The Mask of the Lord

A day later, Shan Liuli and the others returned to Yichang. Without attracting anyone's attention, they asked someone to inquire about Liu Yunniang's affairs, but after only half a day of inquiring, Liu Yunniang sent someone to look for them and asked to meet them. upper side.After what happened that night, Liu Yunniang would agree to meet them, which really surprised Shan Liuli. Originally, she planned to have a meeting with Liu Yunniang on a dark and windy night. a while.

There is a courtyard at the end of Flower Street. Legend has it that Shi Yuan, the son of the magistrate of Yichang Prefecture, bought a courtyard for Liu Yunniang two years ago when he first met Liu Yunniang, so that it would be convenient for her to escape the heat in summer and keep out the cold in winter.In the past two years, many things have changed. For example, Shi Yuan married Su Mingyan, the youngest lady of the Su family, a well-known local tea family in Yichang.In short, this other hospital is like a breakup fee.

The old woman who came to greet them said that Liu Yunniang only wanted to see Shan Liuli and Hua Wuque, while He Lu and Tie Xinlan went to the backyard to rest for a while.Tie Xinlan had no objection, but He Lu was a little worried about Hua Wuque. After the incident in the woods, they didn't know who Liu Yunniang was. The two palace masters of the Flower Palace explained.Hua Wuque understood He Lu's worry, but he didn't think anything would happen if he went to see Liu Yunniang with Shan Liuli. After a stalemate, Shan Liuli patted He Lu on the shoulder and said, "Miss He Lu, don't worry. , even if something happens to me, I won’t let it happen to your son, I will protect him.” After she finished speaking, she looked at Hua Wuque, who was also looking at her. Laughing out loud, said: "Yes, He Lu, with Liuli here, I will be fine."

The old woman led the two of them through a long corridor, through a large peach grove with only bare branches left, around a lotus pond with nothing left, and arrived at the water pavilion.There are light gauze curtains hanging around the water pavilion, and the curtains should be used to block the wind, but Shan Liuli thinks that such thin curtains can at most serve as a good-looking function, so it's fine to block the wind.In the center of the water pavilion is a reclining chair, and on the reclining chair is a soft couch made of brocade. Liu Yunniang is lying on this soft couch at the moment to watch the scenery.

At this time, Liu Yunniang is not as radiant as she was when she saw the day before yesterday. Although when she turned around, her brows and eyes were gentle, and there was a gleam of radiance on her face smiling slightly at her and Hua Wuque, but Dan Liuli still felt that her face was as pale as if she was on the verge of dying. dead people.But one day, why was she so haggard?The light red makeup could not conceal her dilapidated complexion.

The wind blows the gauze curtains, and it is already the beginning of winter.Liu Yunniang propped up half of her body, coughed lightly, looked up at Shan Liuli and Hua Wuque quietly, and after a long while, she said softly: "I finally saw you two, that day Jingyi upstairs, but in a hurry Goodbye, I didn't expect to meet you face to face today." She stretched out her hand and pulled the slid down brocade quilt, "Young master is indeed a dragon and a phoenix, and the girl is also beautiful and intelligent, you are really a good match." After finishing speaking, she shook her head and chuckled He got up, then looked up, looked at Shan Liuli seriously, and said: "If I hadn't asked Yaoniang to send a letter to meet you here in advance, I'm afraid the two of you would have been killed by the real Liu Yunniang."

Shan Liuli raised her eyebrows and said, "Aren't you the real Liu Yunniang?"

Instead of answering, she asked with a smile: "Have you seen Miss Su Mingyan?"

Shan Liuli shook her head and said: "Never, that Miss Su is also the wife of Mr. Shi Yuanshi, the son of Yichang government office. With such an identity, how can we see it casually?"

She rested her hand on the soft cushion that the old woman had placed in advance, resting her palm on her cheek, a pensive expression appeared on her impeccably delicate face, and after a while, she smiled and said, "Does the girl know who I am? "

Shan Liuli said, "You are Liu Yunniang."

After she heard it, the corner of her mouth smiled even deeper. "Liu Yunniang? Wrong, sure enough, I was wrong again."

Shan Liuli said: "What's wrong?"

She said: "Everything is wrong. The world only knows that Liu Yunniang is beautiful, but they don't know what the eldest lady of the Su family looks like. Su Mingyan has been married to Shi Yuan for a year. Has anyone in Yichang seen her? Hehe, no, no one has ever seen this young lady Shi, so no one would know that young lady Shi Su Mingyan looks exactly like Liu Yunniang from the Yanyun Tower."

