Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 55 Notoriety
Yuan Chenghai has seen all kinds of beauties. The girl in front of him may not be the most beautiful, but she is particularly attractive to him.

A daughter of a nobleman who came to his doorstep - Yuan Chenghai felt itchy whenever he thought of her identity.

He took a step forward, his voice full of laughter: "Is it Miss Qiu Liu?"

Qiu Heng looked at the person approaching.

It wasn't close enough, and the two guards were following closely on both sides.

Of course she wouldn't take direct action, nor did she need to.

"Yes." Qiu Heng said, leaning closer to Hui Niang.

Hui Niang has always been sensitive about this, and hurriedly said, "Master, I will send Miss Qiuliu out."

"You take it there." Yuan Chenghai looked at Qiu Heng again and strode forward.

Right now, this little beauty is still a wild flower whose roots are unknown. We can't be impatient. Her safety is always the top priority.

For example, there would be no sharp objects in the inner room of Si Niang. Every time he went there, a maid would take away the hairpins and other things that Si Niang was wearing, and he would not sleep next to Si Niang after the incident.

He wished he could live these good days for hundreds of years, but he couldn't let his carelessness ruin them.

Thinking this, Yuan Chenghai went to Nie Si Niang.

Perhaps because he had taken everything too seriously, he now preferred flowers with thorns. Si Niang was so reluctant to pick them, and so were Miss Qiu Liu, who was not easy to pick.

Hui Niang sent Qiu Heng to the carriage and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The way the master looks at Miss Qiu Liu makes people feel uneasy. Could it be that he really has feelings for Miss Qiu Liu as Li Niang said?

If this is really the case, it would be a sin.

"Miss Qiuliu, when the incense is ready, send a message and I'll have someone go get it."

"Okay." Qiu Heng nodded, bent down and entered the carriage.

The driver waved his whip and the carriage gradually moved away.

Hui Niang stood there for a while and shook her head gently.

Don't invite Miss Qiu Liu to your home in the future, otherwise not only will the little girl be ruined, but if such a noble lady is added to the courtyard, they will probably lose favor.

In the carriage, Qingluo looked at the girl who closed her eyes and finally couldn't help but speak: "Miss, I dare to say something."

Qiu Heng opened her eyes, her eyes gentle: "You say."

Qingluo took a deep breath to embolden herself: "Miss, Mr. Yuan has a very bad reputation, and he doesn't seem like an upright person from what I saw today. You will suffer if you go to the Yuan family too often."

She couldn't figure it out.

The girl is an unmarried lady from a wealthy family. Isn't she afraid of ruining her reputation by being involved with a notorious man like Yuan Chenghai?

After such a long time together, the girl's behavior was unpredictable, but she was a very good person and never treated them harshly. Even a maid like her had heard about the righteous man who risked his life to post hemp paper, and she didn't want to see the girl suffer because of the reputation of the traitor who was cursed by the people.

Seeing Qingluo's worry, Qiuheng smiled and said, "Then I won't go there anymore."

Meeting Yuan Chenghai today was obviously not a coincidence, and this undoubtedly caused Hui Niang to be wary. Hui Niang probably won't invite her to visit her again in the future.

Fortunately, she had done what she wanted to do.

As for fame, what does it matter if she can accomplish what she sets out to do?

"Girl——" Qingluo was a little unconvinced.

As soon as she was mentioned, she said she couldn't go. What a perfunctory girl.

Qiu Heng laughed: "I really won't go, don't worry."

Qingluo felt embarrassed instead: "I was afraid that it would be bad for the young lady if it got out."

"I didn't make a big fuss during these two visits to the Yuan family. I'm not a big shot. No one would pay attention to me except for special offices like the Imperial City Office."

Even if it was the Imperial City Division, the reason they noticed her was probably because of Xue Han.

Qiuheng's words to comfort Qingluo were actually correct, but she was quickly slapped in the face.

The rumors first started from outside and reached the old lady's ears.

"Go and call the Sixth Miss!"

Qiu Heng has been concentrating on making incense these days and has been in Lengxiangju. She followed the maid sent by the old lady to Qiansongtang. As soon as she entered the door, she felt that a storm was coming.

