Tang Dynasty Puppet Doctor

Chapter 102: The aftermath, Su Sanniang's temptation

As the day began to brighten, Murong Huan woke up from her dream, and Xiao Muchen, who had not slept deeply the whole time, noticed her movement and quickly opened his eyes. He subconsciously looked at her chest again and found that the red plum blossom that appeared last night seemed to have become lighter in color, but the shape of the plum petals was still visible.

"Ah Huan, this flower on your chest..."

He was about to ask, but found that Murong Huan was still lost in doubt and fear, so he simply avoided the subject and put clothes on her.

"Did you have a nightmare last night?"

Murong Huan nodded: "I don't know what's going on lately, I often dream about Master."

"What did the master do in the dream?"

Murong Huan looked at Xiao Muchen's handsome and elegant face, which was filled with warmth and kindness. He was convinced that he bore no resemblance to the master in his dream. He smiled and said, "Nothing. He's still a bit mysterious. He likes to preach to me, tell me stories, and write. He's very good to me..."

In fact, when she said the last sentence, a layer of haze covered her heart. Helan Minzhi's words still echoed in her ears. She didn't know if it was because she thought about it during the day and dreamed about it at night, she actually dreamed that her master said such a sentence.

On those rolls of names, she saw Hong Xian, Helan Minzhi, Nan Ke Taishou, Huo Xiaolian, Xie Zi'e, and even the King of Wei...

"Then don't think about it anymore. Let's wash up first and eat something. What do you want to eat?"

"I still want to eat the gourd head, cherry biluo, and plum blossom pastry that Aunt Ning made last time..."

When talking about food, Murong Huan's eyes flashed with special anticipation, which made Xiao Muchen laugh and think to himself: Sometimes he is like a child who has not grown up.

Murong Huan suddenly said, "Xiao Muchen, you are really good-looking. Ah Shu used to say that I was a bit stupid and couldn't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness, but now, I think you are the most beautiful person in the world."

"A person's beauty and ugliness lie in their heart. Now you have learned to say nice things."

"I am telling the truth!"

Xiao Muchen nodded with a smile and couldn't help but hold her in his arms. His mind kept recalling the times they had made love last night. The sweet scent of the girl kept lingering in his heart. He couldn't help but kiss her again, her icy skin that seemed to be glowing with a lustrous light in the early morning light.

It was not until the sun rose and Ah Shu knocked on the door that Xiao Muchen let her go. He saw the red plum blossom on her chest again, which seemed to be in full bloom and became bright and tempting again.

What is going on?
"Ah Huan, when you were little, did your mother give you any special medicine or tattoo anything special on your body?"

Murong Huan thought about it carefully and shook his head. "It seems not, but maybe I don't remember. I only remember some relatively profound things after I was six years old, such as going to Dunhuang with my father and mother. My mother took me to see the murals and visited a very high snow-capped mountain. But these memories are very brief. In the end, my father and mother helped me escape from many people who were chasing me. Later, my mother was seriously injured. She insisted that my father take me back to the Su family. After we came back, they..."

"Stop talking and don't think about these unhappy things!" Xiao Muchen suddenly felt very distressed and interrupted her not-so-good memories. He thought to himself: It seems that Ah Huan doesn't know what the plum blossom mark on his chest means?

Could it be that the prophecy of Li Chunfeng passed down by Wu Chengsi is true?
Murong Huan didn't know what he was thinking, so he nodded and said okay.

Xiao Muchen asked the maid to bring in hot water. After the two of them bathed, they changed into clean clothes. Finally, Xiao Muchen said solemnly, "Ah Huan, from now on, you must not let anyone see your body, not even a woman."

Ah Shu, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, happened to hear these words. She smacked her tongue and sighed inwardly: This Xiao Zhongcheng is so possessive that he even has to be wary of women! So, will I never be able to see Ah Huan's body again?
When the two of them came out of the bedroom, Ah Shu blushed and pointed at the sun above her head in embarrassment: "Ah Huan, Xiao... Master, it's already one past four. Are you hungry?"

Murong Huan said: "I am a little hungry!"

Aunt Ning ran over and asked them to go eat.

As soon as the whistleblower case initiated by Lai Junchen was over, Xiao Muchen ordered someone to bring Aunt Ning and Uncle Lu back.

When the two of them went to the hall to eat, there seemed to be a commotion outside the Xiao Mansion, and Ah Shu looked embarrassed.

