She stood up awkwardly and said, "Cousin, you guys talk, I'll go out and help Xiaohuan."

After saying that, he turned around and ran out of the shack.

"Ah? I...didn't I say something wrong?" Zhou Wang was stunned for a moment and asked.

Luo Fengtang smiled and shook his head, "No, she is shy."

"Shy?" Zhou Wang opened his eyes wide and understood immediately.

"Oh, I can't speak. I shouldn't say it in front of Qing'er..." he said.

Luo Fengtang said: "It's okay, cousin, please sit down and let them talk about themselves."

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Outside, when Yang Ruoqing came out, Xiaohuan was squatting there plucking chicken feathers.

A child squatted on the other side and played in the mud. The child wearing crotchless pants was picking up the mud on the ground with a small branch in his hand, and was still mumbling something that adults could not understand.

Yang Ruoqing smiled knowingly, almost all children from farmers' families came here like this.

You can play house with leaves and mud all day long.

"Xiaohuan, what do you want me to do for you?"

Yang Ruoqing came to Xiaohuan, knelt down and asked.

Xiaohuan smiled when she saw Yang Ruoqing coming.

"Is it a little stuffy in the shack? Bring a stool out and sit down?" Xiaohuan asked.

Yang Ruoqing shook her head, "It's okay, just squatting is fine."

Xiaohuan smiled and didn't force himself. He picked up the knife and started to disembowel the chicken.

With one stab of the knife, the internal organs from the hen's belly fell out, and Xiao Huan was picking through the pile of internal organs.

"I'm here to help you!" Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but roll up her sleeves.

Xiaohuan didn't stop him and had no choice but to follow Yang Ruoqing.

"This hen is really fat." Yang Ruoqing said.

Xiaohuan said: "This hen was given to me by my uncle during the Chinese New Year last year. My uncle knows how to raise chickens."

Yang Ruoqing smiled.

I saw the eggs in the chicken's belly looked like a bunch of grapes.

"This chicken is laying eggs. If you kill it, the children will have no eggs to eat!" Yang Ruoqing said again.

Xiaohuan shook his head, smiled disapprovingly and said: "It's okay, there are other chickens at home that lay eggs. This old hen soup nourishes people. I can just give some to my mother-in-law later."

Yang Ruoqing looked at Xiaohuan and said, "It's really good for my wife to do this for you."

Xiaohuan's tidying hands paused for a moment, then he raised his head and glanced at Yang Ruoqing. Xiaohuan's expression was a bit complicated.

She turned and glanced at the shack. Zhou Wang had not come out, but was chatting with Luo Fengtang inside.

Xiaohuan looked away and said to Yang Ruoqing in a low voice: "Everyone has selfish motives. In my heart, it would be a lie to say that I don't annoy my mother-in-law at all."

"If it weren't for her, my first child would be able to make a living now."

Speaking of this matter, Yang Ruoqing's face became a little heavier.

Xiaohuan's first child was tortured to death by mother and daughter Luo Da'e and Zhou Xia.

"I have hated my mother-in-law and sister-in-law for a long time. When I was most sad, I even thought about whether I should take a pair of scissors and die with them."

"It's Brother Zhou Wang. It's him who warms my heart little by little. It's him who makes me feel a little attached to this person." Xiaohuan murmured.

Yang Ruoqing nodded, "This is the first time I hear you say these words. I know it's not easy for you."

Xiao Huan squeezed out a wry smile, "Now that we have talked about it for this reason, I will simply be more verbose and talk to you a few more words."

"Qing'er, are you willing to listen?" she asked cautiously.

Yang Ruoqing raised her lips and smiled, "As long as you are willing to say it, of course I am all ears."

Xiaohuan smiled gratefully, looked towards the distant north, sighed softly, and began to talk about her own affairs.

"I am a son of the Prince of Xiangyang. My father is honest and honest, and my mother is not very good at flattering people."

"In the house, they all do the lowest and lowest jobs, and they don't form cliques like other housekeepers."

"My mother often told me that as domestic slaves, we must be loyal to our masters and not have second thoughts."

"I grew up with this kind of stubbornness, so in the palace, I am also a low-class girl."

"Later, the old concubine of the Prince of Xiangyang will leave the capital to recuperate in a nunnery below. In addition to the few personal maids and mother-in-law around the old concubine, she will also bring a few people from the palace to serve her."

"When they heard that they were leaving the capital to go to the temple in the valley below, and they had to accompany the old lady to eat vegetarian food, none of them wanted to go."

"If you have connections, find connections and give gifts to those in charge."

"Since I had nothing to do and no money, I was naturally assigned to work with the old lady."

"I lived with the old concubine in that nunnery in the valley for three years. During these three years, although I did menial work, I tried my best."

"The old concubine is really a nice person and has a heart of a Buddha. She treats me well."

"Later on the way back to Beijing, I rescued a girl who was washed down by the water. That girl was later my sister-in-law Zhou Xia..."

"The old concubine said I was good, so she assigned me to Zhou Xia as a maid."

"Zhou Xia has a clever mouth, is very good at observing people's words, and is very good at pleasing the old concubine."

"One time when the old concubine was ill, Zhou Xia even cut off a piece of her own flesh to make medicine for the old concubine."

"This incident greatly moved the old concubine, because even the King of Xiangyang, the old concubine's own son, could not do it."

"The old concubine went to the palace. After she came back, Miss Zhou Xia was named Princess Xuewu and had a place in the palace."

"As for me, I followed the rising tide and accompanied the young lady and the old concubine to attend many gatherings of aristocratic women and ladies in the capital, which opened my eyes a bit." Xiaohuan said.

Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing suddenly realized.

"It turns out that this is how Zhou Xia got her title of princess!" she said.

"You are indeed courageous and ruthless. If you are so ruthless to yourself, let alone others." Yang Ruoqing added.

Xiaohuan nodded, "The mutilation incident really shocked the whole family at the time. Everyone was moved by her filial piety."

"Because of her meticulous care of the old concubine, the old concubine liked her even more and promised to find a good marriage for her."

"A good marriage?" Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows.

"But what about the position of King Yun's concubine?" she asked again.

Xiao Huan nodded.

"The old concubine has said this, and there seems to be a verbal tacit understanding with the emperor," she said.

"I heard that the current emperor drank the old concubine's milk when he was a child, so he has always respected the old concubine." Yang Ruoqing added.

Xiaohuan said: "That's right, everyone in the palace knows about this."

"So, after the old concubine and the emperor reached a verbal tacit understanding, everyone looked at Miss Zhou Xia even more differently, just like looking at the future Prince Yun's concubine, everyone is rushing to please her."

"Even the princesses who are concubines in the palace are envious and jealous, and they have to smile on their faces." Xiaohuan said.

Looking back on those days, I felt very proud and proud at the Xiangyang Palace.

So at this point, I still have to be grateful to Miss Zhou Xia.

Here, Yang Ruoqing twitched her lips, "What a pity, Zhou Xia's heart is as high as the sky, but her life is as thin as paper."

"Unexpectedly, my uncle suddenly passed away at this time. The person who couldn't let go of my uncle before he died was Zhou Xia,"
Chapter completed!