Daughter of Hou's Mansion

"I'm not the only daughter." Wu Xiao's eyes were cold and sharp. He really couldn't afford a daughter like Wu Ruoshui. This was all to cheat his father.

"Help Madam back." Seeing that Madam Wu still wanted to speak, Wu Ruoshui gave the order forcefully. Although Madam Wu tried her best, she was taken down, but she didn't even send out the two hairpins hidden in her bosom.

"Open the door." Wu Xiao ordered to the two guards at the door.

The big lock was opened, Wu Xiao looked around at the mess in the room, and the expression on his face became more and more cold.

Wu Ruoshui was originally sitting on the ground, and when the door opened, her face suddenly brightened, but when she saw the person coming, the look in her eyes disappeared suddenly, and the expression on Wu Xiao's face was unprecedentedly cold, as if she was just An insignificant passerby was like an insignificant passer-by, which made Wu Ruoshui's fearful heart sink even more.

She is not a person who is ignorant of current affairs, but the anger at that time made her lose her mind for a while, so she challenged Wu Xiao. After being locked in the room, her reason returned little by little, and she suddenly realized that I have been forced to a dead end.

This is not the era she is familiar with. In this era, women are only subordinates of men. When she is useful, when she can bring glory to the Wu Mansion, Wu Xiao may love her, but when she loses value , Wu Xiao will not have any nostalgia for her.

Wu Ruoshui trembled when she saw the beggar behind Wu Xiao, she didn't want it, she didn't want to live such a miserable life.

"Father, father, my daughter is wrong, and my daughter really knows that she is wrong." Wu Ruoshui cried and rushed to Wu Xiao. At this time, she understood that she was not omnipotent, even though she had a different experience from others, she It is also powerless to resist the established rules of this society.

Wu Xiao was not moved by Wu Ruoshui's tears at all, and uttered four cruel words: "It's too late."

Wu Ruoshui seemed to have been drained of strength, and collapsed limply on the ground, Wu Xiao didn't even look at her, and only said to the beggar: "Take her away, and don't appear in front of me again from now on."

The beggar nodded hastily, he had nothing in the first place, and now he has such a daughter-in-law for nothing, it really is a pie that fell from the sky.

"Go away, go away, ah, don't touch me." Seeing the beggar approaching, Wu Ruoshui struggled hoarsely.

It's a pity that she is just a weak woman with no strength to restrain her. The beggar easily restrained her, and when she got close, there was a scent of fragrance. The beggar couldn't help squinting his eyes intoxicated, and said with a smile : "Lady, let's go, let's go back."

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Later, Qingluan only heard the news about Wu Ruoshui from Xia Zhi.

According to Wu Ruoshui's state of mind, she would not willingly stay with the beggar. Although she does not have the support of the Wu family, she still has brains. As long as she has ideas, she can still live well, so she wanted to He wanted to escape, but the beggar finally got such a daughter-in-law, so how could he let her go.

In order to prevent Wu Ruoshui from escaping, the beggar stripped Wu Ruoshui's clothes and imprisoned her in the ruined temple during the day. Only Wu Ruoshui had a sense of despair that every day should not work.

Gradually, she gave up the idea of ​​running away, and even became a beggar's wife with the ragged one beside the beggar.

Wu Xiao was transferred in the autumn of the same year, and he was not transferred to Shangjing as he wished, but was transferred to a lower level. As soon as the appointment paperwork came, Wu Xiao couldn't wait to move. After that, he really lost all his old face, not to mention he was also worried that he would make him unhappy by hanging around in front of Shangguanjue.

After the Wu Mansion moved away from Yuancheng, news of beggars and Wu Ruoshui gradually disappeared on the streets of Yuancheng. Some people said that they went after the Wu Mansion, and some said they were starved to death, but for Qingluan Saying that all of this is out of her scope.

It's another winter day, and the twins are about to turn one year old.

After this year of intensive care, An'an and Xiaoxiao are no longer as weak as they were when they were born. Even Xiaoxiao got rid of the weak body that suffered from a sickness every three days and a serious illness every five days, and became healthier.

The temperature outside is freezing, but inside the house is scorching hot, even if you only wear an unlined garment.

Xia Zhi poured the prepared warm water into the bathtub, Qingluan rolled up his sleeves, hugged the naked An An, and tested the water temperature with his hands before putting him in the bathtub.

Although An An and Xiao Xiao are twins of Long Fei, as they grew up, their facial features gradually changed. An An's facial features have completely inherited Shangguan Jue's, with only one pair of eyes reminiscent of Qingluan, without peach blossoms. The embellishment of the eyes makes An An lose the frivolity of Shangguan Jue. The little person is like a little adult, he doesn't like to laugh, and looks very serious.

