Chapter 548 - [2 more] Dress as a substitute for marriage sickness (25)
Palace maid Xia Lian passed the news very quickly. Her mother, Li, met her at the gate of the palace, her face changed suddenly after hearing her whispers. As there were other people not far away, she didn’t dare to say more, she just looked at her with worried eyes. she was.
Xia Lianxiu gave her a small bag of jewelry, and said with a stiff smile: “Mother, this is the master rewarded me. You take it back and use it.”
These jewelry were not marked by the court. She exchanged them with other court ladies. Only after they had the money to hire someone to do things. Li understands that her daughter is not easy in the palace, and her hand that picks up things is a little trembling. He doesn’t dare to say a word in a mess. He only exhorts, “You are fine, in a few years… I can leave the palace, my parents are waiting for you.”
“Eh.” Xia Lian bowed her head and blinked away the tears in her eyes, waved to let Li leave quickly. She got this opportunity with great difficulty, so be careful and not stay longer.
Li didn’t understand the rules of the palace, but knew to be careful and careful, she hurried home, and when Xia Lian’s father came home, she pulled him into the house and cried and told him the matter.
“His father, what can we do? Our family has always been responsible for their duties. When did they hurt others?”
Xia Lian’s father Liu Hong frowned and his lips trembled a little, “You keep your voice down, don’t let anyone hear it, you have harmed your daughter.”
Li wiped his eyes and choked up, “I see Xia Lian’s eyes are dark, and I think it’s hard to sleep. I heard that she talked to a noble man and was valued by the emperor and the queen mother. I thought her life would be better. Who knows… who is this, why is it so vicious?”
“Shhh, don’t say it, it’s been heard that our family will die.” Liu Hong opened the window and looked out, then closed it tightly and said in a low voice, “Let me think about it. I killed my daughter, what should I do? There must be another way, or I will find someone to take them away and send them out of the capital.”
“No, they will come back if they have their feet. The imperial examination is like killing parents. That is a prodigy who even scored four songs. His wife looked at him kindly. We, we are not doing evil?” Liu Hongmo squatted his face. On the ground, words are full of despair.
Li cried and swollen eyes in such a short time, and his heart was full of fear, sobbing out of speech, “If we don’t do it, our family will be dead. The two children in the family are still young, and Xia Lian does not know in the palace. What torture will be? We have no choice.”
The couple fell into deep despair. Their eldest daughter was Xia Lian, and there were a 15-year-old second daughter and a 10-year-old son in the family. They don’t want to harm others, and immediately move away from the capital to protect themselves as much as possible, but they can’t leave Xia Lian behind.
Whether it is the victim or the murder of his own daughter is the most severe torture of human nature.
Liu Hong couldn’t make a decision. He first went to the pawnshop and became the jewelry, and then deliberately found an opportunity to run into Xu Zifan on the street. When the two passed by, he pretended to fall and sprained his ankle with a “wow”.
Xu Zifan helped him up a little unexpectedly, “Are you okay? There is a medical clinic in front of me. I will help you to see it?”
Liu Hong smiled and waved his hand, “It’s okay, just twist and rest, but I am in pain right now, can you help me find a place to sit?”
“Okay.” It happened that there was a teahouse nearby, so Xu Zifan helped him in to rest, paid for a pot of tea, and poured a cup for him.
Liu Hong was flattered and took it with both hands, “What a shame, thank you so much, you and I meet together, you are willing to help me like this, what a good person.”
Xu Zifan is a juror, and scholars are generally a little arrogant. Liu Hongwan didn’t expect Xu Zifan to be so approachable and so kind.
Xu Zifan smiled and started talking, “I have been sick since I was a child, and my parents have been doing good deeds for more than ten years to pray for me. My relatives, friends and neighbors have also taken care of me a lot. Now I have recovered and I want to help people more. This kindness.”
Liu Hong said in amazement: “Is there still this story? Then you can be regarded as a good family.”
“Where? My mother said that kindness is rewarded. These are actions that are done casually on weekdays, and they are nothing.”
“Then, if I take the liberty, I’m quite curious, can you tell me more? This kind of deed is not common.”
Xu Zifan glanced at him strangely, “Isn’t it common in capitals? Maybe I have seen a lot, and I don’t think there is anything. My mother now cooks porridge in Fucheng every month, which is considered to be a relatively big thing at home. It used to be smooth. And because sometimes it’s just a coincidence that helped people a lot. Like Naizi’s grandfather, when he was hit by a tree in the storm, my father happened to meet him and took him to the hospital, saving his life. Grandpa is grateful, and Naiko is also I’m grateful. It’s probably not common to marry me to repay me.”
Xu Zifan said and laughed. The torture of human nature is never easy. Since Liu Hong found it, he made it more difficult for Liu Hong. To the wicked, Liu Hong can reluctantly act, but to the good?
Liu Hong felt a sudden in his heart. Before he came, he gritted his teeth and thought, if Xu Zi’s mortal character is despicable, he will be the villain, and he can’t just watch his daughter be tortured to death.
But who knows, Xu Zifan treats people kindly, it seems that the whole family are good people, even Xu Zifan’s wife and family also know goodness and good character. How could he endure Xu Zifan’s official career and let others insult Mrs. Xu? Didn’t that make the Xu family ruined?
The people in their family are human, and the people in the Xu family are also human!
