The little lady in the palace

Chapter 196
The servants have been busy inside and outside the house for a long time, and the people waiting inside and outside the mansion have also been anxious for a long time.Finally, a cry broke through this chaotic and orderly noise, and the surrounding area became silent.

Yu Yin held her breath, Xie Jiqing and Xu rushed to the door subconsciously, stopped their feet again, and then everyone's eyes were fixed on the imperial doctor and medical girl who were coming out of the room.

The faces of several people were clearly tired, and when they saw the queen, they all raised their hearts and bowed down in unison: "Congratulations to the empress, congratulations to the empress!"

"Quickly tell me, what's the matter!" The queen maintained her demeanor, but her tone was still unavoidably anxious.

The leading imperial doctor paid homage: "Mother and child are safe, congratulations to the emperor and empress for having a grandson!"

The queen's complexion brightened, and then, without waiting for the imperial doctor to say anything more, she walked into the room first.

Xie Jiqing and Meng Junhuai were inconvenient to go in at this time, so Yuyin called "sister-in-law", pulled Xu's hand, and followed the queen into the room.

The filth in the room has not been cleaned, and the smell of blood is still heavy.The newborn child was being coaxed by the nanny, and the eldest son of the emperor was still guarding beside the concubine.

Yu Yin approached and listened, Xi Yao was crying so hard.

"Xi Yao?" Fearing that there was something wrong with her, Mrs. Xu rushed forward in a few steps and looked closely, only to see her daughter biting her lower lip tightly, staring at the eldest son crying.

"Xiyao, what's the matter..." Xu's suspicious eyes wandered between her daughter and son-in-law, and it was not easy to directly ask the eldest son what to say, but the queen took the initiative to speak: "Ah, what's going on! You Why did you make Xi Yao unhappy?"

"..." Before Meng Shijin could explain, Xi Yao cried hoarsely: "He frightened me, and he frightened me even after I gave birth to him!"

She woke up after the pain, and knew that what he said scared her.

Meng Shi's face was flushed, and he didn't care whether the bed was dirty or not. He half-lyed down and patted her: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, I'm just because you can't calm down, and I'm afraid that if you keep panicking, something will happen..."

The queen was anxious: "You child, no matter what you do, you can't scare her!"

Meng Shiying: "...I was wrong."

He looked sideways and saw that Mrs. Xu's complexion was not good, so he quickly got up and complained to his mother-in-law, but the queen took the opportunity to snatch the seat beside the bed.

The queen sat down and blasted him out: "Go and see the child, we will take care of Xi Yao, don't worry."

"...?" Meng Shijin felt that something was wrong and was very vigilant, "The queen mother..."

"Go!" The queen glared at him, he looked at Xi Yao begging for help, but Xi Yao ruthlessly rolled his eyes.

Meng Shiying had no choice but to go to the side to see the newborn son - but this is nothing to see, the son is sleeping!

Then he deeply felt what kind of retribution he would face for "scaring Xiyao"—the whole afternoon, the queen mother, mother-in-law, and aunt all circled around Xiyao. Everyone was talking and laughing, but no one paid attention to him.

In the end, before returning to the palace, the queen mother called him out and scolded him, saying that you are really capable of scaring a wife who is about to give birth!What if something bad happens out of fright?What should I do if the blood collapses?Do you take this as a joke? !
Meng Shijin had a line "Mother, I was wrong" written on his face, and after thinking about it in his heart, he knew that his actions were really inappropriate.He was only concerned about Xi Yao's fear of danger if she went too far, but didn't think about making her angry at that moment.

But he is also inexperienced.In the past so many years, what he experienced was that his younger brothers and sisters died before his eyes, and his mother's health was getting worse and worse. He was really afraid that something would happen to Xi Yao.

"Mother, forgive me. Please tell my father, I will not enter the palace for a while, and I will take care of Xi Yao first." Meng Shijin said calmly.

The queen's face turned pale: "This is still a personal conversation. Go ahead and call back in time if you have anything to do. Xie's family and your uncle and aunt are also worried about it."

"Yes." Meng Shijin bowed.The queen walked away, waving her hand to signal him not to send him away.

