Chapter 27 Chapter 27 "Then I will help you"...
The next morning, Li Che came to pick someone up. As if to show off his success in becoming a Hanlin scholar, he appeared in front of the Zhao family's door without even changing out of his blue official robe.
The doorman was quite considerate and invited him to the hall for tea. While the people from the main house had not arrived yet, Xiaoman took the opportunity to go out shopping and quietly dropped a note to Li Che when she passed by him.
After Li Che unfolded the note and read the contents clearly, his handsome face became extremely gloomy. He quickly crumpled the note and held it in his palm, his eyes gradually turning cold.
After Meng and Zhao Qingyi arrived, Li Che quickly adjusted his demeanor and said with a gentle smile, "I'm here to take you home."
In front of Mrs. Meng, he extended his hand towards Zhao Qingyi.
Zhao Qingyi's scalp went numb, but she endured it again and again and reluctantly extended her hand. Just as Li Che was about to hold it, Zhao Lan rushed in like a small whirlwind, standing directly between the two of them, knocking Li Che to stagger.
"Sister, I can't bear to leave you..."
He grabbed Zhao Qingyi's hand before Li Che could, his eyes reddened, "Sister, can you please not leave?"
Li Che was stunned for a moment, and another small figure pushed him away. It was his own son Li Jiao.
"Mother, the Autumn Examination is approaching, and many of the teachers in the clan school are busy taking the exams, so I've given my son a holiday. Can I come back home with you?"
"Yes, yes." Zhao Lanyan followed up, "Sister, let me and my eldest nephew go with you to the Li family."
Both of them looked at Zhao Qingyi pitifully. Meng Shi was both amused and annoyed, and she agreed, "Forget it, you all go."
The two of them cheered and rushed out. Zhao Qingyi had no choice but to follow them. When she reached the door, she saw the two of them squeezed into the carriage first and turned back to shout at her, "Sister, get on quickly!"
Li Jiao also lifted the car curtain and said, "Mom, there's a seat reserved for you."
Li Che's forehead was throbbing. These two people were here to ruin his plans!
Zhao Qingyi smiled knowingly. When she came here, the carriage was full of things, and she could still refuse. But now that she was leaving the Zhao family, two children came to take up space.
She bowed and said, "My husband, I'm sorry to have to trouble you in this way." After saying goodbye to Meng, she got on the carriage leisurely and drove away.
The doorman glanced at Li Che secretly, and even the passers-by on the side of the road couldn't help but look at him curiously.
Li Che's hands, hidden under his wide sleeves, had already been clenched into fists.
It would have been fine when he returned home, but now that he came in person to pick her up, Zhao Qingyi acted like this, it was simply a slap in his face!
"If Lord Li rides faster, perhaps he can catch up."
A teasing laugh was heard, and Chu Yuanhe walked over wearing a purple straight-necked suit and waving a folding fan in his hand.
Li Che stared at his face, and in an instant he thought of the night he returned home. He fainted for no apparent reason, and when he woke up he was summoned to compile history. He still had no time to ask why.
His fainting that night must have been related to this man.
However, in the face of power, he had to bow his head and said, "Meet the Prince."
Chu Yuanhe raised his thin lips and said, "No need to be so polite, but would you like me to send someone to escort you?"
"I dare not, I dare not." Li Che was afraid that he would faint again for no apparent reason, so he said goodbye to Meng and left.
After he left, Chu Yuanhe also said goodbye to Meng.
Meng smiled and said goodbye. After the people walked away, the smile on her face faded. At this point, she was almost certain that the Prince of Pingxi was coming for her daughter.
When his daughter is around, he comes; when she leaves, he leaves without her saying anything.
Zhao Qingyi was completely unaware and was chatting and laughing with the two children along the way. When the carriage stopped in front of the Li family's gate, Zhao Lanyan was the first to jump out.
The narrow gate to the mansion was filled with people. When Mrs. Luo saw him, she quickly put on a smile and said, "Is this the eldest son of the Zhao family?"
