Duanmu Xinmiao stepped into the flower hall alone, but Duanmu Qin had already arrived first and was holding a bowl of tea to sip.

When he saw his niece coming, he put down his tea bowl, smiled gently, and greeted her, "Xinmiao is here? Take a seat, there's no need to be formal."

Duanmuqin is middle-aged, his body size is a bit fat, but his face is white and clean, his eyebrows are open and wide, looking at him, he can get the evaluation of the word "good-looking". He seems to be a very kind person, eyes with goodwill, looking at his niece Duanmu Xinmiao's gaze, through a faint care and pity.

Just these goodwill can't dispel Duanmu Xinmiao's boredom with her family, she complied and sat down at the lower head without saluting, and as soon as she sat down, she furrowed her brows and faintly asked, "Is there something wrong with the fourth uncle? If nothing, I'll leave first, I'm very busy nowadays."

"Some days ago I heard that you in the western Liang side of the wide rule of noble and lowly, at first uncle still do not believe." Her attitude was cold, but Duanmu Qin did not think so, still smiling, "I remember when you were a child, you loved cleanliness the most. Once uncle went to give your grandmother to ask for peace, just happened to see you clamor to eat lotus seed soup, uncle will be by hand to feed you a few mouths, the result is that a spoon is not careful to fall on the ground, down when stained with a bit of your sleeve, you immediately don't want to eat, and clamor for breastfeeding mother to quickly take clothes to give you a change of ...... In order to do this thing, uncle also asked you to grumble for a long time, and then even I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get a good deal on this, but I'm sure you're going to be able to get a good deal on this. Later on, your big sister gave uncle an idea, let uncle bought you several candy figures, before you coaxed you good."

His eyes with memories and sighs, "In the past you can not allow half a bit of dust stained clothes, I do not want you actually one day, will personally into the city, do not avoid the common people and the lowly, the same treatment."

In the eyes of the valve parade children who grew up in the often unimaginable fine clothes and jade food, it seems that all the hard work in exchange for barely wrapping the stomach of the countryside people, lowly people, and then how to clean up, but ultimately with a kind of lingering filth.

That's why Duanmu Qin was surprised that Duanmu Xinmiao was able to put herself down like this.

Duanmu Xinmiao, however, was not affected by the memories of the past, and still indifferently said, "I was too small at that time, I don't even remember." And then faintly said, "I am to the common people and the pariahs are diagnosed and treated, why the family is not happy? I learned the art of healing on my own, and the tuition I received when I was learning medicine was paid for by my eldest sister, not the family's money! I learned the art of healing, and it's up to me to treat whoever I want, so why should they be upset? If they think I've disgraced the Duanmu family, they can expel me from the family tree. I've been practicing medicine all over the world, and I'm sure that with my master's reputation, I won't starve!"

"You're still the same as before, but whenever the family slightly says something to you, you think it's to restrain you, that you don't like you." Duanmu Qin, however, shook her head and calmly said, "Your grandfather and father didn't even say that you had disgraced the Duanmu family, they were just worried about your reputation as a girl and were afraid that these things would delay you from going out to the court."

Duanmu Xinmiao laughed coldly and said: "What's so good about marrying? Take the ten miles of red makeup given by the mother's family to go through the door with fear and trepidation, on the top to serve the aunt, the bottom to perfume all the servants, in order to please the husband son-in-law! It is possible that as soon as you get married, before the wedding month is over, there will be concubine sons and daughters and concubines to add to the problem! After decades of hard work, if you are in a situation where you are not blessed with children, not only will you be taunted by your aunt and uncle, your husband will be dissatisfied, and the concubines underneath you will all be proud of their children and make a show of themselves! The mother of the house is not as well off as the ambassadresses in the old lady's courtyard! The son of the concubine is relying on his father s favor not to put the first mother in his eyes ...... to say a few words to the elders, but also to be hammered to say that you are not merciful, and deliberately want to spoil the reputation of the concubine son! Instead of marrying into such a family, earlier it would have been better to stay at home for the rest of your life with the reputation of serving your parents, and you can still exchange a tablet for a thousand years!"

