Chapter 69

In the dream, Xiaorui is dreaming

It was already late in the evening, and the room was so dark that there were no candles, and only the moonlight outside shone on the light in the room.

It was already midnight, and most of the people in Shangshu Mansion were already resting.

Only Shui Qianqian was lying on the bed alone, covered with a thick quilt, and the sound of mosquitoes outside was not enough to bring Shui Qianqian back to her senses.

Shui Qianqian still looked at the roof with wooden eyes, and she didn't know how much tears she shed, she cried a few times, her hands trembled and her mouth squirmed several times, and she wanted to speak, but she couldn't speak.

"I, I, I'm alive after all." Like the sound of flies, Shui Qianqian did not dare to speak loudly.

But just like that, it is enough to see the excitement in Shui Qianqian's heart, and it is more hatred and memories than that.

Shui Qianqian still remembered that it was a night like today, but it was not this luxuriously decorated room, but a simple guest room, there was nothing in the simple room, only the light of the walls, a bed, a table was so humble.

Every day, she only eats fasting and recites the Buddha, and in this way, the days go back and forth, year after year, ending her long career, and finally lying in the guest room of the simple score to end her life.

Who could have known that she was only thirty years old at that time, and there was still so much time to go in the future, how could she end up so young when she was still so young.

I still remember the tenth day when she came to Shangshu Mansion.

Even if so much time has passed with the passage of time, Shui Qianqian still clearly knows the memories of the past, and time still can't heal the scars in her heart.

Touching her heart at the moment, Shui Qianqian could still feel a trace of suffocation and unbearable pain.

Shui Qianqian is just the daughter of a businessman, and I don't know how blessed it is to be able to be personally recognized by a Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry in Beijing.

It turned out that all this was because she had a good sister and a good family, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu wanted to be promoted, and she wanted a future just because she took a fancy to her property, if it weren't for all the property in her family, how could he let future generations with just one Ministry of Industry, and even he himself finally took a marquis title.

Speaking of Shui Qianqian at that time, she was just a daughter who was spoiled by her family.

From the time Shui Qianqian remembered, she knew that her mother was her mother, but her father was not her father, and then her mother gave birth to a daughter, and her sister had a son-in-law.

And gradually, her aunt and stepfather died early, leaving only this huge family property.

Don't underestimate her family's property, it can be completely rich and rival the country, even the emperor has to borrow silver like her family, it is conceivable that this huge family property has been handed over to her sister and brother-in-law since the death of her mother's stepfather, and she is still the daughter who has nothing to do every day and knows how to go shopping and buy things.

In the end, she was the eldest lady who went into Shangshu Mansion with half of the shop, field, and property given by her sister and brother-in-law.

Later, every time her father, Shui Shangshu, always came to complain to her, and the mother-in-law also came to complain, and took her property little by little.

Until the end, she devoured her sister and brother-in-law's property step by step, and used her power to force her sister's family to ruin, and at that time, even if she knew, what could she do.

Isn't it because I don't know people clearly, and I don't know the viciousness of people's hearts?

At this moment, Shui Qianqian's heart couldn't calm down with pain, and not a single tear in her eyes was red.

Originally, if she insisted on not coming to Shangshu Mansion and not accepting the family affection of this scumbag father, all this might be another result, at least she would not let everyone die for her.

She had a very good family affair in her previous life, she was the princess of the Nine Emperor Princes of the Dynasty, but in the end, it turned out to be a letter of resignation, but the person she married was Shui Yanran, that is, the biological daughter of her good mother-in-law, which shows how collapsed she was at that time, and finally vomited a mouthful of blood on the spot and fell into a coma.

And the mother-in-law has two sons and a daughter, the daughter is the Nine Emperor Princesses, the eldest son finally donated to the imperial court for military salaries, and the official went to the Ministry of Rites to serve as a servant, and the second son was also the only person who was good to her.

In the end, Shui Qianqian didn't know whether to be happy or sad, because she had her mother's second son to avoid the-for-tat confrontation between her mother and her mother's children, and because of Shui Shangshu's last kindness and consideration, she was nominally asked to go to the temple to pray for blessings, but in fact she was completely driven out of this Shangshu Mansion, and finally let her die alone.

At this moment, Shui Qianqian suddenly remembered the scenery of Shangshu Mansion, as well as the knots of outsiders, the emperor's rewards and holy decrees.

And Shui Qianqian's body has nothing, only sadness, tears, remorse, only innocence and trance.

Before you know it, it's dawn......

"Miss." As the maid brought by Shui Qianqian from her mother's house, after Zixin shouted softly, Shui Qianqian came back to her senses and moved her head, and Zixin hurriedly helped Shui Qianqian to lie down.

Now that things are wrong, it is the first time that Shui Qianqian has lived and got along with Zixin after so many years.

