Mistress

Chapter 55

When Li Yan came to the dining hall, Xu Ze came with his wife, concubine and several children. After saluting each other one by one, they entered the table according to seniority and inferiority.

Li Yan said apologetically: "Second brother is really wronged. When you come to my house, you can only have New Year's Eve dinner in the dining hall. You should go to Xiangqing Building. But the master is unwilling to join in this fun. The head of the family does not Town seats, so it can only be arranged in the dining hall."

Xu Ze has also had troubles recently. After all, he is Xu Cheng's younger brother. He was inexplicably squeezed out in the military department. Now he is just doing an idle job, and he goes to drink tea every day.

He sighed and said: "I understand what my brother is thinking. He was a dignified prime minister, but he was put aside by the emperor. I am afraid that the emperor will find a way to ask my brother to resign and let him be a real peace. Brother Since he was a child, he has loved reading and thinking about how to govern the country and the people, if he wants to stay at home from now on, he doesn't know how to spend his days."

Hearing what Xu Ze said, Li Yan was even more convinced that he really knew nothing about Xu Cheng.It seems that in order to protect his younger brother, Xu Cheng did not let him know anything about it. Xu Cheng would only secretly send someone to protect him.Because Xu Cheng is compared to his own younger brother, Xu Ze is not very familiar with the world, and he is too upright, so he doesn't have much ambition.The more he knew, the more trouble he caused Xu Cheng.

Li Yan thought to herself, if she were Xu Cheng, maybe she would do the same.She believed that Xu Cheng must have secretly sent someone to protect Xu Jing.

She smiled at Xu Ze, "Second brother said that the master has been moaning and sighing for the past few days, and has lost a lot of weight. I don't know when he will come out of the gate of Zhihui Hall."

"Brother has always been open-minded, but he has not been able to untangle this knot for a while. I believe he will come out soon." Xu Ze was very confident in his brother, and raised his glass to Li Yan.

Aunt Song hastily stepped down to pour wine for Li Yan, because of what happened to Aunt Ji, she is now very afraid of Li Yan, afraid that she will just pick a reason and lock her up.

Seeing Aunt Song's fearful expression, Li Yan didn't stop her and let her serve the wine.Logically, it's not a big deal for concubines to serve their main wives, but Li Nianyun was too kind to them before, so they picked them up one by one.It's good for Aunt Song to know the current affairs now, so don't think too much about what's there and what's not in the future.

Li Yan could even guess that when Aunt Song saw that Xiao'er's body had become weak, she had a wrong heart, and she was very concerned about the position of the son, otherwise she would not have secretly contacted the Song family, and even sent guards over.

Fortunately, Xu Cheng arranged for someone to guard the gate outside the mansion. If these guards were hidden in the mansion, it would be very dangerous for Li Yan to be in the mansion, and she might lose her life accidentally.

Seeing Aunt Song pouring wine for Li Yan respectfully, Second Master Xu Ze remembered that there was Aunt Ji in the house, so he asked, "Why doesn't Aunt Ji come to have the New Year's Eve dinner?"

Li Yan said calmly: "Since Madam Tai passed away a few years ago, she fainted, and her body has not been as good as before. Originally, she should take good care of her, but because the master refused to see her, she made a fuss in front of Zhihui Hall." After getting up, I locked her in the firewood room for a few days, and now she is still confined to the Qiushui Pavilion."

Xu Ze nodded and said: "Sister-in-law is right, brother is unhappy, she is still messing around, it should be dealt with, if there is no respect, the house will be messed up, concubine should abide by the rules of concubine."

When Xu Ze said these words, one of his concubines trembled in the hand, and all the dishes she picked up fell on the table. She hurriedly cleaned it up, and then smiled respectfully and humblely at Xu Ze's regular wife. smile.

Aunt Song served Li Yan more carefully, who called her a concubine.

After the meal, Li Yan distributed New Year's money and New Year's gifts to the children present, and Xu Ze's children also had them.The New Year's money and presents are also different, this is Li Yan's intention, if the children are all the same, even if there is a slight difference, they will compare them.

So she gave according to the dignity, Jun'er was the same as Xiao'er and Xu Ze's concubine daughter, ten taels of gold and a valuable jade pendant each, while Aunt Song's two sons and Xu Ze's concubine only had one. Two gold and a small silver lock.

