==Chapter 93==

Xiao Ru didn't know that her fate had already been decided, and she was still struggling in the ancestral hall at this time.

It is said to be an ancestral hall, but it is a small Buddha hall next to the ancestral hall, which is used by the female dependents of the house to burn incense and worship the Buddha on weekdays. It was very empty, except for the Buddha statues and incense sticks, there were only a few grass futons.

Since the old lady has spoken, the people below naturally don't dare to ignore it, saying that they have knelt in the ancestral hall for three days and thought about it, which is three days, of course, these three days are only for Xiao Qiniang and Xiao Ru.

As for Xiao Liuniang, there is a mother like the county lord of Chaoxia, and the subordinates who are supervising below can only turn a blind eye. Xiao Qiniang and Xiao Ru knelt in front of the Buddha statue, while Xiao Liuniang was sitting in the next room copying women's rings, although they were not comfortable and could not go out, but in general they were much better than Xiao Qi Niang.

Xiao Qiniang and the others were full of indignation, especially with Xiao Liuniang's stark contrast, and their own situation was even more unbearable.

Xiao Qiniang now feels like she is going crazy, hating Xiao Jiuniang, hating Xiao Liuniang, and hating Cui's even more. As the housekeeper and mother of the Xiao family, if Cui had a little pity, she would not kneel here. is such a thoughtful mother-in-law, who forgets that she still has a daughter who is still suffering.

She didn't know that Cui's just didn't hate her to death, Cui's was born in Qinghe Cui's, she thought she was from everyone's background, and she had always been quite proud of teaching her daughter, but she didn't expect to teach Xiao Qiniang such a mouse. Because not only did she lose face, but she also complained to the Duchess of Anguo, if she could strangle Xiao Qiniang to death, she would have strangled her to death, how could she come to save her.

As for Xiao Ru, she is much calmer than Xiao Qiniang, after all, in the past few years, she has been begging for a living under the hands of the county lord of Chaoxia and Xiao Liuniang, but she has suffered a lot. It's just kneeling in the ancestral hall, although it is very uncomfortable, but it is not unbearable.

Xiao Ru glanced at Xiao Qiniang, who had a distorted face next to her, wiped the cold sweat on her forehead, and closed her eyes.

Duchess An Guo has always been measured, even if she punishes the female relatives in the house, she rarely acts ruthlessly. It is said that he has thought about kneeling in the ancestral hall, and it is not that he has been kneeling all day, in addition to three meals a day, he can also rest after dark. Of course, the so-called rest is not to let you leave, but not to kneel, but to copy the female ring instead. Let you suffer a lot, but you won't hurt your body, after all, these are the ladies in the house.

It was dark outside, and after eating a meal of gruel with steamed buns, a servant woman led Xiao Qiniang and the two to a room next to them. Xiao Liuniang was also there, but compared to Xiao Qiniang, who knelt for a day and walked tremblingly, she was much more comfortable sitting on the seat at this time.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, a large bunk, three thin bedding, under the window is a long desk, and there are a few cushions in front of the desk that can be sitting. The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone have been placed on the table, and the yellow light slowly emits a warm light, and it is not yet March at this time, and the weather is still a little cold at night. But this place is better than the Buddha hall just now, but I don't know how much better, after all, they can finally sit down and don't have to continue kneeling.

Xiao Qiniang glared at Xiao Liuniang with hidden resentment, and went to sit down in front of the desk. Xiao Ru kept his cheeks half-hanging and went to the remaining position without saying a word.

The door was closed from the outside, and there was silence in the room.

"Seventh sister, are you okay? The eldest aunt is really, she doesn't know that she feels sorry for her daughter, so she lets you suffer so much! Xiao Liuniang saw that Xiao Qiniang was so wolf, and she was uneven and humiliated, and there was a sense of superiority in it.

Human nature has always been like this, everyone is in the same situation, I am full, you are still hungry, and a sense of superiority arises spontaneously.

In the past, there was nothing wrong with Xiao Liuniang's statement, but Xiao Qiniang knelt for a day and came back, facing her who had been sitting here safely for a day, how could she not be resentful in her heart. It's just that Xiao Qiniang's scheming is deeper than Xiao Liuniang's after all, but she secretly gritted her silver teeth and didn't speak.

