The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 22: Small Punishment, Big Commandment, Cage of Heaven and Earth

“Today, Pei Yan, who joined the army in Sicang, Puzhou, wants to hire the eldest daughter of Huayang Kudi’s family as his concubine..."

Pei Yan? Pei Yan! Could it be that Pei Erlang of Pei Duwei's Mansion was the famous prime minister who was so miserable? God, did I almost become his concubine?

It took Liuli a while to wake up, and she threw the document on the desk as if her hands had been scalded. After thinking about it, she picked it up, tore it into pieces, and crumpled it into a ball. She just wished she could burn it on fire. Suddenly she heard Behind him, Xiaotan made a slightly surprised sound, "Auntie, you..." Liuli finally realized that she had lost her composure, frowned and threw the paper ball to her, "Throw it far away, you will be upset when you see it!"

　　Xiao Tan nodded in understanding and walked out briskly. After a while, he came back and laughed softly: "Thrown it into the ditch by the wall!"

Liuli looked at this maid who was always fast-moving and fast-talking, and couldn't help but feel a little relieved: No matter whether Pei Erlang, who had only two sides, was the famous Pei Yan, he had nothing to do with her, and she was a Ordinary people, who get along day and night, are still ordinary people after all - just like Xiaotan.

For some reason, another face suddenly popped up in her mind, a face that was as gentle as jade but always seemed inaccessible to people - Pei Jiu, I'm afraid he couldn't be an ordinary person! Otherwise, how can we predict everything exactly?

 Now I still only know his surname Pei. Yes, my surname is Pei. She still remembered that she once asked him, how do you know that both families will give up when it comes to Pei's reputation? A sharp sarcasm suddenly appeared on that smiling face, "Because, my surname is also Pei!"

 In fact, this was not a very convincing answer, but at that moment, it was as if the mask suddenly cracked, revealing his true appearance. The reason why she continued to gamble like this this time was partly because she really had no better way to get out of the predicament. The other half was probably because she couldn't help but believe in Pei Jiu like this...

“Oh, how come in the blink of an eye, no one cares about this hot item that everyone wants?” A sharp voice pulled Liuli out of her thoughts, and she looked up to see Coral’s sneering face. She was wearing a brand-new goose-yellow narrow-sleeved blouse, an apricot-red chest-length undershirt, and the shining golden leaf Bu Yao on her head. Her face had also been carefully painted. At this moment, her eyes were squinting at Liuli, her face full of They are all gloating about the misfortune, but they are still a little unwilling.

Liuli looked at her dress and suddenly remembered what Mr. Cao said, "Actually, I have a daughter at home," and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

 Color's face suddenly turned even more ugly, and she said angrily: "Why are you laughing?"

Liuli smiled and said: "Liuli was a little worried when he heard that my sister was grounded. I didn't expect that my sister would dress up so gorgeously even when she was grounded. My sister is so envious! Could it be that there is a matchmaker coming to see my sister today?"

 Color's face suddenly turned purple: her mother had told her to dress up in the morning, and she was fully expecting to be able to compete with Liuli today, but she didn't expect that she couldn't even go out! Seeing Liuli's smiling face, she raised her head in anger. She couldn't help pointing at Liuli's nose and scolding: "Bitch, what are you talking about? Who can be as despicable as you, who has attracted so many matchmakers to come to your door? !”

Liuli's smile did not change, she turned around and whispered to Xiaotan: "Clap her mouth!"

Xiao Tan was already angry. When he heard the order, he jumped up and slapped him without saying a word.

 Coral's face was already straight before she could react. She screamed and reached out to grab Xiao Tan, but Xiao Tan grabbed her wrist and twisted it hard before carrying her back behind her. She yelled in a sharp voice: "Someone is here, someone is here!"

As soon as the door curtain was lifted, Aye rushed in. When he saw Coral being restrained by Xiaotan, he ran straight over. Liuli stepped in front of her and shouted sharply, "Get down!"

In the past, Aye would not have taken Liuli seriously, but after what happened in the past few days and hearing Liuli's stern voice again, she couldn't help but take two steps back, feeling a little at a loss.

Coral was still screaming, and several servants from Kudi's and An's families rushed in outside the house. Some wanted to come up to help, some just tried to persuade, and some were helping Liuli to block others. In the chaos, Mrs. Cao had already helped her. Kudi Yanzhong, who was a little unsteady from drinking, walked into the courtyard door. Hearing the screams, he ran in and said sternly to Xiao Tan: "You bastard, who made you so bold and you still won't let me go!"

Liuli took a step forward and said with a smile: "Concubine, please calm down. Huanhuo just said evil words. My daughter was also afraid that she would get into trouble in the future, so she gave her a small lesson."

