Foster son and husband

Chapter 118
Meiniang followed Xu Junying to salute the old lady, and the two walked out together. Zhuang Yulan still followed behind with her head lowered as usual. Meiniang saw Xu Junying and didn't look back until she walked down the steps. She was not used to the caring and considerate words of parting, so she couldn't help but say to Xu Junying who stopped and waited:

"You didn't say goodbye to Cousin Lan, where is she still standing!"

Xu Junying looked at her sideways: "Stand if you want, what does it have to do with you?"

Mei Niang was speechless, her tone was too unfriendly, and she didn't know what would happen next, so it's better not to play at this time, gather your thoughts, concentrate on dealing with him, and hope for good luck.

She bowed her head and walked forward, Xu Junying followed behind, she had to walk faster, in the past he always walked in front, tonight...he did it on purpose!
Being chased away like a duck was really bad, Mei Niang couldn't take it anymore, she stepped aside and stopped, excused being tired, and asked Cuixi, who was leading the way with a lantern, to come over and help her walk, and told her Xu Junying said: "Master Hou will take a step ahead, we will follow slowly!"

Xu Junying stretched out a hand, and before Mei Niang knew what was going on, he grabbed her wrist and instinctively clenched her fist to break free, but Xu Junying didn't use much force, but she couldn't break free no matter what.

Xu Junying said calmly: "Cuixi will lead the way before holding the lamp, and I will support your grandma!"

Seeing Cuixi standing still, her voice became cold: "Didn't you hear me? Do you want to say it again?"

Cuixi called softly: "Grandma!"

Meiniang knew that Cuixi, who was careful, saw her struggling, and didn't want her to worry, so she said, "Then let Master Hou help me, it's the same!"

Cuixi blessed Fushen, and walked away with the lantern.

Xu Junying said: "How can I be like them? Go, I have something to say when I go back!"

Speaking of speeding up her pace, Meiniang tripped over the long skirt and shook the hand held by him angrily: "I am no better than you, I am a woman...you can try wearing a skirt, can you walk so fast! "

Xu Junying saw Cuisi turned his head sideways, thinking he was snickering, so he had no choice but to slow down again, be patient, keep pace with Mei Niang, remembered something, and said to Mei Niang: "Recently there is a Foreign envoys came to visit, and among the tributes they offered were some children’s playthings, the emperor gave Heng’er some of them, I just took them to Qiuhuayuan, he likes them very much.”

Mei Niang nodded and responded casually: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Lord Hou!"

His hands tightened, feeling that Xu Junying had exerted a little force, but he didn't say anything, and kept holding her, Meiniang clenched her fists tightly, letting him pull her back to Tsinghua University like a prisoner.

Xu Junying didn't let her go, and took her to the east courtyard: "Go to Wen Jinxuan, let's talk!"

Mei Niang didn't want to go, but she was pulled by him, so she couldn't help herself, so she could only follow him: "What are you going to say, isn't it good to go to the room? You want Rui Zhu Rui Bao to inform the old lady tomorrow morning and send us Tell the old lady everything you said?"

"You don't need to worry about this, send your girls away and let them go back to the room first!"

Xu Junying gently withdrew his hand, and pulled Meiniang closer. Meiniang could feel the heat emanating from his body, and heard Xu Junying say in her ear:
"Ruizhu Ruibao belongs to the old lady. I don't want them to know. If they know, they will not be able to live!"

Meiniang was stunned for a moment, then recalled, and hurriedly told Cuixi Cuisi to go back, and followed Xu Junying obediently into the Moon Cave Gate.

The east courtyard is silent and full of shadows. The only bright room is Wen Jinxuan, Xu Junying’s bedroom. in the dark.

Xu Junying pulled Meiniang into the room, turned and closed the door, and then let her go. Meiniang rubbed the wrist he had grabbed, and looked around. It was still the same as last time, neat and standard. In Mei Niang's eyes, the military dormitory seemed too cold, and she might not be able to sleep if she lived here.

Xu Junying pointed to the chair beside the table: "Sit down!"

Square walnut wood table, dull color, I don’t like it, there are tea and fruit snacks on the table, it’s a long door array?How long will that take?Mei Niang was very unwilling.

"Talking here? How about going to the study!"

"Isn't it nice here?"

"I think the study is better!"

Meimei suddenly found a strange thing, the Duobaoge next to the wall, I didn't pay attention to it last time, there are several exquisite playthings on the shelf above, made of gold, silver, jade, copper, the pure gold doll The blue-eyed unicorn, as the old lady said, is here.

Seeing her standing in front of Duobaoge silently, Xu Junying walked over: "If you want to do this, I will follow you!"

But I saw him stretching his hand into an empty grid above Duobaoge, and I couldn't see the movement of his hand, only heard a squeak, the wall next to Duobaoge actually moved, and a door appeared, Meiniang was shocked :
"The secret room?"

The so-called secret room, a place where secret treasures are hidden!The mysterious place that I only had the chance to see in movies and TV in my previous life, unexpectedly appeared in front of my eyes this time.

Xu Junying glanced at her: "I don't believe you haven't walked through this door!"

Meiniang was tongue-tied: "I, when did I walk through this door? This is your secret room, what treasures are there, can anyone enter?"