"That damn Xiao Jiuniang, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't be locked up here and suffer!" Xiao Liuniang said again.

The so-called anger is like this, Xiao Qiniang is angry at Xiao Liuniang, who has someone to support her, and Xiao Liuniang is naturally angry at Xiao Jiuniang, who has fallen to this, especially when she lost so much face in public.

"Okay, let's hurry up and copy the women's ring, if you can't finish copying it within three days, you still can't go out." Xiao Ru whispered.

Hearing this, Xiao Liuniang's willow eyebrows immediately erected, "Let you say?" Don't I know this shallow truth? ”

Xiao Ru happened to be sitting next to her, she pinched her hand, Xiao Ru was in pain, and a little tear escaped from the corner of her eye, but she didn't dare to squeak.

Xiao Qiniang pulled Xiao Ru to her side and persuaded: "Okay, sixth sister, you too, why don't you make Xiao Ru angry, she is right." ”

In the past, when I saw Xiao Liuniang taking Xiao Ru out of anger, Xiao Qiniang would never open her mouth to help speak, and when she saw it, she didn't think she saw it, and today she didn't know which tendon was twitched, so she actually helped Xiao Ru speak.

A flash of surprise flashed in Xiao Ru's eyes, and she lowered her eyes to hide the love in her eyes.

"If it weren't for the stupid way she thought, we would have fallen to this point, and I should be angry with her!"

Xiao Liuniang pinched Xiao Ru several times in a row, only to pinch her and sobbed quietly.

The so-called sin of wanting to add no excuse is unexcused, and that's what it says. said that it was Xiao Ru's idea to destroy Jiuniang's reputation this time, and she was really wronged, if you get to the bottom of it, Xiao Qiniang is the culprit. After all, she instigated and fanned the flames from behind, and Xiao Ru was just forced by Xiao Liuniang's oppression to interject a few words.

But Xiao Liuniang is stupid and stupid, so she naturally can't see through these clues, especially since she has always loved to anger Xiao Ru, so Xiao Ru, who has no status, has become a substitute for the dead.

"Okay, okay, hurry up and copy it, rest early after copying, there will be another day tomorrow." Xiao Qiniang diverted the topic, and after placing the rice paper on the desk, she looked at Xiao Ru who was wiping her tears on the side, and said, "Xiao Ru, let's change positions, the light here is a little dim." ”

In fact, how can the light be dim, a copper lamp is placed on the left and right sides of the long case, Xiao Liuniang sits in the innermost position, Xiao Qiniang doesn't want to sit with Xiao Liuniang, so she deliberately chose a side position, and Xiao Ru sat in the middle position.

This time she used the excuse that the lights were dim to change the position, it was obvious that Xiao Qiniang was afraid that Xiao Liuniang would be angry with Xiao Ru again, and wanted to separate the two.

Except for other things, Xiao Qiniang can indeed be called empathetic, and she treats Xiao Ru very gently in front of her on weekdays, and she is never condescending. Of course, it was also said that it was superficial, Xiao Ru understood what Xiao Qiniang meant, but she just wanted to win her gratitude and win her over.

But is it possible? After all, no one knows the true face of Xiao Qi Niang better than Xiao Ru.

……

Xiao Qiniang in the previous life is still the Xiao Qiniang in front of her.

Different from this life, in the previous life, she was in an excellent situation, with outstanding appearance, beautiful and dusty, gentle and demure personality, and she was an authentic noble daughter of the family in front of the elders and outsiders. Although she is not as good as Xiao Sanniang, she is much more outstanding than the other daughters of the Xiao family, at least compared to the other daughters of the Xiao family, she has always been a worthy of admiration.

Mrs. Cui's family was born in Qinghe Cui's family, and she has a bit of everyone's demeanor. Unlike the intrigues of other mothers and concubines, the concubines and concubines of the big house are all managed by her. On the surface, he is fair, and the few concubines in the big house are also very good, and Cui's knows very well that although his daughter is not his own, he is under her name, and if he is out of interest in the future, she will also benefit.

Especially Xiao Qi Niang is also worthy of her other eyes, she is good at everything, her wonderful pen is admirable, and she has a good appearance, and she has always been the darling of the elders.

