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In Xiao Lian's small embroidery workshop, when the only embroiderer, Xun Qiu, told him that Yan Xixia was blind, his whole head was a little dazed, his hands stopped, he couldn't believe it, and he asked, his tone Be very careful, as if afraid of hearing something: "Which Yan Xixia?"

Xun Qiu kept moving his hands: "Which other Yan Xixia is there? Who else is as famous as Yan Xixia in Huaihe City? Isn't it Yan Xixia who is going to be married to your Xiao Mansion."

Xiao Lian's voice was trembling: "Where did you hear that?"

Xunqiu pouted towards Jinqiao sitting at the door: "Here, it is my husband. He just came over there in the morning and heard what Yan Xixia's neighbor said. After noon, the entire Huaihe City may everyone knows."

Xiao Lian lost his grip for a moment, and the needle and thread fell from his hand onto the table.

Seeing Xiao Lian's lost soul, Xun Qiu asked with concern, "Little boss, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Xiao Lian picked up the needle and thread on the table again, "Why are you blind?"

"Wasn't it September [-]th yesterday? Their family took their servants to Huaihe Mountain to climb mountains and play balls to remember their parents. Who knew that his ten-year-old brother Yan Xidong was a child, and when he went down the mountain, he jumped and walked. He didn't listen to persuasion and fell down. He fell, he stretched out his hand, and they fell together. He was protecting his brother, but his brother was fine, but Yan Xixia bumped his head, and only woke up this morning, but the doctor said, what are you talking about? There is blood bruise in it, eyes can’t see it. I don’t know what happened to the Yan family, originally there was a pillar Yan Xixia, but now there is only Yan Xidong left in this family, it’s hard to expect him to shine in the family.” Xun Qiu After finishing speaking, he sighed, "The literati are in high spirits, ascending to the heights on September [-]th, who would have known that such a thing would happen, tomorrow they will be announced..."

Although Xiao Lian was holding a needle and thread in his hand, he didn't move a single needle, his heart was in a state of confusion, and he immediately put down the needle and thread: "I have something to do today, I'll go out for a while."

Xiao Lian walked to Yan's mansion, the embroidery workshop was only a quarter of an hour away from Yan's mansion, but Xiao Lian seemed to have spent an hour to get there.The Yan Mansion's house is much smaller than the Xiao Mansion, and there are no more than a dozen servants in the mansion. Xiao Lian stood not far from the Yan Mansion, looking at the gate of the Yan Mansion.

Perhaps the news of Yan Xixia's blindness had just spread. From time to time, people came to visit with things. The door of Yan's mansion was open, and there were two servants standing at the door, one stayed at the door and the other led the way.

Xiao Lian also wanted to go in to see Yan Xixia, but no one in the Yan family knew him, and he didn't know how to enter with his identity, after all, he wasn't even considered a friend, let alone he didn't have anything in his hands.Wave after wave of people came to visit, Xiao Lian just stood there motionless looking at the gate of Yan Mansion, as if he could see Yan Xixia through the walls.

No one came at noon, butler Yan came to call the two people standing at the door to have dinner, one of them pointed to Xiao Lian who was standing not far away and said, "Butler Yan, that person has been standing there all morning."

Steward Yan looked in the direction he was pointing, and there was a handsome man standing under the sun, wearing clothes that were not simple but not luxurious either.Because of his overly delicate appearance, he was as pretty as a young lady, butler Yan didn't remember his young master's confidant, so he closed the door and went back.

Seeing that the door of Yan Mansion was closed, Xiao Lian walked back in a daze, instead of going back to the embroidery workshop, he went back to Xiao Mansion.

On the way back, Xiao Lian was thinking about what Yan Xixia would do in the future, how important his eyes were to him, and how he would continue to participate in the scientific examination without eyes.

He also thought about how to deal with the engagement, if Xiao Xin knew about it, he probably wouldn't want to, but it is impossible for the Xiao family to withdraw the engagement, so I don't know what will happen to Xiao Xin.

After a while, he thought again, if he really broke the engagement, Xiao Xin is not good enough for him, nor for anyone else.

It took Xiao Lian an hour to reach the Xiao Mansion. Before lunch, the voice of protest could already be heard from his stomach, but Xiao Lian had no appetite. When passing by the main courtyard, Xiao Lian heard Xiao Xin roaring "Don't marry, don't marry" loudly. Voice, not afraid of shouting broken throat.