When Meng Shiying turned back into the room, he saw that Xi Yao seemed to have fallen asleep again.

He walked over on tiptoe, and just approached the bed, she suddenly opened her eyes, stretched her hands and feet to fill the bed: "What are you doing!"

"Sleep..." Meng Shijin was about to sit down, but Xi Yao curled her lips: "I'm in confinement, don't come, go to sleep by yourself."

"Hey Xiyao, don't be angry." He forced his way up and hugged her, "I know I was wrong, and I will stay with you from now on as atonement, okay?"

Xi Yao rolled her eyes: "No, you are busy with your work."

"I asked my father for leave, and now the world is not as big as you." Meng Shijin pushed her in with his hands and feet while talking, and shamelessly made a place for himself to sleep in.

Then he let go of her and as soon as she breathed out, she was hit in the chest.

"..." Meng Shijin looked down at his bosom, and hugged him again, "Aren't you angry?"

Xi Yao didn't answer, just buried in his arms and said leisurely: "You said, the world is not as big as me."

Meng Shiying: "Well, I said so."

Xi Yao raised her face and smiled: "Then you take good care of me during the confinement period, the imperial doctor said that Yi Duosi after childbirth!"

So next, the topic that the whole capital talked about became what the eldest son of the emperor went to the market to search for recently, and what he went to find in other places.

It is said that it was because the eldest son of the emperor was afraid that the concubine would be bored during confinement.

Many times, His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, would go out in person. For example, when he went to the fair to pick parrots, everyone would stare dumbfounded at the clear streets of the market. Then he carefully selected for half an hour and bought three parrots and two Mynah left in style.

In Prince Yi's Mansion, Yuyin and Meng Junhuai heard such rumors, and the more they heard, the more guilty they became.

This number... is not unfamiliar?
Yuyin reminded me of sesame seed cakes from a long time ago.

She put down the book and pushed Meng Junhuai who was sitting by the bed: "I learned this from you?"

Meng Junhuai, who was also thinking about this matter, immediately threw the responsibility back: "Why did you learn it from me, obviously you learned it from you!"

"I didn't let you go, you went by yourself!" Yu Yin said, "Xi Yao was already in the mansion at that time, she must remember!"

"Hmm..." Meng Junhuai clicked his tongue, "It's also pretty good."

"Yeah." Yuyin also nodded, was distracted for a while, and read a sentence without thinking, "The sesame seed cakes are really delicious, better than those made in Fuli."

"..." Meng Junhuai turned to look at her, sighed, got up suddenly and went outside.

"What are you doing?" Yu Yin was startled.

Meng Junhuai didn't stop: "I'll buy you sesame seed cakes."

Yu Yin: "..."

But of course he didn't just go to sell sesame seed cakes, he stopped by to see You Zexu and Xi Zhen's daughter, and when he came back, he took a detour to see Meng Shiying and Xi Yao's son.Jin Yiwei happened to have nothing to do this day, and he was so relaxed that only his parents had troubles... It made him feel like he had already started his old age life ahead of schedule.

--Pooh! ! !

He spat at himself hard in this heart because of this thought.

He is still far away from the word "old"!He is only 34 this year!
It's all because Yu Yin keeps talking about how old she is, but she is only 29!What a mess!

But at the same time, another indisputable fact is that they are indeed grandparents.Even without mentioning Xizhen, Xiyao and the others' children... He Jing is already pregnant, and that is a real grandson.

The new year passed in a snap of the fingers, and the little emperor's grandson saw that it had been two months since even the hundred days, before the palace finally decided on a name for him.

This generation is a generation of macro characters, so it should be from the character department.It is said that the emperor first wrote "Hongcheng", but finally decided to remove the words and characters, and called it "Hongcheng".

"Grow up. Sigh, Brother Huang is really..." Meng Junhuai shook his head and sighed after hearing the name. He knew that the reason for choosing such a name must be because the previous incident made the emperor too sad.

"It's okay, this child will grow up safely." Yuyin sewed a swaddle for He Jing's unborn child, and said with her tongue, "Don't let Tan Yu go to play chess with the eldest son of the emperor recently?" ? During the Chinese New Year, all the provinces are busy."

