Blackening starts from the golden years

Zhao’s Teahouse, on the bed in the bedroom.

"Sanniang, are you okay?"

"Pan'er."

Looking at Zhao Pan'er who was worried about her, Sun Sanniang cried hoarsely:

"Fu Xingui divorced me, and Zifang doesn't want me as his mother anymore. I have nothing left, wuwu~~"

"It's okay, you still have me, it's okay."

Zhao Pan'er sat on the edge of the bed and put her arms around Sun Sanniang, who was crying sadly, to comfort her. She had heard about Sun Sanniang's story from others, so she ran to the gate of the Fu family ancestral hall and brought her back, who was crying and aggrieved.

"Pan'er, woo woo~~"

Sun Sanniang lay in Zhao Pan'er's arms and cried bitterly and aggrievedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, you still have me, the seal and the silver bottle."

Zhao Pan'er gently patted Sun Sanniang in her arms and comforted her:

"We will be your family from now on. Haven't you always wanted to visit Tokyo? How about we go to Tokyo together?"

"Pan'er, you are so nice, woooo~~"

Sun Sanniang burst into tears and said:

"I heard from others that Fu Xinggui and that lady Tao were having an affair. This adulterous couple had been together for at least half a year, and they refused to admit it even if they were beaten to death. Fu Xinggui also said that I was jealous, arrogant, disrespectful to my husband, and slandered my sisters-in-law. He divorced me on the spot. Of course I refused to admit it, but that lady Tao secretly gave benefits to the clan leader, so they forced me to put my fingerprints on the divorce letter.

Later, Zifang also jumped out and said that his father and Tao were absolutely innocent. He said that Tao treated him very well and I was not good. He said that I only beat and scolded them father and son and forced him to study hard. He said that I was not a good mother. He said that he hated me and he would rather recognize Tao as his mother than me.

I gave birth to my son after two days of dystocia. When I was poor, I would rather faint from hunger than deprive him of his food supply. He, he said he didn't want me anymore. He said he didn't want me anymore. My own son, he only recognized Tao as his mother. What's the point of me living?"

Hearing Sun Sanniang's words, Zhao Pan'er's eyes were filled with tears. She sat at the head of the bed, hugged the weeping Sun Sanniang, and comforted her softly:

"Why is it boring? You call me Sun Sanniang, not just Fu Zifang's mother. You are kind and righteous, and you cook delicious fruits, dishes and soups. The neighbors all know that you are virtuous, kind and generous. Besides, there is no child in this world who doesn't recognize his parents. I watched Fu Zifang grow up. He is only in his teens and is the most playful. I think that Mrs. Tao probably tricked him with something delicious and fun, so he said those stupid things and hurt your heart."

"No, Zifang wasn't just saying that out of anger. He really hates me. I don't even know when he started to hate me. He said he hated me for always asking him to study hard and for always asking him to earn me a tiara. I must have done something wrong in my past life, so God is punishing me like this in this life."

Sun Sanniang cried:

"That Fu Xingui, when he married me, he was so poor that he couldn't even afford the betrothal gift. It was me, I slaughtered pigs for people every day, and saved up copper coins for him one by one. It took me more than two years to get enough money. I gave all the money to him as capital for his business. Now that he is rich, he has turned against me and is so ungrateful. Has he forgotten how I lived for more than two years slaughtering pigs for others? Why did I marry him in the first place, and give birth to such an evil child for him? If I had known that I was here to suffer in this life, why would I have lived?"

"Sanniang, you should be more open-minded. You still have a long life ahead of you."

Zhao Pan'er advised. Looking at her, Sun Sanniang murmured:

"Pan'er, tell me, why is my life so miserable?"

At this time, Yuan Xudong walked into the bedroom carrying two bowls of medicinal soup and said:

"The tranquilizer is here. Pan'er, you and Sanniang each have a bowl."

As soon as she saw Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner immediately glared at him and said angrily:
"None of you men are good people. You are ungrateful, unfaithful, and you always abandon your lover after having sex with him."

"Ok?"

Yuan Xudong frowned slightly. He put the two bowls of medicine on the small table beside the bed. Looking at Zhao Pan'er, whose face was full of grievance, stubbornness, and tears, he couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable, because it was obvious that Zhao Pan'er still had Ouyang Xu in her heart, which made Yuan Xudong a little jealous. He would not allow his woman to think about other men all day long. Isn't this mental infidelity?

