That night, Mo Xuan performed an orchid dance for Su Yan. Under the dim candlelight, behind the fluttering curtains, the blue-white dance skirt was like leaves blown by the wind outside the window. In the light and elegant beauty, there was a trace of loneliness.
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It was already late at night, the dance was over, and the three of them were already tipsy. During this period, they made drinks, played guessing games, and joked. Finally, they just dragged Mo Xuan to drink together, getting her drunk.
Madam Xu heard the sound and came over. Except for Su Yan, everyone else in the room fell drunk to the ground. She quickly called a few maids to carry them to the side room to accommodate them.
Xu Niang walked around her again and again, cursing loudly: "After all, my place is a fireworks building. What's the point of you, a big girl, coming to visit when you have something to do? And you still give me the treasure of the store.
We are all drunk, what are you asking for!"
Su Yan tried his best to open one eye and said: "Last time I met the female King of Hell, and the official last time, they all brought me here to talk about things. Do you think they have any grudge against me? I'm just that.
I'm happy to come here. I'm not breaking any laws and I'm not bothering them. Why bother to be so specific! The more you don't let me come, I will come!" She closed her eyes and prepared to rest, then jumped up again: "Oh, by the way, they are still a family.
people!"
Xu Niang suddenly realized it and sat down on the edge of the bed: "The eldest grandson's family?"
Su Yan sat up and said, "You can do this!"
"You always complain about Chang Sun Xi every time you come here. As soon as my brain flashed, I guessed that it was her who was instigating you."
Su Yan lamented: "No. Changsun Xi must have a grudge against me, which is why she targeted her like this. She was also surprised. She was worried all day long that I would seduce his cousin. She was obviously engaged, so how could she still be interested in it?
Put it on Yan Zhen!"
When Xu Niang heard her complaining, she said, "Maybe the people around her don't know about Chang Sun Xi, but I know that he is a romantic and spends money like water. He is simply the male version of Jiao Ruyu!"
"Who is Jiao Ruyu?"
"You don't even know this? A famous person like Ruoshui! He is currently the Minister of the Province, Liang Luan!"
Su Yan twisted his mouth: "Who is it?"
Xu Niang patted her thigh depressedly: "You don't know this kind of person? I'm too lazy to tell you, it's a waste of the bird's nest I drank this morning!" After saying that, she was about to go out, but Su Yan grabbed her by the skirt.
He begged with a smile: "Good sister, please tell me."
Xu Niang twisted her body, chuckled and sat back, "Let me tell you, although this is just gossip, everyone in Fireworks Alley actually knows something about it, but no one dares to spread this kind of thing.
It's just going out, so just treat it as a side dish and don't take it seriously after you sober up."
Su Yan knew Xu Niang, she was someone who couldn't hide things, but she was also timid and afraid of causing trouble. She couldn't help but reveal secrets to him, but at the same time, she was afraid that she would tell them. Such a contradiction made people laugh.
Although she was ridiculing in her heart, in order to save her face, she still agreed obediently.
Xu Niang then calmly told her: "Liang Luan is also a frequent visitor to Yunlai Pavilion. Although Rong Guo has never controlled officials' prostitution, they will punish those who go too far. For example, the former Minister of the Ministry of Revenue lived in a brothel day and night.
He shelved the documents issued by the chancellor and was dismissed from his post and investigated. There was also Yin Zhuo, a former Dali temple who once hung out in brothels and gambling houses. Although he was not dismissed from his post, he was fined three years' salary."
Su Yan couldn't help but wonder: "I thought it was a big deal, it wasn't some shocking news, it was boring."
"Hey! You really have a big appetite. Do you think this is nothing? But what I just said is just foreshadowing. What I want to reveal is that this Liang Luan is the same as Changsun Xi. He raises people outside. Changsun Xi raises a male pet, and Liang
But Luan is even better, preferring those younger women, tsk tsk, they are worse than beasts!"
Su Yan's whole body trembled: "Beast!"
"Isn't that right? The girl who just arrived here has been ruined by him before she has grown up! I am just a low-income housewife. How can I dare to refuse? I can only stop accepting little girls. Damn it.
Let’s live with the current number of people.”
Su Yan couldn't help but admire this old madam: "I, Su Yan, really saw the right person. Your mother-in-law is a good person!"
"Do you think I'm a good person?" Xu Niang suddenly fell silent. Her face, which had been full of hatred just now, suddenly became depressed.
"Is it possible that you are also a beast?" Su Yan chuckled, touching her face and said, "But you are also a good beast!"
Xu Niang didn't seem to be amused and said with a serious face: "Changsun Xi is so immoral that it is difficult for him to hold a big position. Changsun Yue is actually a good boy. If..."