Meng Junhuai: "...I didn't let him go."

The development of this matter was a bit beyond expectations. They originally wanted to make a play, portraying Tan Yu as a chess master and the best friend of the eldest son of the emperor, and using this unusual way to give him too much status.

Never thought that he is really a chess master!She really became an irreversible friend with the eldest son of the emperor!
Recently, Meng Junhuai never said that Tan Yu should go to the Emperor's eldest son's mansion again. He also wanted Tan Yu to go home for the New Year.The eldest son of the emperor couldn't stand it and asked someone to go. It is said that Tan Yu still wins more than loses.

And the eldest son of the emperor is doing well.This group of children in the mansion can make Tan Yu kill every single one of them when they play chess.

As for Meng Junhuai himself, he sensibly didn't mention the chess game with Tan Yu at all, but he won't lose, so he must retain some dignity as an elder...

But Tan Yu's mood is better like this-it seems that Lan Jing's vision is still good!The husband I picked out doesn't look like much at first glance, but he's actually a geek!

"By the way, Yang Enlu said, the East Courtyard..." He seldom mentioned the East Courtyard on his own initiative. Yu Yin was startled when he heard him say, "Recently, the expenses have been increasing? Why don't you ask what's going on later?"

"I've asked, it's expensive to travel around and give gifts during the Chinese New Year, and Ah Li has a lot of things to do when he's married, so he spends more money." Yu Yin said.

Meng Junhuai nodded: "Go back and give Ali more money every month. Neither he nor Mrs. Lin are people who spend money recklessly, so don't worry too much about it."

"Yeah." Yu Yin nodded, "Then I'll tell Ah Lan tomorrow, Ah Li said that she will be in charge of money matters, and he won't interfere."

On the first day of March, Meng Shiqi had just entered the yard where his brother and sister-in-law lived. Before he could say a few words, his elder brother exploded: "Borrowing money again?! What the hell are you doing?!"

"I don't borrow too much..." Aqi curled his lips, "Brother, please lend me first, and I will pay back the monthly payment."

"No, you have to explain clearly to me today!" Meng Shili stared at him and sat down, "From last year to now, how many times have you borrowed from me? Yes, you can always pay it back, but I don't see what you bought Things, where did you spend your money?!"

Ah Li felt that something was wrong with his brother. At the age of 14, spending too much money!

The daily expenses of these children who grew up in the palace cannot be compared with those of the folks, but Ah Qi still spends too much.

Ah Li had made a rough calculation in his mind. Before his marriage, his monthly money was 20 taels, which was regarded as pocket money; after marriage, because he directly allocated a small courtyard from the mansion, he and Lin shi were responsible for basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, including monthly bills and rewards for servants. Making decisions on their own turned into allocating 200 taels of silver to them every month.During the Chinese New Year, the father, queen, mother and concubine were afraid that they would not have enough money to spend, so they added another 40 taels, which became [-] taels per month.

But in fact, 200 taels per month is enough - as long as the clansmen don't get together for weddings and funerals, and don't get together for them to prepare gifts, there must be plenty of money. Ah Li bought a lot of new jewelry for Lin Li during the Chinese New Year. There is still a surplus.

So he didn't understand, Ah Qi, you are a 14-year-old brat, you dare to borrow 300 taels of silver, what are you doing? !
But Ah Qi didn't say anything, seeing that he insisted on asking, he turned around and left: "Anyway, I don't do bad things, brother, if you don't lend me money, I'll find my cousin."

Ah Li: "...you stop for me!"

He stared and dragged his younger brother back, "Don't worry about it, my cousin's job in Jinyiwei is to lick blood on the edge of a knife. You have the nerve to ask him to borrow money? Well, I don't need to ask about this matter carefully, but you swear you didn't." Do something bad?"

"I swear I didn't do anything wrong! If I did something wrong, beat me up!" Aqi said cheerfully!

Ah Li said again, "Did you eat, drink, prostitute or gamble?"

