Husband of Emperor Husband: Queen of Sky Price

Chapter 22

"Let's go."

A group of people went to the gate of Mu's mansion. Lu'er had ordered people to prepare the carriage and stopped outside the gate of the mansion.

Qing Yao only took Mei Xin and Xiao Dai to Zhao's house, and Xiao Dai ordered the carriage to go all the way to the western suburbs.

The western suburbs are adjacent to the Liujiang River. The upper reaches of the Liujiang River are flower houses and wine alleys. There are countless brothels and Chu houses. Meat and meat in the wine pool, drunk eyes looking at the flowers without saying a word, infinitely good, near dusk.

The carriage passed by the front door, and the old bustard's voice was heard from a distance: "Master, come in and have a look, the girl in our drunken red building is a first-class beauty, you are satisfied."

Mu Qingyao lifted up the corner of the curtain and took a look. She never thought that Xiao Dai would live in such a place and still maintain a pure nature. It is really not easy. No wonder her father made her take a heavy oath to always be by the water Let's go, how can we not get our shoes wet.

In the lower reaches of the Liujiang River, there lived the poorest families in the entire capital, which was a dead corner of Lin'an City.

The economy is backward and the population is sparse. Every family built a bamboo house near the river. There is a small boat by the river. The bamboo house and boat are their shelter and become their home. Refugee camps in Africa, bamboo huts lined up by the river, there are many old clothes hanging around the bamboo huts, swaying in the wind, a lot of garbage floating on the river, all thrown down from the upper reaches, emitting a burst of smoke The stench is disgusting.

Xiao Dai got out of the carriage, and the children who were playing by the river stopped, and two of them rushed over and shouted at Xiao Dai: "Sister, you are back, sister, you are back, we I miss you so much, Dad misses you too, brother misses you too, sister?"

The two children were sallow and thin, they looked like they hadn't eaten, and they were out of breath after saying a few words. Mu Qingyao turned around and told Mei Xin to buy some food. Mei Xin responded, turned around and walked to the carriage He gave the coachman five taels of silver and asked him to buy some food.

"Yes," the coachman drove the carriage and left first.

It seems that Xiaodai hasn't been home for a long time. Seeing her younger siblings happily hugging each other, she didn't think of Mu Qingyao until she had enough hugs. She turned her head and said embarrassedly, "Miss, I made you laugh."

Mu Qingyao shook her head, and followed Xiaodai to Zhao's house. There were many skinny old people standing beside the row of bamboo houses. Those old eyes were shining with hazy light, staring blankly at Mu Qingyao. Qingyao and the others, at this moment, Mu Qingyao's cold heart was touched a little, if she could, she wanted to help them...

"Daddy, brother, sister is back, sister is back."

The two children hurriedly pushed open the door of the bamboo house, a musty smell mixed with the smell of medicine came out, there was a sound in the bamboo house, coughing suddenly, accompanied by a voice with a change of tone: "Daddy, please slow down, sister, don't you?" will run away."

There are two bamboo huts. There is a bamboo bed in the outer room. An old man is sleeping on the bed. His face is full of wrinkles and his eyes are shining. When he sees Xiao Dai, he wants to get up quickly. Unfortunately, he is not healthy. Tough, struggling for a long time and still lying on the bed, Xiao Dai plopped and knelt down in front of the bed: "Daddy, my daughter's unfilial piety made Daddy sad."

"Just come back, just come back."

The old man lovingly stretched out his hand to touch his daughter's face. That hand was like a chicken paw, without any flesh and blood. Standing beside the bed was a teenage boy whose face was too pale due to lack of nutrition. Too thin, obviously a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, but growing like a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, standing by the bamboo bed at this time, looking at his elder sister distressedly.

"Sister, where have you been for the past six months? We are so worried about you."

"I'm fine, Mingcheng," Xiaodai shook her head, stood up as if remembering something, and solemnly introduced Mu Qingyao to her family: "Daddy, this is Miss."

"Miss?" The old man and Ming Cheng were taken aback, staring blankly at the noble and elegant woman in front of them, covering the entire bamboo house like a ray of light. They had never seen such a beautiful woman before, and there was a natural nobility in every gesture. , but she is not like those domineering official daughters, the corners of her eyes are full of contempt, as if they are trash, her eyes are clear and clean, when she looks at them, it seems that the sun is shining on them of.

"Xiao Dai sold herself to me, and from then on she is mine, and has nothing to do with the Zhao family."

Mu Qingyao opened her mouth without hesitation, the dark light at the bottom of her eyes shrank slightly, her eyes were clear and transparent, after the old man's eyes froze, he looked at Mu Qingyao seriously: "What will you let her do?"

"Let her live as she lives, let her die as she wants, but I won't let her do what she shouldn't do."

Mu Qingyao promises that what she wants is absolute loyalty, but she will not let Xiaodai do things she shouldn't do. Even if her father is so poor that he loses the whole world, he will not allow his daughter to fall into the alley of fireworks and wine. So she will never let her do things she shouldn't do.

