A year ago, Shui Qingqing, who came to the capital from the Western Desert to look for relatives with a pregnancy, settled in Zhuque Lane.

Vermilion Bird Lane is the largest street in the capital, but it is also the most chaotic and noisy place, not only the three religions and nine streams gather here, but also the place with the most strangers.

And from the moment Shui Qingqing entered Suzaku Lane, she was targeted by Aunt Jin, a woman who trafficked people for a living.

Aunt Jin saw at a glance that she was from a foreign land and was single, so she 'kindly' took her in and rented her the Westinghouse in her house cheaply.

At that time, Shui Qingqing didn't have much coils on her body, so in order to save some coils, she didn't dare to stay in the inn, so she asked around Vermilion Bird Lane about the houses she could rent. Seeing that Aunt Jin was willing to rent a house for herself, the price was cheap, and she was the only one in the family, and she was still a mother-in-law, which was exactly what she wanted, so she lived with peace of mind.

But I don't want to, but this stay is to send myself into the wolf's den.

Aunt Jin originally saw that she was born well, and she was an orphan girl in a foreign land, thinking about selling her to the place of Fireworks Willow Lane, but later learned that she was pregnant, and she was immediately overjoyed.

Because, at that time, her eldest sister, who was on an errand beside Aunt Bai in the Dingguo Mansion, was asking her to quietly look for pregnant women who were two to three months pregnant outside, but Shui Qingqing's conditions were the most suitable.

So, for the rest of the day, Aunt Jin collected Bai Lingwei's money and took care of Shui Qingqing, the 'surrogate mother'.

and has been evicted for not having a household registration, intimidating Shui Qingqing not to go out, lest she be discovered by others and smoothly isolate her from outsiders......

Shui Qingqing, who didn't know it, came to the capital alone, was unfamiliar with the place, and was pregnant with a child, and could be taken care of by Aunt Jin's 'enthusiasm', she never thought that people's hearts could be so sinister that she almost regarded the disguised Aunt Jin as her own mother-in-law, and unsuspectingly revealed her life experience to her. I also thought that if I found my biological parents in the future, I would repay her well.

But she didn't want to give birth to a child after she died nine times, Aunt Jin turned her face instantly, snatched her child, and knocked her unconscious and pretended to be a sack and sank into the lake......

Shui Qingqing, who escaped death, every time she thinks of the human-faced and animal-hearted Aunt Jin, she hates her to the core, but it has also become a terrible nightmare in her heart......

And this Mama Jin once went to Suzaku Lane to find Aunt Jin once.

At that time, the two sisters were standing in the courtyard and whispering, Shui Qingqing stayed in her west room, through the window, although it was nightfall and the light was dim, Shui Qingqing still saw the appearance of Mama Jin.

The two sisters look like each other, both have square faces and dark skin.

Therefore, now that she suddenly saw Mama Jin in the Hou Mansion, Shui Qingqing was so frightened that her soul was scattered, and the whole person was stunned-

She never expected to meet Mama Jin here.

I don't dare to look alike, if she recognizes herself as Yun'er's biological mother and knows that she is a fake Sheng Yu, what will the consequences be?

And from the moment Shui Qingqing entered the door, Mama Jin's shrewd eyes were like poisonous snakes that tightly wrapped around her and never let go, let alone a trace of expression on her face.

Fortunately, when Mama Jin went to Suzaku Lane to find Aunt Jin, she just glanced at Shui Qingqing in the house from a distance through the window, plus the sky was dark, and the lights in the house had not been lit yet, she didn't look at Shui Qingqing's face carefully, but only saw a vague figure.

However, Mama Jin, whose eyes are as poisonous as snakes, was already suspicious of her, even if she only saw Shui Qingqing's figure at that time.

What's more, when Shui Qingqing saw her, the panic on her face attracted her attention.

On the face, she saw Shui Qingqing looking at her, but she stepped forward with Xiao Shizi in her arms, bent her knees slightly and smiled at Shui Qingqing: "The old slave has seen Miss Biao." ”

Shui Qingqing was startled by her voice and woke up suddenly, and finally came back to her senses from the panic.

