Chapter 170 The Eavesdropping Mouse
In Ah Fu's opinion, a woman's marriage is the most important thing in her life.
Is the person you marry good? Is the wedding grand enough? How much is the betrothal gift? How many guests will there be? Are there any dignitaries in attendance? Aren’t these the things that every girl in every family compares?
Although Mr. Xu has no relatives in the capital, getting married is such a big thing, so it can't be too shabby.
They didn't even invite guests. She was obviously the legal wife, but she was brought in like a concubine. If this got out, people would talk about this girl... She wouldn't be able to hold her head up in the circle of women in the capital.
Ah Fu and Xu Chuchu's relationship was not that close, but at this moment he couldn't help but sympathize with her.
Originally, he thought that the young master was deeply in love with Prime Minister Xu. Although he was being strict with her now, things would definitely get better once they became a family and had children.
Now it seems that it is not necessarily the case. If it is not released on such an important occasion as a wedding, there is no chance of it happening in the future.
But there was no way out. The young master was his master and the one who provided him with food and clothing. He had to go out to purchase goods and come back to decorate the new house.
After finishing his shopping in the afternoon, he took a few female workers he had found with great difficulty to decorate the bridal chamber, intending to get as much done as possible before Xiao Yu came back, so that he could make some progress.
He was a little nervous before entering the door. He had a taste of Master Xu's abilities and heard that they were even better now than before. He didn't have Xiao Yu's skills and was afraid that Xu Chuchu would take advantage of the time he opened the door to escape.
But in the end he was worrying too much. Xu Chuchu sat quietly in the corner reading a book from beginning to end. When he saw Ah Fu bringing people in, he just looked at them twice and said nothing.
However, as soon as Ah Fu came in, he felt the oppression here doubled.
The afternoon light was dim. There were no candles in the room, and the only light came from the half-open window.
Even so, the sunlight coming in still cast shadows of the iron fences on the ground.
Fences, cages, handcuffs, a lifeless girl with messy hair... Ah Fu felt that he could not stay any longer, so he hurriedly made some arrangements and took the people out.
In the following days, he felt it was becoming more and more incredible.
He found that unlike Xu Chuchu who was becoming more depressed day by day, Xiao Yu became more energetic and was in a visibly good mood.
But every day when he came back, he would rush into the room, close the doors and windows, and would not leave until the next morning. During this time, he would eat, dress, wash and brush his teeth in the room, as if he had taken root there.
But Ah Fu knew that his son was not like this before.
Although he was unhappy about being ostracized when he was sick, he could relax when he returned to his home. In his spare time, he would practice swordplay, practice calligraphy, read, and enjoy the mood of life.
Although he sometimes puts on airs, he is also very considerate to his servants.
The current living conditions...Afu feels that both of them are living too abnormally.
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After Shao Zhi was rejected from marriage, she hid at home and cried for many days.
She had inquired from many sources before, and the information she got was that Xiao Yu had become a loner and that woman was no longer around him.
In addition, when she heard that his illness had relapsed, Shao Zhi speculated that the woman was disgusted with Xiao Yu's strange illness and abandoned him.
Although she didn't really want to pick up what was "left over", she still felt that this was a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation and get promoted, so she insisted that her father and grandmother come to propose marriage.
Unexpectedly, I was rejected.
She was unwilling to give up and decided to find Xiao Yu and talk to him face to face.
As long as you make it clear that you don't mind his illness, he will definitely change his mind.
However, when she arrived at the Xiao Mansion, Shao Zhi was invited by the housekeeper Afu to the reception room for tea. After drinking for half an hour, she was told that Xiao Yu was not at home.
"You're lying to me, aren't you?" She scolded Ah Fu unhappily. "You don't know whether Young Master Xiao is at home or not? You made me wait for half an hour in vain?"
Ah Fu's head ached after hearing this. Of course the young master was at home, but he was in the room with Xu Xiangshi. No one knew what they were doing. There was no response when he knocked on the door... He could only say that he was not there.
This Miss Shao is really something. She is gentle and ladylike when the master is around, but acts like a shrew when the master is not around. She just relies on the fact that other people won't say bad things about her behind her back.
"Please forgive me, Miss Shao. The young master did come back a while ago." Ah Fu had no choice but to continue making up stories. "I don't know when he went out again. I had a hard time looking for him in the mansion, which is why I'm late."
"Then I will come again tomorrow. When Mr. Xiao comes back tomorrow, please ask him to wait for me." Shao Zhi snorted, flicked her skirt and walked out.
"I'll take it to you." Ah Fu hurriedly followed.
"No need." Shao Zhi stopped him and walked out alone.
But when he reached the door, he was still a little unwilling. Seeing that there was no one around, he took a detour and went to the back of the mansion.
A few years ago, she followed her brother to visit the Xiao Mansion and had a rough impression of the layout of the mansion. She went straight to Xiao Yu's bedroom.
I followed the path I remembered, but instead of finding the dormitory, I saw a house completely surrounded by iron fences. I was horrified.
Is Xiao Yu... imprisoning prisoners at home? Building such a large prison?
No, wasn't this his bedroom before? The mansion is so big, they wouldn't have to convert the bedroom into a prison, right?
Driven by curiosity, she walked closer to take a look and found that the iron bars of the prison were engraved with patterns she could not understand, and there was a faint light in the room.
These patterns reminded her of Xu Chuchu. The resentment in her heart emboldened her. She tiptoed towards the room and pushed the window open a little.
At first glance, I was so scared that I almost screamed.
This is not a prison, but a bedroom, but it is decorated with many bright red decorations, and there is a big red "囍" character on the wall, which makes it look like a newly decorated wedding room.
Xu Chuchu sat on a chair against the wall, soaking her feet in a wooden barrel, staring ahead with dull eyes.
Beside her, Xiao Yu was kneeling on one knee, holding her jade feet and wiping them carefully with a handkerchief.
The room was eerily quiet, with only the sound of splashing water.
Occasionally, a few petals would land on Xu Chuchu's feet, and he would carefully pick them off.
Shao Zhi was shocked.
Washing feet... A man of Xiao Yu's status would actually kneel on the ground and wash a woman's feet?!
What was going on? Did this woman use some evil magic to control Xiao Yu? Did she make him her slave?
"You don't seem very happy these days?" Xiao Yu looked up at Xu Chuchu, her voice so gentle that it almost dripped with water. "You haven't even smiled at me again."
After saying that, he laughed at himself and said, "Yes, how can you be happy if I lock you up in the room all the time?"
"But it doesn't matter. There will be a solution soon." He wiped Xu Chuchu's feet. "Boss Wang of Yuelai has found a fortune teller from the Western Regions. He is helping me to prepare a kind of mother-child Gu. The child Gu cannot be more than ten feet away from the mother Gu, otherwise it will cause pain all over the body. After we use this Gu, you will never stay away from me on your own initiative again. Then I can take you out to play, to see the sea and the stars."
"I don't want to cause you pain, but this is the only way to get you out."
"Will this make you happy?"
He held up Xu Chuchu's fragrant jade feet and gently kissed the back of her feet.
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