A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Music House.

Zi Yan sat on the seat in the front hall, glaring angrily at the woman in red who was kneeling on the ground below with a weak look on her face.

"Chang Le, there's a road to heaven but you don't take it, there's no door to hell but you insist on entering. Originally you lived honestly in this yard, and I always had people serve you well, but I never thought you would do such a reckless thing."

"So what? What are you going to do now? Give me poisoned wine or white silk?"

Chang Le looked at Zi Yan calmly and asked, as if life and death were nothing to her.

"Are you really not afraid of death?"

Zi Yan looked at her, then narrowed her eyes and frowned slightly and asked.

Chang Le glanced at her and sneered disdainfully.

"You're not afraid of death, but what about Yong'er? Don't you care about his life or death?"

Zi Yan became angry when she saw Chang Le's arrogant look, and then asked with a stern face and a low voice.

"He is the abbot's own flesh and blood. Just try to touch him."

Chang Le changed his gentle expression and suddenly became very gloomy. He then looked at Zi Yan and spoke word by word.

"What if the abbey owner orders you and your son to be put to death? Chang Le, you're not still dreaming of entering the Xiao Mansion, are you?"

Zi Yan stood up and looked down at Chang Le and said.

"No, that's his own son. The abbot wouldn't be so cruel."

Chang Le sneered and then said.

"Why wouldn't he? It's a joke. Do you know how important the woman you almost killed was to the lord? Don't take yourself too seriously. You're just a lowly maid, and Yong'er is just an illegitimate child without a proper name. The Xiao family has never lacked children."

Zi Yan paced back and forth, speaking sarcastically.

"Impossible, he wouldn't be so cruel. He has kept Yong'er for so many years, he must have feelings for her."

Chang Le began to panic.

"Chang Le, don't you understand? The monastery owner's eldest son is his and Princess Changping's child. They are family. You are just a maidservant, not even a concubine. Yong'er is, after all, just an illegitimate child of a lowly family. The monastery owner kept you because you were law-abiding. Now you are becoming more and more delusional. Why would he make things difficult for himself?"

Zi Yan looked at Chang Le with disdain in her heart, and felt disgusted when she said a few more words to her.

"Sister Zi Yan... Sister Zi Yan, I beg you, please save Yong'er's life. I'll do anything for you. You watched him grow up."

Chang Le lowered his posture and crawled to Zi Yan, hugged her legs and said pitifully.

"Now you know how to beg me. Why didn't you think this day would come when you had your wildest dreams?"

Zi Yan hated Chang Le very much. She had clearly seen her drink the abortion pill with her own eyes, but she never thought that she would hide and vomit it out, and actually got pregnant and gave birth to the child. At that time, Xiao Yi almost lost his life because of this incident.

But Zi Yan always had a doubt in her heart. That night, she saw the back of someone in Chang Le's room, and it was not Xiao Yi. However, the abbot had his reasons for doing so, so she just pretended that she saw nothing.

"I beg you, Sister Zi Yan, please save Yong'er,"

Chang Le had never thought that Xiao Yi would be so heartless, and now he was a little unable to hold back.

"How can I save you and your son now? You've brought this upon yourself. It's a pity that Yong'er is such an innocent child."

Zi Yan disdainfully pushed away Chang Le who was holding her skirt and said unhappily.

"Sister Zi Yan, please let me see the abbot once. You can definitely help me."

Anyone who saw Chang Le's aggrieved and pitiful expression at this moment would definitely feel sympathy.

"You... you're still dreaming of meeting the abbot. How could the abbot have the time to see you now? Do you really think I have supernatural powers?"

Zi Yan looked at Chang Le with an incredible look and said.

"I don't ask for anything else, I just ask him to spare Yong'er's life. This is all my fault. Yong'er is still so young, he doesn't understand anything. I can't let him die in vain."

Chang Le cried like a pear blossom in the rain, with tears in her eyes.

"Chang Le, I can promise you to save Yong'er's life, but you... must die."

Seeing that the woman had decided to exchange her life for another's, Zi Yan curled up her lips into a satisfied smile, and then slowly spoke.

"I promise you, as long as you keep Yong'er alive, I can die a hundred times."

Chang Le wiped his tears, looked up at Zi Yan and said firmly.

"If you want to save Yong'er's life, you must let everyone know that this was all done out of your own selfish motives. Now you regret it... Do you understand me?"

Zi Yan looked at Chang Le with murderous eyes. She knew that now was the best opportunity to force her to death. This way, Le Yin Fang would calm down and she wouldn't have to worry about this crazy woman every day.

Chang Le looked up at Zi Yan for a long time, then nodded.

"Don't worry, I will leave a letter detailing my sins, but Yong'er..."

"Since I promised you Yong'er would live, I will fight to the death to protect him. After all, I raised him."

After Zi Yan finished speaking, she turned around and sat back down.

