Chapter 1 What about the others?
On the third watch day, the houses and pavilions of Xuandehou's Mansion were hidden in the dim skylight, and the plaques with gold characters on a black background were eroded by wind and rain, and they were no longer the Xuanhe of the year.
The eaves were wet, and from time to time the residual rain of copper coins was dropped, and it hit the bluestone ground heavily.
Li Qingyi got up from the bed, the corners of her lips pursed tightly, and looked at the dressing table over there.
There is a moon palace rhombic pattern glass mirror on the dressing table, different from the ordinary bronze mirror can only vaguely shine on the face, this glass mirror is delicate, and even the fine lines on the skin can be seen very clearly.
But this glass mirror was put away after she entered Beijing, until she was given by her mother to the great eunuch Qin Zeng as a plaything, and she was never seen again.
Right now, how could he appear in front of her?
She was fascinated in the mirror, and a figure turned from behind the screen, and saw her sitting there in a daze, and asked softly, "Why did the girl wake up, but she was worried about the county lord's arrival?" β
Li Qingyi subconsciously moved his gaze to the person who spoke.
The girl was stared at with such cold eyes, and she was so frightened that she shuddered.
And Li Qingyi's eyes froze instantly.
The blue eyebrows and eyes in front of her are green, her expression is immature, she looks like she is thirteen or fourteen years old, where is the henchman girl who has gone through countless bloody storms with her?
As if she had been stared at for too long, Shelan couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Big girl, why are you stunned all the time?" β
Girl?
Woad Lan has obviously called her wife for many years.
Li Qingyi suddenly turned his gaze and looked at the room inch by inch.
She finally knew where that strange feeling came from when she woke up.
This is not the house she and Qin Zeng in the capital, but the residence where she lived in the Li family in Yangzhou, and it is the boudoir where she has lived for fourteen years!
Li Qingyi walked to the dressing table in a daze, and the same immature face was reflected in the glass mirror.
She stretched out her hand, her fingertips touching the glass mirror and connecting with the person in the mirror.
As if her spirit and soul were united, a thought suddenly popped up in her mind, and then she picked up a hairpin and stabbed it into her palm!
"Big girl!"
Woad exclaimed and stepped forward to grab her hand, but she didn't have time.
Li Qingyi looked at the palms of his hands that were constantly filling with swollen blood beads, feeling the sharp pain, and his heart shook.
Seeing that she looked a little crazy, Xianglan stepped forward to grab her and coaxed: "Big girl, but you're afraid to go to the capital?" If we don't want to go, we won't go. β
Hearing the words "go to the capital", Li Qingyi's heart was shocked.
She's back five years ago!
She went back five years!
What about Qin Zeng?
Is Qin Zeng also back?
Xiang Lan had red eyes: "At the beginning, the county lord left your father and daughter and divorced and remarried, and ignored you for so many years, this time he suddenly wanted to take you to the capital, maybe it's not a good thing, the slave maid always jumps suddenly in her heart......"
Listening to Xianglan's words, Li Qingyi gradually calmed down.
This is really what Wolan said.
The Li family was originally the Marquis of Xuande when the first emperor was sealed, and in the capital where the princes were everywhere, it was also regarded as a middle-class family. It's just that in the early years, the old marquis spoke for the ministers, which made the current emperor disgusted, and since then he has gone downhill.
Only Li Zhifeng, the son of the Li family, is as beautiful as jade, more and more dazzling, and he is the wishful husband in the eyes of the ladies in the capital.
The lord of Yuanheng, who was spoiled by the queen mother, saw it by chance, and was immediately overwhelmed by it, regardless of the defeat of the Li family, and begged the queen mother for a long time, and finally got what he wanted, married Li Zhi, and gave birth to Li Qingyi.
The husband and wife are newly married, and Yan'er is also affectionate and sweet.
But the good times didn't last long, Li Zhilu was injured in the waist when he met a bandit, and he was paralyzed on the couch ever since.
The county lord of Yuanheng, Jin Zun Yugui, could not stand that his husband was a wasted person, so he left their father and daughter behind not long after, and remarried Wei Shicheng, the young and romantic new champion.
Li Zhi was severely injured physically and mentally, and he couldn't afford to fall ill, and died not long after.
At that time, the county lord of Yuanheng was the favorite granddaughter of the queen mother, with monstrous power and doing whatever she wanted.
However, times have changed.
When Li Qingyi was fourteen years old, Wei Shicheng had already gained a firm foothold in the capital with the help of the power of the Queen Mother, and he only had to wait for an opportunity to get closer.
The county lord of Yuanheng is old and yellow, and the queen mother, the big backer, has also passed away.
Her husband is getting out of control, which makes the county lord of Yuanheng uneasy, so she thinks of her eldest daughter.
wants to exchange the eldest daughter who he once ruthlessly abandoned......
The rattling of the window lattice blown by the night breeze woke Li Qingyi's thoughts.
Last time, how did she answer woad?
