Concubine like a house

Chapter 42
"Recently, Yunfeng has been begging to see you one after another, and wants to marry you again." Yun Ci pretended to be silent.

Chu Xiu was slightly surprised when he heard the words, and it took a moment to think back: "You mean, the nephew of Steward Yun?"

"Ah."

Chuxiu bit her lip, looked at the basin of unwashed clothes at her feet, and asked, "The meaning of Hou Ye's coming here today is that the servants of Enzhun choose by themselves?"

This time, Yun Ci did not correct her for calling herself a "servant", but only asked, "What do you mean?"

Chuxiu looked at the clothes on the rack that were fluttering in the wind, and was lost in thought for a moment.She wanted to leave, especially after she found out that Xia Yanran was pregnant with a child, her desire to leave was so strong.

Yun Ci, I don't need myself anymore.A prostitute, a double, probably has exhausted his appetite.Thinking of this, Chuxiu only smiled: "Since Guanshi Yun is asking to marry... If Lord Hou is merciful, please let me do it."

"Fulfillment?" Yunci's voice tightened, and the words came out a little hoarse.

"Slave wants to leave, if you still have a little ... old love, then let me do it. It is not suitable to stay around me as a filthy identity, and it will tarnish you for nothing." Chuxiu said this calmly, without any resentment.

"You hate me that much? Do you not hesitate to ruin yourself?" The last ray of light in the dusk flashed at the end of this sentence, and the night fell suddenly, so dark that it was suffocating.

Chuxiu looked up at the sky, and there was a dead silence in his heart: "No, I don't hate. It's too uncomfortable to hate someone, and besides, I concealed it first... I did something wrong."

"So you are willing to commit yourself to Yunfeng in order to leave Yunfu?" Yun Ci questioned with a hint of sarcasm, "Don't forget that Yunfeng and his uncle are both slaves of the Yun family, and have been like this for generations."

"Boss Yun asked to marry me twice, and I'm afraid it was sincere. He didn't dislike me. It's my blessing. Whether it's a wife or a concubine, it's better than being a washerwoman in this laundry room and being ridiculed."

Chuxiu's choice was far from Yunci's expectation. He thought that Chuxiu would prefer to return to Shen Yu's side again, and he also arranged it this way.Tasting the bitter taste, Yun Ci could only ask again: "You really think so?"

The wind was blowing, and the cloth was blown to dry, and the faint voice of Xiuxiu scattered with the wind, as if there was no soul: "A wise man never resents, he will leave in a hurry and start again. I have fallen two times. Again, now I want to learn to be smart."

A wise person never resents, and will leave in a hurry and start over again... She said it very well, beyond his expectations.At this moment, Yunci was relieved, Chuxiu was much stronger than he imagined.Even if he hurt her again in the future, failed her again, or even passed away suddenly, she would probably be able to survive strong.

Thinking like this, Yunci did not respond for a long time.If the sky is still bright at this time, Chuxiu will definitely see the sadness and relief in his eyes.However, the reason why Yun Ci chose to come at the end of the evening was because he wanted to take a better look at her as the sun was setting.Then, let the dark night that came as promised cover up his last affection and reluctance.

Obviously, he did it, and she finally gave up.

Seeing Xiu again, she has been waiting for Yunci.At first it was waiting for him to forgive himself, later it was waiting for him to listen to his own explanation, and now it was waiting for his promise.She doesn't want to hate, but it doesn't mean she is still willing to face it. If Shen Yu doesn't give her redemption, maybe she can save herself.

But after waiting for a while, she only waited for Yun Ci's categorical rejection: "Yun Feng can't do it, I don't agree."

Chu Xiuwen said with a wry smile: "I really can't figure out what you are thinking. My deed of prostitution is in your hands, and I am married to Yunfeng. After all, I am still a slave of Yunfu. Instead of looking at each other now, you Why don't you just let me go?"

It's boring to watch... It turns out that she has been able to say these four words calmly.Yun Ci opened his mouth, and found that he was powerless to refute, and was about to find an excuse to let Chu Xiu give up Yun Feng, but saw Zhu Ying running in in a hurry, followed by Zhuo Yan, both of them looked anxious.

"Report to Lord Marquis, Madam, she... is gone!"

Xia Yanran is gone?This means... Yun Ci immediately lowered his face and shouted angrily: "Speak well!"

Zhu Ying looked behind, Zhuo Yan immediately took a step forward, his eyes were reddish and he said urgently: "Back to Lord Hou, Madam said that she was dizzy and wanted to go out for a walk in the afternoon, and said that too many people followed her and felt bored, so I only let you The maidservant followed around. But after walking for a long time, the madam said that she was too cold, and ordered the maidservant to go back to Zhiyanxuan to get a cloak, and when the maidservant ran back again, the madam disappeared."

