Chapter 17: Evasion
Sure enough, the family in the old man's house came to look for Miss.
"Is Miss Two here? The old man asked the second lady to go to the main hall, licorice, help spread the word! Jia Ding said.
Licorice pretended to be flustered, and whispered to the family with a pretended embarrassment: "The second lady of our family suffered from a cold and headache all night last night, and she fell asleep today without having lunch, and she just slept a little heavier now." β
The family didn't care, and said with a cold face: "Go and spread the word, why are you talking about this?" Is it okay for the old man to call the second lady over, and wake up when she falls asleep? β
"It's not impossible to wake up, it's just that the second lady must be unhappy, and she is not in good health, we are subordinates, we don't think about the master when we do things, and we don't live like this, I'm afraid it's not okay? Besides, when the old man saw the second lady looking so haggard, he couldn't bear to ask her to reluctantly walk over, right!? Licorice said a lot more, and this time the man was a little shaken.
He thought, if he insisted on calling the second miss over, it would be offended to the second miss, and the master might not be able to understand his feelings, and the second miss must be haggard at the moment, and the master is meeting guests, if something is bad, he can't afford to be a person, and if he doesn't call the second miss, just go back to his life, the old man will not say anything to him if someone is in the way, so he can't offend the second miss.
The family weighed it again and again, but it was still not the best.
"Alright! Let the second lady rest, and I'll go back to my life. After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Licorice breathed a sigh of relief, and the housekeeper walked away before pushing the door into the house.
In the bedroom, Xiao Wanyao was sitting on the bed, and Licorice said at the door that she was the only one who came over, and Xiao Wanyao came over and opened the door.
"I have sent the old man's family away according to what Miss said, Second Miss rest assured." After Licorice finished speaking, Xiao Wanyao nodded reassuringly, walked over and asked Licorice: "Do you think it's a pity for me not to marry the prime minister's son?" β
Licorice nodded undeniably: "Second Miss, the slave maid said bluntly, the last time you were unwilling to participate in the draft and enter the palace as a concubine, the slave maid can understand...... After all, it's a road with no end in sight...... But marrying Xue Gongzi is different, marrying the second lady is the main wife, no matter how many Xue Gongzi marries in the future, you can't be replaced! β
Xiao Wanyao's expression was depressed when she heard this, and she hesitated: "Licorice, if I say that, will you feel strange?" The man I want to marry is someone who really loves me, and I love him, I don't care about his background and power, I want his sincerity. β
In the previous life, she married a dragon among people, what can she do if she is powerful, his heart is not with her, and it is meaningless. γ
"The second lady really thinks well, isn't it too ideal? As a woman, marriage is arranged by her parents, and the chances of meeting someone she truly loves are really minimal...... The slave just hopes that the second lady will not hope for the bigger and the greater the disappointment! Licorice replied.
Xiao Wanyao nodded: "I know it's difficult, but I've made up my mind in this life, if I can't meet a lover, I'm willing not to marry for the rest of my life, never make do, never force ......" Xiao Wanyao sat by the window, took out pen and ink again, paused and said to licorice: "What people should have in this life is not only marriage and love, but also many, many more, the sea and the sky, and there are too many things that can be done." β
Licorice didn't seem to understand this, but she could still feel the second lady's yearning for it in her heart, so she nodded as if she didn't understand: "The slave also hopes that the second miss will live like this, and the slave hopes that the second miss will always be happy." β
Xiao Wanyao smiled and stopped talking, and the pen in her hand drew a chrysanthemum on the rice paper with a few turns, and then she looked out of the window blankly for a moment, and there was some luck in her heart.
It's good to be able to live such a peaceful life, at this time in the previous life, Xiao Wanyao was caught in a fight with Concubine Jin, and now it's so good, no matter who Concubine Jin is fighting with, it has nothing to do with her.
"Licorice, if you have mixed the paint, you can accompany me to the old mansion!? With paint and pen and ink, I want to teach Shuxian to draw. β
And on this side of the main hall, Xiao Man and Xue Youcheng were chatting, and Jia Ding said that the second lady was not in good health and had just fallen asleep now, Xiao Man thought about it, so he told SΓΉ Jia Ding to let her sleep well.
At this moment, Xiao Wanrou had already walked into the main hall with Shi Shiran, and on the way to come, she had already heard a rough idea from the family, knowing that she and Xue Youcheng's son were about to sign a marriage contract, and she couldn't help but rejoice, and now she secretly caught a glimpse of Xue Tianao's side face at the door, which made her blush.
The side face alone is already so beautiful, and I don't know how charming Xue Gongzi's face is.
"Wan Rou greets her father, and greets Lord Xue." Xiao Wanrou thought about it, so she walked to the center of the main hall and saluted Xiao Man and Xue Youcheng.
Xue Youcheng looked at Xiao Wanrou and nodded again and again, stroking his beard with a smile and not saying a word, and Xiao Man looked at Xue Youcheng with his spare eyes, and he was also secretly happy in his heart, knowing that this qiΔ showed that the marriage between the two was dramatic.
"Wanrou, this is Xue Xiang's son Xue Tianao, haven't you seen Xue Gongzi yet?" Xiao Man said with a smile.
