Qingyao was stunned and remained silent for a long time.
"Is it difficult?"
"Why do you ask when you already know the answer?"
"...Qingyao, Qingyao, you really know how to make me unhappy." The man pulled her into his arms with force and ordered in a cold voice, "Go back home!"
The guards immediately drove the carriage.
Arrived at Xiao Mansion.
Xiao Yexing picked up Qingyao who looked reluctant and walked into the mansion. Cang Ling also happened to return home, "Master!"
He came running over with a hurried look:
"Master, I found out! Five years ago, Miss Qingyao's brother did come to your house, but it was Miss Gu who sent him away!"
Qingyao suddenly raised her head.
Is it Gu Shuangshuang?
Xiao Yexing looked at him, "Are you sure?"
Cang Ling nodded, "Yes, that year, several people passed by the Xiao Mansion, and they saw with their own eyes that it was Miss Gu."
Xiao Yexing's eyes darkened.
Such a thing happened right under his nose, but he never knew about it and was kept in the dark.
"Gu Shuangshuang is my mother's distant cousin. I have been avoiding her and treating her as if she didn't exist in the past few years she has been in the mansion. I never thought that she would be so vicious. Qingyao, did you hear me?"
Qingyao was surprised and shocked, but she really didn't have a good impression of Gu Shuangshuang.
He said calmly, "Who knows if you are trying to shirk responsibility and find someone to take the blame...hiss!"
He actually pinched the soft flesh around her waist!
"After all these years, you still don't know who I am? Now that the misunderstanding from that year has been resolved, it's time to settle our accounts!"
Go back to your room!
"Let me go! What are you doing!?"
"You can't calm down now and can't talk to me properly, so naturally I ask you to calm down."
"Governor Xiao!"
"Call me by my nickname."
"Xiao..."
He kicked the door shut, and all the sounds were blocked between his lips and teeth, swallowed into his stomach, with only a few ambiguous hums coming out.
Two hours later.
Qingyao lay limply on the bed, her breathing was turbid, her face was flushed, and she didn't even have the strength to bend her fingertips. Xiao Yexing then put his arm around her waist and asked:
"Are you calm now?"
"Yaoyao, if you dare to use malicious thoughts to speculate about me again, or dare to run away again, I will break your legs."
Qingyao grabbed the quilt tightly, covering half of her face, "Where else can I go except the Xiao Mansion..."
"It's not that you can go anywhere else except the Xiao Mansion, it's that as long as I'm by your side, you can go anywhere, no matter how high the sky is or how wide the sea is."
Qingyao lowered her eyes slightly, "I know..."
"Are you still going to run?"
"I won't run anymore."
"Stay here and wait for me to marry you."
"Um."
Xiao Yexing gathered the strands of hair around her ears. She looked much more pleasing to the eye seeing her behave so well. He gave her a satisfied kiss on the center of her brow, then fell asleep contentedly holding her in his arms.
The next day, after breakfast, he went to the study to handle official business. Qingyao was dressed neatly and sitting in front of the window with a book in her hand. She noticed that there was a pair of eyes outside that were always looking at her vaguely.
Looking up, I quickly caught sight of the corner of clothes hiding behind the corner.
Her eyes flickered, and she suddenly closed the book, stood up and walked out.
The maid waiting outside the door immediately stepped forward: "Miss Qingyao, where are you going?"
"Toilet, are you guys going to follow me too?"
The maidservant said, "I will go with you."
The young master has said that Miss Qingyao has already run away seventy, eighty or ninety times. If we don't keep a close eye on her, she will lose her life.
"what ever."
Qingyao didn't say much and walked towards the toilet. After entering, she closed the door and her maid waited outside.
After half a cup of tea.
The maid waited and waited, but she didn't hear any movement from inside. She couldn't help but feel uneasy: "Miss Qingyao?"
"Miss Qingyao?"
No sound?
My heart tightened, and I strode forward, pushed the door open, and saw that it was empty inside, with only the small square window propped open.
Oh my God!
Oh no, Miss Qingyao ran away again!
"Someone, go tell the young master!"
At this time, Qingyao appeared at the back door of the Xiao Mansion, which was remote and quiet, and also the place with the weakest guard. A woman dressed as a maid followed closely.
"Fuyutsuki."
Qingyao called out her name without even turning her head.
Dongyue was not a maid in the Xiao Mansion, but Gu Shuangshuang's personal maid. She had been holding a grudge against Gu Shuangshuang since she was kicked out of the Xiao Mansion yesterday.
Dong Yue sneered: "Miss Qingyao, haven't you always wanted to leave Governor Xiao? My lady can help you."
"oh?"
Yeah?
"Can she really help me get out of the city? As long as she can let me get out of the city and leave Governor Xiao, I am willing to pay any price." Qingyao's expression was full of surprise.
