The little maid trembled.

The two mothers-in-law guarding the door also looked miserable.

In fact, they didn't feel scared at first, and it was not that they had never encountered such a situation before, but the princess suddenly wanted to find the young lady, and sent a maid to call, as long as the young lady went to the garden, the young lady went to the sword house, and the young lady went to the other sisters to visit the door, it was very easy to flicker over.

Even if it is very late now, as the eldest daughter of the Xia family, there is absolutely no restriction on going out, and the patriarch has always been very open-minded about the education of the girls in the family.

But today is clearly different.

The princess came to the door in person, and the patriarch also came, and they were all such a frightening face at the sight, the little maid was loyal, and her mind was desperately turning how to report to the young lady, but she had no chance, so she could only desperately make her eyes.

Outside, a rough maid who sprinkled and swept was busy quietly looking for the eldest prince.

Xia Chan frowned, with a hesitant and angry face, hurried back from outside, pushed the door, and faced Xia An's eyes, subconsciously twisted his expression, revealing a surprised but confused expression, Ying Ying bowed down: "Father......"

"You know you're not my daughter, I've found my biological daughter?"

Cheyenne opened her mouth flatly.

In an instant, the color suddenly changed, the pupils contracted, the whole body was crooked, anger and hatred flashed in the eyes, only for a moment, and then disappeared, Xia Cicada suddenly came back to his senses, and immediately made a shocked and inexplicable expression.

But it's too late.

Cheyenne closed her eyes, and the expression on her face had become serious: "You really know, you really want to kill her?" ”

In the past, Xia Cicada could make ghosts in front of the old fox. It's because the father doesn't suspect his daughter, it's the daughter who plays a little trick, and the father will only comfort her in his heart, thinking that she is smart and capable, but Xia Chan is still young after all, no matter how old she is, how can she really coax a family head who has been in charge of the family for many years?

This time, Xia Cicada was already frightened, uneasy, and suddenly frightened without any defense, and it was inevitable that flaws would be exposed.

Chen Wan couldn't believe it. I looked at her in a daze for a long time. He stood up sharply and slapped her hard in the face.

Xia Cicada staggered back, slammed into the table, and bit her lip. But he didn't retreat. Gritted teeth. Suddenly knelt on the ground and rubbed to Chen Wan's side, hugged her thighs hard, and cried: "Mother." This matter has spread in our Xia family, and Senior Brother has gone to find my sister, who doesn't know? I, I, and my daughter were shocked when they first found out, but how could it be said that their daughter was going to hurt her sister, her daughter only hated herself for taking up her father's mother, no matter how much she made up for her sister, she couldn't make it up! ”

Chen Wan was stunned, gritted her teeth, and remembered the image she had seen in the illusion just now, feeling real for a while, and a little suspicious for a while.

After all, it was someone else who didn't know how to get it, not to see it with her own eyes, but in front of her was her daughter who had been raised for many years.

But Chen Wan instinctively had a kind of diaphragm, Hongchen was the daughter she felt very indebted to in her heart, and watched a fake bully her, and said that she would kill her, and even ...... This time the matter of the spirit girl is also unusual, she tries not to think of Ah Chan so badly, deep in her heart, but there is an indelible hostility in her vigilance.

Compared with Chen Wan, Xia An, the patriarch, refuses to believe Xia Chan for half a point, although the means by which they see the image are mysterious, but the people inside are not fake, Xia Chan's voice and appearance, every move, as the head of the Xia family, he is not very clear, he is not like a simple princess, only Ah Chan is an innocent and flawless daughter, that girl's little thought, he can see it clearly.

Xia Chan knows her life experience, and she doesn't want to find a way to eliminate obstacles to be abnormal, she is such a woman with a temperament.

It's not a bad thing for your daughter to be ruthless, on the contrary, Xia An appreciates such careful thinking, it is a good thing to want to be prosperous and rich, it will make the other party work harder for the family, everyone has to be attached to the family, the family is prosperous, and the status of the person will naturally rise, that is, in the future, Xia Cicada will soar into the sky, and the Xia family can rely on the most, and the Xia family does not mind supporting a clansman who has the ability to ascend to a high position.

