone else, it was the former big maid of Xinyi, Xiangpei.

"Mother, why are you here?"

Xiang Pei was happy and worried, and walked quickly to meet it, but her steps were stagnant for a moment, and she looked around vigilantly, and saw that there was no shadow of birds, so she relieved herself.

"Ah Ling, I'm really worried about my mother, I can't help but come to you. The woman surnamed Qiu took Xiang Pei's hand, tears rolling in her eyes, "It's not that you don't know, your mother's life experience is not glorious, and your life experience can't be said." One secret after another, I am worried every day, every year the grass and trees are soldiers, and a little abnormality can hang half of my heart. ”

Xiang Pei sneered: "My mother is serious." Isn't that all right for me?"

After that, Xiang Pei turned around, Luo's skirt flew, lining her little face crimson, revealing the coquettishness of her little daughter, and there was no half of the silent and tame appearance when she was on an errand beside Xin Yi.

The woman surnamed Qiu bent her eyebrows and pinched her cheeks dotingly: "Ah Ling, I heard that Miss Xin took a woman from outside, and when she came back, she was promoted to a big girl and took you down." All of a sudden, for no apparent reason, I wondered if something was wrong. ”

"So my mother took over the business of Xinfu under the pretext of taking the opportunity to find her daughter?" Xiang Pei smiled and pouted, "I heard the sixth girl say that the surname of the person from Buzhuang was Qiu, so I guessed that it was my mother." I'm waiting here early, can I rest assured?"

Xiang Pei paused, and when the woman surnamed Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, she continued: "It's okay to talk about the big girl, but I heard that Cui Dragonfly's heart is like a girl's old friend, so she broke the rules." The girl treated me the same as before, and she didn't lose any food and clothing. ”

Only then did the woman surnamed Qiu feel that a big stone had fallen from the tip of her heart. The qi that had been blocked in his chest for many days also dispersed all at once.

It's no wonder that she is the promotion and demotion of the slaves and maids of the small family in the poor family, so that she is exhausted, and the slightest movement is heard as a knife sound.

That "master".

The "master" and the fate she set for Xiang Pei privately.

It is therefore the burden of the center of the game that must be shouldered.

The wind has not risen, the water has not been born, and the destiny of heaven has not been revealed. So the "master" and she were waiting, in the chess game full of jackals in danger, their "Ling" one day, take on the destiny of this clan.

"It's been hard for my mother to come this far...... Back then, I went to Lu's house to teach Lu Jingou men, and with those ruthless tricks of the wang clan to keep secrets, my mother and you almost didn't live today...... Fortunately, I was not greedy for that money, and after Miss Lu was gone, she immediately left the kiln and went incognito...... I look forward to you growing up peacefully, and the day when the Mandate of Heaven is made public, there will be a master and their whole clan to protect you...... I'm relaxed......" The woman surnamed Qiu thought of some of the past, muttered in a low voice, and her face, who was only in her early thirties, appeared tired, and immediately showed her old state.

She was so tired.

She used to be just an ordinary fireworks woman, Qiu Sanniang, famous in the Yanliu family, and she spent a lot of money with a smile. Then when she met the "master", she was willing, and the beads were secretly knotted.

Until then, she was just the protagonist of an ordinary talented and beautiful woman. In the end, maybe raise your daughter ordinarily, ordinary people are old and yellow, and they are good people.

However, when the "master" came to visit their mother and daughter several times, the old man said with tears in his eyes-

"The old man won't look away...... That's her...... The Mandate of Heaven has reappeared, and the feather of our clan ...... Yes, you have to grow up peacefully...... However, in troubled times, the best thing to do is to hide in the city...... Sanniang, the old man will redeem herself for you, and you will raise her to grow up, ordinary and ordinary, don't show any abnormality...... When she grows up, the old man will take her back to his home, and there will be no need to be afraid...... I've worked hard for you in the future, Sanniang ......"

This ordinariness is completely shattered.

I've worked hard for you in the future. Sanniang.

With a simple sentence, she was given a heavy responsibility that she could not even understand, so that from then on she did not dare to speak loudly, and did not dare to go out every day, and when she saw anyone hiding scissors in her sleeve.

She lived like a mouse. In the shadow of the chess game, which has nothing to do with her, the wrinkles under the rouge are getting deeper and deeper year by year.

"Mother, you always say that you grew up in peace. The daughter understands that the world is not peaceful, and it is not new to kill people, set fires, and rob houses. Xiang Pei didn't understand the deep meaning of the words "Taiping grew up", but looked at Qiu Sanniang's tired face, and comforted distressedly, "But since my mother is so worried, why didn't you let my boudoir be locked back then, but came to Xin Mansion to be a maid?"

Qiu Sanniang exhaled turbidity, pulled her thoughts back to reality, and sighed: "Of course I don't want to." Staying at home is the safest. But the old man was unwilling. said that even if you are peaceful, it does not mean that you are lazy and grow into a waste. When you have to go through the experience, complete the clan order, and recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors in the future, you can obey everyone and be worthy of that name. ”

"Clan order, clan order. Between my father and me, is there only a clan order? I have never seen my father since I can remember. Could it be that he is also like the stinky man in the world, disgusted that you were born in Hualiu, and your appearance is no longer beautiful, so he forgot about our mother?" Xiang Pei's face darkened, and he muttered dissatisfied.

"Don't talk about that sir, he's for your good! He's a big man, and it's not safe to come to see you. Qiu Sanniang was so anxious to cover her mouth, "On weekdays, the shadow guards often come, send rice and grain, pass on a message or something, the old man is reading us." ”

"He really looks up to my mother. So there was a clan order, asking me to disguise myself as a maid and go to Xin Yi's side to monitor her and the movements of the chess boy?"

She hadn't seen her father. I don't know what the "Ling" that my mother often puts on her lips has any deep meaning besides her name. She didn't even know what the chess boy and Xin Yi were for.

If Qiu Sanniang lives like a mouse. Then she would live like a blind person.

Qiu Sanniang shook her head helplessly, pulled the woman over sadly, and said softly: "The master is doing great things, and you won't understand his reasons." Complete the clan order well, don't disappoint the master. Keep an eye on Xin Yi and the chess boy, it will always be good for you in the future. ”

"Good to me? Does that mean you hide everything from me?" Xiang Pei raised her eyes to look directly at Qiu Sanniang, and tears of grievance rolled down, "Since I was a child, my mother didn't teach me the four virtues of female workers, but taught me three provinces and six departments." The shadow guard sent by my father will send the governance of the country in a bunch. There is even a lack of lone books that cannot be bought at all on the market and are only available to wealthy families. I embroidered a wrong needle, my mother won't say, I memorized a wrong sentence of "Shangjun Book", but my mother can cry in a hurry. Mother, who is my father, and what kind of life have I carried?"

Seeing her beloved daughter crying, Qiu Sanniang's own tears also fell, she hurriedly took out Red Luojuan and wiped her tears for Xiangpei, and the two of them choked up.

"Ah Ling, you just need to remember that you are the one who was chosen by the master, or rather, the one who was chosen by that clan. ”

After only saying this, Qiu Sanniang was silent.

Who has ever asked her Qiu Sanniang what she wants?

Ordinary people, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea. That's just what she wants. But she was inexplicably arched to the center of the chess game, and the interests were calculated and rich, and something that was once too distant swept over and annihilated her.

From then on, I couldn't help her.

She can't help her daughter.

Whether you want to or not, whether you choose or not, whether you can enter or not, whether you can pick up or not, she and her mother can only be carried forward by this game of chess.