Xiao finally found a step for himself to go down, and after saying this, he left Yifeng Courtyard a little comfortably, because of Chu Yiyao's words, the matter of Yueyin was not mentioned again, and the Treasure Pavilion was a lot more settled.

As soon as March entered, the weather was a lot warmer, the peach trees in the yard were blooming, exuding a faint fragrance, Chu Yiyao could see the pink hanging on the branches when he looked up, and occasionally a few birds would stop there, and they would fly away as soon as they came.

Bao Sheng knocked on the door and walked in, with a cup of freshly stewed soup in his hand, and opened the lid to scoop a bowl for her, Bao Sheng looked at the thick stack of ledgers and urged the young lady to drink the soup first.

Chu Yiyao almost glanced at the account book, took a sip, Bao Sheng was very distressed, other people's young ladies were comfortable, only the young lady of her family, in addition to those daughters' families should learn, they had to deal with these separately, these accounts should have been sent to the courtyard of the second young master, and then to the young lady.

It's been two days in a row, and Miss can barely close her eyes, so Bao Sheng persuades, "Miss, it's time for you to take a break, and you can look at these things for a while." ”

Chu Yiyao scooped the spoon again, found that the bowl was empty, and he couldn't cry or laugh, rubbed his eyes, the numbers on the account book were a little spent, closed and concentrated on eating the stew, Chu Yiyao sighed lightly, Uncle Zhong has been here for half a month, and a lot of problems with the shop in Nantang have been found, but now it is too early to reach out to other shops, let alone the head office, but the second brother is unwilling to go to the business bank often, otherwise this matter will be much easier.

"How many days has the soup been delivered?" Chu Yiyao's eyes were dyed with firmness, no matter how slow it was, it was effective, as long as it was different from the past, there was still a chance.

"It's been seven or eight days, and the maid next to the second young master said that the second young master is very sleepy now, and it is often not easy to wake up when he falls asleep." Chu Yiyao nodded with satisfaction, there are still two days, the doctor's medicine is very magical, she can experience it in her previous life.

Two days later is the spring full of building mandarin duck girl and the day, before the time has already had the reputation of the Oiran, the day of the guests must be a lot, this and the night price is not low.

Chu Yiyao originally thought that she had restrained the withdrawal of the family's silver, and after telling Qin Manqiu, the second brother would not think of using other methods to raise a large amount of silver, but she miscalculated the status of the mandarin duck in the second brother's heart, and the second brother actually borrowed a large amount of silver from the underground bank to redeem the mandarin duck.

She could only use a more ruthless way to make the second brother completely break this thought...

Two days later, in the Wutong Courtyard, after Chu Duyuan drank the decoction after the meal, he walked into the inner room and took out the 10,000 taels of silver that had been prepared from the cabinet a long time ago, plus his own savings, Brother Ji Ting promised him that if it was still a little short, he would also help.

A burst of sleepiness that came up for no reason made him a little tired, and he didn't know what was wrong recently, he was easy to get sleepy at night, and after looking at the sky, there was still an hour before the spring manlou palm lamp, Chu Duyuan put the silver ticket close to him, and instructed the maid to call him at the hour, and he leaned on the edge of the bed to squint for a while to recuperate.

This closed his eyes, he did fall asleep deeply, it was dark, the lantern was held in the Chu Mansion, Chu Yiyao arrived at the Wutong Courtyard, and the maid at the door saw that it was her, and pushed open the door to let her in.

In the faint candlelight, Chu Yiyao saw the second brother lying on the bed, and he didn't forget to hold a delicate little purse in his hand.

Chu Duyuan slept deeply, Chu Yiyao didn't show any signs of waking up even if she pushed him twice, she pulled the purse in his hand, and the word mandarin duck was embroidered on the purse, which was very beautiful.

"Second brother, I'm sorry Yiyao can only use this way, after tonight, everything will be over, and this person will never appear in Chu Mansion from now on, and will not appear in your future." Back then, Chu Duyuan spent a lot of money to redeem the mandarin duck from Chunmanlou and give her the best, but after the Chu Mansion was down, the woman was more resolute than anyone else, it was precisely because of this that Chu Yiyao was so disdainful of the true feelings in the mouth of the second brother, if there was really love, how could it be so.

After looking at it for a while, Chu Yiyao turned around and walked out of the house, and ordered the maid who was guarding to apply the medicine when the time came.

Chu Duyuan had a long, long dream, suddenly woke up, it was already dark outside the window, only the lantern under the eaves emitted a faint light, Chu Duyuan struggled to get up from the bed, wiped some moisture under his nose, there was no smell and didn't care, hurriedly put on his shoes and opened the door to go out, the maid who was asleep leaning on the door suddenly woke up, watched him rush out of the house, and hurriedly shouted, "Young master, what are you going to do?" ”

"What time is it?" Chu Duyuan leaned against the door and wore a shoe, the maid was a little confused, and thought for a while before saying, "It's more than half the hour... Alas, Second Young Master, where are you going? As soon as the maid was halfway through speaking, Chu Duyuan immediately went to the door, shouting that he should not shout.

