A Girl Traveling Through Troubled Times

Because human life was at stake, the two chatted for a while and then went back.

When she returned home, Sha Yanxiao had not come back yet. Today was not the day for the whole family to have dinner together. Gui'er had no idea how to find out any news. She could only take out her homework and do it while anxiously waiting for Sha Yanxiao to come back.

But Sha Yanxiao has not come back today. I asked Dali and found out that several warlords from other regions came to hold a meeting in the past few days. The Marshal and the Young Marshal were both away to entertain the guests, so they might not be back soon.

Gui'er was anxious but there was nothing she could do, so she rode her bike around the Marshal's Mansion to see if she could hear any news.

Just as she reached the rockery where the accident had occurred, she spotted two people from a distance, sitting under the porch beside it. Gui'er was afraid it was another one of those young couples having a secret reunion; she didn't want to run into them again, so she quickly stopped and took a closer look. It turned out to be two young maids. Only then did she feel relieved.

In order not to disturb the two of them, Guier turned slightly and went to a dirt road nearby. Although this road was also close to the corridor, there was a plant wall made of ivy fence as a barrier between them, separating the two places.

When Gui'er passed by the two of them, she suddenly heard a familiar voice.

"I was scared to death yesterday. My wife asked me to say that and I had no choice. Now I think it was such a sin." The voice was so familiar. It was Meixiang who exposed their affair last night.

"Don't think too much. It's not the first time. As servants, we have to do what our master says. Otherwise, we will suffer the consequences." The voice could not be identified.

"Do you think I should buy some and burn it for her beforehand?"

"Meixiang, what are you talking about? Is she dead? Didn't they say that the young master showed mercy and sent her to the hospital?"

"You don't know, but the Fourth Concubine went to the hospital early this morning and heard that the Eighth Concubine had given birth to a big fat boy. Because it was a premature birth, they were supposed to stay in the hospital for observation, but the Fourth Concubine took them back to the mansion and locked them up in the water dungeon as soon as they got back."

"Is this true? This is too cruel! The child has just been born. There's no way he can stay in a place like that."

"He Xiang, I'm really scared now. If something happens in the future, Fourth Concubine will definitely use me as a scapegoat. What should I do?"

"…………Why don't you tell Madam and let her make the decision? If you tell Madam about this, then if something happens, the responsibility won't be yours."

"Really? Then take me there now."

After a long time without hearing the voices of the two, Guier hurried to a small hole next to the fence and looked through, but there was no one there.

Knowing that the two men should have gone to the lady's place, Gui'er felt a little relieved, but she was still a little nervous.

She returned to the courtyard. Sha Yanxiao had already returned. Seeing her, he frowned and said, "You've just recovered from your illness and you're out wandering again. I guess we need to restrict your use of the bicycle."

Gui'er didn't bother to tease him, so she told Sha Yanxiao what she heard behind the rockery, and also told him that the Tong family asked him to save people.

Sha Yanxiao opened the package of gold bars and found six small gold bars inside. He laughed contemptuously, "Boss Tong is so stingy! He thinks I'm just a clerk in the government office."

Gui Er asked anxiously, "What about the Eighth Concubine? Should we rescue her?"

Sha Yanxiao said lazily, "Didn't you see those two girls go and report to the Madam? Then why should we care about him?"

It seemed that she didn't want to care, but Gui'er still didn't give up and said, "Then you have already accepted the gold bars."

Sha Yanxiao looked at her and smiled, "Oh, then, return the gold bars and tell them I don't care anymore."

Gui'er was so anxious that she grabbed Sha Yanxiao's sleeve, shook him, and said, "Why are you like this?"

Seeing that she was really anxious, Sha Yanxiao stopped teasing her and said seriously, "Father is furious right now. We can't act rashly. Let's see what Madam will do first. Tomorrow when we go to school, tell your classmates that I'll pick you up after school."

