Blackening starts from the golden years

In Ouyang's house, looking at Ouyang Xu sitting behind the desk, the servant respectfully said:
"Officer."

Seeing Ouyang Xu holding a white jade hairpin, the servant couldn't help but smile and said:

"This white jade hairpin is really beautiful. You are going to give it to the Gao family when they celebrate their marriage."

"No."

Ouyang Xu put down the white jade hairpin, raised his head and looked at the servant in front of him, and asked calmly:

"What's up?"

The servant replied respectfully:

"There is a lady named Zhao outside who wants to see you."

Hearing that Zhao Pan'er actually came to his house on her own, Ouyang Xu's heart was shocked. He stood up suddenly, hurried to the yard and opened the door.

Seeing the increasingly radiant Zhao Pan'er standing before him, Ouyang Xu murmured:
"Pan'er, how did you find me here?"

Looking at Ouyang Xu in front of her, Zhao Paner smiled faintly:
"I gave the flower girl at the Gao family's door ten cents, and she told me that you lived here."

Hearing this, Ouyang Xu first glanced at the two guards in tight clothes following behind Zhao Pan'er, then he looked at Zhao Pan'er and said in a complicated voice:

"I haven't seen you for a few days. You've changed a lot. You even have guards accompanying you when you go out."

Hearing this, Zhao Paner smiled and said:
"Yuan Lang was worried that I might have run into some bad guys, so he sent two guards to accompany me. Don't you want to let me in and have a seat?"

Looking at Zhao Pan'er, who was lightly made up and smiling charmingly, Ouyang Xu was dazed for a moment. When he came to his senses, he hurriedly invited her in:

"Please come in."

Zhao Pan'er smiled and followed Ouyang Xu into the courtyard and then into the main hall, followed by two guards.

Looking at Zhao Pan'er beside him, Ouyang Xu said:
"Pan'er, I know this is the case. This has wronged you, but the lady from the Gao family said before when she came that she would live in harmony with you and the wife and concubine would get along well with you."

Hearing Ouyang Xu say this, Zhao Paner smiled and said:

"Then I wish you many beautiful concubines and a romantic backyard. However, I will not accompany you, Mr. Ouyang. I came to see you today only for two things."

Hearing this, Ouyang Xu was slightly stunned and said:
"What two things?"

Zhao Pan'er took out a deed from her sleeve and handed it to him, saying:
"First, you swore in front of my parents' spirits as their son-in-law that you would protect me for the rest of my life. Now I ask you to write a letter of withdrawal of engagement. I have already written it for you. You just need to follow my instructions. When I return to Qiantang, you can burn it in front of my parents. It will be considered as an explanation.

Second, I will return the token of love you gave me, the Heart-shaped Pendant. However, please also return my Night Banquet, which you said you would take to Tokyo to have a famous artist frame it. After these two things are done, I will go back with you. We will never meet again until the afterlife. I would rather die in vain than have anything to do with you. How is that?"

"Pan'er, actually I..."

Before Ouyang Xu could finish his words, Zhao Paner interrupted him and said:

"Mr. Ouyang, I told you that I came to you today for these two things. Just tell me whether you can agree to it or not."

Seeing that Zhao Pan'er had made up her mind, Ouyang Xu had no choice but to agree with her:
"Pan'er, I promise you."

"it is good."

……

After searching the house for a long time, Ouyang Xu still couldn't find Zhao Pan'er's Night Banquet painting.
"I just moved here not long ago. Uncle De usually puts things here. I don't know where he put the Night Banquet. I'm afraid I won't be able to find it for a while. If I find it tomorrow, I'll send it to you, okay?"

"No, I'll come get it tomorrow."

After saying that, Zhao Pan'er turned and walked out of the house. Seeing that she was about to leave, Ouyang Xu hurriedly stood up and picked up the white jade hairpin from his desk. He looked at Zhao Pan'er's back and shouted:

"Pan'er, wait a moment. I have a white jade hairpin that I want to give to you."

"Mr. Ouyang, since we are strangers now, please call me Madam Zhao."

With that, Zhao Pan'er left without looking back. Ouyang Xu was the only one left in the room, staring at Zhao Pan'er's back in a daze, holding the white jade hairpin tightly in his hand.

