Xiao Luomei glanced at Mama Wu beside her without a trace, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Mama Wu's eyes rolled, and then she realized, and hurriedly put down the green jade tea pot in her hand and bowed down and said: "Miss, the lady who is in charge of the village just now replied that she has drained a few baskets of water chestnuts according to your explanation, and that thing is the most unbearable in the sun." The slave maid thought, why don't you go down this time, pick some good ones and send them to the master? ”

Xiao Luomei nodded and instructed: "Father-in-law likes to eat fresh water chestnuts the most, you remember to pick the purple-black and smooth skin surface, which is the most sweet and crisp." Send it as soon as possible, and take advantage of the freshness, and my father-in-law may be able to eat a few more. ”

Seeing that Mama Wu only responded, she retreated. Qin Nanxi turned her head and raised her lips and praised: "Sister-in-law is really a glass-hearted jade person, and she can even pay attention to such trivial things." I knew since I was a child that my father liked to eat water chestnuts, but I never knew what kind of thing to be delicious, or my sister-in-law's intentions. ”

Xiao Luomei smiled humbly, picked up the thin silk fan at hand, and said quietly while slowly shaking the fan to dispel the heat: "Since I entered the door of the Qin family, my father-in-law treats me like my sister, and now my father-in-law is sick, no matter how hard I try, I can't repay my father-in-law's kindness." I just hope that with the blessing of the Bodhisattva, my father-in-law's illness will get better as soon as possible. ”

When Qin Nanxi heard this, he didn't realize a fine pain in his heart. These days, although there are countless medicines, but Daddy's illness is still heavy, if Daddy is really this is something she has never dared to imagine. In the end, it is blood and family affection, the kind of pain that goes to the bone and marrow, just like Xiao Luomei in front of him. Qin Nanxi hated her, if it weren't for her, Situ Yi would not have been imprisoned, but it was difficult to hate her from the bottom of her heart, after all, she was the sister-in-law who had always loved herself and honored her father

Closing his eyes, he tried his best to drive away the contradictions surging in his heart, Qin Nanxi stared at Xiao Luomei carefully, and said slowly: "Sister-in-law, Nanxi recently read a story and thought it was very interesting, but she couldn't figure out the subtlety of it. ”

Xiao Luomei stopped the fan in her hand, tilted her chin slightly to meet Qin Nanxi, and her eyes were full of smiles.

"When you see a cicada, you can get the beautiful shade and forget its body, and the praying mantis will fight with it, and you can see it and forget its shape; The magpie thus benefited, and forgot the truth when he saw the benefit. Qin Nanxi recited faintly, her eyes as deep as the night sky stared at Xiao Luomei's delicate eyebrows, refusing to let go of any trace of information.

Xiao Luomei listened, raised her glass and took a sip of tea, and said unhurriedly: "This is the time for the praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow finches." This is a lot of things, and it's very plain, why is my sister puzzled? ”

"On paper, I finally feel shallow, and I will see the truth by doing this. Sister-in-law said yes? Qin Nanxi did not give in and was aggressive. She knew that Xiao Luomei had made tea for her early this morning, and she must have guessed that she had found the secret passage, and she had also guessed the origin and purpose of the secret passage. She invited her to come, and she must have something to say.

"Alas, you two brothers and sisters are really alike." Xiao Luomei seemed very helpless, and shook her head with a smile.

"What do you say, sister-in-law?" Qin Nanxi raised his chin slightly and provoked. The trace of tenderness and affection that she had just evoked in her heart was strangled by Xiao Luomei's emptiness and grievances.

"Whether it's a cicada, a praying mantis, or that Rausch yellow finch, it's all for these two sentences - 'move for profit, act at the right time'. My sister said but? Xiao Luomei raised her eyebrows and smiled, without waiting for Qin Nanxi to answer, and continued: "Partial to your brother, heh, I just see you now, I just don't understand the direction of this 'benefit' and the rarity of 'time', and stubbornly insist on the so-called morality in my heart." Don't you know that the great virtue of heaven lies in taking advantage of the trend. Take advantage of the trend and plan for the future, why bother to show the courage of the moment and sacrifice yourself in vain? ”

"Go with the flow? What is the trend? For what? Please also ask your sister-in-law to make it clear. Qin Nanxi bent the corners of her lips slightly, and condensed Xiao Luomei coldly.

Xiao Luomei only shook her head and stopped answering, only carrying a pot to add tea for Qin Nanxi.

The tea mist was thick, Xiao Luomei's eyebrows and eyes were faintly blurred, and Qin Nanxi stared at her hazy and more coquettish face, only feeling alienated and unfamiliar. She never knew that her gentle water-like sister-in-law could coldly say things like "adapt to the situation". If these words have always been her principle of life, then if the Qin family falls one day, how will she treat her husband's family who is unrequited for her kindness?

