1. Plans can't keep up with changes.

Before Wang Qifang could ask from Zijuan, Li Jingtian gave an answer in advance.

"Speaking of which, my cousin has been extremely miserable over the years" Li Jingtian leaned on the pillow, his eyes wandered, as if he was recalling something, and his tone was also inexplicably sad" "Back then, she didn't escape any catastrophe, and her aunt and cousin worked together as official maids to sell her cousin on the street, and she was bought as a maid by a Beijing official who was released, and was later given by the master to the housekeeper to fill the house. ”

Wang Qifang sat across from him, half-hanging his head and peeling apples, while listening to Li Jingtian's story.

"In the third year of my cousin's marriage to that man, she gave birth to a daughter, but she was injured during childbirth, and she never gave birth to a child for four years, when the man's father died, he resigned from the owner and took his cousin's mother and daughter back to his hometown to mourn, but who knew that the old lady in the family did not like her cousin, and she didn't like her son's only child to be a little lady. ”

Wang Qifang put the peeled apples on the white porcelain plate on the kang table, sliced the apples into thin slices with a silver knife, and handed them to Li Jingtian with bamboo skewers. Listening to Li Jingtian's tone, you can guess that as soon as he mentioned Lu Qiuniang's husband, he didn't even bother to say the name, and said directly, "That person,." Oh, what a lot of resentment is this, so angry that he doesn't even care about the minimum etiquette.

"Well, the truth is exactly as the lady said and guessed" Li Jingtian took the bamboo skewer and bit it. Apples, which Wang Qifang quietly took out of the space, tasted much better than those sold on the market, but he was not in the mood at all at the moment, no matter how good the fruit was, it tasted like chewing wax to him.

"The old lady is in charge, after the man was removed, he took a concubine, the concubine's luck is also good, she gave birth to a son in the second year of the door, and was held up to the sky by the man and the old lady of his family" The cousin mother and daughter were trampled under the ground" Li Jingtian said this, he couldn't help but think of the sad appearance of his cousin crying, sighed faintly, and said: "No, at the end of last year, my cousin's daughter wanted to say goodbye, and that person was happy with the concubine, and he actually married a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl to a rich businessman who was over fifty this year to be a rich businessman who filled the house and lost the support of his mother's family. I don't have a son by my side, so I don't dare to argue with that man."

However, I later heard that the rich merchant was tyrannical and had killed two wives one after another, and there were even more boring people in the market who speculated that the third lady would live for a few days.

Speaking of this, Li Jingtian's face changed, and his eyes flashed with the cold light of yīn owl. Heart speaks, there is indeed no one in the Lu family, but Qiu Niang is not without relatives, so he spoils his sister-in-law, if he doesn't stand up for his cousin, don't say I'm sorry for my mother who died early, and I'm sorry for Qiu Niang to call him 1 brother,.

"So my cousin escaped with her daughter?" Wang Qifang followed Li Jingtian's train of thought and guessed again, but secretly questioned the truth of this story.

, "That's right" Li Jingtian nodded and said, "When the Lu family had an accident, my cousin was still carrying it, but I still remember that my father was from the Li family in Pingzhou. So after escaping from her husband's house, she took her daughter all the way to Pingzhou. ”

"Wait, since she came out with her daughter, why is she entering Beijing alone now?" When you enter our house, you don't say a word about your daughter? Could it be?"

It's not that Wang Qifang is suspicious, it's that there are too many loopholes in this story" She can find out the flaws by listening to it casually, why is this Li Jingtian like this?

"Alas, speaking of which, I have to say that my cousin's motherly heart is there. Li Jingtian did not notice Wang Qifang's suspicion, but ticked the chún corner, lù let out a smile of relief, and said, "My cousin still remembers why her family was convicted, how dare she take her daughter to Pingzhou to look for relatives with a swagger?" I had to entrust my daughter to a nunnery along the way, and I entered Pingzhou alone, but I didn't expect that she just arrived in Pingzhou and heard the news of our family's accident, panicked, she repeatedly inquired about the news of the Guogong Mansion, when she heard others mention my name, and carefully inquired about my age and appearance, more and more I felt that I should be her cousin. At this time, she didn't care about asking for help from the Li family, and set off to the capital overnight, but she was a weak woman who stopped and stopped, and when she arrived in the capital, it happened that we had just arrived in Beijing. ”

Coincidentally? Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?

Wang Qifang pursed her lips secretly, still skeptical of these words. However, when she heard this, she remembered one thing, "I remember that day my cousin called you "Brother God", is it your nickname?" ”

When Li Jingtian heard this, he shook his head and smiled, "No, Li Jingqian is the name that Li Yuanheng recorded in the family tree, and it is also my original name. Later, after my father took me back to Pingzhou, he took a new name and recorded it in his name. "Dry, it was my idea to change it to "day", after all, the two words are very similar. ”

There is a more important point, Li Jingtian is using his name to express his goal in this life, "Jing, (Jing, Zhiye)" Tian, (Son of Heaven), he wants to carry out his father's unfinished business to the end.