"Okay, she's yours from now on," the old man nodded calmly, thinking about getting up and kowtow to Mu Qingyao, wanting to thank her for taking Xiao Dai in, at least she won't end up in those dirty places. It was the only thing he could do for her. He believed that following the woman in front of him would be better than following them.

Mu Qingyao nodded in satisfaction. It seems that this old man is very shrewd. He used to be worthy of being an escort, and he must have thought of this. It is better for Xiaodai to follow her than to live in a brothel, although she has not taken that one now. , but there is no guarantee that she will leave one day. Now that she has sold herself, she is only a maidservant at best, and a maidservant also has dignity.

Mingcheng, who had been standing silently, heard that his sister had sold him, with tears in his eyes, and shook his head disapprovingly.

"Sister, how could you do this? Mingcheng just wants to be with my sister."

"Mingcheng is good. If my sister is not here in the future, you will be the pillar of the family. Take good care of your father and sister, and my sister will rest assured." Xiao Dai stretched out her arms to wrap her arms around her elder brother's body. Looking at Mingcheng's thin body, she felt herself Her decision was right, she sold herself and saved the whole family, and she didn't regret following Miss.

The people in the room were talking, and there was a voice outside the door of the bamboo house: "Miss, I bought something."

Mu Qingyao looked at Mei Xin, and Mei Xin ran to the door quickly, took a large bag of steamed buns from the coachman's hand, put them on the table, looked at the two children, and saw them greedily staring at the hot Hot buns, Mei Xin greeted them.

"Come here and eat buns."

The two children swallowed their saliva, and no longer cared about being polite, they rushed to the table to pick up the buns and ate them, Mei Xin was afraid that they would choke, so she took care of them, repeatedly reminding them: "Slow down, slow down. "

Seeing the actions of the two younger siblings, Mingcheng walked over angrily, slapped the older brother, and reprimanded him severely: "You all know how to eat, this is my sister's prostitution money, after you eat something, you don't want to eat it again." There is no sister."

The child was frightened at first, then came back to his senses, burst into tears, threw down the buns and surrounded his sister.

"Sister, don't, don't, we want a sister."

Looking at the scene in front of her, Mu Qingyao felt that her throat was a little tight. At this time, she looked like a villain, but she didn't like people who got something for nothing, and she had to pay if she wanted to get it. Xiao Dai wanted the whole family To live a good life, you have to pay your own price.

"Shut up." The old man lying on the bed coughed, and ordered the children coldly, what's wrong with that?
The bamboo house suddenly became quiet. The old man looked at Mu Qingyao, with guilt in his eyes, and smiled weakly: "I made you laugh."

Mu Qingyao didn't say anything, and looked at the old man and Mingcheng: "Your sister is great and makes you proud, and she is not an ordinary slave, ordinary slaves are only worth five taels of silver, you know Xiaodai sold her How much is it?"

Her cold words sounded, the old man's wide eyes were bright and dazzling, his lips trembled slightly, Mu Qingyao looked at the old man, and said word by word: "2000 taels, how many people in this world are penniless, and she deserves 2000 taels, so Mingcheng, if you want your sister to go away with peace of mind, take care of your family like a man."

After Mu Qingyao finished speaking, everyone in the bamboo house was stunned, as if hearing a story about Tianfang Yetan. My sister sold it for 2000 taels. My God, my sister is going to be a slave, she is going to enjoy the blessings. A slave is only worth five taels, but my sister is worth 2000 taels. This is an astronomical figure, and the old man was so excited that he couldn't say a word.

Mu Qingyao glanced at everyone, obviously everyone agreed with this matter, so she didn't need to stay, she turned around and told Mei Xin: "Give 50 taels of silver to Xiaodai, let her hire a doctor, and give the other to my younger siblings." We make two good suits."

"Yes, miss," Mei Xin nodded respectfully, took out her 50 taels of silver, and handed it to Xiao Dai, who turned around and handed it to Ming Cheng.

"Xiaodai, the rest of the money will go to Mu's house tomorrow, and we will go back."

After Mu Qingyao said hello to the old man on the bed, she turned around and left the bamboo house. The old man in the house hurriedly told Xiao Dai: "Send your young lady out of the western suburbs."

"Yes, Daddy," Xiao Dai led the order and walked out. The western suburbs are mixed with fish and dragons, so it's very unsafe. This young lady is a good person, so don't let her encounter any danger. Xiao Dai finally met a nobleman.

In the bamboo house, Mingcheng looked at the silver in his hand, when did he see so much money.

"Daddy, what do you see?"

The old man's face glowed, and he smiled: "Mingcheng, your sister has met a nobleman, and I am finally relieved. She is going to enjoy the blessings, so we don't need to worry about it."

"Yes, Daddy."

On the carriage, Mu Qingyao told Xiao Dai: "Don't disturb the other people in the house tomorrow, and just take the rest of the money to Mei Xin."

(End of this chapter)