Zhao Huaiyi has become a cabinet minister and his family has returned to the capital. Luo no longer dares to act arrogantly towards Zhao Qingyi. As soon as she heard that Li Che was going to pick someone up, she ordered more than 20 people in the mansion to wait there, even her illegitimate son Li Heng was there.
Luo's fawning manner frightened Zhao Lanyan. He quickly dodged and urged Zhao Qingyi, "Sister, come down quickly. Who are they?"
Luo's smile froze.
Zhao Qingyi got off the carriage with the help of her maid. Li Jiao followed beside her and bowed to Luo, "Grandma."
In this way, Zhao Lanyan knew Luo's identity clearly, but he didn't want to bother with him, so he simply avoided him.
At this moment, Li Che finally arrived on horseback, panting. He only glanced at Zhao Qingyi and let Luo and his group enter the house first.
Zhao Qingyi ignored him and turned around to talk to his younger brother Li Jiao.
Li Heng sensitively noticed that there was a rift between Li Che and Zhao Qingyi, and he felt inexplicably happy.
It seems that their relationship has remained cold over the past half month.
Li Heng felt this was an opportunity, so he took the initiative to talk to Zhao Lanyan, "Brother Lanyan, are you planning to stay at the Li family for a while? It just so happens that my courtyard is quiet and spacious with few people around. You can come over."
Zhao Lanyan looked at him and saw that he had a kind face, unlike Luo's face that was mean and deliberately flattering. He had some gentlemanly demeanor, so he used his eyes to ask for his sister's instructions.
Zhao Qingyi did not refuse, "You can go, but you can't fall behind in your studies."
She supports her brother in learning martial arts, but she also wants him to study and learn sensible things.
Li Heng took the opportunity to agree, "That's easy. I'll just supervise his homework every day."
"Huh?" Zhao Lanyan opened his mouth wide and waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, I'm going to go squeeze in with my eldest nephew."
He didn't know that Li Jiao didn't have his own yard.
"How can that be possible?" Li Susu, who had entered the hall, turned around and glanced at him. "Jiao'er is my eldest grandson of the Li family, but you are a stranger. How can we live in Qionghua Hall together?"
She spoke in a bad tone, so Mrs. Luo quickly pulled her and warned her to speak less.
Zhao Qingyi knew that Li Susu had a grudge against her, but she was too lazy to care about it. She just asked Li Heng to take Zhao Lanyan to Cuizhuxuan to settle down first. Li Jiao also tactfully went back to his room to read and practice calligraphy.
Zhao Qingyi paid her respects to Mrs. Luo and then returned to her Lanyue Pavilion. She was delayed for half a month as she had to inspect the shop later.
Mrs. Luo had been waiting for her to leave. As soon as she left, she grabbed Li Che's arm and asked, "Didn't you say that the concubine had to give out her own dowry? Why did you come back empty-handed? Where's the money?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't said it, but once he did, Li Che became even more depressed. He pushed Luo away and threw the note, which he had already crumpled to pieces, on the table.
Li Susu picked it up and read it, then frowned at Luo Shi, "Mother, she is so cruel that she actually wants to sever ties with us. Just for a few pieces of silver, she even wants to abandon her own son."
This is a confirmation that the Li family will not ignore Jun Ge'er.
"She wishes!"
Luo was furious when she heard this. She snatched the note and tore it into pieces, her eyes gleaming with ferocity. "Since she doesn't know what's good for her, I'll make her lose everything!"
Wasn't she reluctant to part with the money? Wasn't she unwilling to be a concubine? She insisted on letting Zhao Manyi come in!
After a while, Luo Shi came up with a plan and said in a deep voice, "Che'er, I think this is most likely the concubine's intention. You should find an opportunity to meet the concubine in person."
Li Che was originally happy because the court had re-employed him, but now most of his joy was dissipated. He nodded perfunctorily, agreeing to cooperate with Luo.
In the following days, Li Che sent people to keep an eye on the Zhao family. When Xiaoman went out to buy things again, he asked her to take a letter back.
