Seventy-seven people's life is like chess

  "Miss, will this really work?"

  "Should be!" Jiujier replied, using her silk fan to gently block the sunlight on top of her head.

  Apart from this concubine, Seventh Sister was so eager and concerned that she thought if she heard these two sentences of implication, she would definitely go all out to investigate, and the higher her hopes were, the greater her disappointment would be. Under such great disappointment, she didn't believe Seventh Sister would still be so rational.

  It turned out that Jiu Jie's guess was correct ——

  "Mother, I heard you're going to find a companion for me, is this true?"

  The next evening, something big happened in the Wen Mansion. Liu sister rushed into her mother's room, completely disregarding the fact that Madame Zou was lying on the bed due to exhaustion, and interrogated her.

  The words of Liu Jie made Zou Shi pause for a moment.

  Zhuang Mama, who was waiting on one side, quickly cleaned up the scene.

  "Who... who told you this?" Zou's wife had already reacted and sat up.

  "Never mind who I heard it from, you tell me if it's true or not?" The sixth sister's tone was quite pressing.

  "How dare you speak to me like this?" Zou was enraged by Liu's attitude.

  "How do you want me to talk to you? Your own daughter is not yet married, and you're already in a hurry to send concubines over, is this what it means to be a mother? Are you my real mother?" But unexpectedly, Liu's voice was even louder than hers.

  "Slap——" Just as Liu's voice had barely fallen, Zou slapped her with a loud smack.

  "You hit me... You actually hit me..." Liu Jie immediately burst into tears, threw down a resentful sentence, and then turned around and ran out.

  "Sixth sister... uh, madam, what's wrong with you? Don't get too upset and harm your body..."

  The woman from the other side, Zhuang's mother, wanted to chase after Liu Jie, but when she turned around, she found that Zou Shi was pale and about to collapse, so she hurriedly went forward to support her.

  "This scourge..." Zou Shi only said one sentence, and tears fell down, but she didn't have time to care about herself, hurriedly telling Zou's mother, "Quickly get me that jacket, I need to go take a look, otherwise who knows what kind of trouble will arise."

  Zhuang's mother hurriedly went, and after dressing up properly, the master and servant immediately chased out.

  Zou Shi was indeed right about his daughter, Liu Jie was crying and running to tell her grandmother Li Taijun about her grievances, Zou Shi naturally hurriedly found someone to stop her.

  The sixth sister quarreled with Zou Shi in the corridor and then cried back to her room.

  "What's wrong with you? What kind of behavior is this? Do you want to lose face for our whole family?" Mrs. Zou naturally caught up and scolded her again.

  "If you're ashamed of me... then don't acknowledge me as your daughter, anyway you've never treated me like a biological daughter..." Sixia retorted immediately.

  Zhao's anger almost made her faint, and she pointed at Liu Si loudly, saying: "You ungrateful daughter, you scoundrel! When have I not treated you like my own biological daughter? When have I not spoiled you the most and loved you the most? Do you still have a conscience to say such things? Do you know why I found you a dowry? It's because of your dim-witted brain, it's because of your rotten personality, it's because I'm afraid you'll suffer in the future..."

  "Madam..." The Zhuang mother heard what Mrs. Zou said was harsh, so she quickly went to close the door and then softly called out to Mrs. Zou to remind her.

  "I'm going to scold her awake today!" But Zou didn't hold back, instead she became even more vicious and said to Liu sister, "You don't think about it, with your little brain and cultivation, how can you be the mistress of a royal manor? How can you stand on that calculating stage? Later, you might not even know how to die."

  It's also the right time to put all this out in the open. As for this daughter, Zou Shi naturally feels heartbroken, disappointed and regretful. She should have taught her well back then, but unfortunately it's too late now. The only hope left is that she can wake up as soon as possible.

  But it was obviously not what she had in mind——

  "Then I won't get married, okay?" Liu Jie'er's expression changed from shock to horror and then to deep despair after listening to her mother's words. She remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a stubborn tone.

  "What... what did you say?"

  "I said I won't marry my cousin anymore..." Liu Jie's face gradually showed a determined expression, and after a moment of contemplation, she pleaded with Mrs. Zou, "Since Mother knows that I'm not good at those inner courtyard struggles, why must I be married off to the deep-water Wang Fu to become a princess? Can't I just marry an ordinary person? Mother, let me marry an ordinary person, okay? I'd rather suffer than fight and compete with a bunch of women for one husband..."

  "No way!" But before she could finish, Mrs. Zou cut her off, "What's going on in that head of yours? Are you trying to drive me crazy? The wedding date has been set and the invitations have been sent out. You say you won't marry him, but do you think this is a joke? And what about your aunt's family - isn't that a great match? Do you know how many people are fighting for it? Don't make another scene or say another word, just quietly wait for the wedding day like a proper person."

  "Hmm..." But unexpectedly, Liu Jie heard this and immediately sneered, "What good marriage? Do you think I don't know? It's just you and Father trying to climb up the social ladder by marrying into my uncle's family, into that noble Wang Fu..."

  "Bang---" But before she could finish speaking, those mad Zou's slapped another palm, pointing at Liu Si's fingers trembling slightly, "Shut up, you little demon..."