……

At night, in the backyard of the palace, in Yuan Xudong's bedroom.

After a long time, the room finally became quiet.

Yuan Xudong hugged the naked Zhao Pan'er while she lay on the bed, caressing her delicate body very gently and said with a smile:

"The cry is like the cry of a phoenix, and the cheeks are flushed. Pan'er, what do you think of this poem I wrote?"

"Bah, shameless."

Zhao Paner said shyly.

"Pan'er, I want to discuss something with you."

"What is it?"

Zhao Pan'er asked casually. Looking at her, Yuan Xudong said:

"I want to take a concubine."

"What, you want to take a concubine?"

Looking up at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner said somewhat unhappily:

"You are the prince, if you want to take a concubine, just do it. Why do you need to discuss it with me? If I don't agree, will you not take her?"

"Ouch, are you angry?"

Looking at Zhao Pan'er who seemed a little unhappy in his arms, Yuan Xudong smiled and coaxed her:
"You are the princess, so if I want to take a concubine, don't I have to discuss it with you?"

"Huh, who is the princess?"

Looking up at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Pan'er said coquettishly:

"Without a marriage certificate and a formal wedding, what kind of princess am I?"

"There is no marriage certificate to write, and there is no wedding to hold. How about this, I will write you a marriage certificate first, and then at the beginning of next year, I will officially marry you. How about this?"

Yuan Xudong said with a smile. Hearing this, Zhao Paner said shyly:

"I'll listen to your arrangements."

"it is good."

Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"As my princess, you can't be jealous, understand?"

"understood."

After rolling his eyes at Yuan Xudong, Zhao Paner asked:
"Tell me, which young lady do you want to take as your concubine?"

"Zhang Haohao, the courtesan of Shuangxi Tower."

"what?"

Zhao Pan'er slightly widened her eyes, glared at Yuan Xudong and said angrily:

"You are not allowed to go to that kind of place anymore."

"it is good."

Yuan Xudong smiled, wrapped Zhao Pan'er in his arms with a quilt, carried her horizontally, and walked off the bed, saying with a smile:
"Come on, let's go find your sister."

"Hate it, put me down, put me down."

Amid Zhao Pan'er's coquettish voice, Yuan Xudong carried her to Song Yinzhang's bedroom, and what followed was naturally another extremely erotic battle.

…At the same time, at the Ouyang residence, Uncle De finally returned to Tokyo from Qiantang. After hearing Ouyang Xu tell him about the two things he promised Zhao Paner, Uncle De couldn't help but said anxiously:

"Sir, you absolutely cannot do that. You absolutely cannot write that letter of withdrawal of engagement. Think about it, Zhao is full of tricks, and she comes from a prostitute family, and she is full of lies. What if she gets the letter of withdrawal of engagement and immediately turns against you, and goes to the government to sue you for withdrawing the engagement and marrying someone else?"

"Okay, Pan'er is definitely not that kind of person."

Ouyang Xu said with a serious face, but he couldn't help but worry in his heart. At this time, Uncle De continued:

"Sir, honest advice is hard to hear. Zhao Pan'er refused to give me the Tongxin pendant and even asked for five hundred taels of gold. Now she is asking you for the document to cancel the engagement. This is clearly a sinister intention. Since she wants to cancel the engagement, she must have been engaged. Don't you understand this?

Zhao has done you a favor. Although I didn't like her very much before, I would not slander a woman for no reason. But she is really not a good person. You don't know that in order to stabilize me, she pretended to be heartbroken and came to Tokyo at the same time, which was a few days earlier than me.

Moreover, I encountered robbers on my way back, and they took away the eighty taels of gold. This must have been arranged by Zhao, first for money, and second to delay my return to Tokyo. It can be seen that Zhao is definitely not a good person. Sir, we must be on guard. "

After listening to Uncle De, Ouyang Xu stood up suddenly, flicked his sleeves, turned his back to Uncle De and said firmly:

"Uncle De, please stop talking. I won't believe anything you say. Pan'er is definitely not the kind of person you say she is."

Knowing that he had listened, Uncle De gave one last piece of advice:

"Sir, you shouldn't have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others. The marriage cancellation document is your handle. Do you really want to be controlled by Zhao for the rest of your life?"