Facing Xu Zifan’s clear eyes, Liu Hong struggled violently in his heart to drive him crazy. He dared not look at Xu Zifan anymore, squeezed out a smile and said, “I’m getting better” and hurriedly left. Although the behavior seemed strange, he couldn’t care about it, and fled away from Xu Zifan’s sight.
Xu Zifan took a sip of tea calmly, already predicting Liu Hong’s choice. Some people are selfish and others are selfless. Most ordinary people are somewhere in between. Faced with conflicts of interest, it is difficult to choose. But people’s hearts are always biased, and in the end they will follow the innermost voice.
Liu Hong ran home and sat down in the yard, his children all ran forward and asked him in panic. Liu Hong burst into tears, raised his head to look at Li who ran out, and said dumbly: “We can’t do this…”
Li’s body weakened as soon as she shook, and her children quickly supported her and looked at her anxiously. Li embraced them and broke down and cried, “Why? Why is God doing this to us? My Xialian, what can I do!”
They couldn’t make any harm. It seemed that Liu Hong’s decision directly sentenced Xia Lian to death. Liu Hong and Li sat in the darkness all night, both of them lost their souls. The trial is about to take place in two days. The day of the trial is like Xia Lian’s execution day. They want to escape, and there are only two days left to escape.
The next morning the child called the door, and the couple moved. They looked at each other for a long time, as if they were dozens of years old. Finally, Liu Hong said: “You take the two children away, I can’t let go of Xia Lian, I will stay with her.”
Li’s tears came down in an instant, but he couldn’t cry anymore, “No, I will stay, you take the children away, give them support, watch them marry and marry, don’t let them know about it. “
Liu Hong clenched his teeth tightly, bleeding from his gums. No matter what he does, he cannot watch his daughter die, nor can he make his wife and children helpless, let alone harm others.
For the first time in his life, he hated a person. He couldn’t wait for Lin Ruoshan to die suddenly. Why did this person threaten them with the lives of their family? They all say that the good and the good repay the evil and the evil. What did their Liu family do to be targeted by such people?
After Liu Hong came out with the kind of cruelty in his heart, he patted the table and stood up, “I can’t make her feel better. You take your child out of the city and go to my aunt. I will find Xu Zifan, and I will take her to die together. I don’t believe her. If I can cover the sky with one hand, as long as Xu Zifan can clean her up in the future, I will die.”
“His father…” Li wanted to stop, and after seeing Liu Hong’s eyes, he withdrew his hand. She knew that kind of mood, if it wasn’t for her children to be young, she would definitely stay with Xia Lian, but now, Liu Hong’s arrangement is the best.
Liu Hong looked at his son and daughter last, and left the house with a posture of no return. Li wiped away his tears, cleaned up the money as quickly as possible, comforted the fearful children, and prepared to leave Beijing.
Liu Hong asked many people to find Xu Zifan’s residence and knocked on the door. When he saw Xu Zifan, he knelt down, “Master Xu, please help me!”
Xu Zifan helped him to get up, not surprised, and said with a smile: “The kind-hearted people will definitely get good rewards. Don’t be anxious. Let’s sit down and have tea while talking.
Liu Hong was startled and looked at him in astonishment, “Master Xu, you, do you know?”
Xu Zifan laughed but said nothing, his attitude said everything. Liu Hong suddenly felt that he was unfathomable. Thinking of those legendary figures who are so smart and close to the demon, which one is not an exhaustive plan? There was a glimmer of expectation in his heart, and he immediately followed Xu Zifan into the house and immediately came out, begging Xu Zifan for help.
Xu Zifan opened the folding fan and shook it slowly. After listening to his words, he muttered: “I have a medicine, which looks like dysentery after taking it. It is very ferocious. If you find a way to get your daughter to take it, she will naturally be sent out of the palace.”
Liu Hong was stunned. He was just an ordinary person, and he couldn’t think of another way to break his head. He hesitated and said: “After that…after that, I, I will let Xia Lian die in suspended animation? Is it possible to leave and leave the capital?”
Xu Zifan smiled and nodded, “Naturally. Don’t worry, this medicine just makes people seem to be seriously ill, and the doctor can’t find it out. You can recover after taking the antidote at that time, without pain.”
Liu Hong looked at him earnestly, chose to believe him for a long while, and bowed down, “Master Xu, if this can be done, you will be the reborn parent of my Liu family. I will worship the seat of longevity and pray for you for the rest of my life.”
“No need to be like that. I said that good results are rewarded. You saved yourself.” Xu Zifan patted him on the shoulder, gave him two pills, and explained how to use them in detail.
Liu Hong thanked him again and again, and hurried home with anxiety. He told Li about the matter, and Li immediately agreed, but she would fight for all the hope.
After they discussed for a while, Liu Hong went to the family of the palace lady who had a good relationship with Xia Lian. He remembered that it was them that day to meet the palace lady. He asked the palace lady to inform Xia Lian that there was something urgent. After a lot of effort, he finally met. To Xia Lian.
The pill had been soaked on the snow-white veil by them. After he informed Xia Lian of the matter, Xia Lian agreed even though she was frightened. No problem with the veil was detected. After she brought the veil back to the room, she soaked the veil in water. After hesitating for a long time, she couldn’t force her parents to harm others and drank the medicine in the cup.
It’s life or death to fight this time, she can’t stand Lin Ruoshan anymore!