Chapter 248 The Luo Family Father and Daughter
She imitated Li Chen's impatient manner and continued:
"And his groomsmen were even more unruly. They rolled up their sleeves and shouted 'Get out of the way!' They looked more like they were there to confiscate property than to welcome a bride! The Earl's face turned dark immediately."
Su Chengniang frowned slightly upon hearing this and coughed lightly twice.
Yu Qingci listened with great interest and pressed for an answer:
"Then what?"
Yan Wu spread her hands and said, "Our people are more magnanimous. We don't bother with them. If they can't afford to play, then we won't play."
As soon as we made way, they barged straight in and arrived at the Second Miss's courtyard without any hindrance, even skipping the "bridal poem".
If the matchmaker and the matrons hadn't reacted quickly, the bride would probably have been dragged out!
Yan Wu lowered her voice, a hint of schadenfreude in it:
"Third Miss, you didn't see it, but the maids who came with the Second Miss's family were all pale with fright. They're not even married yet, and the groom is already so disrespectful. What will their lives be like in the Prince's mansion..."
Tsk tsk.
Yan Wu spoke and gestured, her excited little eyes sparkling. Yu Qingci suppressed a laugh and gestured for her to continue.
"The worst is yet to come! After finally welcoming the bride out according to etiquette, when it's time to say goodbye to the elders in the main hall, according to the rules, the new son-in-law should serve tea and kowtow to his parents-in-law, right?"
Guess what? The groom's knees were as straight as wooden posts; he gave a perfunctory bow without uttering a single heartwarming word. The Earl's face darkened further, while Madam Qiao, though still smiling, had tears welling in her eyes!
Yu Qingci turned to look at her mother, no longer wanting to see Qiao and her daughters, but this marriage was also a matter of the Earl's family's reputation.
Li Chen, relying on his status as a member of the imperial family, acted so arrogantly, completely disregarding the Nanping Marquis's Mansion.
A playful smile appeared on Yu Qingci's lips as she lightly tapped the edge of the couch with her fingertips.
"Oh? So impatient? It seems this Fourth Young Master has a temper even bigger than rumored. Second Sister's 'good match' is going to be quite a spectacle from the start."
Su Chengniang sighed softly: "Whether it's good or bad, this marriage was chosen by the old lady and Qiao Shi, and Qingyan herself is satisfied. Only after she marries into the family and starts living together will she know whether it's hot or cold."
The wedding banquet finally came to an end. Yu Qingci and her husband did not stay long. After bidding farewell to their parents and the old lady, they returned home.
At the General's Mansion, Luo Yi stood in front of the covered corridor, watching the two people walking in side by side from outside. Yu Qingci smiled brightly like spring, while Lu Yunqi turned his head slightly and whispered something to her, his eyes full of tenderness. The scene was indescribably harmonious.
Luo Yi felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if she were being pricked by needles.
Laugh now, Yu Qingci, but you won't be laughing for long.
Luo Yi stared at the two figures as they walked away into the distance with a sinister look in her eyes.
As dusk approached and the general's mansion was about to close, Luo Yi walked alone through the back garden to the back gate of the mansion.
She gave the old woman guarding the back door a handful of copper coins, and the old woman opened the door and let her out.
When Old Man Luo, who was waiting at the back door, saw his daughter come out, a smile immediately spread across his wrinkled face.
"Daughter, you've finally come out! I've been waiting here for ages."
"Father, please keep your voice down. This is the General's Mansion. Nobody speaks like you."
Luo Yi impatiently interrupted her father, glanced around warily, and asked in a low voice:
"Did you bring the medicine I asked you to prepare? If you did, give it to me."
Old Man Luo nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, it's all ready."
He looked down and rummaged in his pocket for a while, then pulled out a tiny medicine packet wrapped in oil paper.
Luo Yi took it and frowned, saying, "Why is there only so little? Is there any more? Give it all to me."
Old Man Luo said with difficulty, "I only prepared this much medicine. My daughter, this medicine is very potent. You must not use it too much. If someone bullies you, just teach them a lesson, just a little bit."
Luo Yi: "I know what I'm doing, so please don't worry about it..."
The father and daughter were talking in hushed tones when a cold voice suddenly came from behind them:
"Dr. Luo, it's been a long time."
The two of them froze, as if struck by lightning, unable to move.
Lu Yunqi's study in the front yard.
Lu Yunqi sat in the armchair and looked at Old Man Luo, his eyes as sharp as a hawk's, sending chills down one's spine:
“A year ago, you went up the mountain to collect herbs, but you never came back. My men searched almost the entire mountain but couldn’t find you. In the end, your daughter concluded that you were collecting herbs for me and accidentally fell off the cliff.”
Now that you've suddenly appeared here unharmed, why don't you tell me what happened?
Old Man Luo was carried in by Xuan Bing like a little chick. He was still in a daze and could barely stand. Hearing Lu Yunqi's question, he trembled all over.
"Um, General, um, I didn't fall off the cliff, no, I did fall off the cliff..."
Old Man Luo was so nervous that he became incoherent, completely forgetting everything his daughter had told him.
Upon seeing this, Luo Yi said, "General, it's like this. My father told me that he was so eager to find medicine to cure your illness that he risked going into the mountains alone. As a result, he accidentally fell off a cliff. Fortunately, he didn't die from the fall, but was unconscious for a few days. After waking up, he barely managed to escape death and survive."
But by the time he returned to the village, we had already left. My father searched for us all the way to the capital.
My father was just a country doctor who had never seen much of the world. Although he had come all the way here, he dared not go to their door rashly, for fear of being mistaken for a beggar and thrown out.
Moreover, he wasn't sure if I had returned with the general, so he kept watch around the general's mansion until one day I went out, and then my father and I were reunited.
Luo Yi stepped forward to help Old Man Luo up, looked up at Lu Yunqi, and instantly burst into tears.
"General, you know how I feel about you. I was afraid that if you knew my father was not dead, you would not allow me to enter the house. That's why I asked my father not to show his face."
That's how it is. Now that the General knows, I want to ask: does the old lady still stand by her promise to me?
Seeing that things had come to this point, Luo Yi decided to go all out and tell her true feelings, mixed with falsehoods. After all, she wanted to see how the general would explain himself to her, given that he had saved her life.
The study fell into a deathly silence, with only the faint crackling of the flickering candlelight.
Old Man Luo was startled by his daughter's bold words. He felt a cold sweat running down his back, and he lowered his head even further, not daring to even breathe.
Lu Yunqi's deep eyes remained calm and undisturbed, and his voice rang out slowly and deeply:
“I have never forgotten the life-saving grace of you and your father. I secretly vowed that as long as I could get through that ordeal, I would repay you in the future.”
After Luo Langzhong disappeared, I led a few men to search the mountains for over a month, turning the area upside down, but we found neither him alive nor dead. Fortunately, Luo Langzhong, like me before him, was incredibly lucky and survived, even making his way to the capital. I'm very curious how you, an elderly man, managed to survive for over a month in the deep mountains and forests.”
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