Chapter 236 Someone is behind the scenes
Xiaobao grabbed the corner of Yun Qingqing's clothes tightly and hid behind her.
"Sister, can you please take me away? Please."
Wei Cuilan was deeply shocked and pointed at him with red eyes:
"I worked so hard to carry you for ten months and give birth to you, and this is how you treat me? You'd rather go with someone you've just met. How have I ever wronged you?"
"Then you should not have given birth to me!"
Xiaobao, who was usually taciturn, suddenly shouted, and Wei Cuilan was stunned by his words.
"What... did you say?" Her eyes were full of hurt. "I raised you with so much hardship. I didn't even bother to eat or wear anything. I gave you everything I had. Everything I did was for you! I never thought you would treat me like this in the end! What sin did I commit to give birth to someone as heartless as you..."
Wei Cuilan became more and more sad as she spoke, crying and wailing.
"You're not doing this for me!" Xiaobao also became anxious and shouted.
"You didn't spare any money on food or clothes, and all the money you saved was given to that man to pay off his gambling debts!"
"You're afraid of being beaten and scolded by him, so when he hits and scolds me, you just hide aside and do nothing!"
"You never protect me! I don't need a mother who won't protect me!"
"Sister is the first person who stopped him from hitting me since I was a child. I want to go with sister!"
Wei Cuilan was stunned and speechless.
Xiaobao eagerly tugged at Yun Qingqing's sleeve and begged:
"Sister, I eat very little, so I don't need new clothes. I can live in the woodshed, and I can work! Sister, can you take me away?"
"Xiaobao!"
Wei Cuilan rushed forward and held him, tears streaming down her face:
"Don't go, Xiaobao. It's all my fault, but I didn't dare to stop him because I was afraid he would beat you even harder! He's been captured. I won't let anyone bully you anymore, okay?"
"Mom really cares about you! For so many years, I have endured humiliation and hardship, all so that you can have a complete family..."
Xiaobao's expression, which had been somewhat hesitant just now, turned cold again after hearing the last sentence. He struggled to break free from her hand and hid behind Yun Qingqing.
"Xiaobao..." Wei Cuilan stumbled and turned to Yun Qingqing, pleading, "Master, please help me persuade him. This is my only son. I really can't lose him!"
Yun Qingqing sighed:
"You also said that you can't lose him, but why don't you realize that everything you do is actually for yourself?"
"What..." Wei Cuilan said in surprise.
"You need a man to rely on in life and emotionally, so even if he beats and scolds you and your son at every turn, you can't leave him."
"It's you who needs this child and expects him to be grateful to you, so you keep saying 'everything I do is for you'."
"But you've never considered what your son really needs or how he wants his mother to treat him."
"You are selfish and cowardly, yet you always try to portray yourself as a loving and selfless mother. If you can't change, your relationship as mother and son will soon be over."
Wei Cuilan felt as if she had been hit by a heavy blow. Her face turned red and white, and she was filled with shame.
Yun Qingqing turned to look at Xiaobao and said seriously:
"She is your biological mother. If she doesn't agree, I can't take you away by force."
"Besides, you and I have no destiny. Even if you leave her one day, it won't be with me."
"Your mother seems to have repented. This is all I can do. As for the future, it all depends on your own choices."
After saying that, Yun Qingqing left without looking back.
Wei Cuilan rushed over and hugged Xiaobao in her arms, constantly thanking her from behind.
Xiaobao pursed his lips tightly, looking in the direction where Yun Qingqing left, with a deep sense of frustration flashing in his eyes.
…
That afternoon.
Xiaobao came to an inn alone. After showing a wooden sign to the waiter, he was taken to the door of a room on the third floor.
He knocked on the door and someone quickly opened it and let him in.
On the soft couch in the room, a man in a dark purple brocade robe with crane pattern was reclining. His black hair was casually tied into a half bun at the back of his head, and his pair of clear and bright phoenix eyes were half open and half closed, as if he was taking a rest.
The man's expression didn't change at all, but when Xiaobao walked quietly in front of him, he opened his thin lips slightly:
"You came to see me so soon, did you fail?"
Xiaobao tightened his fingertips, lowered his head and whispered:
"I am incompetent and have disappointed my master."
"Well... it's pretty useless." The man said lazily, "But never mind. I didn't expect a little brat like you to achieve anything great."
"Tell me, what does the Pavilion Master of Tianming Pavilion look like?"
Xiaobao's eyes moved slightly, and he said softly:
"She's a very young and beautiful sister, and very powerful..."
"Hmm?" The man raised his eyebrows and finally looked up at him. "Is it really like the rumors say, a young woman?"
Seeing Xiaobao nod heavily, the man stroked his chin and thought, then said to himself:
"To be able to conceal the entire Tianming Pavilion to that extent with a sleight of hand, a young girl with such strength is actually a young girl? Could she be an old monster from somewhere..."
He was just muttering to himself when he suddenly heard a sneer from the corner of the room.
"who!"
The man's face changed, he picked up the teacup on the table and rushed to the corner of the room.
But the teacup suddenly stopped in mid-air, and even the water that spilled along the way was caught up. After hanging in the air for a moment, it flew back towards the man along the same route.
The man's eyelids jumped, and he picked up the folding fan at hand, opened it, and fanned the cup aside, causing it to fall to the ground and shatter.
The guard who opened the door earlier had already drawn his knife and rushed to the man with a nervous look on his face to stand guard.
I saw a woman appear in the corner.
"Sister Pavilion Master!" Xiaobao looked at her in surprise, then lowered his head awkwardly.
Yun Qingqing looked at the man with a smile and said:
"Your Excellency has come all the way from Northern Cang, and even brought such a young child to inquire about the news of my Tianming Pavilion. It's really hard for you."
The man's expression paused slightly, and he narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiaobao.
Xiaobao was a little flustered and shook his head repeatedly:
"I didn't bring her here..."
"Don't guess. If I can't even see that there is someone behind him directing me, how can I be the leader of Tianming Pavilion?" Yun Qingqing said calmly.
The man's gaze lingered on Yun Qingqing for a moment, then he rubbed his forehead and sighed with a smile:
"I have offended the Pavilion Master, but I have no ill intentions. I hope you will forgive me."
He bowed properly to Yun Qingqing, his tone very sincere.
"Since you're here, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea and chat for a while?"
His men immediately brought chairs and prepared tea.
"No need for tea, just speak frankly." Yun Qingqing sat down and looked at the other party. "Why would the dignified Northern Cang royal family appear in the Daliang Imperial Capital? What exactly do you want to do by snooping into the affairs of my Tianming Pavilion?"
The man had recovered from his initial shock. He picked up the teapot and calmly poured a cup of tea. He pushed it in front of Yun Qingqing and smiled calmly.
"Master Qingyun, don't be nervous. I have no ill intentions. I just want to make friends with you."
As he spoke, he smiled and bowed to her:
"Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Yu Wenye from Bei Cang. I have long heard of the name of Master Qingyun. I hope you can give me some advice."
Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes slightly.
"The Third Prince of Bei Cang, His Royal Highness Prince Li?"
Yuwen Ye's eyes curved and he nodded slightly:
"That's me."
There was no expression on Yun Qingqing's face, but she was already a little alert in her heart.
At this critical moment when the envoys from Xilan and Nanyu were in the imperial capital, the Prince Li, who Beicang said was the most powerful, also appeared and made a special trip to find her at the head of Tianming Pavilion.
What exactly does this person want to do?
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