On Su Jin's wedding night, in the back hall of the summer house in Sock Lane, Xia Siling sat alone in an empty room looking at her flowery face in the bronze mirror, feeling sad.
She lives in this solitary building, and her father Xia Song has actually put her under semi-house arrest. Occasionally she feels depressed and wants to go out. She needs Xia Song's approval beforehand and sends someone to follow her to take care of her. She will never be allowed to take a step without permission.
After the Yuzhang Tower incident, Xia Siling was determined not to disclose the details of that night, which made Xia Song extremely annoyed and disappointed. Her daughter turned her elbows outward and completely helped that boy Su Jin, allowing herself to take advantage of Su Jinhao. Of course, Xia Song
She was extremely angry with Xia Siling; even if she was her only daughter, it was unfilial to disobey her parents, and an unfilial daughter would be punished. Xia Song's punishment for her was to put her under house arrest to prevent her from having anything to do with Su Jin.
I also hope that Xia Siling can gradually forget about that kid.
Xia Siling sighed softly and took off the jewelry on her head one by one. A woman who was serving her behind her came forward to help, but Xia Siling sternly repelled her. Xia Siling understood very well that these maids and women around her were all fathers.
The person who was sent to monitor him was, firstly, to prevent him from escaping secretly, and secondly, to prevent him from committing suicide.
Xia Siling sneered slightly at the corner of her mouth. Her father was really scheming, and he was as guarded against his daughter as a thief. Although she was indeed unhappy with her father because of Su Jin, she had never felt any hostility towards her father in her heart. On the contrary, she
I still feel sorry for my father, otherwise, that night in Yuzhang Tower, I would have followed Su Jin and left without hesitation.[
Xia Siling regretted slightly. If she had known that her father treated her like this, it might have been a mistake to stay here just to care about the relationship between father and daughter. But now, she has lost her freedom and lives alone in this small building every day, writing poems by herself.
, watching flowers, playing the piano, and playing on the swing. Sometimes I don’t even say a word at the end of the day. Although I am calm on the outside, I miss the outside world more and more in my heart. When I sit alone, I think about every moment I spend with Su Jin.
I have recalled every detail and every line of conversation a thousand times, and every time I think about it, my face is filled with tears and my heart is broken.
"As long as you wait for me, I will live up to you." Su Jin's gentle and firm words were still in her ears, which almost became Xia Siling's only motivation to hold on. But today, the promise that Xia Siling originally believed in had a huge impact.
shake.
Just now, the mother-in-law beside her deliberately revealed the news that Su Jin, the new number one scholar, was getting married to Miss Yanfu today. Although Xia Siling knew that it would happen sooner or later, she still felt a little desperate.
She didn't blame Su Jin, but she just asked herself whether her persistence was still meaningful? Does she still have a place in Su Jin's mind? Su Jin got married, and his bride was Yan Biyun, who was also an extremely virtuous and beautiful woman, no match for herself.
She is not inferior to Su Jin, and she treats Su Jin as well as herself, and she knows Su Jin before she does. She is just worried that Su Jin, who lives a happy life, will still remember the promise to her in the near future? He will gradually forget it.
Did you hurt yourself?
Xia Siling untied her bun and let her waterfall-like black hair hang on her shoulders. There was a mist rising in her eyes. She sighed in her heart, why is fate so cold? The person who has the most love and deepest feelings is always the most hurt.
The worst part is, I have no clue or hope as to what will happen in the future.
The stairs creaked, and someone came up the stairs coughing heavily. The maids and women at the door quickly said hello: "Master!"
"Well, is the lady asleep?"
"Come back to me, sir. I haven't slept yet, and I haven't had dinner yet."
"How are you taking care of me? How can you do it without eating?" Xia Song snorted angrily.
The maids were silent and did not dare to make a sound. Xia Song frowned and waved his hands and said, "Everyone, go out. I will have a few words with the lady."
The maids and ladies hurriedly retreated. Xia Song coughed and said, "Ling'er, daddy has come in and wants to say a few words to my son."
Xia Siling's voice came: "Dad, please come in."
Xia Song opened the door curtain and entered the room. She saw Xia Siling standing in front of the dressing table with her hair disheveled, with faint traces of tears in the corners of her eyes.
"Greetings to daddy." Xia Siling said in a low voice.
Xia Song waved his hand, sat down on a brocade stool, looked at Xia Siling and said, "My son has lost weight again. I heard that you don't eat well. How can your body survive like this? No matter how you eat, you still have to eat."
Xia Siling lowered her head and said, "Thank you for your concern, dad. It's okay with my daughter. She just doesn't have much appetite."
Xia Song sighed and said, "How did you become like this? If your dead mother found out, wouldn't she be able to rest in peace?"
A kind face appeared in Xia Siling's mind. It was her mother. Her mother fell ill and passed away when she was ten years old. From then on, Xia Siling was a child without mother's love.
"Dad, don't worry. My daughter will not die. She will serve her father for the rest of her life." Xia Siling bit her lips and held back her tears.[
Xia Song heard the indifference in Xia Siling's tone, and said after a moment of silence: "Ling'er, you and I have become very separated recently, and the tone of your conversation with dad is also very different from before; dad's only relative in this world is
It’s you, why are you confronting dad? Daddy really can’t figure out what is wrong with you. Daddy has given you the best food, the best clothes, and the best things since you were a child.
