The sun is gradually rising.

The snow had not stopped yet, but it seemed that it was not so cold. Qiuli and Cherry were wearing thick cloaks, but they still shivered involuntarily.

The news I heard seemed nothing special at first, but after careful consideration, a hint of fear suddenly arose.

It seemed like a crisis was hidden in the family, and it seemed that if you were not careful, your life would be gone.

"I've lost my home since I was a child."

Qiu Li muttered to herself.

But no matter how unreasonable her family was, his parents sold her just to survive. Although it was a very wrong thing to become an animal in order to survive, it was not very rare. Looking back now, there were naturally resentment, but it did not cause much hatred.

"Does that Li Dalang value reputation too much or does not care about his own reputation at all? He can really do the task of forcing his niece to marry? Is it better to let his niece keep disasters from his own daughter than to pretend to be deaf and dumb to protect his daughter?"

The Li family is a big family, and its local power is far beyond the Wang family. So what can Li Dalang do if he doesn't marry his daughter to Wang Dabiao?

People in the world don’t even talk about the Li family.

Maybe he has a bad word and is despised by the poor and the rich. But serious people who are serious and reasonable must understand Li Dalang's love for his daughter. Who has a daughter, who is as beautiful as a pearl, and will want to marry a good daughter to a humble family?

Qiu Li sighed and said that her cousin had met several times in the past two years. The young master of a wealthy family wanted to take her as a concubine, and she was moved by her cousin. She had both open and secret methods, so she was naturally inevitable. But her cousin never ignored her wishes and did anything that made her unhappy.

The two cousins ​​have never had much contact with their sisters, and they treat her sincerely.

The Xihuange said it was a place of love and misfortune, and the ladies inside were also fair women and were despised by the world, but their sisters had never suffered any grievances inside. Miss Xixi treated them like sisters.

Why is this Miss Xiao, who loves her own mother by her side, has a great family and a great career, has no worries about food and drink, and has two uncles who can't live a life of their lives, even a miserable sister?

Gu Xiang sighed lightly: "To put it bluntly, it's just a person who only picks the softness of persimmons."

Madam Xiao is a woman in the boudoir and only depends on her mother for life. She is like duckweed. No matter how she is merciless, she cannot cause trouble to the Li family.

The Wang family is different. Although the Wang family is just a rich man, it still has a great influence in the hometown. Wang Dabiao is a middle-aged man and is still a good person. He really wants to make trouble, and it is really difficult to deal with, and it will eventually bring a lot of trouble to the Li family.

Gu Xiang guessed that there should be some other reason why the Li family married Miss Xiao to Wang Dabiao.

Zhao Ying suddenly sighed: "I remember three years ago, the third princess was thirteen years old. It was time to choose a companion. She said herself that she should choose a sister with outstanding talents and excellent character from the Li family and Gao family to be her companion."

Gu Xiang thought about the relevant information he had read, nodded and said, "I remember that the third princess is the older lady, and the same is true for His Majesty and the empresses in the palace. It means that older children are more sensible and can take care of the princess."

She smiled, "What does this Li family in front of her have to do with the Li family in Beijing?"

Before the old dog could speak, Zhaodi could understand this sentence and hurriedly said, "I know that the servants of the Li family always show off outside, saying that their relatives were high-ranking officials in the capital, and the ancestors of the Li family were very rich. Although they were not direct descendants, they were just sidelines, but they were in the end. The grandmother of the Li family also had a little friendship with the Li family in the capital. This princess chose the Li family's companion to study, and the girl from their family was almost picked."

"But these words are all nonsense. When the Li family heard someone mention it, they explained a few words, saying that this is not the case. They said that their children are growing up in the countryside and have never been unruly. The princess of the Tian family chose to study with them. The girls raised by their doorsteps are not worthy of them at all."

Zhao Ying turned her head a little and looked at Gu Xiang sitting lazily in front of the fire. Her bones seemed to be soft and had no support, but she looked very good.

He suddenly remembered that day, he was sitting by the river. The wind was so cold that he forgot to wear a big cloak, and was too lazy to use it. The coolness around him seemed to penetrate from his flesh into his bones. At that time, he looked up and saw Sanniang.

The place where Sanniang sat was sitting was a stove on all sides, next to it was a fire. The misty heat accompanied by the scent of the rolling fragrance domineeringly dispelled all the coldness around. Even the thorns in the Yongyi Army became obedient.

The meal was cooked well, and the stories told by Sanniang were even more beautiful.

Zhao Ying had very few pastimes before. He was not not listening to books, not drinking, nor did he go to brothel tiles, but when he listened to books, the books were not touching his heart, and when he was drinking, the wine was not touching his mind. Even when he went to brothel tiles and saw the countless lively, his mind was filled with other things and occupied, and there were few times when he was really relaxed.

He listened to the story that day, but he was fascinated by it.

He thought that Sanniang was his confidant, so he read the books written by Sanniang and listened to the stories told by Sanniang, which was different from others.

Zhao Ying smiled and said, "The Li family in Dahe Village almost handed over the name of the person who ran for the election. They were their cousin, Xiao Lingyun."

"oh."

Gu Xiang knew it.

"This is a family union, and the old lady and Li Dalang have no understanding of each other."

Zhao Ying nodded: "The grandmother of the Li family in Dahe Village is a worldly and sophisticated person. After all, she is old and can see that the girls in the family, she, as the granddaughter, can go to the palace and wait for such a visit."

Gu Xiang sighed: "It's a pity that the old man is old after all. He has been lying high and ignored all family affairs for many years. Now he wants to make an idea, but others are starting to disobey the emperor and are unhappy to listen."

"I guess no matter whether it is Li Dalang or the person who has influence on Li Dalang, he doesn't want Xiao Lingyun to enter Beijing or even to enter the palace, and he doesn't want her to have the opportunity to stand up and climb onto the heads of these serious little ladies in the Li family?"

There was a moment of silence around.

The old dog walked over and handed the little lady's hat to Xueying.

Xueying put on a hat for Gu Xiang, tied the cloak again, turned around and took off a long gray bag and carried it on her back.

Gu Xiang glanced at it.

Xueying whispered: "If there is something wrong today, I hope the little lady will take care of her for a while."

Gu Xiang: "..."
Chapter completed!