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The moon is bending over Kyushu, and some families are happy and some are sad.

While the people in Jia's mansion were happy and joyful, the family of Qin Ye, the director of the Ministry of Industry, was miserable and bleak.

Qin Ye was sick in bed, and scenes from 20 years ago flashed by:

Back then when the dragons seized the throne, Prince Yizhong Lao Qiansui lost power a little bit. Although Long Yan was furious, most of the rich and powerful families in the capital still treated each other as princes, betting on the friendship of Conglong when giving charcoal in the snow.

At that time, Qin Ye was only a young official, and he had always been cold, so he was not qualified to get involved. Unexpectedly, his superior, General Feng Tangfeng, saw that he was cautious and wanted to be promoted, so he entrusted him with a confidential matter.He also jumped up in his heart, saying that if the woman gave birth to Lin'er, his family would have a chance by virtue of raising him.But the heart is like a mirror.

So the adults of Feng's family and Jia's family decided to ask him to go to the Yangsheng Hall to adopt a baby, so that he could steal the dragon and turn the phoenix into a phoenix and cover up people's eyes and ears.Because it is uncertain whether to have a boy or a girl, he adopted two babies, a boy and a girl.Ever since Qin Keqing was born, she secretly carried her to serve as a baby girl in the health hall overnight and kept her at home.The original two innocent abandoned babies were naturally cleared away, and it was only announced to the outside world that the adopted son died young.

Afterwards, the adults despised the poverty of the Qin family, and helped Qin Ye to be transferred to the Ministry of Industry, but they still felt that it was not enough, so they took Qin Keqing to celebrate his birthday under the excuse that the old lady of the Ningguo Mansion celebrated her birthday.Keqing was well-behaved on external excuses, and she fell in love with the old matriarch. She was raised in the Ningguo Mansion from then on, and when she was a little older, she was hired as the wife of the future head of the family, Jia Rong.

It was because of such an entanglement that the Qin family could barely be regarded as in-laws with the Jia family, and Qin Zhong was able to study in the Jia family's school.Because of Qin Keqing's face, everyone in Ning Rong's second residence gave Qin Zhong a high look.It's a pity that Qin Zhong didn't learn well, and he was fooling around with some dudes in school, which is really embarrassing.Thinking of this, Qin Ye felt like a fire was blocked in his chest, and he lay down on the hospital bed, gasping for breath.

The servants waiting at the bottom hurried over to serve, Qin Ye only frowned and asked for water to drink, when a cup of warm water came over, he suddenly remembered something, called the old housekeeper over and asked: "A great happy event has happened in Jia's house, A few days ago, I also ordered you to order a gift. I don’t know if you have been there, and what news you have inquired about.”

The old butler faltered, and when he wanted to say nothing, he couldn't bear Qin Ye's anger, so he could only stammer and say: "Master, calm down. Two days ago, the younger one brought the young master to visit. The Rongguo Mansion only said that everything was in a hurry, and even the young master The second master Bao, who has always been friends with him, has also excused himself from seeing him."

Qin Ye's face became more and more gloomy, and he reluctantly said: "I expected this. Now that Ke'er is gone, I can't blame them for acting like this. As long as they are willing to accept gifts from our family, there will always be some kind of incense."

The old housekeeper's face was even more distressed: "Master doesn't know. Their family has never accepted gifts from our family. The concierge said it very politely, but he looked down on others with a dog's eye. He just disliked our gifts for being too light. The young master and them The theory is, but I was so angry that I didn't even eat dinner."

Qin Ye was startled, and after a while he smiled wryly and said, "It's not that he dislikes our family's gift for being too light, but he just wants to get rid of it." His heart is sad, but his heart is like a mirror.Back then, he was loyal to the prince, so he couldn't help but refuse.Now that Prince Yizhong's family is on the decline, the court has shown signs of reckoning. Qin Keqing's bizarre and violent death, the Qin family, as the ones who adopted her on the surface, naturally cannot absolve themselves of the blame.All these before and after are things that Qin Ye is unable to control. Since he has no choice, he can't say he regrets it.He only hates his own lack of talent and bad luck, which makes him fluctuate like duckweed in the water, allowing others to trample on him.Thinking of this, Qin Ye reluctantly raised his head and asked, "Where is Zhong'er now? Can you study hard?"

At this moment, someone came in and reported that a young nun had come outside and refused to leave.

Qin Ye smiled wryly and said, "I think it's for alms. Giving her a few pennies is also a merit."

The family member hesitated and said: "The little nun wants to see the young master. She is the aunt from Shuiyue nunnery, who is called smart, and has an appointment with the young master. This time, she is here to join the young master."

When Qin Ye heard that he was the aunt of Shuiyue Temple, everything happened just right, he couldn't help believing it, and instead of calling Qin Zhong, he asked the old housekeeper to go outside to inquire.After a while, the old butler came back, and whispered a few words in Qin Ye's ear with a strange expression. Qin Ye was already furious, and regardless of his sick body, he got up tremblingly, and kept shouting: "There is such a thing? Call Qin Zhong Come! Call Qin Zhong!"

