After Hua Junyi left, I don’t know how much time passed, but Jiao Niang was still crying while holding the pile of clothes. She was crying so hard that it was as if she had vented all her tears from two lifetimes. Just hearing the cry was heartbreaking.

It wasn't until a hand gently touched her head that she gradually stopped crying and turned to sobbing.

That hand made her feel warm before, but now she only felt cold.

"Are you blaming your father?" His deep voice revealed a hint of helplessness.

Jiao Niang didn't answer and turned her head away from his hand.

"Your aunt did this? Why have I never seen it before?" Hua Jintang picked up the clothes and looked at them.

Because she cried for too long, her voice became hoarse. Jiao Niang said: "She never shows her pain to others. She secretly did these things for Hua Junyi behind your back. Once she's done, she hides them. She's afraid

You see."

She didn't care before, but she recalled that one time, her aunt shed tears while sewing clothes, and the maid outside announced that her uncle was coming. She quickly wiped her tears, re-applied the powder, and then raised a smile to greet him, as if the sadness had never left her.

Stay in her heart.

Hua Jintang hung his head guiltily, "I'm sorry for your aunt, I shouldn't have brought her into the house."

She was his beloved, and he had always thought that he had given her happiness, allowing her to have food and clothing, and children to accompany her. But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that he had never truly understood her heart, and had never known her heart.

of suffering.

"That's not the only thing you shouldn't do. You shouldn't have met her again from the beginning." Jiao Niang stood up, walked to the screen, and gently touched the person on the screen with her fingers, "If I don't meet you again,

If you meet, she may marry a commoner. Although she lives in poverty and even eats bran, she can at least live a happy life. And what does she gain by being with you? Identity as a concubine? Separation of flesh and blood? Death.

?”

"You hate me?" Hua Jintang looked at Jiao Niang intently, as if there was a pair of scissors in her chest that had smashed her internal organs.

Jiao Niang looked at him and shook her head, "I have no right to hate you, but the person who has the right to hate you has no regrets for you."

Hua Jintang felt sad, "But you still blame me." Jiao Niang has been close to him since she was a child. This is the first time that he feels that she is so far away from him.

"How can I not blame you?" Jiao Niang's voice broke, creating a crack in the air, "My aunt is only thirty-five years old. Such a beautiful face and such a good person are withering and falling in this deep house.

, returned to dust, but the murderer who killed her is still alive and well, sitting back and relax."

Being stared at by such sharp eyes, Hua Jintang inexplicably did not dare to look directly, so he only stated the facts, "Mother Li has admitted that she killed your aunt, and there is no evidence pointing to the Ji family. What do you want me to do to punish Ji?"

His crime?"

"Come on, my father, don't say these high-sounding words anymore." The way he didn't dare to face her made Jiao Niang find it ridiculous. She looked up to the sky and smiled, "You have seen everything clearly, why don't you just pretend to be deaf and dumb?

, you clearly knew it was Ji who did it, but you chose to end everything with the death of Mother Li. You kept saying how much you loved your aunt, but you still let her murderer do nothing."

Being questioned by his daughter in this way aroused Hua Jintang's anger, "There are some things you don't understand."

"I don't understand?" Jiao Niang giggled, her eyes full of sarcasm, "How come I don't understand? I understand, I understand, so what if there is evidence? As long as she has the Ji family as her backer, and Hua Mei Niang's auspiciousness

The prince's concubine is your backing, so you can't touch her. To put it bluntly, you don't dare to touch her because you're afraid of the Ji family and Prince Rui. And my aunt is just a concubine, you can't offend them for a concubine!"

"You bastard!" Her questions, her ridicule, and her sharp words struck Hua Jintang in the heart. Without thinking, he slapped his girl on the face.

Anger caused the veins on his forehead to burst out, and his mouth became red and his eyes turned red. "You have always been sensible and obedient. When did you become so perverse and angry? You made a scene in Bai Ling Tang today. I was thinking about the first time you knew your aunt was being raped.

I don't want to argue with you, and I'm worried that you will come to comfort me. I didn't expect you to be so rude to me! Jun Yi is right, you are indeed getting more and more unruly, and you are getting more and more unruly.

I don’t know the rules any more!”

Although he was angry, Jiao Niang's words were not true. But he was unwilling to face it, unwilling to admit that he was still the kind of ruthless and unjust man.

He couldn't face his aunt for a moment anymore. Her sharp eyes seemed to expose his hypocritical lies layer by layer. "You are facing your aunt right here. Please reflect on it."

After that, he turned around and walked away without stopping.

Jiao Niang looked at his leaving figure and slowly fell to the ground, tears welling up in her eyes.

She was slapped twice today, but this slap hit her heart and was painful.

Shuixiang brought a hot towel and put it on her face. Her fingers were still on it, so she knew how hard the beating was.

Jiao Niang pushed her hand away, looked at the hall where Hua Jintang was no longer around, and smiled, "Look, this is a man. Women have always been just their appendages, far less important than his power, status, and family. Death is not enough."

Cherish."

There was still a little bit of beautiful imagination about love, but it was extinguished by her father's ruthlessness. She clearly remembered that her father breathed a sigh of relief when her mother Li died.

He breathed a sigh of relief, because he was afraid that Mrs. Li would confess to Ji.

Maybe he didn't think so much at first, and really wanted to find the person who instigated Mother Li. But slowly he realized that if that person was Ji, he would be in a deadlock.

Marriage between high-ranking officials and nobles has always been a matter not simply of two people, but of two families, or even of the interests of more powerful people who are intertwined with the family. To use a concubine to leverage this web of interests, he had to think about something.

I wonder if it’s worth it.

Naturally, it's not worth it in his heart.

It was also at that moment that Jiao Niang clearly realized that as long as the Ji family and Hua Mei Niang were around, the Ji family would stand firm.

"Girl, why are you so troubled?" Shuixiang could not help but sigh, "I have offended the eldest lady, and now I have fallen out with the master. Who can protect you in this house?"

There was despair in Jiao Niang's eyes, "There is no one you can count on in this world. The only one who can protect you is yourself."

She stood up holding Shuixiang and walked out of the room slowly. The sun set in the west, leaving a blood-stained red cloud that lingered on the horizon for a long time. A faint afterglow fell on her body, making her pale face look a little brighter.

Ruddy luster.

Jiao Niang's eyes turned to the direction of Ji, and she clenched her hands tightly into fists.
Chapter completed!