The bright tip of the knife pressed against Wang Qishilang's face. Cheng Jiaoniang looked at him in surprise, as if she didn't understand what he said.
"I'm not kidding!" Wang Shiqilang shouted.
As if to show his determination, he gritted his teeth with trembling hands, and a red dot appeared on the skin that could be broken by a blow.
Cheng Jiaoniang looked up at him and laughed, the clear sound pouring out, covering up the sweet tinkling sound of the piano outside.
If Banqin were here, he would be very surprised. If Zhoulang were here, he would also be able to get the answer to the question.
This was probably the first time Cheng Jiaoniang laughed out loud.
Wang Shiqilang, who just smiled and held the dagger, was in a trance. It sounds and looks good...
"Okay, what big deal is it worth for you to do this?" Cheng Jiaoniang stopped smiling and said, "Okay, I agree. If you don't want this marriage, just let it go."
that's all?
Wang Qishilang looked at her suspiciously.
Is this woman so easy to talk to?
"Really?" he asked.
Cheng Jiaoniang smiled slightly.
"You don't have to hide anymore. Go back and tell your family, just tell me what I said. If they don't believe it, they can come to see me," she said.
After she finished speaking, she turned around and walked away.
"Hey!" Wang Shiqilang shouted.
Cheng Jiaoniang stopped and looked back at him.
"Sir, what else can I do?" she asked.
Wang Qishilang still looked at her in disbelief.
"Do you really agree? You won't kill me in anger?" he asked.
Cheng Jiaoniang smiled.
"Didn't you say you wanted me to listen to you?" she said.
Wang Qilang was startled when he heard this. Did he say this again?
"Why is this sound so unpleasant?"
"It's a pity, but forget it, picturesque beauties are meant to be admired without moving, so you should talk less in the future."
"Yes, yes, just be obedient. If you listen to me in the future, I guarantee that you will have a good life."
The woman in front of him smiled slightly.
"Okay." She nodded and said.
Wang Qishilang suddenly regained his consciousness, but the smile of the woman in front of him remained the same.
"So, I listened." Cheng Jiaoniang nodded and said, bowed to Wang Shiliang and crossed her arms, then turned and walked away.
"Why.."
Wang Qishilang couldn't help shouting again and took a step forward. This time the woman walked out of the private room without stopping and disappeared.
it turns out…
Wang Qishilang was a little stunned, a little inexplicably lost, and a little regretful.
Actually, it's quite cute...
How about forgetting it? This beauty….
He stepped out of the private room and saw the woman shaking off her robe and taking a seat. The entourage beside her stood respectfully. Her plain clothes were glaring under the sunlight under the snowy mountain scenery, just like arrows shining with cold light that night.
kill…
Wang Shiliang shivered and hurriedly went downstairs.
The attendants downstairs were waiting anxiously, and the maids were about to cry. Seeing him come down, they crowded around him in surprise and greeted him with greetings.
This is what women should look and feel like.
Wang Qishilang breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his arms to hug the two beautiful maids.
"Come on, let's go back." He said with a smile.
The maids were immediately overjoyed and rushed over one by one, chattering in a lively manner, saying that they were scared and sad and worried.
"Sir, does the lady really agree not to pester you anymore?"
Wang Qishilang shook his head with a bit of pride.
"That is, who am I? I am Wang Shiqi..." He said. Halfway through his words, he subconsciously stopped and looked up to the second floor. The singing and the music of the piano continued.
"Come on, let's talk about it after we get in the car." He shrank his head and said in a low voice, and hugged the maids to get into the car.
"Sir, are we going back to the city or going home this time?" the boy asked outside.
"Of course you're going home, you idiot!"
Wang Shiqilang's laughter and curses could be heard in the car.
The boy responded, and the driver raised his whip to urge the horse.
"...Speak quickly, young master, please tell me how to convince her..."
"That's not easy. I have nothing to do with you young master... Of course she refused... She even cried with me... But I have been persuading her with good words, using affection and reasoning... I finally convinced her..."
The maids all looked at Wang Qishilang with some admiration.
"It's so pitiful. Master, you look down on her..."
