Chapter Seventy-Four: Wang Shaoyan Wants to Take a Concubine
"Linglong ......" opened the appearance of the woman who approached, Xi Cui almost couldn't believe it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoToday, how can Linglong stand in front of herself again? Didn't she and the Liu family all be cleared out of the Wang family at the beginning? Could it be that she turned over in such a short period of time?
Xi Cui looked at the man standing with Linglong again, he was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.
"Liu Chen, what are you doing?" Nangong Yufeng greeted him first. They looked familiar. Liu Chen, Xi Cui had a flash of inspiration, that's right, the boss of the Liu family is called Liu Chen, and he also went on the expedition with him at the beginning, and now he has also made meritorious contributions.
Liu Chen's eyes had been on Xi Cui, but when he heard someone call him, he realized that Nangong Yufeng was also there, and hurriedly bowed, "The last general has seen the general!" ”
Nangong Yufeng's hand was originally placed on his shoulder to greet him, but standing in front of him and following his line of sight, he found that he had been staring at Xi Cui, and he was immediately unhappy, and he didn't give him a salute in return, but just strode to Xi Cui's side, his eyes swept over Linglong, "Who is this woman?" ”
Linglong was bored when she heard him ask this, she couldn't tell what she felt, thinking that when the Nangong family and the Wang family had never fallen out, she had seen Nangong Yufeng four or five times in the Wang family, and she had only seen him on the day they had the most violent quarrel recently, how could he not know who she was? But it doesn't matter, her delicate target has never been this person, as long as Wang Shaoyan knows who she is.
Thinking of this, Linglong's mood calmed down a lot, she gathered her blessing body, and Yingying said, "General Hui, the people's daughter Linglong, is Liu Chen's sister." ”
In front of so many people, he said his girlfriend name so bluntly, why did this Linglong become more and more stupid? Xi Cui covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed lightly, Linglong quickly realized her faux pas, her face turned red, and she hurriedly stood up straight and hid behind Liu Chen.
At this time, the two men had very different views on the interaction between the two women. In Liu Chen's eyes, Xi Cui was really a cunning and domineering person, just a slight cough made Linglong hide behind her like a frightened bird, no wonder she was still so jealous of the old lady even though she was out of the mansion now. Nangong Yufeng thought that Xi Cui seemed to have had some trouble with this woman named Linglong before, otherwise why would she be so evasive, on the other hand, Xi Cui was much calmer, and if she didn't like it, she didn't like it, so she just ignored her.
The brothers and sisters of the Liu family thought about their own affairs and did not pay attention to the coffins carried by the officials not far behind them. Especially Liu Chen, who has an upright temper, is inevitably unconvinced when he sees his sister unable to raise his head in front of a maid, and what he is thinking is naturally written directly on his face when he can't hide his thoughts. Xi Cui didn't need Xiao Yi's help at all to see that this Liu Chen had an opinion about him, and it must be related to Linglong. It's just that she doesn't have the heart to entangle with them here now, and it is only right to put the coffin back to the twilight moon first.
So Xi Cui bypassed them and continued to walk forward, not wanting her to be thought by Liu Chen that she was arrogant and arrogant, so she took a step to stop her, "Miss Xi Cui, Liu has something unclear, and I hope the girl can give some advice." ”
Xi Cui hadn't rested all night, her eyes were already tired, and she didn't want to raise her eyelids to look up at all, but at this time, she had to force herself to look at Liu Chen, "Son, please speak up if you have anything." Xi Cui wanted to tell him to get out of here, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help it, Liu Chen was not the same as the rest of the Liu family, so it was better not to offend him or try not to offend.
"The girl is just a maid in the Wang family, why did she meddle in Wang Shaoyan's concubine?" After Liu Chen finished speaking, he saw Xi Cui's gaze pointing directly at Linglong, so he crossed himself between the two and protected his sister behind him.
Xi Cui finally understood why Wang Shaoyan didn't go to the appointment that day, but asked Wang Shaomei, who had rarely gone out, to do it for her. Looking at Linglong's pretentious appearance that wants to say goodbye, you can guess that Wang Shaoyan is afraid that he has fallen into Linglong's trap, right?
"Your brothers and sisters are looking for me and my family so violently, and you are blocking me and my family from going back here, is it just for the sake of the princess of the Wang family to take a concubine?" Xi Cui looked at Liu Chen's gaze and suddenly turned cold, but her voice choked, "Son, you have made great achievements, and with the emperor's reward, you are naturally a noble, but no matter how noble you are, you can't bully such an orphan girl like me in front of everyone, right?" Don't say that I have been kicked out of the Wang family now, even if I was still in the Wang family, I was just a maid, how can I control the matter of the master's concubine? Childe, you used such a ridiculous charge today to stop Xi Cui's family's coffin and prevent them from entering the mourning hall, is it too deceitful? ”
Xi Cui said that the tears really fell, leaving two tear stains on her fair face. Liu Chen hurriedly looked behind her, and sure enough, he saw several officials panting and carrying two large, two small and four coffins. Although it was difficult for several officials to say anything because of Liu Chen's identity, it was really unreasonable for him to stop a little maid who had just suffered a family ruin because of someone else's concubine. A few people looked at him and their faces were not very friendly, and then they looked at the people around him from time to time who were watching the excitement and pointed at them. Obviously, they were also very dissatisfied with their bullying of Xi Cui.
Especially Nangong Yufeng, I saw him stride in front of Liu Chen, glared at him, and watched Liu Chen get out of the way, so he escorted Xi Cui to continue to move forward.
Liu Chen looked at the marching procession and listened to the whispers between several officials, and then he knew that it turned out that Xi Cui's father, mother, brother and sister all died in one day, and the murderer still doesn't know who it is. Looking at Xi Cui's appearance, she is only a teenage girl, how difficult should it be to bear such a big grief alone? And he actually stopped other people's coffins from entering the courtyard at this time, which is tantamount to sprinkling salt on other people's wounds!
Linglong didn't know what her brother was thinking at the moment, she was only angry that Liu Chen was angry that Xi Cui's words just now had caused her to lose face, so she hurriedly stepped forward to comfort, "Brother, don't be sad about such a trivial matter, today for the sake of her Xi Cui's family, we will put this matter aside for the time being, and we will definitely get back the humiliation we suffered today in the future!" ”
Liu Chen's thoughts were pulled back by Linglong's words, he looked at his sister, how could she say such cold-blooded words at this time? Recalling that when she first returned to the Wang family, she was full of guilt and cried that she was powerless to prevent her family from making treachery to the Wang family, and finally ended up being forced to leave the Wang family. But within a few days, Wang Shaoyan stayed in Linglong's room at night, and according to his understanding of Wang Shaoyan, it was impossible for him to do such a thing. But Linglong is his own sister, how can he not be partial at this time? Besides, Linglong was looking for death and life, he knew that there was something wrong with this matter, but he still begged Wang Shaoyan hard. Fortunately, only the three of them knew about this matter at that time, and Wang Shaoyan did not tell anyone else in the house, but Wang Shaoyan hesitated about Na Linglong as a concubine, although anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was unwilling, but he still did not refuse directly, but just said that this matter still needs the old lady's consent. For this reason, Liu Chen even went to the old lady in person, but although the old lady did not refuse, she gave him an incredible answer, that is, according to the rules, the concubine needs the permission of the lady of the main room to enter the door, but Yun Ting only listens to Xi Cui. That is to say, if Linglong wants to enter the Wang family justifiably, he must first pass the pass of Xi Cui, and he can't be the master of this matter.
At that time, he touched two soft nails one after another, but he felt annoyed and angry, and he didn't think much about it, so he was instigated by Linglong and followed to find Xi Cui's residence, but he didn't have time to think deeply, how could the concubine of the dignified royal family need a maid who was kicked out of the mansion nodded, this was obviously the old lady's prevarication, how could he take it seriously? also came to Xi Cui's troubles with open fire, which made Xi Cui's already miserable situation even worse by himself. I did this for the sake of the sister in front of me, but now it seems that Linglong has no remorse for what they did, and even thinks about how to retaliate. He began to reflect on whether it was right for him to continue to help her.
After Liu Chen went back, he told Wang Shaoyan everything about Xi Cui, he knew that the relationship between Yun Ting and Xi Cui was very deep, and this matter must not be told to Yun Ting, so Yun Ting's share of heart could naturally only be done by Wang Shaoyan.
After hearing this, Wang Shaoyan really sat down in the chair. After Wang Shaomei came back, she told him about Lao Xuefen going to Xi Cui for trouble, at that time, he was only jealous of the dispute between two women, but he didn't expect the final result to be like this! How should Xi Cui bear it alone?
He wanted to go and see her, but the brothers and sisters of the Liu family had already gone to find Xi Cui today, presumably with Xi Cui's intelligence, he must have known what he had done, how should he face Xi Cui's questioning when he went? What kind of person Linglong is, if he said that he didn't know before, but since the Liu family's actions were exposed, he should have been vigilant, but he still fell for her tricks! Now it is even more difficult to ride a tiger, but it is in a dilemma. Accept Linglong, with Linglong's scheming, Yunting will definitely suffer, if she doesn't accept Linglong, she will not give up, and she will lose Liu Chen, a good brother. The heirs of his Wang family are already thin, and a younger sister has been sacrificed for the Wang family, although Wang Shaomei calls him a brother, but the alienation in her attitude can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, she is still sacrificing Shaoju for them, so he naturally attaches more importance to brotherhood like Liu Chen.
After thinking about it all night, Wang Shaoyan finally came.
At about ugly times, Wang Shaoyan's figure appeared at the gate of the twilight moon. Duan San was naturally the first to know about his arrival, but he didn't stop him or make a move to attract the attention of others.
Xi Cui was alone in the mourning hall at the moment, he had only gone to see it not long ago, she was curled up on the futon and just fell asleep.
Duan San watched Wang Shaoyan quietly enter the mourning hall in the dark, and a soft voice soon came from inside.
"I heard that my uncle wants to take a concubine? But Linglong? Xi Cui didn't mean to beat around the bush at all.
"Yes...... Yes, I can't help myself in this matter,...... Wang Shaoyan explained, "I was calculated......
"You don't have to explain to me why you want to take a concubine, after all, this matter is not for me to ask. I only care about your results, when are you going to enter the door? Because this is a major matter related to the interests of my young lady. "Xi Cui didn't mean to make Wang Shaoyan ugly, but he did such a thing at this time, which made it difficult for Xi Cui to deal with it calmly." In what capacity did Linglong enter the door? A concubine? The old lady said yes? ”
"I haven't thought about what identity is, Liu Chen has gone to find the old lady, I don't know what to say."
"I think I know what the old lady said to him, or he wouldn't have come to me so rashly." Xi Cui thought while placing the dark paper in the brazier, the firelight reflected on her face, calm and awe-inspiring, and added a bit of coldness out of thin air.
"I will handle the affairs of the Wang family, you better concentrate on your own affairs. If you need help, just call Duan San to come to me. Wang Shaoyan didn't ask her family how the accident happened, but quietly put a stick of incense on them and bowed three times, "This matter is not suitable for Yun Ting to know, but this gift Yun Ting must worship, and I will send it for her." ”
Xi Cui didn't return the salute, and continued to burn paper quietly, until Wang Shaoyan was about to leave, Xi Cui spoke again, "If I do something to Linglong, will you stay out of it?" ”
"What do you want to do?" Wang Shaoyan knew that once Xi Cui left the Wang family, earth-shaking changes would occur, and her attitude towards herself today was an omen. But before he had time to adapt to these, he was shocked by Xi Cui's words. Is Xi Cui going to start dealing with others now? What kind of tricks will she use?
"I won't do anything, it's just that I don't feel at ease if someone like her is just around Miss, but at the moment I can't keep an eye on her personally. Only a few things can be done to make sure that she doesn't dare to do anything to Miss. Xi Cui's eyebrows were tightly locked, and his eyes were deep, "Uncle rest assured, although I have left the Wang family, Miss is still in the Wang family, and I will never do anything that is unfavorable to the Wang family, on the contrary, the errand in my hand now is still given by Miss, and sooner or later it will be handed over to my uncle, in the end, I have nothing to do with the Wang family on the surface, but in fact, as long as Miss is my uncle's wife one day, my uncle will still be my master one day." ”
"Are you worried about me and Yun Ting, I said I would protect her, but you refused to believe it." Wang Shaoyan lowered his head and sighed, "It seems that the only person who trusts me the most in this world is Yun Ting......"
"The only person who can be trusted by Miss in the Wang family now is my uncle, and I hope that my uncle will keep his promise and not let down my young lady......" Xi Cui was originally kneeling on her family, but by this time she had already turned her body around and knelt in the direction of Wang Shaoyan, "Uncle, in the future, Xi Cui will do her best for the revitalization of the Wang family, and please treat my young lady wholeheartedly!" ”
What she has to do next should be a little dangerous, because what she has to deal with is the Lao family, who is in power and opposition, and Yun Ting may not dare to have too much contact with her, so she can only hope that Wang Shaoyan will bother more.
Wang Shaoyan didn't speak again, and after receiving her salute, he turned around and left the twilight moon.
On the day of the funeral, no one from the Wang family came, and Qi Yu did not come. Because this day happened to be the palace exam, the father and son of the Wang family accompanied the emperor to interview talents like Qi Yu in the palace.
Zhang Xun, Bai Fatzi, Wang Yonglin and other big names in the business field are here, although in order to avoid suspicion of Bai Fat, Wang Yonglin and others did not stay long, but their appearance is enough to make some sharp-eyed businessmen see Xi Cui's weight in this circle in the future, and begin to think about how to get in touch with Xi Cui in the future.
There are a lot of people from the courtyard where the twilight moon is not big, and some she doesn't even know, Xi Cui knows that the arrival of these people is simply for Zhang Xun's face, who let Zhang Xun accept her as a righteous daughter in a high-profile manner a few days ago.
The time for the coffin to be lifted was almost noon, and while there was still time, Xi Cui was going to find Duan San to see how the people carrying the coffin were prepared. Originally, Nangong Yufeng had always said that he would be responsible for this matter, but Xi Cui didn't want to be too eye-catching at this time, so he deliberately picked the day of the palace test, so that Nangong Yufeng couldn't come over. But in this way, Duan San was a little troublesome, he was temporarily called to take charge of this matter, Xi Cui was afraid that something would go wrong with him, so he thought it would be safe to keep a few more eyes on him.
But as soon as she walked from the back to the front, she saw that the guests on the front yard table instantly quieted down, as if they were greeting something important.
Xi Cui took a closer look, only to see a girl in white slowly walking in from the direction of the main entrance, her black hair was lightly pulled, the white snow clothes were as light as cold smoke, thin as clouds, and with her bright footsteps, the bead hairpin pendant obliquely inserted in her hair jingled. She was veiled, and only her eyes could be seen, and in the black eyes were subtle seduction and glamour, darkness was in the eyes, and her beauty exuded a bewitching beauty. The delicate willow eyebrows are curved, natural, and the seemingly smiling is actually with the arrogance of looking down on everything.
Who is this person? Xi Cui asked herself if she had never had such a friend by her side. But looking into her eyes, there was a vague sense of familiarity......
"Yo, isn't this the Smoke Girl? Why didn't we know that Miss Hanyan also had a relationship with Miss Xi Cui? Someone suddenly shouted during the banquet.
"You really didn't see it if you didn't say it, this Hanyan girl has always only worn red clothes to meet guests, and her outfits are all wanton and bewitching, but I didn't expect today's pure appearance to be even more pitiful......" Someone said again. 、
At this time, someone even stood up and leaned towards the girl.
But seeing that the girl twisted her waist and deftly dodged, a pair of jade hands raised to cover her face, and a cold voice came with anger, "Hanyan is here today to pay tribute to Miss Xicui's family, and everyone is still self-respecting." If you want to have fun, there are a lot of girls in the Ruyi Pavilion, but I'm afraid it's not suitable here, right? ”
The two little girls who followed behind Hanyan hurriedly came over and pulled the person who was close to their girl away, the man's face was very embarrassed, but he didn't dare to attack, so he could only throw his sleeves out.
There were no people in the way, Han Yan looked in Xi Cui's direction, her eyebrows were smiling, "Xi Cui, but you don't recognize me?" (To be continued.) )