Zhao Manyi was under house arrest for several days and was extremely anxious. Although she knew that Aunt Fang would not harm her, the thought of giving up on their four-year relationship and even Jun Ge'er made her heart ache. She asked Xiaoman to go out and inquire about the news every few days.
Finally, hard work pays off. That day, Xiaoman returned to Fangfeiyuan with a few boxes of newly bought rouge and powder, and handed over Li Che's letter.
Seeing that it was Li Che's handwriting, Zhao Manyi was ecstatic and quickly opened the envelope. There were only a few words on it.
——In the evening, Qingyun Teahouse.
Are you asking her to meet at the teahouse?
But she couldn't get out at all.
Zhao Manyi folded the letter and put it in her sleeve pocket. She looked around the room and finally her eyes fell on Xiaoman.
…
At dusk, the sun was setting in the west, and the red afterglow was slanting down, shining through the jade-like buildings and spreading across the corner gate of Fangfei Courtyard. A maidservant flashed by, walking along the cobblestone path under the shade of the trees to the back door, and with her head lowered, she quickly walked out of the Zhao Mansion.
Only when they reached the main street did Zhao Manyi dare to look up. Looking back and seeing that no one was chasing her, she trotted straight to Qingyun Teahouse.
Zhao Qingyi had just come out of the shop and saw her figure flash by.
The two maids, Tan Yue and Qiao Yue, also noticed it and were filled with surprise. "Third Miss? Why is she wearing our maids' clothes?"
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
Zhao Qingyi knew that she was under house arrest by Aunt Fang, and guessed that she had sneaked out to see Li Che, so she planned to follow her to take a look.
She had only taken a few steps when she bumped into a tall and straight figure. Fortunately, she stopped in time, and the faint fragrance lingered in her nose again.
Chu Yuanhe seemed to be doing this on purpose, not avoiding or giving way, waiting for her to bump into him. Seeing that he was just a little bit away, he felt a little regretful, "Miss Zhao, you are in such a hurry, where are you going?"
Zhao Qingyi didn't have his thick skin, so she hurriedly stepped back and kept her distance from him. "Nothing, just inspecting the shop."
Chu Yuanhe had expected her deliberate distance, but he was in a good mood and was smiling. "If you are not busy, it is my turn to invite you to watch a show. How about it?"
Zhao Qingyi suddenly remembered the time in the teahouse when someone had specially given her a jade pendant. She was slightly surprised, "So it was you?"
Chu Yuanhe did not comment, but stepped aside to make way, and lightly tapped his folding fan forward, "There's something interesting to watch, why don't you join in?" The direction where the folding fan pointed was exactly the direction Zhao Manyi had left earlier.
Zhao Qingyi thought for a moment, then stepped forward. The two maids hurriedly followed, exchanging glances from time to time.
Chu Yuanhe looked at her back and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
In a short while, they arrived at Qingyun Teahouse, and Chu Yuanhe led everyone directly to the top floor.
The building was brightly lit at this moment, and one could clearly see which private rooms had lights on. At this moment, there were people in the private rooms No. 1 and No. 2.
Zhao Qingyi frowned subconsciously.
The shopkeeper came over and explained in a low voice, "Grandma, this private room belongs to His Royal Highness the Prince..."
Although this room is basically reserved for Zhao Qingyi's exclusive use, occasionally when a distinguished guest comes to the building, the shopkeeper will still vacate this private room for the distinguished guest to use as a sign of respect.
It's reasonable, and Zhao Qingyi won't be angry if it's explained clearly.
After Chu Yuanhe went in, the shopkeeper leaned over to whisper in her ear again. Zhao Qingyi gave him a look that said "act according to circumstances". The shopkeeper understood and quietly retreated.
Only then did Zhao Qingyi step into the private room.
The floor of the private room was covered with a velvet carpet with five bats offering longevity, and there were screens with paintings of splendid landscapes hanging all around. A lacquered screen inlaid with various treasures divided the private room into two parts. There was a couch by the window inside, which was where she liked to sit in the past.