The nails were deeply pinched into the palms of her hands, Shui Qingqing gritted her teeth and pressed the panic in her heart, and smiled indifferently: "Mama is very raw, I haven't seen Mama in the Hou Mansion before, I don't know what to call it?" ”

Fortunately, she turned her back to the old lady and Mei Zijin, and the two did not notice her abnormality.

In order to alleviate the deadlocked atmosphere between Shui Qingqing and Bai Lingwei, the old lady said with a smile: "She is the old lady brought into the Hou Mansion by the Bai family from her mother's house, everyone calls her Mama Jin, she left the house a few days ago, and she only came back recently." ”

Shui Qingqing couldn't figure out if Mama Jin recognized herself, but now, even if she was scared in her heart, she had to grit her teeth and calm down, not daring to show clues, let alone looking at Yun'er again, and retreating to avoid Mama Jin's sight by greeting the other three aunts.

In this way, at the next Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, Shui Qingqing's heart was chaotic and destined to be unswallowable.

And during this period, even if she kept her head down, she could always feel that her eyes fell on her body from time to time, making her feel like she was on pins and needles.

I haven't seen Shui Qingqing for dozens of days, and when I see her again, Mei Zijin is a little confused.

When everyone was laughing at Shui Qingqing's shabby clothes, Mei Zijin felt that she was wearing plain and simple makeup, but in the room full of purple and red, it was fresh and natural, unique, and people couldn't help but look at it twice.

And at this time, looking at her bowing her head and silently holding the alienated description of the rice in the bowl, Mei Zijin's mind unconsciously sprung up last time, she and the third prince Li You rode side by side with a free and cheerful appearance, and her heart suddenly felt inexplicably uncomfortable-

Last time she said in front of him that she hated him and didn't like Hou Fu even more, he thought she was just a momentary anger, but after thinking about it, everything she said was true.

From the day she entered the Hou Mansion, she seemed to want to stay here on the surface, but her heart and casual actions made him feel that she seemed to be alienated and hostile to everything in the Hou Mansion.

And even more so for him!

In that case, why did she insist on staying in the first place?!

Thinking of her shyness in front of the third prince, Mei Zijin's heart was tightly blocked.

The next moment, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and with the help of the hot wine, he burned the blockage in his chest......

Halfway through the banquet, everyone took turns to toast the old lady and Mei Zijin, and in previous years, the old lady would prepare a small New Year's gift for the aunts, which was regarded as New Year's money for the younger generations.

And what everyone is looking forward to the most is Mei Zijin's New Year's reward to everyone.

In previous years, Mei Zijin's reward to everyone was generally the treasures of the Hou Mansion in the palace, and there were also treasures kept by himself, and each person's income was different.

Even if Mei Zijin rewards them almost the same every time in order to strive for fairness, they will also be compared by the four aunts to show their status and weight in Mei Zijin's heart.

Therefore, at this time of year, it is the most nervous and exciting time for everyone.

This year is no exception.

Because there is a little more son, who is originally four aunts on an equal footing, the position has changed silently, and Bai Lingwei has undoubtedly become the head of the four.

But this grounding at the end of the year made everyone unable to understand Mei Zijin's thoughts about Bai Lingwei.

Therefore, today's New Year's Festival reward has undoubtedly become everyone's most concern, and they all want to see what are the differences between Mei Zijin's reward for everyone this year and the past?

Compared with everyone's expectations and nervousness, Shui Qingqing has been sitting silently with her head down, her hands under her sleeves are clenched, and her heart is in dire straits.

From the moment Mama Kim appeared, she was in a state of extreme panic, worried that she would remember who she was and expose her identity and purpose. finally realized that he had neglected the most important and crucial Aunt Jin......

Therefore, Shui Qingqing, who was bent on the dangerous situation she was about to face, had no time to pay attention to the undercurrents surging at the dinner table.

What's more, these are all open and secret battles between Mei Zijin's aunts, and they have nothing to do with her.

Sanshi led the servants to carry five mahogany boxes, one in front of each aunt, and the last one was handed to Shui Qingqing.

Slightly stunned, Shui Qingqing didn't expect Mei Zijin's New Year's gift to have her own.

Seeing that the four aunts were impatient to open the box in front of them, Shui Qingqing hesitated for a moment, and then raised her hand to gently open the lid of the box.