"No food or drink..." Ah Qi choked for a moment, and then continued, "No food, drink or gambling!"

"Tsk." Ah Li clicked his lips, walked out of the study and walked back, "Okay, I'll tell your sister-in-law to go. Don't ask to pay it back, who doesn't know that you want to pay back the money from the concubine mother? Torn down the east wall There is no point in mending the Western Wall."

Therefore, Ah Qi can be regarded as borrowing 300 taels of silver.In addition to the previous accumulation of my own ideas, there are more than 500 points in total.

During the Shangsi Festival on the third day of March, Bada Hutong is extremely lively.

This kind of excitement seemed disgusting to Meng Shiqi.The Shangsi Festival was originally the Girl’s Day. Families with better conditions will choose this day to give a gift to their daughters, and then they will talk about their relatives, and those who should get married will get married.

But Bada Hutong also celebrates this festival, and they will make this day lively, selling the first nights of young girls who have just grown up in the building to the guests who come to look for flowers and willows at high prices.

If it weren't for Xiangying, Meng Shiqi would not have known that there is still such a way to celebrate the Shangsi Festival.Even now, he didn't know what emotion he should use to face this kind of thing-a festival with a beautiful meaning was actually used for such a dirty deal!
When he arrived at Yingyue Building, the hall on the first floor of Yingyue Building was already full of people.Because Yingyue Tower is not very famous, there are few literati who come here, and there are no traces of high-ranking officials and clan relatives. Most of them are just fat-headed businessmen. A dude who spends his savings.

He glanced at the door when he entered, and at a glance he saw seven or eight girls on the high platform at the other end of the hall, all wearing bright red dresses.They were all about his age. If they were in an ordinary family, they would be at the age when they were talking about marriage, but what they were facing was the "bidding" from all sides.

Meng Shiqi waited a while, and a handsome man with nothing special came over and bowed to him: "Second Master."

"How is it?" Meng Shiqi asked, and the man's replying voice was still a little shrill even though it was lowered: "I found out clearly, the starting price is two taels of silver, and the one in the middle is now the highest, 50 taels. Miss Xiangying is calling now." to 34 taels."

Then he should have enough money to settle the matter.

Meng Shiqi breathed a sigh of relief, and handed him five silver notes of one hundred taels: "Just bet 200 taels, and the rest will be added if someone raises the price."

The eunuch answered "Yes", turned around and rushed to the high platform again.

Meng Shiqi found an empty seat and waited.When the procuress said in a pleasantly pleasant voice, "Hey, who has such a good eye, you want us to be fragrant for 200 taels of silver?", there was an uproar in the audience.

Then she asked if there was any additional price?It was quiet again.

The matter was settled just like that, Meng Shiqi watched intently, seeing that Xiangying was "invited" to the second floor by the burly men who were doing odd jobs in the two buildings, waited for himself, and then went to the second floor as well.

The old bustard was led by the eunuch, and immediately began to flatter him when he saw him.

One mouthful, "Oh, so it's you", and one mouthful, "I know Mr. Yin, you are not an ordinary person. We are Xiangying, and you have learned the music very well recently. You can listen to it later."

Meng Shiqi was annoyed when he heard that, and waved her to retreat when he was not far from the door of Xiangying's room.The old bustard was also very knowledgeable, she didn't say a word when she saw the situation, and she retired respectfully.

Meng Shiqi went to the door and knocked, but no one answered.

He pushed open the door by himself, and when he entered the room, he saw that Xiangying was still in the bright red dress just now, but with a red hijab on her head, she looked like a folk girl waiting to be married.

Meng Shiqi obviously couldn't see her face, but her attire already made him a little suffocated.He walked over holding his breath, and before he got too close, he heard a sob.

When Xiangying saw the pair of black boots approaching step by step through the gap under the red hijab, she couldn't help being frightened to death.

Rao is very clear that she will have this day, and she is no match for this fear at this time.

The boots moved two steps forward, Xiangying's body softened, and she knelt down almost uncontrollably: "This... Lord, please forgive me, I..."

"Xiangying." The familiar voice rang in her ears, Xiangying was completely stunned, and then, the red silk covering her head was lifted off.