Dong Yue curled her lips: "Of course, my lady has been in the Xiao Mansion for many years and has some power in her hands. Naturally, she can help you. Please follow me."
"good!"
Qingyao followed with great joy.
Dongyue led her towards a secluded direction, with the corners of his lips raised sarcastically.
idiot!
Today is the day you die!
After walking for about two quarters of an hour away from the Xiao Mansion, Dong Yue came to a deserted and dilapidated alley. He stopped and Gu Shuangshuang came out of the alley:
"Qingyao!"
She stared straight at the woman approaching her, her vicious gaze like a poisonous snake, enough to eat a person.
This little bitch!
He deliberately hid himself yesterday and framed her, causing her to be kicked out of the Xiao Mansion by her cousin. Today, he appeared beside his cousin again.
What a scheming bitch!
Qingyao stepped forward calmly, "Miss Gu."
Gu Shuangshuang gave Dongyue a look, and Dongyue bowed and went to guard the entrance of the alley.
"Miss Qingyao, I'm actually very curious about what kind of drug you, a lowly servant, have given to your cousin to make him want you so much. Even though I pride myself on my stunning beauty, he won't even look at me!"
Qingyao looked at this familiar face, "Are you jealous?"
Gu Shuangshuang said coldly: "I am a rich lady, born in a noble family, how could I be jealous of a lowly servant like you?"
Qingyao stepped forward and asked, "If you weren't jealous, why did you deliberately send my seriously ill brother away from the Xiao Mansion five years ago?"
"You know?"
"It's really you!"
Gu Shuangshuang sneered, "Since you asked, I don't have to hide it. It's an honor for a lowly servant like you to be able to enter the Xiao Mansion. You even want to bring your poor brother into the mansion. What do you think the Xiao Mansion is? A beggars' shelter...ah!"
A cold light rises.
Qingyao raised her hand, and the hairpin fell down, fiercely cutting Gu Shuangshuang's face.
"ah!"
Her face!
Another one!
“Ahhh!!”
Gu Shuangshuang covered her face in pain and fell to the ground. She felt her hands were warm and hot, and they were all covered in blood. "Qingyao, you bitch! How dare you scratch my face... How dare you..."
Qingyao looked down at him coldly:
"You killed my brother. I can kill you, but compared to death, living a life worse than death is the most tormenting."
"Don't you like Governor Xiao very much? Don't you think you are stunningly beautiful? Now you have become an ugly monster. You are so different from Governor Xiao."
Gu Shuangshuang screamed in pain: "You vicious woman! Ah! I will kill you!"
She struggled to get up and rushed forward recklessly:
"Qingyao, I will kill you...ah!"
Qingyao kicked her over and grabbed her hair, "Ms. Gu, you are still young and have a long life ahead of you. Just bear these scars on your face and atone for my brother's sins!"
"Miss!"
Dong Yue realized that something was wrong. She turned around and saw this scene. She ran up in shock, "Miss! Qingyao, if you dare to hurt my young lady, Old Madam Xiao and Governor Xiao will not let you go... Ugh!"
Qingyao elbowed Dongyue on the neck with her backhand.
Dongyue's eyelids fluttered and she fainted on the ground.
Qingyao rubbed her wrist and walked towards Gu Shuangshuang with heavy eyes.
Old Madam Xiao and Governor Xiao will not let her go, so she will just not return to the Xiao Mansion.
Gu Shuangshuang had lost her mind due to the pain. Qingyao grabbed her, hired a carriage, and left the city directly.
At the city gate inspection station, Qingyao showed Gu Shuangshuang's identity and the reason for her going out to seek medical treatment, and left the city smoothly.
When Xiao Yexing received the news and chased to the city gate, Qingyao was nowhere to be seen. There was only a simple carriage abandoned beside the official road.
He strode forward and opened the curtain, only to see Gu Shuangshuang, whose face was covered in blood, lying crookedly inside, waking up in a daze:
"Hi... Cousin?"
Was she seeing things?
"Cousin, it's really you...ah, my face hurts, cousin, save me..."
"Where's Qingyao?"
"I don't know where she went. Oh, she was the one who hurt me. Cousin, you must avenge me..."
Swish!
The curtain was thrown away and the man disappeared in an instant.
"Cousin? Cousin?!"
-
Qingyao disappeared.
Once you leave the imperial capital, the Chu State is so big, the world is so big, if you lose your trace, it’s like you have evaporated from the face of the earth, and there will be no news of you ever again.
Xiao Yexing sent out several groups of people, but Qingyao was vigilant and changed her identity several times in the middle of the journey. As a result, she completely lost her trace and could not be found anywhere.
From that day on, his temper became extremely changeable, and his subordinates would be severely punished if they made the slightest mistake.
The people below were all in a tight spot, feeling insecure.
"Qingyao...you are really willing to abandon me..."