Xia An sighed: "Wisdom and wisdom must always be used in the right place, you are the daughter of my Xia family for many years, and it is time to share the worries of the Xia family, Qin Tian monitors and calculates the eight characters of the birthday, and selects the spirit girl to go to Yingchuan to worship the sky and ask for rain, and the measurement is your eight characters, as the daughter of the Xia family, under His Majesty's holy decree, you should obey it, you pack up and go as soon as possible." ”

As soon as he said this, Xia Chan was stunned, and only after a while did she raise her head suddenly, her face was shocked, her eyes were filled with anger, and she could barely maintain a gentle face, almost in a blink of an eye, she kowtowed violently, hit her head on the ground, her forehead was bloody, her voice trembled, and she said softly: "I can go instead of my sister, Ah Chan should obey her fate!" ”

There was sadness in the tone, a piercing despair.

Chen Wan opened her mouth and turned her head away from her, as a mother, even if she was very wary of Xia Chan at this time, but after all, she was a woman, women were emotional, this was a child who had been raised for many years, how could she be willing to let her die.

There was dead silence in the room.

Xia Chan clenched the corners of her clothes with both hands, and in addition to the great pain in her heart, fear and hatred were overflowing, and that feeling made her crazy.

Bang.

Xia Shijie rushed into the room, his face was snow-white, he grabbed Xia Chan's shoulder when he came in, he was stunned to hold her and get up, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his father, only stared at his feet: "Daddy, Ah Chan is not a spirit girl, there is Lord Zhao in charge of Qin Tianjian, and this time he is out in person, and the eight characters of his birthday look good, presumably it is Ah Chan's eight characters that are submitted, and what Lord Zhao sees in his eyes is also Xia Hongchen's eight characters." ”

Cheyenne narrowed her eyes and stared at the top of his head.

Xia Shijie took a breath and said calmly: "Your Majesty's holy decree has been issued, Hongchen's name is listed, Your Majesty can't be wrong, and it won't be wrong, the spirit girl chosen by God can only be Hongchen, my father is a loyal and upright person, how can he disobey the holy decree?" ”

"Moreover, my son just got the news, because of the weather, the envoy who was originally scheduled to leave in three days will start tonight, that is, Ah Chan wants Li Dai Taostiff and replace Xia Hongchen, and it is too late."

Xia Chan's face changed greatly, and she covered her face and cried bitterly.

Xia An didn't look at her posture, and her eyes fell on Xia Shijie.

Tonight's Xia Shijie is very different. The waist is straight, the eyes are calm and sharp, and the whole person exudes a huge momentum.

In the past, he was always a little weak in front of his father, and he had never been so aura, Xia An shook his head: "I didn't expect you to have the appearance of the heir of the Xia family today, bold and calm, leaving no room for things, and having a bit of a heroic posture." ”

It's just too cool.

Cheyenne to herself, the only sister-in-law. Always satisfied. Although he also has some problems in his temperament, his family has a strict upbringing, and the children he raises will not be bad, and he will spare no effort to cultivate his eldest son. Nature can grow smoothly. Those problems when I was young. When you grow up and mature, you can look back at it, it's just a joke.

His performance today showed his energy. found so many reasons in a short period of time to excuse Xia Chan, and even when he heard his words at first glance, he didn't panic, but came up with a set of reasonable arguments in an instant.

Xia An smiled: "When did you start calculating Qin Tianjian and calculating this time to ask for rain?" ”

In fact, it is not difficult to let Qin Cha leave three days in advance, but it is not easy to think of letting them go.

Xia Shijie lowered his head, didn't say a word, his face was slightly pale, and he had a beard on his chin, his mood was not calm, and a layer of fine sweat broke out in the palm of his hand holding Ah Chan.

