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When Du Xiaoning went to Li's Mansion, the steward saw her coming and didn't ask her to wait in the front hall like before.

The steward directly asked Bi Ling to take her and Shou Feng to Xikuanyuan.

Xikuayuan is where Aunt Wang lives. Du Xiaoning has been to Li's residence many times, but she has never seen Aunt Wang every time.

Aunt Wang either went to the Great Buddha Temple, or she had other things to do. In short, she had various reasons for not coming out, and Du Xiaoning had nothing to do to see Aunt Wang.

The sky, which was still very clear in the morning, suddenly became gloomy.

Baguio led the third young master to Xikuayuan. Within a few days, Bi Yao had already been coaxed by the third young master's rhetoric to point east or west, and completely regarded the third young master as his own.

Baguio seemed to be doing homework, and said to the third son: "I heard that Aunt Wang invited the eldest girl to Xikuayuan before dawn today."

Du Xiaoning remembered what he saw outside Li Ping's house last night.

In the middle of the night, Aunt Wang was still waiting for Mr. Mu.

Before dawn, someone asked Li Zhen to go to the Xikuan courtyard again. Could it be that she didn't sleep all night?

Compared with the east courtyard, the scenery of the west courtyard is obviously much more particular.

There are white begonias planted on both sides of the courtyard, and the clusters of flowers look like white snow. When the wind blows, the white petals fall like snowflakes.

Du Xiaoning looked at the surrounding environment.

Baguio let out a soft "ah", "The big girl is out."

On the maple corridor, Li Zhen shuffled out.

She looked pale, with fine sweat on her forehead, and when she saw Du Xiaoning and Bi Ling, a smile appeared on her face, and then her body softened.

Bi Ling turned pale with shock, "Big girl!"

The young man beside Du Xiaoning had already rushed over like the wind, he supported him, "Miss Li."

But she didn't look at Shoufeng, she looked straight at Du Xiaoning.

Du Xiaoning walked over with a gentle expression, "Miss Li, what's the matter?"

Seeing her approaching, Li Zhen softened her body with relief, and she leaned against Shoufeng with tears in her eyes.

Li Zhen: "Third son, my aunt is dying."

Du Xiaoning: "!"

This was not the first time Du Xiaoning met Aunt Wang.

The last time I saw her was in Kaifeng Mansion, when Aunt Wang lost her beloved daughter, she was so distraught that her face was a little swollen from crying.

Seeing her now, although she is dressed in plain clothes, she can't hide her beauty. She must have been a peerless beauty when she was young.

But those are all things of the past.

Aunt Wang looked at Du Xiaoning.

"Third Young Master likes to visit Li's Mansion very much recently, is Kaifeng Mansion so free?"

Before Du Xiaoning could speak, she smiled again, "No, how can I say that, after all, the third son came to Li's residence for Huier's business."

Du Xiaoning could tell that Aunt Wang's mental state was a little frantic.

She stood there dignified and elegant, but her body was trembling, and her hands beside her were clenched into fists.

Du Xiaoning wanted to get close to her.

Shou Feng clasped her wrist, "Master."

Seeing this, Aunt Wang smiled.

When she smiled, there were two pear dimples, which looked like a very sweet smile.

Although there are fine lines at the corners of the eyes, the charm is not diminished.

"Is the third son afraid of me?"

Du Xiaoning stood where he was, without saying a word.

She frowned slightly, her phoenix eyes that were always smiling were clear and quiet at the moment, as if she had seen through the joys and sorrows of the world.

After a long time, she walked over slowly.

Li Zhen's words were endless, and she passed out, unable to wake up no matter how much she screamed.

The steward hurried to find a doctor, but Mu Yi died in Dongkua Hospital, and things became a mess.

Du Xiaoning originally wanted to stay in Li's mansion by himself, and let Shoufeng go back to Kaifeng mansion to inform Zhan Zhao. Who knows that Shoufeng is very dedicated, saying that his duty is to protect the third son every step of the way.

When the people from Li's mansion arrive at Kaifeng mansion, and the people from Kaifeng mansion come again, the day lily will be cold.

Du Xiaoning made a decisive decision and asked Shoufeng to invite all the people from Xikuayuan out, leaving only Aunt Wang alone.

"Aunt Wang, Miss Li said, if you killed Mr. Mu, you are about to die yourself."

