In the outer room of Hou Men, she took advantage of her beauty to commit murder

Chapter 283: Cen Xiang Extra 1
My name is Cen Yi, and I have a secret, that is - I am not from Jing country.

My father was an ordinary herdsman from a remote grassland village of the Balang tribe. My mother was the daughter of a traveling merchant from the Balang tribe. As their biological son, I was naturally also a member of the Balang tribe.

But I have never acknowledged this identity of mine.

In my memory, the grassland where I was born was remote but really beautiful. It was accompanied by blue sky and white clouds all year round. When I looked down, I could see the endless grassland and countless cattle and sheep.

My father in my memory was honest and hardworking, though he was not good at speaking. My mother was the most dazzling person on the whole grassland, beautiful, smart, and kind...

And I am a child born in happiness.

I will never forget the moment when I opened my eyes and met my mother's kind and gentle eyes, the joy of chasing with my father on the grassland, and the happiness of being thrown into the sky by my father's broad and strong hands...

I thought I would continue to grow up happily like this until...

"Be good and hide well..." The woman who was pressed to the ground and abused by several beasts in military uniforms looked up and said silently to the little boy who was hiding in a secret room in the attic, trembling all over but still not daring to make any sound.

The little boy nervously looked at the humiliation scene below through the gap in the wooden board. He kept his mother's words in mind and covered his mouth tightly with his eyes wide open, but he dared not make a sound.

With his tearful eyes, he saw his mother being humiliated, and his father lying on the ground covered in blood, staring at his mother with his eyes wide open and refusing to close...

This was a nightmare, a nightmare that lasted for several hours and ended only when night was about to fall.

I ran out after hearing the sound of the flames. By the time I ran out, the entire village had been massacred. My father, mother, and brothers... were all gone. I didn't even have time to check if there were any survivors. The entire village was already engulfed in flames...

Cannes, the supreme leader of this team, killed my relatives.

At that time, I didn’t know that everything was caused by Molybdenum Bone Pill.

That monster from another world, or rather...

When Molybdenum Bone Dan found me, I actually didn't know that he was the culprit who caused me to fall into such a state. I am very grateful that he saved me, otherwise I would never have been able to escape from those devils.

I subconsciously relied on him, followed his arrangements, and traveled through mountains and rivers to reach the territory of Jing State.

It was also here that I met the love of my life—Xu Qingtong.

Xu Qingtong, the second daughter of a fifth-rank official in Beijing and a wealthy lady, came to Fengzhen, which was not called Fengcheng at that time, because she returned to her hometown to worship her ancestors.

She was strolling on the street under the protection of her maids and servants. I remember she was eating a candied haws in her hand. Her mouth was bulging but her eyes were shining. Later she told me that it was her first time eating it, but she didn't finish it because of me.

At that time, I was caught stealing someone's silver. I was afraid of being beaten to death, so I ran desperately and ran into her. I was caught by her servants and pressed to the ground. She was surrounded and protected by a group of servants. She tilted her head and asked me, "Little brother, why did you steal the silver?"

At that time, she was like the bright moon in the sky, and I was a weed on the ground that anyone could step on.

I pursed my lips tightly at the time and did not answer her. My eyes were fixed on the unlucky guy who was stopped by her servants after catching up. As long as he could get through or had the idea of ​​hitting me, I would find a chance to break free and escape.

But in the end, I didn't escape because she redeemed me with silver.

Well, I guess in her opinion, this is not redemption, but giving.

Later, I explained to her why I stole the silver. It was because she bought me meat buns and I succumbed to the temptation of the meat buns.

After listening to my experience, she kept crying.

So I asked curiously, why are you crying so sadly when I am the one who is so miserable.

She said, "I feel you are miserable, you lost your father and mother!" When she tilted her head and said this, her tears accidentally fell on my hands. I looked at the wetness on my hands and asked with a sudden inspiration, "You feel I am miserable, so can you save me?"

When I asked this question, I felt a little regretful, because I was afraid that I would see disgust towards him in her beautiful eyes and think that I was a greedy person, but fortunately, I won the bet.

After traveling through mountains and rivers, I became dark, thin, and dirty. But when her white and tender little hands held mine, I knew that I would protect her for the rest of my life.

I lied to her and said that I had forgotten my name and only remembered that my last name was Cen.

"Your last name is Cen, so from now on you will be called Cen Yi, the only One in the world." With the little girl's smiling voice, I got a new name.

She who gave me my name will be the only person I cherish for the rest of my life.

I took her words to heart. She told me to study hard, learn a few words, and be able to do some accounting, so that becoming an accountant could be a career option for me in the future.

Well, this is what she said to me imitating her own mother. Although she is very young, she likes to act like an adult.

I listened, but did nothing.

Because I don’t have the channels.

