Ask the Nine Ministers

Chapter 8 Lixiangyuan

Fu went out and did not return to Qinglan Courtyard. Instead, she took the maids and old women to Liuli Pavilion under the cover of night.

The lights in the Glazed Pavilion were still on.

Xue Yueying did not go to the compound to watch the excitement, but she was thinking about the news from the other side, and she kept her ears perked up to listen to the noise. If Fu went there, she would definitely show her power, and the sixth sister would probably be punished again...

After waiting for a long time, she became a little impatient.

"Qingzhu, ask Qinghong to find out..."

Qingzhu smiled and went out. Just as she pulled open the bolt, Fu and his men rushed in aggressively.

Fu's face was covered with a gloomy black aura. She ignored the maid's greeting and did not ask anyone to pass on the message. She just went straight into the inner room.

"Mother……"

Xue Yueying heard the noise and just put on her clothes when she was slapped hard in the face.

"Little bitch, do you still want to marry into the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion?"

Xue Yueying was beaten so hard that she stood there in a daze.

"Kneel down!" Fu's pent-up anger towards Xue Sui finally found a place to vent. She stared at Xue Yueying with cold eyes, as if she saw an enemy.

Xue Yueying knelt down slowly, her eyes full of surprise, uneasiness, and humiliation. She covered her face with one hand, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"I wonder why my mother punished me?"

Fu asked, "Did you give the old ginseng in Xue Liu's hand?"

Xue Yueying nodded slightly: "Yes."

When she took the old ginseng to the old mausoleum, she had never thought of hiding it from the eldest lady. Over the years, the Fu family had been very cautious and suspicious of illegitimate sons and daughters, and she had spies in every room.

Xue Yueying did it just for her to see.

But she couldn't figure out what Xue Liu had done to make the eldest lady so angry.

"Mother, please understand. I asked Gu Lang to find a ginseng for my sixth sister, but I specifically told her to return home to honor her mother... This can reduce her guilt and please her mother, which is the best of both worlds. I was afraid it was not decent enough, so I put it in the brocade box that my eldest sister brought back from the palace..."

She asked in confusion, "Is the mother unhappy and angry with her daughter?"

Fu: "Respect me? The little hoof took it to the old whore in the compound. Don't be so smart and stop causing trouble for me!"

Xue Yueying went from kneeling to lying prone, "I didn't know my sixth sister would be so disobedient. Please forgive me, mother..."

Fu squinted her eyes, "Get up and talk."

Seeing that the eldest lady had calmed down, Xiu Gu smiled sweetly and walked forward to help Xue Yueying up.

"Fourth Miss, you, as an old ginseng, have caused the first lady a lot of injustice."

When she told Xue Yueying what had just happened, she was stunned.

The eldest lady is the mistress of the household.

How dare Xue Liu?

And father, why would he speak for her?

Xue Yueying shook her head and asked in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "Is this Sixth Sister crazy?"

Fu snorted, "She thinks that just because the eldest sister likes her, she will be so proud of herself? She doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is."

There are plenty of means under the mansion.

She just didn't believe that she couldn't discipline a little concubine's daughter.

……

The water gurgled on the stove.

The mother and daughter had not seen each other for ten years, and they had become strangers after such a long separation. Xue Ji had long been trained by Fu Shi to be submissive and obedient. Even though the maids and servants in the mansion had much better food, clothing and daily expenses than her, she was still grateful to Xue Qingzhi for a little charity.

With their belly separated, Xue Sui couldn't even say a few words to her in private.

He listened to her nagging like a mute, and asked Xiao Zhao to pack up some simple luggage and "move".

Lichunyuan is located in the northeast of Xue's mansion, farthest from the main courtyard and closest to the servants' quarters in the miscellaneous courtyard. There are three main rooms, two side rooms, one ear room, a small kitchen and a utility room in the corner.

No one had lived there for many years, and the air was filled with a damp, musty smell. This was the "quietness" that the eldest lady had arranged for her, but it was also Xue Sui's nightmare.

The old tree in the yard is still there.

Ten years later, it has grown much stronger, but the broken branch has become a bare scar on the tree, full of hideous marks.

"Come and look, little princess! She looks like a centipede."

"How can a centipede wear clothes?"

"Take off your clothes! It's fun to dress up as a centipede after you're naked."

In the snow, the birthday banquet in the front hall of Xue's mansion was full of joy and music. The adults were busy toasting and no one noticed the fun in the courtyard. Even if the servants saw it, they lowered their heads and walked away quickly.

Ever since she tore Princess Pingle's peacock feather dress to save Gu Jie, this has happened countless times...

Whenever they got the chance, they would humiliate her. Sometimes they would lock her in a rusty iron cage, draw parrot patterns on her face and make her learn to peck like a bird. Sometimes they would weave dog ears out of bamboo and force them on her head and make her learn to crawl like a dog. Sometimes they would tie a furry tail around her waist and make her dance...

Beating and scolding are common.

They humiliated her to please Princess Pingle.

Ping Le was bored. "It's just the same old thing, but there's nothing new to it. Is it because she has become too thick-skinned now and doesn't feel any pain?"

"Doesn't she like Gu Wulang? Let Gu Wulang come." "Gu Wulang, your mother wants you to marry the bastard born by Hu Ji. Is it because your mother is also from Liuxiang Pavilion?"