Seeing this, the old butler understood what was going on, beat the little nun Zhizhi'er out of the house with a stick earlier.Here, Qin Ye was really angry, trembling all over, dragged Qin Zhong out, beat him hard with family law, and cursed at the same time: "What kind of thing are you? Tell you not to learn well outside! Tell you to hook up with the little nun! How do you compare with Baoyu? He is a prince and grandson, what are you! How dare you..." Just as he was talking loudly, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he fell limply.

Zhi'er ran wildly in the streets and alleys, with tears in his eyes.

The old nun in Shuiyue Nunnery has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, eats fast and recites Buddha, but in private, she does a lot of stealthy activities, treats the girls in the nunnery as servants, and waits until she is a little older and has good looks. Guest, doing something worse than a secret door.

Zhi'er has been smart since she was a child, and she is very obedient in front of the old nun, so the old nun is willing to take her in and out of the rich and powerful's house.Firstly, because of Qin Zhong's good looks and flirtatious character, secondly, Zhizhi'er looked on coldly, seeing that everyone in Jia's house, starting from Mrs. Shi, treated Qin Zhong as much as his own grandson, and thirdly, Qin Zhong was the son of a small official. Because of these reasons, Zhizhi'er secretly took Qin Zhong, and the two flirted with each other for a long time, and finally they hooked up while Qin Keqing was going to the funeral.

On that day, Qin Zhong was eager to accomplish something good, and he patted his chest and said that helping Zhizhi'er escape from the fire pit of the nunnery was just a trivial matter. Spending a few taels of silver to redeem her to come home, even if she is a slave, is better than suffering in a nunnery.Unexpectedly, Qin Zhong only talked big words, put on his trousers and forgot about him?

"Don't be stupid. Men are reliable, sows can climb trees." Zhi Xin'er, a senior sister who is a few years older than her, persuaded her, "When a man is in the mood, even if you want the moon in the sky, they dare to accept it. One In the blink of an eye, the good thing has happened, and I don’t remember anything. In the past few years, how many people swore to take me home? Where am I now? Why do you take it seriously? It’s serious to admit your fate early.”

Smart children are not reconciled to accept their fate.People are always looking forward to a miracle, hoping that they will be favored by God, and the men they meet will be different.What's more, Smarter has reasons not to accept his fate.Her monthly letter is already a month late.Thinking about the frailty of the Qin family, if it is really pregnant...

That's why Zhi'er saw the old nun's opportunity to visit the dignitaries' house and sneaked out.She knew clearly in her heart that if she was discovered by the old nun or caught by the government, she would definitely suffer a lot.She was desperate and didn't think too much about the future.

However, Zhi'er was too young after all, she never thought that the biggest obstacle was not that the old nun found out that she had fled privately, but that the Qin family had no intention of welcoming her home at all!She thought that if she was pregnant, she would become a magic weapon for victory, but she didn't know that the Qin family had more important things to worry about at this time.

When the stick hit her, she subconsciously protected her stomach and fled outside in a panic. How could she be as comfortable as when joking with Jia Xichun, the daughter of the Patriarch of Ningguo Mansion?Walking on the street, the cold wind blows, and many questions that have not been considered in advance come one after another: If the old nun knows that she has escaped privately, how should she be punished?If you don't go back to Shuiyue Temple, where should you stay?What do you do for a living?In the past, she hoped that she would be pregnant and could enter Qin's house on her stomach. Now that her dream has come to nothing, she began to pray again. burden?

The cold wind blew on her face that had just cried, making it even colder to the bone.She suddenly felt nauseous for no reason, and couldn't help retching against the wall.

While Zhi'er was worried and confused about the future, the already ruined Liu family was full of joy. The "wow" sound of a baby crying announced that there would be successors to the Liu family, and it also announced that Liu Yiyi's life would be even more miserable in the future.

"Born! Born!"

"He is a man with handles, congratulations, Mr. Liu!"

Even the mother-in-law who was lighting the fire in the kitchen ran to the front to grab the reward money. Liu Yiyi sat alone under the kitchen until dark, but no one came to look for her.

In recent years, she has been under less supervision, and she looks more and more like a crazy girl, often beaten and scolded by her parents.But even if she learns well, it's useless, her father Liu Shuan was very frustrated in the clan, he was wronged outside, and when he came back to see the wild girl, he would inevitably find an excuse to vent it.The slightest dislike would be a stick, and Liu Yiyi didn't even know what was wrong.

She is only a five or six-year-old girl, she is used to being beaten and scolded, and gradually put away her soft temperament since she was a child, and she acts strangely everywhere, so she becomes more and more stubborn and confused.

It wasn't until the cook thought about cooking dinner that she reopened the door of the kitchen.When the flint was struck and the oil lamp was lit, suddenly a black figure squatted in the firewood pile, trembling with fright, the oil lamp in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"Damn it!" she yelled.

"It's me." Liu Yiyi raised her head, her face was painted with black ash.

"Mommy, am I good?" Liu Yiyi grinned.In the flickering bean-like lights, the cook seemed to see a young animal showing its thick white teeth, as if it wanted to choose someone to eat, and couldn't help shivering.