On the twenty-fifth day of the first month, this year is probably a bad season, the wind and snow are extremely large, and the goose feather snow has been falling for three days.

A pink shadow of lotus root walked quickly through the nine-curved corridor and ran to the rosewood door, but was stopped by the guards with knives guarding both sides.

"The study is important, please stop the second lady. The guard grimaced and looked respectful.

"Presumptuous! dog minion, dare to stop me, get out of the way. Xue Qiaoling was furious, and this gap made her angry.

If it was the past, how could the guards with knives dare to stop her so rudely, and so disrespectful!

Seeing that Xue Qiaoling was stubborn, the guards immediately pulled out the sword at his waist, crossed in front of Xue Qiaoling, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "My subordinates are acting on orders, please don't embarrass the second lady." ”

"You, you ......" Xue Qiaoling trembled with anger, but she was helpless, flicked her water sleeves, walked down the stone steps, bent her knees, and knelt straight on the snow.

"I beg my father not to listen to the villain's slander, my mother is by no means a ruthless person, and my daughter does not dare to ask my father to open up, but please investigate this matter impartially and give my mother an innocent ......" The voice that has always been as clear and pleasant as the cry of a yellow bird is now mixed with a trace of pathos and despair, and the plain face is not as heavy as usual.

Two days ago, Xue Jingzheng listened to Shangguan Yi's words and looked at Xu's dying appearance, and without in-depth investigation, he broke off Lin's culpability, deprived her of her aunt's position, imprisoned Xiyuan, and was not allowed to take a step out of Xiyuan without his orders.

Depriving Aunt Lin of her position is equivalent to demoting her to a maidservant and imprisoning Xiyuan, and she is not allowed to take a step out of Xiyuan without his orders, and she is no different from the concubines in the deep palace who were abandoned by the emperor into the cold palace.

In any case, in the eyes of the Xue Mansion, the Lin family has no place to turn over, and as for Xue Qiaoling, her status has plummeted for a while because her biological mother was demoted. Although Xue Jingzheng was not angry, the disdain on his face was extremely obvious.

Xue Hainiang, who came walking, happened to see this scene.

The bright and domineering woman of the past knelt humbly on the snow, with a glimmer of hope, hoping that her father, who was sitting in the pavilion, would give her and her abandoned mother a trace of mercy.

The cold wind cut her bare skin like a sharp blade, her face was already red from the cold, her eyes were blurred with a hint of determination, Rao was shaky, but she never moved the idea of getting up, until a pair of deerskin boots embroidered with fine and intricate brocade patterns came into view.

Xue Qiaoling raised her heavy eyelids and looked, Xue Hainiang was dressed in crimson curry, and her wide-open skirt was embroidered with lifelike earth-surging golden lotus, luxurious and charming.

"The eldest sister looked at me like this now, and her heart was very happy. Xue Qiaoling raised her chin slightly, and her cold eyes looked straight into the pair of eyes that were not shocked, like an eternal galaxy.

Xue Hainiang raised her lips lightly, and her cold and beautiful face could not see the fluctuations of joy and anger, "In the past, Qiao Ling looked at me and my mother's down-and-out appearance, and I was very proud in my heart, Qiao Ling never thought that one day, she would also end up like me that day." ”

Xue Qiaoling got up suddenly, the numbness and soreness on her knees made her almost fall to the ground, she smiled sadly, "Xue Hainiang, is all this inseparable from you?"

Xue Hainiang sneered, her eyebrows flirtatious, "Has Qiao Ling become so stupid?

Xue Qiaoling looked at her with heavy eyes, as if waiting for her next.

"What Aunt Lin did to the Xu family in the past, you should have seen it in your eyes, your mother was obedient, thinking that she could rely on her father's favor to be worry-free for a lifetime, but she never thought that the bargaining chips she thought she could protect her honor disappeared overnight. Xue Hainiang's expression was faint, and she said eloquently: "The Xu family is not a weak person, and Aunt Lin has touched her bottom line last time, and it is reasonable for her to have such a counterattack." ”

Xue Qiaoling lowered her eyes when she heard this, and only after a while did she hear her say in a deep voice: "We will never lose so easily......" The "we" in her mouth refers to her and Lin Pianpian.

Xue Hainiang stepped forward, her slender jade fingers brushed away the strands of hair on her forehead, and said with a smile: "What a beautiful face with a national color and fragrance, and a seductive face, Qiao Ling gave birth to this good look, why worry about having no place to turn over in the future...... The implication is extremely obvious.

Xue Qiaoling had a hint of reluctance, she raised her eyes to look at Xue Hainiang, the shock and surprise in her eyes could not be concealed, she trembled her red lips, and said softly: "You, what do you mean?"

The so-called word wakes up the person in the dream, just like Xue Qiaoling's situation.

Although Xue Hainiang did not say it directly, the implication is particularly obvious, she is a show girl to be selected, if she enters the palace and gets the favor of the emperor and gets the concubine, the Xue family, how dare Xue Jingzheng embarrass her biological mother again.

Now that her biological mother has lost Xue Jingzheng's favor, if she soars and rises to the top in the future, why can't she save the Lin family who was imprisoned in Xiyuan?

At that time, Mo said that it was the Lin family, and even Xue Jingzheng would give her some face.

Xue Hainiang raised her lips and smiled, her cold and gorgeous face was actually smart and pretty, "Although the Lin family is arrogant and domineering, although she has often embarrassed my mother for more than 20 years, she has never really hurt her mother, but the Xu family is different, she is very deep in the city, and her mind is deep, and now that she has gained power, her ambition must be inflated, and what she pursues must be not as simple as favoring concubines." ”

Xue Qiaoling was silent for a long time, and the corners of her mouth finally gently pulled out a light arc, "Eldest sister's kindness today, Qiaoling will repay it one day." Xue Hainiang watched Xue Qiaoling staggering away, with a slender back but resolutely firm.

She seemed to know a little about why Xue Qiaoling in her previous life was able to defeat her step by step and take away everything she had little by little.

After five days of goose feather snow, it finally stopped invading the capital, and the sun was shining brightly.

When the sun was rising, Xue Hainiang got up early to wash up as usual, dressed by Mingxi, and went to Tanyuan at about Mochen.

Xue Hainiang also thought that Xue Qiaoling, who had always been like the Lin family, must be as late as the Lin family, but as soon as she stepped into the hall, she saw Xue Qiaoling wearing a dignified and delicate Tianshui blue sleeve long-sleeved fairy dress, and there was no excessive brocade embellishment on the skirt panel, and a bright and pretty face was only painted with green daisy, slightly applied with fat powder, and her plump lips were slightly crimson, which seemed to be very different from her with plain and heavy makeup.

She sat on the futon, smiling like a flower, and her gestures were not dignified and elegant, but there was a trace of her own agility and charm.

Today, Xue Qiaoling, who is different from the past, couldn't help but smile secretly in her heart.