Yuzhu Gongyuan -

On the first and fifteenth days of the Lunar New Year every month, Gu's mother gave the little tribute girls in the tribute courtyard a holiday, telling them to put down their homework and walk out of the courtyard and go to the streets outside to visit the market and temple fairs to relax. At the same time, they are also required to return by the evening, otherwise they will be punished. Of course, this provision is no exception for Gu Yunyao, Yun Xi and Yun Jin.

This day was the fifteenth day of the middle of the month, and Gu Yunyao borrowed the excuse of going out to buy rouge gouache, but she evaporated from the world and never returned.

At first, no one took it seriously, and it wasn't until after it was dark that Gu Yunyao was nowhere to be seen in the Gongyuan.

Gu's mother was worried that something would happen, so she sent several waves of people outside to look for her. Later, the steward reported that he had not seen the gardener Zhao An in the yard for a day.

Gu's mother patted her thigh and woke up:

"It's bad, isn't this little prostitute who has been cut a thousand times eloped with a good match?!"

Gu's mother was immediately angry.

She has been in the Youzhu Tribute Courtyard for more than ten years, and she was originally the head of the palace music bureau. After Leng Qingtang succeeded as the governor of Dongchang, he directly took over the tribute house. He stayed with his mother to train the young girls and teach the rules of the royal court ceremonies. When they grow up and enter the palace, the outstanding characters among them will naturally be noticed by the fathers-in-law in charge and sent to the emperor's dragon collapse at the right time.

Of course, there are many rebellious people among these little tribute girls, who refuse to obey the fate of the "queen", and they can only be sold if they can't be trained to succeed! Sold to the eunuchs as slaves, and even more inferiorly, it was the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, and some of the silver was given to the palace stewards, and everyone was safe.

Gu's mother hated herself for beating geese every year, and she was really pecked by geese this year. She thought that Gu Yunyao usually didn't talk much, and her temperament was gentle, and she was definitely an obedient and sensible child. Who would have thought that she would hide it deeply, and that kind of escape plan may have been in her stomach for a long time! After the others were caught, the palace could not enter, and if she was no longer innocent, she had to be sold to the Qinglou.

Thinking of a girl like her with such a look and heart, Gu's mother really felt sorry for her.

Relying on the fact that Leng Qingtang, the governor of Dongchang, personally brought it into the tribute courtyard and handed it over to Gu's mother, Gu Yunyao's identity is also special among the many little tribute girls, and Gu's mother is worried again at the moment.

No matter how people run out from under her nose, how to deal with them properly after being caught is also a tricky problem. You must know that the current overseer is a master who hides a knife in his smile and is not easy to mess with......

- I am the dividing line, the dividing line -

In the courtyard, Gu Yunxi sat on the edge of the bed in the bedroom, his eyes red and swollen. After hearing the news that Gu Yunyao eloped with the gardener, she sat still like this.

The mind is full of the messy appearance of the eldest sister that night, Gu Yunxi still can't believe that the person who doesn't know how to check is really the sister who has always loved him the most, Gu Yunyao.

Gu Yunxi couldn't tell what he was feeling in his heart at the moment, as if he had been suddenly abandoned by someone he trusted and relied on, he felt lonely and panicked in his heart.

"Squeak" -

As soon as the door opened, a slender figure swung in.

Is Sister Yun Yao back?

Gu Yunxi stood up in surprise, and was about to open his mouth to scream, but immediately became disappointed again.

The person who came in was Gu Yunjin-

Seeing Gu Yunxi sitting back on the bed, she took a few steps closer, crossed her hands on her hips, and her smug expression filled her entire beautiful facial features, looking indescribably annoying.

"How much do you know about Gu Yunyao and Zhao An?" Gu Yunjin asked sharply.

Gu Yunxi didn't dare to raise his head, and his heart went up and down.

"You...... Why are you asking me? I, I don't know anything......"

She deliberately lied, but because of this, she was weak-hearted. Some time ago, she obviously bumped into the good thing of the two of them, and she began to be afraid that there would be no one else hiding in the dark at that time besides herself.

"Don't know? Didn't you go closest to her in Su Ri? Isn't there anything she doesn't say to you? Gu Yunjin didn't believe it.

Gu Yunxi gritted his teeth and was dull for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes and stared at Gu Yunjin who was unrelenting:

"It doesn't make sense for the girl to say this! On weekdays, we all eat in this house and live in this house, what do we talk about, who walks close to whom? Now that something like this has happened to Sister Yun Yao, you want to clean yourself up first! ”

Gu Yunjin was stunned. I had never seen Gu Yunxi get angry, but now seeing her crying out of this old man's words, Gu Yunjin was stunned, and then became even more arrogant.

"Smack" –

With a crisp sound, Gu Yunxi covered half of his hot cheeks, and looked at Gu Yunjin aggrieved but also resentful.

Gu Yunjin stared at her and sneered:

"What's that? Not even a dog, he dared to bark at me. When I find Gu Yunyao tomorrow, I will tell Gu's mother again to send you, a little prostitute who doesn't know whether to live or die, as soon as possible! Phew—"

With a sip on Gu Yunxi's feet, Gu Yunjin turned around and walked out of the room.