"You lecher, Fu Xingui divorced me, and Zifang doesn't want me as his mother anymore. Are you happy now?"

Sun Sanniang glared at Yuan Xudong hatefully and said that she felt he was a jinx. He had just said that she was going to be divorced, and she was really divorced the next moment.

"Happy."

Looking at Sun Sanniang, Yuan Xudong smiled slightly and said:
"If you really hate me so much, how about I send someone to help you kill Fu Xingui, Fu Zifang, and that Tao tonight?"

"do not want!"

"do not want!"

Sun Sanniang and Zhao Pan'er said in unison that Yuan Xudong was just trying to scare them. He was not a bloodthirsty person, so how could he kill people so casually?

"Don't you dare hurt my son!"

Sun Sanniang stared at Yuan Xudong and said. Looking at her, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:

"Then drink this bowl of calming soup, and I won't kill your son."

Hearing this, Sun Sanniang glared at Yuan Xudong, then obediently picked up a bowl of soothing soup on the small table beside the bed and drank it. Yuan Xudong looked at Zhao Pan'er who was sitting next to her and smiled slightly:
"Pan'er, it's your turn to drink."

"No, I don't want to drink."

Zhao Pan'er said coquettishly, her voice was soft and weak, which made Yuan Xudong feel uneasy. He wanted to bully her and make her cry, and make her feel comfortable under him, moaning and gasping.

"What's that look in your eyes?"

Zhao Pan'er said coquettishly, and she glared at Yuan Xudong with disdain. Looking at her, Yuan Xudong smiled slightly and said:
"Do you want to drink it yourself, or do you want me to feed you?"

"Rogue, I'll drink it myself."

After glaring at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner reached out and took the remaining bowl of tranquilizing soup and drank it. She put the empty bowl down and said:

"Okay, I'm done drinking, you can go now."

"Pan'er, come out with me for a moment. I have something to tell you."

"What do you want to say?"

After saying something to Sun Sanniang, Zhao Pan'er followed Yuan Xudong out of the bedroom.

……

The main hall of the teahouse.

Looking at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner frowned slightly and asked:

"Go ahead, what do you want to say?"

Looking at Zhao Pan'er, Yuan Xudong asked directly:
"Are you still thinking about Ouyang Xu?"

"So what?"

Staring at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Pan'er said in a coquettish voice:
"What does it have to do with you?"

Looking at the angry Zhao Pan'er, Yuan Xudong kissed her directly.

"Hmm~~"

Zhao Pan'er opened her eyes slightly and slapped Yuan Xudong hard. Yuan Xudong grabbed her wrists and tied them together, then lifted them above her head. He pressed her against the bamboo wall in the main hall of the teahouse and kissed her fair and slender neck, then...

"Well, don't, don't do this~~Hmm~~"

Zhao Pan'er couldn't stop moaning and panting, her beautiful eyes were full of tears. She just felt that Yuan Xudong was becoming more and more presumptuous.

"Pan'er, you belong to me."

Yuan Xudong spoke greedily, like a child who has not yet been weaned.

"Hmm~~"

……

Hangzhou Leying.

According to Zheng Qingtian's instructions, Wei Wei sent two yamen runners to the Music Camp to summon Song Yinzhang, the most famous entertainer in Jiangnan, to attend a banquet in his mansion, which is the so-called being summoned.

As soon as they entered the music camp, the leading yamen runner found the person in charge of the music camp and said:

"The county magistrate has ordered that the best singers and dancers in the music camp be invited to the county government's official banquet to entertain the audience, and he specifically requested to summon Song Yinzhang, the most famous singer in Jiangnan..."

…In the private room on the second floor of the Music Camp, Song Yinzhang sat behind a screen, holding her family’s ancestral Lonely Moon Pipa in her arms, her beautiful eyes looking at the lovebirds perched on the branches outside the window. Her slender jade fingers gently plucked the strings, and a joyful and nostalgic Pipa tune began to play. She murmured to herself with pity:

"Yuan Lang, I miss you so much. When can you come and pick up Yin Zhang?"

"Miss, ma'am!"

