In the early morning, the window is full of dawn, and the sound of cicadas is getting higher.

The golden light in the Zi Sakura Pavilion is sprinkled, cast on the flourishing shade in front of the house, mottled out a place of coolness, and even peace.

A group of servants stood outside the door.

Led by Yancai and Yanran, they all stood quietly, and the girl in the back held the basin, and on the plate painted with gold orchid, there were also green salt, flower ointment, and fragrant dew...... It's all a daily toiletry.

At this moment, it is long past the time of the morning.

The hot water in the basin was changed three or four times, and Yan Cai and Yan Ran looked at each other, both secretly anxious in their hearts, but no one dared to rush up to call the door. As time passed, everyone began to talk quietly.

"No wonder Childe is displeased, it turns out to be an extremely unruly one!"

"That is, I think our wife was extremely favored back then, didn't she sleep day and night, and wanted to serve tea and water to the princess, how could she dare to go beyond the rules?"

"Alas, now that the world is declining, it's no wonder that we can't see it."

……

Seeing that no one scolded and stopped, the voices of everyone were getting louder and louder.

The eagerness in Yancai's eyes became deeper and deeper, and Yanran stared at her with big eyes, but she could only be anxious.

Several times, she wanted to knock tentatively on the door, raised her hand, hesitated for a while, but slowly retracted it, and so on, which only intensified everyone's disdain and suspicion.

An old lady kindly persuaded:

"I said Miss Yancai, let's wait patiently, the lady in this house has always used sugar cane as a torch, and don't come and beg for beating. In the open and in the dark, everyone's eyes are bright, when will they be able to hide from the sky? ”

"Where is the word ...... Mama?"

Yan Cai said, and then touched the wound on her wrist, stared for a long time, and pulled a wry smile at the corner of her mouth.

The crowd was silent.

"What time is it?"

It was not until noon that the sound came from the room, which was leisurely and very pleasant.

Today, she was much more lazy than usual, very soft, and very coquettish.

The old ladies who were standing outside the house were all old men who had served the princess and lady in the house, and they had already noticed that something unusual had already been noticed, and when they got up late today, they were secretly suspicious in their hearts.

Bu Yancai's clenched little hands stretched out.

Secretly relieved, she gently pushed the door open, a smile on her face.

"Madame?"

The man on the couch gave her a disdainful look.

"Come in and serve!"

The serving girl rushed in and served carefully.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, she secretly glanced out, but did not see Chun'er.

"Set the table early, I'm hungry."

"Yes, the kitchenette has been prepared, and it is all Madame's favorite food."

The two of them talked about each other, and today's master seemed to be in a very good mood, and his words were very patient.

The girls finished dressing and washing, and then cleaned up the bed.

When the quilt was lifted, there were traces of filth sticking to the sheets, and then a heavy, strange fishy smell permeated the entire interior.

The younger ones don't know why, but they think it's because the weather is too hot; Some of the older girls were already in the first place, so they secretly blushed.

Seeing this scene, Yancai was also at a loss.

They all knew that Childe hadn't been here since the last time he made trouble.

The people went into the house to set the meal, and there was a green figure among them, which was very conspicuous.

As if seeing Yancai's reaction, Xie Nu was very disdainful.

"Afraid of what? I'm already a child, and I'm still afraid of those lonely ghost mothers-in-law and girls chewing on the root of their tongues? You should also know a little bit about these things, don't show your face to anyone at every turn? There's no more handsome guy here to match you......"

Yan Cai saw that she was crazy, and the more she talked, the more indecent she became, so she hurriedly interrupted.

"The meal is ready, Madame, let's use some quickly!"

"Don't ...... I'm going to ...... I feel a little uncomfortable. ”

The people in the room held their breath.

Some people hung their heads and said nothing, some pursed their lips and laughed, and the bolder ones even began to wink at each other.

The man sitting in the middle of the room is an idiot to them!

There was silence all around, and after thinking for a long time, Yanran stepped forward in a daze.

"Miss, but you want to take a bath? The slave maid collected a bunch of flowers in the garden, and now she is just using them, although they are not as fragrant as flower ointment and flower juice, but they are fresh and natural, and they are very good for the woman's skin. ”

Xie Nu cut her hair and sideburns, and her tone was light.

"Good...... Hurry up and get ready. ”

Her expression was sometimes stunned, and her face was inexplicably red.

At this moment, even the two sisters of Yancai and Yanran think: Isn't the master suffering from paranoia?

"Yes...... It's ......"

Just as he was about to go out, he heard a loud shout from behind.

"Absent-minded, you're going to die today!"

"Get back!"

Seeing Yan Cai's panicked appearance, and remembering what happened last time, she was even more angry.

"What? Are you so happy to see your master? ”

"I can tell you, dead hoof, don't think you can fly on the branches and become a phoenix, childe ......"

"Madame's country is beautiful and fragrant, the son's favorite heart, how dare the slave and maid be delusional?"

