Yun Xi shuddered, and the hand holding the lantern tightened, then gritted his teeth and stepped inside.

I don't know if it's because I'm afraid, but when I usually entered this ancestral hall, I didn't feel too much, but now I feel that the wind is gusting, as if something will rush out of the darkness that the lantern can't illuminate at any time.

Because of fear, Yun Xi even lowered the sound of his own breathing, but the sound of his heartbeat became more and more obvious in this silent darkness.

Poof! Poof!

Yun Xi raised the lantern, and the little red light could not shine into the depths, and the huge ancestral hall Li was even more dark because of this. Because she was very familiar with the pattern here, she almost didn't think about it, and subconsciously walked to the candle stand.

He hung the lantern aside, rested his left hand on his lower abdomen, stared at the candle stand with both eyes, and then held it with his right hand and turned it in a clockwise direction. However, nothing happened. But Yun Xi was scared out of a cold sweat. Being frightened just now, her nervousness suddenly eased a lot. With a long breath, he held the candle holder again and turned it half a circle counterclockwise.

Just when he heard the strange sound, that inexplicable cold air hit again, and immediately after, Yun Xi heard a voice.

"What do you want to do in the middle of the night?"

Yun Xi clutched her chest and turned around. In a panic, she knocked down the lantern hanging on the side, but then she could still see the bright light when the lantern hit the ground. On the chair next to the offering table, there was a faint seat.

"Say! In the middle of the night, what do you want to do when you come to the ancestral hall? ”

Yun Xi finally heard it, this voice was not from the ghosts in the ancestral hall, but the old lady of the Luo family, her mother-in-law.

The candle on the offering table was lit, but Yun Xi didn't know who lit it, because Old Madam Luo was sitting on that chair with her back straight, her hands crossed, and resting firmly on her lap. It was as if she had been sitting there and had never moved.

Could it be that she is the ghost in this ancestral hall?

Yun Xi thought about it, and looked up at Old Madam Luo's eyes. I don't know if it's because the candle flame is too dark, she actually thinks that Mrs. Luo's eyes are pitch black, and she can't see the whites of her eyes at all.

Yun Xi was originally afraid, but she didn't know why, after seeing Old Madam Luo's eyes, she was no longer afraid, and there was always a voice in her heart saying to herself: What are you afraid of? Whether she is a human or a ghost, horizontal and vertical is just a death. It's easier than being scared every day.

After thinking about this, Yun Xi's hand covering her chest gradually let go, she straightened her back, lowered her heart, and said in a slightly lower than before, but still very clear words: "I just want to come to the ancestral hall to check, who is Xi'er?" ”

"Xi'er? How do you know about Xi'er? ”

"Someone told me!" Yun Xi took a step forward: "Someone told me that Xi'er is the secret hidden in the Luo family, the secret hidden in your mother-in-law's heart, and the secret that my mother-in-law wants to drive me out of the Luo family wholeheartedly."

The daughter-in-law originally thought that the mother-in-law didn't like the daughter-in-law because of the daughter-in-law's maiden family and because of the past that was feared. But after so many years, even the imperial court, even the empress in the imperial city no longer pursues the affairs of our Yun family, why is my mother-in-law still jealous.

Could it be that the mother-in-law really thought that as long as the daughter-in-law was driven out of the Luo family, the court would be able to let the Luo family go when it remembered to pursue it in the future?

The daughter-in-law was not secretly accepted into the Luo family, but was brought in by three media and five hires, and she was carried in openly, and she was the daughter-in-law of the Luo family who had worshiped the Luo family ancestral hall and recognized the ancestors of the Luo family. According to the consistent temper of the female emperor, if Zhu Lian is the husband, Luo Ping, even the maids and servants of the Luo family can escape.

How could a mother-in-law such a shrewd person not figure out what was going on here. Since the moment the daughter-in-law entered the gate of the Luo family, the fate of the daughter-in-law has been involved with the Luo family. Mother-in-law is so harsh and difficult, is there really another reason behind this?

Is it Xi'er? The one who sounds like the name of his daughter-in-law? Can the mother-in-law tell her daughter-in-law who this son is? Why can you make your mother-in-law angry with her daughter-in-law so far, and even gamble on the mother-in-law between you and your husband. ”

"Xi'er......" Old Madam Luo sighed first, and then suddenly laughed gloomily: "Do you really want to know who Xi'er is?" ”

Yun Xi didn't speak, just stood in place, looking at Old Madam Luo motionlessly, lest she get up from the chair the next moment, and then pounce towards her. Old Madam Ke Luo didn't mean to get up, she just pointed to the secret door that was opened behind Yun Xi.

