Chapter 640 A man who can't figure
things out As soon as these words came out, a crowd of people rushed over, clinging to the crack of the door and looking inside.
When they saw Li Qingping clearly, who looked like a frightened beast, they spat out melon seed shells, saliva, and even grabbed mud and threw them at the door!
"It's her!"
"How dare she come out to see!"
The corner door was not closed tightly, and it was smashed with a crackling sound.
Although the maids reacted quickly and rushed over to bolt the door, Li Qingping was unable to dodge and was hit in the face by a handful of mud, which made her eyes unable to open.
Her top embroidered with roses was also stained with a few pieces of melon seed shells, which were also stained with saliva, sticky and disgusting, just like her life at this moment.
Li Qingping had been spoiled since she was a child, and had never suffered such injustice.
She was almost petrified, frozen in place, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses, and she suddenly burst into tears.
"Ah! How could it be like this?"
What went wrong...
Why... Why did outsiders know about it? Didn't her aunt say that there was no problem? How come the troupe has started to perform? How can she live in the future?
Tears flowed down Li Qingping's cheeks as if they were free.
She cried until she almost fainted, and shame and regret surged into her heart.
But soon, a greater fear arose.
Li Qingping's crying stopped abruptly. She seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly grabbed the maid and said, "Wait, the actors are singing in front of our house. Does that mean that everyone in Beijing knows about it? Go to the streets and ask what people are saying outside! What are you still standing
there for? Go!" However, before the maid ran to the street, Li Hutu had already learned the "bad news" in advance.
In the afternoon, after lunch, he was going to report to the Hanlin Academy.
As a result, as soon as he arrived, he found that his colleagues looked at him with a bit of strange eyes.
Li Hutu is usually listless, and he doesn't dare to ask unless others say it clearly.
But soon something even stranger came.
Not long after, several candidates who had passed the autumn examination came to the academy and wanted to borrow some classics.
Among them, there are two or three talented and decent people who were originally chosen by Li Hutu to be his son-in-law.
They knew what Lord Li wanted, and because of their ordinary family conditions, they were eager to get married.
But when they saw Li Hutu again today, they all avoided his gaze intentionally, as if they had discussed it beforehand.
Li Hutu didn't care at first, because Aunt Wang had mentioned Ping'er's marriage before, so she wanted to invite them to the mansion for dinner, and let her daughter secretly see each other, which was very thoughtful.
But who would have thought that the sons were shocked and refused desperately.
"No, that's not necessary, Mr. Li. I am a humble student, not worthy of your house."
"I... I won't go either. I am dumb and need to study hard. I don't have time."
"Yes, yes! If they don't go, then it's not good for me to go alone. Thank you, Lord Li, for your hospitality! See you later!"
After saying this, these people fled out of the Hanlin Academy without even looking back.
Before they came here, they had heard about Li Qingping's "deeds", so how could they be willing to marry her. Li Qingping's
current reputation is so bad that even the most mean-spirited people can't stand it and just want to stay away from her.
Li Hutu was left there, biting the pen in surprise, "No, what happened today?"
Finally, a colleague couldn't stand it anymore and came over to remind him.
"Ahem, Lord Li seems to be ignorant. Then why don't you go to the theater? Perhaps the theater there can give you some pointers."
Hearing this, Li Hutu did not dare to delay and went there leisurely in a carriage.
After entering the theater, a good play about Li Qingping was being performed on the stage.
Li Hutu watched for a while and initially thought that this woman was really too much, and he followed the audience in scolding her.
But soon, after the actor on the stage shouted the word "Qingping" and a wave of ridicule came from the surroundings, Li Hutu slowly widened his eyes.
Wait, that's not right.
This play is actually about his concubine?
Li Hutu was struck by lightning, standing in a crowd of curses. After listening to the play, he finally understood what happened!
It turned out that, without his knowledge, Ping'er had actually made an ugly plan in order to marry into a wealthy family. She
even wanted to ruin Jiang Fengnian's reputation?
"This is simply stupid!"
Li Hutu was so ashamed and angry that his face turned red like a cooked crab. He immediately took a carriage home to find Li Qingping to ask for clarification.
