Because of the fact that the new formula couldn't be understood at all, although Sanfang suffered a big loss, but in the end he didn't deeply investigate the fact that Qingdai was from the Yi clan, Cheng Qi thought, this is probably because of Mrs. Cheng.

Because Qingdai was personally selected by Mrs. Cheng and given to Cheng Qi, if you talk about disposal, it is naturally the last word of her patriarch, even if Cheng Yunduo is full of fire, she has to break her teeth and swallow it in her stomach.

As for Mrs. Cheng's attitude, Cheng Qi is still a little sure in his heart, because the Yi people are too lowly, many big families don't even bother to buy them back as slaves, according to their words, they have their own lintels, but Mrs. Cheng doesn't, and Yi slaves still buy and use the same.

Even picking up Cheng Qi to Suzaku Tower, such a decent job can be handed over to the coachman Aqiao, which just shows that Mrs. Cheng still has equal rights in her heart, and Qingdai is sincere, so she did not pursue it.

passed calmly on the fourth day of the next month, and when it was the day to 'send Holly away', the person had been working hard in the ear room of Xiaoxiang Courtyard for a long time, and seemed to have seen his defeat, so when Gu went to see her, Holly didn't say anything, just followed the words arranged by Cheng Qi and others, saying that he was indeed homesick.

Gu took pity on her and promised her a lot of entanglements, not only personally arranged the dowry list, but also gave her his personal handkerchief.

In fact, the old girl is not very easy to marry in the Dachang Dynasty, but Holly has served in the Guogong Mansion, and she is still the personal maid of the eldest lady.

Gu's gift of his personal handkerchief is such a reason, and when the time comes, Holly will be able to suffer less grievances in her in-law's family, and maybe she will be even more superior because of the dowry given by Gu.

In the bedroom of Xiaoxiang Courtyard that day, Gu listened to Cheng Qi's words and did not go to the master and servant to see the tears, the latter said that crying and wiping tears was not conducive to Holly's condition, but in fact, he was also afraid that Holly would regret it at the end of the day, and said something inexplicable, telling Gu to pity her, so he didn't let her go.

To tell the truth, the master-servant relationship has been divided for so many years, the Gu family must send her, Cheng Qi does this, how much will make these two people suspicious, Holly doesn't have to say, even if she learns all of Cheng Qi's plans, in the end, it is the Gu family, Cheng Qi prevaricated a few words at will... I don't know if it's tacit.

"The road from Sipping to Queensland is not far."

The most intimate maid is leaving, Gu naturally has a sad face, listening to Sister-in-law Zhang, Holly has been sick recently, and Gu is not sleeping well and not eating well.

Even before leaving, she was still thinking about how to promise the benefit to that person: "Although she is a servant, but after so many years, she is no different from my sister, you must send someone to send her away." ”

Cheng Qi still agreed on the surface, and no matter how nice it sounds, the purpose is that he will definitely not treat the heroes badly.

Gu nodded, and he didn't know if he was relieved, he just took out an object from under the pillow, Cheng Qi thought it was Holly's deed of sale, and said in his heart Hasn't that thing been returned to Holly?

Sure enough, what Gu had in her hand was not a deed of sale, but another key item, which she carefully unfolded and handed to Cheng Qi, and said in a low voice: "This is Dongqing's household registration." ”

Cheng Qi took it, looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh a little.

Mother is really good to Holly, not only gave the coil and dowry, but also gave it as a personal token, and it was not enough to do this, she even spent money to go to the government to change Holly's household registration.

From a lowly status from a slave to a good status held by ordinary people.

Although there is only one word difference between the two, in essence, it is a world of difference, from then on, Holly is no longer inferior, and with the Gu family as a backer, she will be able to prosper after getting married.

Cheng Qi took the household registration, and her heart was extremely uncomfortable, she was so good to her mother, if Gu knew that she had been sick for so many years, it was because of Holly's cup of goldenrod water, I don't know how sad it would be.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I was right to hide the truth.

