Chapter 156

Generally speaking, Xue Tingxiang is happy to see the success of this matter.

It is better to harm others than harm yourself.

Only Wu Wanqiong, who still went to work in the flower shop every day, gave him some headaches. He hoped that this girl would retreat in the face of difficulties, instead of making a fuss, after all, he probably didn't know the eldest girl of the Wu family.

Seeing Shen Shi, Xue Tingxiang tidied up the duty room and planned to go down.

When he walked to the entrance of the Hanlin Academy, he happened to meet a group of people, these newcomers who were in the same discipline as him.

Surrounded in the middle was a very handsome young man, who was the center of this rumor, Tao Yitong. I saw that he was very energetic, and he seemed to be talking about something with the people around him.

Seeing Xue Tingxiang walking out, these people immediately fell silent.

Tao Yitong turned his back, seeing that the people around him were abnormal, so he turned around. Seeing Xue Tingxiang, he froze for a moment, then raised his chin and nodded: "Xue Xiuzhuan."

"I met Xue Xiuzhuan."

Everyone else saluted one after another, but Tao Yi remained the same. Xue Tingxiang took a look at Tao Yitong, then nodded, and walked past the group of people without saying anything.

After he left, Tao Yi and Tongfang snorted disdainfully.

There was a person who was trying to curry favor, and he came closer and said: "Brother Tao, why bother with this kind of people, don't look at him with six yuan and a title of editor, but who doesn't know that he is just a sitter?" It's a cold bench. This cold bench will probably be sitting for a lifetime, how can it compare with Brother Tao."

Tao Yitong's young face was full of arrogance, he just smiled and said nothing.

This "don't say anything" was learned by Tao Yitong recently. In fact, he already knew this before, but given his family background, how could he be qualified to share it with others. But today is different from the past, and he is not the same as before.

A wave of high spirits filled his chest, he looked around, and said loudly: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day, how about I invite you all to drink?"

"How can I ask Brother Tao to invite me, so naturally I am the one who invites Brother Tao."

The group of Hanlin people left while talking.

On the street not far from here, there was a carriage parked.

In the carriage, Wu Wanqiong covered her face with a handkerchief and cried, and said to Amber who was sitting opposite her: "Amber, look, such a person who is so powerful and rampant, my father actually wants me to marry such a person .”

Mrs. Wu Ge's original partner, Mrs. Wu, died early. The current Mrs. Wu is a continuation, but she is quiet and cowardly, at least in front of Mr. Wu Ge and Wu Wanqiong. And Wu Wanqiong didn't have any close female elders since she was a child, Wu Ge was always busy with affairs in the court, and many times Amber was like another elder of hers.

So this time, Wu Wanqiong turned to Amber for help.

Amber naturally watched the scene just now from the beginning to the end. Seeing this, he sighed and persuaded: "Girl, if you really don't want to, just talk to the master, presumably the master will not say anything."

"But my father..."

"Girl, if it's really hard for you to tell, the old slave told the master about it, the master will definitely not know that it's a fire pit, and force the girl to jump into it. It's because the master is impatient, girl, don't blame the master."

"How could I complain about my father? I know he's doing it for my own good. But he really is!" Wu Wanqiong didn't say the rest, but she could see the contempt on her face.

"Miss Tao Yitong is still young, young people are bound to be arrogant, and it is only natural that they can't hold back their anger once they are proud."

"But why didn't that person just now?" Wu Wanqiong said subconsciously in a moment of impatience.

Amber paused for a moment: "Miss, are you talking about the young man from before?" His eyes became meaningful, and he looked at Wu Wanqiong and said: "Miss, how do you know this boy, do you know who he is?"

Wu Wanqiong smiled covertly, and lowered her head to wipe her tears with a handkerchief: "How could I know this person, I just saw that he reacted like that when he clearly heard what those people said."

"Is that so?"

The meaning in Amber's words was too obvious, Wu Wanqiong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Amber, have you misunderstood, how could I know him..." After seeing Amber's eyes, It finally died down.

After a while, she asked in a low voice, "Amber, do you know something?"

Amber sighed heavily: "Girl, do you know who he is?"

Wu Wanqiong didn't speak.

"He is that Xue Tingxiang, the one who almost ruined the master's face and ruined our Wu family's reputation for the rest of his life. How could you be involved with this kind of person? If the master knows—" Amber said The appearance was very distressed: "Girl, you are really confused."

"Amber, did Yingge tell you something?"

"Girl, do you still use Yingge to tell the old slave about this?"

Yes, is there anything in the Wu Mansion that Amber doesn't know about? Even if he didn't know, as the chief manager of the Wu residence, he was also the confidant of Mr. Wu Ge. If he asked, Yingge and even Ah Wu wouldn't dare to say nothing.

Wu Wanqiong's face became stiff: "Amber, did you tell my father about this?"

Amber shook his head: "The master asked, but the slave didn't say anything. Girl, you can't continue to make mistakes."

Wu Wanqiong's face became even more rigid, and her mouth was tightly pursed. Although she didn't say a word, the expressions on her face all showed the resistance deep in her heart.

"Girl, you should know that this son has caused the master a lot of losses. He is definitely not a good match."

"Even if it's not a good match, it's more than a thousand times better than that person!" After saying that, Wu Wanqiong realized what she said, but it was too late to take it back, so she could only continue to maintain a stubborn silence.

Amber looked at her with some helplessness: "Girl, the old slave has already said what he should say, you should think about it for yourself. The old slave watched you grow up, how could he harm you. Not to mention this son and Wu Jianai It's the enemy, he has a wife and son, girl, why don't you make friends with others?"

For the sake of this, Wu Wanqiong couldn't keep silent, so she could only whisper: "Amber, I understand everything you said, don't tell my father about this, I won't continue."

