“The magistrate of Li’an County? Is that man surnamed Cao?” Li Tianyou was startled upon hearing this. If Magistrate Cao was sent to the capital by Xu Heming’s men, the only possibility was that Cao Yunpeng had offended his daughter or Xu Qingshi.
Neither of them is what Li Tianyou wants to see.
"It seems his surname is Cao," Liu Ming said after thinking for a moment.
This matter doesn't require him, a mere butler, to concern himself with too much.
He only needs to take care of the internal affairs of the Prince An's residence.
However, it was Prince An who specifically sent someone to tell him that if Lord Li came, he should be informed of this matter.
"Damn it!" Upon hearing this, Li Tianyou left without turning his head.
While Liu, the steward, breathed a sigh of relief, he was also a little curious about the background of the magistrate of Li'an County.
Li'an County
As soon as Li Zhiwei returned to the Li family home, she saw Xu Qingshi waiting at the gate.
Xu Qingshi was very uneasy the whole way. He didn't know why Li Zhiwei suddenly disliked him.
He and Mo Yu thought about it carefully, but they couldn't figure out what they had done wrong that would make Li Zhiwei dislike them.
His biggest mistake was probably calling Li Zhiwei "mother" regardless of the occasion.
Therefore, Xu Qingshi and Mo Yu waited at the door for Li Zhiwei to return to the mansion so that they could apologize to her.
"Pretty sister." When Xu Qingshi saw Li Zhiwei, he no longer called her "mother," but instead called her "pretty sister" as he had when they first met.
Upon hearing this, Li Zhiwei was taken aback.
I don't understand, why did Xu Qingshi suddenly change his form of address?
However, she breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that Xu Qingshi was alright.
However, seeing Xu Qingshi's aggrieved expression, Li Zhiwei also felt a little uncomfortable.
He's just a child. Why should I take out my anger on him because of his father's mistakes?
"Let's talk about it when we get back!" Li Zhiwei said, softening her tone.
Xu Qingshi, standing to the side, misunderstood Li Zhiwei. Did she really not like him calling her "mother"?
Qin Family
"Mother, you must stand up for your daughter!" Qin Keyun cried as she entered the main courtyard.
"What's going on?" Huo Yunlan had just returned when she heard her daughter crying. Thinking about her younger brother's lack of cooperation today, she was already in a bad mood. Hearing Qin Keyun's crying made her even worse.
"Mother, today I met a very handsome young man on the street. I just wanted to say hello, but he pushed me. Look at my hand." After Qin Keyun finished speaking, she spread her hand, which was about to heal if she didn't take it out, in front of Huo Yunlan.
"What? Someone actually dares to treat my Qin family like this!" Huo Yunlan slammed her hand on the table and cursed angrily.
The hairpins in her hair jingled loudly, as if responding to their owner's anger.
"Mother, I've never seen that little brother before. Mother, you must catch that bad guy for your daughter!" Qin Keyun, though small, had a fierce glint in her eyes that was not appropriate for her age.
"Where are all those people around you? Are they all dead? They couldn't even protect their master?" Huo Yunlan asked angrily, looking at Lancao beside Qin Keyun.
"Please forgive me, Madam. It was my fault for not protecting Miss properly. All the servants were beaten down by that man and his men. It took me a lot of effort to escape from them with Miss," Lancao quickly knelt down and said.
However, what Lan Cao didn't know was that Xu Qingshi's bodyguards had no intention of doing anything to Qin Keyun, a mere girl.
"Hmph, I'd like to see who dares to disregard the Qin family!" Huo Yunlan stood up and walked out. She was determined to find the culprit who had bullied her daughter!
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