Murong Huan asked, "Ah Shu, what happened outside?"

Ah Shu blushed and stammered for a long time before answering, "Ah Huan, I'm so pissed off. Didn't you go to the poetry club run by Madam Cui yesterday because you received a letter from the Su family? That eldest lady Qin came to make a scene early this morning, saying that you caused her daughter Sanniang to lose her virginity in the poetry club, and now she wants an explanation from us!" "Bah! It was obviously Sanniang who seduced others herself because she wanted to marry a rich man from a famous family. How can she blame this on my Ah Huan? Especially since she had the nerve to come to us and tell us about it. I feel ashamed to follow her!"

After hearing what Ah Shu said, Xiao Muchen suddenly understood what had happened in the poetry club yesterday. Thinking about it now, he felt a chill down his spine with fear.

"Was it Cui Shi who asked you to meet at the Bailiang Poetry Society yesterday?"

Murong Huan nodded: "Yes, he has admitted that the poison in your body was given by his aunt."

"So you went to ask him for the antidote? Cui Shi has always been fond of sweet talk, and he has deceived many young ladies. You must never trust his words in the future."

Seeing his nervous look, Murong Huan couldn't help but smile: "I don't look that easy to fool, do I?"

Xiao Muchen didn't say anything, but he thought to himself: You look so easy to deceive. If you hadn't met me first, you wouldn't know where you are now...

"Forget it. Anyway, I'll just stay away from him from now on."

Murong Huan nodded with a smile, then said seriously, "Then let's go out and take a look!"

……

When they walked to the gate of Xiao's house, they saw Qin looking haggard and disheveled. Su Qing brought a servant over and couldn't pull her away.

"You're still speaking for her. Sanniang is your daughter. Don't you have any pangs of conscience?"

Murong Huan glanced at Qin, then turned his gaze to Su Qing: "Uncle, what exactly happened?"

Su Qing looked embarrassed and said, "Yesterday, Sanniang and Wuniang went to the Bailiang Poetry Society together. I heard from them that you were there too, and that you went to the wing room reserved by Cui Jiulang. But later, when Madam Cui went to that wing room to look for her brother, she actually saw Sanniang and Cui Jiulang lying on the same couch."

"Ah Huan, Wu Niang said that you planned this. Tell me the truth, was it you?" As if afraid that Murong Huan would get suspicious, she added, "Uncle believes you!"

Murong Huan replied directly, "It wasn't me. I did go to the room reserved by Cui Jiulang. He lit aphrodisiac incense in the room and even put drugs in my tea, but I escaped. After I left, I don't know what happened there."

"How could you not know? You hate the Su family, so you want to kill them all, right?" Qin cried. "A young lady, after such an incident, her reputation is ruined for life. The Cui family also scolded Sanniang for being shameless and seducing Cui Jiulang. Poor Sanniang is so shameless that she has to jump into the river several times to prove her innocence. How can she live in the future?"

"Aunt, I really don't know about this..."

After hearing this, Qin became even more agitated and lunged at Murong Huan. Ah Shu quickly intervened and shouted, "Madam, please be reasonable. My Ah Huan said she didn't do it, but why did Ah Huan go to that rubbish poetry club? It was your daughter, Sanniang, who invited her there. Now that I think about it, isn't her intention obvious? She just wanted to help outsiders ruin Ah Huan's reputation! When that didn't work, she just pounced on him herself..."

"Shut up, you bitch, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"The Third Lady has always been very ambitious. I heard that she used to frequently interact with the Cui family, hoping to marry into the Cui family through the Third Lady's help. Now that she sees that it's not going to work out, she's just going to do it herself..."

"You bitch! I'll kill you!"

Qin's eyes were bloodshot, and she found a stick and was about to swing it at Ah Shu, but was pulled back by Su Qing and the servant.

"Stop it, isn't this embarrassing enough? I believe Ah Huan. This matter has nothing to do with her. It's you who made Sanniang arrogant. How could our Su family ever marry into the Cui family? Now she is reaping the consequences of her own actions."

"Are you trying to force your daughter to death by saying this?"

"Otherwise, what do you want to do?" Su Qing felt heartbroken, secretly blaming himself for not disciplining his daughter over the years, which led to Qin developing such a temper.

"Either let Cui Jiulang marry her, or take her as a concubine, or let her marry into the Xiao family. After all, it's not impossible to marry her as a concubine."

(End of this chapter)