Li Shanshan lowered her head slightly. For some reason, she just felt that the woman in front of her always showed a noble appearance and a coldness that would make her feel oppressed. Shui Lianyue's alluring appearance was even more impressive. Thousands of times more than her, in front of such a goddess-like appearance, she was like a wild flower on the roadside, completely losing its color.
Yin Shui Lianyue's rhetorical question made her look embarrassed. She bit her lip and asked softly: "I just feel that the fourth lady is very similar to my benefactor, so I dare to confirm it"?
"Benefactor? Oh, how could I, a boudoir who never leaves the house or step outside the door, become your benefactor?" Shui Lianyue chuckled, but it was a bit sarcastic.
Li Shanshan felt a knot in her heart. She raised her head and glanced at Shui Lianyue. Seeing her calm expression, she felt a little drum in her heart. Could it be that she had really recognized the wrong person?
Thinking carefully about Shui Lianyue's words, it didn't make sense, but she still remembered what the man said that night. Except for the fourth lady in the mansion, everyone else could manipulate it at will, and the fourth lady lived in Lanxiang Pavilion, and The woman in front of her looked very similar to the man that night. No matter how she thought about it, she never thought it was a coincidence.[
In fact, Shui Lianyue originally intended to play riddles with her, but she just wanted to test Li Shanshan's mind. If she is a talent, maybe it will be useful to her in the future. If she is a fool, then she There is no need to waste any time talking.
Li Shanshan pursed her lips and said unwillingly: "Fourth Miss misunderstood, and I don't agree with him. I just want to find the whereabouts of my benefactor to repay his kindness. If he hadn't come to the rescue, I'm afraid I wouldn't be so good." I am destined to enter the Shui Mansion to serve the master." As soon as she finished speaking, she bit her lip hard, her eyes slightly red.
Shui Lianyue smiled faintly, and then sat on the soft couch, wearing a gauze skirt scattered beside her. Her movements were extremely elegant. After a long time, she looked at Li Shanshan and said with a smile: "You are a person who knows how to repay kindness. If you really find I’m a benefactor, I wonder how you want to repay me?”
Li Shanshan was slightly startled. She didn't expect Shui Lianyue to say these words. The tears in her eyes fell unsatisfactorily, and she choked up and said: "If I find a benefactor, I don't dare to say that I will go through fire and water. I will do my best. To repay a benefactor’s kindness.”
"Ha", Shui Lianyue chuckled and stopped talking. Li Shanshan stood quietly on the spot, her posture still motionless. After a while, she said lightly: "I don't need you to go through fire and water, but "There is indeed something I need your help with right now."
After Li Shanshan heard this, she was immediately shocked. She raised her head and stared at Shui Lianyue, with a look of joy on her face, "Are you really a benefactor? I knew I did not admit the wrong person. I am the benefactor, so I will bow to this little girl." , as soon as she finished speaking, she knelt down on the ground and kowtowed three times in a hurry, but she kept kneeling and did not get up.
Seeing her move, Shui Lianyue couldn't help frowning and said coldly: "I bought you back to serve an old man who is nearly fifty years old, and you actually think this is a huge favor? Don't you hate me? In fact, I'm very satisfied I can give you a better life. Now, you are just a tool to give birth to children in Shui Mansion. Do you also want to thank me for this?"
When Li Shanshan heard Shui Lianyue's words, she couldn't help shaking her head, and her tears couldn't stop flowing down, "Maybe this is just the young lady's idea, but for us, it is indeed a great kindness, in the hands of Ren Yazi Every moment is a torment. Most of them will be sold to brothels as prostitutes. The better ones are just sent to big houses to work as maids and do menial labor. Even though I am over fifty, my benefactor has created excellent living conditions for us. , even though there are many scheming people in the deep house, I think I am not a woman who allows others to bully me. To my benefactor, they just used us, but to me, you are my reborn parents."
It was the first time Shui Lianyue felt like this, and it was also the first time she heard that a person who was being used would actually go into a long speech to thank the person who used her, her parents? Is she that great?
She felt a black line on her forehead, but she still agreed with Li Shanshan's words, that is, they also suffered inhuman torture in the hands of Ren Yazi.
"You should get up first." Shui Lianyue waved her hand and signaled Li Shanshan to stand up. After she stood up, she continued: "I am not as great as you said, but you are indeed the most powerful among these five people. The outstanding one, you are very observant, thoughtful, and scheming. The other four are definitely no match for you. It is undeniable that letting you serve by the old man's side is humiliating your talents. However, if you are willing, I can also give you some advice. your new life”.
"No, miss, I don't dare to hope for a new life. In fact, master, master, he is very good to me." Li Shanshan's voice became softer and softer as she spoke, and in the end she lost her voice.
Shui Lianyue asked doubtfully: "You don't want to leave"?
Li Shanshan hesitated for a moment, then seemed to have made up her mind. She raised her head suddenly and said firmly: "Although I am a woman, I still have some ambitions. Master Shui is naturally not the person I like, but I have committed myself to him, so I don't want to I dare to have too many extravagant hopes. In fact, I don’t like fighting in a deep house, and I don’t want to live such a life. Sometimes I have no choice but to do so. If my benefactor has the opportunity in the future, I hope that my benefactor can give me more advice." The words just finished , she fell to her knees on the ground again.