Zixin grew up with her, and she is also smart, so she will always persuade her regardless of her identity, but there is no one with her in this house, and she has never taken Zixin's words to heart.

Until his maid was framed for taking a decoction to harm his mother-in-law, and was finally beaten to death with a stick, he was still indifferent.

After a lot of experience, Shui Qianqian didn't believe that Zixin would have this courage, even if she had this courage, Zixin would not be so blatant, someone must have framed her, but unfortunately she didn't know people clearly at that time, and since Zixin's death, she hasn't been checking at all.

Since then, this courtyard has been full of the hypocritical mother-in-law.

Seeing Shui Qianqian lying on the bed, her face so pale, Zixin suddenly sobbed a little.

"Woo woo woo, this time the eldest lady fell into the water, the queen invited the doctor, the doctors were powerless one by one, and they thought they were really going to prepare for the future, and even the second lady came over there!" Zi Xin looked at Shui Qianqian's dry eyes, and there was no blood on her face, and she couldn't help crying in distress.

Shui Qianqian suddenly had some tears in her eyes, and she was in a trance, yes, this second sister is not the second sister in the house, but her second half-sister, who has a hot temperament and is in charge of everything in the house.

As soon as she thought of Wu Youran's kindness to her in the past, and Shui Youran's fate in the end, Shui Qianqian felt a little guilty.

"Since the second sister is here, I am also awake, let Sister Youran come over and talk."

"Hey, let's go tell the second miss, I believe the second miss will be very happy to know that the eldest lady wakes up." Zixin smiled a little, and her eldest lady was finally willing to see the second lady.

You must know that since entering Shangshu Mansion, Shui Qianqian and Shui Youran had a good relationship at the beginning, but they didn't know why they just quarreled after coming and going.

When Shui Qianqian thinks about it carefully, this is not only bullying in the back house at all, but the reason why the woman in the back house is so bold in bullying is not because Shui Senran is not a person who cares? Why else could everyone bully her!

"Sister Youran, I don't know how to tell you, yes, you are not wrong about one thing, that is, the woman in the backyard bullied me, but what I want to say now is, why haven't we recognized each other for so many years, but I came to the door at this time, don't say that I just forgot that there is still my daughter, that is impossible, right, Sister Youran?"

Indeed, Wu Youran recognized Shui Qianqian's words with a full face, "Well, I've also thought about this, since I was a child, I have been with my father and mother, and then I am the eldest sister, and I don't know the private relationship between our mother and Shui Senran, not to mention this official, agricultural and industrial business, we are the lowest level of people, and those of them who are officials must look down on us businessmen, right......?"

Wu Youran stretched out his hand unnaturally, a little helpless, "Even if we are the lowest, but we are all businessmen, and the silver we earn is several times that of these officials, or even thousands of times, so I am afraid that I will look at our family's silver, after all, you need silver everywhere, don't you, even your father must not need silver turnover?" Besides, just because you are his biological daughter, can he still treat you badly? ”

Yes, that person is his biological father, and when he thinks about it, he makes Shui Qianqian sneer, he just let his own sister and brother-in-law commit suicide, and he is also very generous to invite a monk with two silver, but I am afraid that he has done something wrong, and he wants to be excessive, and he will not see if the excess works.

Just one transcendence can make people generously let go of hatred, so wouldn't it be better if there was also an exceedance for the living?

But does it work? If only it were so excessive, it would be a real mess.

Hatred can't be repaid, and you have to be so generous, how many unjust souls will have to be in this way, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that excess will be disgusted.

"Even if you take 10,000 steps back, Shui Senran will treat you badly, and he will look down on us businessmen, that's not what he has to say, when the time comes, we will be in a hurry, and their whole family will not want to have a good life, just know where the money in this house comes from."

Wu Youran didn't care what she said, no one saw the cruelty at the corner of her mouth: "I said, there is silver that can make ghosts grind, not to mention that he is a scholar, there are more people in the capital who are bigger than his official position, these Hou mansions are really beautiful on the outside, and they are only afraid of accepting our silver inside, and they are not afraid that they will not do things, right?"

"So the reason why I didn't object is that I want to mention your identity, so that outsiders will know at a glance that you are the daughter of Shangshu, not the daughter of a businessman, and you can also marry someone who is an official, right, so don't you be stupid, eldest sister?"

Shui Qianqian also knew that Wu Youran was really good for her, but how could what she said be so realistic, thinking of this, Shui Qianqian let out a long sigh again.