"Don't you want to know who Xi'er is? Don't you want to know what the secret hidden in the Luo family is? Haven't you already opened that secret door? Go in, the Xi'er you are looking for is inside, and the secrets of the Luo family you are looking for are also inside. ”

Yun Xi looked at Old Madam Luo vigilantly, not believing that she said it so happily.

Old Madam Luo was also looking at Yun Xi. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for many years, how could she not know what Yunxi was thinking and fearing at this moment. After listening for a while, she opened her mouth again, but there was obviously some fatigue in her voice, and even her voice was hoarse: "Go! Check it out! Don't worry, I won't do anything. I promised Ping'er that the child in your womb would be born safely. I don't want to lose my only son because of you again. ”

Yun Xi had never seen Old Madam Luo like this.

Since the day she entered the door, what she saw was a strong, unsmiling old lady who made people feel cold in their hearts just by looking at it, even if it was the New Year's Day, the day of the whole world's celebration, it was difficult to find a smile on her face. Not only her husband, but also her sister-in-law Luo Shi will have a trace of fear in her eyes when she mentions this mother.

But just now, she obviously heard a trace of compromise, a trace of helplessness, and a trace of exhaustion after rapidly aging from Mrs. Luo's words.

There was a sudden blockage in his chest, and he blurted out a sentence without thinking about it: "My daughter-in-law used to really want to treat you as her own biological mother." ”

When Old Madam Luo heard this, her half-hung eyes were lifted again. A glint flashed through the dark eyes, and then faded away quickly.

She looked at Yunxi and said, "A long, long time ago, when Ping'er was born, I never thought that I would become today's mother and mother-in-law. I know you're a good daughter-in-law. Over the years, although I have been treating you harshly, and you have always been jealous of me, you have never expressed your insincerity, and even when Ping'er is away, you will take the initiative to go to me on his behalf to do your filial piety, although I have never given you a good face.

She also likes you very much, because you are a qualified sister-in-law, and because you have given Shi'er the tenderness and care that I have never given her.

I know that I am not a good mother, not a good mother-in-law, but I am the most qualified housewife of the Luo family. I never regret everything I have done, because I am thinking about the Luo family and my children. You're right, I hate you, I don't like you, and the reason why I want to kick you out of the Luo family is not only because of your mother's house, but also because of your face and your terrifying birthday. ”

"My face and my birthday?"

Yun Xi was stunned. She thought about the reason why her mother-in-law didn't like her, especially when she heard the words Xi'er, she subconsciously thought that her mother-in-law hated herself, just because her name was Yunxi. But now, she heard her mother-in-law say that she hated her, treated her badly, and even wanted to kick her out of the Luo family because of her face and her birthday, and she was blinded all of a sudden.

"Go ahead! Don't you want to see what's hidden in that secret door? When you see it, I'll tell you everything. I've hated you for so long, and I should have let you know why. ”

Yun Xi hesitated for a while, but still chose to believe Old Madam Luo. She picked up the lantern that had fallen on the ground, lit it again, and then carried the lantern step by step into the dark room.

The dark room doesn't seem to be big, and the places where the palm touches it are also very smooth, but there is a terrible smell in the air.

She raised the lantern a little higher, squinting at everything in the darkroom. It was boxy, like a small room, with simple tables and chairs, and even on the shabby table, she saw some dishes and chopsticks.

Could it be that this is the secret of the Luo family that you don't have to say?

Yun Xi shook her head, took a few more steps forward with the lantern, and she saw a bed, and the bed was dark, as if there was something. When I got closer, I realized that it was a quilt, and the quilt was bulging under it, as if it was covered with something.

It can't be a person under this quilt, right?

When Yun Xi thought like that in her heart, her hand lifted the quilt. It is said to be opened, but in fact it is just a piece torn. Because the quilt had already rotted, and with a slight pull of the hand, it shattered. But in the torn hole, Yun Xi saw a face, to be precise, a face that had been dried by the air. The face froze with a strange expression.

Yun Xi let out an exclamation uncontrollably, and then sat to the side, and her abdomen also had a faint pain.

"Aren't you looking for Xi'er? She is Xi'er, and she has been lying here for more than ten years. ”

Old Madam Luo walked in at some point, and when she approached the bedside, she even attached herself and pulled Yun Xi by hand.

"Didn't you just ask me, who is Xi'er? I'll tell you now, Xi'er is just a maid, the maid of the Luo family, the maid that the Luo family bought back from outside, and the only maid in the Luo family who has never been recognized by me. ”

Because of the fright just now, Yun Xi has not yet come back to her senses, but her ears have always captured every word and word that Old Madam Luo said.

(Education 123 Literature Network)