Madam, she always wants to run away

Chapter 15
When leaving the Hou Mansion, Li Ying was a little thankful that she had gone through such a journey.

Zhao Minying's two sons and daughters did not inherit her temperament at all. Cao Wenxian was innocent and cute, and she revealed her inner secrets to herself without any scheming when they met for the first time. How did you raise it.

Back at the mansion, Li Ying asked Zhao Minyi curiously: "Mother, I met my aunt's son and daughter today, why are they not the same at all?"

Zhao Minyi smiled and asked, "Being different from your aunt, is that good or bad?"

"Of course it's fine. My aunt is so powerful, but she raises cousin Xian and cousin Wenzhi like nothing else."

Zhao Minyi sighed, and said: "Your aunt is actually not a bad person, but sometimes she is a little... carried away."

"Is it because you married into the Hou Mansion?"

"No, although Lord Hou is a round older than her, for a woman from our merchant family, being able to be someone's stepmother is quite a feat. It was only after entering the door that I realized that life in the Hou's mansion was very difficult. It's not that easy..." Zhao Minying said with some regret.

Li Ying's curiosity was aroused: "Mom, you continue."

"Didn't you see your eldest cousin today?"

Li Ying shook his head.

"Your eldest cousin's name is Cao Wenxiang. He was left behind by Master Hou and the former one. Once your aunt gets married, she will be someone's stepmother. It's not easy to be a stepmother. If there is any disadvantage in food and clothing, It will be used by others to make a fuss, saying that your aunt was harsh."

Li Ying felt strange and asked, "Mother, didn't you say that the two of you haven't been in touch for many years? Why do you know so clearly?"

"Oh, it's a long story. A few days ago, you always shied away from being a guest at the Hou's Mansion, so your aunt privately asked me to accompany her to pick out cloth, and we went out for dinner together after we picked it up.

Your aunt probably doesn't come out very often, and when she's in the mood, she insists on drinking.It was all good at first, bragging to me for a long time about how beautiful and proud I was in the Hou Mansion, but after drinking and drinking, I couldn't hold enough alcohol, and started talking nonsense.

At the end of the drink, your aunt cried so pitifully in front of me, telling all the nonsense things about the Hou's mansion..."

Li Ying couldn't imagine that her aunt actually had this side: "Then what happened later?"

"Later, your aunt fell asleep and forgot all about the rest of it. She only remembered what she bragged to me earlier."

Li Ying didn't know whether to laugh or cry, that night my mother didn't have dinner in the mansion, and there was such a thing behind her back.The mother's temperament is the same as her own, and she is easy to soften her heart. No wonder she persuaded herself yesterday for the first time, "Just go there."

"What else did my aunt say when she was drunk?"

"It is said that your eldest cousin was raised by me arrogantly, and now he has become a demon king in the world.

He also said that the Hou Mansion looked at the scenery, but in fact there was nothing left but an empty shelf, and all his dowry was paid off to the Hou Mansion, and life was very tight, and the money for raising children had to be pulled out through the fingers. "

The more Li Ying heard it, the more sad she felt. It doesn't matter how good it is in front of outsiders. Only she knows whether her life is going well behind closed doors.

Just now Li Ying felt that her mother was too easy to soften her heart. After hearing this, not to mention Zhao Minying, Li Ying felt that her aunt was a little pitiful.

Even with a better impression of Cao Wenxian and Cao Wenzhi, Li Ying secretly thought that if there is a chance in the future, he should be with them more.

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The humming of cicadas outside the window gradually weakened, and in a blink of an eye, the summer in the capital was over.

In August, Cao Wenzhi passed the Qiuwei Examination, and passed the Xieyuan Examination without any accident. The Japanese Xuanping Hou's Mansion is full of people.

At the banquet, Cao Wenzhi originally wanted to have a few words with his cousin Ying, but there were too many people who came to congratulate him. Whenever he had time to go to Li Ying, she had disappeared, and Cao Wenzhi felt a little lost .

When he first met Li Ying, he was astonished.From then on, whenever he got tired of reading books and his mind became muddy, he would close the book, close his eyes gently, and spend a little time drawing the beautiful image of his cousin in his mind.

When he opened his eyes again, he was studying hard under the lamp all night again.

Of course he heard that his cousin had a marriage contract, and Cao Wenzhi believed that his relationship with his cousin was just an ordinary person's appreciation and yearning for beauty, without any other impure emotions mixed in it.

