set of flowers

At night, Wang Yudie, who was only wearing a belly wrap, folded her hands under her face, stretched her legs and lay on the bed, her fat-free waist drew an arc in the white bed curtain, and the tailbone was covered with a white quilt.

Worried that she would catch a cold, Wu Xueman pulled up the quilt half way up to cover Wang Yudie's waist.She picked up the porcelain jar beside her, lifted the lid, and put the lid upside down on the bed, then pulled off the straw rope tied with the red cloth, and lifted the square red cloth covering the mouth of the jar.She put the red cloth with some ointment on the cover with a straw rope, dug out the snow-white ointment with her fingertips, and covered the scar on Wang Yudie's shoulder and back with the ointment.

After her skin came into contact with the ice, Wang Yudie asked, "Does Mannia dislike me?"

"Why do you say that?" Wu Xueman dipped in the ointment and repeated the action of applying it over and over again.

There was a slight smile in Wang Yudie's voice, she said: "In the future, only Mannia will be able to see my scars—these scars are shocking to you, and make you rush to get rid of them."

Wu Xueman remained silent until the ointment covered the scars on her back before she said: "You can see it too... will it hurt?"

She placed the jar next to the lid, and rubbed her fingertips over the scar, smoothing out the ointment.

"Will it hurt?" Wang Yudie actually laughed, "It's healed, so it won't hurt anymore."

"It always hurts." In addition, the woman loves beauty, looking at the scars all over her body, she can't feel at ease.

"But this pain that has gone away made Mingze relieved."

Wang Yudie still remembers biting the white cloth that night, despite the cold sweat pouring down like rain, facing the mirror, and slashed on her body again and again - no matter when these wounds will heal and look like fresh wounds, they will always come in handy in the future .

She thought that the only way to make Gu Mingze stop worrying about his father's death was to turn love into hatred.

"Since I caused Mingze to misunderstand you, after so many years, I have to do something."

In the past, she didn't want to involve Gu Mingze in her affairs with Boyin, so she found Boyin and ordered Zhang Huai to prohibit Gu's business gang from doing business in Suzhou.It was also because she wanted to take advantage of Gu Mingze's hatred for Wu Xueman so that Gu Mingze would not stay in the village for a long time, so that she could be indifferent to Wu Xueman becoming the murderer instead of her... Wu Xueman, who couldn't bear Gu Mingze and Wang Yudie to turn against each other, also forbeared for many years. The charges against Gu Mingze have never been justified.But that night, after Gu He who had returned from a businessman smashed through the two of them, after Wang Yudie quarreled and cursed with Gu He, after Wang Yudie was pulled out of the room naked by Gu He, Gu He fell After going downstairs...it was Wang Yudie who raised the vase and dropped the heavy vase on the back of Gu He's head who was trying to stand up...

After receiving the news that Prince Daning and the prime minister were going south a month ago, although it was impossible to know whether they would pass through Suzhou, Wang Yudie, who expected that the matter would end, gritted his teeth and attacked him that night.

Since there are difficult people going south to monitor, things will be difficult to continue.If this is the starting point, it will only be a matter of time before officials are sent down for private visits, and corruption and perverting the law will be investigated sooner or later. The food that has been donated over the years can probably be used as rations for the army for several years. It is better to take advantage of this to find more Safe way to stockpile food.

Usually, the officials who come to the local area for supervision, mostly show up in a hurry, and wait for the people to beat the drums to express their grievances after checking the accounts... But according to reports, the two teenagers mainly used the method of investigating the case to cheat the people's opinions, and temporarily changed the "tax law" , It will inevitably cause a sensation, it is better to maintain the normal state, the people who have long been accustomed to the original tax amount usually do not discuss this.

In order not to be caught, it is necessary to wait until it is confirmed that the journey of the prince and his party will not detour to Suzhou within a year and a half, and then reduce the tax amount... I made this consideration, but I thought it was two wealthy teenagers who were ignorant of the world But it seems that he is much smarter than they expected, and now he has even escaped their surveillance.

Originally, under their surveillance and control, the taxation matter would not be exposed, but from the follow-up conversation with Boyin this morning, I learned that the two girls had escaped their surveillance, and I don’t know what kind of news they brought back to the teenagers... …

The possibility of leakage of privately collected land taxes has increased sharply, and the fortune path hidden under Gu Fang's villa can no longer be used, but even if the secret path is sealed, Gu's family is still at risk of being affected.On the other hand, she thought that this might be a good thing, and she could rest assured that her son would stay at home to enjoy the family.

Wu Xueman was silent, and it took a long time before she said, "This is unfair to...husband."

The word "husband" made Wang Yudie feel harsh, and Wang Yudie sneered: "How can a dead person talk about fairness?"

After finishing speaking, Wang Yudie felt that her words were harsh, so she turned her face, pressed her arms at her temples, looked at Wu Xueman with her eyes, and said softly: "The dead are already dead, and the living will continue. Mannia doesn't think about herself, but Mingze. He can't live his life with hatred."

Under Wang Yudie's gaze, Wu Xueman nodded.

Wu Xueman thought of a long, long time ago, maybe ten years ago, Wang Yudie once said to her: "I was once a young girl, and I loved him wholeheartedly. But what about him? His kindness to me was just because he was afraid of me. He even messed with the servant girl behind his back... He thought he was keeping me in the dark, but he didn't know that I had already seen it clearly."