At this time, there was a eunuch brewing tea behind the screen. When Zhao Qingyi saw his face clearly, he recognized him. It was indeed Fugui who came to give Li Susu the jade pendant on the day she fell into the water.
Chu Yuanhe sat down first, and Fugui brought up two cups of brewed tea, one for Chu Yuanhe and the other for Zhao Qingyi. After serving the tea, Fugui consciously retreated behind the screen.
Tan Yue and Qiao Yue were still standing by, wary of Chu Yuanhe and not daring to leave.
Zhao Qingyi guessed that he had something important to discuss with her today, so she told the two of them to leave first. There was a door between them anyway, and the teahouse was her Meng family's property, so Chu Yuanhe couldn't do anything.
After receiving the order, the two maids could only leave reluctantly, and Fugui was no exception. Only Zhao Qingyi and Chu Yuanhe were left in the private room, looking at each other in bewilderment.
Zhao Qingyi didn't want to waste time. "The prince invited me here. What kind of play are you going to watch?"
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard faint voices coming from next door. However, after a while, the person who was talking seemed to have not reached an agreement and burst into a dissatisfied woman's cry.
Zhao Qingyi was not unfamiliar with that voice; it was her third sister, Zhao Manyi.
But the scolding only lasted for a moment and then suddenly disappeared, as if someone had covered his mouth and nose and he could no longer make any sound.
"This is the show I want to show you." Chu Yuanhe leaned forward and covered his lips with his folding fan. "Aren't you curious about what they are talking about?"
Zhao Qingyi was silent, but the coldness that occasionally overflowed from her eyes was enough to express her attitude. Chu Yuanhe walked to the wall and waved at her.
Zhao Qingyi hesitated for a moment, walked to his side, and saw Chu Yuanhe put his ear close to him.
Zhao Qingyi was shocked. How could he, a prince, eavesdrop so openly?
Although he was thinking this in his heart, his body was out of control and he actually imitated Chu Yuanhe and put his ear close to him.
“…”
In the private room next door, Li Che was nearly frightened to death by Zhao Manyi. He covered Zhao Manyi's mouth and nose with force and lowered his voice, "Don't get excited, I'm not here to force you."
It seems that they were discussing the matter of becoming a concubine again.
Zhao Manyi saw the caution on the man's face, which clearly showed that she couldn't stand the public.
She felt wronged, but helpless, and could only let her tears slide down and hit the back of the man's hand.
Li Che wiped the tears from the back of his hand, his eyes dimmed, and the strength he held on her slowly loosened, "Man'er, I mean what I said. The position of the legal wife will be yours sooner or later."
He swore that he meant what he said, but before that, Zhao Manyi had to suffer injustice, so he swallowed the second half of the sentence.
Zhao Manyi took a deep breath. Although she tried to lower her voice, she couldn't suppress the urgency in her voice. "If that's what you said, why don't you poison that woman quickly?"
"As long as she dies, not only will her hundreds of thousands of dowry be yours, but after I marry her, everything I have will also be yours!"
House arrest for many days is the best solution Zhao Manyi can think of. Only when Zhao Qingyi dies can she and Li Che get what they want openly and honestly.
"Didn't your mother secretly drug her earlier? Why did she stop taking the medicine now?"
Zhao Manyi's words shocked Li Che again. Although there were only two of them in the room, Li Che still forced her onto the couch, pressing most of his body down on her in an attempt to silence her.
"You'd better keep your voice down."
There was a warning and threat in his eyes, "If you and Jun want to survive, you must keep this matter to yourself."
Zhao Manyi was restrained by him, but she still refused to accept it. "You dare to do it, are you afraid of what I say? I've already done it anyway, why not increase the dosage and kill her directly!"
Since their marriage, Li Che and Luo had been eyeing Zhao Qingyi's dowry. For three years, Luo had been tampering with her food, but they were all chronic poisons. The doctor who took her pulse could only say that she was weak and could not find any poison.