The door was not as dark as imagined, but there was warm light. Mei Niang looked at Xu Junying, Xu Junying nodded, and she walked in full of curiosity. Once she passed the door, she couldn't help being disappointed: What secret room?It is basically another room, with doors and windows, but there are bookcases on all sides, all kinds of books and classics are stacked neatly, one side of the desk is placed behind the curtain, there are pens, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk, documents and files, one A lamp and candle, radiating brilliance alone.

"Isn't it your study room? Why bother to fix that secret door? It's so mysterious, I really thought..."

"Why?"

"Thought you had a secret room where the treasure was hidden."

Xu Junying looked at her deeply: "This door, this study room was originally sealed, but it was rebuilt later when it was no longer necessary. It can be entered from the outside, and the secret door is kept for the convenience of walking directly from the bedroom. Come in. Other than my father, only I know about this door, and later Lao Qi also knew about it, I told him!"

When it comes to Lao Qi, I understand a little bit.

Mei Niang lowered her eyes: "What does Hou Ye want to say to me?"

"I have a lot to say to you, sit down first!"

Xu Junying moved a chair for Meiniang to sit down, walked around behind the desk, and sat opposite her: "The entire East Courtyard, no one moves around, and Baoju will deal with anyone who dares to leave the room without permission!"

Mei Niang glanced at the closed window: "What if my people come to find me?"

"They can't enter the Moon Cave Gate!"

Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, if you have something to say, please say it!"

Xu Junying didn't know how to start for a while, there were too many questions, and he couldn't rush, but fortunately, the long night was long, and he could ask all the same questions.

"You, why did you pretend to be Cen Meimei?"

"I'm not pretending to be the top, maybe I'm the only one with this name in this country!"

"But you are Qin Meiniang, a former boudoir, and now the Marquis of Weiyuan, how can you have anything to do with Xiankelai's original proprietor, Cen Guiquan from Lingnan?"

Mei Niang glanced at him: "My grandmother—my natal grandmother's surname is Cen! I met Brother Cen completely by accident. He returned to his hometown as a filial piety, and he refused to hand over the cyclamen to someone with a foreign surname, so I did it." I appointed the Young Proprietor, took over Cyclamen, and took over his residence, that's all!"

Xu Junying looked at her in disbelief: "He believed you so easily and entrusted Cyclamen to you?"

"It's not entrusted, it's sold out. Cyclamen is now the property of Qin Feng, the young mistress of the Qin family and wife of Qin Boqing, and I'm just a second-hand proprietor!"

"Second-hand owner?"

"Uh, it's managed, one level higher than Manager Lu!"

The corners of Xu Junying's lips twitched slightly, and he soon returned to normal: "It takes a lot of money to buy out Cyclamen. I had someone check your account today, and there is no deficit in the account. Where did you get the money?"

Mei Niang said: "I said before, I will not be greedy for a penny of your Xu family's money!"

Xu Junying snorted: "You think you have no evidence, so you refuse to tell the truth, right? You issued a note and took 35 taels from the account in my name, just for this?"

Mei Niang pursed her lips: Damn fourth accountant Zhu, who swore and swore, he still sold her!
Seeing her lowering her head, Xu Junying smiled slightly, but her voice was still cold: "You are so bold, you just used my name to take money out to do business to make money, but you even plotted against your own family, the second master, me, and my younger brothers all How much money was spent on hosting a banquet in Cyclamen, and you dare to accept it all!"

"That's none of my business. It's the daily income and expenses that the shopkeeper manages. He only knows that I'm Cen Meimei, and doesn't recognize... Qin Meiniang!"

Mei Niang tidied her sleeves leisurely: "The money of the Hou Mansion is empty there, I only borrowed it for two months - please note: it is borrowed! There are borrowed and repaid, and the account is evened out." , The silver has been returned to the treasury. The expenses of the Hou Ye and the men in the mansion in Cyclamen, I will inform the shopkeeper Lu, and I will pay it back in full!"

"Did I ask you to pay it back? How? Tell them that the cyclamen was originally managed by the grandma in the mansion, and they received their money by mistake before. What do they think of you? The people in the clan, the elders Madam, Second Master and Madam will not allow you to do this!"

Mei Niang raised her head to look at him, Xu Junying's eyes were cold and stern: "Immediately give up Cyclamen, I will take Heng'er back for you, and you can take him with you for a lifetime, and be your wife in peace in the mansion. Run around!"

"Impossible!" Meiniang reacted fiercely, "That's my career, I won't let it go!"

"Career?" Xu Junying sneered: "What kind of career do you want as a woman? Isn't such a large family business in the Hou Mansion not enough for you? You said you like money, what do you want so much money for? It doesn't take much to subsidize your mother's family. Thanks to His Majesty's kindness, I now have double salaries, one for the public use of the mansion and one for Bao Ju, if you like it, just take it!"

What's the point of taking dead wages, is it comparable to running Cyclamen freely?That kind of wind and water, and the feeling of making money every day is so good!Mei Niang almost thoughtlessly refused, "I don't like it! Give it to the new grandma, I..."

"Qin Meiniang!"

Xu Junying patted the table. He was smiling just now, but now his face turned blue: "If you insist on going your own way, not only the people around you, but also all the stewards in the yard, and those wives and doormen who are used by you , The coachmen hired outside will be exhausted by you!"

　There is an update in the evening, to make up for yesterday's pink tickets.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)