Wang Yudie's single-mindedness wanted to exchange for Gu He's single-mindedness, while Wu Xueman's single-mindedness only wanted to occupy a small place in that person's heart...but the two are equally vain.

She couldn't tell whether Wang Yudie came to her because of loneliness or for revenge, but at that time she responded that Wang Yudie was willing to sink because of love...she also received the dowry from Gu Fang Villa. Sometimes weep with joy, but the self-righteous happiness is but a flash in the pan.On the day of her marriage, she saw the real one and fell from the flower field to the Naraku.

She also hated Gu He, but this hatred was eased by Gu Junze's birth.Accompanied by Gu Junze's growth, she gradually accepted the identity of "Second Lady", but she still wanted to pick flowers from the mirror and catch the moon in the water, because love is harder to erase than hate.

...The love that was once strong gradually lost its appearance after being buried for a long time.

At least, she doesn't dream anymore.

"Thank you." Wu Xueman said suddenly.

Wang Yudie smiled, nodded and lay down again, closed her eyes, slightly raised the corners of her lips, and said to herself, "It's over."

It's all over.

From now on, the whole family will be happy.

……

Wu Xueman pulled the white quilt up to cover Wang Yudie's shoulders who had already fallen asleep.After putting the medicine jar back into the cabinet, she left the bedroom.She lowered her head because of her preoccupation, closed the door, turned around and noticed someone standing in the courtyard.

Wu Xueman raised her head, looked at Gu Mingze who was standing not far away, walked up to him, and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

She could smell the strong smell of alcohol on Gu Mingze's body.

After a long silence, Gu Mingze said, "Have you ever loved your husband?"

Wu Xueman shook her head: "Never."

"Then why did you marry him?"

"I'm not going to marry him." She paused for a moment, then continued, "It's only after entering the door that I realize I've made the wrong person."

Accepting the bride price, marrying someone as a concubine, there is no welcoming procession, no noisy gongs and drums, only a bridal sedan chair, and you can only see your husband after entering the door.

"Why don't you run away?"

"Go? Where are you going? As a concubine, I can't go back to Chunfenglou; as a woman, I can't wander."

She didn't know why she had to answer his questions one by one, and then said something she never wanted to confide in others.

"...Did he hurt you too?"

Wu Xueman knew that what he was asking was whether she had been abused like Wang Yudie, and the answer to this was naturally "no". Gu He had never abused Wang Yudie at all, but she answered: "Yes."

It's a lie and it's the truth.

Gu Mingze clamped the lock of hair hanging down in front of his forehead between his fingers, pushed his hand up, and pressed his wrist against his forehead.

He said, "Sorry." But he didn't look at her.

Wu Xueman was silent.

Due to his drunkenness, he talked more, and said in a chaotic way: "Father...he lied to mother, I saw...many years ago. But he begged me, begged me not to tell mother. I'm going to , he... Father said Mother would be sad..."

Gu Mingze put down his hands and looked at Wu Xueman with tired eyes, as if he would fall asleep at any moment.

"This man is doing things that will make mother sad, but he is afraid that mother will be sad... Haha, I know he is wrong, but, but father begged me, he kowtowed to me..."

He raised his hand, wiped away the tears all over his face with a slap, sucked his nose, and continued, "I told myself that father treats mother very well, so the wrong things he did are nothing... as father said, a man Half-hearted and half-hearted is nothing...it's just that mother doesn't like it...but he is not good to mother at all! He hurts her, hurts kind and weak...if I say it, I will tell mother...is mother just...it's okay It's..."

He frowned, raised his jaw, took a deep breath, seemed to let out a roar, but lowered his voice, and said through gritted teeth: "How could he—"

"Why didn't you ask me who was the person I wanted to marry?" Wu Xueman asked calmly, as if she couldn't empathize with her.

Gu Mingze was stunned for a moment, then took her words: "Who is it?"

Hearing this, Wu Xueman laughed in a rare way, and even shed two tears. She raised the corners of her lips, and it was even rarer to speak in a joking tone: "Although it's not your biological mother, and I didn't raise you, but at any rate , anyway, I can be considered your mother! Why don't you give me a little concern for your wife, even a little..."

Gu Mingze was silent, closed his eyes, and shook his body unconsciously."I owe her so much," he said.

"what about me?"

Gu Mingze was speechless.He opened his eyes, stared at her for a long time, then moved his eyes to the bedroom where the light was still on, and said, "I also... owe you... You and mother, are you serious?" The one-year-old woman is the mother.

Wu Xueman stared at him, and when the wind dried her eyes a little red, she blinked slowly, regained her usual indifferent demeanor, and said, "Go back."

"……Um."

Gu Mingze agreed, but closed his eyes again. Not long after, his body that fell into a deep sleep lost strength and fell backwards.

After pulling him back, Wu Xueman, who was trying to support him, was crushed under him because he couldn't bear his weight.She pushed his chest and turned him over with difficulty.

Wu Xueman, who escaped from the heavy pressure, sat on the ground, looked down at the sleeping person on his back, and thought to himself: I'm going to catch a cold... I must call someone to take him back to the room.

She got up, grabbed the pleated skirt and swung it around. Before she took two steps, a sour feeling rose from her throat, turned into tears, and flowed down her cheeks.

She squatted down slowly, hugged her calves, and sobbed softly on her knees, just like the girl who huddled in the corner of the new bed and wept secretly 15 years ago.