Chapter 43 Teahouse 8 Finally got on the bridal sedan crying
A sound of "He He" or "He He" made Su He's tears flow even more.
Her tears soaked his clothes and also soaked his heart.
He said, "He He, don't cry. I won't do this again next time."
He added, "Whatever you want from me, I'll do it."
Once this man lowers his proud head, he will become extremely gentle and submissive, just like a tiger insect turning into a civet cat, allowing himself to be manipulated by others.
Su He realized the key point, so he performed the play of retreat in order to advance vividly.
She finally stopped crying, but still buried her head in his arms.
He wanted to hold her face and comfort her, but she dodged his hands and buried her head even tighter in his chest.
Her voice was buzzing: "Now that my husband has seen my true face, I will do whatever he wants."
He replied, "I want He He to stop being angry and to be with He He for the rest of my life."
His voice was gentle and low, like a feather brushing across his chest.
Su He raised her head and looked at him with tears in her eyes.
The man under the candlelight was full of tenderness and guilt.
She asked softly, "If I, a poor concubine, were to hide a more despicable side, would you still want to spend your life with me?"
She was testing him, but he thought she was being coquettish.
He said without hesitation: "No matter what kind of person He He is, she is my wife." After saying that, he leaned over and kissed her forehead.
She stared at the dancing candlelight through his neck, a faint smile playing at the corners of her lips.
The two were affectionate and affectionate in the house.
Zhang Xiuhua suddenly knocked on the door. "Sir, Mr. Xie from the second house is here. He said... he has something important to discuss with you."
Isn’t Mr. Xie from the second house Xie Jin!
He was also the city gate guard who was on the list of iron dealers.
Su He was puzzled for a moment: "It's already this late, I don't know what urgent matter uncle has."
Xie Wuhen chuckled: "It's probably because of what happened in the third room today."
The side hall of Chunhua Courtyard.
Xie Jin waited for about a cup of tea before he saw Xie Wuhen stride into the room.
He immediately stood up to greet her, speaking apologetically, "Zi Yu, I'm truly sorry to bother you at this hour. It's mainly because everyone is busy during the day, so we won't be able to meet."
"I wonder what my uncle is doing?"
Xie Jin sighed, "It's all about your Third Aunt's niece. I heard Ziyu was at the scene today and saw what happened firsthand. As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles. Today, the Xie family has been implicated. Your Third Aunt has no choice but to ask me to intervene. After all, Li Jianye is Ziyu's brother-in-law."
Xie Wuhen took a sip of tea and said, "Third Aunt could have come over and talked to her herself."
Xie Jin smiled and said, "Didn't the niece of the Zhang family have a quarrel with our niece-in-law last time? Your Third Aunt is feeling insecure and doesn't have the face to come here."
Xie Wuhen put down the teacup and asked casually, "What did Third Aunt want Uncle to convey?"
Xie Jin also took a sip of tea and continued, "In this world, a woman's reputation is of paramount importance. After this incident, the Zhang family's niece has been completely disgraced in the capital, and it will probably be difficult for her to marry someone else. Your Third Aunt is suggesting that we go along with the situation and let the Zhang family's niece marry into the Li family. This way, both sides can restore some of their reputation and silence the gossip. However, the woman can't initiate the marriage, so I want to ask Ziyu to go to the Li family to discuss matters so that the marriage can be arranged as soon as possible."
Xie Wuhen thought for a moment and replied, "I'll do my best."
Xie Jin breathed a sigh of relief: "Uncle is relieved now that Ziyu has said this."
Then the two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Xie Jin said goodbye and left.
The next day, Xie Wuhen was on duty and passed by Li's house. He stopped his carriage and asked the gatekeeper to summon Li Taian.
In just a cup of tea, Li Taian hurried over.
Xie Wuhen got out of the car and bowed, "I apologize for disturbing you, father-in-law. I hope you won't mind."
Li Taian said with a smile: "The Li family can't even welcome Wuhen's visit, how can it be considered a 'disturbance'? But," he was a little puzzled: "Why doesn't Wuhen come into the mansion and sit down?"
