Chapter Ninety-Two: The Life and Death of a Decent Man
In the south wind courtyard.
Wei Ruyi just changed into a pink and white gauze long skirt, the skirt was wrapped with white embroidery thread, and then decorated with small peach blossoms, plus her slender body now, like a blooming peach blossom.
The maid on one side put a red pink gemstone-inlaid hairpin and a step shake for her, making her more and more delicate.
Mu Ying looked at it and said, "It's rare for Miss to dress up like this today." Ping Susheng is afraid that he will use too many hairpin bracelets, and he looks elegant and clean. β
Wei Ruyi gently put on the red lip grease, looked at the rouge swept by her eyebrows, looked at Rudai's willow eyebrows, and raised her lips slightly: "Naturally, it looks better today." "It's good to send them to hell, and the life and death of decent people must always be polite.
After packing up, she slowly stood up and led the people out.
Today, the Marquis of Wuning's Mansion held a birthday banquet, and there was also Wei Ruyi, who had just been canonized as a princess, and half of the dignitaries in the capital came to congratulate, and even those who couldn't beat the eight poles were in the way of face.
The ladies gathered in groups to talk, while the men talked on the other side, taking the opportunity to show themselves and look at the girls of the right age.
Sun Wan'er is very enjoyable, she is the daughter of the squire of the military department, and the niece and nephew of Wu Ninghou, she looks more beautiful, as soon as she came, she was surrounded by the young ladies, and the merry sons and brothers stretched their necks to look at her.
"Sister Sun is really naturally beautiful."
"That's it, look at the eyebrows, eyes and skin, it's really as dazzling as a pearl."
Some people are patting their ass, and some people are just smiling perfunctorily, such as Hu Qingwei, who is now sitting under the porch to enjoy the shade.
Hu Qingwei doesn't like Sun Juan'er, and whatever she says now feels fake.
Some people saw that she was just the granddaughter of the old imperial doctor, but they didn't take her seriously at all, and they couldn't help but flatter her, so they couldn't help but deliberately say: "I heard that Miss Hu is also looking at others recently?" I don't know which son of the family is looking at each other, is it the concubine of the six-pin family, or the son-in-law of the seven-pin family? β
As soon as these words came out, many young ladies covered their mouths and laughed, and the others felt that it was too much, but they did not defend themselves.
Hu Qingwei has a generous temperament, and her family has always taught her to be patient, so when she heard this, she only said politely: "This kind of thing, how can there be an unmarried daughter's family talking about it all day long, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany it much." β
After speaking, she turned around to leave, Sun Wan'er snorted secretly, and immediately smiled fakely: "It turns out that Sister Hu knows the rules like this, and I thought that Cousin Ruyi's unruly words and things were all taught by you, otherwise why is your relationship so good?" If you are really a polite person, you shouldn't like Cousin Ruyi, is it because Cousin Zhang, who used to be in the mansion......"
Hu Qingwei was told the central matter, her face turned red, and she glared at her angrily: "You don't want to slander me!" β
"Slander?" A green-clothed girl beside Hu Qingwei glanced at her sarcastically up and down, looked at her set of clothes that were brand new but ordinary, and said sarcastically: "Some people want sparrows to fly on the branches and become phoenixes, but now that the mask of fake Qinggao has been removed, they are annoyed and angry, and use the word 'slander' to justify?" β
"I ......" Hu Qingwei gritted his teeth.
Sun Wan'er caught a glimpse of a group of sons looking at this, only covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled coquettishly, and said: "If Sister Hu likes it, she will say it as bluntly as Cousin Ruyi, although you are not worthy, but if you say it frankly, it will save you from thinking that you are dirty, right?" β
Hu Qingwei was so angry that his eyes were red, and he clutched his clothes tightly: "I won't say anything meaningless to you." β
After speaking, she was about to leave, but the young lady in green stepped forward and grabbed her coat and pulled it back hard. The already thin material hissed and opened a big hole, all the young ladies were shocked, Hu Qingwei was also frightened, busy and ashamed and annoyed to cover the torn clothes and retreat again and again to avoid everyone's attention, but only to see the green lady said with a guilty face: "Oh, Miss Hu, I really didn't mean it, the quality of your clothes is too poor, why can it be torn with a light pull." Come on, come on......"