"No," Su Yan seemed to have seen through Xu Niang's thoughts, and said helplessly: "Changsun Xi is the treasure of the eldest grandson family. No one can shake it. No matter how good the eldest grandson Yue is, there is no way that she can fall into the eyes of her grandfather. We all
People who have nothing to do with her can only protect her from being bullied as much as possible."
"What you said makes sense," Xu Niang said with a smile, "Don't go back tonight. The two daughters are so drunk that they are unconscious. It's hard for you to explain. I will send someone to the two families later to make sure they are safe.
That’s it, if I ask, I’ll tell you that I slept in your academy.”
Su Yan hurriedly put his hand on Xu Niang's hand to please her: "Xu Niang is the best, I will help you clean the house tomorrow to make you happy!"
Xu Niang patted her head gently: "Go to sleep, we'll talk about tomorrow's matters."
Su Yan felt that she was a little weird tonight, as if she had something to hide, but he didn't know how to ask her. He got stuffed under the quilt and fell asleep.
Later, I vaguely heard some noises. It seemed that many people rushed upstairs and kicked open the door. However, it was not their private room, but the opposite door. I could also hear some people calling for help and some yelling. The voices were quite loud.
I'm familiar, but my mind is so foggy that I really can't remember who it is.
When he woke up the next day, Su Yan had forgotten the voice he had heard in the haziness last night. He was about to go find Jin Guan, but saw Xu Niang coming in a hurry. He grabbed her and said, "It's not serious. Mr. Mo last night."
They led the men and stormed in aggressively and arrested Chang Sun Xi and those white-faced students. This matter has become a big deal. You should not stay for a long time. Go back quickly!"
Su Yan was about to yawn and stifled it instantly, "Master Mo came to arrest him personally? Listen to what you mean... did he come prepared?!"
"Yes, several strong men came and caught them in a short while. It was quite a scene last night."
Su Yan found it strange that Madam Xu had just said those words last night. How could it be such a coincidence that Mr. Mo came to arrest her? She looked at Madam Xu doubtfully for a while: "You wanted me to be the first one last night, right?"
, you see that I don’t want to get involved in their family’s affairs, so you go and report the news yourself?”
"How could I have the guts!" Xu Niang said excitedly, "I really can't stand Chang Sun Xi's behavior, but I am just a brothel madam. Why do I open my business and want to destroy my own sign? Am I crazy to report the news?
, if the head of the Changsun family finds out, he won’t come and kill me!”
"That's right, you don't dare to take such a risk." Su Yan smiled sheepishly and apologized to her.
Xu Niang said: "There is no need to apologize. You should go back quickly. As soon as your two students heard that something happened to Changsun Xi, they were as happy as little rabbits and ran home to find out the news.
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Su Yan stopped staying and left immediately. As soon as she stepped out of the wine alley, she heard someone at the porridge stall talking about last night's events, but the content was completely different. Just when she felt strange, Jin Guan suddenly appeared and dragged her out of the wine stall.
Walk down the alley and go straight to Nangong's house.
Jin Guan closed the door tightly and said, "Sir, do you know that the eldest son, Sun Xi, was caught and raped by the Mo family's son?"
Su Yan said disapprovingly: "I knew it earlier, why is this the reason?"
"But the strange thing is that last night it was Mr. Mo who caught the rape, but in the morning it changed. Everyone was saying that Mr. Mo was visiting a brothel and was caught by Changsun Xi! You think it's strange or not, everyone is.
Are you blind? Changsun Xi is also a lady in the family after all. The two are not married yet, so she would go to the brothel to arrest people because her brain is in trouble." At this time, someone knocked on the door, and it was Jin Guan's mother who spoke. Jin Guan hurriedly went out.
After talking for a while, Mrs. Nangong left. Jin Guan came back with porridge and said, "My mother is grateful to you for saving my brother. When she heard that you were coming, she insisted on keeping you for dinner and said that Mr. Su had left home.
Qianli, I have no relatives or friends here, and I will be alone during the Chinese New Year. I ask you to come here often and she will cook in person."
Su Yan felt warm in his heart and was hungry, so he said while having breakfast: "With today's change, there are only two possibilities, either the news has been passed around and gone wrong, or someone deliberately spread false news.
I want to protect Changsun Xi."
"The eldest grandson's family?"
Su Yan shook his head and said: "No matter how much the eldest grandson dotes on his granddaughter, he would not dare to throw dirty water on Mr. Mo. It should be Mr. Mo who spread the news. After all, the two families are married. It is better for his own son to visit a brothel than for his future daughter-in-law.
