Nine-fold lotus of the famous family

Chapter 574 Miserable Begonia, Broken Dreams (1)
The news of the imperial list spread across the north and south of the river at an extremely fast speed.

Ji Chonglian just sat and waited in the general's mansion for a month before Ji Haitang's arrival, which made her very happy. She had worked so hard and now it finally paid off.

It's just that Ji Haitang is no longer glamorous at this time, she looks a little shabby in a lilac-colored suede with fine lines, her face is haggard, she is more than ten years old, and even her outstretched hands are covered with scars. A small cut that has healed after drying out.

"Second sister!"

Seeing Ji Haitang like this, Ji Chonglian was very surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her sit down, and looked out again, "Second Sister, why didn't you see Sister Yin and Brother Min?"

"They didn't come with me."

Ji Haitang pursed her lips, her eyes filled with bitterness, but she felt a little ashamed when she saw Ji Chonglian's face, her eyes were always downcast, and her hands were clenched tightly in front of her body.

After waiting for Liuli to serve the tea, Ji Chonglian waved her back, and then said with concern: "Second sister, I only heard about the accident in the county prince's mansion later, but at that time I looked for you everywhere, but I couldn't help it. I heard your news, where did you go?"

"It's... a long story."

Ji Haitang glanced at the pink and white porcelain tea gu on the small table beside her. It was painted with exquisite landscape pictures. She held it in her hand carefully. The tea was not hot, and the porcelain was very gentle when it touched her palm. The feeling of her hands is more delicate than her current hands, she couldn't help sighing in her heart.

It really is that the world is impermanent, good fortune tricks people!
"Second sister, what else can't we say between you and my sister?"

Ji Chonglian looked at Ji Haitang intently, "If the imperial list doesn't come out, are you determined never to come back to look for us? Do you know how much Eldest Sister is worried about you?!"

Ji Haitang felt his nose sore, and tears welled up in his heart. He raised a pair of hazy eyes to look at Ji Chonglian, and said in a sobbing voice, "Fifth Sister, you really helped us..."

If it wasn't for Ji Chonglian, she really couldn't think of anyone who could have such a great ability to reach out to the sky, help their fallen county palace, so that they can come back in a fair manner and find their own shelter.

But she used to... Thinking of all the things in the past, Ji Haitang felt even more ashamed. How could she think that she could really be arrogant when she became a little prince and side concubine?And then trample everyone under their feet?

Was she really crazy?

The only thing she could rely on was the Prince's Mansion, and if the Prince's Mansion collapsed, she would be nothing.

This discovery made her feel sad. It turned out that she had endured the humiliation for so long, and finally survived until she had both children. Just one blow could make all her management and efforts cease to exist.

It was only then that she realized that she didn't even have the right to cry.

"What are the two sisters still talking about?"

Ji Chonglian wiped away Ji Haitang's tears with a handkerchief, and comforted her softly for a while, waiting for her to calm down.

Ji Haitang handed the veil back to Ji Chonglian, and a few silk threads had been drawn from the originally smooth silk veil, "I'm sorry, look at my hands, I've pulled up this veil... "

Ji Chonglian's heart was sour, she only held Ji Haitang's hand tightly and said, "Second Sister, are you still unwilling to tell me at this time? Where did you go and what have you experienced..."

"I……"

Ji Haitang bit her lip, feeling bitterness in her mouth.

Looking back on that day, it was really like the beginning of a nightmare. In fact, if you think about it carefully, there are still signs.

For example, when she came to the capital to attend Ji Chongyu's wedding, the prince told her before leaving that she must get online with the nobles in the palace. Did he already foresee what would happen in the future at that time, but she was still fooled The ground is kept in the dark.

Until the old county king died and the county palace was raided, she suddenly felt that the sky was falling.

The son is not crazy, he is just pretending to be crazy, because when the county prince's mansion collapsed, someone would dig out the old accounts and ask them to pay them back, but where do they have cash?

She hid in Tibet with her children, but she had no choice but to make a living. She could only do some washing and mending to support them.

Sister Yin is quite sensible and obedient, and can help her with some things, but Brother Min is a spoiled child, crying and making noise every day, which really gives her a headache.

She also thought about going back to her mother's house for help, but when she thought about all the things she had done before, she couldn't move her legs.

She couldn't imagine the mocking eyes of her sisters, the disdainful and contemptuous gazes of those relatives and friends, it is estimated that this would drive her crazy!

Maybe in the past she would wag her tail and beg for life, but after experiencing all this, she realized that dignity is more important than anything else. If she was to beg on her knees, she would really rather die!

But she still has a pair of children to support, what should I do?what to do?She was so anxious that her hair almost turned white.

Fortunately, the son later found them, and said that there were several places where he and the old county king reserved gold, and if they could be found again, it would be enough for their family to live on.

This gave her renewed hope!

But the facts proved that they would not be so lucky. Several places where the gold was hidden had already been excavated before they arrived.

This time, Shizi was completely dumbfounded, laughing idiotically at the wave after wave of loess, and finally went crazy.

Ji Haitang was helpless, but still dragged the son back to the place where she and the children lived. It was just a thatched house in a remote village, and a blind mother-in-law felt sorry for their mother and child because they had nowhere to live, so she lent them a temporary residence. of.

She has to bear the lives of four people by herself, such hardships can be imagined for a woman, so in addition to taking on the work of the neighbors, she can only do odd jobs in the county town.

Fortunately, Sister Yin can help take care of Brother Min, but Shizi is an adult after all, even if he is crazy, Sister Yin can't look after him.

Finally one day, when she came back with a tired body, she heard the sad news that Shizi had fallen into a well and died.

At that moment, she couldn't tell what she felt, maybe it was relief, maybe it was the relaxed yearning to follow and go, but she finally fell down on the flat bed and wept silently.

The dead are indeed liberated, but the living will continue to live.

She found a house deed left by the son of the world. It was the other courtyard where they stayed when they went to Shangjing, but she didn't dare to go back to live, because there were her sisters in Shangjing, and her face was on their noses Living under the sun?

Besides, without power, she can't hold on to that other courtyard!

Maybe the debt-seekers came, and it was a small loss to the other court. If the mother and the three of them were involved, then the loss outweighed the gain.

So she still stayed here, she endured and endured, living like years!
(End of this chapter)