Gu Yunxi rubbed his spicy face and fell on the bed crying.

Gu's mother didn't like her, the little sisters up and down the Gongyuan avoided her, the maids bullied her, and now even Gu Yunjin, who was one year younger than her, dared to raise her hand to beat her.

She heard others say that human life has a cycle, and after death, the soul will be reincarnated again and start a new life. The experience of this life, whether good or bad, poor or rich, is the karmic retribution of the previous life. She couldn't figure out what heinous things she had done in her previous life to cause her to suffer such a painful and unjust encounter in this life.

In the past, there was the eldest sister Gu Yunyao to protect herself, even if Gu Yunxi was angry, she would not feel too uncomfortable in her heart. Suddenly, Yun Yao left, and no one in the huge courtyard was really good to her. She didn't know how to deal with the bully herself, and she didn't know how to live alone in this courtyard in the future......

-- The Dividing Line --

A few days later—

After eating at noon, Gu Yunxi sat in the room and read a book. Thinking about Gu Yunyao, how could she really calm down.

Gu Yunjin was fiddling with the gold and silver jewelry that she didn't wear in the makeup, and at the same time she had a full view of Yun Guxi's restless appearance.

"Don't always think about that little slut, let me tell you, the team in the east has been secretly dispatched a few days ago, and with the inspection ability of those fans, it won't take long to catch that pair of wild mandarin ducks back!"

Gu Yunjin said proudly, casually picked up a ruby ring and put it on the middle finger of his right hand, looking left and right. The dove-egg-sized ring shone with a strange fiery red light on her slender jade fingers, lining her little hands more and more greasy and white, and she was overjoyed to see her.

Turning his head to look at Gu Yunxi, who was dressed shabby, Yun Jin's face was bitter and disdainful.

"Hey, Yunxi, there will be only you and me left in this big room in the future, let's set up the rules today. You also know that I will enter the palace next year when I turn fifteen, with my talent and the power of the overseer of Dongchang, I can't say that the queen of the main palace, at least the imperial concubine and the concubine are also deserved! Now that we're together, you know what to do, right? ”

Gu Yunxi ignored her and just lowered his head to read.

Gu Yunjin narrowed her eyes angrily, and continued patiently:

"There are family rules in the family, and people are divided into dignity and inferiority. You have been in bad health since you were a child, and no one is difficult for you, but you always have to have a little eyesight for yourself, right? In the future, bring a foot wash, hand a cup of hot tea, clean up the bed and fold clothes, it's all your job. But there is one thing, you are not allowed to move the jewelry on my dressing table, if it is missing, don't blame this girl for turning her face with you. If you serve me well, and I enter the palace in the future, I am not allowed to take you with me and be a servant girl. ”

Gu Yunxi listened to what Gu Yunjin said word for word, and there was a fire in his chest, and he couldn't swallow it or spit it out.

There was a sudden and surprising chaos at the other end of the outer courtyard, bursts of sharp scolding, crying and howling, the kind of grief and pain seemed to have been tortured by tearing skin and flesh, even in the blue sky and daylight, it was particularly terrifying.

"Amitabha, you must have captured Gu Yunyao and her good friend-"

Gu Yunjin threw away the jewelry, turned over the window lattice and listened carefully.

Gu Yunxi also put down the book, leaned to Gu Yunjin's side and looked out the window.

The outer courtyard was so far away that there was nothing to be seen. Suddenly, a figure flashed in the corner door, and Xiao Xiaoshen walked towards this side in a panic, his face full of ugliness.

Gu Yunxi's heart tightened at the moment.

Who doesn't know that Xiao Xiaoshen is from Dongchang? He came, which showed that things were just as Gu Yunjin said, and the guards of the East Factory really brought Gu Yunyao back.

"Why are you here? Could it be that Yun Yao ......"

As soon as Xiao Xiaoshen stepped into the threshold with his front foot, Gu Yunxi rushed over to ask.

"You don't need to ask, you must have caught that pair of wild mandarin ducks back!"

Behind him, Gu Yunjin smiled and gloated.

Xiao Xiaoshen glanced at her, ignored her, and said directly to Gu Yunxi:

"Don't mention it, I caught someone in Huaiyang Dam the night before yesterday! By this time the people had already been mentioned to the outer court. The overseer has arrived, and he is judging the eldest girl with Gu's mother! ”

"Take me there!"

Gu Yunxi pulled out his legs and ran out, but was stopped by Xiao Xiaoshen.

"Oh, auntie, forget it. I took advantage of the chaos to hide from the Overseer, and the flower style was beaten with blood, can you watch it! ”

"What? Beaten? Sister Yun Yao...... Don't stop me! ”

"No, let's wait for Gu's mother to be angry......"

Gu Yunxi was worried about Yun Yao, where was he willing to listen to Xiao Xiaoshen's words, and directly pushed him away and ran outside the hospital.

"Yunxi! Sister Yunxi ......"

Gu Yunjin hid in the house, gritted her teeth and scolded outside the courtyard:

"Well deserved! I don't know if I'm alive or dead—"

……