Aunt Wang smiled, and she walked slowly towards the gate, her long skirt trailing behind, like a blooming white lotus.

"My sister is dead, and my husband is also dead. I thought that everything will come to an end, but God's will, Huier is dead, and Mu Yi is no longer the boy I used to know."

"Mu Yi is a pseudonym. His surname is Yang, and he used to be your fiancé. When Li Dao accompanied your sister back to Chenzhou, he used unscrupulous means, so you had to commit yourself to him, didn't you?"

Aunt Wang supported the door frame and looked at Du Xiaoning motionlessly.

After a long time, she looked away and looked at the snow-white petals falling with the wind outside the house.

She remembered that when she knew Mu Yi, she was not Aunt Wang.

At that time, her name was Wanrong.

Mu Yi is not called Mu Yi, his name is Yang Zhen.

The Wang and Yang families have been friends for generations.

She and Yang Zhen are childhood sweethearts, and they are in love with each other, and the two families have already made a marriage contract for them.

But when she was 15 years old, after her married sister and brother-in-law arrived in Chenzhou, she was ruined.

Li Dao is lustful, he loves the other when he sees one, it's not enough for him to have a sister, he also wants her.

My sister originally disagreed, but Li Dao was a mean and shameless person. He threatened his father that he must get whoever he wanted, otherwise, he would cut off all the sources of wealth for the Wang family.

In the early years, the Wang family had long been afraid of poverty.

After living a good life, how can you be willing to have nothing again?

Even if the father is willing, the uncles are not willing.

The father knelt in front of his sister and asked her to let go.

At that time, she thought that her sister was on her side wholeheartedly. The day before she met Yang Zhen to elope, she went to say goodbye to her sister, but she was drugged down by her sister.

When she woke up again, it was Li Dao lying naked next to her.

That day, she felt that she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, and the tears seemed to flow endlessly.

Li Dao has been hugging her, coaxing her, saying that as long as she is willing to go back to Bianjing with him, he can give her anything.

Now that it was over, what else could she do?

There was hatred in her heart, and she broke up with her family.

When I arrived in Bianjing, I had no father, no mother, no brothers and sisters.

The elder sister whom she once trusted and relied on was close to her and the enemy who ruined her life.

"The third son hangs around Fanghua Building all the year round, and I think I have heard many sad stories." Aunt Wang's voice was very calm, and she even smiled faintly, "I have been very sad these years. Until Muyi came Bianjing."

"After so many years, he has never been married. He left Chenzhou and wandered. He came to Bianjing and tried his best to get close to me."

When we met again, the once high-spirited boy turned into a mature man with a rough face.

Half their lives were displaced, and when they reunited, both of them were no longer what they used to be.

Aunt Wang: "When I saw him, I felt that I was still alive."

Du Xiaoning looked at Aunt Wang, she wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, just stood beside her, watching the snow-white petals flying outside with her.

It was raining on a cloudy day, and the rain beat on the roof with a loud noise.

Aunt Wang said: "But my sister recognized him, what should I do?"

What can I do?

Li Dao was already old, and his health was getting worse and worse. In Li's residence, she could cover the sky with one hand.

But my sister didn't want to hide it for her, and said she wanted to tell Li Dao about it. She didn't want to harm her sister, she just wanted to blackmail Li Ping to keep her secret.

"But Mu Yi said that only the dead can keep secrets forever."

Du Xiaoning frowned and said, "It was Mu Yi who pushed Mrs. Li into the lake."

"Yes." Aunt Wang replied.

"But what happened to Mrs. Li's suicide note?"

Aunt Wang smiled coldly: "What else can happen? She has long felt that life is meaningless. If she knew she was going to seek death, she didn't have to dirty Mu Yi's hands."

Du Xiaoning looked at her, her eyes seemed to have seen everything, she said softly: "Why do you have to make such a cold-blooded and heartless gesture?"

When Aunt Wang heard this, her expression suddenly became astonished.

A gust of wind and rain came oncoming, wet Du Xiaoning's hair on the temples.She turned around and stood opposite Aunt Wang.

"Ms. Li's suicide note was obviously written by Li Zhen. That little girl, she took her sick brother out to find her mother, but accidentally witnessed her mother's murder with her brother. She was desperate, angry and afraid, but so brave and hard You want to protect your young brother. Actually, you know that Li Ping saw everything, and you also know that Li Zhen wrote the suicide note, but you don’t want to kill them all.”