She called out to her maid ring and ordered loudly: "Go to the treasury and pick up two of our leftover aya from last year and send them to the Hu family, even if it is my apology." β
What she meant was that last year's old Aya Luo was better than Hu Qingwei's clothes.
Hu Qingwei's maid was angry, and stepped forward and said, "Why do you bully people like this, my young lady didn't provoke you." β
"Sister Hu is angry? We were just joking, and it was an accident, so why did we get angry. Wan'er will apologize to you, sister, don't be angry, this way, my mother just made me a few sets of new clothes, how about I give them to Sister Hu? Sun Wan'er followed.
Yahuan saw that she deliberately said this, and tears fell down, but she couldn't say a word when she stammered.
The young ladies who followed Sun Wan'er covered their lips and smiled one by one, and the young lady in green said even more excessively: "Miss Hu, don't wear your clothes if your clothes are torn, take them off now." β
"That's it, take it off."
Some followed.
Hu Qingwei's face turned white, she was angry, and she didn't dare to move when there were all foreign men outside, so she only hid in the corner and wiped her tears.
Just when the young lady in green was about to step forward, I heard a slightly cold voice coming: "This young lady has never seen it, I don't know which one?" β
Everyone turned around in unison, and when they saw the people who came, they were all amazed.
Wei Ruyi, who has been dressed up in this way, doesn't seem to be as beautiful as a mortal, her skin is white and glowing, and with this long gauze skirt, she looks like a peach blossom, with a budding posture, which is staggering.
The group of boys and brothers also held their breath, they had only heard of Wei Ruyi's beauty before, but no one had thought that it was so beautiful.
Sun Wan'er twisted the handkerchief in her hand with jealousy, and the green-clothed lady came back to her senses, hiding the jealousy in her eyes, and hurriedly flattered and smiled: "Back to the princess, I am the ...... of the ceremonial family."
"Mu Ying, please ask her and Dianyi's family to leave the Wei Mansion immediately, I don't dare to stay with such a young lady who has no moral character." Wei Ruyi's voice was not small, and when the words fell, everyone immediately lowered their heads in fright and did not dare to make a sound.
The young lady was stunned: "Princess, I don't know ......"
"You want me to repeat those hypocritical words?" Wei Ruyi smiled coldly and looked at her indifferently: "Others may care about your disguise, but I disdain it, once I see through it, I can't tolerate a hypocritical and disgusting woman like you to stay here, immediately, get out of here!" β
This is serious, but Wei Ruyi didn't plan to save her any face, she dared to bully Hu Qingwei with such a means here, she knew best what Hu Qingwei's conduct was, these people just saw that the Hu family was weak, and Hu Qingwei bullied her without the support of her biological father.
For such a person, she doesn't need to give face.
The face of the young lady in green turned white, and there was a low sarcastic laughter around her, she looked at Sun Wan'er weakly, and Sun Wan'er also hated Wei Ruyi for not giving her face like this, and said, "Cousin Ruyi, why are you so mean?" β
"Mean?" Wei Ruyi asked her rhetorically: "You are also the daughter of the Shangshu family, why is the pattern still so small, why is the vision still so narrow, does anyone who goes out have to wear all the gold, silver and jewelry at home?" You made a fuss about Sister Hu's clothes, do you know that the emperor only rewarded her with Ayaluo? Sister Hu is low-key and reluctant to wear it, it's good for you to take the lead in making a fuss about the clothes here, why don't you look at the new clothes you made on purpose, which is just a bunch of rags in my eyes? β
Sun Wan'er gritted her teeth and looked at her with her neck stalked: "Cousin Ruyi, do you really want to be like this?" β
"What, you want to go too? Mu Ying, inform Sun Shangshu. β
"Yes!" Mu Ying immediately arranged for someone to go.
After speaking, Wei Ruyi ignored this group of young ladies who were competing with each other, walked to Hu Qingwei's side, asked someone to give her his coat, and then said, "Sister, go to my room to rest first." β
"Ruyi ......" Hu Qingwei saw her supporting herself, and tears came out all of a sudden.