Xiao Wanrou saw Xue Tianao's face clearly, and it was not an exaggeration to describe it as "shocking", she had never seen such a handsome man, and she couldn't help but be moved.
Looking at it, she couldn't help but be stunned, if it weren't for her father Xiao Man calling her in time, she wouldn't know how long she would be watching Xue Tianao here.
Xiao Wanrou, who came back to her senses, blushed, and asked a little embarrassedly, "How is Xue Gongzi", but she didn't expect Xue Tianao to not only ignore her, but also turned her face away in annoyance and didn't say a word.
This made Xiao Wanrou even more embarrassed, standing in embarrassment and not knowing what to do.
Fortunately, Xue Youcheng broke the embarrassing atmosphere in time: "Don't blame Miss Xiao, Xiao'er Tianao is such an eccentric character, maybe he is not familiar with Miss Xiao, it is inevitable that he will be a little unfamiliar, and he will get along better in a few days." β
Xiao Wanrou's expression eased slightly, and she said an unnatural "um", and then Xiao Man asked her to sit aside, so she quickly sat down, didn't say a word, just drank tea by herself.
Xue Youcheng thought to himself that this is easy to do, it doesn't matter if Xue Tianao is unintentional, as long as Xiao Wanrou is intentional, it will be fine.
It's that simple, he didn't come in vain to press his son to come, and he stayed for two days for the time being, how could they get acquainted with each other.
"Xiao Lao, the Xiao family's house is so beautiful, I want to move in for a few days, but I can't do it because of my busy government affairs, but I want to leave Xiao Tianao to disturb Xiao Lao for a few days, I don't know ......what Xiao Lao means?" Xue Youcheng said.
Xiao Man touched his beard, thinking that this intention could not be clearer, and he promised him to stay for a few days, so he also euphemistically agreed to this marriage, and Xiao Man had this intention, so he also agreed.
"As long as Xue Gongzi doesn't dislike it, treat Xiao Mansion as his own home!"
And Xue Tianao didn't speak, just pursed his lips tightly, with a sad look.
Xiao Wanrou was very happy, because she could get along with Xue Tianao for a while, and she felt that she had fallen in love with the son of the good-looking right prime minister's family, and he would not marry in this life.
Xiao Wanyao was still kept in the dark, and she didn't know that Xue Tianao was going to live in her house for a few days, and she was still leisurely teaching Shuxian to paint.
Shuxian didn't know how to hold a pen, so he learned to hold a pen in Xiao Wanyao's left hand, and he learned to look good, but the result was different when the brush touched the paper, and the black mass made Xiao Shuxian a little frustrated, why couldn't he draw such a beautiful picture as his sister?
Xiao Wanyao put the pen into his right hand, and then scratched his little nose: "I didn't look at you for a while, so you took the pen with your left hand and used your right hand, so my sister was willing to continue to teach you to draw." β
Xiao Shuxian blinked his innocent big eyes: "Why can my sister use her left hand, but Shuxian can't?" β
Xiao Wanyao was speechless, she couldn't tell him that this was a cripple in her right hand in her previous life, so she switched to her left hand, right!? Even if he did, would he understand?
"Actually, my sister is very powerful, she can hold a pen with both her left hand and her right hand, but her left hand is more beautiful to paint, but she has to practice her right hand first." Xiao Wanyao casually made up a reason, which couldn't convince herself, but she didn't expect it to make Xiao Shuxian nod firmly, and scribble on the paper with a pen in her right hand.
Xiao Wanyao looked at Xiao Shuxian and sighed, and then thought that fourteen years later, the eighteen-year-old Xiao Shuxian had a good life, but he was implicated by her and was imprisoned in a prison to torture his life as death, and then he was exiled to the Danzhou grassland thousands of miles away.
During this period, did he regret trusting his sister so much, but because of his sister, he fell into this dead place? Did he ever resent his sister?
"What my sister said, do Shuxian believe it?" Xiao Wanyao touched Xiao Shuxian's head lovingly and asked softly.
Xiao Shuxian nodded: "Of course I believe it, my sister is the best for Shuxian, and she also saved the lives of Shuxian and Daddy, Daddy said that you can't be ungrateful, so Shuxian has believed in my sister all my life." β
Xiao Wanyao was both moved and sad when she heard this, hugged Xiao Shuxian and said: "My sister will not live up to Shuxian's trust in her sister in this life, and she will definitely let Shuxian grow up peacefully......"
Xiao Shuxian blinked and looked at Xiao Wanyao, he didn't understand why Xiao Wanyao said this to him, but it sounded like he only felt at ease, so he touched his sister's face with his little hand, but he couldn't help laughing.
"Sister, I tell you a secret, you can't be too surprised!?" Xiao Shuxian said with a smile.
"What's the secret, you say?" Xiao Wanyao stared at Xiao Shuxian in confusion.
Xiao Shuxian raised his little hand stained with ink and said, "Sister, you ...... It's become a little flower cat!! β
Xiao Wanyao was stunned for a moment, and then knew that her face must have been stained with ink at this moment, so she pretended to be angry and used her hand to itch Xiao Shuxian.
For a whole afternoon, Xiao Wanyao accompanied Xiao Shuxian to play in the old mansion, and felt that the time of calm and happiness passed the fastest. I1483