Chu Duanyuan arrived at the gate of Chu's house, Ah Chuan had already leaned on the carriage to meet Zhou Gong once, Chu Duwan kicked the carriage savagely, Ah Chuan was not stable, and fell directly from the carriage and fell to the ground.

"Less... Master, you're here. Ah Chuan covered his sore head and hurriedly got up and drove, Chu Duyuan's heart was full of Chun Manlou, glared at him, and directly asked him to hurry up and go to the Crescent River.

The night market on the bank of the crescent moon river is like daylight, there are many people, there are small stalls on both sides, and the carriage can't run fast when it enters the market, Chu Duyuan simply jumped out of the carriage and rushed directly to Chunmanlou, Ah Chuan drove behind, and couldn't help yawning.

Several restaurants near Chunmanlou are very lively, when Chu Duyuan arrived, there were countless carriages lined up at the door, and there were even more people inside, and they finally squeezed in, and the old bustard who greeted guests everywhere saw him and turned around enthusiastically, "Yo, isn't this the second young master of the Chu family, it's too late to come today, and several of the girls here have passed, come on, come here, sit here, you can take a good look tonight, maybe you can bring a favorite one up, and you will spend the night here." ”

The old bustard squeezed his eyebrows and pulled him in, Chu Duyuan looked up, and he didn't know which girl was dancing on the platform that was erected, Chu Duyuan stood at the top of the stairs and pulled the old bustard and asked, "What about the mandarin duck girl, haven't you come up yet?" ”

The old bustard pointed to the girls who came and went and said with a smile, "Oh, I said Young Master Chu, why are you only thinking about the mandarin ducks, come and come, Rujuan, serve Young Master Chu well." ”

"Release!" Chu Duyuan coldly scolded the girl holding his arm, the girl cut lightly, let go, and said, "You want to find the mandarin duck, it's late, the mandarin duck has already followed Cao Gongzi." ”

Chu Duyuan pulled her back in one fell swoop, grabbed her arm and asked sharply, "Say it again!" ”

"Oh, why are you like this, Mom, look at him, it hurts me to death." As soon as Chu Duyuan let go, the girl dodged away, and the old bustard smiled awkwardly, "I said Young Master Chu, you can't be so barbaric to the girl." ”

"Didn't you agree to me and negotiate the price with me, why were you taken away?" Chu Duan looked at her from afar and said in a cold voice.

"Cao Gongzi took out 20,000 taels of silver to bring the mandarin duck back, maybe he will have to redeem himself after this night, I said Chu Gongzi, we are a spring building, not a charity hall, and we have to do business, besides, the mandarin duck is also willing to follow Cao Gongzi, this Cao family is more powerful than your Chu family, this long-eyed person knows who to choose, I said Chu Gongzi, don't be sad, we have good girls everywhere in the spring building, look at this, look at that..."

The old bustard's words could not reach his ears, and the hustle and bustle around him gradually dissipated, and the whole world seemed to be the only one left.

He was still late, and she didn't wait for him to arrive, so what she said she was willing to do, were they all fake?

The words that stinged him the most belonged to what the bustard said, and the mandarin duck was not reluctant, but whenever she was a little forced, he was willing to believe it.

Coming out of Chunmanlou in a daze, Ah Chuan drove the carriage to the vicinity of Chunmanlou, and saw the young master dangling like a wandering soul in the crowd, Ah Chuan hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

Chu Duyuan glanced at him and pushed Ah Chuan away, Ah Chuan threw himself on the ground, as if to vent his anger, Chu Duyuan pushed him several times, "I know I'm late, why don't you come in and call me, why." ”

"Less... Young master, didn't you tell me to stay outside, don't walk around, and wait for you to come out. Ah Chuan was kicked and hurt, and said in a low voice, Later, he wanted to go in and call the young master, but leaning on the carriage for a while, he felt sleepy, so he fell asleep, who knew that he woke up so late.

Chu Duyuan ignored him, turned the corner and entered a restaurant, walked up to a private room on the second floor familiarly, and when he saw that there were people inside, he just stood at the door and stared at them coldly.

The two people dressed as ordinary scholars were really cautious when he stared at the ground, and hurriedly packed up their things and threw down the silver and went out from him, Chu Duyuan stared at the guy again and cleaned up, opened his mouth and called for a few jars of wine, and sat directly on the seat.

Seeing him sit down, Ah Chuan wanted to sneak home to report to the eldest lady, but as soon as he took a step of his leg, Chu Duyuan scolded him, "You dare to go back and try!" ”

"Young master, are you hungry, I'll go and get you something to eat." Ah Chuan shrank back and looked at him flatteringly, Chu Duyuan didn't speak, just drank wine, and the loneliness in his eyes was self-evident...

In the Yifeng Courtyard of Chu Mansion, Chu Yiyao had not slept yet, looking at the bright moon outside the window in a daze.

Before the second brother went out, she knew about the Cao family's son-in-law taking away the mandarin duck, originally Cao Gongzi may not be so interested, willing to spend a lot of money to go down, but the favorite between this son-in-law is the comparison, the woman that others like, if it is in their own hands, the pride and happiness in it are much higher than who the woman is, the more frustrated the second brother, the more proud he is.

But that's fine, she's just delaying a little bit, if it's true love, it won't be like this...