It has been sixty or seventy years since the establishment of the Great Yan Kingdom, and it has been passed to the current emperor for three generations, and it has experienced the turmoil at the beginning of the founding of the country. The emperor suddenly had a whim and wanted to see the splendid world under his feet, so he decided to go down to the south of the Yangtze River in March and personally preside over the annual plum blossom festival on the plum blossom mountain in Jinling City.

The emperor's tour is a big event, and Liu Wanqing, who is the governor of Jiangnan, has been preparing for this matter for more than half a year. On this day, the envoy sent by the emperor, King Ping, arrived in Jinling and personally supervised the preparatory work.

Early in the morning, Liu Wanqing waited at the door of the mansion with the whole family to prepare to greet Anding Mountain.

"Why hasn't the poetry and painting come yet, Liu An, you go and urge it." Liu Wanqing glanced back, his wife and two daughters-in-law were there, but the second daughter Liu Shihua was missing.

"Master, poetry and painting like to be quiet on weekdays, and I don't like to come out to meet people. In that case, why should the lord be reluctant. Liu Wanqing's wife, Bai, said with an unhappy face.

Liu Shihua is not Bai's biological daughter, but a dancer named Lan Niang was born, originally Bai was not allowed to Liu Shihua into the door of the Liu family, Liu Shihua lived on the red boat before the age of six, until one day, Lan Niang was seriously ill and died, before dying, she begged Liu Wanqing to take her only daughter home, Liu Wanqing had a deep love for Lan Niang, and felt ashamed of her, so she ignored Bai's opposition, let Liu Shihua live in the governor's mansion, and became a veritable second lady of the Liu family.

Liu Wanqing sighed, "Anyway, she is also my Liu Wanqing's daughter, since it is the whole family to welcome King Ping, how can she be missing, if this matter is known to King Ping, wouldn't it be rude?" ”

Bai Shi no longer argued, and was silent, anyway, it had nothing to do with her whether Liu Shihua came or not.

A bright girl entered in a crowd and appeared in front of Liu Wanqing and Bai, and her voice rose slowly, as beautiful as music, "Poetry and painting have seen my father, I have seen my wife." ”

Over the years, Liu Shihua has always been a lady to the Bai family, and asked her to call a woman who has nothing to do with her a mother, but she can't call it.

Liu Wanqing looked down at Liu Shihua, and her face instantly sank, "Why are you dressed like this?" It's getting more and more unruly. ”

Liu Shihua was dressed in plain clothes, her hair was simply pulled up, and a wooden hairpin was inserted at random, and there was not much makeup on her face, just a layer of fat powder was lightly applied. However, this simple and elegant body can't hide her peerless elegance.

"Shihua, you are too much, today King Ping arrived in Jinling, and when he saw you dressed like this, wouldn't King Ping be ashamed that our Liu family would not teach his daughter?" Bai Shi crossed his eyebrows and scolded angrily.

The An family is one of the four major families of the Great Yan Dynasty, because of the great military exploits at the beginning of the establishment of the Great Yan Kingdom, the hereditary king of Ping. Andingshan now holds the military power of the imperial court, and her sister is the queen of the dynasty. The An family was in full swing in the Dayan Dynasty and had a very prominent status.

Anding Mountain drove Jinling, and it stands to reason that Liu Wanqing should go outside the city to greet him, but Anding Mountain didn't want to alarm the people, so he ordered Liu Wanqing to wait in the house. Even so, Liu Wanqing didn't dare to slack off, and waited at the door early, for fear that something would go wrong.

This dress is indeed not the dress that should be worn to greet guests. Liu Shihua has learned boudoirs, although she is only a concubine, but she knows how to be a lady. However, dressed like this, she didn't mean to embarrass Liu Wanqing.

After Liu Wanqing and Bai's fire was over, Liu Shihua opened his mouth to defend, "Dad, Shu Shihua can't wear heavy makeup and gorgeous clothes today." ”

"Why?" Liu Wanqing's anger is still not gone, let alone welcoming Anding Mountain, even in front of the subordinates at home, Liu Shihua is very rude to do this.

Liu Shihua raised his face and asked, "Didn't Dad forget what day it was?" ”

What day? Liu Wanqing was stunned, he had been busy with the affairs of the emperor in Jiangnan for the past few months, and he had not slept day and night, and he couldn't care about anything else.

"Today is the death day of Shuang'er." Liu Shihua's lips opened lightly, and there was a faint sadness on that delicate and beautiful face.

"Shuang'er's death day? Oh, yes. In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed. Liu Wanqing's face also crossed a gloom, and he couldn't hide his sadness.

"It's been ten years, it's time for you to let go of Shuang'er's business." Liu Wanqing looked at the daughter in front of her, and persuaded earnestly, this guilt has been hidden in this child's heart for ten years, when will it be relieved?

Liu Shuang'er is the daughter of Liu Wanqing and the Bai family, the third lady of the Liu family, and is one year younger than Liu Shihua. When Liu Shihua first saw Liu Shuang'er, Liu Shuang'er was an innocent, simple and kind child, at that time, Liu Shihua had just been taken back to Liu's house by Liu Wanqing, the Bai family was lukewarm to her, and the people were also talking about it.

