Chapter 79 Chapter 79 I'm Not Wrong
The mud and water covered his mouth and nose again, but this time, Li Zhan did not struggle.
"Hey, why did you fall down again!"
"Hey! Are you okay? Can you stand up?"
Yuxiang's voice sounded behind him, and then a hand pulled his arm, trying to help him up.
Li Zhan's eyes dimmed and he dodged to the side. Yuxiang had no choice but to give up. She took out the silver from her bosom and placed it next to Li Zhan. After a moment's thought, she held the umbrella over his head and said, "Our wife is kind-hearted. She will let you use this money to buy some clothes. Also, I'll give you my umbrella. This is the princess's residence, not an ordinary place. If you want to live, take the money and leave quickly. Do you understand?"
The man in the mud still didn't stand up. Yuxiang shook his head, thinking that he had met a strange person, and trotted back to the carriage.
The carriage set off, and the female voice that was engraved deep in my memory gradually faded away.
"Weirdo? If he's a sane weirdo, it's fine. I'm afraid he's some mentally retarded young man who got lost. He didn't even bring an umbrella in such heavy rain. How pitiful..."
"How do you know, Madam, that he is a mentally retarded young man? What if he is a beggar?"
"Chun Ya, why are you winking at me? That's what I am saying."
"Sister Yuxiang, my wife and I saw it clearly. The young man's clothes were made of good material, but he couldn't even stand up. He was from a wealthy family but had no servants around. He must be either a fool or an idiot. He definitely couldn't be a beggar..."
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Soon, the carriage turned the corner and disappeared in the rain.
Li Zhan tightly grasped the silver ingots and staggered to his feet.
The parked umbrella was swaying in the wind, and the bamboo handle hit his calves mercilessly. His vision was obscured by the rain. Li Zhan finally couldn't help but explode. He raised his foot hysterically and stomped the green oil-paper umbrella to pieces.
*
Nan Xu did not announce her return to the Yong'an Marquis Mansion. After the carriage entered the second gate, Nan Xu took two maids and went straight to the second courtyard.
As I approached, I could faintly hear the sobbing of women and the crying of children.
"Wow, it was you, Second Master, who fell in love with me first! It's only been a few years, how could you say such heartless words? Did you only realize my temper today?"
"What did you say back then, Second Master? You said you didn't care about family background, or whether my Zhao family could help you. What you cared about was me as a person. You said you would marry me, treat me well forever, and that I would be the only one by your side forever. But now, why are you treating me like this again? Woo woo woo woo, what did I do wrong? What did I do wrong..."
Zhao Yuqin's tearful accusation did not receive any sympathy from the man in the room. He could only respond with an irritated scolding, "Are you done yet?"
"I'm a man, the second son of the Yong'an Marquisate. Look around, those young masters from noble families, which one of them doesn't have a few female confidantes? I only have two concubines, and you're always crying and wailing, you jealous woman! A fierce woman!"
Nan Yiling didn't want to get entangled with Zhao Yuqin anymore, so he threw his sleeves and slammed the door and walked out.
As soon as he stepped onto the corridor, he ran into Nan Xu who had no time to retreat. His face turned pale and he was filled with shame and anger.
"When did you come? You didn't even let anyone know and hid in the corner listening to your brother and sister-in-law. You really have forgotten the rules after getting married."
He said this with disgust, giving Nan Xu a bad look.
Nan Xu never expected to encounter the two arguing as soon as she returned. She didn't do it on purpose, so she naturally wouldn't endure Nan Yiling's ridicule for no reason. So she turned around and stamped her foot, saying in reply, "I wanted to send someone to inform them, but after searching everywhere, there's not a single person in the courtyard. I heard that those clever girls in the past have started dreaming of becoming concubines and are hiding away. Second brother, is this my fault?"
"You!" Nan Yiling's face turned from green to red when he touched her sore spot, and he pointed his finger directly at Nan Xu's face. "You have no shame! How dare you discuss your own brother's private affairs? That's what Wei Yangbo taught you!"
However, in just a few months, Nan Yiling had lost a lot of weight, and the dark blue under his eyes made his face look haggard. Now, just because Nan Xu scolded him, he was so angry that his body swayed. His two withered fingers stretched forward almost poked her brow bone. Then, wearing a loose robe, he looked like a lonely ghost.
Nan Xu looked him up and down, the last bit of hope in her eyes vanishing in an instant, "After all, we've been brothers for over ten years, and you think this of me, second brother?"
Nan Yiling waved his sleeves as if to sweep away the dirty dust, and sneered, "It's not that I want to look at you like this, it's you, Nan Xu, who doesn't want to recognize me as your second brother!"
"It's her," he waved his sleeve, pointing at Zhao Yuqin, who had half stepped out of the door, "She doesn't want to recognize me as her husband!"
Zhao Yuqin flinched at the ferocious expression on his face. Nan Yiling smiled wildly and waved his arms, "It's you, all of you, who don't want to recognize me!"
"I'm not wrong!" He slapped his chest, his eyes moist. "It's not my fault that I was dismissed from office, it's not my fault that the Marquisate lost the certificate of immunity from death, it's not my fault that I took a concubine, and it's certainly not my fault that you married Wei Yangbo."
"I've done nothing wrong, so why should I listen to you judge me?"
He was so emotional that he seemed to want to release all the pent-up pain buried deep in his heart into the world.
