Madam, she always wants to run away

Chapter 53 Rumors
Compared to the cheers of the Li Mansion, the Xuan Ping Hou Mansion next door was shrouded in dark clouds.

The wound on Cao Wenxian's neck is almost healed, only a thin cloth belt is wrapped around it, which looks like a girl's decoration from a distance.

After experiencing Xiao Ling's madness again, Cao Wenxian was much stronger than expected.For her, it was true that she liked Xiao Ling, and it was also true that she let go of Xiao Ling.It's like a sore on the heart, it will hurt and rot, but as long as you work hard to cut it off, you won't be bothered by it anymore.

Xiaoling was exiled, Cao Wenxian only felt relaxed, he and her had nothing to do with each other anymore.

But what she didn't know was that everyone saw Xiao Ling wearing a fiery red wedding dress when she was captured.Gradually, word spread that Cao Wenxian, the daughter of Xuan Pinghou, was kidnapped by the fourth prince and married forcibly. The circle in the capital is so big, and soon everyone knew about it.

Cao Wenxian has been recuperating in the mansion for the past few days, and has never heard of the gossip outside, Zhao Minying even kept her mouth shut when facing her daughter.

"Mom, I want to go out for a walk, but I'm bored in the room."

"Xian'er, you can stay in the mansion with peace of mind." Zhao Minying persuaded.

"Why? I've been locked up in my room for seven or eight days."

Zhao Minying faltered, not knowing how to speak.

"Mother, do you have something to hide from me?" Cao Wenxian was keenly aware of Zhao Minying's emotions.

"Xian'er." Zhao Minying felt that there was no way to hide it any longer, so she simply said, "Actually, your father and I have been discussing marriage for you these few days."

"What?!" Cao Wenxian sat up from the bed stiffly: "When did it happen, why didn't anyone tell me?"

Zhao Minying was cruel, and continued: "Xian'er, you don't know, there are rumors outside that you and the fourth prince paid homage to Gaotang, and you can be regarded as the fourth prince's concubine, and what's more, they say..."

"say what?"

"You said that your innocence was given to the fourth prince!" Zhao Minying stomped her feet and told her daughter the worst rumor.

Cao Wenxian was so angry that her chest kept heaving: "Mother, others don't know, but you know! I am worshiped by Xiao Ling with a knife on my neck! What kind of marriage is this?"

"Xian'er, mother knows, mother knows..." Zhao Minying heard those words, and wished she could go up and argue with others, but her mouth grows on others, and she can't shut everyone's mouths.

"Mom, so you and dad also believe these words? That's why you are in such a hurry to push me out?"

"Of course mother doesn't believe it, but mother is doing this for your own good." Zhao Minying said earnestly: "Now that you are still young, you can still choose a good marriage. If you are delayed by this matter, mother is afraid that you will become an old girl." Already!"

"Don't lie to me! At a time like this, how can you find a good family? I guess it's either a poor scholar or an old man who married a wife!"

"Xian'er, what are you talking about!" Zhao Minying turned pale when she heard the second half of the sentence.However, Cao Wenxian's guess was not bad. The girl's family was entangled in such rumors, who else would be willing to come to ask for a marriage?In the past few days, Cao Qishan and Zhao Minying searched through the greeting cards, but couldn't find a decent one.

"I've hit it!" Cao Wenxian felt that the breath in her chest was about to explode: "Even if I can't get married in this life, I don't want to follow you as my successor!"

Cao Wenxian put down these words angrily, then rushed out the door recklessly while wiping away tears.

Zhao Minying's expression was struck by lightning, she sat alone in the room, for a long time, two lines of tears flowed from her eyes, she murmured: "Mother doesn't want to..."

Cao Wenxian ran out of the house crying, crying all the way, and didn't stop until she couldn't run anymore.

She wiped away her tears and found that she had run near Duan Yanlin's residence unknowingly.

Want to find him?Cao Wenxian didn't dare to move forward. He must have heard the gossip that his mother taught her just now.Will he believe it too?What would he think of me?
Thinking of this, the tears that Cao Wenxian had just stopped flowed down again. She had no strength, so she had to squat on the ground, bury her head in her arms and cry loudly.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo-"

Duan Yanlin just got off duty and returned home, and was about to step into the house, when he suddenly saw a small figure huddled in the corner by the door, his shoulders twitching, as if crying.

Whose girl is crying at his door?Duan Yanlin approached a little closer, and saw that the man's neck was wrapped with a thin cloth bandage. This, didn't he bandage it himself? !

Duan Yanlin walked up to Cao Wenxian in three steps and two in parallel: "Miss San, what's wrong with you?"

Cao Wenxian was crying vigorously, when she heard Duan Yanlin's voice above her head, she quickly wiped away her tears with her sleeve, raised her head and called out: "Doctor Duan."