"It won't be a long time, you were thinking about the imperial examination a while ago, so you shouldn't have noticed this." Xia An's gaze circled on his son, "Yes, you have always cared about Ah Chan, you must have noticed that Ah Chan made a small move, this time Yingchuan begged for rain, it was Xia Chan's handiwork?" Intent to remove the red dust openly? You noticed it, but you didn't stop it, and you may not be able to stop it, in this regard, your mind has always been delicate, maybe you found a loophole in this matter, and simply didn't do anything, and sent Xia Hongchen away as soon as possible. ”

Chen Wan looked at her husband in disbelief, then at her children, gasped, covered her chest, and looked at Xia Shijie in amazement: "Ajie, what your father said, but is it true?" ”

Before Xia Shijie could speak, Xia Chan suddenly raised his head, looked straight at Xia An, and said word by word: "Dad, how can you think of your daughter so much?" The daughter admitted that she knew the life experience of Sister Hongchen, and she was a little jealous and frightened, but her daughter was born in the Xia family and was taught for more than ten years. ”

She turned her head and looked at Xia Shijie, "Brother, do you miss my sister like this?" ”

Xia Shijie was stunned for a moment, his eyes flickered, and he also showed a little hesitation: "I, I'm just ......" He just overheard a few words of information, Ah Chan's people seemed to go to Qin Tianjian to walk around, and then this happened, he ......

Without waiting for him to think about it more, Xia Chan stood up straight, raised his head and revealed his snow-white neck, "My daughter doesn't want to say anything else, just say one thing, if this matter is really related to me, let my daughter never be born!" ”

Her words were so categorical that even Cheyenne was moved, and she doubted her thoughts a little.

Chen Wan sat down in the chair even more, but she breathed a sigh of relief, even if Ah Chan hated Hongchen, it was easier for her to accept than Ah Chan was a poisonous snake.

Xia Chan looked at the relatives in the room fixedly, and silently recited in his heart - he must not admit it, and he can't admit it when he dies, if he does, it will really be over!

She is gambling and betting that her means are strict enough, Xia Shijie is suspicious, and she will never catch the evidence, besides, she has not left any tangible handles.

"Father, mother, my daughter is a year-old friend with the master of caution, it is better to ask him to think of a way, accommodating, if the rain fails, it is better to replace my sister, I can't force my sister to die, if I can't do it, my daughter is willing to die."

Xia Cicada closed his eyes and said softly, this was said plainly, but it was extremely firm, Xia Shijie was suddenly moved, and his face changed.

Cheyenne stared at her, impressed - even he was almost completely deceived, if it weren't for the defenselessness she had at first and the look in her eyes that could not be disguised, Cheyenne felt that she would have believed her completely.

Whether she is sincere or fake, this woman will achieve great things.

Chen Wan was dizzy, Xia An didn't want to make things too complicated at night, in his heart, his wife was the most important, and finally glanced at Xia Shijie, and helped Chen Wan back to the room.

Along the way, Chen Wan's footsteps staggered: "Husband! ”

"Don't worry, no matter what Xia Chan thinks, she won't dare to deal with Hongchen at this time, we can keep her safe."

Cheyenne laughed. "This Ah Chan in our family is a smart person...... As for what to do, don't worry, take your time. ”

A little girl, no matter how simple it is, no matter how promising she will be in the future, she is just a little girl when she is trapped, can she still stir up any waves?

In the bedroom, the candles are dim.

Xia Chan looked at Xia Shijie blankly, his eyes resentful. It hurts a lot to see his whole heart. couldn't help but touch Ah Chan's delicate face: "Ah Chan." Don't be afraid, brother protects you! ”

Just like every time in the past ten years, my brother will protect you.

has been coaxing Ah Chan to lie on the bed and fall asleep, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes. Xia Shijie left the bedroom door with heavy steps.

As soon as he left. Xia Cicada sat up gently. With a cold face, he walked to the bronze mirror and looked at the figure inside. The eyebrows and eyes are very ordinary, ordinary, delicate and cute, and suddenly showed a trace of disgust, and with a force, he grabbed and bent the silver hairpin on the dressing table.