However, thinking that the Jiang family must have known about it, Li Hutu became even more ashamed and afraid.
When he went to class in the morning, people treated him as usual, without any cold treatment. I don't know if it was out of generosity, but they waited for him to speak...
After returning home, Li Hutu went to Ziwuyuan angrily without the maid to report.
At this time, Li Qingping had cried four or five times, her eyes were swollen, and she was still sobbing while paralyzed on the couch.
Li Hutu rushed into the room with his eyes glaring, and raised his hand, intending to hit his daughter who didn't know the severity of the situation.
But when he saw Li Qingping's pain, he suddenly felt distressed, and tremblingly withdrew his hand. The father and daughter hugged their heads and cried together.
"Father, your daughter has embarrassed you, do you know everything..." Li Qingping covered her cheeks, not daring to look up at him again.
Li Hutu's eyes were red, and his heart was about to break. "Silly child, what's the big deal about me being embarrassed? What's important is your reputation."
He then blamed himself again, "It's also my fault. I didn't discipline you enough, so you got into trouble. But Ping'er, you should think about it carefully. Even if you want to marry into the Jiang family again, you won't get any benefits after making such a fuss!"
Li Hutu suppressed his emotions and began to educate his daughter.
"Even if you really succeed this time and the Jiang family is willing to propose marriage, you have ruined the reputation of your husband's family. Even if you get married, your husband won't love you, and your mother-in-law and sisters-in-law won't like you. How can you have a good life?"
Li Qingping thought about it and felt sad for a while, then touched her belly and said, "Father, I don't want to marry into the Jiang family anymore. If it doesn't work, I'll ask the brothers you mentioned before. It doesn't matter if the family is poor, but I want to get married as soon as possible!"
Right now, the marriage needs to be done as soon as possible.
At least the engagement should be arranged first, and then a way can be found to have skin-to-skin contact. By then, the child can be legitimate .
But Li Hutu clapped his hands and sighed, "Ping'er, even I know about it, how could those brothers not have heard about it? They... They are now unwilling to accept their father's invitation!"
Hearing this, Li Qingping was completely dumbfounded.
What, even those poor brothers look down on her? Then she is completely disgraced!
Seeing his daughter's eyes were blank and her face was as pale as death, Li Hutu thought she was worried about marriage, so he comforted her.
"But don't be afraid, wait for Dad to go and talk to the Jiang family to make peace. As long as the storm is over, people will forget about it in a year or two. It doesn't matter if you get married later. Dad will find a good husband for you."
But Li Qingping clenched her palms tightly.
She was so scared that she didn't dare to say anything.
She could wait for a year or two before getting married.
But can the grievance in her belly wait...
...
At this time, the owners of several opera troupes in the Jiang family had come to the mansion and reported the results of the past two days to Feng Miao.
Knowing that it was now known to the whole city, Xiao Nuobao put his hands on his fat waist and rolled on the bed, feeling that he had vented his anger.
Feng lowered her head and listened. She had already sensed that Li Hutu would come to her house to plead for mercy.
Jiang Fengnian became a farmer bitten by a snake. He was still angry at the moment, so he came over and said, "The Li family is really wicked. Even if Lord Li comes to apologize, we can't let him go easily. We have to let the theater continue to perform for half a month!"
"Yes, didn't Miss Li want to use other people's spit to drown my brother before? This time, let her taste it herself and see what it feels like." Feng Hu also said in a rough voice.
However, after thinking about it, Feng shook her head.
"If Lord Li comes and tells us that he had no idea about this before, then we will give him a face, stop here, and teach him a lesson." First
of all, she still hopes that Li Hutu will teach her patiently and make the children useful, so she can't help but give him face.
Secondly, the Jiang family didn't mean to kill anyone.
But this time, they did a good job in counterattacking.
Otherwise, if they were still patient even when dirty water splashed on their faces, others would think that the Jiang family was made of dough, and then they would just follow their example and try to scam people! Although
Jiang Fengnian felt wronged, he also understood his mother's reasoning, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you anyway, as long as the girl from the Li family doesn't have any bad ideas again."
After all, he had been taught a lesson this time.