"Sister Leisurely!" Wu Youran's words just now, Shui Qianqian listened to them all in her heart, a little sad and worried, and her heart was not a taste, "Where is it so simple, this official is a symbol of power, and we only have silver and no power, and at the beginning, Sister Youran, you agreed to me to come in, didn't you think that I and Shui Senran were father and son, he happened to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and my identity with you is not ordinary, do you think he can be the backer of our family?" ”

Every time she said a word, Shui Qianqian was even more angry with Shui Senran, yes, she took advantage of Shui Senran's position, and she did help her family a lot, but, but, hey, ......!

"Oh, eldest sister, I also know that this is the truth, but this is not our family, if you say this, it is not good if people hear it, so you have to give him Shui Senran a face." Wu Youran, who was frightened, was distracted, and looked left and right to see that there was no one at all, so he was relieved.

"What's the matter if I tell the truth, it was originally true, since people fancy our silver, why should we be so compromised, and it's not that he has official power in the capital, and then a family that doesn't treat you as a family at all, is this really good?"

Wu leisurely froze.

"He has been a poor scholar since he was a child, it is pure luck, he caught up with the new emperor and needed the new emperor to serve him for his loyalty, and his sister didn't want to think about it, he suffered since he was a child, but we didn't have to worry about it since we were children, we are all pampered people!"

Shui Qianqian's hand dragged her cheeks carefully, it was not that he belittled people, but what the children of poor families ate and drank, where to earn the money from studying, even if one or two silver was dispensable to them, but one or two silver from poor families were treasures, and they had to spend them tightly.

When I think of the gap between two people since childhood, the living state of two people, why are they all people, and the gap is so big?

Could it be that Shui Senran would not hate the rich, if it weren't for the pressure of silver, would Shui Senran do this? So in Shui Senran's heart, he didn't earn any money.

He is still worried about the silver after becoming an official, and he has to endure the humiliation and recognize his disgraceful daughter, what does Shui Senran think?

"Presumptuous, are you the master or am I the master? You dare to trespass into the room without Miss Ben's consent, and dare to talk about Miss Ben's own sister, who gave you the guts, don't get out quickly, save Miss Ben's eyes. This is also the first time Shui Qianqian has reprimanded the maid, in the end, it is from her mother-in-law, there is no way to deal with it, I can't help but feel pity

Suddenly, the maid's face was blue and purple for a while, and she didn't understand how Shui Qianqian, who had always been cowardly, began to maintain Wu Youran.

In any case, she couldn't swallow this breath, so she had to angrily grab the handkerchief and throw it away.

Not only was the maid unwilling, but even Wu Youran couldn't figure out what was going on.

Wu Youran opened her mouth for a while, and she didn't know what words of care and comfort she had, she had never seen Shui Qianqian like this, and finally stood up once, in fact, this is not bad, and people can't be without temper.

After the subordinate left, Shui Qianqian asked Zixin to guard outside, and no one was allowed to come in.

She opened the cabinet herself, took out a locked box from the cabinet, and then opened the box with the key, and handed over all the contents to Wu Youran by the way.

"This, these are the shops and fields I brought from the Wu family, it was my sister who didn't do well to you before, but my sister gradually understood, even if I asked you for more, my sister and I couldn't manage it, so you can take all these things, I just need to have silver flowers." Saying that, Shui Qianqian wiped her tears with some emotion, and put all these things in Wu Youran's hands.

It's not that she is reluctant, it's just that it's inevitable that sisters will see each other, which will only make people fall in love for a long time.

"Sister Youran, you have to take it well, don't run these industries well, and if you don't want to rely on the blessing of Shangshufu, this powerful family is not only Shangshufu."

"This, Sister Qian, I, I ......" Holding the wooden box in his hand, Wu Youran felt indescribably distressed.

Wu Youran didn't know what was going on, but Wu Youran knew that Shui Qianqian's life in Shangshu Mansion was not easy, and he glanced down at the wooden box in his hand.

Still couldn't put it down and didn't accept it, so he directly put the wooden box on the table, and shook his head categorically in refusal: "No, I can't accept these field shops, this is the dowry that my mother and father prepared for you early, and I was waiting for you to marry with a beautiful dowry, so that your in-laws can't despise you, and now it's all to this point, and you can't have a good time in this Shangshufu, so you still have to take these things yourself, and you can be regarded as having a money to protect yourself, so you won't wronged yourself." ”

Shui Qianqian couldn't help but have a sour nose when she said this, and tears couldn't help but fall, "Sister Youran, now that the two of us sisters have grown up together, you also allow your sister to tell you a few words of truth, sister don't look at the scenery in this Shangshu Mansion, but if God can let my sister choose again, my sister will definitely not recognize Shui Senran's father." ”

Wu Youran himself is a businessman, and he has made a few trips to Shangshufu, so how can he not hear the meaning of this.

"Hey, my sister regrets it." Shui Qianqian clutched her chest in pain again, crying tears, choked one after another, "If, if, hey, there is really another choice, or, or listen to you, how could my sister fall to such a point." ”