Once Upon a Time in Jiangnan (Part II)

In recent years, the expansion of Baiyu Villa in Jiangnan has been constrained by Yumen. Jiangnan people know that Yumen has a large number of shops in several prosperous wharves and towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and some people claim that half of the shops in Hangzhou's ten streets and nine squares are owned by Yumen, and the operators behind various docks, mines, and pastures are all Yumen. Of course, the White Feather Villa wants to get a share of these limited resources, except for eliminating those small families or ordinary rich households, and has been eyeing the Jade Gate, but the Jade Gate is not easy to meet. Therefore, in the past twenty years, Yumen and Baiyu Villa have been fighting openly and secretly for many years.

And for so many years, Chen Biyan has been silently watching the battle between the two sides. On the occasion of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, she put her two lovely grandchildren in front of Qi Xian's eyes, hoping that he could still take care of the feelings of the old people and not hurt them too much. And today Qi Xian was able to take down himself, Bi Yan could only hope that these two children would tide over the difficulties with their own abilities.

After sunset, the evening gradually became a little cooler, Qi Xian walked in proudly, looking at the woman who still had charm, he seemed to have a little bit of the heart of his youth. And when I walked in the door and saw her, I really felt home. In this White Feather Villa, he has many women, the youngest is only fifteen or sixteen, but no matter which one of them, he can't fill the position of this woman in his heart. At the moment when her eyebrows rolled, he seemed to still see the brilliance of the year, which made him have an urge to possess: "Biyan, I have been begging you to marry for so many years, and you have been ignoring my sincerity, so I have to make this decision." ”

Chen Biyan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Hehe, I'm seventy years old, I'm still very self-aware, I wouldn't think that the owner of Qi Da Zhuang has so many beautiful women in the Zhuangzi, and he will actually be tempted by me, an old lady." ”

Qi Xian frowned, and seemed to have some heartache: "Biyan, in fact, you really misunderstood me, we are so good, we can often drink tea and talk together, don't have to wait until the Shangyuan Lantern Festival." ”

Chen Biyan turned around coldly and looked out the window: "I remember what you promised me during the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, protect my two grandchildren, how do you want to deal with them now?" ”

Qi Xian walked up to her and looked out the window together: "I don't want to deal with them, as long as that guy doesn't go against me, I won't hurt them, I know you love those two children very much, how can you hurt their lives." ”

"Oh?! So how are you going to fight Zhenxiang? ”

"I don't want to fight him, I just want him to hand over the inheritance of the Jade Gate to the person I want according to my arrangement."

Chen Biyan glanced at him mockingly: "Oh, handed over to Fu Dalong?" It is said that this person is quite lustful on a daily basis, and it seems that it is still a bit influenced by your blood. ”

"How do you know?" Qi Xian was very surprised, implanting the illegitimate child he had secretly cultivated outside into the Jade Gate, he thought that he had done a very hidden job, but he felt a little cold in his heart: "You sent someone to investigate me?" ”

Chen Biyan looked at him deeply for a while, Qi Xian felt that Chen Biyan seemed to see the depths of his soul, and he retreated a little in his heart, as if he wanted to hide his inferiority complex and filthy self in the depths. Chen Biyan said after a long time: "Actually, I didn't want to marry Tang Wen at the beginning, although my father repeatedly stopped me, but I still planned to go with you, so I will let people send a letter to you in Baiyu Villa." ”

Qi Xian was a little surprised and a little suspicious: "But I waited for you in Suzhou Rongyuan for seven days, and finally waited for the news that you had gotten on the sedan chair." ”

Chen Biyan smiled sadly: "I couldn't get on the sedan chair, I have already arrived in Suzhou, and I have already arrived at Rongyuan, but I arrived two days earlier than you." I just wanted to get there two days early and collect my thoughts there. After all, Tang Wen and I were married by the emperor, and if there is a violation of the marriage contract, the Chen family is guilty of bullying the king. ”

Qi Xian seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "I thought so at the time, thinking that you got on the sedan chair for the Chen family at the last moment." ”

Chen Biyan looked at him and frowned slightly: "This is the reason why you have been trying to help others deal with Bihua and the Chen family for so many years?" ”

Qi Xian raised his head: "Who let the royal privilege let me lose you?!" ”

Chen Biyan snorted lightly, turned his head and continued to look out the window: "You shouldn't blame the royal family, but you should blame yourself." ”

Qi Xian said angrily: "Oh, is it to blame that I didn't have a lover like Xinjie, without hesitation, to have a lover first, and then talk about marriage, so that the heavenly family can't arrange it?" ”

Chen Biyan ignored him and said lightly: "I can only say that I am still a lucky person, Tang Wen is an upright person, at least when we first got married, he was still a faithful husband." ”

Qi Xian: "And what happened later?" ”

Chen Biyan: "Later?!" How many men are able to be consistent? This is my life. ”

Qi Xian was surprised again: "Could it be? ”

Chen Biyan snorted again: "I told you when I was on the Yuan Lantern Festival, if he was still alive, I would consider marrying you, hahaha." However, I think that the owner of Qi Zhuang will not be so eyeless, and he actually wants to marry a seventy-year-old lady. ”

Qi Xian frowned: "I thought you were just joking." But I hope he lives, I have never had a mistress in this White Feather Villa for so many years, and I kept it for you. ”

"Hahaha, really? Then you just wait for Tang Wen to give me a resignation. ”

Qi Xian obviously exclaimed again: "Is he really alive?" ”

Chen Biyan chuckled: "Scaring you?" Don't worry, I'm not going to rely on you to marry a seventy-year-old lady, hahaha..."