Zhao Yuqin was moved and started to pull him away, crying, "Second Master, please stop talking. It's all my fault. I don't understand your difficulties. Second Master... wuwuwu... Second Master! Second Master! Don't go out. Don't go looking for that whore... Second Master... I beg you..."
Nan Yiling shook off her pull, retracted his arms, no longer looked at his aunt and sister-in-law, and ran straight to the courtyard gate.
The strong wind blew up the raindrops, which hit his thin back at an angle, adding a bit of desolation.
Nan Xu couldn't help but walk a few steps faster and called out to him, "Second brother, are you still going to look for that woman named Yao Niang? I heard that Li Zhan is also her guest of honor. What a coincidence, you both fell in love with the same girl?"
Nan Yiling kept walking, as if he didn't hear what she said.
Nan Xu bit her lip unwillingly and continued, "I don't believe it. No matter how much you complain about yourself, you can't possibly cause such a ridiculous thing. Today, the rumors about Li Zhan visiting a brothel are rampant. Next time, it might be you. I can't say what my second brother is secretly planning, but as his sister, I still want to say that he should take care of himself, and even more so, he should take care of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion..."
"What do you want to say?"
He finally turned around and looked over, his eyes filled with cold scrutiny.
Nan Xu swallowed hard, mustered her courage, and met his gaze. "I want to say, Second Brother, your lust for women is fake, but your secret plot is real. Even a woman like me can see through such a flawed deception, let alone the one in the palace. Second Brother, no matter what the palace says, at least we're still alive, at least the Yong'an Marquisate still stands in Kyoto. But if you insist on your own way and make a mistake, you might even lose the lives of the entire mansion! Second Brother, you can't be so selfish!"
She had wanted to say this a long time ago: people shouldn’t be so selfish!
Seeing her serious yet worried expression, Nan Yiling was stunned for a moment, but soon, disdain and ridicule crept into the corners of his eyes. He walked out with his back turned, speaking in a resolute voice, "Call it selfish, call it lusting after beauty, Nan Yiling is just like that. You ask me what I'm up to, I don't want to explain, nor do I want to. Instead of arguing, let's see for ourselves."
The voice faded away, and Nan Yiling's figure disappeared in the rain.
Nan Xu stood there, not coming back to his senses for a long time.
Until Zhao Yuqin awkwardly invited Nan Xu to come in and sit for a while. Since she was already there, Nan Xu did not refuse.
After she sat down, the maid brought her tea, which was her favorite cloud tea.
The two of them held their teacups silently without saying a word. Wen Ge'er broke free from his wet nurse's arms and made a fuss to get into Zhao Yuqin's arms, breaking the silence in the room.
Zhao Yuqin coaxed Wen Ge'er, tilted her head and asked Nan Xu casually, "Second Master, did he go to see Yao Niang? It was really not because..." She bit her lip and held back her tears.
Nan Xu understood what she meant, shook her head and said she was not sure.
"Click"
Tears as big as beans fell on Wen Ge'er's clothes. Startled, Wen Ge'er reached out to grab Zhao Yuqin's face. She turned her head and spoke in a more relaxed voice, "Before she got married, my second sister was the smartest among the girls in this mansion. Since you can come to persuade the second master, you must be confident. Whatever you plan, just don't like prostitutes." She wiped her tears and repeated, "Really, just don't like prostitutes."
"Wen'er, your father hasn't abandoned us. We still have Jing'er. Yes, hurry up, bring Jing'er here and let his aunt see him. Then ask them to make some food that the two brothers like. They've been crying for so long, they need to eat well today. Second sister, you should eat too, then..."
She turned around to call Nanxu, but the bead curtain was shaking, the tea was still wet, and there was no sign of Nanxu.
*
Nan Xu left without saying goodbye, but met her eldest sister-in-law Yin Wu and third sister-in-law Li Wan on the way.
Yin Wu saw her and hurried forward with Li Wan. "The people at the second gate said they saw you come back. I thought they were talking nonsense, but it turned out to be true."
"Why didn't you tell me you were back? I could have someone clean up Xiefangyuan."
Nan Xu took the arms of her two sisters-in-law and said with a smile, "It's okay. I just missed home and came back to take a look. Don't worry about it, sister-in-law."
Yin Wu curled her lips at Li Wan and jokingly said that Nan Xu was being distant, "Look, you're still telling me you're bothering me."
Li Wan didn't dare to tease Nan Xu casually, and said with a smile: "That's right, the jewelry that Second Sister gave me last time was extremely precious, and I didn't even have time to thank her. It's our duty to do anything she asks us to do."
Yin Wu gave a mischievous smile and hurried to thank Nan Xu. Li Wan followed closely behind and was supported by Nan Xu one on each hand.
As they talked, they invited Nan Xu to sit in the room, and said that they had not seen the marquis's wife yet, so they should go to Jiahui Hall to pay their respects.
This was the right thing to do. Nan Xu and her aunt and sister-in-law did not dare to delay and were about to go to Jiahui Hall when someone suddenly called them from behind.
"You should have gone out to the bookstore at this time, why are you back?" Yin Wu looked at her husband running out of breath and asked in confusion.
Nan Yicheng leaned against a pillar to catch his breath, then hurried to see Nan Xu, "Stop talking. On the way there, I ran into Manager Liu from the Bo Mansion. He said my brother-in-law hasn't come out since he entered the palace yesterday."
"It is said that the Li family father and son who entered the palace with him left the palace before dawn, but they haven't seen their brother-in-law yet, and there has been no news from the palace. What a pity!"
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