Aunt Wang: ""

My sister died, but the four-year-old Li Ping seemed to have seen something he shouldn't have seen. Mu Yi was afraid that something might go wrong, so he wanted to kill the grass.

Then Li Zhen packed up her mother's belongings, saying that she saw the suicide note left by her mother.

That little girl, who lost her mother, was terrified, right?

No matter what she tried, the little girl just sat obediently in front of her and cried, "Auntie, I don't have a mother. She has always taught me that no matter what my auntie is, she is my relative. We will always be a family. In the future, I will honor my aunt well. My younger brother is sick, and the doctor said he had a severe fever and his brain was burnt out. My younger brother is too young to tell the difference. Dreams and reality, no one will believe his words! Auntie, please save your brother."

As the little girl spoke, she knelt down in front of her and started nibbling, her forehead was red and swollen.

That suicide note could deceive others but not her.

But Li Zhen's appearance is very similar to that of her sister when she was not out of the cabinet.

She got into trouble when she was young, and her sister knelt down in front of her mother with tears in her eyes, pleading for her.

Either way.

It's just two helpless children, what kind of splashes can they make?

This pair of siblings is alive, and it can save her a lot of trouble.

After all, Li Dao's family property was inherited by Li Ping. If Li Ping died, the Li Dao brothers would come to fight for the family property.

She drove all the people from the former Dongkuayuan to do rough work, and arranged for her own people to go in.

Mu Yilai asked her whether the suicide note was true or not, and she said it was true.

Mu Yi was still worried, and wanted to put Li Ping under his nose.

Later, the days returned to calm.

Later, Li Dao died.

Li Dao is dead, and all matters in the Li family must be approved by her.

She thought that her future life would be peaceful and beautiful, but Li Hui accidentally found out about her and Mu Yi.Li Hui ran to ask Zhang Ye for help, the two discussed for a long time, and felt that the matter was of great importance, and they wanted to go to the head of the Li clan.

It's a pity that they failed to find the patriarch, so they were tied up by Mu Yi.

This time Du Xiaoning couldn't stand it anymore, she looked at Aunt Wang, "Do you know that Li Hui was killed by Mu Yi?"

Aunt Wang said nothing.

A tiger does not eat its children, even Li Zhen and Li Ping are willing to give up their lives, how could she let Mu Yi hurt Li Hui?

Du Xiaoning opened her phoenix eyes slightly, and looked at Aunt Wang in surprise, "Isn't Li Hui your daughter?"

"When I gave birth to my daughter, I had a dystocia, and my daughter died at birth. Li Dao was afraid that I would be too sad, and that I would leave without my daughter tied up, so he brought back his daughter who was born outside. He thought I would not I found out, but in this world, how can there be a mother who cannot recognize her child?"

Aunt Wang seemed a little tired, she leaned against the door frame, her tone was soft and sad, "My child has died a long time ago, this daughter I have raised for more than ten years is just an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."

What Mu Yi and Aunt Wang said was that he would send Li Hui and Zhang Ye far away so that they would never return to Bianjing.

But Aunt Wang didn't expect Mu Yi to kill Li Hui.

Humiliated during his lifetime and dismembered after death, the methods were extremely cruel.

"Li Hui was killed, and you suddenly discovered that the daughter you had raised for more than ten years was a white-eyed wolf, but Mu Yi, who was protected by you, is not a man-eating wolf. He can kill your sister and Li Hui without blinking. , can kill you in the future."

The rain became more and more urgent and heavier, and the rainwater that had not been drained in time flooded the courtyard.

"The third son really knows how to guess." Aunt Wang swayed slightly, she looked at the water in the courtyard, and said softly: "Muyi is not the same as before, he didn't come to Bianjing for me at all, he It's for money and power. After Li Dao passed away, he hooked up with the maid beside me. As long as Ping'er is in his hands, maybe I will die of illness like Li Dao soon."

Will die of illness like Li Dao

Du Xiaoning was silent for a moment, "Li Dao didn't die of illness, you killed him."

Aunt Wang: "I killed him."

"Did Mu Yi ever threaten you?" Du Xiaoning asked.

"Is it worth it for him to threaten me? I have long wished to cut Li Dao into pieces. It's just poisoning, which is kind enough to him."

