Chapter 41: Antecedents
When they arrived in Cthulhu City, it was already the middle of the night.
At this time, the city gates were closed, and ordinary people could only wait until tomorrow if they wanted to enter. However, Su Qing's body is not suitable for staying in the field for a long time, and as the master of the ninth floor, she can also make an exception for the guards guarding the door to open the door at this time.
Once in the city, they went straight to the ninth floor of the altar in Cthulhu City.
Su Qing went elsewhere to meet with the person in charge to discuss important matters, and Meng Fuyao and Shen Yan were placed in a side room as guests.
Seeing Meng Fuyao's expression, Shen Yan couldn't help asking, "Are you still worried about Hong Gongzi?"
"Nope. Meng Fuyao almost subconsciously refuted Shen Yan's words, but then she reacted that she was like this, wouldn't there be three hundred taels of silver here?
Seeing this, Shen Yan sat down beside her, poured a cup of tea and pushed it over, "If you don't mind, can you tell me about you and Hong Gongzi?"
Meng Fuyao pursed her lips and was silent, and Shen Yan didn't urge her.
After a long time, I heard Meng Fuyao say hello in a low voice. Immediately, he told Shen Yan a story.
The sound of the piano of the white narcissus, the Xiao song of the autumn of the North Hall, the singing of the white meichen and the dance of the red peony are passed on by word of mouth for people on the continent on the other side, and they are called the four uniques.
As the head of Liuying House and the boss, Red Peony rarely receives guests in person. Moreover, even when there is a reception, I will not serve them.
But five months ago, a special guest came to the Liuying Building. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the red peony that happened to be inspecting the building, and he took out a thick stack of silver tickets, threatening to buy him for one night.
The guest said it was special, but it was just because she was a girl. Liuyinglou and the Linjiang Building of Fengcheng in the south, the Yunsheng Jiehai Tower in Yeyun City in the northern Qingyu and the Lingyi Building in Sushui City in the west are called the fourth floor of the world, although they will not be as smoky as the ordinary Qinglou Chu Pavilion, but in essence, it is still the category of Qinglou. No matter what the guests came for, most of them were men, and there were not no women, but none of them came in through the gate with a big grin like this one, and said such things in front of everyone.
All of a sudden, the room burst into laughter.
Seeing that the girl was also ashamed and astringent in such a laugh, Red Peony still stood there, looking at him with a top and waiting for an answer.
Somehow, he agreed to the little girl's request. took the silver tickets that looked so much that he didn't actually pay attention to, and led the little girl to his room, behind which were full of guests who were shocked by this scene.
Red peony people, as its name suggests, is as glamorous and luxurious as a peony, and enchanting and seductive, although it is also known as "the double beauty of the other side" with white narcissus, but the two people are diametrically opposed two temperaments. The white narcissus is indifferently out of the dust, and the red peony game is in the dust.
The girl was not his first woman, but by mistake, she became the last.
It was just that one night that she was greedy for joy, and she became pregnant with his child.
Red Peony didn't react when he heard the news, he didn't have much impression and attention to this little girl, and even this news was only clear when he heard the rumors that suddenly came out of the city one day.
The girl is the only daughter of the Meng family, a wealthy businessman in Wuyang City, and there is nothing wrong with living under the favor of her parents. But suddenly, everything changed. She was promised to be married to Nie Yun, the young city lord, and no one inside and outside Wuyang City knew that Nie Yun was a bully who bullied men and women. She cried and made trouble, but her parents were determined to marry her to the young city lord.
Then, she quietly left Wuyang City and fled to Cloud City. When passing by Liuying Tower, it occurred to me that as long as I was no longer a virgin, the City Lord's Mansion should take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage.
I was spoiled by my parents since I was a child, and I didn't tell her about this, but I heard from the storyteller in the book that the people of the big family still attach great importance to women's names, but the girls themselves didn't care, and even felt that they had thought of a good idea. Immediately stepped into the Liuying Building in full view of everyone, and saw the best-looking man at a glance, half of it was the plan in his heart, half of it was disturbed by beauty, and the girl had the most intimate contact with a strange man in such a daze.
After one night, she also felt that the money was gone. When he was brought back by the people sent by his parents, he still thought that he had lost his body, and he would definitely not be valued by the City Lord's Mansion anymore, and he couldn't stand it anymore for the eldest lady who grew up pampered after running around for many days, so he followed them back without too much resistance.
Unexpectedly, the news that she entered the Liuying Tower and ordered the little man there overnight has spread to several nearby cities, and when she went back, she heard someone talking about it in the city, and the city lord's mansion still had no intention of withdrawing from the marriage. and also discussed with her parents, worried that she would run away from home again and advance the marriage date.
In a hurry, the girl originally planned to lie that she was pregnant with the child of Liuyinglou, but she didn't expect to finally invite a doctor to check it and find out that it was true.
