In the evening, the capital Chang'an Marquis Mansion.

In the spacious mansion, in the Rongxuan courtyard in the center, Mrs. Chen, the mother of Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an, had a gloomy face, slowly sipped half a cup of tea, and instructed the little girl, "Please come over." ”

Mrs. Zhang, the Marquis of Chang'an, came over quickly.

When Mrs. Chen saw her come in, she waved her hand back to the girl in the house, and motioned for her to sit beside her.

"That year, in Rong'an City, ......"

Hearing the three words of Rong Ancheng, Mrs. Zhang's face changed.

"Alas," Mrs. Chen sighed low and patted Mrs. Zhang's hand, "she is dead, leaving behind a daughter." Brother An'er's father, as well as me, all found out about this.

The day before yesterday, on the way back from the next dynasty of Brother An'er and his father, someone stopped him and handed over the letter, and the person was in Shanxian County.

After I found out, I immediately sent someone to Shanxian and killed her. ”

Mrs. Zhang opened her mouth, and without waiting for her to speak, Mrs. Chen looked at her and said, "It's not all for you, the child she left behind, although it is a girl, it is better to die than to live, it is best to die for Brother An'er and his father, and for our Li family, it is best to die." ”

Mrs. Zhang hummed lowly.

"The morning before yesterday, I sent someone to pick her up as usual and let Lao Qian go, I originally thought that I would come back with a corpse and go outside the city for Brother An'er and his father to take a look, find a place to bury it, and it would be a hundred.

If so, I'm not going to tell you about it again. However, just now Lao Qian sent someone to report that it was true, saying that the person had received it, and it was alive. ”

Mrs. Zhang's eyes widened.

"People are trustworthy, the old man who has followed me for decades said that he was suffocated with a quilt, and he only left when he looked dead." Old Madam Chen smiled bitterly and sighed repeatedly, "Look at it, this is a scourge!" ”

Mrs. Zhang's face turned pale.

"Brother An'er's father said that the emperor already knows, let him take it back first. Let's be here, we'll ...... for a while," Old Madam Chen's words paused.

The emperor already knew about it, and when he spoke again, they couldn't do it anymore.

"I can only take it back first, I have wronged you." Old Madam Chen looked at her daughter-in-law with pity.

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At dawn the next day, Li Ran was woken up by a knock on the door, and as soon as she sat up, the door was pushed open, and the two cloth-clothed women took the toilet behind the bed, replaced it with a clean one, and then sent in face wash and toothbrush salt.

Then there is breakfast, a bowl of rice juice, two small steamed buns, a plate of sesame oil mixed with mustard greens, a plate of pickled goose meat, and a piece of bean curd.

Li Ran ate, spread her hair, and went out directly.

The three servants who picked her up took her away only one bare-rod man, and they brought nothing with them. Last night she slept with her clothes, and this morning, she didn't even have a comb in the house, of course, it didn't work, she couldn't comb her hair.

Like yesterday, Lao Huang's family stood in front of the car and combed her hair in the same bun as yesterday.

The car went very fast, and when the sun rose overhead, there were more and more cars and pedestrians on the road, and in the distance, a huge city could already be seen in the towering and dark depth.

Shanxian is very close to the capital.

Li Ran leaned close to the car window, looking intently at the cars and pedestrians outside.

She loves to see people the most, and there is nothing more interesting than people.

A hurried sound of horses' hooves came from ahead, from far to near.

Li Ran peeked out of the car window.

In front of the car, beside the car, cars and pedestrians dodged one after another.

In front, a large group of people, freshly dressed and angry, came head-on.

The men and horses rushed to the front of the car and hurriedly stopped.

"This car?" A clear male voice asked.

Li Ran just retracted her head from the car window, the front door was slammed open, and a beautiful and sunny dizzying young man leaned in, ignoring Li Ran's staring at him, carefully looked her up and down, laughed, shrunk back, and smiled with the young man next to him: "It's really like your father." ”

Li Ran glanced at the beautiful man a few more times before looking up at the other young man.

At a glance, she knew how Mama Qian saw her, and the sentence must be a girl, came about.

The young man in front of him looked like he had a set of genes with her, eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips, a taste, but the man was very strong, not as thin and weak as her.

Her blood relatives were also looking at her, and she saw in his eyes disgust, wariness, curiosity, and some annoyance, but there was no kindness.

"I told you, I don't believe it, do you see it? What's there to see? Let's go back. Li Ran's blood relative looked away and turned his horse's head.

"It's still good-looking." The beautiful man replied while laughing, glanced at Li Ran again, turned the horse's head, and rode away.

The car door was closed again by the driver, and Li Ran shrank a little.

They have no respect for her, and they don't take her seriously.

Now, she can be sure that what she got is another bad card like.

The car was approaching the city gate, and the window was lowered from the outside.

She was not allowed to look out further.

Li Ran sat in the car, listening to the sounds outside, from quiet to lively, and then from lively to quiet.

After walking for another hour, the car stopped, the door opened, and the pedals had been placed in front of the door.

Without waiting for Li Ran to stand firm, Mama Qian urged: "Hurry up." ”

Li Ran held the small box and followed Mama Qian into the moon cave door

Mama Qian's footsteps were extremely fast, Li Ran's body was very thin, and she was holding a heavy box, walking and running, panting, and she didn't care about observing the surrounding situation at all.

