Quick Wear: The Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character's Counterattack

Concubine Li was good at joining in the fun, and she quickly said to the Queen Mother with a smile, "It's only the Queen Mother who knows how to listen to opera. We can only listen for fun, how can we understand the ins and outs of it that only experts can understand!"

Concubine Jia was not to be outdone, "We are blessed to have such a good hearing thanks to the Empress Dowager!"

The Empress Dowager is the Emperor's biological mother, and the Emperor is a filial son, so it is extremely important to please the Empress Dowager.

The emperor looked at them approvingly and nodded, "In that case, let's give a generous reward to this Ning Ning."

So, after the performance, when Ning Ning was paying her respects, the eunuchs who were delivering rewards lined up and came over, holding all kinds of precious rewards in their hands.

There are gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins, as well as rare antiques, calligraphy and paintings. It is really a generous reward.

Ning Ning thanked him quickly, and at the same time she thought to herself like a money-grubber that not only would she gain a lot of money by entering the palace this time, she would also gain a world-renowned reputation, which was really a huge win.

Sure enough, he became very famous after leaving the palace.

Everyone wanted to hear how well the person who had been praised by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager sang, so some people even came from thousands of miles away to listen to Ning Ning sing.

Moreover, because he might be recruited into the palace to perform again, the officials were all polite to him.

This completely shattered Xi Liu's dream of surpassing Ning Ning.

Even if he didn't want to compete with Ning Ning and just wanted to perform his own play on stage, it was no use. Although Ning's mother had been exiled, the previous incident was too big a deal and people had tied him and Ning Ning together tightly. It was impossible not to compare them together.

Moreover, many people do not believe that what happened before was just Ning's mother's own decision. They think that Ning's mother was most likely instigated by them, or even coerced.

The Xi family really has no way to defend themselves regarding this matter. You say that the person is happening right under your noses, and the mother bullies her own son because of you, and then says that it has nothing to do with you. Who can believe it?

Maybe Ning's mother became their scapegoat!

Besides, it’s true that Xi Liu bullied Ning Ning!

Ning Ning was completely heartbroken. He didn't even show up when his mother was exiled, let alone see her off.

As a result, whenever Xi Liu went on stage, he would be booed off, and even when he performed other pieces, the Xi family's theater became deserted.

People say that the Xi family has a bad family tradition and that Xi Liu even fought with his relatives. People are afraid of being unlucky when they go to his house to listen to opera.

People at that time were very fond of opera, and there were many theaters. Even if they left the Xi family, they would always have opera to watch, so most of the seats were occupied.

Those actors couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to leave the Xi family one after another. They had to earn money to eat. Even if they couldn't go hungry for a while, if they never went on stage, the audience would forget about them. No one would support them, so how could they become stars?

Others are afraid that their reputation will be affected by the Xi family, and some even simply suspect that the Xi family has bad character and dare not stay here any longer.

In short, one leaves today, two leave tomorrow, and soon most of the good actors leave. Even if there are still some left, people’s hearts have already dispersed, and it seems that they can no longer hold on.

Xi Liu looked at his deserted yard and heard about Ning Ning's current prosperity, feeling extremely angry.

His personal servant saw that he was unhappy every day and was afraid of bringing bad luck upon himself, so he tried his best to stay away from him.

But today there was a happy event, and Xi Liu would be happy to hear it. The servant came over with a smile, "Master, please go to the front hall and take a look. I heard that my uncle's family has sent someone."

"Oh? Someone from my uncle's family is here?! But what does my cousin have to say?"

After hearing this, Xi Liu rubbed his face twice, cheered himself up, straightened his clothes, and hurried to the front hall.

But as soon as he entered the front hall, his long-lost smile froze on his face.

There were many open boxes and cages in the front hall, neatly filled with gold and silver jewelry, silk brocade, kitchen utensils, bed curtains, and even two wild geese.

Xi Liu was very familiar with these because these were the betrothal gifts given by the Xi family.

The pair of wild geese were caught alive by someone he had specially paid for.

Xi Liu and his cousin from his uncle's family were childhood sweethearts and were attracted to each other, so the elders in the family arranged a marriage for them and even gave the engagement. They were supposed to have chosen an auspicious date for the wedding.

Now that Xiliu has had troubles in everything, this marriage is the only thing he can look forward to.

Xi Ying sat in the main seat with a livid face, "What do you mean by this?"

The one who brought back the betrothal gifts was the matchmaker hired by the Xi family.

Now her mouth was curled as if she had eaten half a pound of bitter melon. "Well, um, my uncle's family found someone to match the two children. It turned out that the two children's horoscopes were not compatible. It would not be good if they were married, so it would be better for them to be brother and sister. So today, I was asked to bring the betrothal gifts and the engagement letter. Please also ask Boss Xi to bring out the cousin's engagement letter, so that later--"

"after?!"

Xi Ying could no longer remain calm. "But seeing that my Xi family is not doing well, you want to cancel the engagement! Humph, just say it clearly. Can my Xi family still rely on them? What kind of lies are they making about incompatibility? If they really are incompatible, what would they have done long ago? My Xi family is not willing to marry such an unfaithful and ungrateful family. Tell them that we agree to cancel this marriage. Take your things and get out, get out now!"

The matchmakers hurriedly picked up the engagement letter on the table and ran away embarrassedly. Xi Liu felt as if struck by lightning. He felt that everything was dark and there was no hope.

Xi Ying also saw him coming, but walked past him without saying a word to him.

Xi Liu stood there for a while, and then walked away as if he was a wooden man.

The servant felt that he was in trouble and was afraid of being punished, so he hid himself away.

Xi Liu took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, disguised himself so that no one could recognize him, and went out from the back door of the Xi family. He turned around a few times to make sure that no one was following him, and then he slipped into an inconspicuous pharmacy.

After a while, he came back and took out some medicine from his pocket. He prepared it according to the prescription. As long as the medicine was taken by the patient -

While he was looking at the medicine, suddenly, the door was pushed open and Xi Ying walked in with a bundle in his hand.

Xi Liu was so scared that he hurriedly tried to hide the medicine, but Xi Ying snatched it away, took a look at it, and threw it aside with disdain, "Your medicine is too strong and smells bad. As long as Ning Ning is not a fool, he will never drink it unless you force him to drink it."

"Then what should we do? I've even lost my marriage now. Are we just going to watch Ning Ning continue to be so arrogant? He's so successful now, I'm afraid he doesn't even know that we're still suffering because of him!"

When he thought about how they were suffering now and Ning Ning might not even know about it, he felt more uncomfortable than if Ning Ning hated them deeply and was plotting revenge on them.

"Who said we should just leave Ning Ning alone? We can't let the Xi family's business fall into the hands of that bastard!"

Xi Ying spoke vicious words with an indifferent expression, put down the bundle in his hand, opened it and saw a half-new casserole inside.

"Ning Ning is still young, and he thinks too superficially about everything. He dares to make enemies casually. My Xi family has been in the opera industry for so long, how could we not have some tricks?"