Chang Le supported himself and slowly stood up.

"I hope you keep your word. If anything happens to my son, Zi Yan, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost."

Chang Le spoke loudly as he walked towards the door, his voice sad and desperate.

"Chang Le, if you can really turn into a fierce ghost, who should you go after to claim your life? Who took advantage of you and your son? A smart person like you, haven't you figured it out yet?"

Zi Yan held the teacup and carefully used the tea lid to float the tea while speaking slowly.

Chang Le paused slightly when he heard this, then gave a helpless smile.

After Chang Le was sent back to the yard, Zi Yan called Dong'er in again.

"Since we've known each other for so many years, let her die comfortably. This bottle of medicine will make it less painful. Send it to her."

Zi Yan took out a blue bottle from the wooden box next to her and handed it to the maid.

Before Dong'er caught the bottle, the servant outside ran in.

"Madam Zi Yan, the abbey owner sent someone to deliver a letter."

Dong'er hurried forward to take the letter, then signaled the servant to leave.

Zi Yan said as she opened the letter.

"The abbot must have thought the same thing as me. This woman will finally stop bothering me... What!"

Zi Yan looked at the letter, her voice changed, her brows furrowed, and then her breathing became heavier.

"It's hard to kill this bitch."

Zi Yan irritably lifted the strand of hair that fell in front of her eyes, then closed her eyes and muttered something.

"Madam, are you still sending me this medicine?"

Dong'er asked, looking at the blue bottle in her hand.

"What else is there to send? The life-saving letter has already been delivered. Go and call Da Biao and Heizi."

Zi Yan clenched her fists and said angrily. After Dong'er left, she heard the lady in charge of the Music House pounding the table in frustration with a look of resignation on her face.

"If I had known this, I would have executed her yesterday. Now she's asking for her life. I'm so angry. But why would this noble lady of the East Palace protect this bitch's life in the name of the abbey owner? Could it be that the child..."

Zi Yan muttered to herself, and then her face changed drastically, looking terrified.

"Oh my god, I was wondering why the back view looked so similar..."

The housekeeper covered her mouth and looked around. Fortunately, she had dismissed everyone. She felt a chill on her neck because she had pushed such a big thing out of her own hands.

"Forget it, I'll just pretend I didn't think anything of it."

In the inner courtyard of Qingbo Courtyard, Da Yuan hurried over and whispered a few words to Xiao Yi, only to see that he had a frown on his face.

"When was he sent away?"

"He left the city last night. His Highness has instructed that he should announce to the public that he had hanged himself. I only hope that the eldest son will forgive his selfish desires for once."

After saying this, Da Yuan looked at Xiao Yi with some uneasiness.

"Okay, I understand. Go to Le Yin Fang and ask Zi Yan to come see me."

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, Da Yuan bowed and left. Yun Xiang took a bamboo pole and caught cicadas with Chu Xia, while secretly glancing at Xiao Yi and Da Yuan, the master and servant.

"Fortunately, it's not too hot now, and there aren't many cicadas, otherwise my daughter wouldn't be able to sleep well."

Chuxia said as she stood on tiptoe and used a bamboo pole to catch the chirping cicada.

"The eldest master has been accompanying the young lady these days, and she looks much better than before."

Yun Xiang looked at Xiao Yi's back as he walked into the inner room and said.

"My son-in-law is good in every way, but... why is he so interested in cooking? The key is what he makes, ah! Fortunately, he knows not to let the girl eat it. I heard that Dayuan had diarrhea for several days."

Chuxia looked at the sun in the sky and calculated the time. Xiao Yi would have to go to the small kitchen to work on his dark cuisine again.

"Chu Xia, don't you think the young lady is very happy? What kind of person is the eldest son? Since I entered the mansion, he has been keeping strangers away. But he treats the young lady so specially. If the eldest son of the Xiao family cooks for his new wife, it will be laughed at if it gets out."

Yun wanted to throw the cicadas that had been caught into the basket, then shook his arms which were sore from lifting them, and then squinted his eyes to look for cicadas on the tree.

"But our girl suffered a great fate because of him. I don't want her to have to take medicine in the future. It's really hard." Chu Xia said distressedly, and then helped Yun Xiang hold up the bamboo pole, "Come over here, there is one."

"You feel sorry for the young lady, and I do too, but the eldest master has already admitted his mistake, so stop blaming him. Now we should think of ways to get the young lady to forgive him and remember how wonderful they used to be."

Yun wanted to continue.

"Well, you are right. I think the young lady is willing to pay attention to her son-in-law these days."

Chuxia thought about it and felt that what Yunxiang said was indeed right, and nodded unconsciously.

Xiao Yi sat in front of Lin Qinghuan's bed, holding a bowl of lukewarm bird's nest porridge.

"Huan'er, smell this porridge and see who made it."