Coral couldn't help but screamed: "Who will cause trouble? You are a bitch..." Before she could finish her words, Kudi Yanzhong also wandered in. After hearing this, she couldn't help but shouted angrily, "Stop." Mouth!"

Xiao Tan then let go of his hand and stepped aside lightly. Liuli sighed, "Sister, I just wanted to teach you a lesson in private, but why are you still so arrogant in front of me?"

Coral didn't pay attention to her. She covered her arms and ran quickly to Cao with tears in her eyes and cried: "Aniang, that **** Liuli just asked her maid to slap her daughter... Aniang, hurry up and teach that **** a lesson." That bitch..."

Kudi Yanzhong’s face turned blue. In fact, he had often heard Coral talk about this. He thought it was troublesome and just pretended not to hear it. But now in front of so many servants, especially the servants of the An family, she still spoke like this, and put Cu Di Where does a family's reputation lie? Hearing that Coral was still calling her a bitch, anger and alcohol welled up in his chest, and he took a step forward and slapped her without thinking.

Colorful was crying, staggered a few steps by the slap, turned around and saw Kudi Yanzhong's face burning with anger, and immediately opened her mouth, unable to cry anymore.

Ms. Cao screamed and hurriedly protected the coral, shouting: "What are you doing? Today's disaster was not caused by the coral, why did you hit her?"

Kudi Yanzhong said sternly: "I have already told Hualou that she is not allowed to come out of her room these days. Who asked her to come out? Last time she framed her sister in the Pei family and she was not settled with her, and today she is facing another My sister is a slut, is this the rule you taught her?"

Mentioning the trouble that Coral caused in the Pei family and the subsequent Natong attack of Cudi, Cao's grievances over the past few days flooded into her heart, and she couldn't care about anything anymore. She stamped her feet and cried: "You just don't care about our mother and daughter." Shun Yan, I'll go and call Qing Lin, and you'll have to beat all three of us to death!"

Kudi Yanzhong was usually good-tempered and rarely scolded his children. However, he had been depressed and restless for the past few days. Today, he was drunk and his three points of anger suddenly turned into ten points. He said angrily: "Don't think that I really I don't dare to hit you!" I kicked Cao, and she immediately rolled out, and her head hit the hard corner of the table, and blood suddenly came out. Mrs. Cao wiped it with her hand and saw her red-stained fingers screaming, while Coral covered her mouth and stood there blankly, unable to move at all.

Kudi Yanzhong also stayed for a moment, feeling a little scared and a little irritable. He waved his hand and turned around and walked out. When he heard the sound of footsteps, he went straight out of the courtyard gate.

Ms. Cao was crying loudly, but suddenly she saw that Kudi Yanzhong was gone, and her voice became really miserable and shrill.

Liuli was a little stunned for a moment: Cao's mother and daughter bullied her in the past and made a big fuss. This father must have walked away, out of sight and out of mind. She originally thought he was just treating her like this, but she didn't expect him to treat her like this. There is actually no difference between mother and daughter Cao.

 Color had already reacted at this time and rushed forward to help Mr. Cao up. The mother and daughter held their heads and cried. Liuli suddenly felt a little uninterested and had no interest in looking at these two faces anymore. She whispered to Xiaotan: "Let's go!" After saying that, she walked out, but she heard Coral screaming: "Stop! It's all the fault of you bitch..."

Liuli turned around and said coldly: "Sister, haven't you learned how to talk to your sister yet? Do you want your sister to teach you on behalf of me? Or should you open the door and let the neighbors comment on this principle? "After saying that, without looking at the faces of the mother and daughter, they turned around and walked out.

Xiaotan didn't laugh out loud until she walked outside Kudi's house, "It's so relieved! They deserve it. According to the servant girl, the aunt should scold them a few more times." Liuli shook her head: "What do you want to do with them?" , let’s go back quickly, I’m afraid my uncle and aunt are already anxious about waiting.” Xiaotan said hurriedly: “That’s right, hurry up!”

Looking back at the door of Kudi's house, Liuli walked quickly towards the alley, but her mood was not as relaxed as she imagined. She once thought that as long as she escaped from this door, she would have freedom, but she didn't know that in this era of innocence and indulgence, wealthy families can naturally do whatever they want, including taking wives and daughters. But for her, For ordinary women, freedom is too luxurious...

The sun has passed the zenith, and the sky is as blue as a wash. The afternoon sunshine shines on this surprisingly quiet loess road, as well as on the new green locust trees on the roadside and the gray-black tiles of the houses on the roadside. The whole shop shows that There is a kind of tranquility like a nap before waking up - maybe the whole Chang'an City is also like this at this moment. This is a dreamlike and majestic capital city, and it is also a neat city composed of countless large and small enclosed squares, but she feels more and more that it is actually more like a huge and orderly cage.

 And for her, is it really right to make the decision of being an ant in this cage?

 (End of this chapter)