Poor Lady

The murmur of rain outside the house brings the chill of late autumn.

Mother Qi looked outside and said, "It seems that the rain won't stop for a while. Baoer will go home today. Ronger, will you call a carriage to pick him up?"

Qi Surong put down the needle and thread in her hand, got up and said, "I'll pick it up myself, just to see how Subao is doing in Yingshu Pavilion."

"Alright, pay attention to safety." Mother Qi urged worriedly.

Qi Surong packed up and took Ping'er into the carriage and drove to Yingshu Pavilion.

Su Bao has been under Xu Chen's door for more than a month, and he usually goes home every seven days. Every time he went home, Qi Surong would ask him about his study status. Su Bao is smart and smart, and has made remarkable progress after joining the teacher, but occasionally there is a bit of melancholy between his eyebrows.

Qi Surong has been so busy recently that she neglected Subao. She had to pay attention to the lessons learned.

"Miss, Yingshu Pavilion is here." The coachman stopped the carriage and turned around.

Qi Surong lifted the curtain, and Yingshu Pavilion was opposite. Only two or three pedestrians passed by in a hurry on the street, but several carriages passed by.

She looked to the other side, not far from Yingshu Pavilion, there was a medium-sized academy. Although it was not as good as Baiyang Academy, it was quite famous. Because this academy only recruits children from famous families, with less than 200 students, but it includes 30% of the elites in Kyoto.

As the number of carriages picking up the students increased, the streets gradually became crowded, and the speed of the carriages slowed down. Many students gathered in the attic in front of the academy and waited. The sound of the rain was gradually mixed with various human voices.

Qi Surong was about to ask Ping'er to go to Yingshu Pavilion to pick up Subao, but saw the door of Yingshu Pavilion opened. Two people walked out of the gate. One of them was Su Bao, and the other was sixteen or seventeen years old. He was ordinary in appearance but outstanding in temperament. He should be another student hired by Xu Chen.

The boy said to Su Bao, "I'll hire a carriage for you to take you home later."

"Thank you, Brother Ji Yun." Su Bao politely thanked him.

The teenager smiled and said, "Baby, it's common to be called Brother Ji Yun, but it's called Brother Ji."

"Brother Ji Yun, how many times have you said that, don't call me 'baby'." Su Bao said with a sullen face.

"Don't you think the name 'baby' is very kind?"

"Not at all."

Ji Yun shrugged and was about to say something else when he saw a group of students walking along the street wall.

"Brother Ji, I haven't seen you for a long time, but the style is still the same." The leader of the youth in Tsing Yi bowed his hands to him.

"It turned out to be Young Master Cao, polite." The other party's demeanor was contrived, and Ji Yun responded lukewarmly.

"Little son of the Qi family," Cao Xiang turned to Su Bao again, and pretended to say, "Would you like me to take you home by the way? With the current situation of your family, you must not be able to sit in a carriage."

As soon as the voice fell, a few people behind him let out small laughter.

Qi Subao's face turned pale, and he looked at Cao Xiang with anger in his eyes.

Ji Yun stepped forward and said, "Brother Cao, it's just that you lost to me at the literary conference, and now you even bully children?"

"Hey, the Wenhui competition is held once a month. I lose this time with you, and I will definitely win it back next time. Don't be complacent!" Cao Xiang said coldly, "It's you, do you know that this young master of the Qi family is the son of a criminal minister? ? You protect him like this, so you won't be afraid of getting on fire in the future?"

"You don't have to worry about Brother Cao about the next thing."

"Hehe, I heard that the Qi family did not hesitate to ask Miss Qi to 'see' Mr. Xu in person in order to help the young master to hire a teacher." A man in Tsing Yi behind Cao Xiang suddenly pointed out, "It is rumored that Miss Qi is beautiful. With a refined temperament, ordinary men are afraid that they can't resist this kind of beauty, right?"

This remark is insinuating and obviously insulting.

Ji Yun said angrily, "Luo Chengyang, you are not talking nonsense!"

"There's no nonsense here. Not long ago, someone saw Miss Qi meeting Mr. Xu at the temple, and then the children of Qi's family became Mr. Xu's student. If it's not related, who would believe it?"

"Haha, so it is." Cao Xiang laughed, "I wonder why Mr. Xu would accept the son of a criminal minister. It turns out that Miss Qi is also credited with it."

"Ms. Qi is well-known in the capital. Naturally, she has some means." Luo Chengyang said.

"Oh, it's a pity, I have a low status, and I didn't have the chance to see Fangrong." Another person said regretfully.

"Brother Guan, the Qi family is not what it used to be. In the future, when Qi Surong sees me, he will have to bow respectfully. Why do you need to degrade yourself?"

"It makes sense."

The rest also joined in.

"I'll go meet this eldest lady someday."

"She has always had eyes above the top and no one in her eyes. Now she is down and out. She must have no face to show her face again."

"That's right."

"By the way, how about I simply take her as a concubine?" Cao Xiang said suddenly.

"Good idea!" the others agreed, "I am also moved when I hear you say that."

"Okay, I'll ask someone to do it later."

"Hey, let's see who's going fast!"

"Don't rob me."

Several people were talking and laughing as if no one else was around, with a frivolous tone.

"They've gone too far!" In the carriage, Ping'er was full of anger, staring fiercely at the people across the street.

Their voices were loud and intermittently entered Qi Surong and Heping'er's ears.

Qi Surong was expressionless and quietly watched Su Bao through the car window.

