The North Courtyard was originally the best courtyard in this house, but because of a bloody incident a few years ago, it was reduced to a warehouse and firewood house.

Now, it has been carefully cleaned up by Huo Zun, which is more spacious and exquisite than the West Courtyard, more noble and luxurious than the East Courtyard, and has almost all the scenery of the general.

It's a pity that for her, no matter how good the scenery is, she can't ignite the indifference in her heart!

Since the second encounter between Huo Zun on the street and in the teahouse, it has been difficult for Xia Qian to be as angry and bloody as before, and her emotions are out of control.

Entering the north courtyard, there is an oval lotus pond.

In early spring, the withered lotus leaves float on the water, and the pond is scarcely scenic except for a small boat and a school of fish, which contrasts sharply with the young leaves and safflowers that surround it.

She saw Su Lianyi and Jing Qianxi and a few maids standing by the pool to choose materials, and a few embroidery girls were carefully measuring their bodies.

"Sister, you better come first!" Jing Qianxi looked back at Xia Qian and said with a smile.

Xia Qian's gaze crossed over to her, and directly reported her size to the embroidery girl on the side, so that they could choose the light-colored material! ”

"The young lady is a well-known beauty, and you are the only one in Qinglong City with such a standard size. But this spring clothes are already thin, a little less than half an inch can be a big cut, the last time you made clothes was three months ago, how fat and thin will still change. The color of this material is also good this year, why don't you take a look first! I'll give you a fit! The embroidery girl looked at Xia Qian for a while, and said with a frown.

In fact, she understood Xiuniang's words, she hadn't seen her for a few months, she had lost too much weight, and they couldn't handle the size.

"No need, you can just watch it happen!" She said, turned around and prepared to leave the North Courtyard.

"Sister, my sisters are already busy accompanying the general, today I just have time to bask in the sun while I have some clothes, don't hurry to leave while the weather is good today, chat with us!" Jing Qianxi said, stepping forward to take Xia Qian's hand.

Xia Qian knew that Jing Qianxi was not at ease, so she quickly withdrew her fingers and took a step back to distance herself from her.

"Sister!"

Jing Qianxi shouted aggrievedly, and Su Lianyi quickly grabbed her shoulder tightly from the other side.

"The general is meeting guests in the study, and he will come over after a while, why is my sister in a hurry to leave!" Su Lianyi dragged her to the lotus pond.

In the land of right and wrong, Xia Qian knew that she had to leave!

She quickly stepped back while breaking the arm that Su Lianyi was holding on her shoulder, and said two words angrily: "Let go!" ”

I thought that these two women just wanted to leave her in the north courtyard to humiliate, but they wanted her life!

She was underestimated after all!

Just as she angrily said the word "let go" and broke free from Su Lianyi's hands and was about to leave, the other party suddenly pushed hard and pushed her fiercely on another person, who was about to leave.

"Ahh

There was a scream, and when Xia Qian reacted, she saw Qin Xinyue fall to the ground, her face pale, and the skirt on her lower body quickly oozed blood.

She looked at Qin Xinyue in a panic, and her heart couldn't help sinking.

Qin Xinyue, that's Huo Zun's little Yue'er, the meat of her heart!

In her belly, it was Huo Zun's child! His lifeline!

Such a disgusting routine was actually used by these women for her?

Xia Qian was stunned, but for a while, she couldn't think of a way to crack it.

A tall figure walked over and looked at the delicate child who was sitting on the ground in a panic.

"What's going on?" Huo Zun asked hurriedly, a monstrous anger brewing in those black ice eyes.

Jing Qianxi looked frightened, and explained to Huo Zun softly: "I thought that my sister just didn't like the two of us, but I didn't expect that I didn't like Sister Xinyue even more. Sister Crescent persuaded her to measure her clothes, but she disdainfully pushed her sister, and her sister fell to the ground! ”

Qin Xinyue's face was as white as paper, and she was holding her little belly in unbearable pain, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

Huo Zun picked him up in a panic, looking distressed.

There were maids who ran to invite Lang Zhong as soon as possible, Su Lianyi, Jing Qianxi and the rest of the maids seamlessly pinched Xia Qian's deliberate push down of Qin Xinyue to him, and when he arrived, he heard Xia Qian's angry words with his own ears.

He hugged Qin Xinyue and approached Xia Qian step by step, his eyes were no better than when he knew that Hao Ji was still alive.

Xia Qian had been afraid of him countless times, but never so afraid as she is now.

She thought that he would pinch her to death, or if he was half dead, he would cut her with a thousand knives, but in fact she only guessed half right.

When she was about to suffocate by the pinch, he threw her into the lotus pond.

The muddy water and sand quickly poured into her nose, and her instinct for survival made her struggle in the pool with all her might, and finally grabbed a few rocks before suffocating, grabbing them and crawling out of the water.

She has been trying hard to live, but she has never been so desperate to survive as she is at this moment.

The struggle at that moment, was it really uncomfortable that the muddy water and stone sand filled her, or did she re-examine life and death after looking down on her feelings?

She can't say it herself, but she knows very well that his life and death have long been out of his mind!

When she went ashore, the lotus pond was empty, and she dragged her muddy water back to the west courtyard.

Jingya fell asleep, she didn't know what happened at that moment, and she didn't see the mud on her body when she returned to the West Courtyard.

Otherwise, that girl would definitely cry heartbroken again, and Xia Qian didn't know how to comfort her?

She knew that if the child was gone, Huo Zun would not stop there.

Fortunately, Riyue Langzhong happened to return to the city that day, and I don't know what method was used to let Qin Xinyue, who had already had so much blood, save the fetus.

Although Xia Qian picked up a life, Huo Zun's punishment for her was not over, and it can be said that she was inhumane.

Such a big lotus pond, he ordered her to dig out all the lotus roots in it!

The water in the pond in February was bitterly cold, and there were no water boots, water suits, and no protection on your hands.

She stayed inside for half an hour, and her whole body trembled, and her face turned blue.

When I went back the next day, the pool was almost empty, and it was just enough to cover my ankles.

Although he didn't have a time limit, she didn't want to spend a long time in the north courtyard for this matter, and after taking care of Jingya's food, clothing and daily life, she plunged into the pond to dig lotus roots.

In the north courtyard, flowers bloomed all over the garden, birds lingered, and from time to time the laughter of the four people and the singing and dancing of women could be heard.

She dug the lotus root without squinting, and those songs and laughter were hardly enough to make much ripples in her heart.

She knew that she was letting go.

The lotus root was broken, and she and him were not broken, but the silk was drained.

After more than ten days, the lotus root in the pond began to sprout, and it was full of life after being put into the pond water and goldfish.

A maid came over and told Xia Qian that their master liked the lotus pond here very much, and she was not allowed to destroy it again.

Xia Qian dragged her two mud legs back to the West Courtyard, and Jingya looked distressed at her frostbitten hands and feet.

"Isn't it chilblains? When the weather is warm, it will be good! She raised her little hand to look at it and smiled disdainfully.

Two of those goslings died of illness, two were eaten by weasels, and the remaining four were taken care of more carefully.

After Jingya's leg injury healed, she took care of all the things she washed, and resolutely refused to let Xia Qian touch anything that was wet.

One day, Xia Qian looked at the sky for a long time, lowered her head and asked Jingya seriously, "Are you willing to leave here with me?" Maybe there are many dangers on the road, maybe we will be chased and killed, maybe we will lose our lives soon, but even if it is a day, we can live freely and happily! ”

"Hmm!"

Seeing her nodding to herself with a serious face, Xia Qian became even more determined in her thoughts.

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