CHAPTER XXXIII

My sister and I raised our heads when we heard the sound, but we saw my aunt standing under a camellia tree not far away with a girl, folding a camellia with red and green leaves in her hand, and looking at us coldly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoMy sister and I didn't expect the conversation to be overheard by my aunt, and when we saw her at first glance, we were a little overwhelmed for a while, and after a long time, my sister pulled me to bend down and salute, "Auntie, why are you here?"

My aunt helped Dian Cui into the house step by step, glanced at us who were curtsy, and told Dian Cui to retreat for the time being, "If I don't come, how can I know that the Liu family now has a Cui Yingying, and she actually learned to sing "The Story of the West Chamber". She glanced at her sister with a smile, but her voice was cold and emotionless: "Let's go, don't stand, our aunt and nephew haven't seen each other for a long time, Mingzhao, don't you want to talk to me about yourself?"

My sister bowed her head slightly and motioned with her hand to me not to make a sound: "I haven't seen my aunt for more than half a year, I wonder if you and your uncle are okay, and if your cousin at home is all the same?"

My aunt sat down in my sister's room, still playing with the folded camellia in her hand, and her eyes fell on me and my sister standing, without the warmth of the old laughter. "It's hard for you to know how to understand etiquette, but unfortunately I can't afford this blessing now. Dare to ask the eldest niece, do you remember what your name is? ”

My aunt asked knowingly, and although my sister was helpless, she still replied: "My niece's surname is Liu, and my parents are named Mingzhao."

A smile appeared at the corner of my aunt's lips, and the coolness in her eyes made people feel a chill for no reason, which I had never seen before, "It's hard for you to remember that your surname is Liu, I just thought that my eldest niece had read too much "The Story of the West Chamber", and I thought that I had become Cui Yingying, not the eldest lady of Hanlin Liufu, Mingzhao. ”

My eyebrows skipped a beat, and it was clear that my aunt had heard our conversation, but my sister's face was calm at the moment, as if the person in my aunt's words was not me.

"It's Mingzhao's fault for letting my aunt worry, it's just that the family is too busy these days, and Mingzhao is bothered by trivial matters and forgets which alley is in Baixia for his aunt's house?"

When my aunt heard her sister secretly accuse her of being from another family but coming to take care of Liu's family affairs, she smiled on her face and said coldly: "Mingzhao, now that the Minister of Education of the government has climbed the government, he really doesn't speak as before, and his sharp teeth and sharp mouth are all exposed."

My sister didn't answer lightly, looked down at the light purple cheongsam on her body, looked at the black scorched hole and said: "My niece knows that you have fire, why don't you wait for me to change your robe and help you go to the main hall to interrogate your father in three halls, anyway, there are a lot of masters and parties in the living room, so you can ask questions one by one."

"What, you want to drive your aunt away?"

"Where did Ming Zhao catch you up, but I was afraid that I would neglect my aunt, so I turned around and asked my father to punish me."

"Big brother punishes you? I really want my eldest brother to punish you well, and I ask you, is what you just said true? ”

"Nature is true!" "Smack......

Before the words fell, my sister's fair cheeks had already been slapped, and my aunt was obviously angry, and the force of the blow was extremely loud, and the corners of my sister's mouth immediately had a trace of blood.

"Sister......

"I'll beat you as an unfilial girl for my eldest brother first, and then I'll confess punishment to him." As she spoke, my aunt crumpled the camellia she was holding in her hand and threw it aside, shouting Diancui's name, and snatched the door out of front of me.

I looked at my sister's eyes that were still sneering, and I didn't know what to do for a while, so I just stood dry and didn't speak. After a while, I heard her sigh in a low voice: "Don't worry about me, isn't this the choice you just said?" We are all responsible for our own choices, and I am now living with the consequences. So sit down and rest, and I'll change my clothes and wait for the rest of the storm. My sister ignored me and went straight into the inner room, leaving me alone at the round table, pondering the meaning of her words.

After accompanying my sister to change clothes, we returned to the hall of the main house along the corridor, because my aunt came first, the hall was noisy and discussed, and no one paid attention to the bruises on the corners of my sister's mouth for a while.

I had gently rubbed the egg for her, but my aunt's hand was too heavy, and she had a pure gold hand ring on her ring finger, so the effect of reducing swelling was not obvious. My sister changed into a blue cheongsam, trying to make her injuries look insignificant, but as soon as we sat down, the sharp-eyed second aunt had already asked, "Oh Mingzhao, what's wrong with your face?" Didn't you get beaten by your sister? ”

"I did it."

The aunt glanced at everyone lightly, and the people who were still talking in their own whispers just now immediately fell silent, waiting to listen to the words of this aunt and grandmother of the Liu family, "Big brother, I just went into the backyard to find Ming Zhao, and when I heard the conversation between her and Ah Zhao, I couldn't help it for a while, and I taught my daughter a lesson for you." You won't blame me, will you? ”

"I said, aunt and grandmother, how can you be the future minister's wife for the eldest brother and our family? This makes people look at our family, how can my aunt and grandmother look at our family, but they are too reckless. ”

My aunt sneered when she heard this: "Minister's wife? The second sister-in-law is really early, and there is nothing to do with the eight words, so you can leave the back road first. It's just that since Minister Gu wants to marry a girl from our Liu family, he is naturally ready to be a junior. Our Liu family is a family of poets and scholars, of course, there are rules for being a guest, and there are ways to be a family member, so it depends on whether the minister should choose the former or the latter? ”

"Okay...... "My father said in a calm voice, "Hesong, are you rushing back in a hurry to come back with a white face just for this matter?"

When my aunt heard her father's careless question, she became more and more angry: "Big brother, what do you mean by this?" Isn't this a big deal in the family? Wenren heard the news from Tianjin and immediately called me, even he knew, do you say it's a trivial matter? When did our Liu family have such a scandal? ”

Uncle heard the news in Tianjin? This shows the speed at which news is spreading today.

Mr. Gu, who was named, was sitting quietly, and he waited patiently for his aunt to finish speaking, and then slowly opened his mouth: "Ru Lin is honored to know Mrs. Song, the last apprenticeship banquet was in a hurry, and it is a pity that I did not talk to you carefully. Today, I saw you talking fast, and you were really a cool woman. ”

"Mr. Gu is worthy of a career in official career, and his kung fu in Tai Chi is first-class. I'm coming back today, not just to hear your feelings about the past. Do you know that our Ah Zhao and your son-in-law are in love, right? ”

"Gu knows."

"Really? Dare to ask, did you know about it just this month? Or did you already know about it? My aunt's tone was tough, giving Mr. Gu no room to react, "I want you to tell the truth." ”

Candles had been lit outside the house at this time, and such an eventful evening was destined to be infinitely extended. The expressions on everyone's faces were solemn, and there was no moment of relaxation because of the night. After a brief silence, I heard an answer that I will never forget. Mr. Gu's voice was like an old monk's meditation, as if floating from afar with a little chill, those words were like a circle of magic sounds, which shocked my soul and my body was dumbfounded, and the whole person seemed to come out of an ice cellar......