The vision suddenly opened up, but Xiangying was still in a daze, Meng Shiqi stretched out his hand to help her up a bit awkwardly: "Get up quickly, get up and talk."

"Mr. Yin, you..." Xiangying was dragged up by him dully, her thoughts slowed down, and she panicked even more when she realized that he was the one who paid the high price, "You want to..."

"You, don't be afraid..." He pressed her to sit back on the bed, and sat next to her himself. He wanted to talk but didn't know what to say. After a long silence, he said, "Go to bed early."

Xiangying: "..."

"Cough." Meng Shiqi cleared his throat and looked at her again, "Have you had dinner? Do you want to eat something first?"

Xiangying: "...didn't eat."

I really didn't eat it.In order to take care of the guests' preference for a little wine and a la carte, the madam usually does not allow them to eat dinner.In fact, even if there are no guests, they can't eat much. The building is very cheap in this regard. One is to save as much as possible, and the other is to fear that the girls will not look good if they get fat.

So Meng Shiqi opened the door and went out and ordered the eunuchs outside to find someone to arrange the food and drinks, but after a while the dishes were ready, the two stared at each other for a while, and it was Meng Shiqi who picked up the food first: "I have eaten, you eat more .”

He pulled a piece of boneless meat from the belly of the fish and put it in the Xiangying bowl, then put down his chopsticks and poured her another bowl of soup.

Xiangying just stared at him blankly, and Meng Shiqi became more and more uncomfortable being watched by her. After serving the soup, he simply got up and left the table: "I'll make the bed, I'll sleep on the floor."

"Don't!" Xiangying hurriedly tugged at him, "You sleep on the bed...I'll sleep on the floor."

"..." The two stared blankly at each other for a while, then Meng Shiqi blushed and turned his head away, "Either I sleep on the ground, or they all sleep on the bed, I promise not to move you."

"Then... let's all sleep on the bed!" Xiangying stammered.

Then she continued to eat, and Meng Shiqi watched her and waited for her to finish eating.After a brief wash, the two of them lay down on the bed together.

They had never slept together before, and they couldn't help but feel a little awkward at the moment.The atmosphere of silence filled the tent for a while, Meng Shiqi said: "That..."

Xiangying gave a "hmm" and said, "I asked, can you pay enough money for a year in Bada Hutong to prevent you from receiving other customers?"

She said "hmm" again.

He turned his head: "How much do you need a year?"

"Don't make trouble." Xiangying looked down at the pattern on the edge of the quilt, and murmured, "There is no one like you who spends so much money in Bada Hutong. You are the number one being taken advantage of."

She still owes him more than 200 taels of silver, plus today's amount is more than 400.This is not counting his sporadic expenses such as rewards, ordering some wine and food, if they are all added up, 500 taels is probably enough.

500 taels of silver was spent, and he did nothing here.

When Xiangying thought about this, her heart trembled, and she always felt that she couldn't owe him any more money.She regards him as her best friend, and she is very afraid that this friendship will gradually become sour because of money.

Besides, he couldn't help her like this all the time.He didn't redeem her because he couldn't do it, maybe it was because of family reasons, or maybe there were some other reasons... She didn't ask in detail, but she knew that as long as she wasn't redeemed, she would still have to pick up guests sooner or later.

There is no essential difference between earlier and later, why let him spend so much money? Wherever 500 taels of silver are placed is not a small number, if his family knows that he is coming to this kind of place, it is probably not good.

"Leave me alone, I know more about the Bada Hutong... I know better than you." Xiangying said.

Yingyue Building is not big, and there are not many legends, but she has heard many stories in other buildings.

Many noble sons have made a promise to take care of a girl all the time, but most of them gradually get bored and feel that it is not worth it, and then one day, they suddenly disappear.

Xiangying didn't want that, she thought it was too sad.So she would rather persuade him directly, at least she could tell herself that she didn't want to.

"Xiangying." Meng Shiqi turned over and looked at her, "You're only 13 years old...don't do this kind of thing, I'll find a way to help you get out, and you can still marry well."