As time goes on, Zhao Qingyi's body will be completely eroded by the poison. Once she encounters something or gets sick, she will be killed without anyone noticing. At that time, outsiders will only say that Zhao Qingyi is a beautiful woman with a tragic fate.
"You idiot." Facing Zhao Manyi's questioning, Li Che's forehead veins bulged, and he couldn't help but curse. "Now that her parents have returned to Beijing, if she suddenly died at home, do you think the Zhao family wouldn't become suspicious and investigate thoroughly?"
He also suspected that Zhao Qingyi had already known something. Otherwise, why did Zhao Qingyi become a different person when he returned to Beijing this time, and his behavior was completely opposite to what Luo said in the letter.
Now that Zhao Qingyi is in charge of the family again, he has separated Lanyue Pavilion into a separate building, and his own people are in charge of food, clothing and expenses. Luo Shi no longer has the opportunity to drug Zhao Qingyi, and Zhao Qingyi's health is getting better little by little.
Li Che knew it very well and it was impossible for him to take action again.
Zhao Manyi was still unaware of the Li family's situation. She had been scolded by two people in a row, and she felt even more aggrieved and began to cry.
Li Che then slowed down his tone and soothed her, "Alright, alright, it'll just take some time. Right now, she's on guard. When she lets down her guard one day, the medicine will continue. Over time, she'll die of the illness without even noticing. By then, you and Jun'er will have made it."
Through a wall, Zhao Qingyi and Chu Yuanhe could hear their conversation clearly.
Zhao Qingyi's whole body was tense, and her hands hanging by her side began to tremble uncontrollably. A surge of anger was surging in her chest, ready to erupt at any time.
She had always thought that her poor health was due to overwork, but it turned out that Luo and Li Che had been poisoning her food for many years.
Just like in her previous life, no matter how she looked at the doctor, he only said that she was weak. No one ever told her that she was actually poisoned. So when she suddenly became seriously ill after being granted the imperial decree, she never suspected that someone had poisoned her.
Later, she learned about the affair between Li Che and Zhao Manyi, and realized that the son she had raised with great effort was also someone else's, so she died of anger.
It turns out that there were traces of all this a long time ago.
It's just that she was so foolishly loyal to her husband and so foolishly filial to her mother-in-law that she was blinded and couldn't see the truth.
If she had not regained control of the family after her rebirth and had not kept everything firmly in her own hands, I am afraid she would have continued to eat poisonous things and "died of illness" again in a confused state.
Zhao Qingyi took a long time to recover, but still felt the cold waves coming over her, making her limbs numb and unable to move. She held on to the wall, barely able to support herself.
Where she couldn't see, the smile that always hung on Chu Yuanhe's lips gradually disappeared, replaced by a frightening sharpness, and his tightly pursed thin lips seemed to contain murderous intent.
After a moment, he restrained his edge and turned to look at Zhao Qingyi, only to see that her pretty face was pale and her lipstick-stained lips were trembling slightly.
No matter how strong and resilient Zhao Qingyi was, she couldn't bear to hear with her own ears that the man beside her was plotting with another woman to murder her.
Her knees were still weak at this moment. She didn't want to listen anymore. As soon as she tried to move her feet, her whole body fell forward uncontrollably.
Chu Yuanhe quickly supported her, hooked his long legs back, and brought over a rose chair made of huanghuali wood.
He placed the chair behind Zhao Qingyi, and Zhao Qingyi sat down on it. While she was in a daze, the other party brought warm tea to her lips.
Zhao Qingyi didn't care about anything else and drank the tea as he did, and then he suppressed the chill, but his legs and feet were still numb.
Zhao Qingyi was planning to take it easy and leave this place, but suddenly he heard another scream from next door. The ending tone was rising and strange, and then there was a crisp sound like a teapot or porcelain cup falling.
The two instinctively tilted their ears to listen, thinking there was something new, but all they heard was a dull, interlaced humming, like the sound of two people hugging each other, and then...
Kissed.