If he continued to pester her, if something happened to the girl from the Li family, he would get himself dirty again.
Sure enough, not long after, dusk was about to fall, and Li Hutu's figure really appeared in front of the mansion.
But this time, he looked a little more ashamed, and he personally held a few gifts in his hands.
Li Hutu knew that the daughter-in-law must have angered the Jiang family.
So he had to apologize in person, hoping to resolve the conflict and put the matter behind him.
Soon, Madam Zheng took Li Hutu to the guest hall to wait.
Mrs. Feng did not neglect it either, and immediately rushed over. When she sat down, she did not even blame them at all.
Li Hutu wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood up and bowed. He not only told Mrs. Feng all the thoughts of the daughter-in-law, but also frankly said that he had no idea beforehand.
"My daughter lost her mother at an early age, and I neglected to discipline her, so she became so ignorant."
Li Hutu couldn't even raise his head, and said guiltily, "This time, she was really ridiculous. Not to mention your family, if it weren't for her deceased mother, even I would have wanted to throw her out of the house."
Feng took a sip of warm tea, her eyes turned slightly, and it could be heard that she was scolding her daughter, but actually begging for mercy.
She nodded and said something politely, "Master Li, please stand up. You are all parents, and it is normal for them to be ignorant at a young age. It is not a serious crime."
"What's more," Feng cleared her throat and said deliberately, "My sons also took advantage of our ignorance to go to the theater to find someone to rehearse a play, hoping to help their eldest brother clarify the matter. They didn't expect that the actors took the money and worked too hard, and made such a big fuss. In fact, I should apologize to you."
These words made the Jiang family seem to have no intention of revenge, which made both sides look better.
However, Li Hutu really believed it when he heard it.
He waved his hands hastily, "No, Madam Jiang, you are worrying too much. Besides, it was my family's fault, how dare I blame you!"
Seeing that he was confused, Feng was kind enough to remind him a few more times.
"There is just one thing, Lord Li, please don't think I am nosy."
"Have you ever thought that even if Miss Li is a little bit naughty, how could she, a girl who never leaves the house, know so many inferior calculations?"
Feng said, pushing the brewed tea over, "If someone is behind this, it would be pushing the girl into the fire pit. You have to make plans early."
Li Hutu took the tea and his eyes suddenly condensed.
Yes.
How could he forget this?
He wanted to marry into the Jiang family, but Aunt Wang mentioned it first. Could it be that this was all Aunt Wang's idea? !
Seeing his sudden realization, Feng warned him, "It's not a bad thing for a girl to be spoiled, but if someone around her wants to lead her astray, then ignoring it will really harm the child."
Li Hutu suddenly realized something.
He wanted to find Aunt Wang to settle the score.
But thinking about it carefully, Aunt Wang had served him for half his life, and he couldn't bear to take it out on her.
So he sighed, "If there is anyone who instigated this, it is most likely my concubine. She was originally my wife's dowry, but because my wife was accused of being jealous by the clan members, they forced this maid into my arms and made her my concubine. My Ping'er has been brought up by her for so many years."
When Feng heard this, she frowned and said, "If I were Lord Li and knew that my daughter was led astray like this, I would definitely not let her go easily. Sending her to the manor would be the least of my worries."
But Li Hutu couldn't bear it after much persuasion. "Thank you for your advice, Madam Jiang. But she also gave me a son. She has no merit, but she has worked hard. It's not appropriate to punish her too severely for this matter."
Li Qiqiao and Nanny Zheng listened for a long time, and they wanted to roll their eyes to the sky.
A daughter of a scholarly family was led astray like this?
Lord Li is still hesitant and considers the old relationship!
I'm afraid that this kind of person will only regret it when he sees his daughter really going to a dead end.
Feng shook her head slightly and stopped talking.
Some things should be stopped at the right time. Everyone has their own destiny. Since the other party is unwilling to fully appreciate it, she doesn't need to waste her breath.
Soon, Li Hutu got the Jiang family's understanding, so he breathed a sigh of relief and went home happily.
But Lord Li had no idea that if he didn't listen to the advice this time, it would ruin Li Qingping's life for the rest of her life...
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