"But in fact, it is very difficult for girls who go out from this kind of place to marry." Xiangying smiled hoarsely, "Some of them can live in another place, but I don't know anyone outside the capital... In Beijing, I said I If you haven’t received a guest, who would believe it?”

Meng Shiqi had nothing to say when he thought about it.

Yes, who would believe this.A girl who grew up in a brothel was redeemed by a "guest". It seems a joke to say that she didn't pick up the guest.

"Hmm..." He was bored for a while, but he still said firmly, "Anyway, don't pick up customers, just listen to me, and I will try my best to help you."

Xiangying didn't say anything, she didn't know what to say.In fact, sometimes when she thinks about it, she even feels that it would be fine if she didn't know him.

Because she always relies on him somewhat involuntarily, and with him around, she always feels that many things can be avoided, and she always feels lucky that she doesn't have to be reduced to really prostitution.

But the truth is not so beautiful, it is too difficult for her to get out of here cleanly.This dependence and luck only made her life more uncomfortable.

At the end of June, Ming Jing celebrated her ninth birthday.Two months later, the mansion slowly began to prepare for Lan Jing's funeral ceremony.

Lan Jing is a gift ceremony on the third day of March. According to her birthday, she will be 15 years old this month.In fact, we should not be able to get married until next year, and we are in a hurry to prepare because Tan Yu is a little bit overwhelmed.

Because of his close relationship with the eldest son of the emperor and his reputation in the chess world, more and more officials and eunuchs have come to his house to propose marriage, wanting to marry their daughter to him...

Regardless of whether those people really liked his talent or wanted to make friends with the eldest son of the emperor, this enthusiasm made Tan Yu's family overwhelmed. They had never experienced such a thing, and they didn't know how to deal with it.

So Tan Yu picked a suitable day, and begged Meng Junhuai in a cold sweat: "Your Highness, can you... mention the marriage... first?"

Meng Junhuai looked at him coldly: "You still urged me?"

Tan Yu was about to cry, and explained that it was not, it was because my door was blocked every day...

Meng Junhuai turned his face to look at the bookshelf, randomly picked out a difficult chess book and handed it to him: "Read it within ten days, and I will test you. If you answer well, we will start to make arrangements."

Tan Yu left his study with a pale face that day, and Yu Yin blamed him for several days.

Yuyin felt that he would really feel uncomfortable if he didn't bully his son-in-law! ! !

Xie Sheng was okay at the time, anyway, he was in the same family, so Xie Sheng couldn't say that he was afraid of him.Tan Yu was very nervous because of this from the very beginning, and he didn't give others a good look every day. Isn't this bullying honest people!

The more Yu Yin thought about it, the more she felt that she couldn't stand it anymore, and then she simply said to him: "Please let Tan Yu go! Ming Jing is nine years old, you can pick one for her and bully her first."

Meng Junhuai: "..."

Ming Jing, who was coming out of the west room with Lin, happened to hear this, rushed into her mother's bedroom and shouted: "I don't want it! I don't want to marry! I want my father, my father is not allowed to find me a husband!"

"Ming Jing!" Yu Yin glared at her, Meng Junhuai happily went over and hugged her, with a satisfied face: "Ming Jing is the best, unlike the two older sisters."

He Jing Lanjing is so annoying!One is old enough to be stubborn and wants to live with her husband, and the other picks a guard quietly and says he likes it if he likes it... Let him say something!

Meng Junhuai put her down and patted her head to coax her: "It's okay, let's stay Mingjing for a few more years, and when your brothers are all engaged, we can talk about your affairs, okay?"

"Yeah!" Ming Jing was very satisfied, she didn't want to get married so early, she felt that nowhere was as good as her own home.

While the family of three were chatting and laughing, Shan Shan came in and said something that the young lady wanted to see Yu Yin.Yuyin asked to come in, Lin Lan gave a blessing after entering the room, and saw Meng Junhuai was there, so she hesitated a little.

"Let's talk about it if you have something to do." Yuyin smiled, Lin Lan hesitated again and again, but it was still very difficult to speak, "Mother Concubine, we... have been tight recently, see if you can..."