The ambiguous sound of water splashing was mixed with the woman's low moan, and soon the tables and chairs began to creak and shake, and something was colliding and crackling frequently.
Both of them were stunned, thinking they had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but listen for a while longer. It was Chu Yuanhe who realized what was happening next door first. His ears suddenly turned red, and he subconsciously looked into Zhao Qingyi's eyes.
Zhao Qingyi was still in the dark about the truth of her murder. The moment Chu Yuanhe looked at her, she was dazed, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes filled with surprise and confusion.
As the noise next door intensified, she finally realized what was happening and it was like a thunderbolt exploded in her head.
The people next door actually...actually did that kind of thing in broad daylight!
The atmosphere in the room fell into a solemn and strange atmosphere, leaving her and Chu Yuanhe staring at each other, and their faces inexplicably blushed.
It wasn't until a man's low growl that the tables and chairs next door finally stopped shaking.
Caught off guard, Zhao Qingyi hurriedly stood up and tried to escape.
Chu Yuanhe thought she was so angry that she wanted to go next door to catch the adulterer, so he simply grabbed her slender wrist and pulled her back. His other hand rested on Zhao Qingyi's lower back out of inertia.
Through the thin fabric, the heat of his palm was imprinted on her skin.
"Shh, don't alert the enemy."
Chu Yuanhe signaled her to be quiet, his handsome, almost enchanting face full of seriousness, without any intention of offending.
Zhao Qingyi couldn't blame him for his behavior. She pushed the man away, straightened her clothes, and lowered her head slightly to hide the unnatural blush on her cheeks.
Chu Yuanhe also noticed this subtle atmosphere, which was obviously different from the beginning. "You... really want to catch the adulterer?"
In fact, if she wanted to, it was not impossible. He had already arranged the manpower. However, if this matter was exposed, it would damage the reputation of Zhao Qingyi, the mistress of the house, and would also affect Li Che's career. It all depended on Zhao Qingyi's own opinion.
If she couldn't bear to leave Li Che...
Chu Yuanhe curled his fingers slightly, and a dark thought involuntarily emerged in his mind.
If she couldn't bear to let him go, he could find a reason to kill Li Che and make her a widow. Then she wouldn't have to go through all the trouble of planning a divorce...
"Of course I will catch it."
Zhao Qingyi calmed down and said calmly, "Please leave first, Prince. Don't let anyone see you and me alone, so as to avoid any trouble."
She was not surprised that Li Che chose to have a secret meeting at Qingyun Teahouse, because in his previous life, as Li Che rose through the ranks, his daily expenses became increasingly extravagant, so he booked Room No. 2 in Tianzi for a long time for social purposes. At that time, she did not connect Li Che's move with his secret meeting with Zhao Manyi.
Now that I think about it, this pair of dogs and bitches were able to have such a long-term relationship in their previous life, I guess they did it here.
Zhao Qingyi couldn't swallow this. Since they wanted to be together so much and wanted to be together day and night, she would help them.
After hearing these words, the trace of anger in Chu Yuanhe's heart quickly disappeared without a trace.
It seems that in Zhao Qingyi's heart, Li Che is not very important.
He grinned, "Then I will help you."
Zhao Qingyi had already turned around to open the door, but the two maids and Fugui pushed the door open first and quickly closed it, looking a little panicked.
"Prince," Fugui walked up to Chu Yuanhe, "The old lady from the Li family and the concubine from the Zhao family are here together."
Zhao Qingyi was slightly surprised, so he walked to the door to listen.
Room No. 1 was right next to the stairs, and she soon heard Mrs. Luo's triumphant voice.
"Mrs. Fang, if you don't agree, I'm going to push the door open and go in."
"You dare?" Aunt Fang's eyes widened. "If you dare to tell anyone about this, we'll both be hurt!"
At first, when Mrs. Luo asked her out, she thought it was nothing serious. It was not until she found out that her daughter had sneaked out of the house without telling her that Aunt Fang realized something was wrong and hurriedly followed Mrs. Luo.
