Chapter Eighty-Four: The First Emperor
The sky that has just rained has a kind of washed blue, like a high-end satin, covering the sky and spreading infinitely, making people feel inexplicably comfortable. The only Phalaenopsis tree in the yard is in full bloom, and the flowers are even more beautiful after washing. From a distance, it looks like a flock of pink butterflies landing on the branches of green leaves. This is Su Xiaoxiao's favorite flower, and it is also dug up on the hill at the edge of the village and planted in a corner of the yard, her mother said that the yard should be used in the right place, and more vegetables should be planted.
It's been raining all morning, and it's just stopped. The grass in the yard should also be cleared, and there is still the land on the hill, Ran Yi is also busy, and he hasn't taken care of it for two days.
"Ran Yi, Ran Yi, many people are coming in the direction of your house, you go out and see if Brother Ah Jiu is back." Lanzi pushed open the small wooden door and stood at the gate of the courtyard and shouted. Lanzi is always very aggressive, and when she is happy, she can't remember any image of a woman. No, Xu was too excited, and the wooden water scoop in his hand was still in his hand.
Su Xiaoxiao put down the poetry book in her hand, nodded to her mother who was lying on the bed, and her mother walked out of the door after agreeing, "Lanzi, what's wrong?" β
"Hey, come out and take a look, is it that Brother Ah Jiu is back, there are a lot of people over there." Lanzi was the most unaccustomed to this kind of slow child on weekdays, put down the water scoop in her hand, took her hand and ran out of the door.
Speaking of Ah Jiu, Su Xiaoxiao is happy and happy. Ah Jiu and her childhood sweetheart, since birth, Ah Jiu has lived with Ran Yi. Two years ago, he said that he was going to take the martial arts championship, and after he came back, he married Ran Yi in a beautiful way, and the time passed in a hurry, and he never came back. And then, naturally, kept the promise and waited for him.
Now, if Ah Jiu comes back, Su Xiaoxiao is not only happy, but also a little shy, finally back, and finally comes to marry her.
Su Xiaoxiao and Lanzi stood in front of a group of people and watched, wearing gorgeous clothes on those people, looking radiant, such clothes Ranyi had only seen when he was six years old. Ran Yi felt a little strange, there were so many people, and the clothes were so gorgeous, it didn't seem like Brother A Jiu.
"Who are you?" Lan Zi was straightforward, rushed to the person who hit the head, and asked with a puzzled expression.
The man looked Lanzi up and down, turned his head to look at the person behind him, squinted his eyes, and replied lazily, "We are from Prime Minister Xia's mansion." β
Hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao, who was standing on the side, was unsteady in his steps, took two steps back, suddenly panicked in his heart, and his hand was gently clenched into a fist.
"Are you Prime Minister Xia's daughter?" The man's tone was not good, and his eyes were full of contempt when he looked at Lanzi.
Lanzi looked at Ran Yi with a smile, and then looked at the person with a meaty face, "Ran Yi, look, I was wrong again, so I thought it was Brother Ah Jiu." After finishing speaking, he replied to the man, "I'm not, how can such a daughter be in our poor country?" β
Su Xiaoxiao stood aside, relieved herself, grabbed Lanzi's hand, and blocked her behind her. He looked at the man in a stiff tone, "I am, what are you looking for me?" Lanzi was shocked by her words, and didn't reflect it for a moment, Su Xiaoxiao felt Lanzi's doubts, and was pinched by her hand, reminding Lanzi to go back and explain.
"Oh? It turns out that you are Prime Minister Xia's daughter. Haha, I'll just say, it's very beautiful, and this eyebrow is no less than that of the eldest lady. The horizontal flesh was squeezed together on the man's face, and some wrinkles were piled up, which was uncomfortable to look at. However, the look of contempt in his eyes receded.
Su Xiaoxiao turned her face, crossed her eyes, and did not answer.
"What's your name?" The man saw that I didn't appreciate his praise at all, and didn't do any more useless work, so he changed his attitude just now, and asked in an unkind tone.
Too many things in this world are funny and helpless, like this one now. Su Xiaoxiao is the daughter of the dignified prime minister, but no one recognizes her, and no one even knows what her name is. If it were possible, how Ran Yi wished that he didn't have the surname Xia at all, and if it was possible, Ran Yi would prefer that he wasn't born.
"What exactly are your goals, just say it." She pulled Lanzi and took a step back, unwilling to have a little contact with the people of their Xia Mansion, and it was a shame for Ran Yi to get close.
"Second Miss won't invite us to sit at home?" The man was uninteresting.
Su Xiaoxiao stood still, too lazy to talk to them again. As for her family, she would definitely not take them there, because the person in the family couldn't withstand any blow that Xia Yuanheng gave her.
"Then I'll say it bluntly, the prime minister sent us over to take the second lady and his wife back to the house."
"What if I refuse?" Back to the Prime Minister's Mansion? Since she was born, Ran Yi has never stepped into there for half a step, and now she is called back, wanting to renew the father-daughter relationship? Dream!