In this way, without anyone knowing, Cao Wenzhi relied on Li Ying as his spiritual support, and survived day after day, the darkest days before the autumn, and the waiting for the release of the rankings. The torment has come to an end.

Therefore, he really wanted to say thank you to her personally.

Li Ying naturally didn't know about this. Seeing that the agreed wedding date was getting closer, Li Ying felt anxious. Fortunately, she made appointments with Cao Wenxian to have tea and chat with Cao Wenxian from time to time, and occasionally went to the market to relieve her irritability. , the relationship between the two has become more and more intimate.

On this day, Cao Wenxian dressed up and was about to go out when she happened to be stopped by Cao Wenzhi who was wandering around the mansion with nothing to do.

"My sister is going out?"

"Yes, I made an appointment with Cousin Ying to go to the newly opened Qingfeng Tea House to try something new."

"Qingfeng Tea House?"

"Why, brother, are you also interested?"

Cao Wenzhi smiled shyly: "After the exam, I suddenly feel free, and I don't know what to do all day long."

Cao Wenxian laughed at him: "I see you, brother, you are really stupid in reading, let's go, today my sister will take you to experience the life of ordinary people like us."

Cao Wenzhi blushed: "You have an appointment with Cousin Ying, so it's okay for me to go without invitation..."

"What's the matter, Cousin Ying is a very talkative person, she will be happy if you go."

Cao Wenzhi was still hesitating, and was pushed into the carriage by Cao Wenxian: "Let's go, such a trivial matter is worth worrying about for a long time, brother."

The sky is clear.In the private room on the second floor of Qingfeng Tea House on Yuqing Street, Li Ying was resting his chin on one hand, fiddling with the tea set on the table with the other hand in boredom, and glanced at the door from time to time.

After a while, someone opened the door and came in. Li Ying raised a smile on his face, revealing two dimples: "Xian'er, you've come."

As soon as the words fell, Li Ying saw a person behind Cao Wenxian, and Li Ying was taken aback: "Second cousin is here too?"

Cao Wenxian flew to Li Ying's side like a butterfly, took her arm and said, "Cousin Ying, I see that my brother is like a wandering ghost in the mansion all day after the exam, it's also pitiful, so I decided to bring him here today." Now, you won't blame me."

Even if Li Ying wanted to blame, hearing Cao Wenxian's coquettish tone, the anger would have disappeared long ago, not to mention the shyness and embarrassment on Cao Wenzhi's face, which made Li Ying almost laugh.

"How come, the second cousin picked Jie Yuan, I haven't had a chance to congratulate him face to face."

Only then did Cao Wenzhi heave a sigh of relief.

"Sit down, I'll make a cup of tea for you two brothers and sisters."

Cao Wenxian rushed to say: "Brother, you don't know, the tea made by Cousin Ying is delicious!"

Cao Wenzhi smiled and said: "Really, then I have a good fortune."

Li Ying deftly brewed Longjing tea for the two of them, gossiping: "Second cousin Jie Yuan, what's your plan next?"

"Actually, I still have to prepare for next year's general examination and palace examination, so I just take advantage of the release of the results for a few days to relax."

In fact, Li Ying really wanted to say, don't worry, you can become the Minister of Rites in the future.

"Cousin Ying, actually I..." Cao Wenzhi was halfway through speaking, when there was a sudden noise from the street.

"Help! Help..."

"Shut up! Tie me up!"

"The strong man let my daughter go... I beg you to forgive me for a few more days..."

"Daddy! Daddy save me!"

An old man begged for mercy, mixed with the cry of a girl, and the yelling of several strong men.

People on the street stopped to watch one after another, and people in the teahouse also straightened their necks to look out.

"Fathers and folks, this year's harvest is not good. My father just borrowed two taels of silver from the bank, and now he has to pay back six taels of silver! How can there be such a business in the world! We can't afford it even if we sell everything. ..." The girl was articulate, and she made it clear in a few sentences.

"The interest rate is too high..."

"This is clearly a money grab..." People around talked about it.

A big man in the lead said angrily: "When I borrowed money, I signed the contract in black and white, but now I have to deny it if I can't pay it back? How can a boss like you do business?!"

The old man said tremblingly: "I am illiterate, old man. No one told me to pay back so much money when I signed it... If I knew, I wouldn't press my fingerprints even if I died!"