I'm short of money!

Yu Yin smiled, and Lin Lan blushed and explained that Lan Jing, Ming Jing and Ah Qi had their birthdays in the past two months, and Ah Li, the eldest brother, didn't want to save money on the birthday ceremony, so the expenses were a bit higher.

Yuyin asked Coral to give her some money, and told her to put the account on the main courtyard.Ming Jing tilted her head and said, brothers and sisters-in-law, you don’t need to buy things for me, I don’t need anything!

A moment later, in the west courtyard, Ah Li handed the banknote to A Qi with a cold face: "You can make trouble."

"I really didn't do anything bad." Aqi lowered his head and took the banknote, looked up at his elder brother's face, and said, "Don't mention it to my concubine mother, she has a lot of love in the first place, I..."

"I'm not going to make trouble for the concubine mother, but you have to figure it out for yourself. If there is something to hide from the family, it's not too late to say it now." Ah Li said in a stiff tone.

Ah Qi hummed, but didn't say anything else, thanked his brother and sister-in-law for their help, turned around and left
"This kid is definitely up to something." Ah Li shook his head after he had gone far away, "All these sums of money are enough to buy a nice house."

"Then do you want to ask again?" Lin Lan said, "I don't think Ah Qi is ignorant. If he really does something good, why not let him be so poor?"

"I haven't asked enough questions, have I? I can't keep his mouth shut." Ah Li thought for a while, then sighed, "I'll go to my cousin and ask him to help, see if there's anything wrong."

Meng Shili then went to You Zexu's residence.You Zexu and Xizhen's daughter was born in May last year. She is over one year old now and learning to speak.

When he arrived, You Zexu was patiently supporting his daughter as she walked unsteadily in the yard. When he saw him coming, he pointed to him and said, "This is my cousin."

The little girl looked at her father blankly, and hesitantly uttered a distant voice: "Ah..."

"Haha." You Zexu laughed, picked her up and invited Meng Shili into the room. As soon as he was seated, Meng Shili sighed and asked, "What's wrong? Did you quarrel with your siblings?"

"Where is it, I never quarreled with her." Ah Li sighed again as he said, "Brother, are you busy in here? Can two people keep an eye on Ah Qi? This kid has been getting more and more strange recently."

"What's wrong?" You Zexu asked.

Ah Li briefly described what happened to Ah Qi in the past few months. There are two main doubts: one is that he always runs out of the house, but he doesn't know what he does, and he doesn't see him making too many friends; He didn't have much monthly money before he got married, but he borrowed money from them at a rate of 200 taels.

When You Zexu heard this, the first thing he thought of was the casino.That place is the most expensive, tens of thousands of taels of silver can be spent overnight.

But Ah Li said it shouldn't be, because although Ah Qi went out more often, he seldom went out for a long time.Most of them came back in an hour or two, unlike those who were drunk in the gambling game.

But Ah Li also mentioned that Ah Qi spent the night outside three or five times.

"Stay overnight?" You Zexu's eyes froze, and he looked at Ah Li, "He won't go to Bada Hutong again, will he?"

Ah Li: "... Cousin, don't scare me!"

"No, think about it, otherwise what else could it be?" You Zexu counted for him with his fingers, "It's expensive, and I don't dare to tell my family. You can't think that he is buying expensive medicinal materials everywhere and looking for them. A cave behind your back to cultivate immortality?"

"..." Ah Li's spine was getting hairy, he really hoped that Ah Qi was cultivating immortality...

When he was nine years old, he went to Bada Hutong just out of curiosity, now he is 14 years old, God knows what he can do.

——If this is true, what are you looking for? !

Ah Li looked at You Zexu with a buzzing in his head: "Cousin, you have to help me..."

You Zexu raised his eyebrows: "Yes."

At the same time, in the Yingyue Building in the Eighth Hutong.

The bank note that Meng Shiqi was about to hand over to the madam was snatched away: "You can't do this!"

Xiangying carried the money behind her back and stepped back, ignoring the madam's glaring gaze, and shouted at Meng Shiqi: "You are stupid! You can't see that they blackmailed you! Even the oirans in our building don't need 100 taels moon!"