The spicy drink went down his throat, and Xiao Yexing slammed the cup heavily on the table. "You are such a heartless person, you are really willing to leave without saying anything!"
He completely ignored the years of friendship.
What a great Qingyao!
Cang Ling came over and saw his master drinking one cup after another. He tried to persuade him many times but to no avail.
It's been half a month.
If you keep drinking like this, it will harm your body and even a strong body won’t be able to withstand it!
"Master, please take care of yourself. Your subordinates are already doing their best to find you..."
"roll!"
Xiao Yexing brushed away his cold sleeves, grabbed the wine glass, the spicy taste went down his throat, and the strong alcohol rushed into his head, but the face in his mind became clearer and clearer, as if it was right in front of him.
Cang Ling pursed the bitterness in his lips and said, "Master, the Regent wants to see you."
"I pushed it."
"The regent said that if you don't go, you will regret it for the rest of your life."
Xiao Yexing paused slightly, drank another glass of wine, then stood up shakily with the help of the table and staggered out.
Regent's Palace.
Chu Di had just returned from Yangzhou with Chu Li, having bought many different kinds of specialty toys and snacks. Chu Li was happily taking the things and heading to find Xiao Xiangsi.
When Xiao Yexing came, his clothes were disheveled and wrinkled, and he smelled strongly of alcohol.
Chu Dichi frowned, "Look at your current appearance, what can you say? I am a family man now."
It would only have a bad influence if Xiaojiu and Xiaoxiangsi saw him drunk.
He turned around and whispered, "Xiaojiu, take our daughter back to Yayuan first."
Chu Li nodded and glanced at Xiao Yexing curiously.
What happened to Governor Xiao?
As far as I can remember, this is the first time I’ve seen him look so disheveled and totally disregarding his image.
After the two left, Chu Dichi walked to the table and sat down calmly.
"What do you want from me?" Xiao Yexing stood there, his voice very hoarse.
"Look at the way you look. Is it worth it for a woman?"
Xiao Yexing: "You are saying this to me?"
The two of them looked at each other, and after only half a second of pretending, they could no longer hold back.
Chu Di smiled and said, "I treat you as my own brother, so I will tell you that Xiao Jiu and I went to Yangzhou and met a man there."
Xiao Yexing's pupils shrank slightly. With the tacit understanding between the brothers for many years, he had already guessed what he was going to say. Without waiting for him to finish, he turned around and left quickly: "Someone, call Bai Jinyi!"
Yangzhou.
This city is ten miles long and is like spring all year round. It is an excellent place with pleasant scenery and a leisurely lifestyle. The people live and work in peace and contentment, the buildings are prosperous, and there is singing and dancing everywhere. It is very prosperous.
The streets are bustling with people coming and going.
Among them, a newly opened cosmetics shop had the most customers. Women were trying out the fragrant cosmetics, looking at themselves in bronze mirrors, looking at each other, and chattering in a very lively manner.
At the counter, a gentle and beautiful woman was smiling and saying, "This is made with roses and jasmine... This is made with lotus flowers, elegant and beautiful... This is Phalaenopsis..."
It was Qingyao.
She was good at mixing perfumes and making cosmetics. The things she mixed by hand had different scents and were of high quality. The shop had only been open for four or five days, but it was already well-received by customers.
After she had entertained the guests in front of her, she turned around and went over there to greet them.
"Madam, I want to choose a cosmetic for my wife, but I don't know how to choose one. Can you teach me?" asked a fat middle-aged man, pointing at a few boxes of perfume.
Qingyao walked over and said with a smile:
"Judging from your age, Madam is about 40 years old, which is a stable age. This orchid fragrance is quiet and has a noble and steady temperament."
He took out a box of incense, opened it, took some and smeared it on the back of his hand, "Look..."
"It's really smooth when applied!"
The middle-aged man grabbed her wrist and gently stroked the back of her hand, with an evil light in his eyes, "So smooth, so fragrant... Madam Boss, it smells so good~"
Qingyao frowned slightly and tried to pull her hand away but couldn't. "Let go."
"Such a good fragrance, how can I buy it for my wife if I don't smell it carefully?"
The middle-aged man smiled evilly and forcefully grasped her hand. He lowered his head, took a deep breath, and let out a trembling "ah". His fat body trembled violently for a few seconds, and he was directly satisfied.
"Let go!"
"Ah~~ You smell so good... so good..."
"She asked you to let go." Suddenly, a voice as cold as a sword sounded from behind, and the man's bony fingers pinched the fat wrist of the middle-aged man.
“Who are you? Who told you to meddle in other people’s business…Ah!”
Bang!
Before he could finish his words, he flew out, screamed, and knocked out two teeth.
Qingyao rubbed her wrist, subconsciously looked up, saw who was coming, and took a step back in shock.
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