Chapter 1: The Wind Rises
Changxing Hou is graceful, warm and graceful.
Both internal and external, virtue is beautiful, this is what everyone in Chaoyang City praises.
When Changxinghou was still the prince, he was praised as "the son of jade" by the people of the city.
Talent and appearance are the best, and he is the first choice for girls.
Later, he tied the knot with the daughter of Shangshufu, Yang. After marriage, the two respected each other like guests, and the couple had a deep affection. For many years, Changxinghou has not accepted a concubine.
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Changxing Houfu, backyard.
In the deep corridor, a woman in her thirties walked cautiously with a large white porcelain bowl in her hand.
A large white porcelain bowl contains black chicken soup, and a few jujubes float in the soup noodles. The fragrance is strong, and it hooks the gluttonous worms in the human stomach.
At this time, there were also two beautiful maids in front of them carrying a tray. They walked briskly side by side, and the two seemed to whisper again, bowing their heads from time to time and laughing quietly.
The woman carrying the porcelain bowl walked very cautiously, for fear of spilling the soup in the bowl.
The two maidservants climbed the stairs and laughed until they bumped into the woman who was looking down at the road.
With a "pop", the bowl of broken soup was spilled, and the soup splashed everywhere.
"Scared!" The maidservant was startled, and the tray in her hand flipped to the ground.
The woman did not react for a moment, and the soup was sprinkled on her hands and clothes.
When he came back to his senses, the maid in yellow reprimanded angrily: "What are you doing! It's not that the eyes are long, and the top of the head is long. ”
After that, he squatted down to pack his clothes.
After a while, she stood up again, pointed to the gorgeous brocade dress splashed with chicken soup and dust in her hand, and shouted: "This is the eldest lady's newly cut dress, and now it has been destroyed by you, you want to think about how to explain it to the eldest lady!" It's really worth fighting! ”
"It's me who is bad...... It's me who is bad...... Should I ...... I should ......"
The woman stooped down and apologized, and kept saying words of self-reproach.
The maidservant was still very angry. This is the only one that Mrs. spent a lot of money to make Furong Ju specially tailor-made for the young lady.
How can I explain to Miss now!
"It really should be hit!"
Seeing the woman's submissive appearance, she rushed to the top of her head angrily, and raised her hand to push the woman.
Before the rough hand touched the woman, the wrist was clamped by a plain hand as thin as a scallion.
"Stop." The voice as cool as a mountain stream sounded, and the owner of the voice looked at the maidservant faintly.
"Heh, you dare to stop me? Do you want to be beaten too? The tone was disdainful.
The plain-clothed girl stared at the swaggering maid with an expressionless face, and the hand that clamped her wrist tightened a little: "You can try it." ”
"You let go!" The maidservant was in pain and scolded angrily: "She just soiled the eldest lady's clothes, she will definitely be punished!" ”
"Twilight, it's my fault, I'm going to apologize to Miss right away. You let her go, and we won't cause trouble, okay? ”
The woman hurried forward to persuade the girl, fearing that she would get into trouble.
The girl turned her head to look at her, and her tone was instantly gentle: "Aunt He, I've seen it all, you don't have to worry, I'll deal with it." ”
After that, he looked at the maid again, and his voice was cold: "Fang is the one who bumped into Aunt He, but now you have to blame her, do you think she is easy to bully?" ”
"Nonsense! Obviously, she bumped into it by herself without looking at the road, and now you clearly want to help her shirk her responsibility! ”
"That's it! I also saw that she hit it, don't try to deny it! Another handmaid saw the situation and helped.
Oh, who doesn't know the people of Changxing Houfu, what Mrs. hates the most is this wild girl adopted by Houye.
It's just a wild girl under the fence, and she really thinks she is the master of the house?
And she is the right-hand man beside her wife, as long as she puts the responsibility on the wild girl, her wife will definitely punish her.
The girl shook off the handmaiden's hand, took out a handkerchief to wipe the chicken soup on Aunt He's hand, and lightly threw out a sentence: "It's not our fault, even if you go to sue, I am not afraid." ”
The maidservant glared at her angrily and gritted her teeth: "You wait! ”
The two maidservants left with a belly full of anger, and the woman's face was full of worry.
"Twilight, it's all Aunt He's bad...... You have a conflict with her, and Madame will punish you...... What can I do......"
The girl lowered her head and carefully wiped the residual soup on her hands, and chuckled indifferently: "Aunt He is not afraid, after so many years, have I been beaten less?" I'm not afraid of being beaten, I just want them to know that I, Xu Chaodu, can't be bullied by anyone who wants to. ”
Aunt He sighed helplessly: "Dusk, we are sending people under the fence now, sometimes we should endure ......it, and we can endure it."
"Aunt He, you don't know, most people are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard. If you keep putting up with it, they will keep bullying you, and if you are tougher than them, they will be afraid of you. If it's our fault, I admit it, but it's not our fault, I will never admit it. ”
Aunt He looked at the elegant and cold girl in front of her, and her heart was extremely sad.
Since he came to Changxing Houfu, he has been targeted by Mrs. Changxinghou.
But Twilight is a strong character, and she has been beaten by her wife under various excuses over the years.
Over the years, Twilight has always had injuries on her body, and every time old injuries have not healed and new ones have been added.
If it was the original ......
Aunt He seemed to think of something, her face was a little remorseful, and she immediately shook her head helplessly.
Wow, when is this kind of day a head......
It was the middle of the Huai month, and the spring rain was murmuring outside the curtain.
The raindrops hit the eaves and fell into the flowers and trees, forming a tune of their own and falling to the ground.