As soon as the lid of the box opened, the golden thing inside shone with a dazzling golden light, piercing her eyes.

In the mahogany box, there were ten large gold ingots, which were roughly converted to a thousand taels of silver.

And the boxes of the other four people, without exception, are all gold ingots, and they are the same in both quantity and weight.

Looking at the glittering gold ingots in front of them, several aunts who were full of joy and anticipation couldn't help but be stunned.

For several aunts, they are not short of money, so even if a box of gold ingots is heavy, in their opinion, it is better to enjoy some pearls and hairpins, after all, gold is going to be spent after all, and it can't be worn on the head like ornaments.

The main thing is that everyone is now receiving the same reward, and there is no comparison between them.

Compared with the other three, Bai Lingwei, who has the greatest hope, is also the most disappointed.

She originally thought that with Yun'er and her father's high promotion, no matter what, she would become the first member of this Hou Mansion, and the annual reward she received was naturally the best.

But she didn't expect that the annual reward she received was exactly the same as the other three, and it was the same as Sheng Yu who was eating idle food.

Could it be that as the mother of the son, in the eyes of the Hou Ye, her status is the same as that little widow?!

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable Bai Lingwei became, and she couldn't accept it, she immediately turned pale, staring at Shui Qingqing opposite fiercely, and she already decided in her heart that she must have had an affair with Hou Ye during her grounding period......

In this way, those fierce and fierce eyes were eager to turn into sharp knives and cut Shui Qingqing on the opposite side with a thousand knives.

Tang Qianqian, who was also quite disappointed, immediately felt comfortable again when she saw that Bai Lingwei got the same annual reward as everyone else.

The more ugly Bai Lingwei's face was, the happier Tang Qianqian became.

She held a box of gold and laughed so much, and smiled at Mei Zijinjiao: "Master Hou is really generous, these ten ingots of gold are enough for 1,200 silver, enough for us to buy flowers for a year, thank you Lord Hou for the reward!" ”

She started, and Lan Qin and Tang Wanqing also got up to thank Mei Zijin.

Tang Qianqian and the others' laughter and thanks, listening to Bai Lingwei's ears, were not only harsh, but also deeply ridiculed her.

seems to be mocking her, even if she tries her best to fake pregnancy and become the mother of the son. Even if her father's official worship is Xiangye, her identity is still just an aunt, no different from the Tang family!

The unwillingness and resentment in her heart made Bai Lingwei almost want to smash the mahogany box in front of her, but was stopped by Mama Jin in time.

Mama Jin has been following Bai Lingwei for so many years, and she will not understand her state of mind at this time, so she hurriedly stepped forward and pretended to serve her soup, and whispered in her ear: "Miss, endure the anger for a while, the future will be long." ”

Mama Jin's words woke up Bai Lingwei, she finally gritted her teeth and suppressed the resentment in her heart, her face showed a look of great joy, and like Tang Qianqian, she smiled and thanked Mei Zijin.

The gold ingots, which are not looked at by the aunts and are even a little cheesy, are the best New Year's gift for Shui Qingqing, who is in dire need of silver.

With so much gold, she can not only repay the credit debt of Jade Village, but also prepare another New Year's gift for the Sheng family when she returns to her 'mother's house' on the second day of the new year.

Moreover, the most important thing is that in this way, she can save the monthly silver given to her by the Hou Mansion in case she takes Yun'er out of the Hou Mansion in the future for her livelihood......

Therefore, compared to other people's fake joy, Shui Qingqing was sincerely happy.

After several aunts got up to thank Mei Zijin, Shui Qingqing also got up to thank him.

Mei Zijin didn't look at her with her eyes, but just let out a cold 'um'.

Lan Qin, who was sitting diagonally opposite Shui Qingqing, turned a pair of apricot eyes on her simple clothes slightly, and then landed on the box containing gold ingots in front of everyone at the table, and suddenly thought of something in her heart, and suddenly sank.

The next moment, she smiled slowly: "Master Hou has rewarded so much gold and silver. In this way, Miss Biao can not only buy a few beautiful clothes, but also add a hairpin head. Miss Biao is already outstanding, I believe that if you dress up well, you will definitely become more and more beautiful and outstanding, and people will be loved! ”

Lan Qin's voice, soft and slow, fell on everyone's hearts, but it was deep and muffled, like a heavy mallet.