She coldly looked at Duanmu Qin and pointedly said, ''Fourth uncle might as well say it straight! Grandfather and father, and with whom the family has made a contract, knees have no enough status of the first daughter, so the idea to hit my head? I tell you, you want to be that Zhang Shaoguang, I am not Liu Ruoyu!"

Duanmu Qin was silent for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law has indeed been very aggrieved in her life. At first, your father also did have a lot of wrongdoings, but now that time has passed, he is now also very remorseful, repeatedly hoping to compensate you ......"

"The one who took me back to the Duanmu family was my stepmother." Duanmu Xinmiao reminded, "When I was ostracized by my concubine siblings and couldn't stay at home, so I had to live in a separate house, my father didn't care about me. If it wasn't for my stepmother taking me back and protecting me at every turn, I would still be living alone outside today!"

Duanmu Qin sighed, "It wasn't easy for your father either!"

"If it's not easy for him, it's easy for my mother?" Duanmu Xinmiao disdainfully said, "He has never sympathized with my mother, nor has he sympathized with my big sister, why should I have to sympathize with him? If it wasn't for my mother's dying instructions, I would have already ......" she sneered, "If it wasn't for the fact that there was a use for me, would you have come early to wait for me like this? Since my mother's death, the entire Duanmu family, the most concerned about me, not my grandfather or father, nor the uncles and aunts, is not my stepmother! If it was her that came today, I would still be able to warm my heart a little bit, since it is the fourth uncle you, it is really ridiculous ...... When my mother was forced by her concubines because of her childlessness, did you ever say a fair word? When my mother died, I was bullied by the concubine brothers and sisters, you have paid attention to a little bit? What kind of kindness are you playing today? If you don't think you're shameless, I feel sick even looking at you!"

She stood up in a prancing manner and said coldly, "No matter what you guys are playing at, let me advise you: if you don't want to die a fish, it's better to restrain yourself! I am not my mother or big sister! My mother and elder sister have been gentle and virtuous all their lives, but what happened to them? Through them, I've come to realize that I can't trust or count on any of you! If I'm gentle with you, you'll only trample people to death like mud!"

When she finished speaking, she didn't say goodbye and flung her hands to leave!

Duanmu Qin shouted in a deep voice, "Stop right there!"

Duanmu Xinmiao, however, ignored it and walked all the way to the door before turning around and mockingly saying, "What's the point of playing the bully, Fourth Uncle! This is Ming Pei Tang, not Jinxiu Tang! The head of this place, my brother and sister-in-law, consider me much more important than you. If we get into a fight, they'll help me privately, don't you believe me? It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, you'll be the one who loses out in the end!"

"Weimiao has a message for you!" Duanmu Qin sank her face and said coldly.

Duanmu Xinmiao face changed, is about to step out of the threshold of the foot and put back, just she thought a little, and cold laugh out loud: "Still want to take big sister to coerce me? I recognized the Shen family valve master and wife as the righteous parents, agreed to let them help take care of the big sister and Suier, stepmother did not say, but I explicitly told my righteous mother, for me to prevent you! In addition, the big sister is the royal daughter-in-law, is the king dowager, you want to make things difficult for her, but also have to see whether the big sister will run to the saint in front of the complaint is! Do you really think that we sisters can only let you pinch in the palm of your hand in this life at will to rub flat and pinch round?"

Duanmu Qin let out a long sigh and said, ''I repeat, the family has no intention of threatening you! Isn't Weimiao the blood of the Duanmu family now? The Duanmu family has certainly been dormant all these years, but it has not yet become so indisputable that it specializes in playing bully to its own people! Weimiao she did bring you words, and is aware that I will be coming to Western Liang after the initiative to send someone to the Duanmu family to tell me!"

