Before this moment, Madame Malhan had thought that her daughter would be angry that she had taken advantage of her, and even question her love for her, but Madame Malhan never expected that her daughter would say such a thing, so straight to the point, leaving no room for it.

Niansheng looked at the slightly stunned look on her mother's face, and there was even more indescribable pain in her heart, she knew that this most cruel fact was unfortunately told by herself. So what are you doing this for? For the position of a wife? In order to ......"

"It's for you! For the sake of the pillars! Madame Marhan suddenly interrupted her voice loudly, "Everything E-Niang has done is for you!" As a mother, she may be able to withstand her daughter's questioning, but she can't accept such questioning.

"We're not your cruel excuse!" The voice also raised his voice.

"You were only six years old when you were taken from me, and everyone was talking about how much you Amma pampered you and built you such a delicate courtyard. But in my eyes, he just threw such a delicate you into a golden cage full of dangers. Mrs. Marhan ignored her daughter's words, "God knows how many pairs of eyes are staring at you, looking for every chance they can get rid of you." And I can only 'quietly' day and day out to try my best to protect you, who has ever understood the mind of a mother who wants to maintain the face of the house and protect her daughter to grow up safely? ”

Mrs. Marhan said many things that she never knew, "You have only moved into the courtyard for less than a month, and someone has poisoned the water tank in the courtyard, but fortunately, a maid has changed the water for your goldfish at night, and now the fish that has just changed the water only struggled a few times and died, and I felt that something strange had come up." ”

"Remember your nurse?" Mrs. Marhan asked suddenly.

Nian Sheng immediately had an ominous premonition, but he still insisted and said: "Didn't the nurse leave the house to take care of the elderly at home?" ”

Mrs. Marhan silently pulled the corners of her mouth, bringing out a wry smile, "It was the day before your eighth birthday, and someone was going to set fire to your small courtyard, and it was your nurse who inadvertently showed the whereabouts of the villain, and did not hesitate to fight to the death." In the end, she was stabbed in the chest, but until she died, she was still clutching the fire sickle she had snatched from the man. The collector tried nothing to remove the scythe from her hand when she was buried. ”

"After that, there was Guan Zhu, and such things emerged in an endless stream, and almost every year there were three or two troubles." Lady Marhan looked at the tears that welled up in her eyes and continued: "Originally, I pinned my hopes on your Amma, hoping that he would protect you well for the sake of blood. But he is too busy, he will always have endless official duties, endless entertainment, and endless women he likes...... So I can only protect you on my own and in my own way. ”

Nian Sheng didn't know how to answer her mother's words, she sat up and looked at her resolute mother under the lamp, feeling distressed, annoyed, and indescribably contradictory.

Lady Marhan seemed to want to say all the words that had been stored up for a long time, "You just asked me if I hated you, Amma?" I don't hate it, because E-niang has already seen it. Now for Eniang, as long as you two sisters and brothers are well, everything else, including the rise and fall of the glory of this Zhaojia Malhan Mansion, is not worth mentioning at all. ”

"Eniang......" Nian Sheng finally opened his mouth to call his mother, but the words that followed were washed away by tears and could not be said anymore.

Mrs. Marhan walked to the bed, took the kneeling voice in her arms, "Cry." Whether you are wronged or angry, cry out. With Eniang here, you don't have to be afraid of anything. She gently stroked her daughter's silk, just as she doted on when she was still by her side when she was a child.

Nian Sheng knew that these tears really broke the knot in his heart, and all the resentment and suspicion would flow away with these tears.

Reassuring her daughter, Madame Marhan suddenly remembered something more important. She patted Niansheng's shoulder and said, "Eniang has something very important to tell you." You don't have to reply to E-Niang now, but after you hear it, you must start to have a plan in your heart, you know? ”

Nian Sheng sobbed and nodded.

"Your Ama has already started thinking about your marriage, and you must know that he has taken a fancy to the fourteenth elder brother." Mrs. Marhan sighed and said helplessly: "He also plans to send you to the Eighth Elder Brother, no matter how bad it is, it will be the Ninth Elder Brother's mansion." ”

Nian Sheng suddenly stopped crying, and looked up at his mother with an incredulous expression.

While wiping her daughter's tears with a handkerchief, Mrs. Marhan continued, "Don't worry, E-Niang is fighting for this life, and she will not let my daughter be a concubine for others." Brother's side Fujin is also a concubine, and E-Niang will not agree. Mrs. Marhan paused before saying, "But before that, E-Niang wants to listen to your thoughts first, if you have someone you like, even if there is a big disparity between the families, E-Niang will also find a way to deal with you for you." ”

"E-niang? ……”

"E-Niang doesn't want to see you be like E-Niang in the future." Mrs. Marhan knew what her daughter was trying to say. "Know ......"