After walking for nearly half an hour, Li Ran was dizzy and her throat was sweet, and Mama Qian finally stopped, leaned at Li Ran, and confessed two words: "Wait." "Go up the stairs.

Li Ran panted, wiped the hot sweat on his forehead with shaking hands, and looked up at the white walls and green tiles in front of him. As far as the eye can see, there are two words of wealth and nobility.

On the gate of the courtyard, the three words of Rongxuan Courtyard are imposing.

is so stable, with the name of Rong and Xuan, it can only be the territory of the head of the family, nine times out of ten, it is the old lady.

"Come in." A mother-in-law shouted from the courtyard gate.

Li Ran gasped and went up the steps.

She really wanted to go in calmly, but this breath was not something she could calm down if she wanted to.

On both sides of the courtyard gate, in front of the left and right inverted seats, there is a wide verandah, the courtyard in the middle is very large, stacked rockeries, planted with flowers and plants, a deep stream winds out from inside, the water flow is very fast, and the koi fish in the water are shining.

There was another door along the verandah.

This must be the so-called Hanging Flower Gate.

Li Ran stood still, looked up a few more times, and looked at the layers of beautifully carved dougong and flower boards, as well as the weeping lotus heads with seven or eight layers of petals hanging down on both sides of the door.

In the middle of the hanging flower door, there is a rich flower embroidery screen.

Li Ran took a step closer, stretched out his head over, looked carefully, it was really embroidered, the quality of this yarn is really good, thin to transparent, fine can not see the warp and weft, it is really a good craft.

Bypassing the embroidered screen, facing the five upper rooms, the five upper rooms are gorgeous and tall, and a heavy dark purple tumbled satin curtain hangs from the middle door, and outside the curtain, a little girl with a double bun stands down.

Li Ran walked outside the curtain, and the curtain was lifted from the inside out, and a comfortable fresh and fruity fragrance came to her face.

"Come in." An eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl in brocade clothes, with a smile on her face, gestured to Li Ran.

Li Ran crossed the high, thick threshold.

The house is very spacious and rich.

On the east side of the collapse, an old woman in her sixties sat half-crooked, half-sitting, and on the armchair in front of the collapse, a woman in her forties and fifties. In addition, it is the girl who stands with her hands down.

The old woman and the woman were expressionless and looked at her coldly.

Li Ran held her small box and stood in the room, her eyes lowering her head.

She didn't know what to do, she was really, completely, completely, completely aware.

"Old lady, Master Hou is here." There was a crisp voice from the little girl outside the door.

The old lady on the floor snorted as if she didn't have anything, and the woman in the armchair looked away from Li Ran and looked at the Hundred Treasure Pavilion.

Li Ran moved to the side, took the opportunity to turn around a little, and looked at the door.

A tall and strong, man in fancy clothes about fifty years old came in, walked straight to the front of the collapse, and bowed his body, "A-Niang." ”

The woman in the armchair stood up, bent her knees at the man, took a half-step to the side, and stood behind the side of the armchair.

Li Ran hugged the small box and watched silently.

This man, at first glance, is the father of the young man she saw before entering the city, and it should also be her father, biological father, the Marquis of Chang'an.

These two women, it seems, one is his mother, and the other must be his daughter-in-law.

"Sit down." The old lady pointed to the armchair.

Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an, sat down, then looked at Li Ran, his eyes fell on the small box in Li Ran's arms, his eyes were sharp, and his face changed, "This box, there are gold pages inside?" ”

"Yes." Li Ran's answer was crisp and neat.

Obviously, he knew the chest, and perhaps the chest was his, and the gold was his.

"Used?" Chang'an Hou's throat tightened.

"And half there." Li Ran didn't answer directly, she didn't know how many gold pages were in this box, so she didn't know if it was useless.

The old lady's face became even more gloomy, and she picked up her cup and lowered her eyes to drink tea.

The woman standing behind Li Mingshui, Marquis of Chang'an, pursed her lips and looked at the corner of the room without focus.

Chang'an Hou's throat rolled, and after a while, he looked at the old lady and said, "Her mother didn't name her, nor did she tell her her life experience, A-Niang named her." ”

"I have a name." Li Ran immediately answered.

"Who gave you the name?" Chang'an Hou was very surprised.

"Myself, my name is Ran, Ranqi Fangcao." Li Ran met Chang'anhou's gaze.

"What about the words?" Chang'anhou couldn't say anything, and then asked.

Li Ran was stunned, yes, names and words are two different things.

"The word is also a word." Li Ran sloppily looked.

"Since she has named herself, let's call her Ran." The old lady looked at Li Ran with a cold gaze.

"Do you know your birthday?" Chang'an Hou stayed for a moment and asked again.

Li Ran shook her head.

The biological mother didn't even give her a name, she didn't know her birth date, it was too normal.

"You are seventeen this year, born on the ninth day of October, at the end of Yin, your surname is Li, and you are my daughter. This is your mother-in-law, this is your mother. We just knew......" Chang'anhou choked slightly, "I also have a daughter." ”

Chang'an Hou Li Mingshui looked at Li Ran. Li Ran saw a deep sadness in his eyes.