"How is this possible? Isn't that little Xiaohou brave and good at fighting and has made numerous meritorious deeds?"
"So what if he has the title of God of War? Do you know what little Xiaohou looks like?"
"What does it look like? Is it extremely ugly?"
Everyone shook their heads together.
"Why, how ugly can I be to call you like this?"
"I just don't know, that's why I'm like this!"
"have no idea?"
"Yes, it is said that Xiao Hou experienced a life-and-death battle on the battlefield when he was a boy. His appearance was also ruined at that time, and he has been wearing a mask ever since."
"Swords have no eyes on the battlefield, think about it... By the way, this reminds me of old news from last year..."
"What old news?"
"It's the "corpse" of Princess Nianyun's ex-husband, no, to be precise, it's the corpse of another soldier. I heard that it's so damaged that you can't even see it, which shows how cruel the battlefield is!"
"Listening to the example you gave, it's really revealing..."
"Haha, tell me, if Chen Shao'an knows that Princess Nianyun married a real hero who fought against foreign countries, will he be ashamed?"
"He has been ashamed for a long time, why should he wait until today?"
As soon as Chen Shaoan was mentioned, a new round of ridicule began among the crowd.
At this time, news was flying all over the city, but it had not yet reached the withering Chen Mansion.
The sick old lady was lying on the bed, calling to the little girl waiting outside.
"Pearl, Pearl..."
The little girl named Zhu'er lazily came to the old lady's door with medicine in her hands, "Old lady, please stop screaming, I'm going to get you some medicine!"
The old lady struggled to get up from the bed, "Hel me up..."
The little girl came over impatiently to help her drink medicine.
The old lady drank the medicine and asked, "Where is Mother Wen?"
"Mama Wen went out to buy..."
The old lady asked again, "Where have you gone, sir?"
"Old madam," the little girl said impatiently, "I have to do a lot of things by myself. How can I know where the uncle and the second master have gone?"
"Do you want me to call the third master to you?"
"No, no need," the old lady shook her head, "Don't delay Shaoting's study."
In her heart, she always had expectations for her third son.
If you endure it for another two years, then Shaoting will win the imperial examination and the Chen family will be fine.
"Old madam, you see, our mansion is in such a difficult situation, but there are still two people in the Southwest Hospital who have to go and deliver food every day..."
The little girl put away the bowl with a bang and complained, "I have too much work to do."
"Zhu'er, thank you for your hard work!" There was only one girl left in the house who did rough work, so the old lady was a little polite to her.
There's no other way, you're welcome, this girl just ran away.
Pearl ignored the old lady and returned to the kitchen with the empty medicine bowl. She grabbed two steamed buns and went to the southwest courtyard.
Zhou Yao and Biyu were already waiting at the door. They saw Zhuer's figure through the crack in the door. They hurriedly reached out and said, "Give us food quickly."
"Where's the embroidery?" Pearl asked without giving them steamed buns immediately.
The two hurriedly handed the embroidery through the crack in the door.
Pearl looked at the embroidery and said, "You two have been working on it for so long, and finally the rusty things have some appearance."
"Since you are satisfied, then give us the food quickly!" Inside the door, Biyu was so hungry that she couldn't stand still.
Pearl then stuffed the two shriveled nest heads inside.
"Why are you so small?" Biyu said, "Last time..."
"The Chen family is getting worse day by day. None of the three masters are making money. You want to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, but you can't!"
"Didn't we embroider something for you?" Biyu said.
"Do you think your embroidery is valuable? It only takes ten and a half months to make a pair. Do you think the money from selling a pair of embroidery is enough to support you for half a month?"
"Okay," Zhou Yao shook her head towards Biyu and whispered, "That's it!"
"We are locked in the courtyard and we have to rely on her for everything."
"But……"
"Don't tell her. If you irritate her, we will only be hungry!"
The year they were imprisoned in the Southwest Hospital allowed the two of them to go from being hostile to each other, to becoming close, and now they are dependent on each other.
Seeing that the two of them stopped talking, Zhuer snorted and left.
Ever since the Chen Mansion couldn't pay wages, the servants had stolen valuable things, walked away, and escaped...
In the whole family, she is the only one who is busy.
If her marriage contract hadn't been in Wen's mother's hands, she would have run away long ago.
Biyu's mother Zhao Ma and father Lin Gui were arranged by Wen Ma to help other wealthy families to earn money to subsidize the Chen family's household expenses.
There is no way, who told them that they were born in the same family, and the deed of betrayal was in the hands of the old lady.
"I'm so sad without my mother here..." Biyu became more and more desperate.
She sat on the ground and stretched her arms. Her thin arms were too thin to look like.
She is as old as a flower.
She originally thought that when the uncle's anger subsided, he would let them out.
But it seems that the uncle is getting more and more angry for some reason.
At this time, Zhou Yao had already eaten the steamed bun in her hand.
"Why don't we escape?"
"Escape?" Biyu was stunned.
"Yes, run away," Zhou Yao said, "If you don't run away, we will die here. Are you willing?"
"I..." Biyu looked painfully at the moldy piece of cornbread in her hand, "Run away!"
She nodded heavily.
"Okay," Zhou Yao said, "let's take action tonight!"
"Tonight?"
"Well, it's better to choose a day than to hit it. Didn't you listen to what that girl said just now?"
"What did you say?" Biyu was so hungry that she only paid attention to the steamed buns and didn't hear anything else.
"Su Nianyun is going to marry another person!"
"What?" Biyu frowned, "Did that girl say anything just now?"
"Yes," Zhou Yao nodded, "Such news coming to the Chen Mansion will only aggravate Chen Shaoan. He will probably come here tonight..."
In the past few days, whenever he felt uncomfortable, he would come here.
The purpose of his coming here is very simple, that is...
He always felt that it was the existence of the two of them that caused Su Nianyun to leave.
It was precisely because of Su Nianyun's departure that the Chen family had no support and then went into decline.
Therefore, when Chen Shaoan was particularly frustrated, he would come here to have a drink with them, and then beat and scold them both.
"You mean..." Biyu was stunned upon hearing Zhou Yao's plan.
After all, she was born and raised in the Chen Mansion, and she had never thought of disobeying her uncle.
Moreover, in her heart, she always felt that she was the one who was sorry for her uncle, so she couldn't bear it...
"If you can't bear it, just watch from the side. I'll do it..."
"But I..."
"Do you really want to die in this small courtyard where there will be no daylight?" Zhou Yao asked.
Biyu was stunned for a moment, then shook her head, "I don't want to."
"It's okay if you don't want to. You only have one chance. If you can't seize it this time, you will have to stay here forever!"
At this moment, footsteps sounded outside.
Listening carefully, it turned out to be Chen Shaoan's footsteps.