"grandmother."

Looking at her granddaughter kneeling to salute, the old lady slammed the table and said, "Tell me where you went a few days ago!" This damn girl always went out under the pretext of buying incense, and she actually went to the home of a high-ranking official who was not related to her in any way!

Yuan Chenghai's reputation as a greedy, lustful man who exploits the people is now known to everyone because of the endless stream of hemp papers. Has this girl lost her mind?

The old lady's hands trembled with anger when she thought about what was said outside. She grabbed the teacup beside her and threw it at him: "Speak!"

The teacup fell at Qiu Heng's feet, breaking into pieces and splashing tea.

"I went to the incense shop and also to Yuan's house."

"Yuan family? Which Yuan family?" Seeing Qiu Heng admit it directly, the old lady became even angrier.

You still have the nerve to admit it!
Of course, if I don't admit it, I'll be even angrier.

"At the home of Yuan Chenghai, Lord Yuan."

The old lady pointed her finger, wishing she could poke Qiu Heng in the face: "Why did you go to his house?"

"His family likes the champagne I make—"

"Family? What family does he have in the capital?" The old lady's finger finally poked Qiu Heng's forehead, "Are you crazy, you think his concubines are his family?"

It’s no wonder that the rumors outside were so unpleasant, saying that Miss Qiu Liu frequently went in and out of the Yuan family and had fallen into depravity.

She was really pissed off!

Facing the old lady's rage, Qiu Heng said calmly: "My grandfather told me to do it."

The old lady's anger was stuck in her chest, unable to go away.

After a long time, she finally let out this breath: "Say it again."

So Qiu Heng said again: "Grandfather told me to do it."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Qiu Heng tilted her head slightly: "Grandma doesn't listen to Grandpa?"

"You--" Looking at the confused girl, the old lady suddenly couldn't continue.

This girl comes from the countryside, what can she understand?

The old thing is not a human being!

"Go to the ancestral hall, kneel down, and think carefully about what you can and cannot do in the future!"

Qiu Heng didn't move.

I'm still busy burning incense, so I don't have time to kneel in the ancestral hall.

"What are you still doing here? I can't control you anymore, can I?"

"Grandma." Qiu Heng took two steps forward, sat down below the old lady, and pulled her sleeve.

The old lady was shocked.

Is this damn girl crazy?
The girl raised her head slightly and looked at the gray-haired old lady: "Grandma, your granddaughter knows what can and cannot be done. Your granddaughter also knows to be filial to the elders and listen to your grandfather."

These words hit the old lady's heart like a heavy hammer, making her expression stiff.

Listen to Grandfather, listen to Grandfather——

That old thing!
"Just go back to your room and stay there obediently!" The old lady waved her hand and asked Qiu Heng to leave, and never mentioned the matter of kneeling in the ancestral hall again.

On this day, the old lady and Earl Yongqing had their second fierce quarrel in recent years.

"What on earth is Master Bo thinking? He wants to sell the sixth girl for a little uncertain benefit?"

"Why do you say that so harshly? I just want Sixth Girl to make some incense to give to others. There is no other meaning."

"No other meaning? Didn't you hear the rumors outside? How can the sixth girl get married if her reputation is ruined? What about Xuan'er and the others?"

Yongqing Bo was also angry: "I didn't mean anything else, who knows how it got spread."

"If you don't let Sixth Girl do it, will it spread? In the final analysis, it's you who didn't take your granddaughter seriously and abused her at will!"

Yongqing Bo was upset: "Are you bringing up the old score with the eldest girl? The eldest girl entered the palace and became a beauty, with fine clothes and delicious food, and a noble status. How could I be unfair to her? As for the sixth girl, she might even think that you, her grandmother, are stopping her from marrying up to a rich man. How innocent do you think that girl is—"

Before Yongqing Bo finished speaking, the old lady rushed forward and scratched the old face: "You forced the sixth girl to do something ridiculous, and then you blamed the child. Do you still have any shame? Do you still have any shame?"

The maids and servants who had been sent out heard the noise and ran in, frightened out of their wits.

Oh no, the old uncle and the old lady are fighting!
(End of this chapter)