"Xiangying!" Ah Qi shouted, but the bustard was obviously more angry than him: "You don't want to live anymore, do you?"

"You beat me to death!" Xiangying yelled back, "You beat me to death today! Can I die!"

"Xiangying, don't make trouble!" Ah Qi rushed to the old bustard a few steps ahead of her, and then lowered his voice, "There is no one who would trade his life for money, don't be stupid."

"Are you worth it for me! What can you do with this money!" Xiangying shouted in despair.She couldn't stand him like this anymore, and what he did really made her life in the building much better—everyone used her as a cash cow, and it was true that she was not allowed to pick up other guests, but she was almost heartbroken Guilt drowns.

She didn't know what kind of son he was, but seeing how easy it was for him to raise money, she also knew that his family must be rich.His future wife must be a virtuous and intelligent girl who is in line with him...

And how could she make him so interested in such a capacity.

"I beg you, let's go!" Xiangying cried and put the money back into his hand, Meng Shiqi gritted his teeth, twisted her arm and went into the room.

Xiangying screamed in pain, and the bustard was also taken aback: "Hey, Mr. Yin..."

"Bring the wine, mind your own business." Meng Shiqi said coldly.Pushing Xiangying into the room, he turned around and closed the door, Xiangying's feet were unsteady and fell to the ground, he turned around and let out a sigh of relief, and went to help her again.

Xiangying blocked his hand and wiped away tears: "It's not worth it, it's really not worth it... I'm not worth so much money!"

"Xiangying..." Meng Shiqi knelt down and reached out to support her again, "Don't talk nonsense, it's about your life, not about money."

"Obviously it's about money..." Xiangying sat on the ground crying more and more, "A lot of things are about money...you let me make money to make ends meet, okay! I will redeem myself, don't do it for me so!"

"You...ah!" Meng Shiqi sighed.

He can understand her thoughts, if someone spends money like this for him every day, he will suffer to death.But what can be done?If he doesn't do anything about it, she will be forced to pick up guests tomorrow.Having known each other for so many years, can he really see her go to that step?

"You're a good girl, I'm willing to help you." Meng Shiqi just sat down, shoulder to shoulder with her, silent for a while, then said with a dumb smile, "If you don't want to, just treat me as you It's doomed."

"Mr. Yin?" Someone called out again, and the wine delivery boy pushed the door open and came in. Seeing that the two of them were sitting on the ground, he was startled, and quickly put down the wine wisely and left.

"Come on." Meng Shiqi got up and lifted Xiangying's arm, pulled her up, raised his hand to wipe her tears, and said with a relaxed smile, "Don't cry, drink some wine and sleep well, I will You have to go back soon."

Xiangying had no choice but to follow him to sit at the table, and he poured the wine and drank it with her head upright. It wasn't until he had poured three or five glasses that she managed to calm down a bit.

She sighed and poured out a drink too.She drank it all in one gulp, but the aroma of the wine made her stagnate.

Meng Shiqi also suddenly felt something hit his head, and he was dizzy. He thought for a moment that the wine was extraordinarily strong.

He pressed his temples and raised his head. When he looked at Xiangying again, he suddenly felt that this very familiar girl had become extraordinarily beautiful today.

Xiangying's drinking capacity was no match for him, and after one drink, he became confused after a while.

"This wine..." Meng Shiqi's trembling voice reached her ears, and Xiangying nodded calmly: "Well, this wine should be..."

Before he finished speaking, his hand was caught by him.

Ah Qi took a deep breath, put one hand on his forehead, and after a long pause, he still said: "I am fragrant..."

"My lord, go home earlier." Xiangying wanted to take her hand out, but he held it tighter.

He looked at her with burning eyes, and his face blushed intermittently.As if drinking too much, the voice seemed very clear: "I have never disliked your identity, if you are willing..."

"No..." She shook her head anxiously.

Meng Shiqi tried his best to suppress that absurd thought.But Jiu Jin rushed into his head, he restrained it again and again, and finally he was defeated: "I will always take care of you, okay?"

(End of this chapter)