It was another day of wind and snow, the sky was gray and yellow, the north wind was howling, and the house was also dark and gloomy, making people unable to do anything.

Outside Yanbi Villa, a horse-drawn carriage with vermilion lacquer and gold pattern stopped. Luo Ying jumped out of the car first and carefully helped Fan Miaoshu get out of the carriage. After Fan Miaoshu entered the villa, she did not go directly to visit her daughter, but went directly to the main house and sent Fan Ying to pass on Mingyun.

After Mingyun heard the news, he was silent, and he understood some things in his heart.

When she entered the house, her mother was standing in front of the window and building flowers and trees.

"Mingyun has seen her mother." Mingyun came to Fan Miaoshu's side and saluted

Fan Miaoshu was wearing a crescent moon white deep coat, standing in front of the window with her head down, holding a pair of red gold scissors and gently pruning a red plum bonsai tree, the potted tree was already a little dry, most of the petals had fallen, and only the red flower bones were still left on the dead branches. She didn't look at Mingyun when she heard this, but said lightly: "I heard that you have been sick recently?" ”

"It's just a cold, so mother doesn't have to worry." Mingyun said.

"It's just the wind chill? When did you learn to lie? I didn't teach you that, who taught you? Fan Miaoshu was still concentrating on the shape of the plum tree, but the words she said were cold and terrible.

Mingyun's face changed color, and she hurriedly said, "My daughter didn't lie, please ask my mother to know it." ”

Fan Miaoshu chuckled coldly: "Still want to deny it? This is even more incredible. I think it must be that the person I pointed out to you didn't teach you well. ”

Mingyun's face became more and more pale when she heard this, and she even trembled a little, and said, "If my mother knows, then it is clear that it is all my own fault." ”

"You're still too young and ignorant." Fan Miaoshu said. She cut off a bud and said, "Why don't you remember what I taught you?" Did I tell you not to be too curious? Have I ever told you to be cautious in doing things, not to do it backwards, to do it without leakage, and not to leave a handle for others? Do you think it's easy to live in this world? I tell you, every step you take in the future may be a trap, and you may be torn to pieces by others, and you will be trampled under the feet of others as a stepping stone. ”

Fan Miaoshu's hand pruning flowers and trees paused, she calmed down for a while, then cut it again, and said coldly: "You are actually a smart child, but your heart is too soft and easy to be harmed." ”

Mingyun's hands were trembling, she bit her lower lip for a while, and stood there, her hands hanging at her sides, clenched into fists. Mingyun shouted in a dry voice: "Mother, I will learn to be ruthless, please don't." ”

Fan Miaoshu held the scissors tightly: "Can you learn?" ”

Mingyun's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "I can learn, I can learn." ”

Fan Miaoshu said coldly: "Then you will prove it to me?" Dispose of one and show me, I see that you have been taught crookedly, and Bai Xin, the nurse next to you, has a lot of responsibility, so you can dispose of her. ”

Mingyun said: "Okay, I'll deal with her when I go back." ”

Fan Miaoshu smiled: "What are you going to do?" Maybe it's not quite what I thought. What I want to do is her life. ”

Mingyun unconsciously took a step back: "No, mother, I.... I.... Please, don't, punish me if you want it. Mingyun couldn't help but think back to Mama Cui, the events of that day made her tremble, she said with a fear that she couldn't hide: "Mother, please, spare Aunt Bai's life, please, please!" Mingyun begged, she had seen her mother beat Grandma Cui to death, she was afraid that this matter would happen to Aunt Bai again, she was really scared, very scared.

Fan Miaoshu's eyelashes trembled, her tone suddenly became cold and sharp, and she grabbed Mingyun's wrist and said, "It's just slaves, those two-legged animals, what are you asking for!" Mingyun, you are really similar to your father, and they both like those who are lowly in status. As he spoke, he put down the golden scissors in his hand heavily, and the scissors slammed on the pineapple table, making a hard and heavy sound, which seemed very abrupt in the quiet inner room. A group of servant maids were so frightened that they all knelt down, not daring to make a sound.

