The next day, Wang Dashan's servants, along with Cen Xi and her two daughters, and the two villagers who were plotting something, entered Liyue Town.
At noon, Cen Xi finally entered the mansion of the philanthropist Wang.
After passing through several courtyards, the nannies led her into a small courtyard.
"Seventh Concubine will be living here from now on. Master will be coming over tonight, so please be prepared, Seventh Concubine."
The nannies glanced indifferently at Cen Xi and the two little ones, then withdrew.
"Jiuyi, Xiaoyu, this will be your home from now on. Do you like it?"
Whether they liked it or not, Cen Xi was quite satisfied. She found the carved bed and the hibiscus brocade quilt inside particularly pleasing to the eye. Moreover, the house was not drafty and there was a charcoal fire inside. Although it was not as comfortable as her modern home, it was more than a hundred times better than Liu Xiucai's house.
"Are you planning to live here long-term?"
Xiao Jiuyi's expression was not good.
"Uh, I'll stay here for now. Once I'm rich, once I become the richest man in this dynasty, I'll move out."
Cen Xi thought for a moment and then said.
"So how do you plan to protect my mother's health? Are you really going to consummate your marriage with a man in his fifties?"
Xiao Jiu scratched his head and asked.
"Xiao Jiuyi, why are you so fixated on this? It doesn't matter which man I marry, the key thing is which man I sleep with, right? You little brat, so stop saying those nonsensical things, okay?"
Cen Xi patted his little head and gently guided him.
"But you've ruined my mother's reputation!"
Xiao Jiuyi is still very conflicted about this matter.
"Little brat, it seems I need to tell you a fact. If this body still belongs to your mother's soul, then even if she recovers, she will only be humiliated by the men in the village. Her only option is to marry. Only in this way can the three of you be protected, understand?"
Cen Xi continued to explain to the little guy.
"Why?"
"Because she is a woman, and a very beautiful woman at that!"
"Why should women be defiled? What's wrong with beautiful women? Is being beautiful a crime?"
Xiao Jiuyi looked confused.
"Because she has no way to protect herself. A beautiful woman is like someone running for her life with jewels in her hands; everyone will covet her. If your mother looked like Aunt Li, she might be safer."
"oh!"
Xiao Jiu nodded slowly, as if she understood something.
"If you're so tough, even fiercer than Aunt Li, why did you choose to get married?"
Xiao Jiuyi's head is practically overflowing with questions, one after another, and I have no idea how he came up with them.
"Where am I strong? Look at last night, we were tricked and we had no food. I had no choice but to get married, otherwise we wouldn't last ten days and we would have starved to death. If we had starved to death, would you still be here asking me why?"
Cen Xi would never admit that she actually disliked Liu Xiucai's dilapidated house.
Actually, her requirements weren't high; she just wanted to find a comfortable room to sleep in.
"I... I can't argue with you, but you can't ruin your mother's body."
Xiao Jiu said angrily and roared.
Shh! Someone's coming!
Hearing the commotion outside, Cen Xi made a shushing gesture.
Upon hearing that someone was coming, the little brat Liu Jiuyi immediately grabbed Cen Xi's leg and wouldn't let go.
Cen Xi was both amused and exasperated. Ha! What kind of behavior is this little brat? A bully at home? Knowing she wouldn't do anything to him, he's all fierce towards her, but when the enemy comes, she becomes his protector.
It seems that after today, she will need to teach this brat a lesson.
"My beauty, your husband has arrived. I heard he wanted to come and be my wife yesterday. I am so pleased!"
Just as Cen Xi was about to hide the two little ones, the door was opened by the nannies, and then a middle-aged man entered the room.
Cen Xi gave the two little rascals a wink, signaling them to hide to the side. Then, she instantly transformed into a drama queen and greeted her cheap husband.
"My lord! I've missed you so much! Why did it take you so long to come?"
"Little vixen, if I had known you were interested in me, I would have married you long ago."
The old man tried to put his arm around Cen Xi's waist as soon as he came in.
Cen Xi dodged the provocative scene she'd seen in TV dramas and said, "Yes, sir, if I hadn't married so young, I..."
"It's alright, everything's fine now! My beauty, now that you're inside the manor, then we..."
The old man, seeing Cen Xi's graceful figure, was filled with lust and his face turned lewd.
Cen Xi felt like she was going to throw up, but she forced a laugh and said:
"Sir, I still have two children here. Please settle them in first, and then we can catch up properly, how about that? I... you know my family is very poor. I haven't eaten since yesterday. Without food, I don't have the strength to serve you!"
"Oh, you're right! Take the young master and young lady out to eat and serve them well."
Master Wang glanced at Cen Xi, then at the two children, and then gave a stern order to the servants outside.
"Yes, sir!"
"Wait a minute, sir. I see this courtyard is quite large. Why don't you let them live next door? I'm afraid they'll be scared if they're too far away from me."
Seeing the old woman enter, Cen Xi thought for a moment and then spoke up.
"Alright! As long as you serve me well tonight, you don't need to worry about the two of them from now on. I will treat them as my own children."
Wang the Great Philanthropist looked at Cen Xi and thought for a moment with an ambiguous expression before speaking.
"Okay! Thank you, sir. Jiuyi, Xiaoyu, you two go next door for a while and have a good meal. I'll come back to find you later."
Cen Xi gave Liu Jiuyi a wink, signaling him to take his sister out first.
"You'd better watch yourself!"
Jiuyi glared at Cen Xi, then glanced timidly at Master Wang before taking Xiaoyu out.
"Mother! I'm scared!"
Little Fish was being led by his brother, and he looked a little panicked.
"Don't be afraid, Mommy is always here! Be a good girl."
Cen Xi winked at her and smiled.
"Okay! Little Fish is the best girl. Mommy is a princess, and I am the little princess!"
The little girl smiled sweetly at her, then said something that her brother had taken away.
"My beauty, no one is bothering us now, otherwise..."
As Master Wang watched the servants take the child away, his eyes leered at Cen Xi's figure.
"Sir, the night is long, and it's not even dark yet. If I'm in such a hurry, I'll be laughed at later. Besides, I'm starving; I need to eat before I can..."
Cen Xi tried her best to look shy as she spoke to the old man in front of her.
"Alright! Since you want to eat, have someone prepare the meal!"
Master Wang's eyes sharpened, then he smiled and gave instructions to his servant.
"Thank you, sir. You have no idea how miserable my life has been. I had long since looked down on that poor scholar Liu, but I had no choice but to obey my parents' wishes and the matchmaker's words! Alas, he was also a short-lived man. He left us, mother and son, behind for a medicinal herb."
Cen Xi put on a weak and vulnerable appearance and poured out her heart.
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