She said: "Mother and divorce remarried, is forced by the Queen Mother, she has a new husband's family, and then worry about me, will be disliked by the husband's family, and I have grandparents and grandmothers to take care of, no need for her to worry, this has not come to me, now my grandparents are gone, she misses me, naturally found a way to take me over." β
Li Qingyi laughed self-deprecatingly, he was really naΓ―ve at that time.
It was clearly the will of the county lord of Yuanheng to remarry, but the queen mother doted on her, so she helped her take on this matter.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Xianglan persuaded again: "Perhaps, we should stay in Yangzhou honestly, the second master and the second lady will never send you away at will, and when you find a suitable family business in the coming year, you can live a stable and happy life for the rest of your life......"
Li Qingyi smashed what she said, every sentence was heartfelt, worthy of her good woad, but she had to go to Qin Zeng.
"We still have to go to the capital, but we have to plan carefully, and we can't go their way everywhere."
Woad doesn't understand, can't go along with anyone's wishes?
Li Qingyi glanced at her, Wen smiled, and said, "Let's sleep first." β
Wolan held back her doubts and turned off the lights, tossing and turning over all night.
Li Qingyi slept very well and sweetly, and when she got up in the morning, she was refreshed and ate a few more bites of breakfast.
Later, someone came to report that the county lord of Yuanheng and his entourage had arrived a hundred miles away from Yangzhou and could enter the city at noon.
Li Qingyi let out a faint "um" when he heard this, as if he had listened to an irrelevant and lively scene, and he didn't react much.
Xiang Lan said: "Girl, if you want to follow the county lord back to the capital, you still have to be polite......"
Before Li Qingyi could answer, the second wife of the Li family, Ruan Shi, and her second aunt entered the door.
"Qingqing, the county lord is about to enter the city, the second aunt will accompany you to greet you!"
Li Qingyi's wonderful eyes lingered on her face for a moment, her expression was as well-behaved as before, but the words she said were full of stubbornness.
"When my father was injured by bandits, she ignored her disabled father, abandoned our father and daughter and remarried the new champion, and made my father angry to death. Where will we put the face of our Li family? β
Ruan Shi choked for a long time, "The second aunt is also for your good, in the end, she is your mother, if you want to live with her in the future, you can't always talk about old things." β
Li Qingyi lowered her eyes when she heard this, tears came as soon as she said it, and the clear water beads hung on her eyelashes, "Second aunt, this is thinking that I am dragging me down, and you want to drive me to the capital?" β
Ruan sighed, broke it and crumpled it, and told Li Qingyi about the pros and cons of this.
"Anyway, you are also a person who is a daughter, a filial piety is bigger than the sky, and it should not be rude, when the time comes, it will not be good for your reputation, you clean up first, and the second aunt will wait for you in front."
Li Qingyi sneered in her heart when she heard this, daughter?
Does the county lord of Yuanheng treat her as a daughter?
She gave herself to a eunuch for glory and authority, what kind of mother is she?
Xianglan watched Ruan Shi go out, and said hesitantly: "The county lord won't give the second lady any benefits, she is working so hard to persuade the girl?" β
"The second aunt is most eager to get nothing more than that one."
"Knighthood?"
Li Qingyi glanced at her appreciatively: "My father died young, and the title of Marquis of Xuande in our family should fall on the head of the second uncle, but unfortunately after my grandfather passed away, the second uncle handed the fold of the invitation several times, but it did not arouse a little response." This has become the second aunt's heart disease. β
Xiang Lan said angrily: "How did the second room promise the old lady at the beginning, saying that they would give you a good marriage and never wronged you for half a point, but now the old lady has only been gone for less than two years, and they don't remember half a word!" And for an empty title, I will stuff you to the county lord! β
When Xiang Lan said this, she remembered that Li Qingyi clearly told her last night that she was going to the capital, and suddenly stopped talking.
"The second aunt has no bad intentions, she just wants to leave a title for the Li family."
Ruan's family, like her in her previous life, was too naΓ―ve and underestimated the ruthlessness of the county lord of Yuanheng.
"Okay, don't think about it yet, change my clothes for me, my mother, it's time to arrive, we still have to cheer up and poke her lungs!"
Li Qingyi made it clear that she wanted the county lord of Yuanheng to be unhappy, and Xiang Lan was a little unsure of what she meant.
I want to go to the capital, but I don't want to give the county lord a good face?
Will this work?
At the gate of the Li Mansion, the carriage with gold lacquer carvings slowly stopped, and the woman who walked down from it was in her thirties, dressed luxuriously and gracefully, and looked arrogant, it was Li Qingyi's mother, the county lord of Yuanheng.
The second lady Ruan Shi hurriedly greeted her: "The courtiers have seen the county lord, the county lord Jin An. β
The county lord of Yuanheng glanced at the old place, a trace of boredom swelled in his heart, and he couldn't raise his mental greetings to the second lady, his eyes looked around, but he didn't see the person he should see the most, and his brows furrowed fiercely: "What about her?!" β