Wang Qishilang laughed, yes, that's true, he doesn't like her.
"It can only be said that we are destined to be together," he said. "I advised her. There are many good men in the world, so you don't need to feel sad because of me."
"Young Master, you are so kind. Who would let you go?" the maids said one after another.
A maid who was leaning on Wang Shiqilang suddenly let out a sigh and stretched out her green fingertips to touch Wang Qilang's face.
"Sir, what is here? Rouge?" she said, reaching out to touch it.
Wang Qishilang made a sound when he was touched.
The maid screamed in fright.
"It's blood, it's blood," she shouted.
The carriage was immediately in chaos, with people crying and shouting, almost suffocating Wang Shiqilang. It was difficult to comfort these fragile women.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a scratch," he said.
The maids looked at him with sparkling tears.
"Sir, how...how did it get scratched?"
Wang Qishilang looked stiff.
"Did that lady hit you?"
The maid's words made him breathe a sigh of relief.
"Yes, that's right." He shook his head and put his hand on his forehead and sighed, "She was making trouble, crying, and... holding a knife to kill herself..."
The maids were immediately frightened and covered their mouths.
"She also took a knife?" someone thought of something and asked.
Wang Qishilang twitched the corner of his mouth.
"My...my, I originally took the dagger to cut off my robe with her...to cut off our relationship with her..." he said while thinking, "but she snatched it away. When I was fighting for it, I was scratched.
"
The maids nodded suddenly.
"Oh, Master, you are so brave..."
"Master, this is too dangerous. Please don't do this again next time..."
The sound of warblers and swallows was heard in the carriage, causing the pedestrians on the road to look sideways, and the group of people quickly walked away along the road.
The woman felt like she was lying in a pile of wool, soft and warm.
It's so comfortable. Is she dreaming?
This thought flashed through her mind, and the woman opened her eyes suddenly, and the green curtain came into view.
Where am I?
The curtain was opened, bright sunlight suddenly filled the room, and the dazed woman closed her eyes.
"My dear, you are really good at sleeping. You have really become a wife!" The woman smiled, knelt down in front of the bed, held on to the bed and sighed.
Xiniang adjusted to the light and opened her eyes. When she wanted to get up, she felt a splitting headache.
"Sanniang, why does my head hurt so much?" she said.
Sanniang smiled.
"You drank so much yesterday, it's no wonder it doesn't hurt," she said.
Xiniang remembered what happened yesterday, patted her head and sat up.
"Oh my god, it's true, I'm actually drunk." She said, and stood up hurriedly, "What kind of talk is this, coming to serve others, getting drunk, and sleeping like this to death..."
Before he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.
"...Breakfast has been brought, ladies, please use it."
Xi Niang stretched out her hand and pointed outside.
"Look, look, there are people waiting on you to eat and drink!" she said.
Sanniang stood up with a smile.
"Then eat quickly and wait for her after you finish. I just went to see her and my wife took someone into the mountains," she said.
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In the courtyard of the Cheng family, a servant girl was walking in a hurry. When she was about to enter the door, she accidentally stepped on a piece of snow and almost slipped.
"What are you doing? Are you all blind?" she shouted with raised eyebrows.
Two girls hurriedly ran over and swept with brooms.
"If you dare to be lazy again, I will expose your skin!" the woman shouted, reaching out and poking the little girl's head hard.
The little girl didn't dare to reply, she lowered her head and hurriedly cleaned, watching the woman hurried towards the hall.
There was a strong smell of medicine in the room. Mrs. Cheng was personally handing a handkerchief to Mr. Cheng who had just taken the medicine to wipe his mouth. She also arranged the pillows and helped Mr. Cheng lie down.
Mr. Cheng's face looked weak. It seemed that the action of lying down took a lot of effort on his part. He let out a long breath.
The woman stood indoors, wanting to speak but stopping.
"What's the matter?" Mr. Cheng asked with his eyes closed.
The woman lowered her head.
"It's nothing..." she stammered, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mr. Cheng.
