Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

The Chang family in the city.

Chang Yifei returned home and went to the study to meet his father, Chang Hongxuan, the head of the Chang family.

"Dad!" Chang Yifei said respectfully.

"Are you willing to come back?" Chang Hongxuan didn't even look up when he heard that. He continued to write. After finishing the last stroke and placing the pen on the pen holder, he looked up at the son who looked most like him.

After Chang Yifei finished his ceremony, he stood tall, looking like a gentleman on the street. If Liu Xu were here, she would find that Chang Yifei's demeanor at this moment was exactly the same as when she first met him.

Chang Hongxuan looked at Chang Yifei, his expression slightly relaxed, and said, "I heard that you are familiar with the young marquis of the Zhenguo Marquis' Mansion?"

Chang Yifei heard this and realized that his father already knew about him helping Mu Lingxuan raise military rations. He bowed slightly and replied, "Yes, the young marquis met me when he was looking for medicine for his father. It just so happened that a friend of mine had that medicine, so we became familiar with each other after a few visits."

Chang Hongxuan snorted lightly: "Your friend is the little girl from Liujia Village!"

Chang Yifei thought to himself, as expected, he could not hide anything from his father. Then his true colors were revealed, and he said helplessly, "Dad, if you know everything, why are you asking me? Isn't it unnecessary?"

Chang Hongxuan glared: "I'm your father, let me ask you what's wrong!"

Chang Yifei curled his lips and said, "Yes, yes, your question is very good and brilliant, and it's a great question!"

Chang Hongxuan was almost laughing at his anger and almost forgot the main thing. He immediately said seriously: "Dad will not restrict your freedom to make friends, but you have to know your limits. Don't forget that you represent not only yourself, but also the entire Chang family behind you!"

Chang Yifei heard this and put away his nonchalant look. He replied seriously, "Yes, father, don't worry. I will remember it!"

Chang Hongxuan's expression changed from gloomy to bright immediately, and he scolded with a smile: "Alright, hurry up and go down, I'm getting angry just looking at you. Remember to go see your mother, she's been missing you a lot lately."

Chang Yifei chuckled and said, "Okay, son, I'll take my leave!"

The moment Chang Yifei left the study, he turned into the young master of the Chang family. The servants bowed to him and called him the Third Young Master. Chang Yifei smiled and turned to go to his mother Su Bijun's Yuejun Garden.

Seeing Su Bijun, Chang Yifei changed his attitude instantly and approached her with a playful smile: "Mom, I missed you so much!"

Su Bijun gently poked his forehead and said angrily, "You kid, you only know how to make your mother happy."

Chang Yifei took Su Bijun's hand and said coquettishly, "No, I'm telling you the truth. Mom, I brought you a lot of fun little things this time."

Su Bijun smiled and said, "You just know how to spend money recklessly."

Chang Yifei blinked: "For my mother, it's worth spending any amount of money."

Su Bijun shook her head helplessly: "You are still so unruly, kid."

Chang Yifei chuckled: "In front of mother, there is no need for me to behave properly, as long as I can make mother happy."

Su Bijun pulled Chang Yifei to sit down and looked at him carefully, her eyes full of concern: "Did you suffer any injustice outside?"

Chang Yifei patted his chest and assured: "Mom, don't worry, I'm smart, who would let me suffer any injustice?"

Su Bijun chuckled and said, "You are the only one who is good at talking. By the way, did you meet a girl you liked when you went out this time?"

Chang Yifei blushed: "Mom, what are you talking about? I haven't thought about this yet."

Su Bijun pretended to be angry: "You are not young anymore, it's time to think about your lifelong affairs."

Chang Yifei quickly changed the subject: "Mom, let me tell you that I found you a daughter this time, a very interesting little girl!"

Su Bijun immediately became interested when she heard this. In fact, she thought Chang Yifei had met a girl he liked...

As a result, she heard her son say that it was a seven-year-old girl. She was immediately discouraged, but as Chang Yifei vividly described how he met Liu Xu and how the two got along later, Su Bijun was amused and looked forward to the girl that her son helped to recognize.

(Liu Xu: How did I become your daughter? Su Bijun: You are my son’s sister, so you are my daughter! Liu Xu was speechless)

The mother and son were having a great time in the room. Later, Chang Hongxuan also came over. Chang Yifei had dinner with his parents before returning to his own yard.

In the study of Feilan Residence, a man in black was kneeling on one knee, reporting something to Chang Yifei.

After a moment, Third Master Chang spoke up: "Are you sure? That portrait is very similar to willow catkins?"

Chang Zhong, the man in black clothes, said affirmatively, "It was the master. I just happened to pass by and saw him. I thought he looked familiar. Then I realized he looked like Miss Liu. So I pretended they were asleep last night and took the painting out..."

At this point, he carefully raised his head and glanced at his master. Seeing Chang Yifei looking at him with a half-smile, he quickly lowered his head and replied: "After I got the painting, I immediately had someone copy it and sent the original one back without alarming them!"

"Where is the painting?" Chang Yifei asked.

Chang Zhong carefully took it out from his arms and presented it with both hands. Chang Yifei took it and said casually:

"Okay, get up, this won't happen again!"

"Yes, thank you, master!" Chang Zhong wiped his sweat quietly, stood up and stood aside.

Chang Yifei unfolded the painting and was stunned for a moment. Rather than looking at catkins, it looked more like Xu Ruolan, but younger than Xu Ruolan. Then he handed the painting to Qingfeng: "Qingfeng, take a look, does this look like Aunt Xu?"

Qingfeng took it and looked at it, "Master, if I'm not mistaken, this should be when Madam Xu was young!"

Chang Yifei nodded upon hearing this, and then looked at Chang Zhong: "Have you found out who they are?"

Chang Zhong: "My lord, no, I was afraid of alerting the enemy, so I just had someone follow them secretly. They should be back by now."

Chang Yifei: "Send someone in to answer the question!"

"Yes."

A moment later, Chang Zhong came back with a man in gray.

The man came in and knelt on one knee to salute: "Chang Wen greets the master!"

"Get up and answer. What have you heard?" Chang Yifei asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Thank you, Master! I followed them today and found that there were probably more than a dozen people in their group. Except for the two people the captain saw, the others went to other counties in Yongshun Prefecture. The person they are looking for is Xu Ruolan, the sister of Xu, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Beijing. It is said that when Yongkang was hit by a flood, the family was separated by refugees near Yongshun Prefecture, and the whereabouts of Miss Xu has been unknown since then. Her parents and brothers have been searching for her for many years, but to no avail. The old lady of the Xu family has been ill for several years because of this, and is now bedridden. Xu didn't want his mother to die with regrets, so he returned to the place where the accident happened to look for her."

"Hiss, it's Aunt Xu! Take me to see their boss." Chang Yifei thought to himself, Oh my god, so the little girl's uncle is even more awesome than her brother. Tsk tsk, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. The little girl will definitely show off to him when she knows him.

"Yes!" Chang Yifei followed the guards out while thinking about it.