Cheng Qi instructed two more sentences, mainly to let Sister-in-law Zhang take care of her, don't leak any rumors halfway, so that Gu Shi can detect what is going on, that person is astute, and immediately understands the deep meaning of Cheng Qi's words.

"Don't worry, girl, I will serve the eldest lady." Sister-in-law Zhang said.

In fact, you don't have to go through these observations, just from Qingmiao, you can see the shadow of Zhang's sister-in-law, who is safe and old-fashioned, and protects loyalty, these are rare good qualities.

"I'm relieved to have your words."

Cheng Qi said, turned around and went out of the courtyard, just out of the courtyard gate, he saw Cheng Dai who came to find him, the person saw her come out, so he stood in place and waited until his sister was side by side with him.

"Is everything arranged over there for Holly?" Cheng Qi asked.

Cheng Dai still looked cold: "It's arranged, the carriage has already left the house, Brother Zong Yu has arranged for the guys from Xiangfang to stop her halfway, presumably at noon, she can be detained in the Green Pavilion." ”

"Good."

Cheng Qi was still very relieved of Cheng Yan's efficiency, looked up at the still early day, and said, "That's right, then I'll go over and wait for the rabbit and help me prepare the car." ”

Who knew that Cheng Dai didn't give his sister face at all, so he walked elsewhere: "I told me, I have to rush to the school to go to school, don't rely on others so much." ”

"Huh?"

Cheng Qi was so crying and laughing by him that he said in his heart, this person is really strange, for a while he will put vegetables on his table, and for a while he will give himself a basin of cold water, when he protects himself, he is willing to give his life to rob the Dharma field, and when he dislikes himself, he doesn't even prepare a carriage for himself to go out of the city.

That's it, it's better to ask for others than for yourself, Cheng Qi had to tell himself.

When Cheng Qi protected Qingdai a few days ago, he said that it would not be passed on, and almost everyone in the mansion knew about it, and Aqiao was naturally no exception, so he was deeply moved and more heartfelt.

So when Cheng Qi was invited by his favored sister halfway and was about to go to Guanyulou to sit, he tried his best to dissuade him, and even made the mistake of not letting Cheng Qi get out of the carriage, but he still said bitterly.

"Girl... You can't go to that kind of Fengyue place. Ah Qiao frowned.

Cheng Qi shrugged his shoulders, this was still an unruly move in Ah Qiao's eyes: "What's this, I've been here before, and I've been in it for a while." ”

Ah Qiao said: "That's a girl dressed as a man, you are not a brother of the Cheng family at this time, you are the eldest lady of our Guogong Mansion, if people know that you went to Guanyu Tower, you will lose your reputation." ”

Cheng Qi laughed and said, "Isn't my reputation bad enough?" ”

"The girl easily composed a few good songs, which made the people of the whole world look up to them." Ah Qiao really got to the point, "Girl, don't forget, in the golden nest in Shangjing, there is still an overlord who is watching you firmly, the last time it didn't happen, this time it must be waiting for the girl's fault." ”

Cheng Qi heard that Ah Qiao was insinuating here, and he was talking about Duan Ting Duan Guifei, but what this person said was very right, Duan Guifei was so good at finding fault, if she really pinched her own shortcomings, she would not be skinned raw.

That's it, Cheng Qi had to say, "Then I won't go." After thinking about it, he said, "You go and greet the turtle slave Ah Liao at the door, that is, I won't go to see her sister today, and I'll come back when I'm free." ”

Ah Qiao breathed a sigh of relief, did as he was told, and when he came back, he quickly dared to send Cheng Qi to the Green Pavilion in front of Holly's carriage, where Cheng Yan was waiting for her.

Because of what happened last time, Cheng Yan simply didn't clean up anything, and the simple telescope was generously placed on the windowsill, and Cheng Qi saw it, but he was not interested.

"That's right."

Holly has not been escorted over, the two of them are bored waiting in this room, Cheng Qi is on the flower table, looking at Cheng Yan who is waiting for the tea to cool until eight minutes before drinking, and said, "You said last time... What's the right time? ”

Cheng Yan glanced up at her, but did not speak.

