Chapter 20 Wishful Thinking
Xu Youran had always been obedient to him, but today she pointed at his nose and scolded him. Xiao Yiming was not willing to accept this and struggled to get up.
"You bitch..."
Xu Youran took a step back, and Xiao Yiming's hand missed and he fell on the bed in a mess, pulling the wound, and he grimaced in pain.
Xu Youran stood there, looking down at him.
"Since you don't want me to serve you, then I won't serve you from now on. I won't care about the injury on your back. After all, I can't stop someone from seeking death."
After saying that, he turned and left.
When I walked to the door, I saw Xiao Funian standing there.
"Mother!"
Xu Youran spoke angrily.
"He's your father. It's up to you whether you want to care about him or not."
Then he went to the house next door.
Xiao Funian looked at his mother's back, and finally walked in. He saw Xiao Yiming struggling and falling off the bed in a mess, and he walked quickly forward.
"Father."
He struggled to help Xiao Yiming onto the bed.
"Father, did you have a fight with Mother?"
Xiao Yiming's face was gloomy.
"Don't ask about the affairs of the older generation."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Funian pursed his lips and spoke.
"Father, why don't we go back to our hometown? If we work harder, we'll eventually be able to get back to the Imperial City with our own abilities. Our aunt doesn't like us, and you and mother keep arguing because of what my cousin said."
After hearing this, Xiao Yiming looked at Xiao Funian angrily.
"Get out, useless thing."
Seeing that he was angry, Xiao Funian spoke quickly.
"Father………"
Xiao Yiming roared.
"Go away."
"You're still trying to get back to the Imperial City. You don't even know that without a basis, it's incredibly difficult to gain a foothold in the Imperial City by relying on your own exams. Even if you pass, you'll only be a minor official of the seventh or sixth rank. How can you compare to the title of a marquis?"
Xiao Funian stood aside and spoke helplessly.
"But the title of this marquisate is not ours. Father and aunt are very stubborn, and my cousin is acting strangely. If we insist on staying in the imperial city, I'm afraid we won't get anything."
Everyone was angry with him, and Xiao Yiming was so angry that his heart was heaving.
"Go away, go away, I don't have a son like you."
Moxiangju.
Xingyue walked into the house, covering her mouth and laughing.
"Miss, there's been a lot of noise over at Jingsi Garden these past few days. The Second Madam came out of the Second Master's room in a rage today, and the maidservant outside heard the Second Master scolding Young Master Funian."
"Young Master Funian said he wanted to go back to his hometown, and the Second Master was so angry that he felt like dying."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Fuguang raised his teacup and curled up the corner of his mouth with a sarcastic smile.
"It's just started, and it's already become so noisy!"
"But my cousin is smarter than his father. If his family had been law-abiding and had the Xiao family's prestige, they would have lived a carefree life in their hometown. It's a pity that this person is always too greedy. The more greedy he is, the less he gets."
Liu Yue spoke from the side.
"Miss, how long are we going to continue to support them?"
"Why not just kick him out, so he won't be a nuisance in the mansion."
Xiao Fuguang took a sip of tea.
"No rush. They've already dared to come here and cause trouble. Wouldn't it seem like we're being too merciful if we let them go so easily?"
"Let's go to bed early tonight. We'll set up a stall on the street tomorrow."
Liu Yue and Xing Yue were confused after hearing this.
"Setting up a stall?"
Liu Yue even spoke.
"Miss, although the dowry has not been brought back yet, we don't need you to go out and set up a stall in our mansion. Is there anything you need money for? I have saved some money over the years, and I will give it to you right away."
Xingyue also spoke hurriedly.
"Yes, Miss, I have saved some money over the years, so I will give it to you first. Miss, you are of noble status, how can you set up a stall?"
It is said that to tell whether a person cares about you, just look at whether she is willing to give you money. These two maids are really loyal. Xiao Fuguang stood up and tapped their heads at the same time.
"You two maids seem quite clever sometimes, why are you being so stupid now?"
"Will your young lady be short of money?"
"Even if the dowry at the Gu family is not moved back, we still have the shop, right?"
"If at worst I really have no money to spend, I can always ask my mother and sister-in-law for some."
Xingyue touched her head.
"Then what are you going to do with the stall, second sister?"
Xiao Fuguang pursed his lips and shook his head helplessly.
"Of course I have my reasons for setting up a stall."
"Hurry up and wash up and rest. We will go out early tomorrow."
A night passed.
The streets of the imperial city became bustling early in the morning.
The vendors on both sides of the street were shouting.
"Fresh fruits, so sweet and juicy!"
"Fine rouge and powder, come and see it, girls!"
Xiao Fuguang looked up at the sun. Well, it was almost time to leave court.
