"Cai Xin'er, I'll show you a way to live, do you want it?"

Cai Xin'er didn't dare to look at her eyes, only lowered her head and replied cautiously: "Madam, please command." ”

Guo Caiping gave the personal maid a look, and the maid went out, closed the door with her backhand, and stood at the door.

There is no one else in the Li family, this posture is clearly to prevent Li's father and Li's mother, Li's mother was still looking inside, but when she saw the maid closing the door, she had to pout and walk away.

Inside the house, Guo Caiping continued the previous words and said to Cai Xin'er: "You should also know Li Ling's current situation, he has no future. And their whole family is bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and you are like this, and you have no life in their hands. ”

When Cai Xin'er heard this, her body began to tremble...... She heard the following three meanings of this sentence: first, Guo Caiping did not call Li Lingxiang Gong, but called him by his name, which seemed to be completely indifferent to Li Ling, and second, Guo Caiping said "their whole family", and now she does not regard herself as the Li family; Third, Guo Caiping said that she didn't have any life, could it be that she was going to kill her?

Guo Caiping could even hear the sound of her teeth chattering, and couldn't help but roll her eyes, and said, "I'm not much to you, what are you afraid of?" I only ask you, you tell you the truth, what do you think of the Li family's parents to you? ”

"Daddy...... Father and mother ...... "Cai Xin'er originally wanted to say that her in-laws were not bad against her will, after all, as a daughter-in-law...... As her son's concubine, it is a crime to say that her in-laws are not good, even if she has not read, she knows that this is not good.

But she couldn't say anything about them.

When she was still in Wei County, the Li family's parents desperately pressed her; After Li Ling went to high school, the two of them decisively left her alone and entered Beijing; Now, she is still pregnant, and the old couple also beat and scolded her......

Guo Caiping had no patience, and when she saw that she couldn't say anything for a while, she took the initiative to say for her: "If you can even endure their treatment like this, you are a deserving bastard in their hands!" ”

Cai Xin'er's body trembled like chaff, and she didn't dare to refute anything.

Guo Caiping glanced at her deeply, and sighed: "It will be the winter solstice in a few days, I got the news that this year's winter solstice, there will be a lantern festival in Dongshi, and many men and women will go to see the lanterns at that time, you are still young now, and you look passable." ”

Speaking of this, Guo Caiping paused and glanced at Cai Xin'er up and down, "I heard that some old men like soft and weak women like you, you should seize the opportunity to find yourself a home when the time comes, there is no need to hang yourself on the tree of Li Ling." ”

Yu Yuanyuan came to tell her the news.

Last time she got Guo Caiping's commission, Yu Yuanyuan has been struggling, she feels that she can't match a married woman, that is too immoral, but Guo Caiping's situation is really miserable...... So after getting the news of this lantern festival, I immediately came to tell her.

In the past, there was no lantern festival in the cold food, according to Yu Yuanyuan, who was on an errand under the Nine Princes, this year's lantern festival was specially organized for the two princes from Wu Guolai, and many noble sons and daughters would go over, of course, there was no provision that the lantern festival must be attended by unmarried men and women, and there will definitely be many married men and women who have joined in the fun.

Cai Xin'er was beating a drum in her heart, thinking that this could be Guo Caiping testing her, right? After all, according to the usual thinking of Dali women, as long as they get married, it is a lifelong thing, and the husband's in-laws can only endure the beating and scolding, where is the reason to find the next family?

Cai Xin'er knelt down suddenly, and said fearfully: "Madam, the concubine body definitely doesn't dare to have such a thought, not to mention that the concubine body is still pregnant now......"

"What is there when you are pregnant, there are so many that some men can't give birth, so they need to take the fetus with them." Guo Caiping said a little unannoyingly, "I said this for your own good, if you continue to stay in the Li family, there will only be a dead end in the future." Do you want to die or do you want that empty chastity, you think! ”

Cai Xin'er kowtowed: "The concubine is willing to serve her in-laws, her wife and her father-in-law all her life!" ”

Guo Caiping really had nothing to say at this time, she just felt that Cai Xin'er was pitiful, so she wanted to save her, but since she didn't listen, there was no way.

She sneered, and no longer persuaded her, but asked again: "Cai Xin'er, you and I have lost sight of getting married, but do you know what the biggest difference between you and me is?" ”

Cai Xin'er said humbly: "Madame's status is noble, she is the daughter of Lord Shangshu, Xin'er is just an orphan girl in the countryside, how can she be qualified to compare with Madame?" ”

"No, my mother's family hasn't brought me any benefit, and I'm not much better than you in this regard. The biggest difference between me and you is that I took the wrong path, I know to go another way or turn back, and you, knowing that there are thorns in front of you, you have to go all the way to death! Guo Caiping sneered, waved his hand and said, "You go out!" ”

Cai Xin'er didn't understand much, and she didn't dare to refute anything, so she answered, got up from the ground, and hurried out, she still had to cook and cook.

*

At this time, there are still four or five days before the winter solstice, and in these four or five days, An Ge and Jinglan have been angry, and no one pays attention to anyone.

It's just that...... Ning Jiu, the only one who kept his sanity, saw it clearly.