"I'm a smart person, naturally I won't make any small moves, I will be obedient, pray to God and Buddha at home, and pray for Xia Hongchen's safe return."

But because of this, if her life is not good, and she loses her life in some messy trouble, she can only admit it.

Xia Chan didn't want that woman to return to the capital alive, and she hoped that this woman who didn't play cards according to common sense would disappear as soon as possible than a little suspicion.

Thinking of tonight's meeting, Xia Chan couldn't help frowning.

What does Xia Hongchen know? Or is she just a coarse person who can't hold her breath!

It's not surprising that she is hostile, if her identity and status are robbed for more than ten years, I am afraid that she will be so angry that she will eat the other party alive.

But Xia Chan still thinks that the most rational thing to do is to be kind and pleasant, treat each other well, and wait until the other party is not so vigilant, and then cut the grass and root it out in one fell swoop.

If things don't go as she wants, that person really returns to the Xia family, she originally planned to do the same, but she didn't think about it, the hatred in her heart was even greater than she imagined, she didn't hold back, and she still didn't practice enough.

After cleaning up the broken jewelry on the table, Xia Chan closed her clothes and lay down, and didn't care about the life or death of her cronies, and turned over - be careful, be careful, the patriarch really deserves to be the patriarch, she behaved so well, she still let him see the clues, but what did she do wrong?

Or is it a sign in everyday life?

Xia Chan closed her eyes and couldn't fall asleep for a long time, crumbling what happened recently, thinking a little bit, which step was wrong?

Maybe, she pretended not to know about Hongchen and pretended to be too much, maybe, the little girl next to her saw the problem?

"It's time to clean up your side."

It should have been a stormy wave, but it didn't set off in this good summer house, at least on the surface, it was still calm and waveless.

As soon as she left the capital, Xia Hongchen leaned against the window in the carriage and looked out, her expression was leisurely, even if she knew the reaction of the Xia family, she didn't feel that she moved her eyebrows.

Xia Chan didn't accept his fate so easily.

As for the patriarch of Xia An, her father's temperament, Hongchen also knows a little bit, calm and rational to the point of rigidity, and later even tried to use the method of raising Gu to educate the children of the Xia family, his temperament is not vicious, but he will never make a big fight for a daughter who has never even met a few times.

Hongchen smiled, a little proud.

Look, she can also figure out that person's temperament now, how difficult is it? That person has always been moody, and he is simply learning the emperor's methods of fooling the ministers to govern this family, and it is not easy to get a little touch of his character.

Thinking about it, she smiled slyly again, today is about that Xia Cicada to lose sleep for three or five nights, and she has to work hard to figure it out, maybe the cronies around her will also have to be changed.

Hongchen could even guess that she must have felt very strange, strange that the smart woman praised by the teacher could attract many young talents, and she also set off a storm, why couldn't she bear her temperament and took the initiative to provoke her, isn't that stupid? Ming Huanghuang's hostility was, in her opinion, unwise.

But since it is already clear that no matter what kind of performance she performs, Xia Chan will not despise her, and she will not have the slightest good impression of her, her own existence is the biggest obstacle to that person, and it must be eradicated as soon as possible, so why bother with a mere Xia Chan, what should be done.

Hongchen changed his posture and continued to leisurely look at the night scene outside. She has never been out at night, the lights and moonlight mountains and wild saffron, these things converge together, and it actually makes her feel a good sense of breathing.

"Miss, are you thirsty? Give you some water. ”

The little eunuch who was waiting in the carriage brought a bamboo tube.

Hongchen smiled and thanked him. I took it very casually and took a sip.

This time, the Qin Cha is Lord Xu, who used to be a Taifu, Lord Xu is upright, and he is mainly for disaster relief, and he is very dissatisfied with the fact that the imperial court let the spirit girl and the spirit child go to ask for rain, but these stereotypes are handed down by the ancestors, and he can't do anything, but he takes great care of the three of them along the way. Give them preferential treatment as much as possible in terms of diet and daily life.

