"Brother Cen, I've finally met you!"
As soon as Yang Cui and Cen Xiao got off the carriage, a young girl came running over.
She looked at Cen Xiao with tears in her eyes and deep affection, her expression suggesting she wanted to throw herself into his arms.
Yang Cui could guess without Cen Xiao's introduction that the girl in front of her must be Qiu Mingxuan.
Looking at her pale face, her frail and delicate appearance, she was the epitome of a delicate flower.
"Ouch~" Yang Cui suddenly clutched her stomach, leaning against Cen Xiao, looking pitiful, "Husband, my stomach hurts so much~~"
Yang Cui's thick Taiwanese accent made Cen Xiao's bones melt.
He knew she was faking it.
However, Cen Xiao did not hesitate to carry her in a princess carry and take her back to the room.
He completely ignored Qiu Mingxuan.
Qiu Mingxuan and her servants were dumbfounded, finding it hard to believe that General Cen, who was supposed to be indifferent to women, had such a side to him!
"Hugging and cuddling, what kind of behavior is that?" Tang Mama said loudly. In her opinion, Yang Cui's tone and mannerisms were simply unseemly.
Qiu Mingxuan was already going crazy. She almost tore the handkerchief in her hand to shreds. She gritted her teeth and said, "This bitch did it on purpose! She's deliberately showing off!"
Yes, Yang Cui did it on purpose!
You coveted my man and even came to steal him away! I'll show you how loving we are and make you furious!
However, Cen Xiao's performance just now was quite good.
"That Miss Qiu is quite pretty! She looks so pitiful, it makes my heart ache." Yang Cui said sourly.
“You’re always so sickly, what’s so pretty about you?” After saying that, her hands started to wander. “As long as you feed your husband, I promise I won’t even glance at any other woman, no matter how seductive or throwing herself at me.”
Yang Cui slapped away his restless hand and scolded him, "Don't do anything like that in broad daylight."
Then Yang Cui said, "The girl has come all this way, she's definitely not going to give up. And the New Year is almost here, how are you going to settle her down?"
“Of course we’ll let her go,” Cen Xiao replied without hesitation. “I won’t let her stay here and affect my wife’s mood.”
What if my wife gets upset and refuses to give me meat?
"Guests are guests, and besides, she is your godfather's daughter. It would be inappropriate to just send her away."
“There’s nothing inappropriate about it. If she doesn’t want to go back to Kyoto, I’ll have someone escort her back after the New Year. During this period before the New Year, she can stay at an inn.”
"If she does what Luo Yanfen did, like drugging you or something, and then you two do *that*, she'll insist you take responsibility, and your godfather will pressure you to marry her. Let me tell you, at that point, it'll be either her or me."
"Honey, don't worry, I'll definitely take good care of myself. The bananas and soy milk are all yours."
"You're being indecent! Get out of here! Go greet your guests!"
Yang Cui stood up, ready to fight!
As the head of the household and the legitimate wife, what kind of woman is she, always holed up in her room? People might think she's scared!
The door creaked open, and Yang Cui, abandoning her previous affected manner, wore a proper and generous smile.
Qiu Mingxuan found Yang Cui's smile extremely irritating.
Qiu Mingxuan, Granny Tang, and Qiu Mingxuan's maid Qing'er were all carefully observing Yang Cui. They had to admit that Yang Cui did indeed have the qualities to attract men.
"Miss Qiu has come from afar; you must be tired from your journey. Bao Lan, serve the guests tea and snacks."
Qiu Mingxuan and her two servants ignored Yang Cui completely.
Who would ignore their host when visiting? Who would not speak to their host? But they did exactly that!
This attitude is enough to show that they look down on Yang Cui and think that Yang Cui is not worthy to speak to them.
Qiu Mingxuan sobbed and whined to Cen Xiao, "Brother Cen, why didn't you come to pick me up?"
Granny Tang: "General, our young lady has suffered so much for you all this way. Look how thin she is now, and she even had a fever this morning."
Cen Xiao said coldly, "Don't call me General here! It's not like I asked you to come. You're tired, you've lost weight, you're sick—isn't that your own fault?"
Yang Cui stared at Cen Xiao in shock. Good heavens, such a sharp-tongued and hopelessly single person—how could she have ever fallen for him? But thankfully, he wasn't like that to her, hahaha…
Honey, you're so cute and nice!
Qiu Mingxuan and her two servants were dumbfounded. Cen Xiao's attitude had always been cold, but he had never said such harsh words before!
It must have been Yang Cui who instigated it!
Qiu Mingxuan glared angrily at Yang Cui: "It's you! It's you!"
"How dare you!" Cen Xiao roared. "This is my wife. You are in her home now. We welcome guests, but if you're here to cause trouble, we won't see you off!"
Cen Xiao isn't blind. He saw their disregard and contempt for Yang Cui just now. Why should his woman be looked down upon by them?
Granny Tang stepped forward: "Master Cen, how can you speak like that? Our young lady..."
"Shut up too! You dog servant, you've been in the Duke's mansion for so many years and you still have no manners. No wonder you raised your young lady to be like this. Apologize to my wife right now! And you too!" After Cen Xiao finished speaking, he glared at Qiu Mingxuan's maid, Qing'er.
Qing'er was terrified and immediately knelt down to apologize to Yang Cui: "This servant deserves to die, please spare my life, Master Cen and Madam."
Granny Tang remained unmoved, somewhat resentful.
Qiu Mingxuan's eyes were filled with tears, her face was pale and bloodless. To be fair, Yang Cui thought she looked very pitiful.
Qiu Mingxuan had barely finished calling out "Brother Cen" when she dramatically fainted.
"Miss, Miss!" Granny Tang and Qing'er were shocked.
"Eight horse-drawn carriages, take them to the county town to find a doctor," Cen Xiao instructed. "Since they're in such poor health, they should stay in the county town; there are no doctors here."
Granny Tang was dumbfounded by Cen Xiao's arrangement.
Yang Cui was very satisfied with Cen Xiao's decisive and efficient handling of the situation.
It's true that Cen Xiao doesn't like Qiu Mingxuan, Yang Cui is very certain of this, otherwise she wouldn't have had her own affairs, and she wouldn't be treating her this way today, but that doesn't mean they can ignore Qiu Mingxuan.
Qiu Mingxuan is, after all, the daughter of Cen Xiao's adoptive father. Cen Xiao had previously told Yang Cui that Qiu Mingxuan's older brother, Qiu Kejian, had once served as his sword and had saved his life!
They also had an agreement that the living would take care of the families of the dead.
Qiu Kejian died in battle, and his brothers also died in battle one after another. Qiu Tianyun's son was also gone. It was because of this that Cen Xiao recognized Qiu Tianyun as his godfather, saying that he would take care of him in his old age and see him off in his final days.
In fact, Cen Xiao was already the emperor's adopted son at that time. If Cen Xiao recognized someone else as his adoptive father, it would be a sign of contempt for the emperor.
However, the emperor also showed compassion for Qiu Tianyun, so he personally issued an edict allowing Qiu Tianyun to recognize Cen Xiao as his godson.
Considering Cen Xiao's relationship with the Qiu family, Yang Cui spoke up at the right time: "Since she is my husband's sworn sister and has come to our territory, we should naturally do our best to be good hosts. We can arrange the food and lodging. Dao Ba, you should choose the best inn for Miss Qiu and make sure she is comfortable."
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