Only so many people understand what Xiao Qi Niang is doing inside.

After doing the drama for a long time, it is inevitable that the fox tail will be exposed, as long as the family is close to her, the end will not be good. Whatever happened, it was done by others, but Xiao Qiniang has always been detached.

It would be fine if she was really transcendent, but there are many such cases, and who is not a fool.

Xiao Jiuniang said that this person is not a good person, and asked her to stay away from her.

Xiao Siniang listened honestly.

She knows that this sibling sister has always been confident, and she is not a person without a purpose, since she says so, she naturally has a reason. Although Xiao Siniang occasionally resents why the two of them have the same face, Xiao Jiuniang is much more top-notch than her, but she can still understand good words.

It's just inevitable to pay attention to each other, and sure enough, I found some clues.

However, the two have nothing to do with each other after all, and she and Xiao Jiuniang have always stayed away from this person, so the two sides have always been well water and do not interfere with river water.

It wasn't until the sisters of the same age reached the age of getting married, and various means were frequently used for marriage, causing a lot of trouble, and Xiao Qiniang's hypocritical face was gradually revealed.

However, this person hid it deep enough to catch others off guard, got a good family business, and left the Xiao family through the gritting of teeth among the sisters.

After that, goodbye is also a glory, as for what is behind the glory, no one pays attention to it.

……

The night is already very deep.

When the hour came, the servant women who guarded them came to put out the lights and told a few people to rest, and before going to bed, Xiao Liuniang made another fuss.

It's nothing more than that the bed is not soft enough and the quilt is not thick enough.

No, the servant woman who guarded a few people could only bring her two more beddings, but the others were gone.

Xiao Ru lay down far away from Xiao Liuniang, obviously tired, but couldn't sleep.

When he came back to life, it was the most difficult moment in Xiao Ru's two lives, even if he was on the verge of death in his previous life, he didn't feel so sad. After all, at that time, I already knew that I was going to die, in addition to despair, fear and pain, I was still desperate, fearful and painful, and then in the despair, fear and pain, I slowly closed my eyes.

And when she came back to work, it was she who made a mistake and was sent back to the hospital alone.

What about Xiao Jiuniang?

It's not that Xiao Ru hasn't stayed in the Lingyuan, why did he stay for more than ten years in his previous life before leaving. But in the past ten years, her life in the courtyard has always been safe, after all, there is Xiao Jiuniang in front of her to protect her.

The big girl wants to protect the little girl, this is Xiao Ru's cognition since childhood. After all, as siblings, they are obviously born in one child, but one is healthy, the other is frail, one can dance alive and can even dance with A-Niang, and the other can only stay in the hospital bed honestly, dancing with decoction all day long.

Many, many times, Xiao Nan is envious of Da Nan, envious to jealousy, why is she better than her when the two of them have the same face?

This kind of thought often rolls in her mind, but it always quietly settles down, because Xiao Nan found that this is actually not bad, she can hide behind Xiao Jiuniang safely, and let her protect her for the rest of her life.

On that day, Xiao Nan was sent back to the Lingyuan because of the framing of Xiao Xue and Xiao Rong, and the whole Lingyuan was a sensation.

The two sisters who thought they would not be able to turn over in their lives, one became a high-ranking master, but the other was driven back, and they are still the daughters of lowly slaves.

In fact, many people in the Lingyuan are not surprised by this incident, compared to the big one, this small one is much worse. Most of the people who can survive in this environment in Lingyuan are clear-eyed people, how can they not see the strange way of getting along with the two sisters. is obviously a mother's sibling, one risked his life to survive, but the other always hid behind his mother and sister and pretended to be weak.

Many people sighed that Yueji was really, and she raised a child like that, but who called Xiao Nan frail since she was a child? When she was a child, she almost couldn't survive, but it was Yueji who held her in the palm of her hand and took care of her little by little. And Yueji is also bitter, after worrying about the younger daughter, she has to worry about the eldest daughter, it is difficult to survive in the courtyard, there are so many difficulties in the open and secret, dragging her two daughters, and providing medicine for a sick seedling, she is not easy.