"Hahahahaha..."

Then there was a burst of laughter.

Amid the booing crowd, the young boy Gu Jie pursed his lips tightly, his face full of disgust.

They tied her bare feet with ropes and dragged her to the stove.

He took out the red-hot coal from the stove and handed it to Gu Jie.

"Gu Wulang, you punish her. Let her learn a lesson!"

The little girl bent her back and struggled on the ground, her face deformed.

Gu Jie hesitated for a moment, or maybe he didn't hesitate at all, and the charcoal sizzled on her lower back...

Young Xue Sui also tried to resist and asked his family for help...

What do you get in return?

The father scolded her in public, "You have been naughty and disobedient since childhood, and you still have the nerve to complain? Kneel down and kowtow to the little princess to admit your mistake."

Grandmother disagreed, "It's just children playing, don't take it seriously. Princess Pingle is the apple of your majesty's eye. She is willing to come to our house to play, which is a great favor from the emperor. Don't let such a small thing spoil the princess's fun..."

The eldest sister said coldly: "It's not that I don't want to help you, you are just too stubborn. If you were willing to obey them, why would they beat you? You were born with a bad fate, so temper your temper and endure some grievances."

The eldest lady gloated, "Who are you? Who are the princesses? It is only natural that the food is eaten by the horse and the mouse is teased by the cat. You are a dog who doesn't know your own weight. If you were a fool who crawled out of my stomach, I would have strangled you to death long ago."

Even her biological mother, Xue Ji, tried to persuade her, "Sixth sister, we dare not make random accusations. They are nobles, you should be patient, and you will grow up... When you grow up, you can marry a good family and have a husband who loves you, then you will have lived a good life..."

From then on, she behaved well and allowed herself to be beaten and scolded.

But being obedient could not escape the fate of being bullied. At her grandfather's birthday party, she was tortured by a group of young playboys until she was on the verge of death. However, in order to save the face of the powerful and noble family, the mansion sent her out of the mansion overnight to cover up the truth and claimed to the public that she was abducted by kidnappers...

Lixiangyuan has Xue Sui’s memories.

It is also the abyss in Xue Sui’s nightmare.

There is no one and no light in the abyss, just like this dilapidated old tree, decaying and silent in the cold wind.

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"I pay my respects to the Sixth Miss."

A little girl about fifteen or sixteen years old came in and knelt down to greet Xue Sui.

She didn't know why the Sixth Girl stared at the crooked old tree for so long. All the leaves had fallen off, and no new buds had grown yet. What was there to see in that bare tree?
After a moment of silence, Xue Sui calmed down and slowly turned around.

The girl in front of her had a round face and bright eyes. She was looking at her with a smile and dimples at the corners of her mouth, looking very innocent.

Xue Sui smiled subconsciously, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

The girl walked closer and said, "I came from the old mausoleum marsh."

Xue Sui's three masters saved many poor people.

Day after day, year after year, without interruption, these people left the old mausoleum and scattered in all walks of life, drowning in the millions of people.

Perhaps, each of them is just a lowly ant, but when they embrace each other, they are like a mighty army, omniscient and indestructible, which also makes the Old Mausoleum Swamp a legend...

“A group of old mausoleum pigeons know everything about the world.”

Xue Sui learned about Xue Qingzhi being reprimanded by the emperor on his way back to Beijing.

The maid blinked her eyes and said, "I used to work in the Lianshui Pavilion of the Second Miss. The Second Miss returned home from her husband's family and lived in seclusion. She seldom went out. The First Madam didn't like her very much either. She said that the Lianshui Pavilion didn't need so many servants, so she sent me to serve the Sixth Miss. The person in charge originally asked me to come tomorrow, but I couldn't wait and wanted to come and see her first and talk to the Sixth Miss."

The little girl spoke very quickly and with great excitement.

Xue Sui listened with a smile, and a string in his heart was gently plucked...

That day she handed in the imperial edict, saying that "life and death are her own responsibility" because she didn't want to implicate her three masters and the Old Mausoleum Swamp.

As the saying goes, the people do not fight against the officials. The fact that Jiulingzhai has been able to live in peace for decades is related to its own power, but also because it abides by the rules, only takes money to do things, does not get involved in the court, and keeps out of other people's business.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned home, someone was secretly helping her.

Is it Master?
Or senior brother?

Xue Sui suppressed his emotions and asked with a smile: "Which school are you from?"

The little girl's eyes showed confusion, "What door? I came in from the main gate of Lixiang Courtyard. Oh, when I entered the mansion, the second young lady gave me the name Chuntao."

Xue Sui understood.

She is just an outer disciple of Jiuling Swamp, not an inner disciple.

"Okay. Then from now on, you can continue to call me... Ruyi."

The little girl bowed exaggeratedly, "As you wish, as you wish, just as I wish. I like it, thank you for the name, young lady."

　Thanks to the fans for sending you Feng Lai Yi...

　　I will add another chapter tomorrow, thank you, muah~
　　Thanks to Miss Jamo for the CP name: "One day, do whatever you want"

　　When I named them, I was thinking:

　　Xue Sui: "May you be blessed with good fortune and peace."

　　Li Zhao: "Starting a new era to ensure the safety of the country"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)