In the flower hall, Mrs. Yang sat on the soft chair in the center. Although she has entered middle age, she is very well maintained.
The makeup is exquisite, the temperament is elegant, and the charm is not lost.
Next to the Yang family sat Xu Tinglan, the eldest lady of Changxing Houfu.
Miss Xu was born beautiful and is a well-known first-class beauty in the capital.
The face of the beauty is softer than the flower, the body is softer than the willow, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all fine, and the temperament is dignified and elegant.
How many aristocratic sons have broken through the threshold of Changxing Houfu.
But they didn't know that the eldest lady had already been in love with Wang Shizi of Chang'an for no night, and they agreed for life.
As long as the time is ripe, the prince of Chang'an will come to the door to propose marriage and move this delicate peony home to raise.
After listening to the maidservant's story, Yang placed the white jade and gold teacup on the coffee table, and lightly swept over the bowed woman and the slim girl below, with undisguised disgust in his eyes.
And the maid kneeling on the ground held the soiled clothes in both hands, and was chirping upside down black and white: "Madam...... It was Aunt He who bumped into the maid and soiled the eldest lady's clothes...... The maid wanted to reason with her, but was reprimanded by Xu Chaodu, and said that even if the maid told the lady, she would not ......"
Xue Yue on the side hurriedly helped: "Madam, it is indeed as Fenghua said." The maid also saw that Xu Chaodui had beaten Fenghua, so please Mrs. Mingjian, and return Fenghua fairly......"
"Xu Chaodui, you are so bold!" Yang's eyes swept over the girl and the woman like a knife, and his tone was annoyed: "I'm afraid that you don't even care about me, the main mother, now!" ”
"Chaodui doesn't dare, Chaodui just can't see the dog fighting people, and he bites people when he sees them."
The girl is neither humble nor arrogant, and her tone is neither hurried nor slow.
"What a sharp-toothed girl." Yang's face sank, then he sneered, picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it at the girl.
"The cheap girl hit the housemother on her head, violated the mansion, and should be a slap in the face!"
The girl turned sideways slightly, the teacup passed by, shattered behind her, and the tea splashed everywhere.
"Madame, please calm your anger, it's the slave's fault, Madame just punish the slave and maid, it's none of Twilight'er's business......" Aunt He pleaded guilty.
"You can't protect yourself, and you still plead for her, and you are really as loyal as a dog."
"Madame!" The girl suddenly raised her voice: "Please be cautious, Aunt He is my elder, treat me like my own child, I don't allow you to insult her." ”
Xu Tinglan on the side held Yang's smooth hand, and her beautiful eyes were full of disdain.
She snorted coldly: "Mother is the master, you are just a slave." Don't insult you, even if you are beaten? Come on, call me! ”
After speaking, seven or eight maidservants immediately rushed forward and held the girl and Aunt He down, and a series of movements flowed smoothly.
"Wait, old rules, just punish me alone."
Yang waved his hand, and the two maidservants let go of Aunt He and respectfully stepped aside.
Yang glanced at the woman kneeling on the ground with disdain.
This woman was only her age, but she was crippled early, like an old woman.
This is the gap between women, some people are naturally noble, and some people are naturally low.
For such a lowly woman, she is disdainful of disgust.
What she hated was the adopted daughter in front of her who didn't know the height of the sky.
Under the fence, he dared to be so arrogant. In the past few years, I have been beaten countless times, but I still can't get rid of this stubborn character.
Smack-
Smack-
One after another, the girl's palm-sized face quickly became red and swollen.
Aunt He wanted to crawl over and take it for her several times, but she was firmly pressed to the ground and couldn't move.
"Madame...... Madame, please don't beat Twilight again...... She's still a child, so punish the slave if you want to...... Madame......"
Aunt He burst into tears, and kowtowed to the noble lady who was sitting on the soft chair.
In the crisp slap sound, the girl looked at Yang coldly, and there was no fear on her stubborn face.
Don't they just want to see themselves begging for mercy? She doesn't.
I remember when I first came to Houfu, I was bullied everywhere.
In front of outsiders, they pretend to be good to her, just to win a good reputation praised by outsiders.
At that time, she was still young, and she thought that if she followed them and listened to them, she could be treated well.
It wasn't until she became sensible that she realized that they bullied her not because she had done something wrong, but because of her own existence, which disgusted them.
"Stop!" In the crisp slap, a nice male voice came from outside the hall.
Everyone turned around and saluted in unison: "Master." ”
Chang Xinghou strode into the flower hall, and the little servant who collected the umbrella behind him followed suit.
Chang Xinghou came to the girl's side, and after reprimanding the maidservant, he helped the girl up.
"What are you doing here? I told you that you were not allowed to bully her. If it spreads, it will damage the reputation of Changxing Houfu. ”
Yang looked at Chang Xinghou, who still had the same demeanor, and stepped forward and said, "Husband, it's not that the concubine bullies her, it's just that this girl is really rude." ”
Xu Tinglan also agreed: "Father, it was indeed her who contradicted her mother, and her mother became angry. You also know that she has a bad temper, and she has made her mother angry. ”
Chang Xinghou looked at the expressionless girl, and swallowed back into his stomach when the words he wanted to say came to his mouth, and only said, "Take Miss to the medicine." ”
"No need, thank you, father." The girl coldly refused, and was about to leave with Aunt He.
"Twilight and slow." Changxing waited for Wen to stop her.
Xu Chaodui stopped and didn't look back, "What does my father-in-law command?" ”
Changxing waited for the servant in the hall to retreat, and said, "Du'er sit down first, and my father-in-law has something to discuss with you." ”