Yijia Yishi

Chapter 14 The Past
After the laughter, the five-color bead curtain on the door swayed, Lu Shufang pulled Lu Shuqing and walked in talking and laughing, Huan'er and Xiu'er hurriedly followed in to serve.

Lu Shuqing is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Pei, the third wife of Xifu. She is just ten years old this year, and she is the sixth in the family.The third master of the West Mansion, Lu Yunhe, married Mrs. Lu's niece, Pei Xuerou, so usually the third mate is closer to the East Mansion.

"Hey, third sister, this is..." Lu Shuqing saw Lu Shuyi lying with her eyes closed, her brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, and she couldn't help curling her lips: "It seems that we came here by accident, third sister is still resting!"

That tone was a bit yin and yang, obviously a bit displeased.

Listening to Lu Shuqing's familiar voice, Lu Shuyi fell into the memory bitterly.

In the previous life, the reason why all the men in the Lu family died and the women were not sent to be official prostitutes was largely due to the third master Lu Yunhe.

The third master, Lu Yunhe, is the pride of the West Mansion and the glory of the Lu family.He was a scholar at the age of 16, and then studied hard all the way. At the age of 22, he won the Juren. At the age of 28, he participated in Chunwei again and won two Jinshi.Later, he participated in the selection of Shu Jishi in the Imperial Academy.At that time, the Lu family also put in a lot of effort to manage various people, and finally the third master Lu Yunhe got his wish and entered the Imperial Academy.

Lu Yunhe, who entered the Imperial Academy, did make a lot of contributions to the Lu family's business, but at the same time, he also got to know Huainan King Liu Su.

At that time, the Liu family ruled the world, and Empress Dowager He monopolized power.

Empress Dowager He emphasized her relatives, and wanted to get rid of the Liu family and use her own natal family.Although the emperor was only 14 years old, he didn't want to be at the mercy of his mother, so he used the relatives of his favorite concubine Zhou Guifei to fight openly and secretly with the Queen Mother He's family.

Liu Su, the king of Huainan at that time, was unwilling to be suppressed by the queen mother, and secretly began to recruit troops, intending to use the banner of the Qing emperor to rebel.

At that time, the third master, Lu Yunhe, happened to meet Huainan King Liu Su by chance.Liu Su took a fancy to the Lu family's iron mines, and wanted the Lu family to forge weapons privately for him, so he secretly promised the Lu family many benefits, one of which was that Huainan King Liu Su promised the third master Lu Yunhe that when he won the world, he would let his next His son Liu Ze married Lu Shuqing.

Later, the king of Huainan took advantage of the fact that the Qing emperor conspired against him, and the Huo family army killed him.The Lu family was implicated by this, and was charged with treason, which ended in a tragic end of family ruin.

She naturally didn't know about the affairs between Huainan Wang Liu Su and her third uncle at that time.Or was it later that she was not an official prostitute, and the noble Mr. Bai she met in Xiangchun Building told her these things.

As for whether her grandfather forged weapons for King Huainan, Mr. Bai didn't make it clear, but only vaguely stated.

Lu Shuyi was in a cold sweat thinking of the tragic scene when Lu's house was raided.

She now clearly understands that if she wants to protect herself and her family, she must prevent her third uncle from becoming an official and prevent him from colluding with King Huainan.

But how to stop the third uncle?He is already a Juren now, and if he remembers correctly, he will participate in Chunwei next year.

Thinking of this, Lu Shuyi felt a little headache, and no longer wanted to pretend to be asleep, so she just pretended to wake up, rubbed the space between her brows and sat up.

Miss Six, Lu Shuqing, was wearing a green plum-colored copper money gown, standing under the beaded curtain and looking at her with her mouth pouted.Seeing her get up, she couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth slightly and said: "Oh, third sister, is she feeling unwell? Why don't you ask the doctor to come and take a look?"

Lu Shuyi raised her eyes and looked at the woman in front of her, with a difficult feeling in her heart.