Seeing that her master was angry, Yancai panicked in her heart, and said one after another:

"The slave is the son of the house, everything is in your hands, you are the slave and the slave, the slave and the maid are all obeyed by you, Mrs. Mingjian!"

The man on the stool gave her a disdainful look.

"Count you as acquaintances! What do you know? Childe cherishes me, how can you let a little hoof like you see it? She was especially smug, "Forget it! It's okay to talk to a like you...... I don't understand. ”

"Slut bitch!"

When she said this, she was stunned.

This sentence is all too familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere.

Her memory regressed, and she suddenly remembered that when she was a child, her mother, who was a hidden guard, took her to Xie Mansion to carry out the mission.

Those scenes from many years ago are still unforgettable.

Under the windy window, the day and night are dusk, and the night is uncertain, which is also a day when the summer heat is not exhausted and the autumn breeze is rising.

The dilapidated backyard of the Xie Mansion.

The room was dim and dark, and through the slightest light of the sky, light smoke could be seen curling in the incense burner, and the whole room was filled with bursts of strong ambergris warm incense.

She hid on the edge of the eaves, hanging her little feet, and followed her mother's example to spy and eavesdrop.

Next door to that room was the firewood tent of Xie Fu, with only a layer of tattered window paper in the middle, which was covered with dust all year round.

With the cover of the trees, she hoisted her little feet closer.

In the house, a little girl of about the same age as her, her hair was scattered like a chicken nest, her delicate and white little face was a little dirty, her white cotton and linen clothes were covered in several patches, and her moist eyes reflected extreme anxiety.

In front of her, there stood a woman, dressed very charmingly.

The woman was very white, wearing a very thin flaming skirt, as if it could be blown away by a gust of wind, her face was painted with light makeup, her hair was in a towering bun, and her slender limbs were swaying.

Through the chaotic skylight, her beauty can still be seen.

"Tong'er, you remember, no matter what happens later, no matter what you see, you can't make a sound, can you remember?"

The little girl nodded in a daze.

In the apprehensive voice, a bit of unknown panic was added.

"Mother, is Daddy coming to kill us?"

"It's not...... Daddy ......", the woman paused, thought for a while, and then said, "Daddy has come to love us." ”

"But the last time Daddy saw me, he wanted to kill me."

When the girl said this, her voice was very calm.

He drew a sword, pointed it at me, and said I was a slut...... Mother, Tong'er is afraid! ”

A slight sobbing sound rang out in the room, accompanied by restrained repression.

"It's not! We're not! ”

The woman's emotions became very excited, and with a "snap", she reached out and hit the child.

"Cry again...... If you cry again, I won't care about you! ”

The sobbing stopped abruptly, and almost at the same time, from the next room, the sound of the doorway turning.

"Shh......h

She became unusually nervous, and her voice was sharply lowered, almost speaking with a current of air.

"You stay well, without your mother's permission, you are not allowed to make a sound, let alone come out, otherwise you will be discovered by Mrs., and we will be hungry and kneel down to break the porcelain......"

The woman stared at the little girl, her eyes were too sharp, and the girl shivered.

"Remember, Daddy is loving his mother!"

"Yes...... Kiri'er remembered. ”

She nodded, and the way she spoke was unusually well-behaved and lovely.

After the woman went to the next door, the girl who had just been crying, stretched out her weak hands and feet, and quietly lay on the edge of the window lattice from the corner of the wall.

A man stepped out from behind the wooden screen.

"Xie Yingtian!"

The man on the eaves almost blurted out.

I recognized that this was the mother who was a hidden guard, and had been monitoring the Xie Mansion.

The woman immediately greeted her, her body was graceful, graceful, and a little bewitching.

The eyes of the man on the other end of the lattice widened, and when he saw the man, he unconsciously shrank back, stepped into the air, and almost fell to the ground.

"Old man......"

The coquettish voice sounded, and it was extremely breathtaking.

Xie Yingtian paced and slowly approached, but his face was always deep and gloomy, and he didn't say a word.

"Sir...... You don't love ......"

"Smack!"

Before the woman could speak, she was slapped by the man and fell to the ground immediately.

"Sir...... I...... What am I doing wrong? ”

The man on the ground covered his face, and there was a soft cry in his voice.

"Slut! I've been so good to you, and you've betrayed me for a minion...... Slut ...... Say! The evil girl you gave birth to is not a slave scumbag?! ”

The air was silent for a moment, except for the muffled sound of fists hitting flesh.

The sky became darker, and the room began to appear chaotic pitch black, but in the darkness, wisps of white shadows flickered.

"Sir, I didn't! I didn't! Why don't you believe it? Tong'er ...... She is indeed your own flesh and blood! ”

"Sir...... I'm really not lying! ”

"It's that cheap slave, he couldn't seduce first, and he became angry and embarrassed, so he framed my ......"

