It was night, after finishing practicing with Mr. Hu and sending Mr. Hu off respectfully. After waiting for Lu Yi next door to go to bed, Fang Yiai slowly put on a darker navy blue tights and walked around the room gently.
He flexed his legs and limbs, and after hearing the third-shift drumbeat outside, he opened the door softly, nimbly avoiding the people who had spent the night in the house, and turned around and left the house.
However, Fang Yiai, who had always known that there were guards sent by Li Shimin to protect the Fang family near Fang Mansion, either intentionally or unintentionally, took a swaggering look at the hiding places of three secret guards before leaving Fang Mansion, seemingly
I was telling the secret guards that I was leaving the house in the middle of the night.
This behavior directly caused the secret guards to be very troubled. Although they saw this boy learning kung fu from Mr. Hu every day, they never saw him actually doing it seriously. If they don't follow, they will go out in the middle of the night.
What should I do if there is any accident? Follow me. Based on the information received during the day, this second young master must have gone to Mr. Xiao’s house to find Miss Xiao. If he caused some trouble in Xiao’s house, the people who followed him were helpers.
Still not helping?
"Lin Tou, what should I do? Follow? Or not?" Fang Yiai, who was wandering around the street seemingly bored, felt that someone was following him behind him, and a smile appeared on his face.
Smiling and nodding with satisfaction, he immediately gathered his strength, quickened his pace, and quickly rushed towards Xiao Mansion.
Fang Yiai, who climbed over the wall of the Xiao Mansion, followed the general distribution of the Xiao Mansion that Fusaki had learned about, and wandered back and forth seventeen or eight times. It took almost half an hour, and he was stunned.
I couldn’t find Xiao Tingting’s boudoir!
Just when Fang Yiai, who was impatient, wanted to turn around and ask the two people following him, the two people who couldn't stand each other discussed with each other and took the lead, using stones to lead the way.
I walked to Xiao Tingting's boudoir with my wife.
When she came to Xiao Tingting's room door, she could faintly hear muffled crying coming from inside. Fang Yiai reached out and knocked on the window, while whispering, "Sister-in-law, it's me."
"Who?" Xiao Tingting, who was wrapped in a quilt, hugging her knees with her hands and sobbing quietly, was startled when she heard someone knocking on the window. She couldn't help but asked in a trembling voice. After hearing Qingfang Yiai's voice, Xiao Tingting's heart skipped a beat.
Hi, he stretched out his hand to push Hongdie who was sleeping soundly next to him, and whispered urgently, "Hongdie wake up! Hurry up, open the door with the light, and let the second young master come in!"
"Oh, uh, yes, miss." Hongdie, who was sleeping in a daze, yawned and quickly got up, put on her embroidered shoes, held the lamp in her hand, opened the door and let Yiai in.
Hearing the conversation between the master and the servant inside, Fang Yiai quickly shouted in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, don't hold the lamp!" However, just as he finished speaking, the girl Hongdie had already held the lamp with her hands and feet.
Looking through the window paper at the gradually brightening candlelight inside, Fang Yiai held her forehead and sighed, hunched over her waist, carefully avoiding her own shadow on the window, and dodged through the small crack of the door opened by the red butterfly like a civet.
inside.
Fang Yiai pressed against the wall near the door, took out the love letter written by Fang Yizhi to Xiao Tingting from her arms, and handed it directly to Xiao Tingting who looked anxious. Then Hongdie handed over the tea cup and said "thank you"
, and started drinking.
After drinking the water and taking a breath, Fang Yiai returned the tea cup to Hongdie. She raised her eyes and saw Xiao Tingting's pretty cheeks covered with a suspicious blush. She happily wrote Fang Yizhi to her.
He clutched the letter tightly to his chest and murmured intoxicatedly, "I wish to win the heart of one person and stay together forever."
Fang Yiai was very disdainful and curled his lips in disdain. Before he could open his mouth to speak, he heard several people walking outside the door. After a while, he walked to the door and knocked, and then a woman said:
The voice asked, "Miss, is something wrong? Why are you holding the lamp in the middle of the night?"
Xiao Tingting, who was so frightened that she was so drunk, jumped, hurriedly stuffed the letter into her arms, walked back and forth in the room a few times, and said calmly, "Oh, Mother Yuan, I..." She said anxiously
He pushed Hongdie next to him and indicated with his eyes that Hongdie would try to send the person away.
"Oh, it's my mother's night today. The lady is very thirsty. I turned on the lamp and poured some water for the lady." Hongdie looked at her lady in embarrassment with a wrinkled face.
, panicked eyes quickly scanned around the room, and finally saw the tea cup Fang Yiai drank from on the table, and he had an idea and made up an excuse.
"In that case, please drink it quickly, young lady, and go to sleep. It's cold at night, so be careful about getting cold."
"Thank you, Mom Yuan. I'll go to sleep now." Xiao Tingting, who was relieved, replied naturally, with a faint smile of victory in her eyes, and she reached out and gave Hongdie a thumbs up.
Seeing her young lady praising him, Hongdie's little head raised proudly, like a general returning to court after a victorious battle.
After the master and servant's fearful, excited, and agitated emotions stabilized, they saw the second young master of the Fang family leaning against the wall, with his hands folded across his chest, looking at the two of them with a playful expression.
