Chapter 7: Truth and Falsehood
In the story told by Liu Qingqing, Meng Zhongting and Xue Wan are the talented and beautiful women who fell in love at first sight in the drama, and then told each other that they were a lifelong fairy couple.
At that time, Xue Wan was the only lady in the Guogong Mansion, her appearance and talent were all of the highest grade, Xue Wan was not like the ordinary ladies who did not go out of the door, she always liked to dress up as a man to make friends with celebrities, at that time, there was still an elegant solar term in the capital, called the Flower Dynasty Festival, on this day, the famous literati and ink writers in Beijing would gather together to chant poems and paint, this elegant gathering, was called the Jade Hall Meeting.
"My sister sang a song of peony at the Yutang meeting, and the lord happened to pass by here in Beijing, and wrote a song of lotus, and accidentally broke the identity of my sister's daughter, and the two of them formed a fate, but after all, the lord is a down-and-out scholar from a poor country, how can he easily ask to marry his sister, and the two of them agreed to stay until the day of the master's gold list title high school, and then come to the door to ask for marriage."
This came and went, and it came to the day of the autumn test list, Meng Zhongting really named the gold list, and the emperor appointed it as the new science and technology exploration flower, Xue Wan was very happy to learn that Hao Xin'er was very happy, and when Meng Zhongting came to visit the Guogong, the two of them made this love clear in public.
"Originally, this should be a good marriage made of a fake couple, but although the master has to explore the flowers, in the end it is still not the right household, Xue Guogong did not agree to this marriage, my sister pleaded in every possible way, after all, it was useless, and then the lord sincerely asked to marry several times, and was appreciated by the emperor as a five-grade official, Xue Guogong agreed to this marriage."
The wedding date was set for the eighth day of the eighth month of August, that is, at this time, Concubine An Guifei saw Meng Zhongting several times and felt that this person was not reliable, but where would Xue Wan, who fell in love, listen, and the close friends in the boudoir broke up, but Liu Qingqing didn't know about it, Meng Jiao just connected the context of what the two people said.
"Originally, everyone was happy, but who knew that when my sister was about to get married, Xue Guogong was suddenly involved in rebellion, I don't know why, the emperor did not allow Xue Guogong to plead, and ordered the raid of the Xue family, when the holy decree was issued, the lord rushed to the Xue family and took away his sister, taking advantage of the Xue family's raiding house and going to prison, the two of them worshiped heaven and earth, so that my sister was regarded as a member of the Meng family, so she avoided the disaster."
Liu Qingqing said about this matter, An Guifei did not mention it, Meng Jiao carefully thought about the truth of this matter, and heard An Guifei say that the Xue family was indeed defeated overnight, but she did not explain the reason, if what Liu Qingqing said was true, I am afraid that if it was a raid back then, there is a chance that there is another hidden secret.
But there is one thing Meng Jiao doesn't understand, if the Xue family was copied that day, how could Xue Wan, as the only daughter in the family, leave so easily, and marry someone on the day of the family accident, Meng Jiao didn't want to believe that her mother was such a cold person who didn't care about her family.
"My grandfather's family flew into trouble, mother, how could she marry someone at this time?"
"My sister is naturally not such a cold person, it is really because... Because my sister was already pregnant with you at that time... If she hadn't been pregnant with you, my sister would naturally have advanced and retreated with Xue Guogong..."
Liu Qingqing choked up when she said this, and when she picked up a handkerchief to wipe her tears, her face was hideous, and she secretly hated in her heart, if it wasn't for Xue Wan being pregnant with Meng Jiao at that time, she must have been in prison like the Xue family who was imprisoned, how could she still have the opportunity to marry into the Meng family and step on her head!
The handkerchief was taken away, Liu Qingqing looked so sad again, Meng Jiao didn't find a flaw, but she didn't fully believe Liu Qingqing's words as before, she was thinking about these words, which ones were true and which ones were false.
"Later, everyone in the house knows, when my sister was pregnant for three months, lingering on the sickbed, in order to be happy, the lord married me into the door, and then my sister was pregnant in August, I went to find a reliable doctor, but who knows... Who knew that the doctor turned out to be a lustful person, she fell in love with the maid in her sister's room, and her sister refused to give it, so he just... He was poisoned! ”
Meng Jiao was a little stunned, these are completely two kinds of rhetoric, what Concubine An Guifei said, that doctor is Liu Qingqing's person, and the bloody death of Xue Wan was all Liu Qingqing's idea, but Liu Qingqing gave a completely opposite set of rhetoric, and at a glance, all the story lines are clearer.
"Erniang, I don't know that maid, is she still alive?"
"It's long gone... My sister was killed by the blood of the doctor, although she was happy with the doctor, but she was not an ungrateful person, and seeing that she had killed her sister, she committed suicide by swallowing gold on the seventh day after her sister went. ”
Sure enough, it was another death without proof, Meng Jiao sneered without a trace, but did not speak, just listened to Liu Qingqing continue to speak.
"After the maid died, we learned that it was because of this incident that the doctor hurt my sister, but when I reacted and went to look for it again, the doctor had run away without a trace, and I had been looking for it for so many years, but I couldn't find a trace after all, but this is all a later story, after the death of my sister that day, the whole man was depressed and abnormal, if it wasn't for the fact that people often went in to visit, I'm afraid it was... I'm afraid I'll go with my sister..."
In Liu Qingqing's story, Meng Zhongting is a good husband with deep affection, but Meng Jiao doesn't believe it all, if she is affectionate and righteous, how can she treat her biological daughter so coldly, and even send her out of the house for thirteen years and ignore it? If it is affectionate and righteous, her biological daughter is said to be a bad star, how can he easily believe it, and he has not doubted it at all for so many years?
It's just a suspicion, but it can only be suppressed in her heart, and she still has to pretend to be moved by this kind of affection on her face, Meng Jiao only feels that it is really disgusting.
"It turns out... It turned out that my father was so affectionate to my mother. ”
"No... It's not just for my sister, in fact, the lord takes good care of you, and my sister just left at that time, the reason why the lord was able to survive was not only because someone visited, but also because you were still alive, and the lord was very good to you, but then strange things happened frequently, and there was a Taoist priest who didn't know where to come from, saying that you were born to be a father and mother, and the lord didn't care about this, but... It's just that he has to care about the people, if you stay by your side, it is difficult to guarantee that you will not be discovered by others that day, at that time, I am afraid that it will be another disaster. ”
According to what Liu Qingqing said, Meng Zhongting sent Meng Jiao away completely out of the original intention of wanting to protect her, but Meng Jiao is no longer a three-year-old child, and she can already judge whether this original intention is true or false.
Liu Qingqing's original intention was to make Meng Jiao believe that her fate was indeed a yin star, and then let her believe that she had ignored her for so many years, not because she didn't love her, but because she loved her too much, but she didn't know that Meng Jiao had heard another story from Concubine An Guifei, these two stories were very different, and even diametrically opposed.
And which story is true and which story is false, although it is not certain now, Meng Jiao already has the answer in her heart.