Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 19

"Senior Qi, it's not whether Xu'er is willing to go on stage or not, but that he has no choice!" There was a pain in her shoulder, and Liu Xu'er looked at Qi Haocheng with tears in her eyes, "So please don't ask Xu'er again, Mr. Qi." Whether you want to go on stage or not."

The hand that held her loosened a little, and Liu Xu'er fell on the floor as if she had lost her center of gravity. He was not the only one who was unwilling, but she was also unwilling.

The footsteps gradually faded away, and when Liu Xu'er looked up again, she only saw Qi Haocheng's back disappearing at the door.

Cui'er quickly ran in and helped her up, "Miss, are you alright, Miss, is it true that the eldest son bullied you, please don't cry." Liu Xu'er lay on Cui'er's shoulder and began to cry.

In the middle of the night, Huafang was still bustling like daytime. Aunt Qin walked up to the second floor and saw Tweety carefully close the door and come out, "Sleeping?"

Tweety nodded, "Miss fell asleep when she was tired from crying."

Aunt Qin sighed, "It's okay, I'll save you thinking about it after seeing each other. You go tell the kitchen to make some preparations, so that she won't leave blemishes on her face." Tweety nodded respectfully and left Aunt Qin looked at the closed door with compassion in her eyes.

There was a sound of shouting for wine in an elegant seat in Cuiping Building. Qi Haosheng blushed and grabbed the bottle and poured it into his mouth. There were several empty wine bottles scattered on the table. He looked up. Glancing at the guard standing opposite, he scolded dissatisfiedly, "What about you, why haven't you come yet!"

"My lord, I have already sent someone to pick it up!" Qi Haocheng picked up the bottle and poured it into his mouth. There was a sound of wheels coming from outside. Qi Haocheng frowned and looked towards the door. Zhuo Ye appeared pushing the wheelchair At the door of the elegant seat.

"Why is it you!" Qi Haocheng glanced at the person coming at the door, lowered his head and ignored him, shook the empty wine bottle in his hand, threw it aside and picked up another one to drink.

Qi Haoming motioned to Zhuo Ye behind him to push him in, looked at the empty wine bottles all over the place, "Qian also wants to stay at home with Qiqi, brother, you drank too much."

"So you've become a wife slave?" Qi Haocheng smiled mockingly, "That's right, I'm still a newlywed after a few months of marriage, I really shouldn't bother you, then come and have a drink with me."

Zhuo Ye behind him wanted to stop him, Qi Haoming shook his head, picked up the empty glass on the table, poured a small glass in his hand, "Brother, it's late at night, you should go back, drink More injuries."

"Drinking too much will hurt your health, and not drinking will make you sad." Qi Haocheng completely lost his usual aura, half lying on the table and squinting at the wine bottle in front of him, and suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly, "I can't think of me, Qi Hao. Sheng will say something like that one day."

"Brother seems to be too affectionate towards Miss Liu." Qi Haoming drank a small cup, seeing his decadent appearance, with a calm expression on his face.

"Too affectionate?" Qi Haosheng looked up at him, "Then what should I do?"

"No matter what, it shouldn't be like this. Even if it is like this, Miss Liu will still be on stage, and this fact can't be changed."

"I went to find her today, and I asked her why she wanted to be on stage, and she said it was the fate of every girl in Huafang. I thought she was different." The decision he made and the result he couldn't change, the title of son became a heavy pressure, and the distance between them became farther and farther.

"Miss Liu is indeed different." Huafang's teaching and training methods are basically the same, and Liu Xu'er is indeed special, but in such a place, there are many people who cannot help themselves, and Qi Haoming did not expect that he is almost omnipotent The eldest brother would sink so deep.

"I originally wanted to redeem her from Huafang first, and then slowly convince my father to bring her into the mansion." Qi Haosheng shook the wine bottle in his hand again, and it was empty again.

"Since Miss Liu's appearance on the stage is an unchangeable fact, why don't you buy her first night on that day." Qi Haoming's gentle eyes fell on his face, "Then let's take pictures."

Qi Haoming's voice fell into his ears like a dream, allowing him to see a glimmer of light in the darkness, and he was unwilling to let go of it, "That's right, on the day she came on stage, I can Buy her."

Qi Haosheng murmured these words, propped himself up on the table and tried to stand up, he was already drunk and couldn't stand still, his legs were limp and he slumped on the chair again, Qi Haoming looked at him I tried my best to stand up there, and said again, "There must be a lot of people who want to buy Miss Liu. If someone who is interested finds out that the elder brother will also go..."

Qi Haocheng, who was a little sober, looked down at the overflowing wine on the table, a look of sternness flashed in his eyes, "I will let them go forever."

Qi Haoming stopped talking, looked at the sky that was about to brighten outside the window, and said softly, "Brother, if you don't go back, father should be worried."

The guards waiting on the side quickly stepped forward to help him up, carried him downstairs and got into the carriage, Zhuo Ye pushed him to the gate of Cuiping Tower, Qi Haoming looked at the drunken elder brother lying inside, and turned to the driver The guard said, "Send eldest brother back first, enter through the back door, don't disturb anyone."