The woman in the back house, isn't that subtle, sensitive and suspicious?!

So after listening to Lan Qin's words, everyone thought of one place in their hearts, and suddenly, their eyes pierced Shui Qingqing's body like a cannibal.

In this way, the harmonious atmosphere that was still full of tables became silent again.

Feeling that everyone stopped the chopsticks in their hands, their eyes were shining towards themselves, and Bai Lingwei was even more eager to kill her with her eyes, Shui Qingqing would not understand the meaning of Lan Qin's words.

She panicked in her heart, and the unfree lord looked up at Mei Zijin at the top -

Could it be that he really did as Lan said, because he sympathized with himself and saw that he was wearing a shabby pattern, so he gave everyone a gold ingot as an annual reward?

Mei Zijin heard another meaning in Lan Qin's words, his heart tightened, and his face immediately sank.

The old lady's face also darkened, and she said coldly: "Since you have finished eating, let's withdraw from the banquet and disperse." ”

After that, he got up and hugged Brother Yun, and turned around and went to the warm pavilion next door.

Bai Lingwei saw that Yun'er was taken away by the old lady, her face was overjoyed, and she hurriedly followed Mei Zijin to the warm pavilion together.

Seeing this, the other three couldn't help but feel sour in their hearts-

Because of the little Shizi, Bai Lingwei can accompany the old lady and Mei Zijin to celebrate the New Year in the Shi'an Academy, and the family will have a lively reunion to celebrate the New Year.

But they had to go back to their respective courtyards, keep the empty room alone, and sit alone until dawn......

After all, people who have children are different after all.

Seeing Yun'er being taken away by the old lady, Shui Qingqing felt a sense of loss and grief in her heart.

It was her son, Yun'er was born for the first Spring Festival, and as a mother, she couldn't stay with him, so she could only watch him being taken away......

Soon, everyone else left and walked away, Shui Qingqing sat at the table alone and didn't get up for a long time, her heart was cold, empty, uncomfortable and helpless.

Xiaoxi stepped forward to help her up, and said softly, "Miss, let's go back too." ”

Shui Qingqing stood up with Xiaoxi's hand, Xiaoxi hugged the box of gold in her arms, and said with a smile as she walked: "Don't say it, the Hou Ye's New Year's reward is really timely - with this gold, the young lady will be able to repay the credit debt of Jade Village, and life will be better." ”

Not wanting to be seen by Xiaoxi about her loss and unease, Shui Qingqing reluctantly smiled: "Well, when the third junior high school Jade Village opens, we will return the money to others, buy you delicious food, make new clothes, and the rest, let's save it and ......spend it slowly."

"Miss Cousin is really a good plan, and she is also very good at living!"

Before Shui Qingqing finished speaking, a low, slightly old voice suddenly interjected and coldly interrupted her words.

Shui Qingqing looked up in astonishment and saw Mama Jin standing on the stone steps at the entrance of the courtyard with a small food box in her hand, with a smile on her face, but the smile did not reach her eyes, and a pair of sharp eyes looked at her, which made people shudder.

With a tight heart, Shui Qingqing led Xiaoxi to take two steps forward, and smiled at Mama Jin with a calm face: "Is there something wrong with Mama?" ”

With the bright lights at the gate of the courtyard, Mama Jin looked at Shui Qingqing condescendingly, staring at her tightly, not letting go of a trace of expression on her face.

She smiled and handed the food box in her hand to Shui Qingqing, and said while opening it: "Today's holiday, my young lady asked the old slave to send a few snacks to Miss Biao - just think, last time Miss Cousin was frightened in Baiwei Courtyard, and these snacks gave Miss Cousin a surprise and apologize." ”

After speaking, Mama Jin picked up a small plate of walnut sesame cake from the food box, handed it to Shui Qingqing with a smile on her face, and said with a smile: "This pecan sesame cake is very soft and sweet, Miss Cousin taste it." ”

The bright lights at the entrance of the courtyard clearly illuminated the walnut sesame cake in Mama Jin's hand, and even the little sesame seeds on it were clear.