Yinping hurried into the private room. The cheerful and nostalgic pipa music came to an abrupt end. Looking at his personal maid Yinping, Song Yinzhang smiled and said:

"Yinping, run slower, don't fall."

"It's okay, I can't fall."

Looking at Song Yinzhang, Yinping panted and said anxiously:
"Miss, something terrible has happened. Someone has come from the county government office, saying that the county lord has specifically requested you to attend a banquet at the government office. Miss, what should we do now? Otherwise, let's go ask Master Yuan for help."

"Called?"

Song Yinzhang was a little confused and in a trance. Being summoned was the ultimate fate of the courtesans in the imperial music academy. They had to perform at official banquets, entertain the officials, and please the officials. Naturally, some officials would do whatever they wanted to them. If they met a ruthless one, they would drink with them, sleep with them, or even...

Song Yinzhang couldn't help but think of her own sister, who was also a musician. During a call to the Ninghai Army, she died, and her death was very humiliating. She was tortured to death by those in the Ninghai Army. In the end, the cause of death given by the government was that her sister was drunk and she slipped, fell into the water and drowned.

This is what it means to be a lowly person. No one will give you justice even after you die.

"Miss, ma'am?"

Yin Ping called anxiously. Song Yin Zhang came back to her senses, and she looked at Yin Ping and said anxiously:

"Yin Ping, it's too late. Go find Master Yuan and ask him to rush to the county government office to rescue me."

"Okay, I'll go right away, Miss, you must protect yourself and wait for Master Yuan and I to come to the county government to rescue you."

"Well, let's go."

"Ah."

Yin Ping nodded and left in a hurry. After watching her leave, Song Yinzhang was stunned for a while, as if she suddenly remembered something. She hurriedly opened her jewelry box and took out the lion head pendant of the Imperial City Division that Yuan Xudong gave her from a pile of gold and silver jewelry. It was the identity token of the commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Division. Holding this golden lion head pendant in her hand, Song Yinzhang felt much more at ease. In addition, Yuan Xudong also arranged two guards to protect her secretly. She felt that she should be safe, so she quietly waited for the call.

……

At noon, Song Yinzhang and other singers and dancers who were summoned came to Qiantang County Government Office by carriage. Led by the yamen runners, they walked into the backyard of the county government office. Looking at the vast backyard, pavilions, small bridges, flowing water, rockery and rocks, and a small lake full of carp, Song Yinzhang was a little envious of such a good government courtyard. She secretly wondered what kind of courtyard Yuan Lang would arrange for her to live in when she arrived in Tokyo. She was looking forward to it very much. A beautiful woman in a golden house, this was what Yuan Lang himself had said to her.

A fellow geisha said enviously:
"Your Excellency, this garden is really beautiful. It's much better than our Leying."

"Don't talk nonsense. This is the government of the county magistrate. How can you compare it with our Leying? Be careful if someone hears it. Tell the county magistrate and I'll beat you with fifty sticks for talking nonsense."

A singer laughed. The singer who had spoken first quickly covered her mouth, looked around, and then whispered:
"Your Excellency, you won't really give me fifty lashes, will you?"

Hearing this, a geisha looked at her and said with a smile:
"No, the county lord will at most give you a beating with a stick, which will make you feel like you are in heaven."

"Make me feel like I'm in heaven?"

"What kind of stick is that? Is it more painful than being hit with a stick?"

"Haha, of course it hurts. You'll know when the time comes. It will be unforgettable for you."

"Stop talking."

"Are you ashamed?"

"That's right, that's right, don't you feel ashamed?"

"Haha."

Listening to the laughter and chatter of his companions, Song Yinzhang walked with his head down, holding the Solitary Moon Pipa. In the music camp, some people wanted to leave their country and return to being good people, while naturally there were also people who chose to accept their fate. They desperately used all their tricks to please the men, and regarded gaining the men's praise as the realization of their own value. The more powerful the man was, the more they would fawn on him.

If a prince or a prefect praised them, they would raise their chins high like a proud peacock and show off in front of their sisters.

What's more, if a prince or a prefect not only praised them verbally but also wrote calligraphy for them in public, that would be a big deal. They would think that he was their benefactor and confidant, and they had no way to repay him. They could only lie down and let him pick their praises to repay his kindness.

