Chapter Eighty-Nine: Conflict
Li Chang's face was full of impatience. He was busy, the peach blossoms in March were just right, and he planned to fold a few branches and insert them into the pair of glaze-red entwined branches and lotus pattern jade pot spring bottle, and send them to Miss Liang San, so that the beauty could smile. But this girl didn't have long eyes, so she actually followed, and claimed that she had something important to tell him about his marriage, and led him here. If she says something trivial, see how he teaches her!
Sister Feng Lian trembled, her eyes were left and right, her mouth was furious, but she refused to speak
Seeing this, Li Chang kicked over: "Dumb?!" Don't say it yet! ”
Sister Feng Lian was kicked to the ground by him, her eyes were red, she hurriedly hugged his legs, and begged bitterly: "Second Young Master, you are good, don't drive me away, I am loyal to you, I will wait for you to be comfortable, don't you want me......
"What nonsense?!" Li Chang tried his best to break free from her, but he didn't succeed, so he scolded, "When am I going to drive you away, why don't you get up quickly and let people see it?!" ”
Sister Lian hugged his thigh tightly while crying: "It was my wife's order to send the weaving girl to the village to recuperate, and I, Mother Qian, and Sister-in-law Hua also had to wait." Second young master, you and your wife plead, don't let me go, I had a quarrel with the weaving girl, and when I get to the village, without the support of the second young master, she will definitely kill me! I... I... I'm already your man, you can't leave me alone! ”
Chunying heard it in the rockery cave and couldn't help but be taken aback. I can't imagine that Sister Lian has really climbed to the second young master, why can't she think about it like this? Is that a man you can rely on?! Chun Ying was a little worried and picked up the cave wall, carefully looking in their direction through the gap, and suddenly felt that Manru grabbed her shoulder, she turned around, and saw Manru shaking her head at herself, so she frowned and gently pushed her away.
On the rockery, a trace of disgust flashed on Li Chang's face, looking at Sister Lian, his heart was indescribably crooked. At the beginning, it was just a moment of greed for freshness, so he took in this girl who was only a little delicate, and he knew that she was so pestering, he would never move a finger of her! He had already heard from An Shi about weaving paintings, and he didn't take it to heart. In the final analysis, the Liang family's family affairs are the most important thing now.
Although the emperor decreed marriage, Mrs. Liang was used to it, and he didn't seem to take it seriously, and he was still verbose in front of the queen mother. The Marquis of Qingguo sent people to discuss the matter of Nacai, and the Liang family always used the excuse that life was not good, and pushed it again and again, as if they were planning to collect some evidence against him from outside, and to get rid of this marriage, it was really whimsical! Originally, it was not a big deal for the children of the prince's family to have a concubine, but before the main wife entered the house, he first had the eldest son, which was a little undignified. Li Chang himself is indispensable, he has long been tired of weaving paintings, if she hadn't been pregnant, he would have been left behind by him.
He glanced at Sister Lian again, and said impatiently: "If Mrs. tells you to go, you will go, where are there so many words?" Weaving paintings always have to be waited, you just go to the village with her to live for a few days, and it's not that you won't come back, what are you talking about?! ”
Sister Lian trembled, and her heart sank suddenly. Weaving painting is just a room, serious and even an aunt can't be called, if you give birth to a boy safely, it's okay, if you don't have a girl in a lifetime, or you can't give birth safely, maybe you won't be able to return to the Hou Mansion for the rest of your life! Besides, even if she can go back, it will be after the main wife enters the house, I heard that Miss Liang is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and when she passes the door, how many years will it take? Sister Lian knew that she was never willing to live a hard life in the village, not to mention, that weaving painting was just the same girl as her a few months ago, why did she ask her to wait for weaving paintings, and she had to accompany her to endure hardships?! She's clear... have climbed to this position!
