Xi Yunzhi never thought that the old lady would say this to her, and a trace of bad premonition flashed in her heart, and she became more and more cramped when walking.

There is a huge Buddha shrine in the inner hall, and there is a black jade Guanyin Bodhisattva with kind eyebrows, it is several years ago, when the old lady was still alive, his students deliberately found a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River to carve it, the value is needless to say, the old lady loves it very much, every day he ordered someone to wipe the Buddha's body three times, bow down sincerely, and offer incense to the Buddha.

The scent of sandalwood, which was so thick that it was a little suffocating, filled Xi Yunzhi's nasal cavity, she only felt that her eardrums vibrate, her qi and blood surged a little, and her tightly clenched fists were hidden in her sleeves.

"Yunzhi, the old woman also knows that she has treated you badly all these years, although she also complains about your mother's involvement, even if my Xi family has no eyes, only now...... The old woman will tell you clearly. Mrs. Xi leaned on the chair of the princess, playing with the Buddha beads in her hand, the fifth aunt stood behind her with an expressionless face, and the quiet environment made Xi Yunzhi feel that her stomach was surging, and she was hanging on her heart but listened to Mrs. Xi say again:

"Your reputation...... It's bad, I'm afraid I don't want to marry a good family to be the main house in this life, don't blame the old woman for being partial, the old woman doesn't want to see you marry into a vulgar family and suffer. ”

Xi Yunzhi lowered her head, her body trembled uncontrollably, she seemed to have anticipated what the old lady would say next, because her reputation was bad, so she didn't want to marry into a good family as the main house in this life...... Then, if you want to marry into a good family, you can only be small and do a partial house.

Yun Xiang and Yun Xiu are not far from married, but Yun Zheng is the only one...... If you want to marry far away in the capital, the old lady wants to ...... Let her marry Yun Zheng and go to the capital as a concubine?

"I'll tell you the truth. Yun Zheng's family, looks good, but according to acquaintances in the capital, the inspectorate Yushi once married a wife, but was killed by the fierce concubine, in response to the sentence of the concubine to kill his wife, Yun Zheng's temperament is too arrogant, married alone to the capital, I and your five aunts are worried about her, if you can be Yun Zheng's big maid to take care of it, I can't say that it will be a long time, the imperial history will also miss you to serve, accept you as a concubine......"

While turning the Buddha beads, the old lady said something sincere, and the kindness and love revealed in her eyes couldn't help but make Xi Yunzhi feel that the reason why this old lady said this was really for her good.

It turned out that she still thought about it a lot, they didn't even prepare for her to be a concubine, they just wanted her to come down from the position of the concubine of the Xi family's house, to be a nameless and penniless girl, and to be bullied all her life.

"What?" The fifth aunt, who had been silent, saw her red eyes, her shrewd eyes turned, and she said softly and coldly: "Don't want to? ”

Xi Yunzhi held back her tears, trembled her shoulders, shook her head weakly, and cast a distressed look at the old lady, but when the old lady saw the fifth aunt speak, she simply closed her eyes, fiddling with the Buddha beads, and the fifth aunt scolded Xi Yunzhi:

"What right do you have to say no, you little who has lost your reputation? Just by your looks, your virtues, what else can you turn out? Don't be too embarrassed, I'll exalt you if you follow Yunzheng! ”

Xi Yunzhi was silent with tears, his fists were clenched, and his nails were pinched into the flesh.

"Old lady...... Yunzhi doesn't ask for a high marriage, but asks the old lady to read a ...... to her grandchildren" She knelt on her knees and took two steps forward, trembling her hands and wanted to grab the corner of the old lady's clothes, but the fifth aunt's eyes flashed, and the waiting grandmother came over and kicked her mercilessly, scraping her cheeks on her toes, and it hurt hotly.

After some movement, Mrs. Xi got up from the Taishi chair, and went to the Buddha shrine with the support of the grandmothers, knelt down and worshiped reverently, without looking at her prostrate on the ground.

