The general kneels on the washboard again

Jiang Yunxiao rushed out like a furious lion, paid the bill, and left.

Watching Jiang Yunxiao leave, He Jingqi also chased after him: "Yunxiao, wait for me, why are you running?"

Yue Niang looked at Fan Zhicheng's indifferent expression and invited him, "Would you like to come in and chat?"

Fan Zhicheng's cheeks flushed: "No need, I'll take my leave first."

Dong Zhu has been waiting outside the door: "Miss, what's going on?"

Yue Niang was also confused: "I don't know either. Okay, let's go back first."

After searching the room for a while, Yue Niang collapsed: "Where's my veil? Where's my veil?"

Dong Zhu said, "I just saw Master He walking away with something in his hand. Did he take the wrong thing?"

Sure enough, He Jingqi's fan was seen near the place where the veil was placed just now.

The result is that today's eggs are much stinkier than before.

Walking into Yuechen Court in a disheveled state, Qin Fengyang and his son looked at each other in bewilderment: "Boss, is the veil hat useless today?"

Yue Niang took out the fan that was smelling of rotten eggs and threw it on the ground: "He Jingqi, you are a mean person."

"Let's get back to the point, Lian Xing. Did you miss anything when you were investigating Fan Zhicheng? Does he have a crush on someone?"

Lian Xing answered without hesitation, "The master said this was the most important point, so I checked very carefully. This Fan Zhicheng really only studies and takes care of his sick mother. He doesn't have any dealings with women."

"The Fan family probably used her mother to force him. You go and keep an eye on him, but make sure no one gets killed. Also, go to the Fan family and give his mother some medicinal herbs in my name, saying thank you for his kindness today."

"Boss, are you serious about this?" Qin Shaobai asked worriedly.

Yue Niang resumed her cold, distant air. "No, but I don't want him to hate me before we've made any real progress. Besides, as I told you, as long as I find evidence, I'll divorce him and then go to court."

Qin Fengyang understood the situation clearly and advised, "Boss, why do you have to choose this path? I think that Young Master Jiang really cares about you."

Yue Niang looked at the treetops, her expression gloomy and unclear: "It's true that I care about you, but it's also true that you won't grow up. They are not a good match."

Yue Niang didn't understand at that time that feelings are unreasonable.

Qin Fengyang stopped persuading him and took Qin Shaobai back to the room.

When Fan Zhicheng returned to the Fan family, he was called away by the head of the family, Fan Qude, and entered the study.

"How did things go?"

Fan Zhicheng knelt on the ground: "Please father, oh no, please punish me, head of the family."

Fan Qude's temper became a little impatient: "Didn't you see that girl? Or did she not want to?"

Fan Zhicheng kowtowed again: "No, Zhicheng can't do it."

Fan Qude was completely furious. "What can't I do? I'm still looking for the medicine to cure your aunt's illness. I really don't know why I, Fan Qude, have a son like you."

A mouthful of saliva was spat on Fan Zhicheng's head, but he did not dare to resist.

Until a servant came outside and reported: "Master, someone sent something here, saying it's the eldest daughter of the Fu family."

"What?" Fan Qude and Fan Zhicheng turned around at the same time, in disbelief. Fan Qude shouted, "Let someone in."

Another kick was given to the kneeling Fan Zhicheng: "Get up quickly." Fan Zhicheng stood up and patted the dust off his body.

The servant ushered Lian Xing in. "Greetings, Boss Fan, and Mr. Fan. I'm a servant in Master Fu Shiqing's household. My eldest daughter asked me to bring Mr. Fan some gifts, saying thank you for your kindness today."

Fan Qude looked back and saw that it didn't work.

Fan Zhicheng was as surprised as Fan Qude.

Fan Qude had also seen the world, and he quickly said to Lian Xing, "Thank you to your eldest daughter for me, and give your regards to your master. Go, get the set of green jade porcelain from my storeroom and send it to Miss Fu."

After Lian Xing finished his mission, he returned to Fu's house to report.

"Master, you don't know. When I went there, Fan Zhicheng was covered in dust, as if he had just been scolded."

Yue Niang was applying incense to herself: "It's normal. I expected it. He looked like that. He must have been forced to come here by Boss Fan. A scholar dressed like that would look down on a girl of my reputation."

"Master, what should we do next?"

Yue Niang continued to move her hands: "Let's just wait for them to take the initiative to attack first."

Looking back at Jiang Yunxiao, a good day off was wasted like this: "Jingqi, am I really that bad? Why did she choose that nerd?"

He Jingqi was holding the wrong veil and questioning her life: "Maybe it's not you who's bad, it's probably her eyesight that's bad."