As soon as Xiao Xin learned about this, he ran into the courtyard and became furious, Mrs. Xiao asked the servants to avoid him, but fortunately Xiao Lian hid aside and eavesdropped.

Xiao Xin kicked the flowers and plants: "Mother! I don't want to marry! I'm a man, I still want to spread the branches and leaves for our Xiao family, why marry a blind man!"

"Xin'er, Mother doesn't want you to marry a blind man, but he may recover, and he may be able to see after a while."

"Then what if I can't see for the rest of my life! I have inquired about it, and the doctor said that the chance of regaining sight is very small."

Mrs. Xiao was a little anxious: "But everyone in Huaihe City knows about this marriage contract. Our business people are most taboo about these things. How can we break the contract!"

I also blame the Xiao family for being too high-profile. Before that, they had been saying that Yan Xixia, a great talent, wanted to marry his family, but now it is not easy to end in such a field.

Xiao Xin was spoiled, and directly contradicted: "Mother! In your heart, am I not as good as the fame and money? Besides, don't we have enough money in Xiao's residence?"

Mrs. Xiao had no choice but to comfort her: "Xin'er, think about it better, he has to win the No. 1 in the provincial examination, and the marriage contract in high school is the only way to count."

"But didn't you say that he is a great talent! How could he fail the exam!" Xiao Xin fiercely stepped on the flower that was kicked off just now, "I originally wanted to marry him only because he might be the top student in high school, otherwise I would be a man Why do you commit yourself to others? Now that he is blind, how can he participate in next year's general examination? He can't even pass the general examination, let alone the imperial examination!"

"Then he passed the exam to know Yuan, and he is also very beautiful. He has both talent and appearance. Mother thinks he is a good person."

"A good man? He is not bad, but you also saw the incident between me and Xiao Lian that day. He just helped the manager and didn't help the relatives. If I go there with my temper, how can I live on!"

Mrs. Xiao was a little angry for a while: "If you had said that you have a disagreement, you would not be where you are now."

Xiao Xin looked at Mrs. Xiao in surprise: "Mother, are you blaming me?!"

Mrs. Xiao said angrily again: "Xin'er, mother is always in a hurry."

Xiao Xin stretched out his hand and pulled out the flower branches that were planted in the soil and threw them on the ground: "Anyway, I just don't want to marry!"

Mrs. Xiao had a flash of inspiration: "He, Yan Xixia, has a marriage contract with our Xiao family, and you are not the only one who is about the same age as him in the Xiao family."

Xiao Xin stopped pulling the flowers, because the voice of surprise suddenly increased: "Mom, you mean Xiao Lian!"

Mrs. Xiao pressed Xiao Xin's mouth: "Hush, keep your voice down."

"Yes, but Yan Xixia knows that she is married to me, what should I do?"

"Just ask them to worship and get married. Xiao Lian's name is also registered in the government's marriage contract. How could he, a blind man, see that?"

"However, the two men of Hua Ding Dynasty went to the banquet together when they got married, and they rode together when they came to meet their relatives. They didn't cover their heads. People in their family didn't know us, but it was inevitable to meet people they knew at the banquet. This is amazing. what to do?"

"By the time it's time for the banquet, the two of them have already paid their respects."

Xiao Xin was a little anxious, and his voice became louder again: "What I'm asking is, then he will know at that time, what should we do then?!"

"Xin'er, don't worry, we're married, so it doesn't matter if we know. Besides, Yan Xixia is a literati, and a literati has the best face, so how could he insult his own face by exposing him on the spot?" Mrs. Xiao took the flower branch in Xiao Xin's hand, "The others only Knowing that Yan Xixia is married to the young master of the Xiao Mansion, but not knowing that the young master is you, so it is not a breach of trust in the eyes of others. As long as it is not a breach of trust in the eyes of others, what Yan Xixia thinks has nothing to do with us."

"Then what if Xiao Lian refuses to marry me?"

"He's usually very weak, so don't worry, my mother will handle this matter."

Xiao Xin became happy again, raised his hand to Mrs. Xiao's eyes, and said aggrievedly: "Mother, I hurt my hand just now by pulling out the flower branches, I need to see the doctor."

Mrs. Xiao grabbed Xiao Xin's hand, and said distressedly: "Oh, my dear, what are you doing to pull out flowers? You are still young, and you are usually spoiled. This hand is so tender, and things as rough as flowers and branches will not hurt you. Did you miss it?"