At this moment, the two people in Room No. 2 were doing something shameful, and Luo deliberately asked her to come and listen in order to threaten her.
"Don't you just want silver? I'll give it to you." Aunt Fang resisted the urge to eat this old hag alive, and reluctantly took out a few banknotes from her sleeve pocket.
Mrs. Luo took it and looked at it. "Only two hundred taels? Your daughter's innocence is worth two hundred taels?"
She had heard that Aunt Fang had saved several thousand taels of dowry for Zhao Manyi.
Two hundred taels, that's really insincere.
Luo put the banknote away, raised her chin high, and said contemptuously, "Don't discuss it, I'll push the door open and go in."
"Wait!" Aunt Fang held her back, gritting her teeth. "If you tell, my daughter will lose her innocence, and your son won't have an easy life either!"
Before Luo planned this, she had already thought of a way out. She said with a smile, "My son has already entered the Imperial Academy and married. If the news gets out, it's just that he's a bit more romantic and has taken in more concubines. Which wealthy official doesn't have a few wives and concubines in his backyard?"
This is the way the world is, people are always more tolerant towards men.
Li Che has Zhao Huaiyi as his father-in-law in public, and Wang Ci Fu in secret. If the matter is exposed, he will at most be impeached, and the matter will be over once the storm has died down. But for Zhao Manyi, she is a widow who has caused such a scandal, and the spit of the world is enough to drown her.
Aunt Fang was so angry that she was shaking, "You are so cruel..."
She took out two more hundred-liang silver notes and gave them away, even the pair of bracelets on her wrists. "That's all, no more!"
"You are the most favored concubine of the Zhao family's second branch. How could you possibly have such a small amount of savings?"
Aunt Fang resisted the urge to slap him, "Do you think our second wife is like the first wife, with an imperial merchant to rely on?"
Luo knew that people like Aunt Fang were very cautious and would never reveal their secrets unless forced. Fortunately, she had made arrangements in advance.
Today's adultery scene must succeed, and Zhao Manyi must marry into the Li family as a concubine. If Aunt Fang wants her daughter to live a good life, she will have to spend money to arrange it.
But outwardly, Luo Shi still smiled as she put the banknotes into her arms, "Don't worry, Auntie. Che'er is no longer the same as he was before. He will rise to prominence sooner or later and become a superior person. When that happens, I will definitely not treat Man'er unfairly."
Now everyone calls her "Maner" in a more intimate way.
Aunt Fang hated Luo's greedy face the most, so she rolled her eyes and warned Luo a few more times.
Just as the two of them were whispering, a few drunken young men from wealthy families came up the stairs at the other end of the corridor. They seemed to have just had a drink outside and came to Qingyun Teahouse to talk about poetry and songs.
Mrs. Luo and Aunt Fang were still arguing and didn't notice anyone coming over there. When they heard footsteps approaching, several young masters from aristocratic families had already arrived in front of Room No. 2 in Tianzi.
"I heard that Room 2 is one of the finest private rooms, overlooking the lake with beautiful views. Young Master, I'll treat you today!"
A young man dressed in a brocade robe, obviously from a noble family, leaned against the door frame, laughing so hard that he fell over. Then, he used up almost all his strength to push the door open.
In order to make it easier for Mrs. Luo to do things, Li Che did not lock the door when he entered the house.
Several young men from aristocratic families rushed in together, and sharp screams suddenly broke out in the room.
Luo immediately pushed Aunt Fang aside and ran over, ready to stage a scene of catching a couple in adultery in order to force Zhao Manyi to become his concubine.
But I saw several unfamiliar young men from noble families coming out of the room.
Luo's expression suddenly changed.
This is not the person she arranged in advance!
Luo Shi didn't recognize these people, but they recognized Li Che. When Li Che was suspended from work, he tried to please them.
Before Mrs. Luo could react, the gang of wealthy and powerful men were already lying on the wooden railing, shouting to the people below, "This is terrible! Li Tanhua committed adultery with the widow!"
In an instant, the entire Qingyun Teahouse was boiling again.
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