For Xiao Nan's expulsion back, there is sympathy in the courtyard, but more is indifference. It is not easy for everyone to live, who is more miserable than whom, and the reason why Xiao Nan was expelled is gradually known to many people, it is actually a sister who secretly harms the same clan, and she deserves to be reduced to this.

As I said earlier, Jiu Niang made many enemies in the courtyard, and she was angry with Xiao Nan earlier, so she naturally spared no effort to beat the water dog. And this qiē is not over, the ghost of Jingyuan will harm the foolish and stupid of Xiao Han, a concubine in the fourth room, maybe for others, Xiao Han and his mother are not to be afraid, but for the people in Lingyuan, the other party just raises his hand, which is enough to rectify the 'enemy' to the point that life is better than death.

Xiao Han's mother is Shilangjun's favorite maid, and she can fight in such a chaotic environment as the fourth room, and she got her daughter into the list of candidates, which is naturally not good. She originally pointed to her daughter to get ahead once, but in the end, she came back with a daughter who was scared and stupid. In addition to being distressed, anger is naturally going to attract people to vent their hatred, and the object of their hatred is the 'culprit'.

After that, in the Lingyuan, Xiao Nan had a very hard time.

Someone deliberately pointed out that she wanted to embarrass her, who dared to speak out to help, especially an abandoned son who knew that he would not turn over.

There is no longer white rice for Xiao Nan in the courtyard, so she goes to the big kitchen to help with chores in exchange for daily food and clothing. Burning the fire, washing the vegetables and washing the dishes, all the hard chores were piled on her head, and she did not have enough to eat every day, and she was subjected to endless abuse and even occasional beatings. Fortunately, Xiao Nan is only weak now, and her body has almost been raised for so many years, otherwise I am afraid that she would have been tossed and died.

Xiao Ru came back from life and faced such a situation.

She almost wanted to die again, but unfortunately she was reluctant.

She has thought of many ways, but she can't do it, she has even thought about escaping, but what kind of place is the Lingyuan, there are inevitably people who want to escape on weekdays, and they are naturally very strictly guarded. And Xiao Ru doesn't know where to go, after all, she is not a ten-year-old girl, but Xiao Shi Niang, who has been relived for a lifetime, and she understands very well what the outside world means to an immature girl.

It's different, all the qiē are different, where is the business trip?

Xiao Ru even imagined that Xiao Jiuniang would come back to save her, after all, aren't the two sisters, even if she made her angry, but she didn't make her angry in her previous life, she also forgave her, this time she should also forgive her, right?!

But this affirmation slowly turned into uncertainty.

What went wrong?

Xiao Ru endured hard, looking forward to it day by day, and disappointed day by day. Later, she finally recognized the reality, Xiao Jiuniang didn't want her as a sister, she could only save herself.

But how can she save herself?

In his previous life, it seemed that all the wind and rain could not come to him, even if there were occasional waves, they were all solved by Xiao Jiuniang.

Xiao Ru has been safe for too long, she has hardly encountered any difficult situation, the open knives and hidden guns of the Xiao family have been blocked by Xiao Jiuniang, everyone who was sisters in the previous life is competing for marriage, Xiao Jiuniang has already helped her plan in advance. After getting married, it was also a period of stable life, but when her husband died, her husband's family had a lot of opinions about her, and secretly said that she was a husband, but on the surface, it was because Xiao Jiuniang didn't dare to make things difficult for her. After that, the days of widowhood were really difficult, so Jiuniang took her to the Wang family.

Even if she killed her sister with her own hands in the end, it was not her own ability at all. It's just the same face, but the Wang family has long been angry with Jiu Niang, but she took advantage of the weakness to hook up with Wang Shilang under Jiu Niang's nose, and then took advantage of many of the contradictions......

This is Xiao Ru's cognition before she died in her previous life, if she was replaced before she died, she would never think that she was inferior to Xiao Jiuniang. But she died once, and she had to admit this qiē.

"Have you ever heard a saying, beating a dog...... It also depends on the owner...... ......"

This sentence of Xiao Jiuniang's dying words has always made Xiao Ru frightened.

Then the dog owner came, and it was dark.

……

The man was right.

“…… What are you? You're just a rat hiding behind her......"