In fact, Lu Shuqing in her previous life did not really marry the second son of King Huainan in the end, nor did she become the prince and concubine she dreamed of.However, because of his father, Lu Shuqing has a more domineering temper than others.In her previous life, she was also a flower with thorns, and she couldn't rub the sand in her eyes.Coupled with the instigation of caring people, there was often a gap between her and Lu Shuqing in the previous life, and they often fought openly and secretly in private.

Especially during the three years when she was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall, Lu Shuqing bullied her a lot in private.I remember that one winter, the weather was extremely cold, pouring a basin of water at the door, it would freeze immediately.On such a cold day, Lu Shuqing asked someone to secretly pour a basin of cold water into her quilt.

She remembered that she was very angry at that time, and she really wanted to light the Buddhist hall with a fire.Later, when she was holding the candle, she looked up at the merciful Guanyin statue in the Buddhist hall, and for some reason, her heart suddenly calmed down.

That night when the ice and snow raged, she hugged the wet quilt and cried all night.She didn't know why she was crying, but she felt extremely wronged in her heart. That was the first time she thought of her dead mother, and thought of her warm embrace...

Bitterness appeared in Lu Shuyi's heart, but she quickly covered it up, and smiled at Lu Shuqing: "Sixth sister is here, sit down quickly. I'm fine, but I feel a little tired, so I lean on." Huan'er and Xiu'er, who stood aside, reprimanded: "What's the matter? People don't know how to greet people in the room. They really don't understand the rules."

Huan'er and Xiu'er hurriedly lowered their heads to apologize, and at the same time invited Lu Shuqing and Lu Shufang to sit down.

Seeing Lu Shuyi's attitude, Lu Shuqing was slightly stunned for a moment, and quickly glanced at Lu Shufang beside her, her eyes filled with puzzlement.

Is the sun coming out in the west?Why is Lu Shuyi's attitude so good?
Lu Shufang was also taken aback, thinking, aren't these two rivals?Usually we always look like a black-eyed chicken when we meet, what's wrong today?
The two exchanged glances, and each found a place to sit down.

Xiu'er and Huan'er quickly came over with tea.

"You two sisters drink tea first." Lu Shuyi had a calm attitude, pursing her lips and smiling lightly.

Seeing Lu Shuyi's smile, Lu Shuqing was taken aback for another moment, and after a while she came back to her senses and smiled awkwardly, and said softly: "Third Sister, I heard that cousin He is here, and she will be at Auntie's place right now. Well, won't you follow us to have a look?"

Lu Shuyi's uncle married He Mingzhu, the second daughter of Yizhou He Shouye.This He family is a long-established family in Yizhou. It was born from the opening of a salt well, and they are the same He family as the Empress Dowager He's family.

When the Lu family proposed to marry He Mingzhu, the Empress Dowager He was just an ordinary concubine.If today, how could He Shouye marry his daughter to the Lu family?

Times have changed, so now Mrs. Lu always feels that marrying this daughter-in-law is a steal.When you mention your eldest daughter-in-law outside, the smile on your face will always be a bit more.

He Tai is the nephew of the eldest wife He Mingzhu.

In her previous life, she liked He Tai, and she had a more active temper, and always liked to pester He Tai.After the eldest wife found out about this, she hated her both openly and secretly, thinking that she was undisciplined and shameless.Especially after she came back from looking for He Tai that night, the eldest wife even gave her a few loud slaps on the spot, calling her a little bitch and a vixen over and over again.

Even if she was a human being in two lifetimes, she could never forget that piercing and sharp scolding.

The cousin of the He family that Lu Shuqing mentioned should be He Tai's younger sister, He Zhaoer.He Zhaoer is one year younger than Lu Shuyi, and he is extremely lonely.

In her previous life, she was for He Tai, but she did not hesitate to curry favor with He Zhao'er.But He Zhao'er was double-faced, and on the surface promised to deliver the letter for her, but after the letter arrived in her hands, she took the letter she wrote to He Tai to show off in the sister group, ruining her reputation.

When Lu Shuyi thought of these people, her teeth felt cold, and her bones ached from hatred.

In this life, if she can, she doesn't want to see any of them again. It's best to hide them far away and never see them for the rest of her life.

(End of this chapter)