Raising her stiff hand and wiping the fine beads of sweat on the tip of her nose, Qin Nanxi restrained her troubled thoughts, and understood that Xiao Luomei would never talk to her anymore, she was waiting for Qin Nanxi to understand or ask herself. As soon as she thought of this, Qin Nanxi simply stopped detouring with her: "Sister-in-law just said that my brother likes Taihu Stone as much as King Changping, but Nanxi has never heard of this!" ”

"What is even more surprising to my sister should be that your brother is secretly dating the prince of Changping County, right?" Xiao Luomei put down the teacup, picked up the fan and shook it slowly. There was a faint hint of disappointment in her eyes, but it turned into a friendly smile in an instant. She thought that Qin Nanxi would stop at the point, realize it herself, and then act smartly, but she didn't expect that she still had to break the casserole and ask to the end.

Qin Nanxi was silent and nodded in acknowledgement.

Xiao Luomei sighed invisibly, and simply said: "If my sister can ask this, she must have guessed ** and not far from ten." It's not interesting for me to hide it. Your brother is indeed very close to the king of Changping County. It's just that King Changping has always been indifferent, and your brother is in an important position, and he is the only son of Lord Shang Shuling, so the two of them are more cautious. It's not that there's anything unsavory about what they're talking about, it's just that they don't want to give people a handle. ”

"Oh?"

Xiao Luomei met Qin Nanxi's inquiring and suspicious eyes, and said with a deep smile: "As for the praying mantis, yellow finches and the like that my sister said, in fact, in the final analysis, it is just a matter of taking advantage of the trend. At the beginning, the prince also persuaded your brother for a long time, and he reluctantly accepted it! Xiao Luomei pursed her lips and was silent for a moment, and then softly continued: "Your brother is in the court, and he also has a lot of suffering, he has no brothers and friends to help him, and his father-in-law is sick again." If your brother doesn't plan for our family, in such a big event, will he watch our family become sacrifices? And I'm just a woman, and in the end, I'm just a husband. ”

Qin Nanxi listened silently, her face was silent, but her mind was secretly flying. On the surface, Xiao Luomei sincerely and frankly told the so-called truth, but in fact, she was just saying that the couple had to do it as a last resort, she pushed everything on the king of Changping County, and put her brother and herself in a helpless and forced position.

If King Changping succeeds and Situ Yi is saved safely, they are not only first-class heroes of King Changping, but also people who endured humiliation and tried their best to protect Situ Yi! In the future, Situ Yi will inevitably be the uncle of the country, and he and Situ Yi will get married, they are their brother and sister-in-law, and they are Situ Yi's benefactors, so who else can overshadow them in this world? If the king of Changping fails, his brother is still the king of Changning County who has a trick and won Situ Yi's hero in one fell swoop, and his brother is the only son of his father, and he is the son of Jiangnan Shizi and the Wenchen of the Manchu Dynasty who tries his best to protect people, even if he does something like helping the king of Changning to kill his father and force the palace to humiliate the lintel of the Qin family, but it is also for the Qin family's big and small plan, they are a last resort, and they can easily maintain their reputation, and they will still be able to reach the official career in the future. With such an ingenious position that can be attacked, retreated, and defended, I really don't know how long they have been planning!

Qin Nanxi guessed these dark things in the shadows in her heart, and her eyes searched carefully between Xiao Luomei's calm and beautiful eyebrows. She once thought that her sister-in-law was a simple and beautiful boudoir girl. Only now, I slowly saw that under Xiao Luomei's pure and beautiful face, she has a vigorous ambition! In the end, she was unwilling to accept the grievances she had received in her mother's family. As for his brother, Qin Nanxi knows him, and with his brother's stubbornness, it is impossible for either the king of Changping County or Xiao Luomei to manipulate him or persuade him. And they can only work together if they hit it off with each other.

With a long sigh, Qin Nanxi's original confidence in her heart was extinguished again, and she finally understood that between herself and her brother and sister-in-law, there is only half of a temporary common goal! She can imagine that at the most critical time a few days later, her brother and sister-in-law will move at any time, and they may turn against each other at any time, putting Situ Yi to death, although the "Yellow Sparrow" behind the king of Changning County is the king of Changping County, but because the brother and sister-in-law are in it, everything has become confusing.

cooled her heart, and Qin Nanxi also realized that her sister-in-law's words today were explaining her brother's actions, and she was also persuading her to understand current affairs. Persuade her to follow the trend like them and move in response to the times! If she is obedient, she will naturally be their good sister and a good chess piece. But what if she doesn't listen? Qin Nanxi suddenly felt that there was a faint murderous aura flickering in Xiao Luomei's distant and elegant eyebrows.

Finally knew the truth of the situation, Qin Nanxi couldn't be as optimistic as her father, she knew that the road in front of her was gradually bloody, but if she wanted to give up Situ Yi, she couldn't do it