Liang Sizhong did not stick to trivial matters and said with a smile: "It is said that those who do not know are not guilty. I have offended many people beforehand."
The misunderstanding was resolved, Qi Zi said expressionlessly: "Brother Ling, Yun Niang, I'm a little tired, let's go."
"Wait a minute." Liang Sizhong stood in front of her. Now Ling Shiqi had no reason to stand in front of Qi Zi, so he and Zhao Yunniang could only look at her with doubtful eyes.
"Since you are back, please go home with your father." His tone was still full of begging.
"Home?" Qi Zi sneered and said, "Do I have a family? Do you remember what you did to me? You kicked my mother and I out of the house and forced me to marry on my sister's behalf. Do you know what I've been through?
What kind of day?"
Liang Sizhong looked at her tremblingly, surprised by Qi Zi's excitement. Even though he had millions of regrets, things had happened and were irreversible.
Seeing that Liang Sizhong was silent, Qi Zi felt an inexplicable anger rising in his heart and walked back to the academy.
"Wait a minute." Liang Sizhong's words did not stop Qi Zi. Liang Sizhong continued: "Don't you want to go back and offer incense to your mother?"
It was getting dark, and all the shops lit up their lights at some unknown time.
Qi Zi stopped there, and Liang Sizhong's last reason destroyed her bottom line of hating him. She has been back for so long, and she has never dared to think about her mother Yang, thinking that as long as she doesn't think about it and hides far away, no one will
When she mentioned it, she could pretend she didn't know, so she wouldn't remember that she was still an unfilial daughter. At this moment, Liang Sizhong brought her back to reality, and she turned back and looked at him with tears in her eyes.
Liang Sizhong said to Ling Shiqi and his wife, "Please go back first. My daughter will stay in the mansion tonight."
Since it was his own home, Ling Shiqi didn't have anything to say. He just looked at Qi Zi, who said: "Brother Ling, you go back first. I will go back early tomorrow morning."
Ling Shiqi nodded.
The butler Liang Chun on the side called a sedan chair at some point, came over and said respectfully: "Second Miss, please get on the sedan chair."
Qi Zi got on the sedan, and Ling Shiqi and his wife watched the bearers carrying the sedan toward the crowd. On the way back, Zhao Yunniang didn't say a word, but cried. Ling Shiqi asked: "What's wrong?"
Zhao Yunniang said: "Did you hear everything just now?"
Ling Shiqi knew what she was talking about? He nodded, and Zhao Yunniang continued: "She was kicked out of the house by her father when she was a child. When she grew up, she was forced to marry her sister. You can imagine the deep relationship between her and Zhong Wen back then.
She was torn apart like this and married to a man she didn't understand and didn't love."
"Although I heard her mention it occasionally before, and also heard Zhong Wen talk about it, we didn't expect that when we really saw it, we discovered the lack of family affection. I can't imagine the pain in Qi Zi's heart."
"Qi Zi is so pitiful." Zhao Yunniang cried.
Ling Shiqi gently hugged her and said, "Don't be sad, those days are gone, isn't she back with Zhong Wen now?"
Somehow? Zhao Yunniang nodded outwardly, but she was a little unsure in her heart.
As soon as the sedan stopped, a handsome young man rushed out from the Ronghou Mansion and stopped in front of Liang Sizhong's sedan. He called cheerfully: "Dad, you are back, I'm bored to death at home."
As soon as Qi Zi came out of the sedan, the scene in front of her made her breathless with sadness. Apparently the young man saw Qi Zi. He walked over and looked at her and suddenly shouted: "Second sister, you are really the second sister."
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The person in front of him was beaming with joy. Only then did Qi Zi recognize that this was Liang Yuping, the aunt's son. He was still very young when he was kicked out. Although he came back every month to get monthly money, he rarely saw her, not to mention her.
After two years of separation, I didn't expect him to be so happy when he saw me.
Qi Zi smiled and called out: "Yuping, you have grown so big."
"I'm already sixteen. I'm not young anymore. Second sister, please come into the house quickly and have dinner with us." Liang Yuping pulled her and didn't feel awkward at all.
Qi Zi was dragged into the Hou Mansion. Liang Sizhong called the housekeeper Liang Chun and whispered a few words in his ear. Liang Si responded: "Yes, sir." and went out.
Qi Zi was dragged to the dining room by Liang Yuping, but did not see the aunt and Liang Xiaoqing. Liang Yuping sat her on a stool and kept putting vegetables into her bowl. The bowl was full in a while, Qi Zi said with a smile:
"Yuping, that's enough."
He then stopped and said, "My eldest sister has married in Suzhou, and my mother followed her to live there for a short while. Only my father and I are left at home. Don't mention how boring it is."
It turns out that Liang Xiaoqing married someone so far away. Qi Zi picked up his chopsticks and thought. Liang Sizhong walked in, and Liang Yuping quickly said: "Dad, sit down and eat quickly."
"Okay, you should eat quickly too."
Liang Sizhong looked very happy. This kind of smile was something Qi Zi had never seen before. The smile was so warm and satisfying. Could it be because of himself? Qi Zi was startled by his own thoughts and immediately thought: No
Yes, it must be because of Yuping that she is so happy. This is the first time in so many years that she is sitting here eating. She can't help but think of her mother, Yang. She wonders what she would be like if she could see such a scene.
What kind of thoughts, maybe she is happy. Mom has always loved dad from the bottom of her heart. No matter what he did wrong, she has never blamed him. Mom's infatuation for him cannot be explained clearly in a few words.
Suddenly, he discovered that Liang Sizhong was old, his temples were covered with white hair, and his face was covered with traces of time. He felt an urge to cry in his heart, and Qi Zi laughed that he would shed tears for him too.
After dinner, Liang Yuping pestered Qi Zi to talk for a while. Liang Sizhong told him to go down to rest and took Qi Zi to the mourning hall. Liang Sizhong said: "You and your mother can talk, I will go out first."
Qi Zi didn't answer him, walked aside and lit three sticks of incense and stuck them in the incense burner. As soon as he knelt down, his tears fell to the ground like broken pearls.
"Mom, please forgive my daughter for being unfilial. She hasn't come to see you for so long. Do you blame her? Do you know? Many, many things have happened to my daughter, and everything has made her worse than death. My daughter's heart aches so much.
It hurts. Sister Liran is gone, you are gone, Yiqiu is gone, why do everyone around me leave me one by one? Now my daughter only hopes for mercy from heaven, don’t let her torture her anymore..."
There are no stars tonight, only the crescent silver moon exudes a faint light.
In Qifeng Hall, four girls were sitting at the door looking at the green leaves in the courtyard in a daze. Defu came over and said, "What are you doing? Are you all listless?"
The four of them looked at Defu, and Cuiyi said: "We are waiting for the emperor. These days, the emperor comes to Qifeng Palace to sleep every night."
Defu simply sat in a row with them and said, "Don't wait any longer tonight, the emperor has left the palace."
"Leave the palace?" the four girls said in unison.
Defu was shocked, and he said: "Yes, I left the palace. I didn't even take General Lan with me. I left the palace alone."
"Why...?" Zilan asked.
Defu did not speak, but stood up slowly and left Qifeng Palace with a smile on his face, leaving the four girls looking at each other in confusion.