"Say!" he shouted, "I was not mad to death that day, and nothing in this world can make me mad to death! I'm not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"
Mrs. Cheng quickly stretched out her hand to caress his chest.
"It's not that you're afraid, but I'm afraid that you'll bother yourself. The doctor said you should rest for a long time due to your illness," she advised.
"If you don't worry about it now, I'm afraid it will cause more trouble in the future. If anything happens, just solve it," Mr. Cheng said.
The woman hurriedly answered yes.
"I came to the government and asked to go to court to inquire about the case..." she said, "and to check the accounts."
Mrs. Cheng stood up with a change of expression.
"How dare they!" she shouted.
The woman lowered her head and did not dare to speak.
"Those two shops have been forced to close by them, and they still dare to reach into my house!" Dr. Cheng trembled angrily, "Do they know how much money my shop will lose if it is closed for one day?"
"Of course they know." Mr. Cheng said on the couch, pushing himself up and sitting up with difficulty.
"Master, there is no one above us, how dare they act like this?" Mrs. Cheng turned around and sat down to help him, saying with tears in her eyes.
"Of course they dare..." Mr. Cheng said, breathing heavily, "Have you ever seen a hungry dog that has bitten some meat be easily frightened into letting go? What's more, they have good reason..."
He pointed toward the south.
"…The people over there are still chasing me to sue."
After he finished speaking, he was stunned, over there?
Why did he say over there? That lady was obviously from their side.
Mr. Cheng exhaled heavily and lay down.
"Quickly think of a way to invite her back! Now only by quelling the internal strife can we put out the foreign troubles... Otherwise, those people would really dare to strip our Cheng family to pieces!"
"They dare!" Mrs. Cheng said in horror.
Mr. Cheng closed his eyes and said nothing, as if he had exhausted all his strength.
"What am I afraid of!"
In the magistrate's yamen, Magistrate Song, wearing homely Taoist robes, said while pouring himself a bowl of tea.
"If someone files a complaint against us, we have to investigate it. If we don't care, we are derelict in our duties."
The Qingke opposite nodded.
While he was talking, two government servants walked in quickly.
"Sir, the Cheng family said that the eldest man is still ill, so he cannot go to court to discuss the case for the time being," they said.
The prefect just smiled when he heard this as he expected.
"Did you see that?" He nodded to Qing Ke and said, "What did they say in reply? They didn't scold our people to get out, but they excused their illness. What does this mean?"
Qingke smiled and nodded.
"This means they are afraid," he said.
"No one is not afraid." Magistrate Song picked up the tea bowl and said with a smile, looking at the exquisite white porcelain tea bowl, "There is no innocent person in this world. If you want to investigate, you can always find out something. Who is not afraid? What's more...
"
He drank all the tea in his hand before looking at Qing Ke and spoke again.
"Then the Qin family still live in that store?"
Qingke nodded.
"Most of them don't go out. They only go out to eat occasionally and don't interact with anyone," he said.
Magistrate Song touched his chin.
"It's really strange, what are they doing here?" he said to himself.
The two maids walked into Nan Cheng's place. This time they saw Cheng Jiaoniang's courtyard door open, and couldn't help but look inside with some expectation.
A figure broke into their sight, and they couldn't help but feel happy, and they opened their mouths and called Mrs. Cheng.
"My dear wife is not here."
Mrs. Cheng Er waved her hands with a bit of pride and said.
your home...
Now it becomes your family...
The two women lowered their heads to discuss, but did not dare to say anything when they raised their heads.
"When will the pretty lady come back?" they asked with a smile.
"I'll naturally come back when it's time to come back." Mrs. Cheng Er said with a hum.
The two women were so bored that they turned around and walked away. They met two servants from Mr. Cheng's house hurriedly over with their heads lowered.
Nowadays, the first bedroom and the second bedroom are basically incompatible with each other. They met each other and walked away without saying anything.
"….Should I go back? Why should I go back? You beat me out and you want me to go back like this? No way!"
Mrs. Cheng Er's voice came from behind, and the two women turned around and turned around the alley, out of earshot.
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I'll be lazy on the weekend and give you one update. I'll do two more updates tomorrow~ (To be continued)