"Stop talking nonsense! I've given you a grace period for several days, and if you don't come out, I will use your daughter to pay off the debt!" The strong men didn't intend to waste any more words with him, so they dragged the old man's daughter and left.Some of the onlookers wanted to help, but the strong man gave him a fierce look, and everyone was afraid to make a sound.

The old man was in a hurry, and rushed forward desperately to pull his daughter back, but was kicked on the heart by the strong man, and lay on the ground without moving.

"It's a fatality! It's a fatality!" The timid people around shouted in horror.

Seeing this, the old man's daughter yelled "Father—" and passed out from exhaustion.

The three of them saw it clearly in the teahouse, and were very angry at the behavior of those strong men. Seeing that the girl fainted, Cao Wenzhi couldn't sit still. Come on, kick up the dust.

The dust dissipated, and there was a man wearing black arrow sleeves with silver woven and cloud patterns sitting on a tall steed. His face was sharp and angular, his eyebrows were like swords, a pair of slender phoenix eyes, his nose bridge was straight, and his face was thin. The thin lips revealed an unreasonable and cold breath.

Who is not Xiao Lian?

Li Ying saw who was coming, and almost knocked over the teacup in her hand, Cao Wenxian asked, "Cousin Ying, what's wrong with you?"

Li Ying replied truthfully: "That man is loyal to Prince Xiao Lian."

"Isn't that Cousin Ying your fiancé?"

Li Ying nodded and looked downstairs again.

Xiao Lian blocked the way of several strong men, and said coldly: "Let them go."

The brawny man who took the lead saw that the person was dressed luxuriously and imposing, and his tone softened a bit: "My lord, the younger one is also following orders, I hope the lord will be accommodating..."

While talking, Li Ying saw a young boy slipping away quietly among the crowd, he must have gone to pass the news.

When the two sides were still in a stalemate, a middle-aged man with a slick face and a bloated body pushed the strong man away, stepped forward and nodded to Xiao Lian and bowed: "Master, the younger one is in charge of the bank. I don't know who is the master?"

As soon as this person appeared, Cao Wenzhi couldn't sit still anymore.He has met several times in the mansion, he is the son of Nanny Lai next to his mother!
"You two stay here, I will come when I go." Cao Wenzhi rushed downstairs.

Seeing that Cao Wenzhi was so flustered, Li Ying asked Cao Wenxian, "What's wrong with the second cousin?"

Cao Wenxian faltered and said, "The person in charge seems to be my mother's subordinate..."

"What?!" Li Ying exclaimed, this is not good!
Xiao Lian on the street didn't notice the commotion in the teahouse, he glanced at Fatty Lai condescendingly, and said mockingly, "You deserve to know?"

Fatty Lai saw his hot face sticking to his cold butt, and his smile couldn't hold back: "Master, you are so proud, it's not easy for us to do business, you are so accommodating..."

Xiao Lian didn't even look at him, cherishing words like gold and said: "Get lost."

Fatty Lai saw that this person could not distinguish between good and bad, and pretended to be a grandson, so he turned angrily and said: "Since you don't know good and bad, don't blame me for being rude! Come on, come and fuck me!"

"Stop it all!" In a flash, Cao Wenzhi stood in front of a group of strong men.

Cao Wenzhi quickly cast a wink at Fatty Lai, then turned around and bowed: "My lord."

Xiao Lian asked coldly, "Who are you?"

"Below is Cao Wenzhi of the Marquis of Xuanping."

Xiao Lian searched his mind for a while before he remembered this person: "It turned out to be you, why did you stop me?"

"My lord, today's matter is purely a misunderstanding." Cao Wenzhi smoothed things over, and then said unceremoniously to Fatty Lai: "Hurry up and send someone to be treated! I paid the money for the old man. You take the money and release it quickly." people!"

Seeing that the second son of the mansion is respectful to the man on the horse, Fatty Lai's back is already soaked, he has offended the Buddha!
"Yes, yes, I don't need the money. Let's just pretend that this incident didn't happen today. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

As Fatty Lai spoke, he gestured to the servants, and the group was about to leave, but they were stopped by a sound.

"Wait a minute." Xiao Lian's thin lips parted and closed, and the words he uttered were full of coolness, "Snatching people in the street, is that enough?"

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