"Second Miss is naΓ―ve, isn't it, how can anyone dare to object to what our prime minister said? Even if it's against it, what's the use? The man said in a mocking tone, paused, walked in front of Ran Yi, and stared at her eyes fiercely, "Second Miss, it's best to go back with us obediently, so as not to hurt everyone's harmony." β
"That's not good, do you still have a royal law? If she says no, she won't go! Lanzi's voice was a little small, but it was still audible, I had never seen such a big battle, and I didn't know what was going on. However, as long as Su Xiaoxiao was bullied, Lanzi still stood up to help.
The man ignored it, leaned close to Su Xiaoxiao's face, and lowered his voice to remind, "You don't want Mrs. to be pressed back by us, right?" β
"You!" Su Xiaoxiao looked at him angrily, in the end, he was still speechless, what can he do? Her fate has always been like this, and if she occupies a side with Xia Yuanheng, she is destined to have no good luck.
"I'll go with you, but my mother is not in good health, you go and prepare two sedan chairs......." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted, "Miss is too worried, the sedan chair has already been prepared." β
"Ranyi!" Lanzi looked at Ran Yi nervously, Ran Yi shook her hand and looked at her firmly, "Don't worry, I'll be fine, you help me take care of a few chickens in my yard, remember to water my Phalaenopsis, I'll be back soon." β
Su Xiaoxiao and her mother were taken to the Prime Minister's Mansion, carved beams and painted buildings, pavilions and pavilions, which are really more beautiful than those written in the book. The poetry and songs are appreciated vividly, and they are not as refreshing as those seen in this reality.
got off the sedan chair, and although it was the back door, I could also feel the atmosphere of this prime minister's house.
"Gao Xuan is near Bizhu, and the eaves are overhead. The remaining flowers are carved on the threshold, and the remnants of the willows are scattered. The shore chrysanthemum contains stamens at the beginning, and the garden pear begins to be red. Don't worry about the darkness of Kunshan, but also in the cup.
"This scene reminds me of the scenery depicted in the poem, but after all, it still lacks the charm of nature and simplicity, and people who live in such a place for a long time will inevitably become dirty.
The mother and daughter were arranged in a gorgeous room, and the furnishings in the house were very complete, but unfortunately, Ran Yi was unwilling to touch it more, such a thing, she felt dirty. She won't stay in such a place for long.
Mother seemed to see Ran Yi's dissatisfaction, gently called her over, pulled her closer, and held Ran Yi's hand, "Ran Yi, don't complain, this is all fate, he is your father after all." β
"Mother, have you ever complained?" Ran Yi never asked her mother about this, but she had already thought about it a thousand times on the psychological side.
The mother did not answer, but lowered her head and stopped looking at Ranyi. After a long time, he said, "There is no complaint in the depths of love, but what do you want from the vicissitudes of personnel."
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Su Xiaoxiao nodded silently, this is her mother, because she loves her, so she has been guarding it all her life without complaint.
"Second Miss, the prime minister asked you to wait for him in the main hall." The little girl in the pale pink lady's dress came over to pass the word, and Ran Yi comforted her mother to lie down, "I will have a good conversation with him." The mother nodded with satisfaction, and then let go of her hand with confidence.
Ran Yi followed the little girl to the main hall, she motioned for Ran Yi to sit down and wait, brought tea, and held pastries, but Ran Yi just sat and waited, how could she touch these things that had nothing to do with her?
After a while, footsteps sounded outside the door, the sound was very heavy, and it could be heard that it was made by a heroic man, Su Xiaoxiao did not look back, and was still sitting.
"Stand up and let me see." A sonorous voice naturally came from behind her, and a tear finally fell on the placket of her clothes. Despite this, Ranyi still just sits.
"It's very much like my daughter, she has integrity, and she doesn't want to stand and sit." The voice flashed down Ranyi's side to the front seat of the hall.
Su Xiaoxiao sorted out her emotions and looked in the direction of the man, since she was born, the only time she met was when Ran Yi was six years old, and this man buried all her dreams of a father with his own hands.
That year, her mother was seriously ill and had no money to hire a doctor, so Su Xiaoxiao knelt outside the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion all night. The next day, when he went to the morning court, he only glanced at her, and Ren Ran cried and kowtowed, and left without leaving a penny. That year, she told herself, I'm Su Xiaoxiao, I don't have such a father, and I don't get along with this man for a long time.
And at this moment, this sentence is very similar to him, which makes people feel embarrassed, and being like him is the biggest insult to Su Xiaoxiao.
"What's the matter with you? Want to see me? Or do you want to meet the woman who has been tortured by you for half her life? The goal has been achieved, so please let us go back. Ran Yi's tone was stiff, and there was only indifference in his eyes when he looked at him.
People say that Prime Minister Xia Cheng was heroic on the battlefield when he was young, and when he was older, he contributed to the court, and Xiangshu was inseparable from Prime Minister Xia. However, in Su Xiaoxiao's opinion, he is nothing, a man does not only know how to fight infantry, it is enough to know how to give advice, he is not a good father, not a good husband, so he is worthless.
Xia Yuanheng was stunned for a moment, but soon smiled, gently stroked his beard, with satisfaction in his eyes, and seemed to be calculating, "Haha, okay." With that, he stood up and walked in front of Su Xiaoxiao, "What's your name?" β