If I remember correctly, this street is the only way for the imperial teacher to get from the palace to his home.
The imperial preceptor enjoyed special treatment in the Xuanyuan Dynasty. He could attend court once every three days, and if there was something, he could enter the palace to see the emperor at any time.
The spaces on both sides of the street were already occupied by various vendors. Xiao Fuguang was wearing a simple white dress and her hair was tied up with a transparent ice-green hairpin.
He walked aside and took out a silver ingot.
"Sister, I also want to set up a stall today to experience life. This silver is a gift to you. Why don't you close your stall early and let me have this place."
Seeing this, the woman selling rouge hurriedly took the silver.
"Okay, okay, I'll close the shop now."
I can’t even earn this much silver by setting up my stall for a whole day.
Only after the rouge seller had packed up his stall and the space was vacant did Xiao Fuguang begin to give orders.
"Xingyue Liuyue, move the table from the carriage over here, as well as the calligraphy and paintings and the packages."
Xingyue and Liuyue responded and quickly took down a small carved table and a seemingly heavy package from the carriage.
After they set the table, Xiao Fuguang opened the calligraphy and paintings and spread them on the table. He then opened the package himself and placed the compass inside on the Bagua diagram on the table.
Then he put the flag up next to the table.
It was just written on it.
The six yao can calculate all the affairs of the world, and the eight characters can predict the future.
Liu Yue and Xing Yue looked at their young lady's actions with a look of bewilderment on their faces.
"Miss, what are you going to do?"
Xiao Fuguang opened the pen and ink he had prepared.
"Star and Moon Grinding."
"Liu Yue, go get me a stool."
After hearing this, the two of them had no choice but to accept the order.
Xingyue spoke while grinding.
"Miss, are you going to tell someone's fortune? I've been following you all the time, how come I don't know you..."
Xiao Fuguang looked up at her.
“Grind well!”
"Watch carefully too."
After Liu Yue brought the stool over, Xiao Fuguang sat down gracefully and picked up the brush.
"Three divinations a day, only three cents."
Soon someone came forward out of curiosity.
"Can you tell the truth at such a young age?"
Xiao Fuguang spoke with a smile.
"Could you please tell me what you want to calculate first? You'll know whether it's accurate or not after I calculate it."
It’s free anyway, so give it a try.
The aunt spoke.
"I have a daughter who has been married for three years but has no children. Could you help me calculate when my daughter will have good news?"
Xiao Fuguang calmly dipped the brush into ink.
"Can you write, auntie?"
The aunt nodded.
"meeting."
Xiao Fuguang handed her the brush.
"Write down your daughter's birth date."
The aunt took the brush tremblingly and carefully wrote down her daughter's birth date on the paper handed to her by Xiao Fuguang.
Xiao Fuguang took the paper, looked at it carefully, and raised his hand to pinch his fingers.
"Aunt, your daughter has a gentle temperament and has been obedient and sensible since she was a child. But she fell into the water when she was eight years old, is that right?"
The aunt looked surprised.
"Can you figure this out?"
I know all the mysterious arts and can suppress demons and monsters, so this shouldn't be a piece of cake for me, Xiao Fuguang continued.
"Aunt, your family is in business. We're not particularly wealthy, but we have plenty of money. When your daughter was twelve years and three months old, you got her engaged to a business partner."
After hearing this, the aunt was even more shocked.
"Indeed."
Then he spoke again.
"But these things are easy to find out."
Xiao Fuguang nodded slightly.
"Then I'll tell you something that's hard to find out. Your daughter already has a son, but he's not her biological son. The child is in a yard on Southeast Street. Your mother-in-law is probably taking care of the concubine while she's in confinement."
The aunt was furious when she heard this.
"What did you say?"
"Do you know how to calculate? Are you trying to cheat people?"
Xiao Fuguang spoke calmly.
"Auntie, I only charge three cents. What can I cheat?"
The aunt murmured while shaking her head.
"This is impossible. Our two families are old friends. How could they treat my daughter like this?"
Xiao Fuguang spoke again.
"That concubine should be your son-in-law's cousin."
As soon as these words were spoken.
The auntie was furious.
"So it was that little bitch. I knew she wasn't a peaceful person the first time I saw her."
After saying that, he took out a piece of silver and placed it on Xiao Fuguang's table, then left in a hurry.
A carriage was parked not far away.
The curtain of the car had been lifted up, and the man in the car had facial features as delicate as a sculpture, his eyes were bright as if containing stars, there was a gleam of wisdom between his brows, and his demeanor was extraordinary.
He was wearing a black robe embroidered with clouds and thunder, holding a jade fan, looking like an immortal.
The servant beside him spoke.
"Master Imperial Master..."
Yun Wuhen looked at Xiao Fuguang in the distance and spoke.
"Let's take another look."
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