  "Ah——" Two slaps made Liu Jie extremely wronged and resentful, she immediately couldn't help but burst into loud tears, covering her face with one hand while loudly crying out in grievance, "You hit me... what right do you have to hit me? I'm telling you, I won't marry, even if I die I won't marry, if you want to get married then you go get married..."

  "Madam, what's wrong...... Madam......"

  Just then, Liu Jie's words were interrupted by Zhuang Mama's panicked cries. It turned out that Zhou Shi had been so enraged by Liu Jie that she fainted and fell to the ground...

  "I went to such great lengths for her, and she actually... actually said that about me, it's infuriating... this heartless person..."

  Zou was rescued and woke up after two cups of tea. Thinking back to what had just happened, she naturally felt indignant and her eyes welled up with tears.

  "Alright, alright, madam. Sixth young lady has always been like this... have a sip of tea and calm down!" The housekeeper then comforted her while helping her up and handing her a cup of tea.

  Zou drank a mouthful of tea, took a deep breath, and then asked Zhuang's mother, "Where is that scoundrel?"

  Madam Zhuang naturally knew who the "troublemaker" in her mouth referred to, and immediately replied, "Don't worry, madam, Liu Niang is inside the house, Zhen'er and Ba Niang are accompanying her, everything's fine."

  Zou's family finally breathed a sigh of relief, but soon after, he suddenly narrowed his eyes and sternly ordered Zhuang's mother, "Go and investigate... immediately, to see who told Liujie about this."

  "Yes!"

  "Start with that little girl from Jiuniang's place!" Zhuang Mama was about to leave, but Zou Shi stopped her and instructed.

  "I know, old slave!" Then, Mother Zhuang hastily nodded again and rushed out of the door.

  Zou Shi in the house was watching the Qinghua entwined branch pattern tea cup, slowly narrowing her eyes. If that little girl had really already known her plan, she could only take action ahead of time...

  When Da Fang was making a ruckus, Jiu Siao sat by the window, holding an embroidery frame in one hand and gazing out at the two green locust trees with their hanging bags of cicadas.

  "Miss..." At this time, a green-haired girl hastily pushed open the door and entered.

  Turning back, she saw Xiao Yatou's face full of joy, she didn't say a word, just smiled.

  "Girl, you don't know..." The little girl was a bit dissatisfied with her calm demeanor. "Just now the big house was bustling with excitement, and even closed the courtyard door, but I stuck my head in the gap between the doors and saw everything clearly..." Then Qingtuo vividly told Jiuniang about what she had seen.

  Really worthy of being called Six Sisters, just awesome!

  After listening to Qingtao's account, Jiuniang couldn't help but secretly sigh in her heart.

  It was actually her influence that was good, and during the days of interacting with Liu Jie, taking Fourth Sister's marriage as an opportunity, she was always subtly instilling in Liu Jie - what a lifelong couple, what a good man like Shangguan Rong...

  This innocent and naive little girl, Liu Jie, naturally quickly accepted this idea. But now, she heard that her own mother would send her sisters to the husband's house as dowry on her big wedding day, which made her indignant and unacceptable.

  However, she still has some admiration for the sixth sister, who immediately found her own position after being pointed out by Zou Shi, wanting to marry an ordinary person. It's not easy for ordinary people to do this, otherwise, why would the seventh sister be so anxious all day long.

  Thinking of Seventh Sister and Ninth Sister, she couldn't help but smile slightly again.

  She probably never thought that revealing this matter to Liu Si would have such consequences, she must still think that Liu Si doesn't like her, and then ran to the Zou family to demand a replacement, and the person who replaced her was actually her seventh sister...

  Of course, making this incident public was not only an unexpected result for her cousin, but also Zhou's revenge.

  Spoiled Zou's good deed, how could Zou let her off?

  Hehe......

  If you're not careful, there's another good show to watch!

  "What are you thinking about?" asked Qing Tao suddenly with great interest.

  She shook her head silently.

  "Girl..." really wanted to talk to the girl about the big house and discuss it with her, but... Qing Tao couldn't help but pout.

  "Turn back and take a silver letter, let someone deliver it to Qingzhai's house!" Jiuniang suddenly said.

  When she mentioned Qing Zhi, Qing Tao's face suddenly became melancholic and she nodded vigorously with tears in her eyes.

  Jiuer then cast her gaze out of the window again. After a long while, she turned to Qingtao and said, "Come on, let's go out for a walk!"

  "Where to go?" Qing Tao was taken aback.

  "Of course I'm going to Eleven's sister's place, it's been so many days since we last played, and I really miss her pair of landmines."

  "Uh..."

  "Hurry up!" Jiuniang urged her, then looked at her bewildered little face and smiled slightly, "Silly girl, life is like a game of chess, make a move..."

  Indeed, life is like a game of chess, with no regrets for the moves made. Now what needs to be done is to focus on the board, decipher every trick of the enemy and deliver a fatal counterattack.

  Now everything is developing as she had hoped, but in order to truly defeat the enemy, it is still necessary to make a final push...

  ……

  Digression

  Shouldn't this little girl be happy?