Whenever An Ge heard the sound of clattering horses' hooves from the General's Mansion, he couldn't help but look out quietly, and privately asked the mother-in-law of the General's Mansion whether Jinglan had been to other places since he went to the next dynasty, and also asked if the emperor had given him and the two princesses a marriage...... When she learned that there was none, her insomnia was cured.

As for Jinglan, An Ge's house is facing the back door of the General's Mansion, he hasn't entered or exited from the main gate for a long time, and every time he deliberately enters and exits through the back door, his thoughts are too obvious.

In this way, until the day of the winter solstice, the emperor ordered Jinglan to go out to see the lanterns, and the queen also asked An Ge, the useless nominal county lord, to also go to the lanterns, and by the way, to find relatives for the two princesses, and emphasized that it must be solved as soon as possible.

So that night, Jing Lan and An Ge went out together and went to the lantern together, An Ge took Ning Jiu into a carriage, and Jing Lan got into another car.

Originally, Yuan Qilu was going to go with him, but when he went out, someone from the palace said that Concubine Ning invited Yuan Qilu into the palace, saying that there was something important. Yuan Qilu had no choice but to go to the palace to see his sister.

After arriving in Dongshi, the carriage stopped next to each other, and the three of them got off the carriage almost at the same time, but An Ge and Ning Jiu walked in front, and Jinglan walked behind alone, ignoring no one.

The various lanterns in the East Market were as bright as day, and the streets were full of pedestrians, and An Geben quietly paid attention to Jinglan's whereabouts behind him, but after a while, he was attracted by the snacks on the street, and pulled Ning Jiu to buy food everywhere.

She ate happily, and had already left the queen's explanation behind, Jing Lan followed her from a distance through a few people, looking at her appearance of a string of sugar gourds in her left hand and a bowl of small wontons in her right hand, and at some point, the corners of her mouth hooked up with a smile.

Not far from them, a few literati and writers were composing poems together.

There was a man next to the group, with a square mouth and nose, about thirty years old, standing with his hands in his hands, only listening to the poems composed by the people around him, but he did not say a word, guessing that he had a docile personality and did not like to stand out.

Guo Caiping, who also came to visit the Lantern Festival, had already begun to observe him, and she also knew this person.

Lang Zhong of a certain department of the Ministry of Officials, named Sheng Dao, a five-grade official, lost his wife last year and has never married. He was an official under Guo Chongde, and he went to Guo Mansion to visit Guo Chongde, Guo Caiping also met him once, and inquired privately about him, and knew him a little.

Although his official position is not high, he is also a scholarly family, a famous person, and decent. Moreover, the family of several generations of officials who have done this, and the wealth accumulated by several generations in the family also has the wealth accumulated by several generations, even if he is only a fifth-grade official all his life, his family background is enough for Guo Caiping to live a stable life.

When I fell in love with Li Ling before, I took a fancy to him because he was young and promising, so I didn't care much about his family background. Now that she has experienced this, she still feels that she has to find a wealthy family to find a husband.

In the past, when I was in the boudoir, I didn't look down on people like Sheng Dao, but now I urgently need to get out of the sea of suffering, she doesn't ask for your son, she just wants a person who is a little decent, a little rich, and honest, Sheng Dao is the most suitable.

Guo Caiping saw the right time, walked over there, and naturally stood beside Sheng Dao, listening to the man on the stage reciting poems, after listening to it, he lowered his head slightly, raised his hand to cover his mouth with a handkerchief and laughed. This angle is one of the most fascinating angles she has ever practiced.

Sheng Dao heard a burst of clear laughter, and couldn't help but turn his head to look, seeing the young girl's delicate and shy chuckle, Sheng Dao couldn't help but be stunned.

However, he is a man who has not married a year after losing his wife, and he is certainly not a person in a hurry, although he is charming at this time, he still takes half a step back, and asks politely: "I don't know if I am abrupt girl, why is the girl laughing?" ”

Guo Caiping seemed to have just paid attention to him, turned her face to look at him, shook her head and chuckled: "I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the poem I just heard." ”

"Oh? The girl laughed at the poem, did she think he was doing badly? ”

Guo Caiping nodded, she commented on the poem of the person on the stage, and her eyes lit up.

As a person who has been a two-year errand in the Dibao Mansion, she still has this bit of literary talent, and Sheng Dao is so old that he only relies on his family background to get a five-grade official, which shows that his talent and learning are mediocre, and he listened to it with reverence at this time, so he asked sincerely: "Dare to ask the girl's name?" I also wrote a lot of poems below, thinking that I would have the opportunity to ask the girl to comment. ”

"Childe's words are serious, the little woman is just saying it casually." Guo Caiping glanced at him shyly, and said, "It's not early, the little girl will retire first." ”

After that, like a shy girl, she turned around and ran away.

Sheng Dao subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab her, but only grabbed her hair, which flowed through his fingers like water...... When he came back to his senses, there was only a faint fragrance left on his fingertips...... And also, the veil on the ground.

Sheng Dao bent down to pick up the handkerchief, leaned under his nose and smelled it, it was exactly the same smell as the aroma of his fingertips......

And Guo Caiping saw him in the dark, and couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.