It sounds much better to go to a brothel and raise a white noodle boy."
Jin Guan suddenly realized: "This makes sense."
But this matter changed again on the second day. Jin Guan rushed into Guluan Pavilion early in the morning and shouted into Su Yan's ears: "No, no, no, no, something big happened again!"
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"What else can happen? Is your house on fire? Is the eldest grandson getting married, or is grandson Liang being beaten?" Su Yan turned around impatiently and covered herself with the quilt. Jinguo lifted the quilt with force and pulled her off the bed.
He dragged him up and said nervously: "Something happened to the Changsun family!"
Su Yan opened his eyes and looked at her nervously. When Jinguo saw that she was awake, he explained: "My father used to be the left minister of the Ministry of Justice. He had a very close relationship with Lord Changsun, so he knew something about it. Then I learned from Changsun Yue
After asking some questions there, I might be able to figure out the whole story. Originally, Mr. Mo wanted to settle the matter, but someone spread the real news and exposed the scandal of Chang Sun Xi visiting a brothel! There were two kinds of news in the market, and it was hard to tell the truth from the false for a while.
.At this time, Changsun Xi and those white-faced students suddenly ran to Changsun's house crying and making trouble, saying that they were completely devoted to Changsun Xi and wanted to be taken in by Changsun's family." Jin Guan became excited and danced as he spoke, "It's really lively now.
! Quan Ruoshui came to watch. Changsun Yue’s grandfather did not dare to openly arrest people, so he could only drive them away. Later, Lord Mo unilaterally terminated the engagement. Today, Changsun’s family has sent people to the academy and hurriedly dropped out of school, even his belongings
No more!"
Su Yan sat up in shock: "Are you sure it was the Mo family who broke off the engagement?"
"When the trouble has reached this level, it is natural to clear up the relationship in time. This scandal has spread all over the city and has spread to the court. My father said that Mr. Changsun has been ostracized and is now like an ant on a hot pot."
"Lord Changsun? What does it have to do with him? Didn't he have separated the family a long time ago? Even if he is Changsun Xi's biological uncle, he and Changsun Wuming have always been at odds with each other, and they all know this. Lord Changsun has nothing to do with the messy affairs of the Changsun family.
, it has nothing to do with him, there is no need for those officials to exclude him, we should congratulate Mr. Changsun’s daughter for finally getting ahead."
Jin Guan hated iron but not steel. He only hated that Mr. Su was deaf to what was going on outside the window and had no understanding of the major clans in Kyoto. He could only explain: "It's not Lord Changsun Wu Zheng, but Lord Changsun Xun, the adopted son of the Changsun family, the Ministry of War."
Shangshu! He has always been childless, so he regards Changsun Xi as his own child and treats him as his own daughter. Changsun Xi's biological father is in poor health and has no wife, so he is taken care of by this uncle. Changsun Xi can be where he is today because of him.
If you don't raise a good father, you will naturally be poked in the back by everyone. Now that you have a bad reputation in the court, I am afraid that you will have to put your tail between your legs in the future."
Only then did Su Yan understand the relationship, and asked hurriedly: "How is the eldest grandson's family doing now, and where is the eldest grandson Yue?"
"It is said that we are arranging for Changsun Xi to return to his ancestral home in the Chu Kingdom. That is where the Changsun family started. As for Changsun Yue," Jin Guan laughed with satisfaction, "Of course he wants to inherit the family, and now he is flying on the branches.
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"It seems that Changsun Xi is under house arrest in disguise."
Jin Guan was stunned, "House arrest? That's not true, grandpa eldest grandson has always doted on this eldest grandson. How could he bear to put her under house arrest? He will definitely take her back."
Su Yan picked up the quilt and wrapped it around himself, leaning on the pillow, and said comfortably: "What do you know, little brat? The most important thing for a woman is her reputation. Changsun Xi has done such immoral things, so the house arrest is already protecting her."
, If you stay in Beijing, you will always be criticized, and this scandal will never go away. Do you think Mo Fei can let the Changsun family go? Naturally, he must be sent away as soon as possible. "
"It's so pitiful. Changsun Xi has never done anything harmful to nature. He is just a little too arrogant. He was so pampered that he didn't know how good the world was. Now he is sent to the ancestral home of Chu State under house arrest. That is a place with nothing. Even the servants
There aren’t many, let alone good food and drinks, so I’m afraid there will be no chance to turn around.”
"Have you never done anything harmful?" Su Yan shook his head and sighed, "Her personal maids are in such a miserable state, they are often sold to the dark market..."
Dark market…
Su Yan suddenly figured out what had happened, immediately stood up, dressed, and rushed out.