Chapter 1: The Past Is Like a Dream
When the first snow arrived, the sky and the earth were dyed white, and the already cold winter became colder and colder because of the snow.
A woman in her early twenties, combed her unmarried hairstyle, kneeling on the ground with a dignified demeanor, with a gentle smile on her face, her slender body was very straight, but her legs were trembling slightly after kneeling for a long time.
In front of her, a woman in her forties, this woman and the woman looked quite imaginative, dressed in magnificent clothes, holding the Buddha beads of small leaves and red sandalwood in her hands, looking at the woman with a loving face, and said earnestly, "Huiya, you are about to get married, although you are going to Jifu Temple to pray for blessings, but you should also take good care of your body and bring more warm clothes......
The woman spoke earnestly, but she didn't care at all about the woman named Huiya, who was kneeling on the cold ground at the moment, and despite her careful and thoughtful instructions, she had already instructed several times for tea, and she was still talking so considerately.
It wasn't until the woman's face in front of her turned pale and crumbling that she seemed to remember, "Huiya, my mother is old, and she forgot that your body is not good and cold, hurry up, get up quickly!" The woman's face was so full of guilt that she condescended to reach out to the woman's knee.
"Mother, Huiya is fine, it's not early, Huiya will leave first!" The woman named Huiya hurriedly stood up, because she got up too violently, she felt that her eyes were black, and she stumbled for a while before she was barely supported by the maid ring beside her.
"Huiya, are you alright?" The mother, who was close at hand, didn't care about Huiya's staggering, and only after she stood firm did she say with concern.
"Huiya is fine, Huiya retires." The woman bowed gently, and then, with the support of Yahuan, she moved her legs, which were already numb, with great difficulty, and walked down slowly.
"Fifth Miss, Madame, this is too much...... "The maid who was holding Huiya said angrily immediately after going out, but was stopped by the woman who called Huiya.
"Don't say it, don't say it, when I get married, it'll be fine." The gentle smile on the woman's face faded, and she was choked by a gust of cold wind and coughed repeatedly, but she was full of hope and took Yahuan to pack her things and go to the temple in the mountains to pray for blessings.
In the courtyard where she came out, a ten-year-old woman with gorgeous eyebrows who was sitting next to her was sitting next to the "loving" lady at the moment, pouting and pulling the sleeve of the lady and complaining, "Mother, don't you say that the marriage of the prince of Lu is mine, why do you want that little slut to go to incense, I don't depend on me, Mrs. Shizi must be me!" ”
"Didn't you, kid, tell you to hold your breath? Mrs. Shizi must be you, and my mother will definitely do what she promised you! Looking at the delicate girl in front of her, the smile on the face of this middle-aged lady is really loving.
She stretched out her hand and patted the back of the girl's hand, and a trace of absolute fierceness flashed in her eyes, "What my mother gave you, no one can take it away!" ”
"Really?" The girl saw the appearance of her mother's sworn swearing, her eyes lit up, yes, her mother's identity was so lowly, but she was able to stand out in this changing backyard, and became the steproom of this two-room house, the housewife who held the power, she promised herself, it must be right.
"Mother, you love me the most......" The girl snuggled up to the middle-aged lady's side, and she was coquettish and sold.
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"Miss, this mountain is really very quiet!" Yahuan accompanied Huiya to settle in Jifu Temple, sincerely chanting and praying for blessings every day, and the weather was fine today, so she came out with her own lady to breathe.
"Hmm." Thinking that she was an older woman with a bad reputation, she would be able to marry her life-saving benefactor immediately, and that she would be able to fly out of the cage of Zhaofu immediately, Huiya's heart was very happy, and she even walked much brisker.
Walking on the mountain road, the oncoming wind mixed with snowflakes hit the face, but it could not affect Hui Ya's good mood at all, thinking of the majestic young general riding on the white horse, Hui Ya's heart was on fire.
"Miss, the prince of Lu Guo will come back from the frontier next month, and then Miss will be able to marry her uncle!" Yahuan helped Hui Ya, and the smile on her face kept talking, "The second lady has no reason to drag Miss's marriage this time, if she hadn't been a hindrance, Miss would have been married a few years earlier!" ”
"Be cautious ......" Huiya called in a low voice, the girl around her was loyal and had nothing to say, but she couldn't keep the door open.