"Okay, Uncle De, stop talking."

Ouyang Xu had already made a decision. After a pause, he said:

"Oh, Uncle De, I have one more thing to ask you. Did you put Pan'er's painting of the night banquet in the birthday gift for Mr. Ke?"

"I am guilty, I am guilty."

When Ouyang Xu asked about the Night Banquet, Uncle De immediately knelt on the ground, slapped himself twice, and explained:

"Sir, Mr. Ke is your teacher. When he celebrated his birthday, the gift you gave him was too meager. I took the liberty of adding that painting of the night banquet to the gift. I am guilty, I am guilty."

"I am guilty, I am guilty, you will just say I am guilty."

Ouyang Xu said angrily:
"Uncle De, are you telling me that as long as you say this, I have to forgive you? How many times have you acted on your own? At the beginning, I asked you to go to Qiantang and tell Pan'er that after I passed the imperial examination, my uncles and aunts would arrange for me to marry someone else, but you insisted on showing off the marriage arranged by the virtuous concubine in the palace, which made her angry and she came to Tokyo.

I asked you to give the teacher a birthday gift, but you took it upon yourself to add the Night Banquet picture. What should I do now? Uncle De, you are not a loyal servant of the Ouyang family, you are the living ancestor of the Ouyang family!"

"I am guilty, I am guilty!"

Seeing Ouyang Xu was furious, Uncle De knelt on the ground and slapped himself hard.

"Okay, get up."

Glancing at Uncle De who was kneeling on the ground, Ouyang Xu said gloomily:

"I'm going to the Gao family and will leave the city for Xijing early tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

Uncle De stood up from the ground. Under the candlelight, his face was as sinister and cunning as Ouyang Xu's.

……

In the backyard of Gao's mansion, Ouyang Xu asked Gao's maid to tell Gao Hui that he would go to Xijing to take up his post tomorrow, and he didn't know when he would be able to return to Tokyo. But before leaving, he wanted to see Gao Hui again.

Considering their past friendship, Gao Hui agreed to meet him secretly.

In the garden at the backyard of Gao's mansion, Ouyang Xu was waiting anxiously. He had no way out now. If he could not marry into the Gao family, he would never be able to return to Tokyo in his lifetime. Since Gao Guancha was unwilling to recognize him as their son-in-law, he would try to find a way through Gao Hui. As long as he and Gao Hui had made the matter a done deal, Gao Guancha would have no choice but to recognize him as their son-in-law. The Gao family had only one daughter, Gao Hui. As long as he became their son-in-law, the Gao family would have to find a way to help him get to the top.

At this time, accompanied by her personal maid Chuntao, Gao Hui quietly walked into the garden to meet Ouyang Xu. Seeing her, Ouyang Xu immediately went to meet her and said affectionately:

"Hui Niang, you are finally here. My father-in-law misunderstood me, so I can only come to see you late at night. I will leave Tokyo tomorrow. This is the gift you gave me when we were engaged. I thought I had to return it to you in person to feel at ease."

As he spoke, he handed Gao Hui the butterfly jade pendant that she had given him as a token of love. Looking into Gao Hui's eyes, he said affectionately:
"Hui Niang, I have one last thing to say to you. I will never let you down!"

"Xu Lang, I..."

Looking at Ouyang Xu's affectionate face, Gao Hui wanted to say something. At this moment, her wet nurse Jiang suddenly rushed over, grabbed her hand and was about to leave, saying anxiously:

"Girl, what are you doing? The master has already said that your marriage with Ouyang Xu is over. Come back with me quickly. If the master finds out that you are meeting with Ouyang Xu in private, it will be disastrous."

As she spoke, she looked at Ouyang Xu who was standing beside her and said:

"Mr. Ouyang, what are you doing here in the backyard of the Gao residence so late at night? If you really care about the young lady, you shouldn't come here to meet her so late at night. Today I will let you meet for the last time, and this marriage is over. After three months, you will take the initiative to come to the Gao family to cancel the engagement, and don't delay our young lady."