These literati like to do this. What about talented men and beautiful women? They are famous and have tasted the wonderful beauty of the beauties. They don't even have to pay them money. They offer themselves to them. Isn't it very quick?
Of course, it's just fun, it's called a scholar's romantic affair, everyone plays it this way, but if someone really helps an official concubine to get rid of the register, or even wants to marry her home, then his reputation will be ruined and he will be ostracized by his colleagues. Therefore, almost no one would want to help an official concubine get rid of the register, unless it is a case like Zhao Pan'er, who saves the family of her friend and gets a good reputation.

This was also one of the important reasons why Ouyang Xu chose to abandon Zhao Pan'er. They had been together day and night for three years. In addition, Zhao Pan'er had done him a great favor and she was very beautiful. She was known as the Tea Seller Wenjun in Qiantang. How could Ouyang Xu not like her?

However, for the sake of his own career and reputation, he eventually broke his original oath and chose to get engaged to the daughter of Gao Guancha, abandoning Zhao Pan'er, who came from a humble family.

……

On the other side, Zhao’s Teahouse.

Amid Zhao Pan'er's pleading, Yuan Xudong tasted her two peaches and then let her go.

As soon as she escaped, she not only did not think of thanking Yuan Xudong, but also pounced on him like a tigress and bit his shoulder hard.

Yuan Xudong endured it secretly, and when she let go, he looked at her and smiled:
"Are you a dog?"

"You are the dog."

Zhao Pan'er grumbled, she looked at Yuan Xudong and cried angrily:
"If you dare to bully me again, I will bite you to death!"

"Okay, bite me to death."

Seeing Zhao Pan'er crying out of grievance, Yuan Xudong coaxed her:

"Hello Pan'er, I'm injured now, can you help me apply some medicine?"

"No, you deserve it!"

Zhao Paner glared at Yuan Xudong fiercely and said angrily.

"Well, then I can only wait to die. You are my murderer."

"Scoundrel."

After glaring at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner finally brought the golden wound medicine. She asked Yuan Xudong to sit down, opened the clothes on his right shoulder, glanced at the wound she had bitten, and asked softly:
"Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

Yuan Xudong smiled. After looking at him, Zhao Paner suddenly said loudly:

"It doesn't hurt? Then I'll take another bite?"

As she spoke, she opened her mouth as if to bite. Yuan Xudong grabbed her slender and soft waist, pulled her slightly, and let her sit on his thighs. He looked at her and said very gently:
"If you really hate me, go ahead and bite me. But as long as you don't bite me to death, you are mine."

"You, why are you like this?"

Zhao Pan'er couldn't help but feel ashamed. Suddenly, Yuan Xudong kissed her lips. This time he was very gentle. Slowly, Zhao Pan'er began to shyly respond to him. Unconsciously, she no longer resisted Yuan Xudong's love. Unlike Ouyang Xu, Yuan Xudong was very unrestrained. His unrestrainedness made Zhao Pan'er unable to resist at all, and she could only slowly become obedient.

After a long time, the kiss ended. Yuan Xudong looked at Zhao Pan'er, whose pretty face was blushing in his arms, and smiled slightly:
"Pan'er, are you my woman now?"

"No, who is your woman?"

Zhao Pan'er glared at Yuan Xudong. She wanted to get up and leave, but Yuan Xudong held her down. He stood up, put her on the table in front of him, and leaned over.

"What are you doing, huh~~"

……

"Pan'er, Pan'er."

Just when Yuan Xudong was about to succeed, Sun Sanniang came out of the bedroom and saw Yuan Xudong bullying Zhao Paner again. She glared at him, picked up a bench beside her and rushed over, shouting:

"You scoundrel, how dare you bully Pan'er? I'm going to fight you, ahhh~~"

Just when Yuan Xudong was about to ignore the consequences and take Zhao Pan'er directly, Yin Ping's anxious voice came from outside the teahouse:

"Master Yuan, Sister Pan'er, are you at home? Something terrible has happened. Miss Yinzhang has been summoned by the county lord!"

Yuan Xudong was a little depressed. He almost let go of Zhao Pan'er, whose pretty face turned red with embarrassment. Just now, she almost became Yuan Xudong's woman.

...(End of chapter)