She was pulled out of the old lady's yard by the two grandmothers who had just done it, and vaguely, she heard the old lady tell the fifth aunt to get the family tree, they didn't give her a way out at all, she believed that after today, there was really no name Xi Yunzhi on the Xi family's family tree.

Some are just a big girl who has no identity.

The figure behind the tree flashed, and Cuiya walked through the small garden, through the dog hole in the side wall, through the bustling crowd, and tiptoed a few glances at each alley, as if she was in a hurry to find someone, and after she had run nearly seven or eight streets, she finally found the drunken Xi Zheng in the wine shop.

"Lord, lord, go back and take a look, the eldest lady is about to be sold." Cui Ya grabbed Xi Zheng's clothes with both hands and shook it, hoping that her movements would make the old man who had been drunk for more than ten years sober up.

"Sell it, sell it, remember to leave me two dollars to drink."

But Xi Zheng was lying on the table, his hair was loose and unshaped, and his cheeks were still red, and after listening to Cui Ya's words, he just muttered a few words impatiently, turned his head, and fell asleep again.

Cui Ya was in a hurry, she was originally the eldest lady's personal maid, but the big house suffered because of the grandmother's affairs, and she was also relegated to the room to be a rough girl, so many years have passed, she always hopes that one day the big house can be revitalized, and I hope that the eldest lady can read her work and drag her back from the rough girl's road.

But Xi Zheng slept in the dark, no matter how she dragged him, he was as steady as Mount Tai, so angry that Cui Ya stomped her feet:

"Big Master!"

It's not a way to just wait, Cui Ya thought about it, and went back first to ask the eldest lady what to do. Shake off the old man's weak arm, turn around and run.

Xi Yunzhi would rather die than follow Yunzheng into Beijing to be her big girl, after coming out of the old lady's courtyard, she quickly went back to the room to clean up, and took a few sets of clothes from the cabinet and wanted to escape from the back door, but she didn't expect that the fifth aunt had already guarded her, and sent someone to watch at the back door.

The cold weather and the freezing ground can't compare to the cold in Xi Yunzhi's heart, she clumped her body into a ball and shrank in a dark corner, she didn't cry, because she didn't give up, the reason why she hid in the dark was to make others not see her expression.

Yun Zheng married far away in the capital, the Xi family will definitely do the scenery, and it will take at least a month to prepare before and after, and in this month, even if she is killed, she will have to escape from here.

"Miss, Miss is me, I'm Cuiya."

An ordinary big face plate appeared behind the carved hole in the window, Xi Yunzhi propped herself up and got up, and looked behind Cui Ya several times uneasily, Cui Ya stuffed two pastries from the carved hole:

"Miss, I stole it from the kitchen, you can eat some quickly."

Although Xi Yunzhi was hungry in his stomach, he was more concerned about something else, he barely opened the corners of his injured mouth, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Cuiya, did the old lady say that I was sick or missing?" ”

Cui Ya shook her head: "No, I went to the street today to find the eldest master, he was drunk, and when I came back, I happened to see the eldest lady you were locked in the firewood room, and I waited for them to leave before coming to see you." ”

Xi Yunzhi secretly thought, since she was locked up for two hours, the old lady must be looking for a good time to talk about her to the outside world, Xi Yunzhi, who was excluded from the family tree, is always just a sudden death or sudden disappearance, if she can make some noise before the old lady, let the outside world know that she is still alive, maybe she can delay for a while......

Thinking of this, Xi Yunzhi leaned in front of the window lattice and beckoned to Cuiya, and only after seeing her coming over with her ear did she say:

"You go to a few shops in Beitang Hutong and say that the eldest lady of the Xi family is getting married, and she was scheduled to pay off the goods tomorrow, but she has to postpone it for a month, and invite the shopkeepers to come to Xifu to drink a glass of water and wine."