Cheng Qi lowered his arm and leaned forward: "Can today be considered the right time to step?" ”

"I can't."

The man didn't give any face.

Cheng Qi was embarrassed, deeply doubting Cheng Dai's temperament, which was exposed to the people in front of him, pursed his lips angrily, and said: "If you can't, you can't, I can tell you, if you miss this village, there will be no such shop, what is the so-called right opportunity next time, you have to say, I won't listen to it." ”

"Don't listen to pull down."

The man was not threatened in the slightest.

Cheng Qi is even more embarrassed, if this is placed in modern times, Cheng Yan's head and buttocks would have blossomed a long time ago.

"Don't worry."

Fortunately, Cheng Yan saw that she was inquisitive, and kindly comforted: "I will tell you if I say it, and I will definitely tell you, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and the time will come soon." ”

Cheng Qi sighed, and lay lazily on the table, the winter sun was very bright and dazzling, she simply buried her cheeks in the crook of her arm, the earth dragon in the Green Pavilion burned very strongly, warm, and sleepiness quickly attacked.

I don't know how long it took, just after Cheng Qi and Zhou GongK finished loving each other when they died, she was suddenly woken up by a burst of fierce footsteps, as a policeman's nature and habits, Cheng Qi was almost awake for a moment, suddenly got up and looked at the position of the door, and then his expression was cold, and his heart was relaxed.

It was a few trustworthy fellows from Xiangfang, and they robbed Holly back as instructed.

That person really expected it, and he knew that it was good, Cheng Qi was going to send him back to his hometown in Queensland, and he didn't let the Gu family say goodbye, there must be something in this, it really proves that this is the case.

As soon as the carriage left Liangcheng and went to the official road, she was robbed, and it was clear in broad daylight, those mountain bandits and thieves did not have the courage, they must be Cheng Qi's people.

Cheng Qi looked at the holly lying on her side on the ground, tied up like a crab with five flowers, her mouth was also stuffed full, her hair was messy, and the clothes on her body seemed to have traces of fighting.

Cheng Qi felt that something was wrong, looking at the few guys who sent her, they were also tired and afraid, and even two of them had colored faces, and the bruises on the corners of their eyes were very obvious.

"What's going on?" She asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

The leader and the companion behind him glanced at each other, and then said: "The girl doesn't know, this sister is not an ordinary person, she has some ability, if it weren't for the fact that the minions have also learned some three-legged cat kung fu, she would have almost let her run away." "Clenched his fists and arched his hands," It's too late, please forgive the girl." ”

Cheng Qi naturally didn't blame, but he didn't expect Holly to have some little work on his body, so he said, "It's okay, your injuries are okay, right?" ”

"Don't worry, girl, it's all minor injuries, it's nothing serious." The guys said.

Cheng Qi nodded and instructed: "Since this is the case, please trouble you to raise yourself, don't go to our family's Jixin Pharmacy to get the medicine, so as not to arouse suspicion." ”

"Yes."

A few guys responded neatly.

Cheng Qi said again: "Untie her for me." ”

The guy at the head was stunned when he heard this, looked at the holly on the ground, and when he robbed her, he was afraid that he couldn't come back to recover his life, so he glared and said, "Don't you dare, girl, what if I hurt you?" ”

Cheng Qi was naturally not afraid, and casually pointed to Cheng Yan behind him: "With him, he can't hurt me." ”

The guy glanced at Cheng Yan and saw that the man nodded, so he stepped forward and carefully loosened the holly, and then beckoned the rest of his companions to leave, closed the door, and listened to the instructions outside.

After Holly was untied, she lay on the ground for a few more seconds, and then sat up and said calmly: "If the girl has anything to say, just ask, as long as I have done something, I will definitely admit it..."

'Smack-'

Who knew that before Holly finished speaking, he saw a silver light in the corner of Cheng Qi's eyes, like lightning, and then rounded his arm and raised it to slap him hard, the sound was like a late thunderclap.