He cursed Jiang in his heart for ruining his good fortune. According to Ouyang Xu's original plan, he was going to have some physical intimacy with Gao Hui. It would be best if he could get some evidence to prove that he and Gao Hui were already husband and wife, such as the bellyband that Gao Hui wore next to her skin. According to Gao Guancha's personality of attaching great importance to the reputation of his family, as long as he could get Gao Hui's underwear, he would definitely be able to marry Gao Hui. For his future career, he had to rely on the power of the Gao family. Unfortunately, all of this was ruined by Jiang.

Seeing that Jiang was about to take Gao Hui away, Ouyang Xu suddenly shouted loudly:
"Mother Hui, I, Ouyang Xu, have only two good fortunes in my life. One is that I was chosen as the third place in the imperial examination by the emperor, and the second is that I met you, Mother Hui. Unfortunately, I am not so lucky, and I can only have a deep love with you in this life. This may be the last time we see each other in this life. Ouyang Xu has a low position and nothing to give you. The only thing I can give you is this deep love. Mother Hui, for three lifetimes, I, Ouyang Xu, will never let you down!"

"Ouyang Xu, are you crazy?"

Unlike a young lady like Gao Hui, Jiang Shi could see through Ouyang Xu's wishful thinking at a glance. At this moment, looking at Ouyang Xu with a face full of affection and two tears in the corners of his eyes, Gao Hui couldn't help asking:

"Xu Lang, I just want to ask you one thing. Were you already engaged before you got engaged to me?"

Hearing Gao Hui's question, Ouyang Xu was startled, but said affectionately:
"When I was in Qiantang, I was supported by a tea-selling girl. Now that I have passed the imperial examination and won the third place, I wanted to repay her, but she insisted that I marry her. She also asked Uncle De, a servant of my Ouyang family, for 500 taels of gold. If I don't give it to her, she will retaliate against me by saying that I have an engagement with her. Hui Niang, you must believe me. I, Ouyang Xu, only love you in this life. Zhao Pan'er from Qiantang has done me a great favor. I really have no choice but to hide it. Hui Niang, you must believe me."

Looking at Ouyang Xu, whose face was already covered in tears, Gao Hui was also confused by him. She began to doubt, could it be that the woman named Zhao Paner was really threatening him?
Looking at Gao Hui, Ouyang Xu shouted:

"Hui Niang, I will come back. For three lifetimes, I, Ouyang Xu, will never let you down!"

Looking at Gao Hui being dragged away by Jiang, Ouyang Xu showed a sinister smile on his face. The engagement between him and Zhao Pan'er was just a verbal promise, and the only people who knew about it were Sun Sanniang's family. Sun Sanniang was Zhao Pan'er's good friend, and as long as he didn't admit it, there was no engagement. Now, he could only hope that Gao Hui would not forget him.

After leaving the Gao Mansion's backyard, Uncle De was waiting for him at the door. As Ouyang Xu walked towards home, he said to Uncle De beside him:
"I've thought about it. I'm going to Xijing to take up my post tomorrow morning. You stay in Tokyo and come to see Gao Hui from time to time. Tell her about me. Don't let her forget me. Got it?"

"Yes, I will definitely come to Gao's house often to make sure she will never forget her master."

Uncle De laughed grimly. In the dim night, Ouyang Xu laughed grimly as well.

"After I leave Tokyo, you should keep in touch with Du Changfeng. The Du family still has some influence in Tokyo. The Du family and the Gao family are the key to my return to Tokyo."

"Yes."

Uncle De was very satisfied when he saw the traces of tears in the corners of Ouyang Xu's eyes. He smiled sinisterly:

"Master, don't worry. The young lady from the Gao family will definitely not forget you."

"I hope so."

……

In the backyard of Gao’s house, in Gao Hui’s bedroom.

Looking at Gao Hui, Jiang said anxiously:

"Girl, it's clear at first glance that Ouyang Xu is not a good guy. He just wants to use you to take advantage of the Gao family's power."

Hearing this, Gao Hui did not comment, but asked:

"Nanny, have you sent the people I asked you to send to Qiantang? When will they be able to come back?"

"Yes, if everything goes well, he will be back in about half a month."

"Ah."

Gao Hui nodded and said:

"When they come back, I will know who is deceiving me."

...(End of chapter)