"That's not why you didn't stop me."

"Yes, yes, the strange mother didn't stop you, go into the house, and the mother asked someone to find the doctor."

Listening to what the mother and son said, Xiao Lian felt a little worried, but also a little sweet.

If Yan Xixia knew that she was married on behalf of her brother, and felt that she was deceiving him blindly, she didn't know how Yan Xixia would react.

Xiao Lian went back to her room to think about it, the mother and son were more anxious about this matter, they were begging themselves to do this, they couldn't let them overwhelm him.

Tomorrow the list will be released, Xiao Lian was called over by Mrs. Xiao that night, and then found that besides the mother and son, his father Xiao Nuofu was also there, and he thought to himself, yes, how can this concubine of himself compare to his son Jingui.

Mrs. Xiao explained why she asked him to come, and then threatened: "If you don't agree, I will divorce your mother."

Xiao Lian said with a cold face, "If you want to rest, then rest."

Mrs. Xiao did not expect that the usually weak doormat could say something like this: "When the time comes, you will be kicked out of the house, and you will not be able to survive."

Xiao Xin added: "Mother, he still has a small shop."

On the day of Xiao Xin's sixteenth birthday, Xiao Nuofu gave him sixteen shops, the smallest one was bigger than Xiao Lian's shop, Xiao Xin often used this to tease him.

Mrs. Xiao went on to say: "Take your shop the size of a grain of rice away, and see how crazy you are."

"I'm the one who registered with the shop government."

"What can't you do if you have money? You don't need to be yourself, just take your house deed to the government to re-apply."

"Just go." Xiao Lian was not in a hurry, after all, he was not the one who didn't want to marry.

When Xiao Nuo saw Mrs. Xiao mentioning this small shop, she couldn't hold back her face, coughed twice to show her presence: "Xiao Lian, why are you willing to marry your brother?"

Xiao Lian looked directly at Xiao Nuofu: "Help my mother as a concubine."

Mrs. Xiao threw the teacup in her hand at Xiao Lian: "Wishful thinking!"

Xiao Nuofu picked up the teacup and took a sip, no matter what the result was, he didn't care, Xiao Nuofu knew that he was cowardly and lustful, but he was not ashamed at all.I feel that I can live comfortably like this, and my wives and concubines can make troubles at home, and I will never step into this muddy water.Women are used to please themselves, not to worry about.

Xiao Lian dodged and looked directly at Xiao Xin: "Otherwise let Xiao Xin marry by himself, this matter is not negotiable."

It was the first time that Xiao Xin was terrified by Xiao Lian, who he often bullied, so he leaned into his mother's ear and said, "Mother, it's nothing. You can be a concubine."

That's what I said, but concubine and concubine are very different after all, concubine can choose whatever she wants, Chu's became concubine, it is even more difficult to find a reason, but for her son, Mrs. Xiao gritted her teeth and agreed: "Okay .”

Xiao Lian breathed a sigh of relief after going out, changed his cold expression just now, his heart was beating violently, and his back was soaked in cold sweat.Xiao Lian was rarely so hard-headed, and his daily life was better than that of ordinary servants, even worse than the beloved girl around Mrs. Xiao.

The next day, the news came that Yan Xixia had passed the No. 1 provincial examination, and got married seven days later.

Immediately after that, the news that Mrs. Chu was offered concubine spread throughout the Xiao Mansion. When Mrs. Xiao learned that she was supported as a concubine in exchange for her son's marriage on behalf of her brother, she cried and hugged Xiao Lian: "It's all because my mother loves to be with you. Mention these, but you silly child, in mother's heart, the title of concubine is not as important as you at all."

Xiao Lian wiped away Chu's tears: "Mother, don't cry, the life in the concubine is much better than that of a concubine, so I can rest assured when I get married, and you have to take care of yourself in the mansion. Besides, I am happy that Yan Xixia's, I did it voluntarily, so it can be regarded as fulfilling my wish."

Chu thought that Xiao Lian was comforting her, and couldn't stop crying, so Xiao Lian could only say: "Mother, if you cry too much, you will get wrinkles. Didn't you say that even when you are half-mature, you have to do that?" The most beautiful flower ever."

Only then did Chu burst into laughter, and stretched out her hand to pretend to hit Xiao Lian: "Silly boy, you know how to make fun of me."

Xiao Lian saw that the Chu family stopped crying, so she smiled again, with crooked eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.