Afraid that her niece won't believe it and fling her hands away, Duanmu Qin hurriedly said it out, "She wants you to return to the Imperial Capital earlier, so as not to delay your youth! Your stepmother also means the same thing, how can I say that you are now eighteen!"

Duanmu Xinmiao frowned, then smiled coldly, "Then what candidates do you have? Tell me about it?"

Duanmu Qin frowned and said, ''Weimiao has spoken to your grandfather and father, and she will have to discuss your marriage with your stepmother and then ask you about your own wishes before deciding. Your grandfather and father also promised not to interfere. If you don't go back to the Imperial Capital to discuss with your big sister and your stepmother, how can you decide on a candidate?"

"What kind of benefits did big sister promise you?" When Duanmu Xinmiao heard this, not only did she not breathe a sigh of relief, but her face sank even further, and she returned to her feet to ask!

Duanmu Qin, no matter how good-tempered she is, was laughed at: ''What favor can Weimiao grant the family now? In your eyes, the Duanmu family is so bad that you treat your own first daughter like a foreign enemy! It seems that over the centuries, you're the only first daughter who's as hostile to the family as you are, right?"

"For hundreds of years, being the first daughter of the first wife of the first mate but being despised by her biological father as if she were nothing, I also want to know if I am the only one?" Duanmu Xinmiao immediately said in a tit-for-tat manner.

"...... "Duanmu Qin was silent for a long time before saying, "Your father really regrets it today."

"Because he didn't think that my medical skills would be this good?" Duanmu Xinmiao mockingly said, "So he didn't take advantage of my youth and ignorance to enlist me?"

Duanmuqin although quite a city, but to the family stereotypes so deep niece also feel headache and can not start, pause for a moment, long sigh: "You have suffered from too much aggression, but many of them are your father did not know the situation suffered, is not your father's intention. Now your father chose Hao Miao as the heir, although there is your stepmother as well as Hao Miao's own talent in the reason, but also considering Hao Miao mother and son have not treated you poorly ......."

"That's because at that time, I had already moved out of the Duanmu Mansion, so if they wanted to bully, they couldn't." Duanmu Xinmiao was unmoved and said lightly.

Duanmu Qin completely ran out of things to say and said with a bitter smile, ''Then how do you think the family is going to make it up to you now? Originally, the family wanted to choose a good husband for you, however, the one the family picked for you, you will definitely think that it's going to screw you over. So your marriage can only be handed over to Weimiao in order to make you feel at ease. Beside that you have nothing lacking ...... your father said last time, intends to give you more dowry, compared to the example of Weimiao when she left the cabinet, privately subsidize you another sum, but I think these you may not put in your heart ...... either."

Before he finished speaking, he saw his niece, who was still aloof and distant, suddenly bursting into smiles, and said attentively and joyfully: "Is this true? Fourth uncle, you will not lie to me, right? The big sister that will be out of the cabinet, because the marriage is the crown prince, trousseau is more than all the aunts out of the cabinet. I'm not going to be able to get an increase in my share of the trousseau? Is this true?"

"...... "Duanmu Qin was stunned for a moment before saying, "This is naturally true, you ......"

"Fourth Uncle, I knew you loved me the most!" Duanmu Xinmiao said with a big smile, "Just say what you need to do! If there's anything you want to do, just tell me! As long as my niece can do it, I won't refuse! We are blood relatives, I won't help anyone else, but I won't dare to neglect you! Isn't that right?"

Not only that, she even folded back to the hall, personally took over the tea set from the hands of some dumbfounded envoys, and personally filled up the teapot for Duanmuqin - looking at the niece who was close at hand, and all of a sudden acted affectionately, Duanmuqin's face, however, gradually floated up with an inexorable and bitter smile, and word by word, he asked:" Core River, you to the Duanmu family, really ...... estranged to this?"