After hearing this, Cui Ya nodded again and again: "Yes, the slave will go and say." ”

Xi Yunzhi saw her turn around, and said uneasily: "Remember, it's those shops in Beitang Hutong." ”

"Got it." After answering the question, Cui Ya staggered into the small bushes next to her.

Xi Yunzhi slid along the wall and sat on the ground, now she only hopes that her name as the eldest lady of the Xi family can still be used, and it is best to make a fuss in the shopkeepers of Beitang Hutong, who never default on the payment, and she does not expect the old lady to let her out because of this, but it is always good to delay a little time.

After Mrs. Xi finished reciting the scriptures from the inner hall, Mama helped her out, and the fifth daughter-in-law, Shang Su'e, greeted her, took over Mama to support the old lady's wrist, and helped her to sit on a Taishi chair.

"You're here just in time, and I'm having something to discuss with you."

Mrs. Xi drank tea with her eyes half-kowtowed, so that people could not see her true eyes, Shang Su'e naturally knew how powerful this Buddha was, and immediately laughed and said:

"The old lady has tormented Su'e, it's not up to you to decide what is going on in the house, what to discuss with your daughter-in-law!"

Mrs. Xi glanced at her, smiled on her cheeks, did not speak, but asked the waiting grandmother to take out a piece of red paper from the box on the side, Shang Su'e took it, although her face changed a little, she didn't say much, just put the red paper into the box, and after a moment of silence, she asked Mrs. Xi tentatively:

"This ...... The old lady means ......"

Mrs. Xi's exquisite eyes glanced at the fifth daughter-in-law, and then she said: "Ask me what to do, Hengzhi is that you want Yunzhi to accompany Yunzheng to get married, although this suburban mausoleum guard is not an official family, but it is an official family, they are asking for the daughter of the Xi family, I want to ask you what you say." ”

Shang Su'e rolled her eyes: "Isn't there no longer the name of Yunzhi's girl on the Xi family's genealogy, since they are asking for the daughter of the Xi family, Yun Jiao, the concubine of the second room, is nominally, if the tomb keeper asks to marry Yisheng and marry Yun Jiao, it must not be difficult to explain." ”

Mrs. Xi didn't answer, she half-kowtowed her eyes to make an old monk into a fixed state, Shang Su'e stood aside and didn't dare to urge too much, at this moment, the porter came to report that there were many shopkeepers from commercial houses outside the house who came to greet the eldest lady Xi Yunzhi, saying that they wanted to congratulate her, and there were also people who claimed to be the guards of the tomb in the eastern suburbs who came to hire the eldest lady.

The old lady and the fifth daughter-in-law glanced at each other, what kind of joy could the merchants come to congratulate the girl? And the mausoleum keeper just handed over a letter of request for relatives in the morning, why did he come to hire him so recklessly in the afternoon?

I was puzzled, the old lady recruited the steward to ask a question, I don't know who spread the rumors, saying that Miss Xi is going to get married, early this morning there is a business shopkeeper to see, originally it was just a groundless misunderstanding, an explanation can be settled, but somehow, the business house shopkeeper coincidentally met the door to propose the tomb guard, after the two talked, the business house shopkeeper said this rumor to the tomb guard, and after the tomb keeper listened, they thought that Miss Xi had promised their proposal, He hurried back, and moved the dowry that had been prepared to the door of the Xi Mansion, which was further confirmed by the news, until the afternoon, more shopkeepers of the firm came to congratulate, and by the way, the Xi family asked the Xi family to pay off the arrears as much as possible before the eldest lady got married.

This unexpected change, Rao is well-informed Mrs. Xi was caught off guard, and they made such a fuss, which disrupted all her plans, originally she wanted to announce the news that Xi Yunzhi, the eldest lady of the Xi family, was suddenly infected with malaria and died violently in a few days, and then sent her to the capital unknowingly, but now she is passive.