Eyes widened slightly, Shan Liuli was startled.

She never thought that Su Mingyan's appearance was exactly the same as Liu Yunniang's.

Hua Wuque looked at her and asked, "Then you are Mrs. Shi's wife, Su Mingyan?"

Liu Yunniang, no, it should be called Su Mingyan, she nodded slightly, her eyes bent. "I'm Su Mingyan."

Shan Liuli frowned deeply. "Why are you in the other courtyard that Shi Yuan gifted to Liu Yunniang?"

Su Mingyan raised her eyebrows, then looked out, after a long time, she smiled lightly and said, "I told you a story, okay?"

Shan Liuli and Hua Wuque were noncommittal, they stayed in the water pavilion, quietly listening to the love-hate relationship between Su Mingyan, Liu Yunniang and Shi Yuan.In this story, Su Mingyan was the one who suffered the most from the beginning to the end. If there was no Liu Yunniang in this world, perhaps Su Mingyan and Shi Yuan would be the most loving couple in the world. Liu Yunniang appeared in front of Su Mingyan.

The light gauze curtain was raised, and the golden light fell into the lotus pond, sparkling layer after layer.She stared at the lake, as if lost in memory, she said: "Girl, son, you know, the ancestors of our Su family have been officials in the court for three generations. Since the grandfather's generation, we have lamented the unpredictable changes in the officialdom. Tong, resigned and moved the family to Yichang to settle down. Two years ago, my father, grandfather, brother and sister loved me very much, it was a carefree time..."

At such a young age, Su Mingyan, a young lady from the Su family, met Shi Yuan in her tea shop.At that time, Shi Yuan was the most talented and famous son in Yichang. Not only was his appearance gentle and elegant, but his temperament and moral character were also first-class. His concern for the people of Yichang was praised by everyone in Yichang.

Su Mingyan was born in a tea family, even so, but it was Su Mingyan's father's generation that really made the Su family famous in the tea industry.Su Mingyan has been very smart since she was a child. When she was seven or eight years old, she had already shown a lot of talent in business. Master Su saw that she had this talent, so when Su Mingyan was 14 years old, he took his money away. The shops that can only be counted as inaccessible are entrusted to her to take care of, which one has been in charge of for a year, and the three shops are thriving, and the business is called Xinglong.From then on, Master Su began to train Su Mingyan, and until she was 17 years old, he had left all the affairs of the Su family to her alone.

When Su Mingyan was 16 years old, it was a good age for a woman to marry. Many sons from aristocratic families broke through the threshold of the Su family and wanted to marry her Su Mingyan, but Su Mingyan's temper was different from that of ordinary girls. After throwing out the words, "Just take a scoop to drink from three thousand weak waters", I was so scared that no one dared to come to the door to propose marriage.

In this world, which son of a famous family and aristocratic family only married one wife?As long as they are educated and reasonable, virtuous and virtuous wives will persuade their husbands to take one or more concubines, so that outsiders can watch and praise them for their sensibility and decency.

So for a girl like Su Mingyan who asked her husband to have only her as his wife, no one would dare to marry her?Such a jealous woman, marrying back, will there be a peaceful day?

Just like that, two years later, Su Mingyan died.Su Mingyan, who thought that all men in the world are of the same species, met the man of her destiny, Shi Yuan.Shi Yuan is different from other sons of aristocratic families, he was influenced by his father, magistrate Shi, since he was a child, and he only decided to marry a wife in this life and love her forever.

Shi Yuan seemed born for Su Mingyan. They first met at the tea shop, then met at the painting boat, and met again and again, as if destined by heaven.After meeting each other for half a year, Su Mingyan fell in love with Shi Yuan because he was the one who understood her.

In short, at the time when Su Mingyan and Shi Yuan made a promise for life to life, and Gu Qiang grew old together, Liu Yunniang appeared.Liu Yunniang, who was famous far and wide, but had only two or three benefactors, appeared in front of Su Mingyan by chance. The two women had the same appearance, similar voice, but their identities were different.

The first meeting sealed Su Mingyan's future tragedies.

As written in many dog-blood novels, the drama of true and false daughters of gold began to be staged.

How can a simple young lady like Su Mingyan, who has no worries about food and clothing, but only calculates with others in the mall, be a match for someone like Liu Yunniang, who has been living in intrigues since she was a child in order to survive?However, shedding tears and telling about her misfortune, Su Mingyan thoroughly explained the details of her encounter with Shi Yuan including the eight generations of her ancestors from childhood to adulthood.