Who in the mansion would bother about a servant?

What’s more, literacy is such a big thing!
Heaven, Earth, the Emperor, Parents and Teachers, literacy is never a trivial matter.

Soon, we returned to the capital from our small place. For the first time, I clearly experienced the prosperous scene that was different from the grassland, but such days were very short.

The days passed like this.

I lived a pretty good life in the Xu Mansion. Although I was a foreigner, I was young and thin, and with her advice, the housekeeper personally assigned me the task of feeding the horses.

Feeding the horses is the simplest and easiest job in the mansion. There is a special person to deliver the hay to the door. My responsibility is just to deliver the hay to the trough on time. If there is no water in the trough, I will fetch some over with a bucket. There was originally another person feeding the horses with me, but because of my arrival, he was responsible for the more dangerous tasks such as combing the horses' hair, trimming their hooves and walking the horses.

Overall, those days were relatively easy.

The only regret is that she is the daughter of a wealthy family. Every day she is either on her way to learn etiquette or on her way to learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting... For various reasons, I cannot be close to her often.

But she didn't forget me and would come to play with me whenever she had time.

As time went by, I couldn't help but ask her why she kept coming to play with me, and she said, "Because I saved you!"

Her simple words stayed in my mind for a long time.

Ever since my father and mother were murdered, I haven't felt love from others for a long time.

Although that sentence was not an expression of care, it also showed that she included me as one of her own.

Later, when I had been with her for a long time, I asked her about the past again, and she said, "I saved you, so you are mine. You are a nice person and you know a lot of interesting things. I want to play with you to kill time!" She stayed in the house, and although she had no worries about food and drink, she was still bored.

Time has blurred the past, but I still remember every word she said. Maybe what she said was not what I understood, but in the end, her words helped me get over those days.

Later, she would come to me whenever she had time. As she got older, the things she talked about started to involve school. She began to complain about her mother's dissatisfaction with her rules, the teacher's strictness on her studies, and the requirement for her to copy big characters!

Until one day, she said, "The Master always said that books contain a golden house and a beautiful woman. I don't understand what he meant. I just feel that reading is so tiring. Why do women have to learn "Legislation for Women"?"

"If you don't like it, you don't have to read it?" I said.

"No, my mother said that women must read these carefully, and even recite them by heart. They must understand the rules and be virtuous, respect their teachers and elders, and know when to advance and retreat. Only then will a husband want them!" When she said these words, her face showed some confusion and resentment.

"Cen Yi, why do women have to get married? Why do they have to follow the saying 'obey your father at home, obey your husband after marriage, and obey your son after your husband's death'? Do girls have to live happily and be wanted only by following these rules?"

"No, in my heart, women don't need to abide by these. As long as they are happy, that's fine!" Looking at the confusion on her face, I felt a little distressed. Although I didn't quite understand what she meant by "The Commandments for Women" at the time, I still stood firmly on her side.

What she thinks is bad must be bad because she is unhappy.

"I really hope that in the future we girls won't have to learn these things. Why do girls have to learn these damn books? My brothers and sisters don't need to do that!" She clenched her fists.

"You are a lady, you don't have to learn it!" I said again.

"No, mother said that only by reading and learning to read can people clarify their ambitions. I also think she makes sense. I just don't like these books. But mother asked me to learn, so I have to learn!" As she said that, she looked up at the sky above her head and said, "If I get married in the future, I must marry an excellent person. Well, like mother said, 'a person who can bring peace to the world with a pen and decide the fate of the world with a sword.'" Girls' minds are so simple.

"Miss, can you teach me how to read?"

At this moment, I made a decision.

As I got older, I was assigned more and more tasks by the government. No matter how difficult life was in the government, I always remembered to find opportunities to read and learn to read.

Because there was no teacher, the first words I learned were taught by her when she had time to come to me. In the second year of learning to read, by chance, I met a teacher who taught young masters in the mansion. After some work, I was finally able to sit in the school and study.

She became more and more beautiful, and my lady began to take her to various banquets. Every time she came back, she would not forget to share with me.

As I watched her becoming more and more beautiful, I knew that the distance between me and her was getting farther and farther.

In the spring of the following year, she came to me and talked to me for a long time. Finally, she told me to cherish my life, study hard, and take part in the imperial examinations in the future, hoping to get a good grade.

Yes, I did not sign a contract to sell myself, but only signed an employment contract. I am still a good citizen and eligible to take the imperial examination.

After she gave me her instructions, I met her less than ten times in the following years. I could only learn about her recent situation from the maids and servants.

For example, she was named a talented woman and was praised by the ladies in the palace...

Although I couldn't see her, I remembered that I had to study hard, learn to read and write, and pass the imperial examinations, because I knew that this was my only way to get close to her.