Xie Wuhen replied, "My son-in-law is busy with his work and cannot stay for long. I specifically asked my father-in-law to come out because I wanted to ask about the incident at the Wuyou Teahouse yesterday. What are your plans, brother?"
At the mention of the Worry-Free Teahouse, Li Taian beat his chest and stamped his feet in anger. "My Li family is truly unfortunate to have raised such a rebellious son. It's one thing for him to act rudely on a daily basis, but now he's even bringing trouble to the Xie family's cousin. Wuhen, once this storm dies down, I'll definitely bring this rebellious son to the Xie family to apologize."
Xie Wuhen's tone was meaningful: "No need to apologize."
Li Taian choked, then reacted: "Since there's no need to apologize, then let's propose marriage."
Xie Wuhen smiled slightly, clasped his fists and saluted: "I will definitely tell the Xie family's third branch what my father-in-law meant."
The father-in-law and son-in-law exchanged polite greetings and then said goodbye.
As soon as Li Taian returned home, he instructed He Manyun to prepare for the marriage proposal.
He Manyun was stunned for a long time, and finally she was still worried: "Master, I'm afraid this marriage is not feasible."
Li Taian was impatient: "What are you trying to do?"
He Manyun replied, "Master, I heard that the Zhang family girl has always been in love with our son-in-law. I'm afraid she's... not from a good family anymore. If Ye'er marries her, the Li family's reputation will also be damaged."
Li Taian sneered, "With that rebellious son around, what reputation does the Li family have now? Besides, haven't you always hoped that rebellious son would get married and start a family soon? You even went to brothels to select prostitutes for him. Now, a marriage has come to you."
He Manyun wailed, "But...but that Zhang family girl is now disgraced and worse than a brothel girl. How could Ye'er marry such a woman?"
Li Taian sneered: "Do you think your son has not been disgraced? He Manyun, please be clear-headed. Your son is not only disgraced, but also suffering from tuberculosis." After he said that, he bit his back teeth in annoyance, waved his sleeves and left.
He Manyun started to cry, but she was still unwilling to give up, so she hurried to Moxiangyuan.
At that time, Li Jianye was drinking and coughing at the same time.
Since the incident yesterday, his tuberculosis has become more and more serious. Last night he even had to smoke Datura stramonium to stop coughing and fall asleep.
He Manyun was so disappointed that she snatched the wine jug from his hand and said, "You're so sick and still drinking. Don't you want to live?"
Li Jianye was drunk: "This is the only breath I have left, so I'll live one day at a time and do whatever I want." After saying that, he snatched the wine jug back.
He Manyun said earnestly, "As long as you live, you must fight for your dignity. Do you know that your father wants you to marry the girl from the Zhang family?"
Li Jianye raised his head and took a sip of wine, stumbling forward, not caring at all: "Marry me if you want to. It doesn't matter who I marry. It's just a pity that I lost to that little bitch again."
"If you had listened to my advice yesterday, things wouldn't have come to this."
He Manyun was overcome with grief, tears welling in her eyes. "You and that girl from the Zhang family are both disgraced right now. If you marry her, you two will probably be laughed at by everyone when you go out. Even your future children will probably be seen as 'born out of wedlock'. How could your father possibly pass on the position of head of the family to you?"
"In the end, it's all about the position of the head of the family."
Li Jianye took a breath in anger and said, "Listen carefully, mother. I don't care whether I become the head of the family or not." After that, he staggered out of the courtyard with the wine jug in his hand without looking back.
He Manyun's body softened and she slumped down in the armchair.
At this time, Zhang Qian'er was also crying for this marriage.
The man she likes is the handsome and elegant Brother Zi Yu. Even if Brother Zi Yu explicitly rejects her, she can still find another similar man.
How could she be willing to marry someone like Li Jianye?
What was Li Jianye? He looked like a hungry ghost, withered like a zombie, and even suffered from tuberculosis. Even if she became a nun in a temple, she would never accept this marriage.
Zhang Biyu's tone was stern: "Since you have done this shameful thing, you will have no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit. I have already sent a letter to your parents. The marriage is set in stone."