Hui Ya frowned slightly, because although what Shen Yan said was too straightforward, it was also her own heart. Speaking of his stepmother, she is still her own mother-in-law's sister-in-law, and her aunt is not even as good as an outsider to herself.
A few years ago, when I just returned home, when my mother just passed away, she was just helped to become a step-room, and her status was still unstable, so she wished that she had a heart for herself.
"Brother......" Thinking of his brother who broke his leg in a fight with someone a few days ago, Huiya's heart was uncomfortable. Because of this stepmother's obstruction, my brother and myself have a dislike, and even my father and grandmother don't bother to look at themselves on weekdays.
Thinking of her life experience when she was young, thinking of having no love from her mother for so many years, but she had to bear the reputation of her mother and endure humiliation for the sake of her damaged reputation, Huiya couldn't help but cry. Over the years, in order to wash his reputation, he has been learning all kinds of poetry and songs, knitting female workers, and working hard to have a good relationship with the female dependents in Beijing.
"Just pass the door and you'll be fine." Because of the emotional turmoil, because of the good days she was about to live, Huiya couldn't help but confide in her true words. When she smiled at her maid ring, she saw fear in her maid ring's eyes, extreme fear.
"Miss!" Shen Yan looked at the man in black who didn't know when he appeared next to the two, and looked at his own young lady who was thrown to the edge of the cliff by him all of a sudden, rushed over and shouted in horror.
"After today, there will be no Fifth Miss in the Zhao Mansion." The man in black smiled and took two steps forward.
"Who are you and what are you going to do!" Hui Ya subconsciously sensed the ill intentions of the man in black, and asked.
"Who am I?" The man in black smiled and took off the black cloth covering his face, "Let Fifth Miss be a ghost, and you will know who wants to harm you when you get down there in the future!" ”
When the black cloth was taken off, Huiya's heart was cold, and she already knew who was going to kill her. This person is none other than one of his mother's most important stewards, known as Ma Liu, "Why did my mother do this?" ”
"Why? Miss Five, you are too simple, and Miss Seven's husband is also something you can rob? The horse smiled and took two steps forward, "Miss Five, don't struggle, let's go honestly!" ”
"I'll fight with you!" Shen Yan was eager to protect the lord, and he rushed towards Ma Liu desperately, but he was slapped aside by Ma Liuyi, and his head hit the stone and did not move.
Ma Liu was aroused to be ruthless, rushed to Hui Ya's side in three or two steps, and reached out to lift Hui Ya up. Not far from the side is the mountain cliff, Ma Liu grabbed Hui Ya and walked in the direction of the cliff, this cliff is quite high, and it is icy and snowy, and it is certain to die if you fall.
"Fifth Miss, let me tell you one more thing, the original second lady did not die of illness by herself, but was drugged by the second lady. When you go underground in the future, the mother and daughter can have a good chat, let's go! Ma Liu threw Hui Ya to the bottom of the cliff with all his might, and was about to be proud that he had done an errand easily, but he was shocked to find that his body was also out of balance, and he fell down with Hui Ya.
"Humph!" Huiya, who fell from the cliff, watched Ma Liu's body fall down with her, and Ma Liu's belt, which was still tightly grasped in her hand, smiled ruthlessly, that is, she wanted to be buried in the wilderness, and she also wanted to leave the executioner to accompany her to be buried.
For so many years, I suppressed my true temperament, and for so many years I struggled to survive under my stepmother with a bad reputation, but I didn't expect to endure all kinds of hardships and endurance, but I only ended up with such a miserable end.
Unwilling...... Bitterness...... Struggle......
Hate only hates himself for recognizing a thief as his mother, but he is a good person when he kills his mother, and he hates only that he is weak and weak, even if he knows the truth, he has already set foot on the Huangquan Road. Even if you are going to die today, it is not in vain to drag a person on your back.
It's a pity that I can't do it all over again in this life, if I could, I wouldn't have so many regrets...... Huiya didn't have time to think about anything, and her consciousness was already blurred.
Three days later, the news that the fifth lady of the Zhao family and the housekeeper had fallen off the cliff was transmitted back to the Zhao Mansion of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. A month later, the prince of Lu Guogong returned to the court, and after knowing that Zhao Huiya was dead, he categorically rejected the matter of changing Miss Seven to marry, and since then he has never said goodbye to his wife.