Time passed, and soon I was able to take part in the imperial examination. As expected, I passed and became a scholar, and I ranked first in the exam.

It was also in this year that Lord Xu finally met me.

He came here at the order of Madam Xu. Seeing that I was good-looking, he frowned and brought me to Madam Xu. Sure enough, after seeing me, Madam Xu also frowned tightly, with her expression changing constantly.

I didn’t understand it at the time, but later I understood. They thought it was my looks that attracted their daughters.

Although I did not surprise them, I did win her heart.

But they thought that with my status, I couldn't give her any guarantees.

What's more, she is infertile.

Yes, they knew I knew she was infertile, but what I didn't say was that I was also infertile.

I was able to crawl out of the pile of dead bodies, but the price was my own body.

I will never have children.

When I found out that she was also infertile, my first reaction was ecstasy.

I knew that she and I were made for each other.

But what comes with it is guilt.

How could I have such thoughts.

But all this is not a reason for me to let her go.

So, they wanted to separate me.

impossible!
I won't accept my fate.

If you can’t give a guarantee, then find a way to give it.

I believe that I can hold her tightly.

The imperial examination is my only chance.

In the next few years, I took part in the imperial examinations, starting from the top of the list, and successively passed the examinations to become the first place, and then the third place. My achievements became higher and higher, and I was the first every time. As long as I took part in the last palace examination and became the number one scholar, I would be a rare person in history who won three prizes in a row.

Mr. Xu's attitude towards me gradually began to change, and in the end, he even began to tutor me in my homework and comment on my essays.

Sure enough, in the final palace examination, I won the top prize with my outstanding performance.

After I won the top spot, they asked me again what I thought. Yes, they knew that I worked so hard for their daughter.

Anyone who wins three first places in a row will, if nothing unexpected happens, be given an important position by the emperor.

People's hearts are unpredictable. They are afraid that if I rise in the future, they will have bad thoughts because of my days in the mansion. After all, there are many ungrateful people and Chen Shimei in every era. Lord Xu has been an official for many years and is an old fox. Naturally, he knows that you can't bet on a man's mouth.

He was afraid that I would change my mind and hurt his precious daughter.

I once again declare that I have never changed my mind,

But how could they know how important she is to me.

How could I hurt her!

The promise I gave her was - "We'll be together for life!"

By the way, I learned this word from Mo Gu Dan.

My clear attitude made them feel relieved. After considering it for a long time, they decided to let her meet me.

I have been with her for so many years, so I naturally understand her. She is a proud person and a kind-hearted person. I never believe in the choice of fate, but I have gambled on her again and again.

I won the bet!

After getting married, we indeed lived a life that was the envy of others.

But as my achievements grew, I received more and more praise from the emperor, and people began to talk about my harem.

Poisonous woman?

Too jealous?

When I heard other people's comments about her, I couldn't even believe it!
How could such a kind person be called a vicious woman?

I understand. It turns out that everyone thought she was using the help she had given me in the past to control me and prevent me from taking a concubine!
Now I am almost thirty years old and still don’t have a child!

So they said she was a vicious woman and was too jealous.

When I heard this reason, I laughed.

I ran to talk to her, but unexpectedly she hesitated for a long time and actually asked me, "Yilang, do you...want to take a concubine?"

My eyes widened, I couldn't believe she would ask this question.

"I, I can't give birth to a child for you, a child that belongs to us!" Her voice was full of tears.

Looking at her hands that were white from squeezing the handkerchief on her legs, I suddenly realized that she had known about these rumors for a long time and had been in pain.

She felt guilty for not being able to give me a child, but was also reluctant to make a decision, so she pushed her husband into the arms of someone else.

Knowing her inner pain, I felt so distressed that I hugged her and assured her, "Don't cry, I don't want to take a concubine, and I don't want to take a concubine. Don't worry, I will take care of it!"

In fact, I was infertile, and I couldn't tell her the reason, but I didn't want her to fall into this situation. For this reason, I chose to solve the problem once and for all and drank the infertility soup in the hall.

This problem was easily solved, except that I spent more than a month coaxing her into doing what I wanted.

After this incident, she and I finally returned to our normal peaceful life.

Because the Emperor values ​​her very much and I am very busy with official duties, I have to leave the capital frequently. Considering that she would be lonely in the mansion and that she likes children very much, I thought about it and decided to adopt her.

After much deliberation, taking into account her birth, in order to make her feel at ease and not worry too much, and also to give him someone to rely on, I adopted my uncle's son, after all he could give birth.

The child is very cute. I named him Xunchu, which means first meeting, first knowing, and never forget where we came from.

After that, more than ten years passed, and I did just as I promised.

Treat her as before and regard her as a treasure.

She has always been the little girl that I cherish in my heart!