Outside, I suddenly remembered the old woman's voice, "Madam, it's not too early, the main courtyard is about to be locked." The old lady dutifully reminded her master outside the door.

Mrs. Marhan patted her daughter on the cheek again, trying to squeeze out a smile, "My son should rest early." Think about these words, and if you have anything, come and talk to E-Niang. He helped Nian Sheng to lie down again, and then went out and went back to his own courtyard.

Mrs. Marhan hurried back to the main courtyard under the cover of night, and as soon as she entered the bedroom, she was confronted by Lord Marhan, who had already changed into his bedclothes but had anxiously greeted him.

"How? How did you go for so long? As soon as Lord Marhan saw Madame return, he opened his mouth and asked.

Madame poured herself a glass of water and sat down at the table, but she was not in a hurry to speak.

Lord Marhan couldn't help but urge, "What the hell did you ask?" My good lady! ”

After drinking a glass of water, the lady replied, "The time is too rushed, I haven't had time to ask." ”

"What? You've been there for so long, and you haven't even asked for such a thing? Lord Marhan couldn't help but complain. What are you going to do with me? I'll have to talk back to Eighth Brother tomorrow. ”

"What do you want me to ask? My daughter almost hated me to death because of what happened that day, how could I say as soon as I passed, 'You Ama wants you to marry the fourteenth elder brother, don't you agree?' Of course, I have to appease my daughter first. Madame explained.

"Aren't you all to blame? It's just a concubine's room, wouldn't it be nice to just get rid of it? Not only do you have to dispose of it, but everyone also wants to think of your goodness. I wondered, after all this thing has been done, do you still have to set up a memorial arch?! "Lord Marhan didn't pay attention to his words and spoke harshly.

Mrs. glanced at her master, and said coldly: "That's not all because some people like the new and hate the old, and while they don't know how to beat people, they are still in a hurry to get people at home." ”

After years of officialdom experience, Lord Marhan has long practiced a good ability to stretch and bend, he didn't care about his wife's cold words, but instead poured her a cup of tea with a smile, "Then according to Madame's opinion, how should my husband reply to Eighth Elder Brother tomorrow?" ”

Mrs. took the tea with an expressionless face, "One word of the plan: drag." ”

"Drag? How to drag? ”

"The sound of horizontal and vertical thoughts being beaten by me has more or less spread out, so you can tell the truth. Our daughter is sick now, she is sober and confused for a while, and she is talking nonsense, and she can't find out what she thinks. Let him wait for a while, let's test it clearly, and it's not too late. Seeing her master's hesitant look, Mrs. had no choice but to make her words clear, "His eighth elder brother doesn't want to ask someone to go over to make trouble, right?" As far as our daughter's temper is concerned, if she dares to really go against her, she may be able to do something. ”

Lord Malhan understood as if he had been enlightened, "That's right! Everything I said was the truth, and no matter how good he was, he couldn't figure out my mistakes. "Finally there is a way to deal with it, and Lord Marhan can finally feel at ease." It's still Mrs. Takami! He didn't forget to pat his wife's ass.

But after being happy for a while, Lord Marhan had a new trouble, "But what if you say that we are really unwilling to marry the Fourteenth Elder Brother?" He glanced at his wife's face, and hurriedly made up for it: "Of course, of course, then I will definitely not let her be a concubine for the eighth and ninth elder brothers." ”

Madame was quite satisfied with Lord Marhan's words, "Isn't there still a thirteenth elder brother?" I think he's definitely interesting to our daughter, too. Didn't you listen to Hongtai? ”

"Him?" Lord Marhan smacked his lips and said disapprerovingly: "Even if the mother of the thirteenth elder brother is still alive, the mother's family has no power in the court, not to mention that we and the eight ......"

"What's the matter with our eighth brother?" Madame interrupted her master, "I think you're stupid!" The emperor is still in the prime of life, if you follow what you said, it is better to marry the crown prince! "Madame has gotten up to change her clothes." The thirteenth elder brother has no Eniang, but how can Concubine Min's background be better than the one from Xin Zheku, right? What's more, there is also Concubine De. ”

"What do you know as a woman?" Lord Marhan felt that he had been thinking about it for so long, and there was no reason for his wife to be shaken in a few words.

Mrs. Marhan changed her clothes, pulled her master to lie on the bed, and then said casually: "I don't understand anything, but I can see one thing clearly." ”

"What's the matter?"

"It's hard to have the best of both worlds in this world, instead of letting you press the wrong treasure and lose your daughter's happiness for a lifetime, it's better to hide away and ask for peace." After all, her daughter is the flesh that has fallen from her body and mind, and her safety is what a mother cares about the most.

Lord Marhan lay down comfortably, and sighed, what his wife said was not unreasonable, but he really didn't want to give up such a good chess piece as his daughter easily.

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