Chapter 70: Cao Rong
On the day the Cao family was raided, Cao Rong had just returned from the Qin family. However, I changed into homely clothes, washed my hair and was about to clean up, and went to my aunt's room to talk about the Qin family's gossip.
She is young, her temperament is jumpy and she is pampered, although she is the daughter of the Cao family, she is more delicate in food and clothing than Qin Songhui, the daughter of the Qin family, she washed her hair, and was directing the people in the house, when suddenly there was a commotion outside.
The Cao family is a wealthy family, and the rules in the house have always been very large, even if she is favored, she will never make such a noisy noise, Cao Rong hurriedly ordered someone to go out to investigate, who knows that her personal maid has not gone out yet, and a team of fully armored and murderous soldiers have already brought people in.
Cao Rong's body went soft, and she suddenly fell off the bed in fright, and the shouts of killing gradually rose in her ears, and there was even more fire in the distance, illuminating half of the sky.......
After that night, all the female relatives of Caofu were imprisoned, and she heard the news from the elders of the family one after another in the prison that her grandfather was involved in a major case of rebellion in the palace, and it was said that there was an assassination of the saint in the palace. But no one knew what happened that night in the palace, and although everyone in the Cao family shouted injustice, the verdict soon came down.
To this day, she still clearly remembers that the voice of the chamberlain who came to deliver the decree was not loud, but a sharp voice came out of her throat, like a sharp blade, and every word was cut into her heart with blood: "Men over the age of 14 will be beheaded, men under the age of 14 will be exiled for 3,000 miles, women over the age of 16 will be hanged, and female dependents under the age of 16 will be enslaved in the court......"
The old lady was the first to go, and before she died, she already knew that the men of the Cao family had been beheaded, so she only muttered: "Master, I will accompany you." And he calmly went to his death.
The wife who has been reciting the Buddha in the world followed, and she has been reciting the scriptures all her life, but none of the gods and Buddhas are willing to help.
His aunt refused to be arrested, so she was dragged and strangled to death.
One by one, the adult ladies of the Cao family wept and walked onto Huangquan Road one by one, Cao Rong looked at the aunts in front of her who had been in the back house or fought openly and secretly all their lives, but the wives were now hanging in front of her hand in hand.
Cao Jie, the eldest daughter of the Cao family, no matter how noble she is, originally turned sixteen years old in a few months. Although the concubines didn't say it, they have always been convinced of Cao Jie, even if they had a quarrel before, or they had some mustard in their hearts, but at this kind of life and death juncture, they were glad that Sister A could escape because of the difference of a few months.
Who knew that Cao Jie said categorically to the servant who came to supervise the punishment: "I, Cao Jie, was born noble, how can I steal my life?" I'd rather die than be a slave! ”
Cao Rui, the most amazing and brilliant eldest brother of the third generation of their Cao family, because he was more than fourteen years old, was beheaded in Caishikou with his father and uncles.
In this way, a behemoth like the Cao family fell......
Tears blurred Cao Rong's eyes, and she bit her lower lip tightly, crying silently...... She only remembered what her aunt taught her before she died, "Rong'er, it's better to die than live, remember your aunt's words, don't think about avenging the Cao family, you must live well by yourself, and live well for your aunt's part....."
So Cao Rong took a few other sisters of the Cao family to survive like pigs and dogs, of course, there were a few weak and sickly who did not survive the first days and died of illness in the harem, but she stubbornly survived like a weed, and was firmly rooted in the court.
There are Huangmen attendants in the palace who heard that they were the nobles of the Cao family in the past, and they wanted to humiliate and have fun, so she was heartbroken, so she directly took the most noble court order in this court, and recommended herself to serve him on a pillow seat.
In the past, Cao Rong had also fantasized about what kind of man her husband would be, at least comparable to her eldest brother Cao Rui, but now she knows how ridiculous her thoughts are.
After serving the court order wholeheartedly for many days, he was finally willing to let go and marry her. Cao Rong smiled self-deprecatingly, a few months ago, she definitely didn't expect that the husband she had worked so hard and carefully planned to find was not even a man.
But a man who has gone to the roots, after all, can't do anything to her, Cao Rong thought to herself, but from now on, she doesn't have to do those rough and dirty jobs in the court, although she is pointed at behind her back by those palace maids, but she at least did what she promised her aunt to "live well".
On the day Cao Rong saw Qin Songen again, a black cat ran into her residence for some reason.
The cat was mischievous, knocking over the kettle on her desk and making a mess of the house.
Cao Rong was afraid that when the court order came back, she found that the house was dirty and she couldn't escape a beating, so she beckoned the little yellow door and the palace slave to catch this "culprit".
When Qin Songen and Song Zhiban passed by, they happened to see this chaotic scene.
Cao Rong saw that the Xuan Cat was nimble left and right, and suddenly broke through their encirclement, jumped up, and instantly threw himself into Song Zhiban's arms.
Cao Rong has been in the palace for several months, she is good at drilling, her eyes are lively, she has long been familiar with the rules of the palace, and when she saw the service on Song Zhuban, she understood that this was a more noble figure than the court order, so she didn't dare to make a mistake, and asked him with low eyebrows.
Song Abshiban was holding the Xuan cat in his arms, the beast that was originally mischievous and mischievous in Cao Rong's house, scurrying around, but he was very honest when he fell into his arms, as if he knew that a savior was coming, and he meowed lazily into his sleeve, revealing only a hairy head, making a purring sound, and submissively letting Song Abban stroke his fur for it.
Song Zhiban also seemed to be very familiar with this Xuan cat, Qin Songen was expressionless and indifferent before seeing him, but since he saw this Xuan Mao, he finally showed a trace of concern and pity, adding a bit of human touch.
Cao Rong here also seemed to recognize Qin Songen, but she was in the mood to watch the joke that day, focusing only on Qin Songhui, and for this Qin family daughter who suddenly appeared, she just glanced at it a few times and didn't take it to heart. She couldn't eat for a while, so she looked at it a few more times, but she didn't dare to recognize it.
Qin Songen noticed Cao Rong's gaze and also looked at her.
For Cao Rong, she is not familiar with Cao Jie and Cao Rui, and she has only met Qin Songhui's ceremony, but she has just thought about everyone in the Cao family before, and now when she saw the girl who was very similar to Cao Jie and Cao Rui, she reacted at once and asked, "Is it the sister of the Cao family?" ”