Watching the carriage go away, Qi Haoming said to Zhuo Ye who was behind him, "It's about to dawn, let's go for an early walk, let's go back." Zhuo Ye behind him didn't speak, and pushed the wheelchair towards the Nanyang Hou Mansion The direction slowly pushed past.

The sound of the wheels was particularly abrupt in this silent dawn, and there was the sound of steady footsteps on the bluestone road, walking in an undisturbed manner, accompanied by the sound of the wooden wheels rolling...

A few days later, as the days got hotter and hotter, the atmosphere in the capital became more and more lively. The most widely circulated one was the stage day of Huafang, which happened every day, but this time The main character of the show is very famous. How many people think that this beautiful lady will never appear on stage again. Such a beautiful and refined image makes many people think that her temperament is no less than that of a well-educated young lady in her boudoir. The news of Huafang Out, several people were in an uproar.

Those who wanted to compete began to guess her reserve price. Even the beggars in the streets and alleys would sit together and guess who she would get after a full day of food.

"I think it must be Nanyang Hou Shizi. Didn't everyone say to marry her as Shizi Concubine a few days ago." A beggar picked his teeth with a thin stick in his hand.

"I don't think so. Nanyanghou's family is not the only rich one. Besides, Nanyanghou is willing to let his son spend such a large amount of money on a prostitute?" An older beggar leaned against the wall and analyzed, " Don't you all know that Lord Qing has some interest in this Prince Nanyang?"

The beggars on the side all nodded when they heard this, but the little beggar was quite dissatisfied, "I saw with my own eyes that Nanyang Hou Shizi sent a lot of things to Huafang, and Miss Liu must be interested in that prince."

"It's one thing to be satisfied, but it's another thing to end up with someone else. I also heard that a wealthy businessman came to the capital just for this night. At that time, Aunt Qin of Huafang will recognize money but not people." of."

There was a lot of discussion in the alley, a carriage was parked outside a shop outside the alley, Baoqin hurriedly passed by the entrance of the alley, opened the curtain of the carriage and got in, "Miss, I only found this." In the hand of Baoqin was a beautiful Yingxiu took a look at the brocade cloth box, and thought it was good, so she put the picture of a hundred years of life into it, "I finally found it after running through several shops, and it's too late to make another order, so let's go to Qiao's mansion."

"Miss, guess what I heard outside?" Baoqin looked at her mysteriously after helping to put the brocade cloth away.

"What did you hear?"

"I passed by that shop just now, and in that alley, I heard that Miss Huafang, who I saw on the boat when Miss Hui visited the lake last time, is going to be on stage, and the days are just a few days away!"

"You mean Liu Xu'er?" Yingxiu opened the curtain, the carriage was almost at Qiao's mansion, Baoqin helped her put down the curtain, and muttered, "It should be, what are you talking about, the prince of Nanyang sent a gift to Huai?" Fang."

Yingxiu unconsciously grasped the cushion under her body, Liu Xu'er was about to take the stage, so what would Qi Haosheng do, they had twin sons in the previous life.

Baoqin was talking but didn't notice Yingxiu's slightly pale face, "Miss, haven't you seen Miss Liu, isn't she really beautiful, even more beautiful than you, Miss?"

Before Yingxiu could make a sound, Qingbi pinched the hand holding the piano, and scolded, "Can you compare with Miss, that's a prostitute from Huafang, and now you don't know what to say!"

Baoqin knew she had said something wrong, so she took a careful look at Yingxiu, and seeing that she was not angry, she glanced at Qingbi secretly, "Sister Qingbi, I know I was wrong."

There was a burst of laughter and begging for mercy in the carriage, Yingxiu thought in a trance, if she didn't care about anything, Liu Xu'er was indeed more beautiful than most of the ladies in the capital, plus her understanding side, there is no The lady in the boudoir has a delicate temper, so many people are willing to praise her.

But as an ordinary woman, such a way of cheering may not be happy, and which man is willing to let his beloved woman show her face to make others happy.

In this way, Qi Haosheng definitely won't let it go, Yingxiu suddenly has a mentality of looking forward to the show, what will happen to you hard-fated mandarin ducks who are trapped by love!
The carriage soon arrived at Qiao's mansion, and in two days it would be Mrs. Qiao's 60th birthday. Qiao's mansion began to prepare for Mrs. Qiao's [-]th birthday early. The second son, Qiao Shaotong, who was out of office, failed to come. The daughter-in-law came to celebrate her birthday, and Qiao Qingyou, the eldest daughter who came back to help old Mrs. Qiao celebrate her birthday, made Qiao's mansion lively again.

After Qiao Qingyou got married, she seldom returned home. In Yingxiu's impression, this gentle and pleasant aunt only visited Shen's house when Yingxiu's mother passed away, and hugged her who was crying miserably at that time to comfort her. She slept, and then her aunt accompanied her uncle to work abroad, and she hardly ever went out at that time, and the number of times she met was even more rare.

Ten years later, her aunt was still so beautiful. Yingxiu even thought that if her mother was still alive, she must be very beautiful. Unfortunately, her memory rotted her. What a woman looks like.

(End of this chapter)