In fact, whether it is lost or unmarried and pregnant, in the Dafu Empire, where there are several generations of empresses, not many people will criticize girls too much because of this. But in the end, this is a big thing beyond common sense, and others can't help but talk about it.
No matter how remote Wuyang City is, it is also a city in the end, and the girls are the same as everyone else, they all think that the city lord's mansion will definitely withdraw from the marriage in this way, but the news that the Meng family's parents got was that they wanted them to kill their daughter's fetus, and the wedding date was the same.
For a while, the girl who heard the news was stunned. And everyone in Wuyang City was surprised to think that the young city lord was really infatuated. If it is said that the previous tough reason for letting Miss Meng family marry into the City Lord's Mansion and for the wealth of the Meng family, this time after breaking the news that Miss Meng family lost her body and was pregnant before marriage, it must be true love. Thinking so, they also recalled that Nie Yun, the young city lord, had not come out to bully men and women to cause trouble since it was rumored that he had a marriage contract with Miss Meng's family, and he would often collect some treasures and send them to the Meng Mansion mansion.
Originally, she was still sympathetic to Miss Meng's family, and the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law who married such a character began to envy her at this time.
Miss Meng always felt that something was wrong, and she was unwilling to marry like this. But because she had been away from home once before, this time not only the people of the Meng family watched closely, but also many people from the City Lord's Mansion came to guard her openly and secretly. She thought that she could only give in like this, but she didn't expect that on the night when her parents were about to kill the fetus in her womb, the red peony came to her.
"I heard you're pregnant with my child?" the bewitching and beautiful man showed a different face at this moment. He didn't have the shallow smile that always tempted sentient beings on his face, so he was cold and detached.
Miss Meng was taken aback, and looked at him in disbelief for a long time without speaking.
It was at this time that Red Peony came over and grabbed her wrist directly.
Slippery veins.
That rumor is not a rumor......
The red peony's expression at that time was very complicated. It seems to be happy, but with a little bit of other emotions that can't be seen clearly.
Miss Meng didn't know what he was going to do, but just looked at him vigilantly. The first time I was fascinated by beauty, it was also because I wanted to get rid of the marriage contract through him, but now it seems that this one has a terrifying and dangerous atmosphere.
After a long time, Red Peony chuckled and asked her, "Do you want to leave here?"
Of course she wanted to. Even if you know that this person is not as simple as it seems, there is no other way now. She didn't believe that the young city lord Nie Yun would marry her if he really loved her, so she had to escape from here.
Red Peony took her and left the Mengfu mansion easily, without alarming anyone.
"Aren't you worried about your parents?" After leaving the Meng Mansion, she didn't let Miss Meng Jia hurry on foot, and Red Peony thoughtfully prepared a luxuriously furnished carriage. Sitting inside, you can barely feel any bumps. It's boring, and there are all kinds of gadgets to relieve boredom.
But Miss Meng knew that all this was because she was pregnant with this person's child.
The man in red has a cold feeling for everything, but he values his own blood.
Miss Meng didn't know if it was a good thing for her to follow him away, but it was her only way out at the moment.
Hearing the man ask her this, the girl couldn't help but stiffen slightly, and then lowered her eyes and said, "City Lord Nie is a very gentle person, even if I escape, he won't really do anything to the Meng family." ”
"Really?" Red Peony asked rhetorically, her eyes fell on the girl's stomach, and after seeing her look a lot more nervous, she looked away.
Miss Meng couldn't see that the air was so heavy, so she opened her mouth to break the silence: "Where are we going now?"
Red Peony said: "Xiangxue Sea." ”
There is no snow in the Xiangxue Sea, but there are large pieces of fragrant snowflakes that are always undefeated, and they are not stopped. It is also because of this that a place that was originally unknown has such a poetic name.
Miss Meng followed the red peony all the way, and when she entered the sea of fragrant snow, she was inevitably surprised by such a grand scene.
Fragrant snowflakes have a very light aroma that is generally difficult to smell. But in such a large area of fragrant snowflakes, this aroma becomes clear.
In the depths of the sea of flowers, there is a delicate and small courtyard, nominated for Xiangxue Xiaozhu. The place where Red Peony took her was this small courtyard.
Looking at the layout here, Miss Meng couldn't help asking, "Did you live here before?"
Red Peony didn't say yes or no, just hummed softly, and then took her to familiarize herself with the surrounding environment.
"It's very untouched, so it's a great place to raise a baby. But...... If you can't get used to it, I'll find another place to live another day. ”
Miss Meng hurriedly shook her head: "No need, it's good here." "She used to be a lively character, but now she doesn't want to bother people too much. Even if that other person is the father of the child in his womb.
When she said this, Red Peony didn't say anything else, and after taking her to see the layout of the entire Xiangxue Xiaozhu, she added some other things according to her preferences. Then, he didn't leave, and stayed here with her.