"When did you see me?" Yun Ci frowned, grasping the point of Zhuo Yan's words.

How could Zhuoyan dare to hide it anymore: "It's been... an hour."

an hour?Yun Ci pondered in his heart.With Xia Yanran's arrogant and noble temperament, since she went out with a big belly, she should hug her and let a group of people follow her, so why did she go out alone?What's more, she is very measured in her work, and she hasn't come back after going out for so long, which is really a bit unusual.Especially, hearing what Zhuoyan meant, did Xia Yanran deliberately ignore everyone?
Even if it was a joke, it would be too long to disappear for an hour.Yunci raised his head and looked at the pitch-black sky again, finally feeling a little worried.Even if she has little affection for Xia Yanran, she is his wife after all, and she is pregnant with his child.

Finally, Yunci couldn't care less about talking to Chuxiu, and turned to Zhuying and said, "Add more people to search the Hefu. Then ask the guards at the main entrance, side entrance and back entrance. It can be seen that Madam has gone out."

It was getting late, and it was inconvenient to find people.But if no one can be found tonight, it can only mean that Xia Yanran has been secretly targeted.Maybe, it's unknown if it's the same group as the person who committed the poisonous love!After all, Xia Yanran's pregnancy will give birth to a healthy son!

Thinking of this, Yunci took another deep look at Chuxiu.He suddenly felt extremely fortunate that he had relegated her to this seemingly hard-working laundry room.This proves that his thinking is correct, this method has already paralyzed the enemies in the dark, making them turn their attention to Xia Yanran!

"You stay here, don't go anywhere." Yunci said to Chuxiu.He asked Zhuying to call in two dark guards to guard outside the washing room, and then quickly left to look for Xia Yanran.

Throughout the night, Chuxiu obeyed Yun Ci's orders and sat and waited in the washing room.But even if she didn't go out, she knew that the Yun Mansion had fallen apart.Those missing people's voices, as well as the light of the lantern, filled her hearing and vision at the same time, making her palpitations.

The washing room is a damp place, and at midnight it becomes more eerie, cold and terrifying.The colorful brocades on the drying racks danced in the wind, like ghosts floating around in the underworld.

An ominous thought suddenly arises in Chuxiu, a premonition that something terrible is about to happen.She tried her best to reassure herself not to think wildly, but after an unknown amount of time, she heard footsteps outside the door.

At the same time as the door opened, Qian Yun and Zhu Ying came together carrying lanterns, and said to Chu Xiu: "Master Hou sent you to the punishment hall for interrogation."

Is it the punishment hall again?Chuxiu gave a "thump" in his heart, and blurted out, "Have you found Madam?"

Qian Yun and Zhu Ying both had dignified expressions, especially Qian Yun, who had an unbearable expression on his usually cold face.Chuxiu's heart was seized in an instant, and she heard Qian Yun choked up and said: "Madam's body was salvaged from the lotus pond in Jingyuan, and there was a dagger stuck in her lower abdomen...so soaked...unrecognizable."

With a "boom", Chuxiu felt his brain explode, and he staggered to the point of fainting: "What did you say?"

Qian Yun was unable to repeat it again, so she just said: "Don't delay, Lord Hou sent you to the execution hall, go quickly."

Chuxiu didn't care about Yunci's intention to summon him, so he hurried away with the two of them with a lantern.

Coming to the Xingtang again after more than three months, Chuxiu felt like a world away.This time there were fewer people in the hall, only Yunci was sitting on the main seat, the fourth concubine Tai Luanqing, the genius doctor Qu Fang;

Normally speaking, when such a big event happened, everyone in Yunfu should be present, why are there only these few people?Chuxiu was thinking to herself, and suddenly she heard Yun Ci sternly shout at her: "Kneel down!"

Chuxiu was startled at first, and looked at Yunci on Danchi's seat, and saw that his face was pale, his eyes were red, and his sadness was undisguised.In this situation, Chuxiu felt that she was about to shed tears, she didn't think much about Yun Ci's abnormality, she only thought that he was distraught, and knelt down as she said, and said in a hoarse voice: "My condolences to Lord Hou."

Hearing this, Yun Ci sneered, which was extremely ear-piercing.Chuxiu raised her head in bewilderment, and found that he was holding something in his hand, which was wet, like a...clothes?Just as he was thinking, there was a soft "plop", and Yunci had already put the clothes in his hand in the center of the execution hall, just in front of Chuxiu.She leaned over to look, only to realize that it was a cloak, exquisite in style, unusual in color, and...very familiar.

"This cloak is..." Chuxiu murmured.

"You recognize this cloak!" Yun Ci's voice was like a cold lake, chilling to the bone, "I remember you wearing it, and it was given by Pinyan."

(End of this chapter)