She grabbed Li Chang's sleeve and cried unwillingly: "Second young master, I am not the only one who can take care of the weaving girl, but also the light red and the purple?" Why do you call me? ”
When Li Chang heard this, his face lengthened. Light red and slender purple are the two girls he has only recently started, they look smart, and they are also knowledgeable, he has already explained, promoted them to a room, and waited with him, how can he compare with the girl in front of him? So he raised his foot and kicked her aside, and said coldly: "Shut up for me!" It's just that I've played you twice, and I really take myself seriously?! And the face is more than the light red them?! Don't look at what you look like! How to press the master, you little girl is obedient! No matter how verbose you are, beware that I will sell you to the Qinglou! ”
Sister Lian was stunned, staring at Li Chang with wide eyes, and Chunying, who was hiding not far away, also scolded in her heart, this second young master is really not a good thing, and he wants to leave after taking advantage of it? Look at what he said, is it still a human being?! If you dislike others and are ugly, don't ** others!
Li Chang smoothed the wrinkles on his sleeves in disgust, and raised his feet to leave. He already regretted it, this girl obviously has nothing important to say, why was he tricked?
"I know your secrets!" Sister Lian suddenly spoke behind him. Li Chang paused, sneered, and wanted to continue moving forward, but heard Sister Lian say faintly: "Master Hou told the second young master to concentrate on reading, and the girls were not allowed to wait in front of him, but the second young master called the little girl into the house, I don't know what good things I did?" ”
Li Chang's face was a little ugly, he slowly turned around, and stared at Sister Lian with his eyes: "What kind of crazy thing is this?" Which one is choreographed? ”
Sister Lian was obviously smiling on her face, but she looked a little weird: "I saw... That day, the second young master lost his temper in the house, and the girls didn't dare to look, I secretly ran over, and saw Nanqiu slamming the door of the study and running out, and then the second young master asked Xiao Si to enter the house, and after closing the door for more than an hour, I heard Xiao Si crying in the house all the time. When he left, he was supported by Nanqiu, and he didn't even tie his belt, and there were still blood stains on the back of his pants. After a pause, she added: "My father loves to gamble, and sometimes he goes to some big gambling halls, and when I give him money, I have seen those little ones in the hall walking...
"Smack!" Li Chang slapped Sister Lian fiercely, interrupting her words and losing her courage, she trembled and fell to the ground, crying and begging: "Second young master, I won't say a word to anyone, please let me stay!" I really wouldn't tell anyone! ”
Chunying looked at this change in amazement, and turned back to Shang Manru's eyes, also shocked.
She wiped a handful of sweat and sighed in her heart, although she had read a few Tanmei books with her friend Zhang Xiaomei, and knew that it was very popular to raise prostitutes in the southern region during the Ming and Qing dynasties, but she never connected this matter with the world she had traversed, and the people around her chatted and never mentioned this kind of topic, I didn't expect the second young master who was a good woman to catch up with this fashion? ! He's really perverted!
Manru's face was a little pale, his eyes flickered, and he secretly regretted following Chunying to the rockery, if the second young master knew that they heard this secret, he would definitely retaliate!
After listening to Sister Lian's words, Li Chang's face was cloudy. It is an elegant thing for the officials in the south to raise one or two prostitutes, and they brought this preference to the capital, and many powerful families also tasted it, but in the Qingguo Marquis's Mansion, this kind of thing has always been expressly forbidden, if you let your father know, you will definitely have a good fight! What's more important is that after all, the male style can't be on the stage, in case it reaches the ears of the Liang family, they run to the queen mother to chew the root of their tongue, and most of this marriage will be yellow, and the Liang family may have another idea to send the girl to the palace.
He can regain his attention at home now, it is completely thanks to the blessing of this family matter, if he didn't hold it for a while, let his previous efforts be in vain, and lose the face of the Hou Mansion, he will definitely fall into the embarrassing situation he once was!
He remembered that during that time, everyone looked down on him and snubbed him, so he couldn't help but shudder, and when he looked at Sister Lian's gaze, it became deep.
Sister Lian was still begging there: "The slave maid doesn't ask for anything, just wants to stay with the second young master, the slave maid is sincere, second young master, please agree!" ”
Li Chang took a deep breath and nodded slowly: "That's it, if you promise to show it...
"I won't say it!" Sister Lian's eyes lit up, and she almost threw herself on his lap, "As long as the second young master is willing to keep me, I... I'm willing to do anything! ”
"What have you made of my clothes? Why don't you hurry up?! Li Chang casually walked towards the rockery, pretending to look around casually. No one, good!