, Daddy tries his best to make you happy, but now you treat Daddy like a passerby?"
Xia Siling whispered: "What did dad say? Why has my daughter ever treated dad as a stranger? My daughter will keep her promise and stay with her father to serve him all her life. Don't think too much about it."
Xia Song was irritated by Xia Siling's attitude and gritted his teeth and said: "Hmph! After all, you are still confronting your father because of an outsider. So what good is Su Jin? Is it worthy of you to protect him like this? Do you know,
Your cousin Binhua most likely died at his hands, and he openly led people to kill more than 20 members of my Xia family in Yuzhang Tower, and you even asked him to hide it! You must blame me for
You are looking after me upstairs, and you are blaming daddy for not caring about the relationship between father and daughter, but have you ever considered daddy's feelings?"
Xia Siling's face turned pale and she said softly: "Dad, let me tell you something you don't want to hear. My daughter has never regarded that man as my cousin. His death was his own fault. Just for the bad things he did, he almost violated the law."
My daughter, even if he died a hundred times, my daughter would never be moved. And those people in Yuzhang Tower you mentioned, my daughter is not a fool. How many bad things have those people done? How many lives have been killed for you? My daughter feels like
It's like a mirror; that night when Rou Niang fainted after hitting a pillar, those beasts actually insulted Rou Niang's body. They were all innocent people. If someone killed them, they would be doing justice to God. My daughter would like to ask her father.
, why do you want to associate with these beasts? You have ruined your reputation in vain."
Xia Song shouted angrily: "Shut up, is this what your daughter's family cares about? You come and go at home every day, put out your hands for food and open your mouth. Of course you don't understand the ups and downs of the world. How difficult is it for your father to work hard to support the family business? In this world,
How do you know about the hardships and dangers? People in this world seem to be pure and kind people.
He talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in his heart he is as ferocious as a wolf or a tiger. If you slack off even a little bit, your father will die and be buried. If you want to avoid being shunned by others, you can only be more ferocious than others. Others
If I am a wolf, I will be a tiger. This is the law of the weak and the strong. What do you know?"
Xia Siling bit her lower lip and said, "My daughter really doesn't understand much about the world, but the people she comes into contact with are not all tigers and wolves as her father said. There is true love in the world, and I'm afraid it's not all what my father said."
Xia Song sneered: "You think they are all pure and kind people, do you think Su Jin, the husband in your heart, is a good person? Let me tell you, he is more cruel than father, you just don't see his true nature clearly;
I don’t know the blessings among the blessings. If you were born in a poor family and had to worry about three meals a day to make a living, look at how much leisure, worry and hatred you would have.”
Xia Siling raised her head stubbornly and said, "I only regret that I couldn't control my daughter's birth. She is willing to be a poor girl. It's like being locked up in the house by her biological father and treated as a prisoner."
Xia Song shouted angrily: "Shut up! You are responsible for all this. You are unfilial, act like a son of a man, and help outsiders deal with father."
Xia Siling sighed: "Dad, please listen to your daughter, serve as an official in the court properly, and in a few years let the seven mothers and eight mothers give birth to father's heirs to inherit the family business, and stop fighting endlessly with others; there is no one like you in the world.
For those who think you are so bad, the sage said: From the perspective of a gentleman, everyone in the world is a gentleman. All these are caused by the ghosts in your heart. Once you are friendly to others, others will definitely repay you a thousand times."
Xia Song laughed angrily and cursed: "You are an unfilial daughter and you are teaching your father a lesson. Are you saying that your father is a villain? In the eyes of a villain, everyone in the world is a villain. Don't think that your father does not understand your irony;
Forget it, daddy made it clear to you today, you just stay upstairs at home and you are not allowed to go anywhere; tomorrow
Dad is going to Bazhou to inspect the border defense. It will take a month. During this time, you can eat and sleep honestly. In July, when the emperor selects a girl, dad will send you to the palace to serve the emperor. If you still
I, the daughter of the Xia family, still care about the relationship between father and daughter, so I will do something useful for the Xia family."
Xia Siling was shocked and said: "What? Enter the palace? My daughter would rather die than go."
Xia Song shouted angrily: "It's not up to you. I've spoiled you since you were a child. Don't expect your father to accommodate you again in the future."
Xia Siling knelt down on the ground and begged: "Please forgive me and don't send me to the palace. Once you enter the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea. My daughter doesn't want to die in the palace all her life."
Xia Song stood up with a flick of his sleeves and scolded: "Nonsense, becoming a concubine in the palace is a matter of honor for the whole family. This matter has been decided before it can be changed."
Xia Siling collapsed to the ground, using all her strength, she watched Xia Song angrily walk out of the room. From outside, Xia Song ordered her maid and mother-in-law: "Keep an eye on the young lady all day long, and keep an eye on her when she eats and sleeps."
, she will never be allowed to have a bad temper. If she has an accident, or she is hungry or thirsty without eating or drinking water, I will skin you."