"Miss, we should not go out for the time being. If they are ridiculed in person, it will damage the reputation of Miss." Ping'er said with a suffocated breath.

"Slandering behind my back, won't it damage my reputation?"

Ping'er bit her lip and said sadly, "What should I do then?"

"We're here to pick up Su Bao and go home, don't worry about other things."

"How can you not care?" Ping'er said angrily, "They even belittle the young lady so much, and they brazenly say that they want to take the young lady as a concubine, which is totally unreasonable!"

Qi Surong smiled, she had heard too many such slander in her previous life.

"Don't be angry for someone you don't care about." Qi Surong picked up the paper umbrella and said, "You stay in the car and I'll pick up Subao."

"Miss, let the slaves go. It's raining heavily outside and it will stain your clothes."

"No, this time, I have to pick it up myself." Qi Surong let Kai Ping'er open, opened the paper umbrella, stepped out of the carriage, and stepped on the ground full of water and mud...

"Shut up!" Su Bao's cheeks were flushed with anger, and he couldn't help shouting loudly.

This group of people not only insulted Mr. Xu, but also his sister. How noble is my sister, how can they allow them to speak foul language!

"What are you? Dare to speak to me in such a tone?" Cao Xiang said condescendingly, "We can say whatever we want, what should you do?"

Su Bao gritted his teeth and glared at them with tears in his eyes.

Ji Yun said coldly: "Young Master Cao, pay attention to your words. No matter what the Qi family is, Miss Qi is also a woman from a famous family and a good family woman. How can it be a gentleman to smear her boudoir's reputation at will?"

"Gentlemen?" Cao Xiang said disdainfully, "People have nobles and lows, and they are gentlemen to nobles, but to low-level people, why do you need to know etiquette?"

"Ah!" Su Bao shouted angrily, rushing towards Cao Xiang like a little lion.

"Su Bao." Ji Yun quickly grabbed him. Now Su Bao is only a commoner, and if he collides with the children of nobles, he may cause trouble.

"Let go of me, let me go!" Su Bao struggled desperately, unable to suppress the anger in his heart.

"You should let him go." Cao Xiang smiled leisurely, "He is the son of a general, and he must be able to do some martial arts. We can learn from each other."

"Cao Xiang!" Ji Yun shouted angrily.

"Qi Subao, your sister and I, Cao Xiang, have taken over, let her wait to be my concubine." Cao Xiang declared boldly.

"Don't even think about it!" Su Bao struggled more and more violently, Ji Yun almost broke free from him, and Bai Nen's wrist was pulled blue by him.

Seeing him like this, Cao Xiang and the others laughed, as if they were teasing a plaything.

"Su Bao."

At this moment, a clear voice passed through the sound of rain and entered the ears of everyone.

Su Bao was stunned for a moment, stopped struggling, and turned his head to look.

The rest of the people also looked towards the place where the voice was spoken.

I saw in the haze, a woman holding an aqua blue umbrella, standing quietly in the rain.

She wears simple clothes and has a graceful figure. She has a hosta in a bun with flowing clouds, and her hair hangs behind her. Her temperament is as elegant and quiet as a lotus.

She came slack, walking lightly, the rain and mud stained her skirt and shoes, but she didn't care, her gentle gaze always fell on Su Bao.

At this moment, all the surrounding sounds seemed to disappear, leaving only the figure of the woman in the rain.

A touch of Huayun, a soft song.

That moment of grace is heart-wrenching.

Everyone didn't even see her face clearly, but they gave birth to a kind of sigh like a cloud covering the moon.

"Subao, we're going home." Qi Surong stretched out his hand towards him and smiled.

Subao looked at her sister in the rain, she couldn't hold back her tears, and burst out.

He broke away Ji Yun's hand, ran towards Qi Surong quickly, and hugged her waist tightly.

Su Rong touched Su Bao's head, then raised his head and glanced at the students, and said in a clear voice: "Practice with prudence, uphold his virtue with prudence, and repent of his later, the gentleman is prudent. "

After speaking, she took Su Bao's hand, turned to leave, and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

After a long time, someone hesitantly said, "That was Miss Qi's family just now?"

"Obviously it's her."

"It's better to be famous than to meet. Miss Qi is indeed extraordinary."

"Brother Cao, are you sure you want to accept this woman as your concubine?"

Cao Xiang moved his mouth, suddenly felt his throat dry and could not speak. He didn't want to admit that he was taken away by the beauty of the Qi family just now, and he felt ashamed at a glance.

Ji Yun snorted coldly: "The worms of grass clippings also want to plunder the bright moon in the sky? It's really a horse who doesn't know his face."

Leaving these words, he turned around and walked back to Yingshu Pavilion, slamming the door shut.

Cao Xiang's face turned red, his eyes were fierce, and he said angrily: "What is Qi Surong? Now she's only a commoner woman, and my young master doesn't believe it anymore. Why is it difficult to accept a commoner woman as a concubine?"

"Brother Cao, I will support you here."

"I support you too."

"Hey!" Luo Chengyang suddenly suggested, "Why don't we make a bet on whether Brother Cao can marry a beautiful woman."

"Good proposal, I will join." Everyone responded.

"What do you want to bet on?" Cao Xiang asked.

"If you lose, invite everyone to spend the night in Fengyuelou."

"That's good, I agree."

"What if I win?"

Luo Chengyang thought for a moment, then smiled: "Then we will each give you a concubine gift."

"Okay, that's it!"