Helping the young lady to do it on the soft couch, shopkeeper Wang looked at the haggard Xue Pan, and felt a faint pain in his heart!
He had seen the young lady when she came back yesterday. Even though she had a big fight with her mistress, she was not haggard like this! In just two days and one night, how could the usually lively and cheerful young lady become like this?
Wiping the corners of his eyes, shopkeeper Wang quickly turned around, poured out a bowl of thick porridge from a clay pot on the table, blew it, brought it to Xue Pan, and persuaded: "Miss, I heard that you haven't eaten anything all day.
Here is the porridge that the old slave ordered me to cook, please take a sip first."
"Thank you, I'm old..." Xue Pan quickly took the porridge bowl and took a sip. The temperature was just right and it was very fragrant!
While drinking the porridge from the bowl, Xue Pan's tears that had just stopped started to well up again. He quickly turned sideways and wiped his eyes with his sleeves. Then he turned to shopkeeper Wang and said apologetically: "Mr. Wang, didn't you say a lot?
This time, in front of me, don’t call me slave! Who would treat you as a slave at home?"
"Old... I understand. Miss, please stop talking and have a few more sips!" Shopkeeper Wang was a little moved when he heard Xue Pan's words. He was already so haggard, so he still remembered to come and comfort him!
Xue Pan obediently drank the whole bowl of porridge, and then handed the bowl to Xiao Ai, asking her to pour some too. The poor child didn't know if he had any food after being beaten.
Wiping his mouth, Xue Pan finally had a trace of blood on his pale face. Looking at Shopkeeper Wang, he suddenly thought of something and asked quickly: "By the way, Mr. Wang, you came to see me, does mother know? Don't be fooled.
When she found out, she harmed you instead."
Shopkeeper Wang shook his head and said to Xue Pan in a low voice: "Miss, don't worry about me. Mistress knows that I am here! Hey, Miss, don't resent Mistress, she is also doing it for your own good..."
"It's all for my own good! It's all a lie!" Xue Pan suddenly interrupted Shopkeeper Wang's words, his chest heaved violently, and an unnatural flush appeared on his face, and he opened his mouth and said: "Just treat me casually like this
Are you marrying just for my own good? I am her daughter! Not some cat or dog! Look, she beat Xiao Ai like this!"
Xiao Ai stuffed a mouthful of rice porridge and was pointed at by the lady so hard that he almost choked on the spot. Fortunately, neither of them looked at it, so they quickly swallowed everything in their mouths and trotted over to Xue Pan.
There were comforts and back touches all around, and it took a long time for the extremely angry Xue Pan to return to normal.
Shopkeeper Wang felt uncomfortable seeing Xue Pan's sad and angry look. In this family, he liked Xue Pan the most. Of course, this kind of love was just the love and care of the elders for the younger ones. He originally said that he wanted to marry Xue Pan.
He also felt uncomfortable for a long time, and it was not until he was told that he would be the wife of the young marquis of the Xiangcheng family that he calmed down.
Although he has never met the Marquis of Xiangcheng, he still knows about this title. Marquis is almost the pinnacle of human ministers. Although he has to be downgraded one level when passing it on to his son, he is still an earl after all!
Being able to marry an earl as the head wife is not a disgrace to a young lady!
Shopkeeper Wang now thinks about it, regarding this marriage, the whole family is looking at the title and status, but no one really asks the young lady what she thinks about her marriage.
As a result, in the end, he finally angered the very assertive young lady. After proposing marriage, he left directly and went to the Marquis of Sanyuan County. This made him very angry at the time and hated the young lady for not thinking about things.
Later, the family once terminated the marriage because of the young lady and the instructions of the young master Xue Shou's letter. He also started to get busy with the store. Who would have expected that this kind of thing would happen right after!
The mistress was not very knowledgeable and was deceived by others. However, he had been in business for many years and had traveled to both the north and the south. Just by listening to what the mistress said, he knew there was something fishy! If it was as he guessed, it was the Hou family of Xiangcheng who was responsible for that day.
It was right for the young lady to run away from home and pretend to be a ghost to deceive the bride. Even if the other party is the emperor's son, the marriage cannot be agreed!
Both of them were thinking about their own things, and Xiulou was too quiet for a while. Finally, shopkeeper Wang broke the silence and said to Xue Pan: "Miss, these things are of little use now, but please be patient, miss.
Najib will probably die tomorrow, so we still have time to think about it from beginning to end!"
"What should be done? Could it be you, Mr. Wang..." Xue Pan was startled, raised his head and stared at Shopkeeper Wang closely, until Shopkeeper Wang's face turned slightly red...
"Miss, you are too worried. I don't have that much ability. It's just that someone came to our store today and revealed a shocking secret. This prompted the mistress to make up her mind and postpone the marriage."
"What shocking secret? So powerful?" Xiao Ai interjected from the side.
Mr. Wang glanced at Xiao Ai, and knowing the status of this little maid in Xue Pan's heart, he was not surprised. He lowered his voice and said, "That person said that the Hou family of Xiangcheng is an enemy!"
"What? Capitalize on the enemy!"