The corners of Wang Qifang's mouth twitched, and she asked a question that had been buried for a long time, God, will this word be taboo? ”

"Others must be taboo when they use it, but our Li family doesn't have to worry." Li Jingtian smiled more and more proudly, sweeping away the sadness when he told the story" "Our ancestor is called" Li Tianci, ah, it is the name given by Emperor Taizu, and in the name of "Tian, it is the privilege given by Taizu to the Li family. ”

The building is crooked, and the clouds on Li Jingtian's face have already dispersed, even if he continues to talk about the topic just now, he doesn't have the initial feeling. He didn't sensationalize anymore, and directly concluded: "My cousin didn't mention her daughter's affairs after she entered the house, she was also observing us, after all, she was frightened by what happened more than 20 years ago, and she was afraid that her daughter would also be affected." Now that I see that you are buying someone again, and you are moving to change the yard, I finally settled down and begged me to send someone to send her to pick up her daughter. ”

When Wang Qifang heard this, he first secretly observed Li Jingtian's gods, and saw that his face was no different, and his tone did not hesitate for a minute, so he knew that he had believed Cousin Lu, and even more, the secret agents of the Chivalry League also determined the identity and story of this person.

However, even so, she still couldn't fully believe Lu Qiuniang's statement.

Of course, she definitely can't say anything questioning, at least not when Li Jingtian is on the rise. just quietly buried these doubts in the bottom of my heart, and reminded myself to be more careful of her and left.

With a countermeasure, Wang Qifang followed Li Jingtian's words and said, "Even so, you should send someone quickly." Oh, think about how much suffering a little lady has suffered after staying in the nunnery for so long. No wonder Cousin Lu always looks like a brother is preoccupied. ”

"Hehe, I've already sent someone." Li Jingtian saw that Wang Qifang did not hesitate for a minute, there was still a little pity between his eyebrows, and he was even more satisfied, so he pretended to be polite and said, "When the child enters Beijing, I have to bother the lady to settle it, Jingtian thanked the lady in advance." ”

Actually, what Li Jingtian said is not the point, the point is that he likes more and more the feeling of sitting with Wang Qifang and talking quietly about trivial matters, and even, he thinks that this is a kind of enjoyment, yes, it makes people feel warm and reassuring.

"......" Wang Qifang unceremoniously gave him two big white eyes.

This day is the day of the Tang family's banquet.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Wang Qifang greeted Li Jingtian, and then took her two daughters in new clothes and got into a carriage towards the Tang family in the west of the city.

"Oh, my cousin is here, I haven't seen you for a few days, how is my cousin lately?" ”

Wang Qifang took the child, and as soon as she walked into the hanging door of the Tang family, she was pulled into the house by Tang Yunqin, who greeted her warmly.

"This is the Yuan Niang and the young lady, right? Hehe, such a well-behaved little lady! ”

Entering the house, Tang Yunqin pushed Wang Qifang to the main seat on the left, and his eyes fell on the two small

On the girl's body, holding one in one hand, I saw that the sisters were wearing small round-necked skirts that were fashionable in the capital, one big and one small, one was demure and the other was jiāo, which was very rare, and she was busy taking out a delicate red gold hairpin huā and a thumb-sized jade cicada from her purse, and stuffed them to the two children.

, "Hehe, since it was given by my cousin, you can take it." ”

Wang Qifang saw Tang Yunji's surprisingly politeness, although she had doubts in her heart, but she didn't show it, and said to the overwhelmed Yuan Niang with a smile.

"Yes" Yuan Niang replied softly, took Xiao Wanzi's little fat hand, and politely bowed to Tang Yunqin: "Yuan Niang and sister, thank you Aunt Cousin." ”

"No thanks, no thanks." Tang Yunqin couldn't hide the smile on his face, and the little faces of the two children, who were affectionate, personally instructed the maid to lead Mama and the two children to rest, and when everything was done, she returned to the house, moved a jujube red drum pier, and sat next to Wang Qifang, a brother and sister who were about to whisper.

"Cousin, there's something I've always wanted to tell you, but I'm afraid" yù stopped again, this demeanor is the same as every cunning subordinate who wants to make a small report with the master, but wants to be clever and obedient, how do you say that classic line? By the way, it's called "There is a sentence that I don't know if to say or not?"

Wang Qifang was silent, and the corners of Chún were slightly hooked, pretending to be affectionate and holding Tang Yunqin's hand, and said, "We are cousins, just like sisters, if my cousin has anything to say, just say it!" ”

"What my cousin said is very true" Tang Yunqin listened to Wang Qifang's words, exaggeratedly relieved, and then leaned over to Wang Qifang's side, and said: "Cousin, have you heard that Cui Changgui has been convening small gatherings of Confucian businessmen in the past few days, and Master Zheng San has received two invitations." ”

Wang Qilao frowned slightly, deliberately not understanding Tang Yunqin's hints, and said, "Xu is Cui Changgui, if you have any business to talk to you." ”

"Oh, my sister, I knew you would think so. Tang Yunqin's face was full of anxiety, and he said eagerly: "They are obviously dissatisfied with Xiaoxin Ge'er as the president, and they are ready to make problems at the incumbency meeting and embarrass the new president." "1 concave @.