Wei Ruyi patted her shoulder distressedly, but a young woman came over with a smile around the corner, looked at her and admired: "When I came, I saw that Master Hou was looking for you, you go to see him, I also want to go to your courtyard to rest, I will send Miss Hu over." β
Wei Ruyi looked up at her, and then remembered that she was the county lord of the Lao An Wang's family who had seen her in the other courtyard that day, but Wei Ruyi didn't know whose wife she was.
"I'm from the Xu family, and I've seen you a few times before, but you didn't pay attention to me." She looked at Wei Ruyi's confusion and explained herself.
"It's Mrs. Xu, Ruyi is rude." Wei Ruyi said with a smile.
Mrs. Xu understood her temperament, and only smiled and asked Hu Qingwei to help her up, and then went to Nanfeng Courtyard.
Wei Ruyi looked at her back, and raised her eyebrows slightly. The Xu family, not to mention the imperial merchant family, used to be the title of the Duke of the Kingdom, but it was hereditary replacement, and now the title has been reduced, but her husband is still leading the errand in the household department.
In the Xu family in her previous life, she remembered that Jiang Di was a chess piece in secret, and it was his money bag.
"Miss, the lady of the ceremonial family is here." Mu Ying quietly reminded Wei Ru that when she looked over, she saw a rich lady coming, and as soon as this lady came, she slapped the green lady in the face without saying a word, and then smiled and said to Wei Ruyi: "My girl is not sensible, and please don't blame Her Royal Highness the Princess, I'll take her back to the house." β
"I'm tired of Madame." Wei Ruyi smiled lightly, and Mrs. Dianyi hurriedly responded gratefully, pulling the green-clothed lady who didn't dare to squeak with red eyes and left.
Seeing her being taken away like this, Sun Wan'er couldn't hold her face, and she didn't dare to provoke Wei Ruyi again, so she could only hold on to her dignity and leave with a slightly white face.
Wei Ruyi glanced coldly at the group of men who looked straight at him, his eyes blinked, revealing a sweet smile: "Sons, you have nothing to do?" β
The men were like pouring a basin of cold water on their heads, and everyone could see that Wei Ruyi was unhappy, her former reputation for being unruly was still there, in case she pounced on them and beat them up......
Don't dare to think about it, everyone saluted and left, Wei Ruyi asked Mu Ying: "Yun Hao is here?" β
"It's coming, it seems to force the master to hand over the young lady, the slave and maid are far away, and I didn't hear it too clearly."
"It doesn't matter." Wei Ruyi can probably guess it, but she just wants to plan it today.
Soon the birthday banquet was about to start, and Wei Xin was thinking about how to deal with Yun Hao's matter while telling people to make sure that the old lady came out to congratulate everyone on her birthday.
Ruyi said that Yun Hao's eyes were blinded by the Fusang people, and now there is a living concubine in the palace, it can be seen that the five princes have fallen behind, and if they continue to follow the five princes, there will be no way out, but they can't let Yun Hao shake off his secrets, otherwise the title that he won so hard will be gone, and he will not be able to save his life.
The old lady was in the room, listening to the bustle outside, her face dark.
"Old lady, the housekeeper outside brought someone here, and he also brought a sedan chair, saying that he wanted to carry you over." Yahuan looked at the old lady with a tense face and stiffened, and said nervously.
"Could it be that he still wants to force me to go?"
"The butler outside said, "You have to go no matter what." Yahuan's voice was as low as a mosquito, and the old lady rushed up in one breath, and her heart tingled, so that she could barely stand firmly.
There is still the noise of digging the ground to plant medicine outside, and she can still smell the medicinal smell of boiling summer tea in the house, and then listening to Yahuan's words, she only feels that her mother, this grandmother is really done in vain.
"Go pack your things."
"Pack what?" Yahuan was puzzled, the old lady only looked out of the house weakly and a little sadly, and her voice was hoarse: "Pack your luggage, let's move out now." β
"Now go? The old man will definitely not agree, old lady, there is your birthday banquet outside......"