Amber glanced at her with some concern, but could only nod.

*

Xue Tingxiang returned home, changed into his official uniform as before, and went to the shop in front.

Surprisingly, Wu Wanqiong was not here today.

Could it be that he finally gave up?

He asked nonchalantly and found out that Wu Wanqiong's family had something to do, so he asked for a day's leave.

Zhao'er glanced at him and asked curiously, "You've been acting strange recently, why are you so interested in Wan Qiong?"

Xue Tingxiang's heart tightened, and he acted as if nothing had happened: "Is there?"

Zhao'er nodded: "Of course, you have never been like this before, even when Yanran and Tao'er were still there, you never saw you asking so often. Could it be that—" Zhao'er narrowed his eyes, and asked again. He stared wide-eyed and looked him up and down: "Could it be that you have any thoughts about Wan Qiong?"

These words were just jokes, but after finishing speaking, not only Xue Tingshan felt uncomfortable, but even Zhao'er felt a little uncomfortable. Because of this, her eyes gradually became a little strange, and she couldn't help but look at Xue Tingxiang again.

Xue Tingxiang pulled her over: "Where did you go, I am this kind of person?"

"Are you this kind of person? How do I know? You don't often act in big dramas. After some people become officials and masters, they take concubines to beg concubines, and even touch the maids at home. The little widow who lives in this street. Wan Qiong is a widow, she is beautiful and virtuous, maybe you have taken a fancy to her."

Xue Tingxiang was very speechless by Zhao'er's words, and couldn't help but said: "What kind of big dramas are you seeing here? Why do you play everything? I don't remember hearing you say that you love watching theaters. Where did you watch big dramas?"

"It's not the kind of big plays performed by grass-roots theater troupes in the market or in the village. I often watched them when I was young."

Xue Tingxiang knew that this kind of big dramas were all wild troupes who couldn't get along in the city and could only set up stages and sing around to make a living. There are few people, and the costumes are simple and very vulgar. They are all about bullies oppressing women from good families, officials beating mandarin ducks with clubs and taking women from the common people, or some bitter scenes close to rural life.

The beginning and the process must be miserable, but the ending must be that evil will be rewarded with evil, and good will be rewarded with good.

Xue Tingxiang didn't like to watch this kind of drama when he was very young, but he couldn't help the majority of ordinary people at the bottom to like it. Especially the country people, men, women and children alike love to watch it. They know where there is a big show, and they can walk ten miles in groups to watch it.

"You've watched too many big dramas!" Xue Tingxiang patted her butt resentfully, and Zhao'er quickly went to pinch his hand, and said that this was in the shop, not at home, so don't mess around.

After talking, Xue Tingxiang asked Zhao'er if he was jealous, but Zhao'er refused to admit it.

The two of you come and go, and this topic naturally goes to the horizon. After the trouble was over, and seeing the sky outside, the two quickly tidied up and closed the shop door, but Zhao'er's suspicion disappeared without a trace before it arose.

Xue Tingxiang, on the other hand, had nothing to do to find trouble, and asked about it after a rest at night, and asked Zhao'er what she would do if one day she really begged for his concubine.

Zhao'er replied straightforwardly: "It's not easy. I'll take Hong'er with me, and we two can live our own lives. As for you, just hug your little wife Mei and go."

"Don't even think about it." Xue Da Zhuangyuan, who had nothing to do to abuse him, could only calm down the embarrassment deep in his heart by pressing his wife under him angrily.

*

Not to mention this, Wu Wanqiong came to work the next day after a day off.

Zhao'er treats her as before, but the previous things still exist, so he can't help but pay attention to her.

Women are always good at finding imaginary enemies for themselves. Zhao'er compares herself with Wu Wanqiong, compares them with the past, and finds that she is really inferior to others except that she can make money.

For this reason, Zhao'er, who has never been negligent in dressing himself up, finally began to face up to this matter.

It's a pity that it was only three days of excitement, and soon she left it behind.

One day, Zhao'er was eating a handful of melon seeds while gossiping with Wu Wanqiong.

Just talking about what Xue Tingxiang told her before, the incident circulated by the Imperial Academy.

"Tell me about this, isn't it unusual? It's because we weren't born rich enough. If we have enough status, we can be like that girl from the Wu family and pick any man in the world."

She didn't notice Wu Wanqiong's strange expression, and continued without winking: "Fortunately, Miss Wu is not interested in Hong'er's father, otherwise I would have made a decision to quarrel with him."

"Then what if the girl from the Wu family takes a fancy to Hong'er's father? Zhao'er, what will you do?"

Zhao'er looked at her with a broken smile: "Wan Qiong, don't you take it seriously? I'm just kidding. The Wu family girl is such a precious old girl, can she take a fancy to our Hong'er's father? Although Hong'er's father is young He's not that old, but he's the child's father and his wife, and the girls of the Wu family will only look at Hong'er's father if their heads are caught by the door."

"There is always a contingency in everything."

Zhao'er blinked: "What if Miss Wu's head is caught by the door?"

Wu Wanqiong took a deep breath, and said with a forced smile, "In case it's fancy."

"Then she is shameless."

"Ah!" Wu Wanqiong was not prepared for Zhao'er's curse.

Seeing her frightened look, Zhao'er smiled a little embarrassedly: "If this matter is left in our country, it would be shameless. Anyone who knows about it will have to pooh her, call her shameless, and steal other people's men , how radiant your face is!"

Wu Wanqiong couldn't sit still anymore, stood up hastily, and said to Zhao'er: "Zhao'er, please look at the store for a while, I'll go to Gongfang."

"you go."

When Wu Wanqiong's figure was hidden behind the door, a thoughtful look flashed in Zhao'er's eyes.