Upon hearing these two words! Xue Pan and Xiao Ai both took a breath of cold air. However, Xue Pan had been in charge for many days. Although he was startled by this at first, he immediately realized that if these two words
If it were applied to others, Xue Pan would still believe it, but if it was applied to the Marquis of Xiangcheng, it would be a bit unbelievable!
Everyone in Chang'an knows that the Marquis of Xiangcheng used to be a grain merchant, and he was the biggest one! At first, he almost spent all his family wealth to support Li Yuan, and then he was brought to court by Li Yuan, who "knows how to repay his kindness"!
But perhaps it is a family of merchants, and all they do is speculation, even being an official. The family has such a high title, but there is not a single accomplished son who is above the seventh rank, let alone the one who goes to the battlefield to fight.
How can a person who doesn't have half of it and relies on marrying off several daughters to stabilize his title have the courage and ambition to capitalize on an enemy?
Shopkeeper Wang may have seen Xue Pan's doubts, and spread his hands and said: "Miss, don't you believe it? In fact, I didn't believe it at first, but then I thought about it, although the Marquis of Xiangcheng has a high position, the power in his hands is not matched at all.
It is a humiliation for a marquis to achieve this title, and if others promise huge profits, it is difficult to guarantee such a thing!"
Xue Pan nodded. Indeed, it is not too strange for people under resentment to do incredible things. After thinking about it for a while, Xue Pan asked shopkeeper Wang: "Mr. Wang, who went to the store to say this?"
Shopkeeper Wang answered happily: "Oh, he is a young man, about fifteen or sixteen years old. He is dressed gorgeously, like a kid from a rich family, and he has two followers..."
"Fifteen or sixteen years old!" When Xiao Ai heard Shopkeeper Wang's description, the appearance of Xiao Han's trio immediately appeared in her mind, and she felt excited. She grabbed Xue Pan's shoulders and shouted: "There are two more followers? Miss
,That is……"
"What is that?!" Xue Pan shouted urgently, and then quickly covered Xiao Ai's mouth, which made poor Xiao Ai's eyes widen and her hands and feet dance wildly.
"My little girl has been having a hard time these past two days. She keeps talking nonsense. Don't worry..." Xue Pan covered Xiao Ai's mouth, forced an apologetic smile at Shopkeeper Wang, and then quickly dragged her aside.
, and don’t let go!
He just leaned close to her ear and yelled in a low voice: "Idiot, why do you say everything and let others know? Isn't this just a betrayal? Do you want to be taken away tomorrow?"
Xiao Ai shook his head in horror, not even daring to move his hands and feet, as if he was frightened!
"Okay, from now on, no talking is allowed! If you dare to talk again, I will send you to that bastard to warm the bed!" Xue Pan gave Xiao Ai a "severe" lesson, then let go of his hand, and
Xiao Ai didn't dare to scream anymore. She looked at the young lady pitifully, wondering in her heart: Which bastard would she give her to...
Returning to his seat, Xiao Ai was much more honest this time. He lowered his head and didn't say a word. However, Xue Pan felt a little strange. The corners of his mouth raised from time to time, as if he was snickering. Shopkeeper Wang sighed secretly.
Do you really think he is stupid, such an obvious young man, pretending that no one knows who he is?
"Miss, miss?"
Shopkeeper Wang, who was muttering in his heart, called Xue Pan several times. Xue Pan, who was immersed in his own fantasy, suddenly woke up: "Ah, Mr. Wang, what did you say?"
Shopkeeper Wang saw this and sighed deeply. How long has this been? He is still thinking nonsense!
Looking up again and looking at Xue Pan, shopkeeper Wang slowly said to her: "Miss, don't be too happy too soon. No one can tell what exactly is going on. You should think about it carefully now."
Think about the beginning and end of this matter!"
"It should, it should!" Xue Pan nodded heavily. She just suddenly heard that there were still people running around for her, which made her a little distracted. Now after hearing what Shopkeeper Wang said, she immediately calmed down and began to think about this.
thing.
Shopkeeper Wang was very satisfied with the young lady's obedient appearance. After Xue Pan thought about it for a while, he continued: "I'm ashamed to say it. Originally, I thought that young lady marrying the Marquis of Xiangcheng would be a good match and a good match. But today
Only then did I realize that there was something fishy going on here. The young man asked me today that I didn’t know there was something else going on here. If I could have told him about it at that time, maybe he would have some way to find out.
"
"What Mr. Wang said is strange, but was it the Taoist priest a few days ago?" Xue Pan, who returned to normal, immediately showed his smart side. Just by hearing it, he knew what shopkeeper Wang was referring to.
Shopkeeper Wang nodded and said: "It's that Taoist. It's a coincidence that a few days ago it was the time of inventory of goods and goods. I didn't know anything about such a big thing. Otherwise, I would have discussed it with that Taoist face to face.
After a while, you should know the true and false story of this matter."
"Mr. Wang, what's going on with that Taoist? I'm not sure what Xiao Ai said. Please tell me more in detail!" Xue Pan asked softly.
"Well..." Since the young lady asked, shopkeeper Wang naturally would not refuse, and immediately told Xue Pan everything he had asked from the mistress.
(Hey, it’s not easy for Xiao Han to find a girlfriend. The excess will end soon. Please bear with me.)