"Biyan, you don't have to be like this, if there really is such a day, you need to fulfill your promise to the Yuan Lantern Festival."

Chen Biyan looked at this person who was half a head taller than herself: "Oh, then can you fulfill your promise to me?" Don't hurt that pair of kids? I know that you have ambitions for the Jade Gate, and Xinjie has no intention of being the young master of the Jade Gate, so don't put your feud on his head and let him have the lover he wants. ”

"Actually, I don't want to embarrass them, if that kid is not so anxious to marry his little lover, let me make everything go smoothly, then he wants to go where he wants, who he wants to be with, I don't care. As long as Biyan remembers your promise, I will never harm their lives, which is what I promised you, so that they will have lovers and eventually become married, but before that, they must do what I planned, otherwise it is difficult for me to guarantee. Qi Xian's tone became colder and colder.

"Is that true? If you can fulfill your promise, Biyan is willing to stop at White Feather Villa all day long. ”

"Why do you care so much about them?"

"I, Chen Biyan, have walked the rivers and lakes all my life, although I have expanded the Tang Sect to several times the original size, but in the end, I feel a rare true feeling. Many things in life are floating clouds, and the so-called gold is easy to know that half of it is difficult to find. I thought I had found a true love, I thought I could ignore the Chen family's bullying for this true love, I had already gone to the Banyan Garden to give my heart and soul for my lover, if I hadn't seen the poor woman in the Banyan Garden, maybe all the stories of the past few decades would have been rewritten. ”

Qi Xian: "Who did you meet?" ”

Chen Biyan smiled contemptuously: "Wang Chuchu, the famous prostitute in Jiangnan who appeared in Rongyuan like a ghost, Mrs. Ru of Fushan, the head of Yumen, and the mother of Fu Dalong." From that moment on, I knew that there would be a battle between you and the Jade Gate. ”

"That's Toyama's old horseman going too far. Now that you know, I don't have to hide it from you. Chu Chu and I have known each other for a long time, and before Bi Yan was moved by me, Chu Chu had already promised me with his body. She is completely different from you, Biyan is so noble and beautiful, bold and funny, and Chu Chu is another style, gentle and fragile. It's true that I love you, and it's true that I like Chu Chu. At that time, I was the best time of my life, I was in the medical hall during the day with Biyan, and I could go to Chu Chu to absorb tenderness at night. Since Chu Chu followed me, she only sang in the Drunken Red Mansion, and then returned to the small courtyard I bought for her at night to live alone, and since then, she no longer lives in the Drunken Red Mansion, nor does she sell herself, and has been waiting for me to give her a name. However, all this was broken by the old horseman of Toyama, who fell in love with Chu Chu, and Chu Chu avoided her in every possible way, but he actually intercepted her when she went to the temple to offer incense, and * in front of the Buddha* her, and then he was greedy enough to force her into the door.

Although I wanted to fight hard, but Qi Feng stopped me, and the White Feather Villa at that time was like an ant defending a tree. Toyama has six wives and concubines, all of them have nothing to do, only after Chu Chu entered the door, he gave birth to Fu Dalong, the old man regarded it as a treasure, he thought it was the wild seed he left in front of the Buddha in the temple, hahaha... In fact, Chu Chu was born in a place of sound and lust, how to clean the aftermath after the loss, she is clear, and his wild seeds have long been cleared by her in the clear spring under the mountain. At that time, the old horseman was over half a hundred, and there was no queen, and since he had hurt us, we decided to make him the biggest green hat and let him wear it in the coffin, hahaha... If there was no royal family, no jade gate, I could enjoy what I loved, but it's a pity...

After Chu Chu gave birth to Fu Dalong, he tried to run away with me, but because I wanted to wait for Bi Yan, I asked her to be at the rich old man's place for a while, but it has been more than 50 years, and you are only now telling me why I can't wait for a beautiful woman, Bi Yan, why? Since you have known Chu Chu for a long time, why did you agree to make an appointment for the Shangyuan Lantern Festival every year? ”

"Maybe it's a curiosity, an investigation of life and human nature, the last bit of sustenance for feelings, to see if Brother Xian will finally treat Biyan with sincerity in this life, tell the truth."

"Disappointed you?"