It's hard to be a son-in-law

Fairy Ziyan held the Juanpa, she knew it in her heart, lowered her eyes and wept twice, raised her head and thanked with tears: "Thank you, young master Juanpa, but this Juanpa was stained by Ziyan, let's wait and see." After washing it, return it to Young Master Qiao."

"Fairy, you're welcome. This juan pagoda is a gift from someone else. I can't lose it. I'll take it back and wash it myself." Ouyang Tianjiao smiled, and wanted to take back the juan pagoda that Princess Furong gave her, not wanting to lose it. .

"Given by others? Seeing how nervous Mr. Qiao is to cherish it, it must be a gift from a girl. The hibiscus is blooming. I think this girl must be a beautiful woman who likes golden lotuses in the water." Fairy Zi Yan looked at Juanpa and then at the nervous request The person sighed softly.

Ouyang Tian smiled lightly, leaned forward and stretched out his hand, wanting to take back the juan handkerchief, said: "It's a gift from a woman, but it's not what the fairy guessed."

Fairy Ziyan saw that the man wanted to return the Juanpa, so Fang also smiled, and handed it over. At this moment, the carriage seemed to have reached a section of rough mountain road, and suddenly bumped and swayed inappropriately.The sudden bumps inevitably startled the beauty, Fairy Ziyan exclaimed, her delicate body tilted and she fell into Ouyang Tianjiao's embrace.

Ouyang Tianjiao didn't expect that the car would suddenly bump like this, so she quickly stabilized her body. Seeing that Fairy Ziyan was not sitting still, and she fell towards her, she hurriedly hugged her in her arms, raised the curtain of the car and asked outside with a frown in displeasure. : "Xuanwu, why is the road so bumpy all of a sudden?"

But listening to the driver wearing a bamboo hat, he hurriedly replied: "Forgive me, sir, we are now on the mountain road, maybe it has just rained again here, and the road has been eroded by the rain, and the road is a bit bumpy. Be patient for a while, and you will be able to go to Lingshan Temple."

"Well, well, just be careful not to run out of danger." Ouyang Tianjiao ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes." The coachman replied respectfully, then tried his best to stabilize the car and drove carefully.

Fairy Zi Yan stabilized her mind and raised her eyes to look at the sullen person who was holding her and frowning. At this moment, Ouyang Tianjiao just turned her head to look at Fairy Zi Yan who had fallen into her arms. The winking eyes passed by, and I couldn't help shivering, I couldn't resist these lovely and pitiful eyes, and my heart was full of doubts about this woman who was firing at me indiscriminately in her arms.

At this time, I also felt that I was pretending to be a man at this time, and I shouldn't hug other girls without any scruples, and this girl was also the person my brother liked, so that people misunderstood him, Fang quickly let go of his hand, and let the girl come over Ning'er, the supporting maid, helped Fairy Zi Yan to sit on her seat.

"Miss, are you okay?" Ning'er looked at the master a few times before she was relieved, but she couldn't help raising her eyes, frowning and glaring at Ouyang Tianjiao, and said angrily, "I haven't seen the carriage so bumpy every time I come here." However, it might be someone's plan."

"Ning'er, don't talk nonsense. It has been raining continuously for the past few days, and the mountain road must be difficult to walk. I still want to thank you, young master."

"No, it's all because the coachman doesn't often go on mountain roads. He was so careless that he almost frightened the fairy." Ouyang Tianjiao heard what Ning'er said, and misunderstood that she and the coachman were colluding to eat his lady's tofu, so she shook her head in embarrassment. , it seems that there are misunderstandings every day, especially today.Alas, it's a pity that this vulgar difference between men and women is too persistent.

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"Actually, Mr. Qiao, can you just call me Ziyan? The word "fairy" is just a money-making gimmick for the mother of Yihongyuan to name me, so as to attract the support of those officials. In fact, it is better not to call me like that in private. People can't hear it."

"So that's how it is. It's Qiao who is being abrupt. Don't blame Miss Ziyan. Ziyan, um, these two words sound more comfortable." Ouyang Tianjiao nodded in response, and she also liked to call this Ziyan Er Character.

The carriage moved slowly, and when Ouyang Tianjiao was suspicious, she raised her head to look at Fairy Ziyan sitting opposite her, but she saw the maid named Ning'er looking up and down at her with sharp eyes, as if she was afraid of herself. It was like a beastly lust who bullied her young lady, which made Ouyang Tianjiao blushed and felt uncomfortable all over, so she had to turn her head to the side and lift the curtain of the carriage door to look out, so as to alleviate the embarrassing scene at this time.

Fairy Zi Yan also seemed to see that this maid was rude, so she lightly reprimanded Ning'er, saying: "Ning'er, don't be rude."

Na Ning'er pursed her lips, and obediently lowered her head in response.

Ouyang Tianjiao sighed softly, and both of them were silent for a while, but felt that the atmosphere in the car was a little depressing, so Fang had to find a topic and looked back and asked tentatively: "Actually, Miss Ziyan doesn't look like the oiran in the brothel at all. , but I don’t know why it ended up here?”