Shangguanjue often complained to Qingluan in a melancholy way: "This kid looks preoccupied at a young age, but what will happen when he grows up?"

And Xiao Xiao has the completely opposite temperament to An An. When she is good, it really melts people's hearts. When she is troubled, Qing Luan can't wait to use force directly. However, her appearance has inherited Qing Luan's, and Shangguan loves her so much. She was even more unprincipled, every time Qingluan lowered her face, Shangguanjue rushed to put out the fire, for fear that Qingluan would really hit his precious daughter in a fit of anger.

As time passed, this fine little girl loved Daddy the most in her heart, and the first word she uttered was Daddy, and Shangguan Jue was so moved that she burst into tears.

However, Qingluan felt that her petite temperament was definitely inherited from Shangguanjue, that she was rascal and dog-legged, and that everyone with a pair of peach blossom eyes deceived her and stood by her side.

"Little Shizi is so good." Xia Zhi wiped An An's body with a soft cotton cloth.

At this time, An An had just finished taking a bath, and during the bath, she just stared at a pair of black and white eyes that didn't even make a sound, she was extremely cute.

Qingluan put on the newly made cotton padded clothes for him, because the skin of the two children is soft, so all of the clothes they wore next to their bodies were small clothes modified from the inner clothes that Qingluan once wore.

"We, An An, are so good." Qingluan lost his temper when An An saw him, and couldn't help but bowed his head and kissed his forehead.

Over there, Qiao'er has changed the clean water again, and when the nanny brought Xiao Xiao over, Xiao Xiao was already crying, kicking her limbs vigorously, obviously very dissatisfied with the bath she was about to experience.

Qingluan couldn't help but reached out and patted her little butt twice, and said angrily: "Little girl, you just don't worry."

Looking at Qingluan, Xiaoxiao felt a little scared, her crying voice suddenly became quieter, and her peach blossom eyes, which resembled Shangguanjue's, were rolling around, obviously looking for a good father who would protect her every time, Qingluan was caught by Her shrewd appearance was amused, and she said in a tense voice, "Don't look for it, your father is not here now, so he can't save you."

"Father, father..." The little girl could only pronounce a single syllable, and she breathed a sigh of relief after seeing no one for a while.

When Qingluan put her into the water, she made a fuss for a while, but after a while, the little girl started to play with the water and slapped the water with her small hands, splashing Qingluan and the maidservant beside her all over her body and face. , the little girl giggled contentedly, and when Qingluan carried her out of the bathtub, there was another small fuss, until Qingluan's face sank, and the little girl calmed down in a sensible manner.

Even Xia Zhi and Qiao'er, who were waiting on the sidelines, said in amazement: "This young lady can see people's faces even before she can speak completely. This is really amazing."

What a big deal, it's not her father's strong point to look at people's faces, and Qingluan secretly cursed in her heart.

After taking a bath, even the energetic Xiao Xiao fell asleep, and Qingluan watched over the two of them for a while before letting the nanny carry him down.

Xia Zhi saw that Qingluan was free, and showed Qingluan the various lists from the twins' birthday party. Qingluan browsed through it, and made some changes before asking: "Is everything ready for Zhou Zhou?" Yet?"

According to the custom of the Great Xia Dynasty, when a child turns one year old, a birthday ceremony is held, and a lot of various objects are placed for the child to choose, and what he chooses means that the child will be good at it in the future.

"It's already been prepared. Before going to Beijing, I sent a lot of things. Some were prepared by the old lady and some were prepared by the Marquis. They were all for the little prince and the little lady to catch the week, and the emperor and queen in the palace also gave them respectively. When things came, the slaves picked them out and put them in." Xia Zhi replied calmly.

"That's good." Qingluan nodded.

The master and the servant were talking, but Shangguan Jue walked in with a snowstorm all over his body.

Throwing the cloak on his body to the maid at the side, Shangguan Jue went to the stove first to get rid of the cold air on his body. Since An An and Xiao Xiao were born, it has become Shangguan Jue's habit to go to the cold first when entering the house.

Xia Zhi brought tea, but Shangguan drank it all in one gulp, as if he was extremely thirsty.

Seeing this, Qingluan couldn't help asking: "Why are you so thirsty?"

"Before I received news that several Beirong spies had sneaked into Fengyan County. I took someone to look at it. I was in such a hurry that I didn't have time to drink water." Shangguan Jue drank another cup of tea while speaking. Feel better.

Qingluan frowned: "Bei Rong?"

Shangguanjue provoked the civil strife in Beirong before, which eased Beirong's offensive against Daxia. However, Wen Renmeng is a rare general in Beirong. His younger brother is no match for him at all, but it took two years to calm down. Once the civil strife broke out, the Northern Rong imperial court would be stable, and they would start eyeing Daxia again.

ps: Steamed buns are the most fun.