Cheng Yan was also secretly startled in the back, touched the edge of the table and sat down, and swallowed slightly.

Cheng Qi's slap was not light, Holly was directly knocked to the ground, and he didn't get up for a long time, the left side of his face was hot, red and swollen, as if he had been burned with black charcoal, and he almost couldn't feel it.

Holly's expression under her hair was also a little more flustered, after what happened to Qing Dai, she thought that Cheng Qi was a person who knew her own pain and could understand and speak well, but she didn't expect her face to change suddenly today.

Don't talk about complaining, it's just that you haven't let yourself finish speaking, aren't you going to listen to it?

"Who instructed you?"

Cheng Qi sat down and said very decisively.

Holly's pupils trembled slightly, she sat up again, shook her head and said, "No one instructed me..."

"Your sister from your hometown in Queensland."

Cheng Qi blocked her words again, and also blocked her last luck: "I wrote a letter in your name a few days ago, and she has already rushed to Xinyuan, and it is estimated that she will be able to arrive this evening." ”

Hearing this, Holly looked up incredulously.

Cheng Qi's eyes are resolute and alert that she has never seen before, and in her body, she can no longer see the former weakness, incompetence and decadence of escapism.

Holly was in a trance, once upon a time, everything was turned upside down, and even the child she grew up watching from a young age carve another appearance in the blade of time.

It turned out that she had already calculated everything, and today it was not an interrogation, but an interrogation.

I can't help but say it myself.

"It's the three-room master..."

Holly bowed her head and was silent for a long time, and finally chose to compromise.

Cheng Qi didn't react much, I don't know if she had already guessed the person behind the scenes, and she was silent for a moment like Holly before she said: "Mother is so good to you, why did you betray her?" ”

Holly raised his head and said with a wry smile: "I didn't want to, but the third master threatened my sister to ask me to harm the eldest lady, and I had only been with the eldest lady for a long time. ”

"What's more..."Holly's eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes turned red unconsciously, and she said the sourness in her heart, "The eldest lady has not let me go for so many years, nor has she helped me find a home, so she has let me work hard here in the Guogong Mansion, I have gone from the good years of twenty-eight to the current half-old." He looked up and asked, "Who will pay me?" ”

Cheng Qi slowly sat up straight and took out the changed household registration: "This is what my mother handed me over, let me pass it on to you." "Open it and show it to Holly," Mother sent someone to the government to change you from a cheap status to a good one. ”

After seeing the words written on the piece of paper, Holly's whole person was stunned for a moment like a lightning strike, and then the whole person fell to the ground on his side, crying silently, tears like rain.

Cheng Qi said coldly: "Mother knows that she has delayed you all these years, and she is sorry for you, so she learned that you are going back to her hometown in Queensland to marry, and she bought you countless entanglements and dowries, just to make up for you, and also pulled down her face and personally sent someone to change your household registration, how many eldest ladies can do this, change back to this kind of thing, even a housekeeper like Lu Er will not lose face, but she is a patriarch who has done it, are you worthy of her?" ”

After hearing this, Holly choked up and was speechless, and her eyes were full of guilt.

"You said you were young and empty." Cheng Qi continued to hit her, "But you ask yourself, if you were twenty-eight years old when you married your mother to this Xiping, as a lowly maid, how is your life of exile now, and where did you get your sister to live a stable life for more than ten years, Holly, think about it yourself." ”

After Cheng Qi finished speaking, he tore up the household registration that had taken a lot of time to get back in front of Holly, and then resolutely walked towards the door of the house, and said: "Cheng Yan, when Holly's sister arrives, arrange the two of them well, Queensland's hometown can't go back, lock up in Zhuangzi and do hard labor." ”

Cheng Yan looked calm and nodded.

The holly on the ground was shattered, and the whole person lay on the ground in a daze, the tears that flowed out were extremely bitter, and every breath of air exhaled was silently telling of guilt and regret.