Duan Yanlin saw Cao Wenxian's round eyes were red from crying, even her nose was red, and for some reason, Duan Yanlin twitched inexplicably.

Duan Yanlin took out a handkerchief: "Miss San, wipe it if you don't mind."

"I'm fine." Cao Wenxian said it was fine, but she consciously took Duan Yanlin's veil with her hand. She snorted, feeling that she was going to lose all her face as a lady.

"Miss San, you should get up first."

Cao Wenxian stood up in response, but after squatting for a long time, her feet went limp, and with an exclamation, Cao Wenxian was about to fall to the ground.

Cao Wenxian closed her eyes tightly, thinking that it was over, that she had lost enough.Unexpectedly, she did not fall to the ground, but fell into an embrace full of medicinal fragrance.

Duan Yanlin quickly grabbed Cao Wenxian's waist with his eyes and hands. His hand seemed to be electrocuted. After supporting Cao Wenxian, he pushed her away.

It's strange, why I never felt this way when I asked Miss San for her pulse every day.

But in Cao Wenxian's opinion, Duan Yanlin's behavior is undoubtedly to draw a line with her, and her heart feels like falling to the bottom of the valley.

"Doctor Duan, don't bother me, I'll take my leave first." Cao Wenxian said, turned around and was about to leave.

"Hey——" Duan Yanlin pulled Cao Wenxian's sleeve subconsciously: "Miss San, you haven't said why you are crying yet?"

"Why am I crying? It's none of your business." Cao Wenxian didn't know what was wrong with her, and her tone became aggressive.

Duan Yanlin was speechless for a while, indeed, he is a mere medical officer, why would he dare to point fingers at the daughter of the Hou's mansion.

Thinking of this, Duan Yanlin let go of his hand again.

This time Cao Wenxian was even more wronged, she stamped her foot and scolded: "Duan Yanlin, you bastard!"

Duan Yanlin was scolded for no reason, he stood there in a daze, and said for a long time: "Miss San, I was wrong."

Cao Wenxian looked at Duan Yanlin's foolish and bewildered look, annoyed and funny, she asked, "Where did you go wrong?"

"I..." Duan Yanlin said "I" for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence: "I was wrong."

Cao Wenxian burst into laughter immediately: "You are a fool."

Duan Yanlin replied very understandingly: "Miss San is scolding."

"Duan Yanlin, do you follow me whatever I say?"

"As long as Duan can do what he can, he will die."

"Then I'll let you marry me."

"what?"

"You heard me right, Duan Yanlin, are you willing to marry me, Cao Wenxian?"

"I, I...I..." Duan Yanlin couldn't even finish his sentence for a moment.

"You, you, you, what are you! Do you know how it was rumored that I and the fourth prince are outside?"

"I've heard it a little bit." Duan Yanlin remembered that he had quarreled with the gossip palaces during the day: "But don't worry, I don't believe a word."

"But other people believe it. Do you know that my parents are going to marry me to a bad old man as a sequel."

"What?!" Duan Yanlin couldn't believe it: "Why is this happening?"

"You're a man, so you don't know how difficult a woman's situation is. To you, those words are mere rumors, but to a woman, it's like an invisible blade, piercing her body one after another. In the end, all the results are nothing. It is a woman who bears it alone."

Duan Yanlin really didn't expect the matter to be so serious. He saw with his own eyes how Cao Wenxian was taken away and escaped from danger, so he didn't take those rumors to heart at all.

"Having said so much, Duan Yanlin, do you want to marry me?" Cao Wenxian asked seriously, she figured it out, either she would marry Duan Yanlin, or she would not marry for the rest of her life!

"Miss San, if you don't dislike my family status..."

"I don't dislike it." Before Duan Yanlin finished speaking, Cao Wenxian replied decisively: "There is nothing to dislike, in fact, the Hou Mansion is like that."

"Then... I will go to the house to propose marriage tomorrow!"

"Go now!" Cao Wenxian was afraid that if Duan Yanlin was too late, she would be betrothed to someone as his stepmother.

"Okay! Wait for me." Duan Yanlin made up his mind and hurried into the house.

When Duan Yanlin's father took him to the Xuanping Hou Mansion to propose marriage, both Cao Qishan and Zhao Minying looked in disbelief.

"Duan... Doctor Duan?"

"Uncle, aunt, I'm here to propose marriage."

"Propose...propose marriage?" Zhao Minying looked at Cao Qishan, then at Duan Yanlin: "Who are you proposing marriage to?"

Duan Yanlin smiled and said: "Auntie is really good at joking, besides Miss San, do you have other daughters under your knees?"

"No." Zhao Minying waved her hands again and again: "But Doctor Duan, do you know..."