"Heh, look at Mr. Qiao's words, could it be that you think that those of us who are struggling to laugh are actually born to stay there to be bullied?" Fairy Ziyan couldn't help but turn cold when she heard this person's question. laughed.

"Miss misunderstood, I didn't mean that." Ouyang Tianjiao couldn't help explaining when she saw that Fairy Ziyan was suddenly upset.

Fairy Ziyan saw this man anxious, but suddenly smiled and said: "Hehe, don't worry, I know you didn't mean that, but deliberately teased you." Lost in spirit, said: "Zi Yan was actually the daughter of an official family. Because her father was framed to death, the whole family was expelled by the court. And because of my outstanding appearance, I am also a rare talented woman in Jiangnan, so I was also selected by the court. An official prostitute, when she was 16 years old, she was sent to this Yihong Courtyard to study on standby, in order to perform dances for officials for entertainment during official banquets and palace recruits, and she has been an oiran for the past two years."

"It turned out to be like this! Alas, Miss Ziyan, don't be sad." Ouyang Tianjiao did not expect that the fate of Fairy Ziyan would be so upside down. She didn't expect her to be the daughter of an official family, and she hoped that she would be so sad when she first saw this oiran. I feel that this brothel woman has a feeling of aloofness and aloofness that does not match the brothel.

"Because I am a court official who likes official prostitutes, and I am known as a fairy in the capital city. All the officials want to force me to submit, but I refuse to do so. That's why I was tricked and cast into this brothel. I don’t know if this has fulfilled me, and I can enjoy a moment of peace. Because Ziyan does not belong to everyone in this Yihong Courtyard, and is an official prostitute, of course she can follow or not obey the rules here, so in order to make money, the manager here My mother didn't dare to annoy me at all, and let me do whatever I liked, she just asked me to come out and perform for the audience once a month when the oiran performed. I still have to listen to orders from the court at any time, and I don’t know when I was selected.” Fairy Ziyan smiled wryly, and said to herself in a very calm tone: “Although it is peaceful and peaceful at this time, I can temporarily keep myself clean, but After all, I am an official prostitute, and one day I will be dispatched to serve some official and courtier in some palace."

"It's unreasonable, I don't understand why this court has to set up such absurd incompetence, girl, don't worry, I believe you will be able to escape from the boundless sea of ​​suffering in the future." Lip beat him unfairly.

"Oh, to be honest, how do you get out of the sea of ​​suffering? Do you know why I didn't agree to your brother to elope with him? It's just because I am an official prostitute, and my skin has been imprinted with a permanent mark. If there is no imperial approval, You can't be a good citizen, you can only be an official prostitute forever in this life. If you marry someone privately, you will despise and break the law, and you will drag others into a pig cage with me and be severely punished. Oh, this kind of life in a dusty brothel Most of the women are restricted by the laws of the country and have nowhere to live and are helpless, if they can't fight for their own destiny and get a lover, they can only be completely degraded with him, or they want to die and live forever." Fairy Zi Yan remained the same. The tone of voice is calm as usual, but the cold and absolute look in the eyes is a bitter taste that ordinary people can't understand.

When Ning'er heard what Fairy Ziyan said, she couldn't help but also burst into tears.Fairy Zi Yan saw Ning'er crying, Fang frowned and said with sadness: "Ning'er don't cry, if we are not strong, who will pity us, no matter what, as long as there is Zi Yan, I will protect you for a day. Contaminated by those men."

"Miss, uh..."

Fairy Zi Yan helplessly patted the fourteen or fifteen-year-old Ning'er in her arms, raised her eyes to look at Ouyang Tian, ​​frowning tenderly, and sighed tenderly: "Oh, we are all hard-fated people. Ruthlessly sold to a girl in a brothel, and couldn't bear it for a moment, so she forced the child Ning'er from the management mother."

Ouyang Tianjiao looked at the two masters and servants who were crying with their heads in their arms, and listening to the words that seemed to be about something that had nothing to do with her, her tone was still as calm as water, but her heart couldn't help but get tangled up in one place, feeling sad and sorry for such a woman in a brothel.Presumably, people outside the body don't know the troubles in the body, and don't want these poor people who are displaced and bound, but they all hide the stories of bitter tears that ordinary people can't understand.

"Girl, don't be sad, everything has a solution, if you believe in me, I believe you will be able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering in the future." Ouyang Tianjiao said with a gloomy brow, and secretly swore in his heart.

Fairy Ziyan slowly raised her head to look at the serious and righteous person in front of her, but a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

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The Lingshan Temple Fair in the Imperial City of Kyoto is really extraordinary. Although it has just been drizzling again, it can't stop the crowds from worshiping Buddha and praying for blessings.

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Ouyang Tianjiao accompanied Fairy Ziyan to the temple to burn incense candles and worship the gods and Buddhas, but along the way, no trace of Ouyang Tianyi was found.Ouyang Tianjiao couldn't help feeling a little bit lost, so she still followed Fairy Zi Yan to worship the gods and Buddhas, praying in her heart to find her brother's whereabouts, so as to reassure her parents, and let herself get away from God Worry and trivial.

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