Fan Miaoshu took a deep breath, spit it out with a slight tremble, shook her head at Mingyun and said, "No matter how good I am to you, thinking about you, you are still like your father, and I am the one who gave birth to you." If you have no heart or lungs, you will only betray me if you follow your father! Today, I want you to see what I do with those who are despicable. Fan Miaoshu choked these words, turned around and strode out. Her wide sleeves swept the white jade plum bottle on the table to the ground, making a crisp cracking sound, like the sound of a heart falling to the ground, and it could no longer be repaired.

Fan Miaoshu didn't know why she was so angry, but she couldn't control it, especially the countless big words of "betrayal" flashed in her head, like a wild wasp buzzing in her ears, making her almost crazy.

Maybe I've already gone crazy.

Mingyun immediately chased after her, she didn't wear too thick when she came over, only a jacket and skirt, the wind and snow outside, and as soon as she went out, she was blown cold by the oncoming cold wind.

"I tell you, the master is not wrong, and even if there is a mistake, the slave and the maid who die first. In this world, only those who have no heart can live better! Fan Miaoshu didn't reply.

Mingyun hugged Fan Miaoshu's waist, and said forward while crying, "Mother, Aunt Bai has served me for so many years, and there is no merit and hard work, leave her a life, please, mother, leave her a life, mother!" ”

"Release!" Fan Miaoshu said coldly.

"Don't let go, please!" Mingyun hugged it tighter.

"Not loose, right?" Fan Miaoshu said, breaking her daughter's hand and pushing her away, maybe it was too much force, or it could be that Mingyun didn't stand firmly. Mingyun was pushed down in the snow. Fan Miaoshu glanced at it, her hands clenched into fists, and she seemed to be a little distressed, but after all, she still snorted heavily, turned her head and left, even if her daughter wrapped her legs, she pushed away hard, as if the girl who was pushed down on the cold snow, her hands and face were red from the cold, was not her daughter, but an enemy.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, Mingyun still pulled the corner of Fan Miaoshu's skirt and refused to let go, her tears were frozen into ice chips and stuck to her eyelashes, and she didn't know if it was because she was crying or freezing hard, and her slender body was trembling all the time.

Fan Miaoshu stood silently in the snow, her face was gloomy, she looked up at the snow dance, and suddenly began to laugh bitterly, laughing until the end she squatted down with tears in her eyes, holding Mingyun's head with both hands, holding her daughter's forehead with her own forehead, and muttering: "You are my daughter, you are born to me, I don't allow you to betray me." But you don't understand anything, you don't understand anything, you know, everything I do, it's all for you. ”

Mingyun cried and wept, shaking her head vigorously, she couldn't understand what her mother was saying, the only thing she knew was that she wanted to save Aunt Bai. She was really scared, fear, sadness, and cold filled her.

"Yun'er." At the moment when Mingyun was forced to let go of her hand, the moment she was pulled away by the servants, Fan Miaoshu called out to her. Mingyun's feet were soft, and he only listened to his mother's faint words: "You remember, it's better not to have a heart than to be soft-hearted." ”

"Come on, go to Ah Yun's courtyard, tie up Bai Xin for me, and dispose of it."

Mingyun shook his head desperately, struggling and begging with all his might, but he was still restrained by the servants.

"You have to remember the feeling of this moment, whether you hate it or resent, you remember it, and you will understand later that the price of making mistakes is wrong."

Then, Mingyun was taken out of the courtyard and locked up in an empty room. Whether she knocked or cried, no one cared for her all day. It wasn't until the next day that the maidservant unlocked her.

Mingyun pushed the servant away, and ran to the backyard quickly despite the dissuasion around him. Walk through the lush pine and cypress, where there are two abandoned houses. Two little servants guarding the door were guarding the door, and when they saw her, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Open the door for me." Mingyun ordered.

"Madame said you weren't allowed to go in." The little servant said.

Mingyun pulled out a dagger and threw it at the little servant's neck: "If you don't open it, I'll kill you." ”

"Whoa." The doorkeeper shuddered and took out the key, clicked, the lock opened, and the little servant said tremblingly, "Little master, it's dirty inside, please don't go in." ”

"Open the door." Mingyun didn't look at them either, looked at the closed dilapidated door, and said in an accentuated voice. "Crunch--" As the door opened, a putrid dust came from inside the door, and Mingyun couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose.