"Li, you don't have to quibble! Someone came, tied me up and locked me up in the courtyard over there. General Cheng looked at Li and said disappointed at her.

The general is not a fool, Li said that the maid stole the silver in the house, if the maid stole only a few taels, or even hundreds of taels, then it is reasonable, but this is a thousand taels! Can the maid steal a thousand taels of silver as soon as she steals?

Even if the general's family has a big business, he won't just put a thousand taels of silver casually, so that a maid can steal it, right? Who believes when you say it?

"Master, you are wronged! Master! The second lady Li still cried unwillingly.

But General Cheng didn't even bother to look at her, and asked the family to kidnap the Li family. He glared fiercely at the bandit boss, gave the family a look, and walked out.

In addition to the maid who helped the Li family to run errands, who was locked up in the small room next to the firewood room, all the maids also left behind Cheng Xi and Cheng Yao, and the family picked up the horsewhip and beat the bandits who had ruined Cheng Yun fiercely, and the bandit leader was beaten the worst, and the screams came and went.

And when Li was dragged away, she was still crying and shouting that she was wronged, but no one paid attention to her, everyone thought she was so vicious, she really damned, everyone was very curious, how would General Cheng punish her?

General Cheng said to everyone in the courtyard: "The affairs of the mansion that were originally managed by the Li family will be taken over by the eldest lady from now on, with the assistance of the second aunt. ”

Everyone said yes.

General Cheng said: "Today's matter, whether it is the second lady's or the Li family's, everyone takes care of their mouths, and whoever dares to spread these things will smash their mouths and drive them out of the house." ”

Everyone knows that if they are kicked out of the mansion, it will be very serious, and who will be willing to hire them in the future? They all said that they would not leak out.

After speaking, General Cheng asked everyone to do what they should do, and returned to the study by himself, he really didn't expect that the Li family would be able to do such a thing and kill his daughter. He also has a headache now, Cheng Yun has been defiled by bandits, in case it is passed out, how will he marry in the future?

Cheng Yao looked at Cheng Xi who was about to go to his yard, he also followed, and asked quietly, "Xi'er, did you already know that it was the Li family who instigated it?" ”

Cheng Xi's eyes widened, showing a very innocent look, "Big brother, how can I be so powerful, can I predict whether I can be a prophet?" I heard the words of the bandits in the mountains, and guessed, do you think, the bandits want to rob a woman in our house, this woman only has Erniang and the second aunt, and Erniang arranged for the second aunt to take the last carriage early in the morning, that is to say, the person behind the scenes is the second aunt? Who else in this house wants to harm the second aunt? ”

Cheng Yao heard it and felt that it made sense, he nodded, "Xi'er is so smart!" ”

"Big brother, the bandit said that Yun'er had been ...... a long time ago Who do you think the man who has an affair with Yun'er will be? Cheng Xi pretended to be a little curious and asked, in fact, she had already guessed that it was the prince.

"How does Big Brother know? The eldest brother has only been back for a few days, but you, who have been in the house, have you found any suspicious people? Cheng Yao asked.

Cheng Xi shook her head, even if it was her own eldest brother, she couldn't say it, after all, that man was the prince of the world, she knew the truth that trouble came from her mouth, sometimes, it was better to pretend to be stupid, anyway, who was this person, it would not be good for her to say it, so she didn't bother to say it.

They parted halfway, each went back to their own yard, Cheng Xi returned to her own house, pushed open the door and saw the masked man standing in front of the window, she was surprised, this is ancient, doesn't this man know whether men and women give or receive kisses? actually broke into her boudoir casually, only thinking that he had saved her several times, she suppressed the anger in her heart and asked, "Engong, why are you here?" ”

"Just now, in order to save you, I pulled a wound, come and let you take a look." The masked man said as if he had taken it for granted.

"Wounds?" When Cheng Xi heard this, he was a little anxious, and hurriedly reached out to untie the strap of his arm, "I'll take a look!" ”

The masked man seemed to be in a good mood when he saw her so nervous, and looking at her serious appearance, there was an inexplicable feeling spreading in his heart.

"Fortunately, the wound has not cracked, I will change some medicine for you, and the stitches can be removed in two days." Cheng Xi didn't notice the sly light in the masked man's eyes at all.

"Thanks, I'll come back to you in two days." After the masked man finished speaking, he pushed open the window and jumped out.

Cheng Xi looked at the back of him leaving, pursed his mouth, and said in his stomach: What kind of person is this! Obviously there is a door, but he doesn't leave, what kind of window to jump in? Is it to show off his martial arts?

The next day, the news that General Cheng Shao of General Cheng's Mansion led his family and guards to exterminate the bandits wanted by the imperial court for a long time spread throughout the capital, and the people were very happy to hear the news, and they all praised General Cheng Shao for eliminating harm for the people.

The day of the annual Hundred Flowers Feast has also arrived, Cheng Yun is like this, General Cheng will definitely not let her go to the Hundred Flowers Feast, after all, although he has asked the people in the palace not to tell her about her, but in case she is taken by a prince, after marrying back, it is found that she is not innocent, and then she will be abandoned, it will be a very serious problem.

General Cheng would rather find her an ordinary family, hoping that people will see that she is the young lady of the General's Mansion, don't dislike her, and live a good life with her. Therefore, this time the feast of flowers, Cheng Xi was the only one in General Cheng's Mansion to participate.

Cheng Yun didn't go to the Hundred Flowers Feast, as early as Cheng Xi's expectations, it was exactly what she wanted, of course, if Cheng Yun dared to be cheeky, Cheng Xi wouldn't mind playing tricks and letting her go.

Cheng Xi prepared a dress for herself a few days ago, which is a unique dress she designed for herself with reference to modern clothing design. Light purple is her favorite color, in modern times, she likes to wear light purple clothes, this time her custom dress is light purple, like the color of lavender, elegant and noble, silk satin material, very silky, like a baby's skin, on the outside with a layer of modern organza-like light yarn, with the same color of the veil, so that she looks very mysterious.

After Cheng Xi tried it on, she felt that it fit very well, it matched her complexion, she was very satisfied, she knew that because she was divorced by the prince, it humiliated General Cheng's Mansion, she had already thought about it, she must shine in the Hundred Flowers Feast, let everyone look at her indiscriminately, and save the reputation of General Cheng's Mansion.

However, she did not intend to win by beauty, her face had been healed, and now her skin was more delicate and silky than before, fairer, but she was still veiled, and she did not intend to let others know that she had regained her appearance, she intended to win by wisdom, and she wanted to tell those superficial men that even if I was disfigured, I was still a wonderful woman.

Not only does she have Cheng Xi's talent now, she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she also has Qin Chenxi's wisdom, she doesn't believe that she will be inferior to these ancient women.

General Cheng mentioned to her in advance that there were several princes and grandsons who were in the capital and he was more optimistic about them, such as the prince of the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, the son of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Officials, and the son of the Shangshu family of the Hubu Dynasty.

He also mentioned the seven princes of the current emperor, "Xi'er, I heard that the seven princes are the emperor's favorite princes, but it's a pity that he is not good at it." ”

This Cheng Xi had heard of it, but she didn't care about any of it, she just wanted to save face for General Cheng's Mansion this time, not to pick a husband.

When she returned to her courtyard from General Cheng's study, the masked man was already waiting for her in her room, and when she saw him, she knew that he had come to her to remove the stitches.

The masked man rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong arms, Cheng Xi saw that his wound was healing well, so he took out the scissors, wiped them with white wine, and then roasted them with fire, cut the thread, carefully dismantled them, and then disinfected the wound, applied Jinchuang medicine, applied it with gauze, bandaged it, and told him some precautions.

"Thank you!" After the masked man finished speaking, he jumped out of the window again.

Cheng Xi was used to his action of not leaving the door and jumping out of the window, shook her head, washed her hands, and rested early, she had to take care of her spirits so that she could perform well tomorrow.

After breakfast, Qing'er began to dress her up, she combed an incomerous lily bun, and then put on a precious purple jade peony hairpin for her, with Cheng Xi's light purple dress, which was very beautiful.

"It's so beautiful, Miss, it's so beautiful!" Qing'er's eyes straightened when she saw it.

"Is it hairpin? Or is your young lady beautiful? Cheng Xi glanced at Qing'er and looked at herself in the mirror, this appearance is no worse than her modern self!

"Du Mei, only such a beautiful hairpin can be worthy of you, Miss!" Qing'er sighed sincerely: "Miss, what do you say if the prince sees your current appearance when he sees Miss?" ”

Seeing that Cheng Xi didn't answer her, she continued: "He will definitely be stunned by Miss's beauty, and bow down under your pomegranate skirt again, maybe he will beg Miss to marry him, Miss, don't promise him!" You must keep your face straight, your nostrils facing the sky, and don't even give him a straight eye! ”

Cheng Xi couldn't help laughing when she heard this, she picked up a thin pen, lightly nodded a few points on her smooth and fair face, and looked at herself in the mirror before she was satisfied with the veil.

"Miss, your face is already healed, why do you want to do this? In the past, I was worried that the second lady and the second lady would harm you again, but now that they are like that, what are you afraid of? Why don't you dare to show your true colors? Qing'er couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Since ancient times, I don't want to meet a superficial and affectionate man like the prince of the world." Cheng Xi said lightly.

Actually, she just didn't want those princes and grandsons to take a fancy to her, after all, what she wanted to do now was to find a way back to modern times as soon as possible.