Zhang Qian'er was heartbroken and knelt down to beg: "Aunt, please don't let me marry that consumptive ghost. I don't want to marry that consumptive ghost."
Zhang Biyu shook her head helplessly: "If you had known this would happen, why would you have done it in the first place?"
Zhang Qian'er burst into tears, "Aunt, someone drugged us, someone wants to frame us, it must be that Li Shuli, it must be her..."
"Shut up."
Zhang Biyu shouted, "If you had stayed true to your duties, how could you have gotten involved with Li Jianye, and how could you have been framed? Now that things have come to this, you can no longer blame anyone."
Zhang Qian'er cried and shouted, "I won't get married. I want to go to a nunnery and become a nun."
Zhang Biyu replied coldly: "Even if you want to be a nun, you have to get married before becoming a nun."
"Then I will die, and let you see me die."
"If you want to die, you have to die in the Li family."
Zhang Biyu had lost her patience and ordered Dong Ye sternly, "Watch over the young lady. She is not allowed to leave the room before she gets married."
Dong Ye replied "yes" timidly.
Two days later, the Li family invited a matchmaker to propose marriage.
The incident of "affair" in the teahouse caused a lot of uproar, and naturally attracted many people to watch on the day of the proposal. The Xie and Li families were concerned about their reputation and both hoped to get over the matter as soon as possible, so they skipped the formalities of three letters and six ceremonies and directly set the wedding date.
Half a month later, the wedding was held as scheduled.
Li Jianye was wearing a black suit and was helped onto the tall horse to welcome the bride.
After days of drinking, he looked thinner and his back was hunched. From a distance, he looked like a living dead.
Zhang Qian'er was also confined to her room for several days, and finally got into the bridal sedan crying.
With a shout of "lift the sedan chair", the wedding procession left in a mighty procession, beating gongs and drums.
Xu Nanzhi leaned against the courtyard wall, listening to the fading gongs and drums, and sighed deeply, "What a well-behaved girl! I originally wanted her to be Ziyu's concubine, but I didn't expect her to marry a consumptive idiot like this."
Nanny Han also shook her head helplessly: "This old slave just can't understand. How could Miss Qian'er, who is so gentle, do such a thing in a teahouse?"
Xu Nanzhi was silent for a long time, and still sighed: "Maybe this is fate." After that, she held Han Ma's arm and slowly returned to the house.
In Chunhua Courtyard, Su He was preparing to take a bath.
As she took off her dress, she asked, "Has the bride been taken away?"
Chunlan was untying the belt behind her clothes: "She was taken away a long time ago. I heard she cried a lot."
Then he asked, "The young lady hasn't returned from the Li family's wedding yet. Will they make sarcastic remarks then?"
When Li Jianye got married this time, Su He made up an excuse of "feeling unwell" to avoid it.
Xie Wuhen naturally knew what she was thinking, so he cooperated with her to make up this excuse.
She replied, "Let them say whatever they want, it doesn't matter." Then she took off her clothes and sat in the bathtub.
Chunlan went forward to help her bathe. When she wet her back with a towel, she couldn't help but pause and said, "The birthmark on your back has healed."
Su He asked, "What does it look like?"
Chunlan brought over a bronze mirror and said, "Look at it yourself, young lady."
In the oval bronze mirror, a heart-shaped red birthmark on the butterfly bone on her back was clearly visible, which was exactly the same as the birthmark on Li Shuli's back.
Chunlan couldn't help but sigh: "Young lady's skill in making poison is really superb."
Su He also breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I can rest assured."
Then he added, "While Xie Wuhen has been too busy lately to pay attention, we must also quickly find out the truth about Liu Dazhong."
Chunlan replied: "I heard from Mr. Wu that the son-in-law has been busy investigating people recently."
Su He asked casually: "Who are you checking?"
"It is said that they are investigating a tea connoisseur from twenty years ago."
Su He paused. When she heard the word "tea artist", she suddenly thought of Zeng Yidao.
“Why do you want to check the tea art masters?” she asked.
Chunlan thought for a moment, "Although Wu Sheng didn't say it explicitly, from what he said, it seems he's looking for a queen."
Su He was puzzled: "My Lady?"
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