Flowers are expensive

Chapter 196 Have You Really Forgot Me?
Wang Qiushui rolled his eyelids in dissatisfaction, and when he got up and was about to leave, Ma Liu's voice sounded outside the courtyard door: "Please come inside! I'll go and invite the young lady and the third lady to come out!"

"Who is it?" Wei asked, looking out.

"Sister-in-law, it's me." A young man, about 27 or [-] years old, came in with Ma Liu.When Wang Qiushui saw him, his whole body erupted into joy, he rushed over quickly and shouted, "Brother Chai Xing, it's really you!"

"Chai Xing?" Wei was very surprised, looking up and down Chai Xing, with a particularly astonished expression.

"Sister-in-law, did you scare me?"

Wei Shi nodded slightly and said, "I didn't expect you...are you still alive?"

Chai Xing smiled faintly and nodded.Wang Qiushui didn't care about the conversation between the two at all, just kept laughing at Chai Xing, and said: "Brother Chai Xing, you haven't appeared in front of me for a long time! Where have you been? I have been here for more than half a year." Didn’t you see you? Last time you said you were going to teach me how to practice the sword, remember? Let me tell you, I’ve been wronged here! A country bumpkin injured my knee..."

"Qiu Shui!" Mrs. Wei hurriedly interrupted Wang Qiu Shui, "Chai Xing just arrived, let him take a breather and drink some tea before we talk!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Wang Qiushui immediately turned into an obedient little cat, pulled Chai Xing's arm, raised his head and smiled, "Brother Chai Xing, I will take you in and make the best dragon tongue for you." Lan!" She finished speaking and pulled Chai Xing inside.

Wei Shi followed behind, reached out and tugged Wang Qiushui, trying to remind her to pay attention to her identity.But Qiushui was completely immersed in the excitement of Chai Xing's appearance, so who cares about Wei's little tricks?

Qiu Shui invited Chai Xing to a living room in the backyard, and while ordering someone to make tea, he sat opposite Chai Xing and said with a smile, "Brother Chai Xing, did you come to see me...and my brother and sister-in-law?"

Chai Xing asked Wei, "Where's Xinsheng?"

Wei Shi said: "Didn't you meet him when you came? He led two people out of the mountain to the town early in the morning!"

"Then send someone to call him back!"

Wei's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Did something happen in Beijing?"

Chai Xing glanced at Qiushui, and Wei felt comprehended, and said to Qiushui, "Stop clinging to Chai Xing, we have something to talk about alone. Go to Ma Liu quickly and ask him to send someone who is quick and fast to arrest you. Brother call back."

Qiu Shui looked at Chai Xing reluctantly and said: "Brother Chai Xing finally came here, so what if I talk to him for a while? Sister-in-law, why don't you go?"

Chai Xing said: "Qiu Shui, go, your sister-in-law and I have something serious to say."

Qiu Shui was still very reluctant, but she always listened to Chai Xing very much, even if she was unhappy, she could only walk away first.After Qiushui left, Wei asked hurriedly, "What happened?"

Chai Xing looked at Wei Shi solemnly and said: "You are in this deep mountain, how would you know that the Holy Majesty passed away as early as half a month ago!"

Wei Shi almost screamed: "Really...really?"

"I came here in such a hurry just to tell you that Uncle Wang and Xin Feng (the second young master of the Wang family) have been sent to prison!"

"My God! How could it be..." Wei Shi almost screamed, "At least there is a crime, right?"

"It's so easy to make a charge, not only that, your father was also implicated and put in prison together!"

Wei Shi almost fainted after hearing this, and after holding on to the table to barely stand still, he asked in a trembling voice: "Even my family has been implicated? The Holy Majesty just passed away..."

A hint of helplessness swept across Chai Xing's face and said: "This is the so-called one king and one courtier! Once the Holy Majesty dies, the successors will naturally cut off all the left and right arms of the original Holy Majesty!"

"But Eunuch is the Taifu appointed by the Holy Majesty before his death, the Taizi's Taifu. As usual, the throne should be passed on to the Prince. If the Prince succeeds, how can you embarrass Eunuch?"

"You think too simply!" Chai Xing shook his head and said, "There is still a faction in the ruling and opposition parties that does not support the prince, but prefers the eldest prince Yuan Zuo."

"I heard that the first prince went crazy because of Prince Zhao Tingmei's death, let a prince who was mad become the emperor? Whose idea?"

"Who else? Empress Li and Wang Ji'en!"

Wei said angrily: "It's another eunuch meddling in politics! Then Empress Li is desperately trying to hold on to the power and refuses to let go! If a person who has been insane becomes the emperor, won't they have the final say in the world in the future? No wonder the Holy Majesty died, Just make up excuses and put both of us in jail! Is there nothing we can do?"

"Now the only one who can compete with Empress Li is Lord Lu Duan. Uncle Wang sent someone to inform me before he was imprisoned, and told me to come here to tell you and prepare to escape. This time, the Holy Majesty died, If Yuan Zuo is in power, I am afraid that the important ministers of the Holy Majesty's life will be purged, and it will be inevitable for the Wang family and your Wei family."

"I didn't expect it..."

"Sister-in-law, now is not the time to think about these things. You can't go back to Bianjing City, and you can't stay here, so you can only call Xincheng back and go to another place for shelter. If Mr. Lu Duan can come around, With Prince Zhao Heng on the throne, the situation is another story."

Wei's heart skipped a beat for a while, and he nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay! We must find Xincheng immediately!"

"Don't worry, I rushed here quickly. If the imperial court takes action, I'm afraid it won't be so fast. You should have someone call Xincheng back as soon as possible, so that he doesn't show his face outside for the time being!"