Sister Lian smiled in surprise and followed: "Slave maid, I'll go back and make a new one for you!" What do you like to wear? "I have already made up my mind in my heart, after I go back, I must vent my anger in front of the two dead girls who are light red and purple!
As soon as the thought in her heart flashed, she felt a strong force coming from the right front, she was defenseless, her body immediately fell to the left, she hurriedly staggered two steps and stood up, looked up, and found that it was the second young master pushing herself, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
Chun Ying was already shocked in the cave below, what was the second young master doing? Do you want to kill your mouth?! Seeing that the second young master stretched out his hand and vigorously pushed Sister Lian again, she couldn't help but rush out, but was held down by Manru, turned around and wanted to question the other party, but was tightly covered by the other party's hand, she struggled vigorously, but her body was too thin and small, not as good as Manru's **, and she couldn't move for a while.
As Sister Lian screamed in fear, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was heard, and then everything was calm. Chun Ying was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened, and she was a little incredulous.
Li Chang hurriedly descended the mountain, still scolding in his mouth, "Damn girl! How dare you threaten me... He hurried away, acting a little sneaky, as if he was worried about running into someone.
After his figure disappeared completely, Chunying felt a softness on her body, and slowly slid down the cave wall to the ground. Manru didn't know how long she let go of the hand that was holding her down.
Chunying glared at Manru, who turned his head uncomfortably: "We can't let him find us, otherwise we will suffer too... Chunying suddenly got up and rushed out of the cave, according to the sound in her memory, turned the rockery, and saw Sister Lian lying on the ground not far ahead, her head was hitting the bottom of the rockery, the blood kept gushing out, the two eyes stared at the boss, and her body twitched one by one, seeing Chunying coming over, her eyes widened, and she seemed to be struggling to say something, but before she could say it, her eyes lost their luster and she was motionless.
Chunying covered her mouth and approached her cautiously, reaching out to probe her snort, her heart sinking more and more. She immediately turned around and ran, but was stopped by Manru: "What are you going to do?!" ”
"Go find someone!" Chunying's voice was a little hoarse, "She's not dead yet, she can be saved!" ”
"She's dead!" Manru had already seen Fang Cai's situation, "Even if she didn't lose her breath, by the time you found the doctor, she would have died a long time ago!" ”
Chun Ying looked at her in a daze, and a deep sadness welled up in her heart, knowing in her heart that Manru was telling the truth. This is ancient times, not modern times with developed medicine, and even more so, even in modern times, such injuries are not easy to survive ... She looked back at Sister Lian again, only to feel a wave of anger coming up from the bottom of her heart: "Why did you stop me?!" If the Second Young Master saw us, he wouldn't have taken the risk of pushing Sister Lian down! ”
Manru looked at her, as if she was looking at a fool: "If he sees us, Sister Lian will not be the only one who will die, don't be stupid, Chun'er, while no one sees it now, let's go quickly...
"What did you say?!" Chun Ying shook off her hand, "We're far away from him, what can he do to us?!" As long as he runs back to Huanhuaxuan, does he dare to do anything to us?! When the third young master comes back, we will tell the matter again, and he will definitely be punished!" Sister Lian... You also grew up in the same courtyard as us, how can you... How can you be so indifferent! ”
"What if the third young master knows?!" Man Ru retorted coldly, "Even if the wife knows, as long as the old lady speaks to the Hou Ye, who can punish the second young master?!" Do you think they will send the second young master to the official?! At the end of the day, it's just us who are unlucky! I don't want to die... I still have a mother to raise..."She glanced at Sister Lian: "Other people's business has nothing to do with me!" ”
Chun Ying stared at her fiercely: "I can see it through!" She pushed Manru away, walked to Sister Lian's side, gritted her teeth with tears, picked up the burden that fell to the ground, and rushed out. Although she didn't want to admit it, Manru's words did have some truth, but she couldn't do it as if she hadn't seen anything. She was going to tell Zhou Nian that he would definitely have a way!
Manru watched her leave, and was stunned for a moment, then gritted her teeth and hurried away, but she didn't notice that on the loose bun that had just struggled, a pink and purple double-layered lotus bead flower fell to the ground silently.