"Is he doing it for me, or is he doing it himself?" The old lady knew very well in her heart that she did have a dislike for this son, but the son was a son in the end, but she didn't expect him to use her as a biological mother like this and hurt her mother's heart, even so, she would rather not stay here!
Yahuan saw that she was resolute, and she didn't dare to hesitate, so she went to do it immediately.
It didn't take long for a few boxes to be packed.
The housekeeper is waiting outside with a proud attitude at this time, in the end, the head of this house is still the master, what the master says, that's what, when the master doesn't value the old lady, what can she say?
He was thinking about it, seeing that they actually brought out a large bag and a small bag, and said busily: "Old lady, what are you doing here?" β
"Get out of the way." The old lady had a calm face.
"This ......" The housekeeper sensed her intentions, and immediately gave the little guy next to him a look, asking him to find Wei Xin, and then stopped her and said: "Old lady, you must have misunderstood Master Hou, Master Hou is really filial, you can't do this." And...... And even if you have to leave, you have to pass today, right? β
The old lady smiled sarcastically: "After today? After today, will I be able to walk tomorrow? β
The butler frowned: "Anyway, you can't leave today, there are all guests in front of you......"
"Then I'll go through the back door, right?" The old lady was completely chilled, seeing that the housekeeper dared to stop her, her face was terrified, and as soon as the majesty of the hostess who had been in charge for many years came out, the housekeeper was still a little intimidated, and the old lady took people away directly.
After Mu Ying got the news, she told Wei Ruyi, but Wei Ruyi's gaze was extremely light. It's good to leave, so that she doesn't have to be so sad about Wei Xin's future tragedy, and she doesn't have to be implicated by him.
"Miss, Master Hou said that you should go to the library building." A little guy came over and said.
"Hmm." Wei Ruyi responded, and the smile on the corner of his lips was even stronger, is my father going to hand over himself?
Mu Ying secretly clenched the hidden dagger, got up with Wei Ruyi, and saw the little guy and said, "Master Hou ordered, Miss just go alone." β
Wei Xin felt that no one would suspect him as a father, but Wei Ruyi had already guessed his purpose.
Mu Ying stayed and watched Wei Ruyi leave alone, and after noticing the staring eyes around her, Yu Guang immediately turned around and went to the place he had prepared before.
At the beginning of the birthday banquet, the red face and white face sang lively, and the song "Magu Presents Birthday" made the people below applaud.
Wei Ruyi listened to the play while walking towards the library building, and when it arrived, the little maid stopped at the door and said with a smile: "Master Hou is waiting for you above." β
Wei Ruyi smiled and looked at him: "What's your name?" β
The little guy was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "A small cheap name, it won't pollute your ears." β
"Well, you go and tell your father that the old lady is about to go through the back door, let him stop him."
"Yes."
The little guy didn't think about it, he turned his head and was about to run, but he immediately reacted, he just said that Hou Ye was in the library, but the young lady asked him to find Hou Ye elsewhere.
He hurriedly turned around and wanted to defend himself, but saw that Wei Ruyi had already slowly walked to the library building.
His mouth opened, and he thought that the old lady's matter was important, so he ignored Wei Ruyi and hurried to find Wei Xin.
Wei Ruyi entered the library building, the surroundings were very quiet, and there was a faint smell of blood in the air.
She pretended not to smell it, and walked slowly forward until another footstep slowly came.
"It's been a long time, Miss Wei......"
The voice of the yin owl hides endless hatred.
Wei Ruyi's eyebrows didn't make a sound, he only turned his head to look at the faintly burning candle in the dark, stepped forward to pick it up, and directly lit the curtain while the people around him didn't react.
As soon as the fire touched the curtains, the tongues of fire immediately rushed up, and the library was full of books, and it was even easier to burn, and a fire immediately ignited here.
Yun Hao didn't expect Wei Ruyi to be like this suddenly, and hurriedly said, "Catch her for me!" β
The corners of Wei Ruyi's mouth raised slightly: "Just a few of you?" After speaking, the shadow flashed in the shadows, and Xue Wuxian came in, with a scimitar in his hand, and more than a dozen people solved it without much effort, but Wei Ruyi still let out a miserable scream: "Don't, don't kill me!" With that, he kicked open the door of the library and ran out.