Xiao Tingting then stared at Fang Yiai with unkind eyes. Hongdie didn't have any worries when she arrived. She directly came up and complained in a low voice with dissatisfaction, "I mean, Master Fang, we have to work so hard to send people away. It's okay if you don't help. Why?"
Are you watching the show?"
"Hey, it's nothing." Fang Yiai quickly shook her head and denied, then looked at Xiao Tingting solemnly and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you really recognize my eldest brother? You won't regret it?"
Xiao Tingting looked directly into Fang Yiai's scrutinizing eyes without fear, and said leisurely, "You know, every time when I have dinner at home, I see my mother forcing a smile on her face. I envy your mother very much. I want to
Just like your parents, you must be able to find someone who knows both cold and hot, and will never leave me until we grow old hand in hand."
"Indeed, there are many people who please me, and your brother is not the best among them. It can be said that he is relatively, well, a bit nerdy, and not very good at saying nice things, but he said what I want most.
Just listen."
"Oh? What did my elder brother say?" Fang Yiai asked curiously.
"He said that just like your father who only had your mother, he would only take me as his wife in this life and would never take concubines or anything like that." Xiao Tingting said with great satisfaction.
Seeing Xiao Tingting's satisfied and happy smile, Fang Yiai wanted to ask, do you really believe it? Didn't your father make the same promise to your mother back then? But why did he still take a concubine? In the end, he couldn't bear to destroy Xiao Tingting's life.
Good hope, I opened my mouth and then closed it.
"Sister-in-law, just follow what the elder brother said in the letter and relax for the time being. My mother will go to the palace to ask the Empress to come forward some other day. If that doesn't work, wait until Empress Xiao arrives and ask her for help. If that doesn't work, you can wait until Empress Xiao arrives and ask her for help. If that doesn't work,
..." Before Fang Yiai could finish her words, Xiao Tingting took over her words firmly.
"If that doesn't work, I would rather die than marry anyone else!"
"Eh? Sister-in-law, don't do anything stupid!" Fang Yiai has no doubt that Xiao Tingting will do such a life-and-death thing, but it doesn't need to be like this! She quickly spoke out and persuaded, "Sister-in-law, please be aware that your body is affected by the skin.
"Parents should not be harmed," not to mention, "filial piety comes first". Even if Master Xiao is sorry for you, you still have to think about Mrs. Xiao! Mrs. Xiao is the only child like you!"
"Besides, my eldest brother's whole heart is devoted to you. If you go there regardless of it, wouldn't our family be destroyed as well? You should know that my parents' future hopes and the future of my Fang family all depend on my eldest brother.
Got it!"
"Then again, even Queen Xiao can't convince your father. The worst thing you can do is run away. Even if you are kicked out of the house and leave the Xiao family, you are a member of my Fang family! As long as you live, Xiao
Madam will have hope to live, my elder brother will have motivation to live, and our Fang family will have hope, right?"
"Even if your reputation is slightly damaged, it's better than dying and making your relatives and enemies bitter, isn't it? Besides, your reputation can be restored slowly, right?" Fang Yiai carefully persuaded the counselor and looked at it.
Xiao Tingting had a thoughtful expression, and she wiped the non-existent sweat on her forehead with some fear.
"Miss, I think Er Shao Fang is right. If the master doesn't agree, the worst we can do is leave. Anyway, Mr. Fang and Mrs. Fang like Miss Fang very much. Even Mr. Fang is very satisfied with Miss Fang, not to mention
Miss Qingniang and Master Yize are here. If we go to Fangfu, the lady will definitely be better than here. As long as the miss is better, the madam will naturally be better too." Hongdie tilted her head and looked at her young lady, and also tried to persuade her.
road.
"Yes, sister-in-law. Everyone in our Fang family is sure that you are the eldest mistress of the Fang family. This is something that the eldest brother said, the mother made the decision, and the father nodded in agreement."
"Really?" Xiao Tingting asked shyly and eagerly.
"Of course it's true! It happened this afternoon."
"Congratulations, Miss. Congratulations to Miss." Hongdie teased, "No, she should be the future eldest young lady of the Fang family. Haha."
"Xiaodie, you, hum, I'm ignoring you!" Xiao Tingting, whose neck was blushing with embarrassment, glared at Hongdie, stamped her feet shyly, and turned around to enter the inner room.
Fang Yiai breathed a sigh of relief and quickly told Hongdie that if anything happened, find a reliable person to send a message to the shopkeeper of Zui Ranlou. The news would be spread to Fang Mansion, and then he would run out of Xiao Mansion.
After walking out of a street, Fang Yiai still looked back in the direction of Xiao Mansion with some fear, thinking to herself that she really wasn't good at coaxing girls. She didn't know how she would handle her life-long affairs in the future. Could it be true?
Want to marry a woman you have never met in accordance with the custom of "the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words"?
Uh..., I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it. It's better to fall in love freely!
Just when Fang Yiai was leaning against the wall and thinking wildly, a black figure climbed over the wall in front of him, jumped after the dog, and ran away nimbly.
"Eh? Isn't that the palace of the King of Shu?" Fang Yiai pointed at the mansion in front of him where the man in black jumped out in the darkness. Fang Yiai said doubtfully. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and followed.
The two people following Fang Yiai looked at each other suspiciously, and quickly followed without hesitation.