Chapter 247 Second Encounter with Bixi

"So how is she now?" Cheng Yunshuo asked hurriedly.

"I don't know." Li, the captain of the guard, shook his head. "Maybe he went back to his hometown."

Nowadays, most of the palace maids and eunuchs who were released from the palace returned to their hometowns.

They have spent most of their lives in the palace, so how could they know anyone in the capital?

Even if there are some people I know, it is difficult to rely on connections to stay in the capital.

Then, Bixi was punished. Although she escaped punishment for the rumor, she still could not avoid punishment. The head nanny deducted all her severance pay and monthly salary and expelled her from the palace.

All that was left on Bixi was the money she had saved over the years.

Cheng Yunshuo frowned when he heard this.

Guard Captain Li looked at him like this and pulled him to drink. "Why think so much? Drink, drink!"

After the dinner, it was already afternoon. Captain Li, a drunken guard, was carried back to the Li residence by his servants. Cheng Yunshuo was only about 60% drunk. He refused the invitation to rest at the Li residence and insisted on returning to the Marquis' Mansion.

When he came out of the tavern, he met a woman in plain clothes and they bumped into each other.

"How do you walk?" Qingfeng said very dissatisfiedly.

The woman in front of me lowered her head and apologized, "I'm sorry, I didn't look where I was going."

The moment the voice fell, Cheng Yunshuo's drunken eyes immediately widened. He pushed away the breeze in front of him and looked at the woman who appeared in front of him in shock, "Bixi!"

The woman in front of him raised her head when she heard the voice, "Master Cheng?"

When he saw Bixi again, strange emotions suddenly surged in Cheng Yunshuo's heart.

After the arguments he had experienced a few days ago, he no longer felt crazy about Bixi.

Even though Captain Li, the Guard, had just told him that Bixi had returned to her hometown, he still felt a slight sense of regret.

Because they hadn't seen each other for some time, he also realized that Bixi was Bixi, not that person.

No matter how similar she looks, she is not her.

After his disappointment and regret, he did not have the urge to look for her. He thought that it was fine this way and let it be.

But when they met again unexpectedly and saw that face that was so similar to that person, Cheng Yunshuo's heart began to beat violently.

"Why are you here!" Cheng Yunshuo asked her in surprise.

"I want to find a job." Bixi raised her eyes and smiled faintly, "I have no relatives or friends in the capital, and I am alone. Fortunately, I learned how to make some snacks in the palace. I want to try my luck here and see if they are hiring a cook."

After she finished speaking, she heard Cheng Yunshuo speak.

"Otherwise, I'll hire you! You'll be my cook!"

In the evening, Cheng Yunshuo returned home very late.

Du Ruo waited at the gate of Xiaoheyuan for a long time, and finally saw Cheng Yunshuo coming back.

"Master!"

She ran to him hastily, "Why did you come back just now?"

Cheng Yunshuo's eyes avoided her when he saw her. "Something happened on the way."

"Big or small? Does it matter?" Du Ruo asked repeatedly with concern.

"Nothing, it's been dealt with." Cheng Yunshuo said casually.

Du Ruo felt relieved after hearing this. She took Cheng Yunshuo's arm and asked coquettishly, "What about my things?"

"What?"

"Didn't you say you would buy me some dried fruits?"

Cheng Yunshuo suddenly realized, yes, there is this too!

After he met Bixi, he no longer remembered to bring dried fruits for Du Ruo, and had long forgotten about it.

Seeing him like this, Du Ruo felt a little strange, "Master, what on earth happened to you?"

"No, no," Cheng Yunshuo shook his head in panic, afraid that Du Ruo would notice something strange. "I'm just too tired today. I will buy you some dried fruits tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, he pulled his hand out of Du Ruo's arms, turned around and left.

Du Ruo found him so flustered that she found it even more strange. She stood there with a frown on her face, feeling that something was wrong.

Cheng Yunshuo had been out during the day for several days and came back very late at night. When he came back, he did not go to Lu Lingyun's yard or Xiaoheyuan, but went straight back to the Yanguang Pavilion to sleep.

During the day, Du Ruo couldn't help it, so he took the initiative to find Linglong, who was chatting with Naliang in the backyard, and shouted, "Sister Linglong."

"Oh, the sun is rising from the west, and you start calling me sister?" Linglong waved a round fan and looked at Du Ruo who came up to her to fawn on her.

Before, when Du Ruo asked her to teach embroidery, she never called her sister.

Qiu Ling, who was sitting next to her, said, "She must have something to ask you for help! Our Aunt Du is used to thinking of us only when she has something to ask."

Du Ruo's face was very red.

"Let me guess, it must be the prince's business!"

"How could she not? Besides the prince, who else could she care about?"

Listening to the two people's jokes, Du Ruo twisted her handkerchief and said, "Okay, I've asked you to guess it, so just tell me!"

Linglong and Qiuling couldn't stop laughing when they heard this.

Du Ruo sat directly next to Linglong, "Sister Linglong, I just want to know what my master does at night these days?"

"Look at you, look at you, you have no shame at all. It's only been a few days and you can't sit still anymore. You even want to ask such things!" Qiu Ling pointed at Du Ruo.

There isn't much fighting in the backyard of the Marquis's mansion, but after all, everyone is a concubine.

As a concubine, there must always be some bottom line. Each one is favored based on his or her ability. How could she directly ask about what happened in the evening?

Could it be that Cheng Yunshuo is only allowed to stay at Du Ruo's place every night and is not allowed to go to other people's houses?

Even though everyone is giving in to Du Ruo now and are too lazy to compete with her, her asking this in public is bound to make people feel uncomfortable.

"That's not what I meant!" Du Ruo explained quickly, "I was thinking, I haven't offended my master these days, nor am I angry with him, I don't know why he doesn't come to my room."

"Isn't that what I mean?" Qiu Ling pointed at her. "You can't tie the prince up with a rope, only allowing him to come into your room every day and not allowing him to visit other people! Don't be petty. If you are still petty, we won't play with you anymore."

Du Ruo stamped her feet anxiously. "I'm not angry that he went to find Sister Linglong, but I don't know why he didn't go to find me! Could it be that I did something wrong again?"

Linglong chuckled at this time, and she said directly, "Okay, the prince hasn't asked me to serve him these days."

When Du Ruo heard this, he looked up in surprise.

"Look how anxious you are," Linglong said sourly on her behalf, "The prince hasn't looked for you for just a few days, and yet you're already so worried. With men, the more you care about them, the less they care about you!"

"Yes, in the end you are the one who suffers!" Qiu Ling followed.

They were both experienced people. Qiu Ling had experienced Cheng Yunshuo's ruthlessness and knew that Cheng Yunshuo really had no self in his heart. No matter how hard she tried, it would be useless.

Linglong was born in a brothel and she has never believed in love. The moment she was brought out by Cheng Yunshuo, she had a clear understanding of herself that she was just a tool for him to use to anger others.

In the past, it was the woman named Xing Dairong, and later she was also a tool to occasionally stimulate Du Ruo. Anyway, no matter who she was, she was nothing in Cheng Yunshuo's eyes.

"Don't talk about this for now. What is my master doing?"