Chapter 15 Childhood Sweethearts
There is a mansion in the beautiful city of Lianghe. The owner of the mansion is the prefect of Lianghe. He has an only daughter named Luokui. He dotes on her in every possible way and has high hopes for her. He has invited local officials since she was a child.
Various famous tutors taught her piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and now his daughter has grown up tall and graceful. Lianghe Prefecture's ancestors were originally engaged in business and managed the family, and their ancestors also left a lot of inheritance, but in his generation
He chose to take the imperial examination to gain fame, and he was able to pass the exam and was promoted step by step to become the prefect of Lianghe. In the early days, he also had business dealings with the Yun family through Shang. At that time, the Luo family's daughter was about the same age as the young master of the Yun family, Yun Hua, and they came and went easily.
They became friends, and even when they grew up, they had a private life-long marriage. As he rose through the ranks, he finally gave up doing business. In his eyes, doing business was the lowest level, so how could he marry his precious daughter?
to a merchant.
Luokui heard that Yunhua's grandma was ill, so she left the house and went to Yun's house without even thinking about it.
"You're in a panic, where are you going?" Luokui's father shouted sternly.
"Yunhua's grandma is sick! I want to go and see her," Luokui said.
"Are you a doctor? What are you looking at? Just stay at home and don't go anywhere!"
"Dad, just let me go and take a look! Maybe I can really be of some help!" Luokui begged, grabbing his father's arm.
"If you say no, you can't! Cui'er, take the young lady back to the house and take a look. You're not allowed to go anywhere. If the young lady goes out, I'll break your legs! Did you hear that?" Kui's father threatened the maid Cui'er.
Cui'er said tremblingly: "Yes!"
"Dad, how could you do this? I'll just go out and take a look, okay? Can you promise not to stay at Yun's house too long?" Luokui continued to beg.
Kui's father ignored her and left without mercy. Cui'er on the side comforted her: "Miss, let's go back! If you go out, the master will really break my legs. Besides, even if you go,
We can't help you, and we don't know how to treat you!"
Luokui said angrily: "I think you are frightened by your father!"
"Miss, do you still want to go?"
"I'm not going!" Her father will definitely do what he says. Before, she secretly went out to date Yunhua, and Tweety was implicated and beaten all over by her father. Although she was a little angry, she couldn't really let Tweety carry it.
Damn it, if her father really broke Twee's legs, I'm afraid he would have uneasy conscience for the rest of his life.
"Cui'er, if I don't go out, why don't you go to Yun's house for me to see how the old lady is doing now?" Luo Kui stayed in the house and was really restless. With something like this happening in Yun's house, Yun Hua must be very anxious.
, now is the time when he needs someone to accompany him, and she can't leave yet.
Cui'er said: "Miss, Master asked me to watch you. If I go out and get caught, wouldn't it be the same as if you go out and get caught?" She whispered again, "You're fine, my legs will be fine by then."
No guarantee."
Luokui thought for a moment and said, "Let A Ming go!"
Cui'er hesitated: "Is this... okay?"
Luokui said: "It will definitely work. Just ask A Ming to go out and find out about the current situation of the Yun family. If you go secretly, you won't be discovered by dad."
Cui'er said reluctantly: "Okay, I'll try. Miss, you can't go anywhere!"
Luokui said: "Okay, I'm not going anywhere."
A Ming is a fifteen or sixteen-year-old male servant from the Luo family. He is a loyal and honest person. When there was a famine in his hometown, A Ming wandered here and wanted to sell himself as a servant to a wealthy family. Others thought he was a loser and had no use in buying him.
Later, Luo Kui discovered that he was really pitiful on the street, so Luo Kui gave his father a hard time and finally agreed to let A Ming stay.
As soon as A Ming heard that it was the young lady who asked him for help, he naturally obliged. Not to mention this small favor, he would dare to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire.
"Cui'er, how's Grandma Yunhua doing?" Luokui asked urgently.
"A Ming came back and said... the old woman seems to be dying!" Cui'er said.
"What? I want to go out!" Luokui stood up and wanted to go out.
Cui'er stepped forward to stop Luokui, "Miss, you must not go out! What will I do if you want to go out! Master will kill me, and you don't know my temper. Miss, how about we don't go out?"
!I can’t help you much if I go!"
Luokui saw Cui'er crying and kneeling on the ground begging her. She really...had no choice. "Cui'er, get up quickly!" She saw Cui'er crying and refusing to get up, so she finally compromised.
"Okay, you get up first. I won't go to Yun's house for now, and I'll think of a solution later." When she heard her lady relaxed, she slowly got up wiping her nose and tears.
Luokui wanted her father to keep her at home and not let her go out to see Yunhua, so she went on a hunger strike to see who could restrain whom. When Luokui went on a hunger strike, she never expected that his father would not agree with her.
Luo's father said: "If you don't eat, you won't be hungry, so just be hungry!"
Luokui said angrily: "Daddy doesn't care about my daughter so much? If mother were here, she would definitely care about me. I don't want you to not care about me like this."
Luo's father said: "Don't use your mother to pressure me. You have to understand that what you do for your father is for your own good. I don't want you to walk the same path your father has gone through. Workers, farmers and merchants are the cheapest! Think about it.
How did your mother pass away? Would her spirit in heaven allow you to marry a merchant boy? Think carefully about what I said."
Luo Kui said: "I...I believe my mother will want me to be happy!"
Luo's father said again: "You will be happy if you marry that boy Yunhua. How can you be happy if you are not from the right family? I hate that I was born in a merchant's family and will never be able to hold my head high. Your mother was born in an official's family and her status is noble.
You were born with a proud heart, but you were blinded by love and married me, and then you were criticized every day. In the end, you couldn't resist the rumors and ended up in depression, and how could I let you follow in our footsteps?"
Luokui was silent. She only felt that she liked Yunhua and Yunhua liked her, and that was enough. As for the future... As long as Yunhua did not disappoint her, she would never leave him.
The next day, Luokui's father ordered someone to prepare an easy-to-digest breakfast for Luokui early. When Luokui woke up, she saw Cui'er coming to her with porridge and some side dishes.
"The master still loves the young lady very much. He ordered someone to make breakfast for the young lady early, knowing that the young lady would not be able to hold on after two hungry meals!" Cui'er said with a smile.
"Oh~ it won't work if you are hungry. This method is really not good. Let me fill my stomach and think of other methods!"
One day, two days, three days... just passed like this. The only way Luokui could think of was to ask A Ming to help her inquire about news. Later she learned that Yunhua was going to a distant place to help his grandmother.
She asked for a cure, but she couldn't put it into practice for him. She could only pray for him silently at home, hoping that he would achieve something and return home.
After a while, Luokui's father saw that Luokui was keeping her peace, and thought that she might have listened to what he said, so he opened her mouth to release her, but the prerequisite was that she could not see Yunhua again, and once discovered, she would not be allowed to leave the house again.
"Daddy, can I really go out? Don't you care about me?" Luokui asked in surprise.
"Yes, but you are not allowed to go to Yun's house or see Yun Hua. Do you understand? You know the consequences."
"Okay, I understand, daddy." Luokui agreed readily.
Luokui was very happy to finally be able to go out. In her first year, she went to see Yunhua and visit Yunhua's grandmother. But she knew that scheming could not eat hot tofu, and her father would definitely have to test her. Sure enough, she found someone behind her.
The one who followed the dress was his gardener. So she asked Cui'er to go shopping for a day, deliberately walking through the streets and alleys until she was tired, and she was tired of following them.
Chapter completed!