This character was beautifully written. Under the meaning of the regular script, there was the free and easy style of the cursive script. When it was curved, there was a strong force.
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The eldest madam was very attentive. Seeing my astonished expression, she understood the doubts in my heart. She didn't let me scratch my heart and lungs to guess. Instead, she came forward and explained, "I wrote this character when I was young. Before I got married, there was a green pond in my house. Every summer, lotus flowers would emerge from the mud one after another."
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I followed her scene and recited, "The leaves on the first day of the sun dry and the rain last night. The water surface is clear and round, and the wind lotus lifts."
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The eldest madam smiled. It was rare that I couldn't see the treachery in her smile. She said, "The wind lotus lifts, the wind lotus lifts. The lotus flowers are so beautiful. How long can they last? Didn't they turn into a pool of mud and nourish the white and tender lotus roots under the mud? "
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I said, "The lotus root is also the root of the lotus flower. Rather than saying that the lotus flower nourishes the white lotus root, it's better to say that the white lotus root raises the lotus flower."
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The eldest madam's eyes darkened. The air of a talented woman suddenly disappeared from her body. Replacing it was the eldest madam I was familiar with. She looked at me deeply and said, "The second girl is different now. After falling into the pond, when she woke up, her mind was not muddled. Unexpectedly, her mouth has also begun to become nimble."
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I looked at the plaque again and suppressed the amazement in my heart. I turned around and put on a different face. I smiled softly at the eldest madam. "Eldest madam, you've been busy all night. Don't you feel tired?"
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"Being tired is worth it. I don't feel tired talking with the second girl at the door."
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You're not tired, but I am. In my heart, I was rolling my eyes so hard that they were about to reach the sky.
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"I didn't expect you to get married so soon." The eldest madam took my hand and placed it in her palm. It was hard for her to have such a cold palm in the middle of summer. "When I first saw you, you were still a bright red baby. When I held you in my arms, you were as soft as cotton candy. Other wet nurses couldn't coax you no matter how hard they tried. You just had to cry there. When I arrived, I held you in my arms. You held my fingers and laughed. No matter how I coaxed you, you wouldn't let go. "
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Maybe it's because I'm cold-blooded, or maybe it's because I'm not this madam's biological child? When she described to me this beautiful and touching scene of mother and daughter in a motherly manner, I really did not have the slightest idea. I only felt that it was silly to stand in the doorway of the courtyard in the middle of the night, very silly. I felt sleepy if I did not stay in bed in the middle of the night.
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"Later on, when you grew up, your temperament became more and more quiet. For half a month, you didn't want to step out of the courtyard. You also didn't want to play with the sisters of the same age in the fu. As a girl, it's fine if you know about needlework, but you also want to read some literature, history, and economics. That day, when I wasn't paying attention, you threw yourself into the lake. "
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Fierce, fierce. This is the first time I've heard of someone blaming books for suicide. I don't know if the Buddha in the heavens will personally come down and strangle this woman who's full of lies.
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The Eldest Madam sighed and said: "Mother knows that you are extremely dissatisfied with this marriage with Prince Yue, but there is no other way. His Majesty personally issued a decree, taking the eight characters of all the unmarried women in the world to match with Prince Yue. The Emperor's one word is an imperial edict, golden mouth and jade words. How can we persuade him to change it?"
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I said, "Eldest madam is overthinking. I have nothing to be dissatisfied with about this marriage."
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Two drops of tears fell from the eldest madam's eyes. "See, in the end, the girl's heart is filled with resentment. Even now, you are not willing to speak your heart to mother."
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I choked and looked at this woman who was minding her own business. I didn't say anything to go against her wishes. I raised my eyebrows and looked at her obediently. I wanted to see what kind of trick she was going to play in front of me.
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Unexpectedly, when she saw that I didn't say anything, she thought that I also had some pitiful thoughts of following my husband in marriage and not being able to control everything. She stroked my hair and comforted me, "As a mother, I naturally understand the worries in my daughter's heart. Regarding the matter of marrying into the Prince's household, I also have a thousand, ten thousand, ten thousand regrets in my heart. Girl, remember, even if the son-in-law's household is the Imperial Prince's household, if you suffer even the slightest grievance, you can go home and tell your parents. Even if I have to bear a heinous crime, mother will ask your father to report the Prince in court and help you vent your anger. "
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Her righteous words moved me so much that the rims of my eyes turned red. I weighed it in my heart and guessed that her words were just hypocritical pleasantries. However, her grip on my hand was too tight. I could only earnestly nod, "En, daughter understands!"
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I nodded my head very hard, just like a hammer smashing down on a wooden stake.
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The eldest madam nodded, satisfied. A smile appeared on her round, jade-like face. She no longer tightly gripped my hand and said, "Good girl, I know you are a sensible one." She walked past me towards the courtyard and called out to a maidservant, "Shuang Yan, send this girl back to her courtyard to rest."
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Before I was taken away, she thoughtfully reminded me, "I'm afraid that the Prince has already rewarded you with medicine. Mother won't reward you with food. You should go back to your room to rest early."