The crying, the mournful voice, the words were round, with pitiful supplication.

"Master, I have always been your person, you ......"

"Smack!"

The loud blow is like a thunderbolt, which is terrifying.

The girl lay on the edge of the window lattice, her eyes widened, she bit her lip, covered her mouth with her little hands, her teeth "gurgle" and trembled, and she bit down heavily, and a line of shallow blood flowed down her jaw.

Two teardrops the size of beans fell from their eyes.

She stood outside the window, her heart in her throat.

The wind and rain in the house were mixed, and there were beatings, scolding, and crying...... It's all mixed up, making those who hear it shudder.

A long silence and silence ensued.

…… Is it dead? The thought popped into my head.

She could hear the girl's breathing, heavy and frightened, and the man suddenly laughed twice, as if coming from the eighteenth layer of purgatory demons.

……

"Slut! Let you betray! ”

"Sir...... I...... I didn't. ”

Although the voice was very weak, it could be concluded that the woman was still alive!

There was a slight sobbing sound from below, and from the sound she could feel intense fear and trembling, and desperate suppression.

……

For a while, she didn't know whether to be sad or happy.

According to her mother, this woman's surname is Zhang, and she was carried into Xie Mansion seven years ago, and because she was born beautiful, she was very favored by Xie Yingtian.

But later, rumors spread in the house that the woman had an affair with the little maid, and soon after, the news of her pregnancy came out.

"So did she have an affair? Is the kid the one who belongs to? ”

"Fornication is true, but children are the flesh and blood of the head of the family."

"Does the head of the house know?"

"Of course...... Otherwise, how could she be kept? ”

"Why...... And they don't recognize their children? I know it's my own flesh and blood......"

"Because he hated, hated the man who betrayed him, and hated the child."

"Strange ......"

"What's weird?"

"That little girl didn't do anything wrong...... It's obviously a woman's fault! ”

“……”

After a long time, she grew up, and her task was still to monitor Xie Fu.

It's just that at this time, the mother is no longer around, because more important tasks have to be carried out.

About half a month passed, two maids stepped into here, picked up the mother and son, and they finally moved into the side room, put on soft silk, and a few little girls served.

On a cold winter afternoon, the north wind was howling and the snow was falling.

Under the eaves, the woman was embroidering, and the girl was standing aside to draw the thread.

Time flies.

She lay on the eaves, bored, yawning twice in a row, trying to sleep soundly.

"Mother, why does Daddy always beat you? Are we doing something wrong? ”

The woman raised her head, her eyes were a little evasive at first, but soon, with resentment and shame, she raised her hand, slapped her immature face in front of her, and scolded:

"What do you know at such a young age! Why don't you get out of here? Stand up for the corpse! ”

"It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, I would have been able to get to where I am now? Go and eat that bitterness! ”

The girl covered her face and ran back to the room, lying on the bed alone and crying for a long time.

"Is it me...... Is it really me......"

There was no light in the house, it was dim, and for a long, long time, no one paid attention to comfort the little girl.

Suddenly, the scene came to her mind, and the darkness around her was like countless ghosts, baring their teeth and claws.

She snorted.

I don't know how long it took, but a little girl stood at the door and probed her brain, and her voice sounded very soft.

"Miss, it's time to eat."

"Miss......"

Xie Tong raised his head, tears still stained on his face.

"What's your name?"

"Back to ...... Back to Miss's words, the slave maid is called Yanran. ”

It was the same immature and somewhat timid face, the girl's eyes showed fierceness and hatred, with doubts and disillusionment, she raised her little hand, used all her strength, and slapped Yanran in the face with a "snap".

There was a loud noise in the air.

Yan Ran looked innocent, and was a little stunned for a moment, and looked straight at the little master in front of her with her eyes, revealing fear and disbelief.

She covered her aching face, and after a long time, she silently shed tears.

Xie Tong gasped for a breath, as if opening the pouring gates.

She raised a smug smile and said fiercely:

"Don't cry, don't talk to anyone, or I'll beat you, punish you for not eating, and kneel under the sun to break porcelain!"

The little girl just came, and she was already timid, and when she looked at the arrogant young lady in front of her, she was immediately drunk.

She opened her stunned gaze and nodded in a daze.

"Madame......"

"The food is cold, you can eat quickly."

Breaking free from her memory, Xie Nu glanced around, the expression on her face was like an iceberg melting.

She felt a slight itch on her face, touched it with her hand, and realized that tears were flowing down.

"You all go down, just have Yanran to serve."

It seems that she seems to be a different person, her face has become pleasant, hot and cold, happy and angry, everyone is used to it, and no one says more.

"Yes."

The sound of neat and small footsteps sounded in my ears.

She noticed that the green figure had long since disappeared.

If you're a fox, you'll have to show your tail sooner or later! She said secretly in her heart.

The cicadas babbled, the front of the house was cool, and the shadows of the trees under the porch were swaying.