Although the children are small, they can all see how much it is.Although they feel wronged in their hearts, they have also recognized their identities through this, and they will not compare everything with their sons and daughters in the future.

After the banquet was over, Xu Ze went back with his wife, concubine and children. Li Yan went back to Jinxiu Courtyard first, changed into a thick cotton coat, and then put on a cloak. She wanted to meet Wang Yingying for a while as Xu Cheng said in the letter.

Cui Momo tied Li Yan's cloak and asked, "Ma'am, about Aunt Ji...?"

Li Yan hesitated again and again, and said: "Forget it, this is the night of New Year's Eve, so there should be no blood. Besides, when the master asks, I can't explain it. She made a mistake by locking her in the firewood room. Is this master right?" I will be blamed, but if I kill her on New Year's Eve, what will the master think of me? Although he will not feel sorry for Aunt Ji, he will think that I am too cruel, in fact... I really can't do this. "

Mother Cui had a worried look on her face, "I'm afraid that she will retaliate against Madam in the future. If you don't want her life, she will kill you. She has always lived a noble life in the past, but she was suddenly locked up in Chaifang. Now The hatred of waiting, she will remember forever."

"Then stop her feet all the time. After a few days, I'll ask the master what he thinks. Human life is at stake, and I can't make decisions on my own."

Nanny Cui sighed: "I hope the master won't let her come and go freely, otherwise the madam will not have peace in the future."

"Master must know this matter better than anyone else, and he will make a clear decision. Sister, you are tired after working all day, so go back first, I will take Qi'er and Qing'er to the Yang residence."

Nanny Cui nagged, "Master, it's true, why did you ask you to meet that goblin after Chinese New Year?"

"It's New Year's Eve, you can't hurt the girl's heart, right? Mama, don't worry, I won't suffer." Li Yan went out, followed by Qi'er and Qing'er.

Came to Yang's mansion in a carriage, it was deserted here, not to mention that there was no scene of lanterns and festoons in Xu's mansion, there was not even a lantern here.Li Yan thought to herself, this Wang Yingying really can endure loneliness, doesn't she feel bad after such a year?
As soon as Li Yan entered Wang Yingying's small courtyard, Wang Yingying rushed out, she seemed really dissatisfied.Before Li Yan could ask her, she asked Li Yan first, "What are you doing on New Year's Eve? Why hasn't the Prime Minister come these few days?"

Li Yan looked at Wang Yingying's gorgeous attire, and she knew that she must have thought that Xu Cheng would come to see her tonight. She laughed mockingly, "Miss, is Master impatient? Why are you talking so impolitely? I didn't tie Master's legs, What does it have to do with me if he doesn't come?"

Wang Yingying raised her eyebrows, "What do you mean... Your Excellency is obviously in the house, but he just refuses to come?"

Li Yan teased: "Of course he is at the mansion, otherwise where else would he go, he has to receive many guests during Chinese New Year and is very busy, do you really think that you are so important to him, and he only thinks about you every day? "

Wang Yingying giggled, "Then what are you doing here, are you here to pour jealousy, or do you want your two girls to come up and tickle me?"

Qi'er and Qing'er were eager to try, but they were still holding their breath after being kicked by her last time.

Li Yan made an unconcealed gesture and said: "I just took advantage of the fact that the master and the second master were drunk together, so that I can come and see you who is lonely, why do you need to do anything, seeing you stay in this birdcage pitifully, I don’t even have anyone to talk to, so I feel very happy.”

Wang Yingying smiled coquettishly, "That really disappoints Madam, don't you see that the courtyard is surrounded by beautiful men? How come I don't even have anyone to talk to? I enjoy the beauty!"

Li Yan felt that Wang Yingying should not have suspected Xu Cheng, so she repeatedly emphasized that Xu Cheng was in the mansion.Having said all that, Li Yan said: "Since you are surrounded by beautiful men, you can enjoy them to the fullest. It's best to let the master catch the traitor in bed, and then chop off your head!"

Li Yan flicked her sleeve again, "Qi'er, Qing'er, let's go!"

When she got out of the courtyard, she showed Xu Cheng's secret order to the two guards, and told them to play by ear. When Wang Yingying gave the signal, they would do it. Wang Yingying must not be allowed to escape.

Seeing that Li Yan and the others had left, Wang Yingying felt sad for a while, saying that during the festive season, she misses her relatives a lot, and this night was supposed to be a family reunion night, but she lived a lonely life here alone.