He is obviously very talented in business, but he really has poor eyesight in terms of people.

On the day of her marriage with Shi Yuan, Su Mingyan was replaced by the civet cat as the crown prince. The majestic young lady became the top name of Yanyunlou, and the real oiran of Yanyunlou became the young lady of the Su family, the young lady of the Shi family.

Su Mingyan ran to confront her, but unfortunately, including Shi Yuan, the eyes of all the Su family were as thick as a paste, and they didn't recognize who the real Su Mingyan was.

So far, Miss Su's daughter has become an oiran lady.

However, no matter what, Su Mingyan is not a brainless little white flower, and asking her to be the top card of the Jade Arm Thousand Pillow is simply a dream.She found someone to buy a few self-damaging prescriptions and took them. Within a month, she developed an incurable disease. After that, she moved to this remote hospital on the grounds of recuperating.

Speaking of this, I have to mention this other courtyard. In fact, this other courtyard was not given to Liu Yunniang by Shi Yuan as rumored by the outside world, but Su Mingyan saw that Liu Yunniang was pitiful, so she specially bought it and gave it to her to give her a pension. Anti-aging, I didn't expect... In the end, it was for her to provide for her own old-age care.

Thinking about it now, it's really not ordinary.

Since Su Mingyan moved into the other courtyard, she has never set foot outside. She is like a hermit who is isolated from the world, and has lived the life of an ancient Buddha with a green lamp ever since.She didn't seem to have the energy to ask about the Su family and the Shi family.

Since taking the harmful medicine, her body has been getting worse day by day.

Since then, she has been like this.

The story ended here, so there should be nothing wrong with it, but Shan Liuli insisted on finding out the problem.

"Since you have been living here for more than a year, then... who was Liu Yunniang who recruited a benefactor at Yanyun Tower that day? Could it be...?"

Su Mingyan said coldly: "Who else is there besides Liu Yunniang?"

Shan Liuli frowned and said: "She, isn't she already the young lady of the Shi family? How could she continue to stay in the Yanyun Building to invite benefactors?"

Su Mingyan said: "A female branch is a female branch, no matter how expensive the skin is, it can't change the rot inside."

Su Mingyan hated Liu Yunniang to the core, and at this moment, she showed it fully.

Sitting on the recliner in the water pavilion, Su Mingyan seemed to have taken everything lightly. She said, "Girl, tell me, is there really love in this world that doesn't look at the surface but only cares about the heart? I have been in love with him for half a year. It can’t be counted as a long time, but it’s still unforgettable, why doesn’t he recognize me? Are most people in the world like this, just because of appearances, they can make promises for the rest of their lives?”

Shan Liuli couldn't agree with Su Mingyan's statement. She had been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years, and she had never seen anything or anyone.In this world, there are still people who don't care about their appearance, but simply love, many, such as her perverted brother-in-law Kang Xuezhu, such as Tao Hanting who entered the Valley of the Wicked for her own wife, such as the corpse poisoning that ruined her face, But he still loves Yao An, who is in the cloud... There are so many people of all kinds in the world, it's embarrassing to beat them to death with one stick.

Actually, according to Dan Liuli, all the tragedies stem from Shi Yuan being face blind. Don’t Su Mingyan and Liu Yunniang look the same? There are so many similarities in this world. If everyone is like Shi Yuan and the Su family Like people, wouldn't the world be in chaos long ago?To put it bluntly, they have problems with their eyes.

Forget about Shi Yuan, why can't the Su family recognize their own daughter?It's just so intoxicating.

Maybe it's because she's been blowing the wind for a long time, or she's tired of talking, but Su Mingyan's face soon became dull.When the old woman helped Su Mingyan go down to rest, she suddenly said: "My lord, girl, you two should stop investigating Liu Yunniang's affairs, if you want to be alive."

Hua Wuque said softly: "Miss Su, don't worry, I won't be inquiring about anything about Liu Yunniang." In other words, whether he will actually do that is his business.

What he said surprised Shan Liuli, but after thinking about it, how could Hua Wuque, who respects women so much, allow Su Mingyan to be so wronged.

It's not Su Mingyan's concern to agree in person, but what to do behind the scenes.

Su Mingyan looked at the two of them, the corners of her mouth slightly curved, and there was a hint of light between her brows and eyes. "The girl and the son regard this place as their own home, so they can rest well..."

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