"I got it! By the way, Chai Xing, sit down for a while, I'm afraid Qiu Shui won't be clear, so I have to go and tell Ma Liu myself."

"Okay, let's go!"

Wei quickly turned around and ran out of the hall door, looking for Ma Liu.Chai Xing got up and walked out the door, looking around.At this time, Mrs. Xiao walked over quickly holding a pot of tea, bent over and said courteously: "My dear guest, the tea has been brewed, please take it easy!"

"Ma'am, I'm asking you for someone."

"Please tell me! If it's from this village, I don't know anything about it."

After hesitating for a moment, Chai Xing asked, "Is there someone named Qin Lihua in this village?"

Sister-in-law Xiao was so surprised, she couldn't help but glanced up at Chai Xing, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, but does your guest know Qin Lihua?"

"Oh, it's acquaintance, so it's an old friend. Is she not in the village now? I remember that Uncle Wang sent her to the village."

When Mrs. Xiao heard that Chai Xing called Mr. Wang so affectionately, she immediately introduced it warmly: "She used to be in this village, but recently she made a small fortune, and asked the young master to redeem her body and move to the village. Live elsewhere."

"Where did you move to?" Chai Xing asked eagerly.

Sister-in-law Xiao felt even more curious, and continued: "I moved to the east of the village, and there is a large flower field over there, which belongs to her family."

"Flower field? Is she planting flowers?"

"Isn't it? Now they are all little bosses!

"Really?" Chai Xing looked at the water tank in the middle of the courtyard and said with a sour smile, "She actually became the hostess herself? I really didn't realize it!"

"Where did she do it by herself? Without her man, a woman wouldn't be able to plant such a large field of flowers..."

"Her man?" Chai Xing's face changed suddenly.

"Yes, she has a man!" Sister-in-law Xiao looked at Chai Xing's green face in astonishment and said, "She was married to a servant as soon as she came to this village. Don't you know?"

"Oh... I know... You leave the tea and go get busy!" Suddenly, Chai Xing realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly suppressed the jealous and sad expression on his face, and waved his hand to let Sister-in-law Xiao go down.

Mrs. Xiao hurriedly put the teapot on the table in the hall, took the tray, and left with a strange expression.After she left, Chai Xing lowered his head and sighed, "Am I still late after all?"

"Brother Chai Xing!" Qiu Shui's cheerful voice sounded again.She quickly ran to Chai Xing and said with a smile: "I have already sent someone to look for my brother! Don't worry, he will be back soon! You must be bored, right? Let's go, I will show you around !"

"No need, Qiu Shui." Chai Xing declined.

"Oh, that's right! You must be tired after walking the mountain road for so long? I'll take you to rest right now, and I'll call you back when lunch is ready! The ones are terrible, you can only make do with it!"

"Okay, thank you, Qiushui!"

"Brother Chai Xing," Qiu Shui pouted dissatisfiedly, "Why are you always so polite to me! Don't say thank you, okay?"

"Okay." Chai Xing nodded.

Satisfied, Qiushui took Chai Xing's arm and led him to the guest room.After seeing him enter the room to rest with his own eyes, Qiu Shui happily turned around and went to arrange lunch.

After sitting in the room for a while, Chai Xing still got up and quietly left the village, walking towards the east of the village.Along the way, he asked two people to find the flower field that Mrs. Xiao mentioned.Standing on the ridge and looking at it at a glance, this flower field is really conspicuous, like a beautiful back garden.This is the time when golden autumn chrysanthemums are blooming, and the fragrance of chrysanthemums fills the nostrils.The golden chrysanthemum petals are connected one by one like a blanket.Just as Chai Xing stopped to appreciate it, two women's voices suddenly came from his ears.

"Ma'am, do you think you want to find two people to accompany Aunt Yuan? Although the Cao family removed the wreaths and white linen, Aunt Yuan still feels uncomfortable in her heart! What if she gets hot-headed and hangs herself up again?" Do it?"

"Alright, you can find a woman to accompany her. Orphans and widows are pitiful enough. You don't have to come to the field these two days, and the wages will be counted."

"Oh, how dare you? Don't worry, when I get back, I'll find someone suitable to go to her house to look after her."

Chai Xing's body froze suddenly, and he turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from.The voice came from behind a chrysanthemum bush on his right. As the sound approached, two figures appeared behind the chrysanthemum bush, one was Luo Shi and the other Pear Blossom.

When the figure of Pear Blossom appeared in his pupils, he was stunned, his eyes were empty, only the beautiful shadow of Pear Blossom was left!He stared blankly at Pear Blossom, his eyes were a little dazed, as if he hadn't recovered yet.

After doing the math, I haven't seen pear blossoms for more than half a year.He still remembered that the last time he saw pear blossoms was in the garden of Wang Mansion.In a blink of an eye, as if countless years had passed, the appearance of Lihua in front of her eyes had not changed, but her smile was even brighter.

Before he could say the name that had been brewing in his throat, Lihua brushed past him with a smile on his face!Lihua seemed as if she didn't know him, she didn't even raise her eyelids, and walked past him calmly with Luo Shi!
"How come..." His body became stiff again, no, it was as if frozen.He couldn't believe it at all, the person who passed him by just now and turned a blind eye to him would be Lihua!
Why?Why does Lihua seem to not recognize herself at all?He kept asking this question in his heart at this moment!

After five seconds of being stiff, he turned around quickly and shouted at the pear blossom that was walking away: "Wait!"

Lihua stopped, turned around, looked at him calmly and asked, "Did you call me?"

(End of this chapter)