After Wei Zhuyue realized what was happening, she couldn't believe it and asked, "Is it Wen Yao?" Tong Wen Yao smiled and said, "It's me."
"I haven't seen you for a long time, I almost didn't recognize you." Wei Zhuyue saw Tong Wenyao's clothes and guessed that she had something to do, so she didn't ask her why she came here.
Hearing the noisy sound outside, Wei Zhuyue asked Chan'er to go out and find out.
Tong Wen Yao secretly hid through the crack of the door and saw that the servants were in a hurry. She guessed that the people in the Liang family had discovered that she was here. However, the Liang family actually dared to come and search.
After a while, Chan'er, with a hurried look on her face, saw the young lady and said, "They said there was a thief in the house, and they are now searching the next yard."
Wei Zhuyue glanced at Tong Wenyao and said, "They're not coming for you, are they?"
"Maybe." Tong Wenyao said, "I rescued my friend at Liang's house and hid here as a backup."
When Chan Er heard her mention the Liang residence, she quickly asked, "What did the Liang family do?"
Tong Wenyao took a look and didn't understand why she was so excited, so she said, "Master Liang likes to abuse women. Countless women have died at his hands."
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhuyue's eyes darkened and she trembled as she asked, "Is it Master Liang from the Liang residence?" Tong Wenyao nodded. Chan'er, anger evident on her face, said, "Miss, it's a shame that the mistress said the proposed marriage was from a good family. Is this what they call a good family?"
Wei Zhuyue said, "Chan'er, please don't be rude. I will never jump on this kang."
Hearing the sound coming from outside, Chan'er took her to a dark room and said, "Miss Tong, don't make any noise. I'll come back to open the door later."
She nodded and watched her close the door of the darkroom. The darkroom was not big, about one meter wide, with only one candle lit. There were many love books between men and women placed next to it. Tong Wenyao flipped through them and felt that they looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them before.
Tong Wenyao thought back to their conversation just now. Could it be that Wei Zhuyue was planning to get engaged to the Liang family? However, when she investigated the Liang family during the day, she had never heard of any young masters in the Liang family. Master Liang only had five daughters and no sons.
She thought of a possibility. Could it be that the Wei family was arranging a marriage for Wei Zhuyue to be with Master Liang? After about a cup of tea, the door opened again. Wei Zhuyue sat at the table and said, "Wen Yao, can you tell me about Master Liang's character?"
After Tong Wenyao sat down, she began to speak, "Mr. Liang likes young girls. He has a peach garden in the backyard, which is full of teenage girls. However, there are probably 20 to 30 girls who have died by hanging, and some have even jumped into wells."
Chan Er became more and more angry as she listened, and she said directly: "Miss, Madam is going too far."
Wei Zhuyue glanced at her, telling her to shut up, then looked at Tong Wenyao and said, "Thank you, Miss Tong."
She saw the confusion on Wei Zhuyue's face and asked, "Zhuyue, have you encountered any difficulties?"
But Chan'er couldn't help but said, "Miss Yao, you have to help my sister. Madam wants her to marry Mr. Liang."
Tong Wenyao was a little surprised. She had never imagined that she would have such a cruel mother. Wei Zhuyue said, "My mother passed away early, and my current mother was the one my father married later."
Stepmother, that explains it all. No wonder she married a perverted old man in his forties.
Tong Wen Yao asked, "How do you want me to help you?" You know, if she only helps this time, she can help, but what about next time, her stepmother will marry her to someone else, how can she stop her? In the final analysis, Tong Wen Yao still wants her to be independent, so that the next time her stepmother does something bad, she can fight back directly.
Wei Zhuyue shook her head and said, "It's my parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. If my mother forces me to marry, I..." She couldn't speak, tears streaming down her face.
Tong Wen Yao said helplessly: "If you can't live well, will you still get married?" Wei Zhuyue didn't know what to say. Hearing Tong Wen Yao say this, she felt a little conflicted. If she couldn't live well, she thought of her mother. She became depressed because her father took a concubine, and was later labeled as jealous. The long-term sadness made her drink medicine all day long, and she eventually passed away.
Her mother's body was still warm when her father remarried half a year later.
Perhaps she had figured it out, as she said with a firm look in her eyes, "No, I will make the final decision on my marriage."
Wei Zhuyue said, "Wen Yao, you don't have to help me. I have already figured out how to deal with this." She thought for a moment and then said, "Wen Yao, please help me deliver this letter to the prefect later."
Wei Zhuyue came to the desk, and Chan'er was grinding ink for her. She wrote down that her stepmother had seized her dowry, and she even took out some evidence from the box and handed it to Tong Wenyao.
"Wen Yao, please hand it to the prefect, Lord Zhao, in person." Tong Wen Yao took the envelope, which was inscribed with "Personally addressed to my uncle." She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Is Lord Zhao your uncle?"
Wei Zhuyue nodded. It was my uncle who got justice for me last time, but I have to trouble him again this time. However, I have already thought about what to do. I must take control of the family finances and get my mother's dowry back. In addition, I also want to open a shop and do business so that I can have my own say.
Her last sentence was a little quiet, but Tong Wenyao still heard it, "Am I a bit unorthodox?"
Tong Wenyao said, "You should have done this a long time ago. I'm also in business. If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me."
Wei Zhuyue smiled and said, "Thank you, Wen Yao."
The night watchman's voice sounded outside, "The weather is dry, be careful with fire." It rang five times and it was already the fifth watch.
Tong Wen Yao took a look and said, "Then I'll go first!" Wei Zhuyue stood up and escorted her out the door, and asked Chan'er to take her out.
At this time, the sky was slightly bright. When Tong Wen Yao went out, she climbed over the wall. The breakfast shop had already opened. Tong Wen Yao ate the buns and then packed a few breakfasts for them.
Wen Jiang still ate a light diet, so she packed a bowl of lean meat porridge for him.
When they returned to Huichun Hall, the master rolled his eyes at her, then snorted and reached out to grab the buns.
"Master, is Wen Jiang awake?" Yan Zhi took a look and said coldly, "She's in pain. Go and check on her."
When she heard this, she hurried to the backyard and saw Tong Bo coming out of the room.
"Where have you been? You smell like a vulgar woman." Tong Wen Yao's eyes were a little vague until He Chuan came back with Xiao He.
Tong Bo first talked about her, and when he saw He Chuan brought back a brothel girl, he couldn't help but sneer: "Oh, no wonder I thought you had changed your personality, but you didn't expect that when He Chuan came, you would go back to your old ways? You even dared to go to a brothel."
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