She came here on her father's order, so she shouldn't have any feelings for Xu Cheng, but now she often misses him. This is a dangerous signal, and she must not go on like this.Now that she has a good grasp of Xu Cheng's situation, she should get out in time.

She quickly wrote a secret letter, stuffed it in a flare, and tossed it into the air.She thought that the signal flare had no sound or light, and that only the person in charge of responding to the signal could find her letter, because these soldiers couldn't see anything.

It's just that what she didn't know was that Xu Cheng sent [-] soldiers who had experienced the war abroad, and many of them knew this.

Afterwards, Wang Yingying called the gentle and elegant soldier who waited on her to come over, "Come, drink with me!"

After Li Yan returned to Jinxiu Courtyard, she felt exhausted and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, she felt that someone was hugging her. She opened her eyes in a daze and saw that it was Xu Cheng.

What's going on, why dreamed of him again?
Xu Cheng touched her cheek with his hand, looked at her with extremely tender eyes, and then moved his lips to kiss her.Li Yan thought to herself, it's over, I'm going to have sex again, what's wrong with me, last time I had a half-dream, why did I have it again this time?

She pinched herself subconsciously, but she couldn't wake up from this dream, it was obviously very painful.

Seeing her pinching his arm, Xu Cheng couldn't help laughing, and then kissed her fiercely, almost crushing her lips and sucking her tongue off.

Li Yan responded to him at first, but gradually she couldn't hold it anymore, as if she had fallen into a gentle trap and couldn't get up again.She likes the feeling of being wrapped by his hot lips, likes being loved by a man like him, if this is not a dream, it will be even better.

She saw her chest rising and falling, her whole body was limp, and she couldn't help but groaned a few times until she was a little suffocated, then she gently pushed Xu Cheng with both hands.

Xu Cheng let her go, with a little intoxication and a smirk, he said: "So Madam is also charming at times." He was still kneading her chest with his hands while speaking.

Li Yan took his hand away, and said coquettishly, "Rogue!"

"What do you mean by rogue?" Xu Cheng asked with a smile, and then reached out and touched her chest.

"It's a big whore! Where are you touching your hand, take it away!" Li Yan tugged at his hand.

Suddenly, Li Yan felt that this was not like a dream, she sat up in shock, looked at Xu Cheng with wide eyes, pinched his face, then pinched her own face, and said: "I pinch my face, it hurts, And you?"

"It hurts." Xu Cheng hugged her again and kissed her face.

At this time, Qi'er opened the door and came in, without looking at the kang, she said: "Madam, the servant has brought hot water, Aunt Song has brought the child to pay New Year's greetings, do you want to get up on the kang?"

Li Yan pushed Xu Cheng violently, this is really not a dream!

Xu Cheng knew that Li Yan regarded this as a dream, and kept laughing to himself.

"Ah!..." Qi'er turned around and saw a man lying on the kang, she screamed in fright.

Li Yan was so frightened by Qi'er's screams that she went straight into Xu Cheng's arms, poked her head and asked, "Qi'er, what's wrong with you?"

Qi'er took a closer look and found that this man was the master, so she plopped down on her knees in fright, "Damn it, slave! I don't know it's master, slave..."

Li Yan quickly escaped from Xu Cheng's embrace and sat up straight.Xu Cheng waved his hand towards Qi'er, "You step back first."

Qi'er ran out in surprise and joy, "Qing'er, Qing'er, the master is out, and the master is in the wife's room!"

Xu Cheng lifted the quilt and stood up, Li Yan also hurriedly got up, ready to dress him.There is no way, Li Nianyun used to take care of him undressing and dressing himself.

Xu Cheng picked up the robe and put it on himself, saying: "Madam, don't get up, don't catch a cold. I saw that you slept soundly just now, so you can lie down a little longer."

"No, didn't Qi'er just say that Aunt Song is waiting outside with the child. Hey, master, when did you come back, and your affairs are all arranged? How is Jiaoyang City going?"

Xu Cheng said while wearing it: "Madam Moyou, everything is under my control. I will tell you more when I have time. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. The emperor will definitely send someone to visit me in the mansion. The same rules every year, I will naturally come back."

Seeing that Xu Cheng was confident, Li Yan stopped asking further questions.As long as he is well, she will be at ease in her heart, and she will no longer be afraid that she will live a life of escape.

(End of this chapter)