Under Mama Jin's intently gaze, Shui Qingqing smiled lightly, reached out and picked up a piece of walnut sesame cake and put it in her mouth, chewed it carefully, and said with a smile: "It's really delicious." Please thank Aunt Bai for me. ”

Seeing Shui Qingqing eating the pastry without blinking, Mama Jin's eyes flashed slightly, and she said, "Miss Cousin likes it!" ”

After that, he put the dishes in the food box and put them away, and instructed a long-faced maid beside him: "Miss Biao will send this food box to the Tingsheng Academy." ”

The long-faced girl is called Xia He, one of the maids brought into the Hou Mansion by Bai Lingwei, who usually follows Mama Jin to listen to errands, and looks ordinary, but she is trained by Mama Jin to be very shrewd.

Xia He took the food box in Mama Jin's hand, and silently walked to Tingsheng Courtyard with Xiaoxi, a pair of eyes quietly looked at Shui Qingqing in front of her from time to time.

Shui Qingqing ignored her, and walked straight to Tingsheng Courtyard, but her steps were a few points faster than usual.

Soon, the three of them returned to Tingsheng Courtyard.

Shui Qingqing turned around and took the food box in Xia He's hand, and said with a cool smile: "Thank you, girl, for helping us send it back, girl, please go back." ”

With the wind lamp in his hand, Xia He once again carefully looked at Shui Qingqing and left.

As soon as Xia He left, Shui Qingqing immediately asked Xiaoxi to lock the courtyard door, and she hurried to the room.

When Xiaoxi locked the courtyard door and entered the house, she was so frightened that she screamed when she saw Shui Qingqing's appearance, but Shui Qingqing covered her mouth.

Shui Qingqing's face was smooth and clean a moment ago, but at that time, it was covered with red rashes, and there was no good place from the forehead to the chin.

As if expecting that Xiaoxi would be frightened by her appearance, Shui Qingqing covered her mouth to prevent her from making a sound, endured the bone-crushing itching of her whole body and the suffocation feeling of tearing between her throats, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't scream, don't let people outside hear it...... I'm fine......"

Xiaoxi looked at her in horror, and after a while, she pulled down her hand and said in a trembling voice: "Miss...... What's wrong with you, do you want to go and call the doctor for you to take a look......"

Shui Qingqing shook her head desperately, while opening the box on her body, handing it to her nose and desperately inhaling the smell of mint cream, she gasped: "No need...... For the New Year, don't alarm the people in the house...... I'm fine, maybe I ate something I shouldn't have eaten. Excuse me...... Could you please help me get a bucket of cold water in......"

Although she didn't know what was going on, Xiaoxi hurried out to fetch water.

After the cold water came, Shui Qingqing poured the cold water into the bath bucket, quickly took off her coat, and despite the cold water, the whole person soaked in it, and even buried her head in it.

Xiaoxi was frightened by her series of actions, and stayed by the bathtub in a hurry, "Miss, how are you?" Miss ......"

Shui Qingqing, who was soaked in the cold water, was like ten thousand ants biting all over her body, and her throat was more like being pinched by someone, and it was becoming more and more difficult to breathe......

She couldn't eat sesame seeds, and when she was a child, she accidentally ate them once and almost died.

And this matter, she told Aunt Jin before, and Aunt Jin must have also mentioned it to her sister Mother Jin.

Therefore, when Mama Jin appeared in front of her with walnut sesame cake, Shui Qingqing understood that the powerful and shrewd Mama Jin was suspicious of her identity after all.

And she let herself eat walnut sesame cake, which was to test herself, to test herself if she was the orphan girl in a foreign land who was killed by them in the lake!

Therefore, at that time, she had no other way than gritted her teeth and ate that piece of pastry.

And this piece of pastry, which was obviously made entirely of sesame seeds, was enough to kill her......

When she was sick before, there was a father who guarded her and went to the witch woman to save her life behind her back.

Now, in order to prevent Mama Jin from discovering it, she is trapped in this Tingsheng Courtyard, and she doesn't dare to call the house doctor, let alone alarm others, she just hopes to save her life by soaking in cold water in the old way.

But this time, the amount of sesame seeds in the pastry was too heavy, and she clearly felt that her throat was a little swollen and suffocated, and her whole body was in pain, and her breathing was on the verge of death......

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