Duan Yanlin stopped Zhao Minying's words: "Auntie, what happened to Xian'er was never what she wanted. I was fortunate to be able to accompany her when she was in crisis twice. Fate in the dark."

Cao Wenxian hid behind the screen, and when she heard this sentence, her face blushed unconsciously.This Duan Yanlin, who was hesitating when he forced him to marry him just now, why does he seem to have a different face now, talking in a different way.

"Uncle, Auntie, the younger generation's family has studied medicine for generations. Although they are not rich and powerful, they have always had the heart of hanging the pot to help the world. If you don't dislike it, I implore you two to betroth Xian'er to me. The younger generation will regard it as a treasure." , love her and protect her forever."

When Cao Wenxian heard it, her face seemed to burn, what?Love her?protect her?For the rest of my life?God, she wondered if Duan Yanlin read some scripts before going out to make up for it.

However, Duan Yanlin's words filled Zhao Minying's eyes with tears: "Doctor Duan, you really don't dislike Xian'er, will you treat her well for the rest of your life?"

"If Auntie is still worried, this junior can swear by these hands. If there is a lie, this junior's hands of saving people and performing spells will be useless!"

"Stop, stop!" Cao Wenxian couldn't help it, and walked out from behind the screen: "You don't need to swear such a poisonous oath, I just trust you."

Zhao Minying looked at her daughter's expression, how could she not know what she was thinking?It seems that this girl has long since secretly agreed, no wonder she reacted so strongly when she heard about the marriage proposal.

"Mother, what I told you before was out of anger, so don't take it to heart."

Zhao Minying stroked Cao Wenxian's head: "I don't blame Xian'er, I'm too impatient for my mother, I don't know your thoughts. Besides, between us mother and daughter, how can there be any overnight feud? Mother won't take your angry words to heart superior."

"Mother." Cao Wenxian choked and said, "Doctor Duan is very good, except for him, it doesn't matter if Xian'er doesn't marry anyone else."

Now that we've talked about this, how can she, a mother, say no? Ever since, the marriage was quickly finalized.

When Li Ying heard the news that Cao Wenxian was going to marry Duan Yanlin after the national funeral, her jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.

"I thought it was too tight for three months, Xian'er, how impatient you are to marry Imperial Physician Duan." Li Ying joked.

"Oh, Cousin Ying, don't laugh at me anymore." Cao Wenxian said this, but her face was filled with a smile: "I plan to keep everything simple in our marriage, so as not to remind me of that damn Xiao Ling who did to me. madness."

"It's true." Li Ying actually admired her young cousin from the bottom of her heart, even if she encountered this kind of thing, it would be difficult for her to let go of it calmly.

Thinking of Xiaoling's cousin Huaichun, Li Ying couldn't help but sigh in her heart.How many things have happened in the past year, even the little girl in front of me has grown into a woman who can take care of herself.

"Hey, by the way, Xian'er, when did you and Imperial Physician Duan start seeing each other?" Li Ying was almost dying of curiosity.

Cao Wenxian blushed and said shyly, "Probably from the first time I saw him."

"No way?!" For the first time, Li Ying felt that the age difference between herself and her cousin was a bit big, and she couldn't figure out what the little girl was thinking.

"I lied to you." Cao Wenxian smiled mischievously: "The first time I saw Imperial Physician Duan, I wondered why a man's hands are prettier than a woman's."

"I've never paid attention to it, it's Xian'er, you have sharp eyes."

"Cousin Ying, if you make fun of me again, I won't tell you!" Cao Wenxian turned around pretending to be angry.

"Oh, okay, I promise I won't laugh at you, just keep talking." Li Ying hurriedly apologized and coaxed people.

"Later... During the time in Nanhe City, didn't we cooperate to take care of the patients together? I felt that this Imperial Physician Duan was quite responsible and worked so hard to develop the prescription."

"Indeed." This time, Li Ying cautiously said only two words.

"Later, as you know, I was accidentally infected with the plague. He came to treat me immediately after he developed the prescription, and fed me the medicine in every possible way every day to see if I still had a fever... At that time, I felt that , It feels so good to be taken care of by him."

"No wonder the prince ran to you as soon as he got better..."

"In the end, what happened this time, he and the prince rescued me from Xiaoling's grasp. In fact, I was very moved. He, a medical officer who doesn't know martial arts, has the courage to risk life and death and enter the dragon's pool and tiger's lair for me. , and he stood firmly on my side from the beginning to the end, never paying attention to the rumors outside."

"It's great." Li Ying said with emotion: "From now on, there will be a doctor Duan taking care of you, so sister doesn't have to worry about it anymore."

"That won't work, I will always be sister Ying's younger sister." Cao Wenxian acted like a baby in Li Ying's arms.

Li Ying smiled and pinched Cao Wenxian's face: "Okay, you will be my best cousin Xian all your life."

(End of this chapter)