Aunt Wang coughed twice with a smile, then shook her head again, "No, he did threaten me. He said that anyone who dared to block his way would die without a whole body. Hui'er's death was given to me by him." He has lost all conscience and disowns his relatives. But I still thought that he could let go of everything and go away with me. But he is not willing.”

Aunt Wang's voice became softer and her body, which was leaning on the door frame, slowly slid down.

Du Xiaoning looked over, she was lying on the ground weakly, with bright red blood at the corner of her mouth, not only the corner of her mouth, but also her eyes and nose were bleeding.

Shou Feng stepped forward to take a look, and said to Du Xiaoning: "The seven orifices are bleeding, the poison she took has exploded."

Du Xiaoning's eyes fell on Aunt Wang showing some pity, and she said softly, "Aunt Wang, you are going to die."

Aunt Wang laughed, her voice was soft but very happy, as if she had finally been relieved.

"It's good to die, then I can really fly with Mu Yiyao."

In the end, Kaifeng Mansion found Zhang Ye's body in the Taolin.

Zhang Ye was killed on the way to lead Li Hui to find the head of the Li clan.When the government officials in Kaifeng dug up his body in the peach grove, the body had already rotted and maggoted, so he could only be identified from the jade pendant he wore next to his body.

Gongsun Ce and Du Xiaoning walked out of the Taolin, and the setting sun dragged their shadows for a long time.

Du Xiaoning said: "On the night Li Hui was killed, Li Ping only saw her body, not Mu Yi's dismembered body."

"It's also a blessing in misfortune." Gongsun Ce sighed, "Otherwise, at such a young age, it would be bad for him to see some things that he shouldn't see, and make some mistakes."

Du Xiaoning thought, isn't it?

Fortunately, the little boy didn't see it, otherwise he wouldn't know how to give him psychological counseling to make him come out.

Mr. Gongsun: "Shoufeng said that Li Zhen was looking for you yesterday."

Third Young Master: "Yes."

Mr. Gongsun: "Is it because of her dreams?"

Ever since she learned that Mrs. Li was pushed into the lake by Mu Yi, Li Zhen went to Kaifeng Mansion to look for Du Xiaoning.She told Du Xiaoning that on the night Mrs. Li passed away, she only remembered waking up in Li Ping's bed in the morning, and she didn't remember anything else.Every time I think about it, I get a splitting headache.

Du Xiaoning and Gongsun Ce were walking on the bluestone road, and some passers-by walked by and cast kind eyes on them.

"Those may not be her dreams, maybe they are her lost memories." Du Xiaoning held a peach blossom in his hand, which she asked Shoufeng to break for her in the peach forest just now.

Gongsun Ce is proficient in medical skills, and he has seen some people lose their memory after being stimulated.A few days ago, an old man was knocked unconscious by a carriage on the street. After waking up, he completely forgot what happened that day.

Some people will remember in the future, some people will never remember.

Gongsun Ce said: "I Shiguang, does she want to remember? Or does she not remember?"

"That's something she has to ask herself."

With a slight smile on Du Xiaoning's face, he stroked the soft petals of the peach blossom with his fingertips.

She said: "The dream I heard from her is actually not bad. Mrs. Li's suicide note was written by her, and she understands the matter in her heart, but she has lived in the shadow of Aunt Wang and Mu Yi for the past two years. , Startled at every step, kept telling herself that Mrs. Li jumped into the lake and died, and later, she believed the lies she made up."

It is very difficult for a girl raised in a deep boudoir to keep herself and her brother alive.

With what mood did she write the suicide note imitating her mother's handwriting?

What was going through her mind when she found out that the person she loved had gone missing with her sister?

If these things were to get to the bottom of it, it would be a painful memory for Li Zhen.

Gongsun Ce sighed, "It's not easy, but fortunately, the truth is revealed now."

Du Xiaoning smiled slightly, and looked up, only to see Li Zhen holding her younger brother Li Ping's hand coming towards him.

The girl was no longer as gloomy as before, she was holding the snow-white and beautiful little boy, both of them had heartfelt smiles on their faces.

Du Xiaoning thought of the stewards of Li's residence and Bi Ling. In fact, there were many kind-hearted people watching the siblings silently.

No matter what pain you have suffered, there are always people who treat each other with tenderness and kindness, so the haze will eventually dissipate.