Chapter 1 The Marriage Contract
"My young lady will never marry a eunuch, let alone a eunuch who is about to die!"
Luo Xue sat in front of the window, holding scissors and red paper in her hand, and was cutting out the word "Xi".
Outside, An Qing stood in the snow and argued with the people sent by the Guan family, her red face didn't know whether it was cold or angry, but there was only indifference on her delicate face.
"Presumptuous! My sixth master Guan is also a little girl of yours who can insult at will? Besides, your Luo family doesn't look at what kind of situation you are in now, and being able to marry into the sixth master's room is already giving your young lady face. If not, she still thinks that she can enter the room of the fourth young master of our family? ”
The Guan family sent the housekeeper Liu Quan, who pulled his neck and shouted at Luo Xueshen's house when he spoke, for fear that she would not hear it, so angry An Qing outside the door only jumped to her feet.
Now that the descendants of the Luo family are gone, she can't even burn a pot of charcoal in her boudoir, and her little white hands are blue from the cold.
"Tsk."
Luo Xue frowned, but it was not because of Liu Quan'er's words, but because the scissors in his hand were deviated and cut off the word Xi.
It seems that this family business is destined to be unhappy.
Three months ago, the Luo family, the general's mansion, which was very popular in the court, was defeated.
The eldest young master, Luo Linxiao, disappeared after suffering defeat, some people say that he defected to the enemy, some people say that he died in battle, and he never came back.
General Luo Zhijing also had a scandal of embezzlement of military salaries at this time, and the truth or falsehood actually depends on the one in the palace.
So the huge Luo family fell into ruins.
The general was miserably imprisoned, and when he heard that he was on death row, Luo Xueshen followed his mother around to do something, but he didn't get to see his father.
In the past three months, the two pillars of the family have not been heard from, the family property has been confiscated, the subordinates have been dismissed, and the mother has finally fallen ill.
And under such a situation, what really makes matters worse is the regret of the Guan family today.
When the Luo family was a smash hit, it was not the heroic young master who was famous in Yunjing, but her little daughter, who was not yet an adult.
Everyone said that she Luo Xue Shen was really exactly the same as her mother, and she had a bewitching face that confused all beings, which can be called a must in Yunjing.
is stunning and talented, and has been sought after by many famous families, and her marriage contract with Guan Jia Shiro was set a year ago.
But now, the party to the marriage that everyone praised at the beginning has suddenly changed.
What can be exchanged is not the other young masters of the Guan family, but the sixth master Guan Annan, who has been sent to the palace as a eunuch since he was a child.
Moreover, he was not only a eunuch, but also a dying eunuch.
Luo Xue listened to the quarrel outside becoming more and more intense, her starry eyes rippled, and the sparkling waves had long since lost their former agility and clarity, cold and cold.
As soon as she turned her head, she caught a glimpse of a jade pendant on the table.
It is a very rare material, and the carving is also a lot of thought, and the lotus flower is specially carved.
Wearing it with a red rope and then wrapped it in a flannel cloth, Luo Xueshen never wore it once, for fear of bumping into it.
Once, the person who gave her the jade pendant said: "Xue Shen, I will only marry you alone in this life, you wait for me." ”
Now it sounds like a joke.
"Your young lady doesn't know how to lift, the emperor only said that the Luo family and the Guan family were married, but he didn't say who the object was. Now your young lady can not marry the sixth master, but that is your Guan family's own regret of marriage, no wonder we Guan family! ”
Liu Quan'er was tired of arguing and impatient, and finally howled, and finally saw Luo Xueshen's door open.
She stood at the door in blue, and her beautiful face was unwavering: "You go and talk back, I'll marry!" ”
"No, Miss!"
After the fall of the Luo family, the subordinates scattered, and An Qing was the only maid who remained by her side loyally.
Hearing Luo Xueshen's words, his face immediately changed: "How can you get married?" You must know that the sixth master is not only a eunuch, but also a vicious person who kills people without blinking, even if you don't have a few days to live, you will only lose your life in vain in the past! ”
Looking at An Qing with a worried face, Luo Xue had a bitter smile on her unwavering face: Why don't you know what she said?
Guan Annan has no good reputation in the whole world, even if he is nine thousand years old.
Everyone said that if he hadn't been poisoned three years ago, he would have been on the verge of dying, and he was afraid that he would have been a character who covered the sky with one hand.
But even so, he was always a eunuch.
Letting the daughter of the General's Mansion marry a dying eunuch Chong Xi is a great insult to both Luo Xueshen and the General's Mansion.
But Luo Xueshen knew that if she didn't eat this insult, then the entire General's Mansion would be completely finished.
When she was inside just now, although she was cutting paper, she heard Liu Quan'er's words.
The Guan family's repentance of marriage is not only the Guan family's own intention, but also the emperor's intention, and the emperor doesn't want the Luo family to have any life.
If she resists the order, then everything will be easy to do, and a crime of violating the order will remove the last orphan daughter of the Luo family, and she will be clean.
As for the Guan family, you don't have to provoke a lot of meat.
It doesn't matter if she responds, who Guan Annan is, the whole Yanyun has heard of it, it is bloody and cruel, and she won't live for a few days if she goes.
No matter which road is a dead end, the latter one seems to have a little more vitality than a-for-tat.
Luo Xue has to choose when she sinks, even if there is a little bit of life, she must seize it.
"Yo, she is worthy of being the daughter of a great general, and she really knows a lot about current affairs." Liu Quan'er was yin and yang when she spoke, but she was stunned when she caught a glimpse of Luo Xueshen.
In the past, how could a subordinate of his status be qualified to see the daughter of a general?
So he just listened to Luo Xueshen's reputation but never saw it with his own eyes, but the rumors from the outside world were somewhat exaggerated, saying that she was Yan Yun's number one beauty in the past, and he felt that it must be mixed with flattery for the General's Mansion.
However, at this moment, people stood in front of him, and only then did they know that the rumors had not been able to depict the beauty of Luo Xue Shen at all.
This period of travel made her tired a lot, and the weather was cold, and her face turned a lot paler.
But this paleness not only did not make her look sick, but added a kind of arrogant and cold beauty.
Like the snowflakes of the most crystalline tree on the branches of the proud plum, crumbling but unattainable.
Luo Xueshen stood on the steps, glanced at Liu Quan'er's increasingly straightforward eyes condescendingly, and pretended not to see it.
"Okay, Anqing, I have made up my mind on this matter, so don't say anything more."
She stepped down the steps, even if she was down, she straightened her back, and her posture was dignified and dignified.
But her next actions were really a bit inconsistent.
The Guan family should be afraid of long nights and dreams, so today they asked Liu Quan'er to come directly with the bride price.
Luo Xue slowly paced to the dilapidated wooden box, lifted the lid casually, looked at the moldy rice and a few horses of coarse cloth and dozens of taels of silver inside, and finally frowned at the delicate Yuanshan eyebrows: "That's all?" ”