Gui'er felt strange. If Sha Yanxiao usually returned home early, he would go to pick him up in person. Why did he specifically state this time and tell Tong Yujun? However, she didn't think too much about it. Her mind was always on what would happen to the eighth concubine.

The next day at school, Tong Yujun avoided everyone and found Guier to ask her how she was.

Gui Er told her the whole story. Tong Yujun asked, "What is a water dungeon?"

Gui'er didn't know either, so she could only say, "I don't know either. I've been in the mansion for so long, and I've never seen a place like this before." Then she remembered Sha Yanxiao's words and said, "The young marshal said he would come to pick me up from school this afternoon."

Tong Yujun said absentmindedly, "Oh, really?" and then left.

After school, Guier walked to the school gate and was surprised to find that Dali had not come yet. It was not until most of the students in the school had left that Guier saw the familiar car driving over.

After getting in the car, Gui'er saw Sha Yanxiao sitting in the back seat calmly reading a newspaper. She didn't say anything and the car drove to the Marshal's Mansion as usual.

When they were about to return to the Marshal's Mansion, they suddenly stopped. Gui'er was wondering, and when she looked up, she saw a car parked on the side of the road in front of her. Two men were standing next to the car, and Tong Yujun was also behind them. Gui'er suddenly remembered that one of the men was the Tong family's housekeeper, and the other one looked a bit like Tong Yujun in his eyes and eyebrows, so he should be her father, Master Tong.

The man who looked like Tong Yujun stepped forward, bowed deeply to Sha Yanxiao, and said, "I, Tong, please forgive me for interrupting you rashly."

Sha Yanxiao didn't get out of the car. Instead, he stuck his head out of the window and said with a smile, "Boss Tong, you're too polite. I wonder what you want to talk to me about?"

Boss Tong paused, then walked forward with a smile on his face and said, "This is not a place for conversation with so many people coming and going. I have already booked a private room in the Juxianglou in front. I hope you will do me the honor of visiting us."

Sha Yanxiao smiled, opened the car door, and got out. He was about to help Gui'er get out of the car as well, but the Tong family's housekeeper stepped forward, half bowed, and said with a smile, "Let me help the young lady get out of the car."

The group arrived at Juxianglou and walked into the private room. A large table was already filled with delicious dishes. Gui'er saw abalone and sea cucumber among them and knew that this table was very expensive. Shopkeeper Tong smiled and bowed, saying, "I have prepared a few small dishes. Please don't mind, Young Marshal. I originally wanted to go to Chunmanlou to invite some people over to help out, but it seemed inconvenient with the children here, so I didn't ask them. You see..."

Sha Yanxiao glanced at Gui'er, smiled, waved his hand to Shopkeeper Tong and said, "Boss Tong, you're welcome."

So both parties took their seats. Sha Yanxiao and Dali, Boss Tong and his housekeeper ate while exchanging polite words and toasting. Gui'er and Tong Yujun just ate in silence. Gui'er was really confused by this situation and it was not convenient for her to ask.

She had a small appetite and was full in no time. Sha Yanxiao asked her, "Are you full?" Gui'er nodded. He said, "If you're full, go to the small table behind the screen outside and do your homework. We adults have something to discuss."

One day, Boss Tong also hurriedly said to Tong Yujun: "Yes, yes, Yujun, you haven't done your homework yet, you should go do your homework too."

Tong Yujun responded and pulled Guier to the small square table outside the screen to start doing homework.

Gui'er was very curious about what they were talking about, and she tilted her ear several times to listen, but she could only hear their toasts and nothing else.

Just as she was about to stand up to eavesdrop, Tong Yujun quickly held her back and shook her head to signal her not to do so. Gui'er had no choice but to give up.

When she had almost finished her homework, they seemed to have finished their conversation. Boss Tong and his housekeeper respectfully escorted Sha Yanxiao out, and waited until he got into the car. He then bowed deeply at the door. The car drove away for a long distance. Gui'er looked back and saw Boss Tong and the housekeeper still standing there waving at their car.