……

Xiao Ru thought about it for a long, long time, if she wanted to leave the Lingyuan, the only way was to seek skin with the tiger.

Xiao Jiuniang's nemesis, Lord Chaoxia, hated her to the core, and she could only leave here by taking advantage of this.

Alive, this is Xiao Ru's only thought when he left the courtyard.

So she complied with her mother's tactics of the county lord of Chaoxia, her mother wanted to harm Xiao Jiuniang, so she went to be a gunman, and she did what her mother asked her to do, only in this way could she get back to a stable place. Even every day, she lives in the beating and scolding between the county lord of Chaoxia and Xiao Liuniang.

She pretended to be sad and very pitiful, wanting Daddy to feel that Xiao Jiuniang had no sisterly affection. It's a pity that this method is too poor, how can she deal with Xiao Jiuniang, who almost swept the entire Xiao family's house in her previous life?

In fact, while showing weakness, Xiao Ru also wanted Xiao Jiuniang to forgive herself. If she could have the protection of this sister, she would be able to get rid of the pair of evil ghost mother and daughter, but Xiao Jiuniang ignored her as if she had changed people.

Xiao Jiuniang, you are so ruthless!

Did you really treat Xiao Nan sincerely in your last life? I'm afraid not, you're just showing off your skills, but you have a pet that makes you pay extra compassion, after all, you are so lonely, you don't even have a family or friend around you except those handmaidens...... You want obedience, and you want absolute superiority. Look, the half-sister is just a quarrel, and you regard your own sister as an outcast......

Even if he was angry in his heart, Xiao Ru didn't dare to show it.

After experiencing a qiē in her previous life, she had a fear of Xiao Jiuniang buried in her bones, and she was even more afraid of the person behind her.

In this life, the two of them were really entangled together, different from the previous life, in this life, that person even supported him.

She can't afford to mess with that person, she doesn't want to die!

Every time she thought of what happened to her before she died in her previous life, Xiao Ru shuddered.

*

After staying in the ancestral hall for another day, Xiao Liuniang and the three were released.

As soon as they returned to Chongyue Pavilion, Xiao Liuniang and Xiao Ru were called over by the county lord of Chaoxia.

The county lord of Chaoxia sat high on the first tooth bed, looking pleasant, and the hand dyed red Dankou picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and put it back on the table.

She was dressed in a gold and silver Luanniao cardigan, a gold embroidered peony gauze skirt, black hair in a high bun, and her hair was full of pearls, and she was luxurious and noble.

"Auntie, you must avenge your daughter." Xiao Liuniang leaned beside her and said.

The county lord of Chaoxia glanced at her and patted her hand soothingly: "Okay, for my mother to know." Now that this is released in advance, the mess on the side of the Guozijian must be cleaned up, and when the wind fades after the cleanup, A-Niang can't spare her! ”

After speaking, she looked at Xiao Ru who was kneeling below, "What I just said, do you remember it?" Tomorrow I went to Guozijian, you cooperated with Liuniang and Qiniang of the big house to partner to round things up for me, if things don't work well, you don't have to stay in Chongyue Pavilion, go back to your courtyard. ”

The county lord of Chaoxia looked at his freshly dyed nails as he spoke, and disdained Xiao Ru.

She really dismisses it, compared to the same face that makes her hate to the bone, this little slut in front of her is just an ant in her hand, she lets her live and die.

Thinking like this, the phoenix who picked up a little more disgust in his eyes, "Don't get out of here." ”

Xiao Ru, who was lying on the ground, clenched his fists tightly, obviously full of indignation, but he didn't dare to speak and couldn't speak.

Outcast! Blame!

She is now full of these two words, but she can also imagine that compared with Xiao Liuniang and Xiao Qiniang, she is just an unjustified 'companion', and she naturally chooses her with a black pot!

Xiao Ru slowly got up from the ground, bowed his body and hung his head and retreated.

The unconcealed words of the mother and daughter of the lord of Chaoxia County are still ringing in their ears-

"A-Niang, you are so amazing, you can think of such a method. My daughter has been in the Buddha hall for the past few days, and she is still thinking about it......"

“…… You are A-Niang's daughter, how can you carry this black cauldron...... I raised her for use, so let this pair of little sluts with the same mother fight each other......"