Shui Lianyue looked at her helplessly. To be honest, she really didn't like to kneel to others, and she didn't like others to kneel to her. She stood up slowly and helped Li Shanshan up, nodded and reminded her: "Since you have this plan, , you should also think about yourself, do you understand what I mean?"
Li Shanshan was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly and said: "I understand what my benefactor meant. I will ask for a bowl of Juezi soup when I get back."
"Hiss, you girl, if you drink the Juezi soup, you will never have children in your life. Why bother yourself like this? You just need to stay away from him, or call him sick. You still need to think of things yourself. Right now I can't protect myself, so you have to stay in the house first. However, after I get married, I still need your help to take care of my mother, but don't let anyone who cares see the flaws. Do you understand me?"
Li Shanshan nodded knowingly and said: "Of course I understand what my benefactor said, but I have suffered a lot from my benefactor."
When she said this, a look of worry appeared on her face, and she added: "Actually, I can see that my benefactor is not favored in the house. The master is devoted to seeking a son, and although the eldest lady is not arrogant and domineering, she still has methods. Yes, and I'm afraid today's matter is not over yet. When I came out, I vaguely heard the eldest lady telling the rumors to the master. At the moment, the master just wants to beat his benefactor to death." [
Shui Lianyue's frown deepened, but she suddenly smiled at Li Shanshan, which made Li Shanshan freeze, "You can call me miss from now on, and don't call me like a benefactor."
Li Shanshan nodded dully, Shui Lianyue sighed softly and said: "Meng Qiuhe naturally has a big prejudice against me. The reason why she can sit in the position of eldest lady is that I have helped her a lot, but she also It is very clear that since I can pull Aunt Liu down from the stage, I can also defeat her, so I am afraid that I have become a thorn in her side and a thorn in her flesh, and she wants to get rid of me quickly."
"Actually, since King Yu is willing to send a betrothal gift, it shows that he still accepts the young lady. No matter how much I dislike the young lady, I can't go against King Yu's wishes. What's more, today the emperor also sent a betrothal gift in the name of his brother. Just At this point, no one dares to hurt the young lady at all." Li Shanshan smiled faintly and helped Shui Lianyue analyze it carefully.
Shui Lianyue also thinks that Li Shanshan's analysis is quite reasonable, but what she cares about most is not that someone hurts her, but that people's words are terrible. As long as Geng Shaohua is not married to Chen Yixuan, as long as she is still alive, then these rumors Rumors will continue to spread.
Of course, it was impossible for her to tell Li Shanshan these words. It wasn't that she couldn't trust Li Shanshan, it was just that it was a long story, and this moment was by no means the best time.
"You've been out for a while. Go back first and don't let anyone discover you." Shui Lianyue thought for a while, looked at Li Shanshan and said.
Li Shanshan nodded, smiled and said: "It's noon now, the sun is very fierce, those maids and women won't come out to expose themselves to the sun, and I was very careful when I came, so you don't have to worry."
Not long after sending Li Shanshan away, Hongying came back. As soon as she entered the gate of Lanxiang Pavilion, Shui Lianyue noticed that something was wrong with her expression. She hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong? Where is the person? Why didn't you bring her back?" ?
Hongying took a few breaths, calmed down, and took out a banknote from her arms and handed it to Shui Lianyue and said: "This is the money that Uncle Yang refunded. The girl who was picked by the lady earlier was killed by Uncle Yang's men last night." She was ruined after being drunk. The girl was too weak-minded. She took advantage of the unprepared guard and committed suicide by cutting her wrists with a broken bowl. Uncle Yang wanted me to choose another one, but I didn't dare to be the boss of the young lady, so I just let him He gave the money back."
Shui Lianyue couldn't help frowning and mockingly said: "If you die with such a character, you will die. If you really buy it back, how dare you entrust her to do things?"
"What the lady said is true. However, when I came back, I actually met General Shao Di's biological sister, Geng Shaohua. She disguised herself as a man and went to Guangyun Tower. I wonder if she went to spread rumors about the lady again. ", Hongying nodded first, and then when she mentioned Geng Shaohua, her delicate little face turned angry.
"You have seen what happened today. Even if I kill her, those rumors will not disappear for a while, and the wedding is approaching. I don't know why, I feel more and more uneasy. I didn't tell you last time, Nangong Ling has been He sent people to secretly monitor my every move, and the day before my wedding, he would send people to bring my mother close to the palace to threaten me so that I and Nangong Yu could get married smoothly."
After Shui Lianyue finished speaking, she slowly sat on the soft step and looked at the two viburnum trees outside the house. Green leaves had grown on the branches, and there was still some time before the flowers bloomed. She smiled faintly, and suddenly remembered that in Baidu When she was in Huishan, a large forest of viburnum flowers was planted there. Whenever it was in bloom, she liked to stay in it all day long. Because she liked it, the senior brother spent all night getting some seedlings, but she didn't want them to bloom in just half a year. There are flowers all over the place. When the flowers fall, it is like rain of flowers falling from the sky. The white petals reveal the elegant floral fragrance, and their beauty is touching.
It's a pity that I don't know if I can go back to those days? Shui Lianyue took back her thoughts, sighed softly, and lay quietly on the soft foot.
On the side, Hongying was surprised when she heard Shui Lianyue's words. She didn't say anything more. What could she do if even the young lady couldn't do anything? But Nangong Ling was really abominable. It is despicable and shameful to dare to use the Fourth Madam to threaten the young lady.