Pity. In addition to Hongchen, the other two were extremely frightened, like mourning examiners, and cowered in the car. That's definitely not going to see any preferential treatment.

The little eunuch looked out. frowned: "I don't know how Qin Tianjian calculated." Let's go out in the evening and see where we can find accommodation now, and the road at night is not easy to walk. It's definitely going to be a rough night. ”

As he was talking, there was a smoke bonfire in front of him.

Not long after, the spies sent out by Lord Xu came back to report that there was a village ahead, and the scale was still very large.

The convoy stopped for a while, and news came from the front that they were going to camp in the village and stay overnight. However, Lord Xu had an order not to disturb the people, and all the entourage set up camps outside to live.

Don't look at this Taifu as a civilian official, but he also participated in the war with the army back then, and he has experienced the battlefield seriously, and he once sighed, but it is a pity that he is a scholar, he can't lead the troops to fight, he can't bring out the order to prohibit, and he has no crime against the people.

It's a pity that the order went down, and a group of officers and soldiers who escorted the supplies sighed one by one, and they couldn't understand the romance of Mrs. Xu at all.

The little eunuch was very happy: "The adult explained, the young lady is the road, you can get out of the car and walk around, just don't go far, the road is difficult to walk at night, this place is remote, I am afraid that there are thieves who want to do wrong." ”

Hongchen smiled: "It's okay, I've calculated, tonight is safe." ”

As soon as she said this, the little eunuch was immediately happy.

"No, our family almost forgot, Miss is a spirit girl, and she has a lot of ability!" As soon as he spoke, he was suddenly a little embarrassed, coughed and hurriedly got out of the car, opened the car door, and helped Hongchen down, but he closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking nonsense.

What to say about the spirit girl!

The one in the car in front of him was about to go crazy when he heard the word spirit girl!

Hongchen just smiled, didn't mind, and sure enough, he got out of the car and walked around the village, don't look at it at night, the ordinary villagers, it is said that the sunrise and sunset should rest, but this village is very different.

Many of them still have their lights on.

And the gate is not closed, there are some prosperous scenes that do not close the door at night, and there are villagers sitting under the tree chatting, although the dress is the dress of the villagers, looking at the temperament of the people, but quite good.

What is even more strange is that these people are not afraid of officers and soldiers.

Mrs. Xu was born in a family, and he hadn't seen the small people of Shengdou, maybe he didn't care, so he didn't notice that Hongchen was mixed in the countryside in his early years, and the people were most afraid of passing the army.

In this disaster relief, a large number of materials are still to come, and they have been sent out one after another, even so, there are more than 100 officers and soldiers accompanying them, how can the villagers of such a small village see it?

At first, she was worried that she had met some thief, but after a closer look, she didn't look like a bad person.

Hongchen glanced at it, turned his head to the little eunuch who was waiting beside her, and said, "I'm really a little hungry, why don't you go to the nearby people to buy some food?" ”

The little eunuch was also greedy, smiled hehe, and nodded again and again.

They brought dry food, hard food, and scratched their throats, if they had a mouthful of hot food at this time, they would be comfortable to eat.

Hongchen picked the most decent family and walked over, and as soon as she took a step, she found that the two croppers squatting under the tree glanced at her, and when they saw that it was a girl, they lowered their heads and went to play chess, and they didn't pay much attention.

As soon as I knocked on the door, an old lady with gray hair came out of it, old and long-looking, with a kind face, I heard Hongchen say that she wanted to buy some food, and said with a smile: "What a handsome girl, what to buy, the country people don't have anything on the table, and a mouthful of hot rice can afford to serve distinguished guests, come in, how about I give you two bowls of noodles?" The bolognese sauce I make is one of the best in the region. ”

Quite good indeed.

Hongchen's eyes lit up when he ate it, in such a small place, he could eat such an authentic sauce, and the taste was even better than that in a big restaurant.

The old lady was enthusiastic again, Hongchen took two bites, squinted her eyes with enjoyment, thought about it, and suddenly smiled: "Auntie, have your son and daughter-in-law been a little unstable recently?" (To be continued......)