Liu Shihua also likes this sister very much, and after a long time, a deep sisterhood has been established between the two. However, one day, Liu Shihua was playing with Liu Shuang'er in the back garden, just in time for Bai to meet Liu Shihua. From the back garden to Bai's room, you have to pass through a pool of lake, there is a wooden bridge on the lake, and everyone is from the bridge on weekdays, but this time, Liu Shihua did not take this path, because in the previous life, she died on that bridge at this moment.

In the previous life, she was as simple as Liu Shuang'er now, after she was born, her mother Lan Niang disappeared, and she didn't know who her biological father was, she could be said to be an out-and-out orphan, living on the red boat, accustomed to seeing the lights, but her heart was extremely lonely. When Liu Wanqing appeared, she thought that she really had a home, in the face of Bai's indifference, she tried her best to please, and in the face of the belittlement of her subordinates, she swallowed her anger and just wanted to do her best to be a good girl. She never imagined that these forbearances would eventually cost her her life.

Liu Shihua clearly remembered the events of that day, when she stepped on the wooden bridge and walked to the center, suddenly the wooden bridge broke, and she fell into the water. Liu Shihua desperately called for help in the water, but no one responded, and when she was struggling, she faintly heard Bai's voice, "Born lowly, I still want to be the daughter of the Liu family, let her go to the underworld to have such a beautiful dream." ”

It turned out that she had murderous intentions, but it was clear that she had been living carefully, why was she so vicious. The young Liu Shihua couldn't understand what she was wrong, but she understood a truth, if she wanted to live in peace, she didn't rely on forbearance and currying favor in every way, but to make her opponent afraid of herself.

When Liu Shihua still had her last breath, she understood this truth, she thought it was too late, but she didn't expect that God gave her another chance, and when she opened her eyes again, what she saw was not the underworld, but the red boat she had been living in, and the one who appeared in front of her bed was Mei Niang, who had been taking care of her.

The fate of this life is the same as the previous life, Liu Shihua was taken away from the red boat by Liu Wanqing again, and the Bai family still did not change that face, but the difference is that Liu Shihua no longer retreats unconditionally, if someone offends me, I will offend someone has become her creed.

On this day, she played with Liu Shuang'er, and when Bai called her, she took a long detour to Bai's room, where she died in the last life, and in this life, she couldn't let the tragedy happen again. However, what she never expected was that Liu Shuang'er saw that Liu Shihua had not come back for a long time, so she had to run to find her, and when she stepped on the wooden bridge, just like in her previous life, the wooden bridge broke, and in this life, it was Liu Shuang'er who drowned in the water.

Bai Shi was grief-stricken after learning the news, and insisted that Liu Shihua killed Liu Shuang'er, and Liu Wanqing was also very sad and blamed Liu Shihua for not taking care of Liu Shuang'er. Liu Shihua knew that this matter was caused by the Bai family, but this simple and lovely sister really died because of her, and Liu Shuang'er became a substitute ghost for her in this life. Liu Shihua read Liu Shuang'er's voice and smile every day, and the guilt in his heart worsened day by day, so that he fell seriously ill.

The whole Liu family has a deep affection for the dead third lady, and under the fanning of the Bai family, everyone thinks that Liu Shihua is a full broom star, which killed Liu Shuang'er. Liu Shihua didn't make any excuses, after she recovered from her illness, she locked herself in Meifang Courtyard and rarely went out, she began to wonder, was she really wrong? She just wanted to protect herself, but why did she kill innocent people.

Liu Wanqing knew that this was Liu Shihua's heart knot, and it was not so easy to open it, seeing that Liu Shihua was silent, Liu Wanqing added, "Dad knows that you still think about Shuang'er in your heart, but today is different, when King Ping first arrived in Jiangnan, if he saw the daughter of the Liu family dressed like this to greet him, I am afraid he will be blamed." ”

Liu Shihua bit her lip, "I'm sorry, Dad, but the poetry and painting are ......" But the poetry and painting couldn't force a smile on Shuang'er's death day, and in the second half of the sentence, Liu Shihua didn't say it, and swallowed it into his stomach again.

"Enough, there are no rules and no distances, I cried early in the morning with a sad face, and there is no appearance of Miss Liu. Today is the death day of Shuang'er, don't we know? Need you to remind you? But there are big and small things, today King Ping came to the mansion, you are dressed like this, I think you obviously want King Ping to surrender, so that the whole Liu family will be implicated by you. Bai Shi glared and shouted.

The Bai family was born in a famous family, and her maiden family is also one of the four major families of the Great Yan Kingdom, and now the Bai family is in charge of the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Officials, and holds the power to appoint and dismiss officials in the world. Born in a large family and a scholarly family, Bai is naturally well versed in etiquette, although this is aimed at Liu Shihua, but it is also reasonable

"Yes, Madame is right, how can a young lady from a big family be so emotional, everything should be based on the overall situation, go and change your clothes." Liu Wanqing forcibly suppressed the anger and persuaded lightly.

However, in Liu Shihua's heart, King Ping is nothing, and the boudoir is nothing, nothing can make up for her guilt towards Liu Shuang'er. ”