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I was so hungry that my chest was sticking to my back. When I heard these words, I couldn't help but feel grief and indignation in my heart. Mother, please be merciful and reward me with some food. Even if it's on the table, I can eat it tomorrow morning. Don't tell me that the fu doesn't even have enough money to fill my stomach?
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After acting for such a long time, the eldest madam was clearly in a good mood. She waved her hand and leisurely went to her room. I was brought back to my dilapidated courtyard by a maidservant.
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As soon as we entered the courtyard, the maidservant acted like a hands-off shopkeeper. She bowed to me and then turned to leave. I called out to her and ordered, "Go to the dining hall and bring me some food."
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The maidservant turned to me, her nostrils almost reaching the sky. She bowed and said, "The eldest madam just said that the Prince personally rewarded you with a banquet. If you eat too much at night, it will not be good for your health. The eldest madam is wholeheartedly thinking of you. You should listen to her."
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I really wanted to grab her hair and stuff her into my stomach to see what kind of food his highness had bestowed upon me! But I really didn't want to tell them that I came back with an empty stomach. Otherwise, without the protection of the Prince, I don't know how many dirty tricks they would play with me with a smiling face.
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I can guard against villains, but I also have to be careful of hypocrites. I was confident that I could push the culprit who pushed me into the pond and drown him. But I didn't dare say that I could test a whole basket of steamed buns for poison.
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I smiled and said to her, "I know that mother loves me. But after so many disturbances in the middle of the night, my stomach is really hungry. I asked you to bring me some food, is there anything wrong with that? "
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What's wrong with a master ordering a maidservant?
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"There's nothing wrong with a master ordering a maidservant. But Shuang Yan is the eldest madam's personal maidservant. If you want to order me, you must first report to the eldest madam. Whatever the eldest madam wants me to do, I will do it."
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Good, good. I clenched my fists at my sides, but my face showed a smile. I said to her, "Since it's like that, I don't want to bother mother. I'll have to trouble Shuang Yan jiejie. "
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"Miss is too polite."
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I waited until her figure disappeared from my sight before I returned to my room and quickly took off my cumbersome clothes. Perhaps my movement was too big, but when I spread my arms, my stomach growled. I touched my slender waist, which was slightly sunken, and smiled coldly. Good fellow, I will definitely not treat you unfairly.
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The Tang family placed great importance on the layout, so I could guess the location of the eastern dining hall. This time, I didn't encounter any obstacles when looking for food. The old woman who kept watch at night had already fallen asleep. Her snoring was like thunder. I walked in confidently and saw the untouched osmanthus cake on the wooden table.
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It wasn't late autumn yet, but the osmanthus cake was already fragrant. I picked up a piece of cake and slowly swallowed it down, leaving a sweet and greasy taste between my lips and teeth.
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Although the people in this house weren't very good, the cook they invited was really good.
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After eating, I began to think about business. I thought of my mother who didn't sleep in the middle of the night and insisted on chatting with me at the door. I wondered if she was asleep.
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I guessed that she wasn't asleep.
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Those heavy and sharp thoughts were placed in the chest of a living person. If she didn't lose sleep every night, she would be sorry for the girls she schemed against.
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The moon was in the middle of the sky. I was a little drowsy, but now I was a little excited. When I arrived at Feng He Ju's small courtyard in the dark, I saw the splendid scene of the brightly lit courtyard as expected. There were two vague human figures on the paper window. However, the door curtain was heavy, and there were burly old women patrolling the courtyard. I thought for a moment, then resigned myself to my fate and flew up to the roof.
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I moved the tiles a little, and the smell of the calming incense immediately entered my nose, making me a little dizzy. But even so, I saw that the eldest madam didn't look sleepy at all. She was lying on the soft couch with her body tilted to the side as the two swallows waited on her. Shuang Yan knelt on the ground and massaged her legs. The two were silent for a long time. It was so silent that I almost fell asleep on the roof with the calming incense. Then I heard the old madam sigh.
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The silent atmosphere was suddenly broken.
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Shuang Yan was happy to make the hole bigger. She skillfully massaged the old madam's legs and complained, "Madam, you are busy, but don't tire yourself out."
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"A girl who is married to a prince's family naturally has to be more ostentatious." The old madam said, "Not to mention that this is a matter that will increase the family's prestige. It is normal to be busy and tired."
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Shuang Yan was dissatisfied and said in a shrill voice, "She is just a girl from a fishing village."
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The old madam slapped her expressionlessly. "I see that you have become more and more unruly recently. You can even say that she is a girl from a fishing village. Chuizhu is the daughter of the prime minister. The life that jumped out of my stomach, the flesh that fell from my body, how can it be stained with the words' fishing village '? "
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Shuang Yan covered her face and knelt down to admit her mistake. "This servant knows her mistake."
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I couldn't help but curl my lips.
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"These words cannot be heard by others and spread outside." The eldest madam tiredly leaned back on the soft pillow. "If other people are allowed to say it, rumors are fierce tigers. If someone with a vile mind deliberately spread these words to His Majesty's ears, that would be a serious crime of deceiving the monarch."
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