Yun Hao didn't react a little, but he held him with one hand, and gasped as if he was injured, and said in a dumb voice: "The person she brought was killed by us, and now she runs to the opposite room alone......"
"Chase!" Yun Hao was surrounded by dense blood and scorching fire, and he didn't have time to distinguish the figure next to him, so he subconsciously believed it.
That force immediately helped him to rush out, but after a while, it stopped, it was dark, and the surroundings were very quiet, Yun Hao thought that he had arrived at the room where Wei Ruyi was hiding, so he grabbed the hand holding him and asked, "What about people?" β
"She was injured and hiding in a corner."
"Yun Hao, I have no grievances with you, what do you want to do?" Wei Ruyi's faint voice also came, Yun Hao's ears carefully watched the surrounding movements, and made sure that there was no one, before he sneered: "No grievances, no hatred? Wei Ruyi, Lou Yan likes you, this is your sin, understand? β
"I don't understand. Yun Gongzi, if you dare to hurt me today, my father will not let you go, he is now the Marquis of Wu Ning, he must ......"
"Why are you still so naΓ―ve? Have you forgotten that you were tricked by your father? I asked him to choose between his own life and yours, and he chose to protect himself. Wei Ruyi, in his eyes, you may not be as important as his throne. After Yun Hao finished speaking, he seemed to enjoy this kind of abuse very much, he could almost imagine Wei Ruyi's disappointed and painful look, thinking of this, he was happy, pushed the people around him, and said, "Tie me up." β
"No, if you want to tie me up, you might as well kill me! And I don't believe your nonsense, my father has made meritorious service now, and he is already a Hou Ye, he has no reason to use me, and he will never be at the mercy of a villain like you! Wei Ruyi's voice trembled.
"Villain?" Yun Hao didn't dislike this word at all: "I'm a villain, but what do you think your father is a good person?" Let me tell you a secret, when he said that he dreamed that the old lady had an accident, in fact, I told him that the old lady would definitely have an accident, and at that time he wanted to kill you, but you were very lucky, the old lady did not die, so that you and he were rewarded by the emperor's fool. β
The people who were supporting him on the side heard him scold the emperor for being a fool, and his eyebrows were raised.
Wei Ruyi only spoke with pain: "No." Yun Gongzi, you have no grievances with the old lady, why do you want to hurt her? β
"I don't need to tell you that." Yun Hao was not interested in saying that he only needed to catch Wei Ruyi today, and then force Wei Xin to bring Lou Yan to him, and finally kill these two people together.
Thinking that he had already succeeded halfway, the smile on his face became even bigger: "Wei Ruyi, don't be afraid, someone will accompany you to hell soon." β
"Even if you die, you have to make me a ghost! Daddy is not a fool, I don't believe he will be at the mercy of a stupid villain like you, maybe you yourself are someone's pawn. Wei Ruyi continued.
Yun Hao really didn't understand: "Wei Ruyi, what if you know?" Are you going to tell anyone else when you get out? What if you tell it, who will believe you without evidence? β
"When I know, I won't let him go if I become a ghost!" Wei Ruyi looked like he was gritting his teeth.
Yun Hao really couldn't figure it out, but he laughed out loud, laughing evilly, and slowly walked in the direction of Wei Ruyi's voice: "Okay, I'll fulfill you and tell you who it is, that person is the Fifth Prince...... Only when the old concubine dies can he come out of the grounding as a filial son and grandson, as long as he comes out, he can calculate all the people who calculated him back, I said, do you understand? β
Wei Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard him say it.
Yun Hao frowned, but listened to her tone and said calmly: "I see." β
"What is that......" he asked, and the man who was holding him pushed him to the side, and before he could react, it was as if the man had fallen out of a small door and fell on a hollow ground underneath.
He was stunned: "Where is this?" β
He was stunned, and everyone under the stage who was originally happy to watch "Magu Presents Birthday" was also stunned, and the actors who were stopped halfway were also stunned.