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After the matter of Qingdai and Holly was resolved, Cheng Qi didn't have to brave the snow to go to the Vermilion Bird Tower, just when she thought that she could sort out the method of spice and water and spend this winter peacefully, on the ninth day of the first month, someone from the palace made a decree to Cheng Qi to enter the palace to face the saint.

Not only that, but the father-in-law who came to give the decree this time also brought a lot of heavy rewards from the emperor, saying that these were all awarded to her by the emperor, but there was more comfort in the words, which made Cheng Qi uneasy.

If these rewards are used to comfort himself, it means that the emperor may know about the Night Pearl and what Duan Guifei did at the beginning, after all, if he rewards his lyricist talent, he already has that palace silk.

It's just that with Duan Guifei's means, if she didn't want the emperor to know about the Night Pearl, how easy it would be, but now... Cheng Qi couldn't hold it anymore.

Entering the palace this time, whether the emperor really wants to comfort himself to warn the concubine, or is Duan Guifei another trick to deal with her yin damage, Cheng Qi is tired, it is so difficult to live a real Nima in ancient times.

But no matter what, entering the palace to face the saint is a great joy, and it is also a matter of honoring the ancestors, and it is also a major event that is worth busy with for many days without complaining, and it is still necessary to go.

It's just that before entering the palace face saint, Cheng Qi still has to make a preparation, because the day of the face saint is next month, that is, the day of the rush is on the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, so there is still a month to go, Old Mrs. Cheng and Aunt Meng feel that Cheng Qi seems to have eaten more rounded in the past few months, and the face saint is not good-looking, so they decided to let her hurry up and lose weight.

Of course, it's too late to take it step by step, so go directly to the fierce medicine and go on a hunger strike.

Of course, it's not that the water and rice don't go in for a whole month, then they will starve people to death directly, mainly to reduce Cheng Qi's daily food supply, drink more water, and don't even give ginseng soup.

In just ten days, Cheng Qi was starved and out of appearance, lying on his stomach in front of the flower table on the third floor during the day, Cheng Qi was not energetic, and he didn't even want to drink water, so he just smashed his mouth pitifully there.

Now don't say it's the elbow pig's trotters, it's just two full heads, she eats the taste of roast chicken.

Qingdai watched from the side, felt sorry for her girl, and said, "Girl, drink saliva again." ”

Cheng Qi was about to roll his eyes when he heard this.

"Drink water again." She was hungry and didn't have the strength to speak, "I'm almost able to swim in my stomach." ”

This was a serious and sad thing, but Qing Dai accidentally laughed, Cheng Qi glanced at her, and the man covered his mouth and ran to the window, but when he looked down, he glared and smiled helplessly: "I was still caught." ”

Cheng Qi raised his head suspiciously, and without waiting to ask what happened to Qing Dai, he heard a rush of footsteps coming up from downstairs, like an earthquake, thinking that it was Aunt Meng who was in a hurry.

The man really came, followed by Cheng Lan and Cheng Yan, in his hands... Lifted the timid green seedlings, the kid had a bag of dim sum hidden in his arms, and according to the reasoning, it should have been stolen for Cheng Qi to be discovered.

Because the mansion is supervising Cheng Qi's weight loss, the girl from Tinglan Water Pavilion in the kitchen is very eye-catching, Qingdai and Xixin are too big, but I didn't expect Qingmiao, a small one, to be unsuccessful.

Aunt Meng came up, and without saying a word, she twisted Cheng Qi fiercely, and the man got up wailingly, looking at this person with Xiao Cumin and Sister-in-law Zhang, and said menacingly: "Let's just say that you are still round these days when you are hungry, and the co-author is to ask Qingmiao's little girl to steal things to eat." ”

This was originally the idea of Qingdai and Xixin, where did Cheng Qi know, so he was very innocent.

Aunt Meng didn't care, and waved her hand: "Search for the old lady, search the entire third floor for me, and don't allow this girl to hide a grain of rice to eat." ”

Xiao Wei and Sister-in-law Zhang said in unison: "Yes." ”

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