Hearing this, Jiang Yunxiao glared at He Jingqi: "What do you mean? If you say something like that again, I'll turn against you. Do you believe it?"

He Jingqi stuffed the veil into Jiang Yunxiao's hand and said, "That's not what I meant. I was talking about myself. I took the wrong veil from Miss Fu. Didn't you say that she had difficulty walking and couldn't even leave the house without a veil?"

Jiang Yunxiao took the veil and when he looked up again, He Jingqi had already run away: "Yunxiao, please apologize to Miss Fu for me. Also, I'm very busy at home recently. Don't look for me if you have nothing else. I'm leaving first."

Cao Jin was about to go out to look for Jiang Yunxiao. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Jiang Yunxiao sitting on the steps of the Duke's Mansion. "Xiao'er, what are you doing?"

Seeing Cao Jin coming, Jiang Yunxiao sniffed and said, "Mother."

Cao Jin sat down beside him and asked, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Yunxiao's eyes were red again: "Mother, sister Yue'er has found someone she likes."

"What? Whose son is he? Is he trustworthy?"

"Mother, haven't you chosen her? Can you stop her from liking someone else?" Jiang Yunxiao drank quite a bit of wine, and his current appearance made Cao Jin feel very uncomfortable.

"Xiao'er, sincerity is something you can only encounter by chance. If it's not yours, forget it."

"But I feel bad."

The drizzle in the early morning carried the smell of earth, and the fishy and wet smell made Yue Niang feel a little nauseous.

At that time, she was on her way to attend the Fan family banquet.

Fan Zhicheng personally greeted her at the door: "Miss Fu, you are here?"

"Master Fan." Yue Niang bowed.

"Come with me. I'll show you around first. It's still early for the banquet."

Today, Yue Niang wore a light blue top embroidered with butterflies and silver patterns. The sleeves were wider than usual, rustling in the wind. Her waist was cinched, and underneath was a goose-yellow long skirt embroidered with white magnolias.

She wore her hair in a simple heart-shaped bun and wore only a few milky white pearl necklaces, which set off the dark green and shiny silk of her hair, and a jade hairpin slanted sideways.

Lively yet elegant.

Following Fan Zhicheng into the Fan family, I found that the decoration of this Fan family was much better than that of the Fu family. The pavilion in the garden alone was carved from white jade one by one.

After strolling around for a while, Yue Niang finally said, "I heard that Master Fan's mother has been bedridden for years due to illness. I once learned some medical skills from Uncle Shichuan. Why don't I go and see Master Fan's mother?"

Fan Zhicheng was a little apprehensive: "Miss Fu, it's more appropriate to call her Aunt Guan."

Yue Niang looked at the striking scar on the back of Fan Zhicheng's neck and changed her tone: "Auntie Guan."

Fan Zhicheng was walking in front, and after his mother was mentioned, he fell silent.

It was a courtyard that was not too remote. It looked quite gorgeous from the outside, but once you went inside, you could see that the wall paint was severely peeling off.

Yue Niang was heartbroken.

Aunt Guan's room was also quite big, but it only had a table and a bed. It was cleaned very neatly and was not disgusting at all.

As soon as they entered the room, a burst of light and continuous coughing was heard: "Cough cough cough."

Fan Zhicheng hurried over to help Guan: "Mother, mother, are you okay?"

Aunt Guan regained consciousness after hearing her son's voice. "It's okay. Why are you back? Leave quickly, or your father will punish you again if he finds out."

Fan Zhicheng said softly, "Father knows. Mother, this is Miss Fu who sent you the medicine. I told you about it."

Aunt Guan looked at Yue Niang, hatred deep in her eyes: "Why did you bring her here? Did your father force you to do that?"

Then, no one knew where Guan's spirit came from, she said fiercely to Yue Niang: "No matter what you are planning, I would rather die than let my son marry a woman like you. My Guan family is a family of noble character and will not tolerate such abuse."

Yue Niang sat down and poured herself some tea. "The Guan family? I heard that the last governor of Lingzhou was surnamed Guan. He was an honest official his entire life and had only one daughter. Later, the Guan family fell into decline, and the girl sold herself to bury her father and became a merchant's concubine. It's really sad."

Fan Zhicheng was annoyed: "Miss Fu, please go out, my mother needs to rest."

Yue Niang stood up and said, "I mean no harm. I came here today to ask for medicine from Third Uncle. Aunt Guan is seriously ill and must be experiencing frequent chest and abdominal pains. If she coughs for a long time, she will also feel dizzy. This prescription was written by my Third Uncle. Take it three times a day. Master Fan can also ask a doctor to take a closer look."

Then Yue Niang left, leaving only Fan Zhicheng and his mother.

"Mother, after spending time with Miss Fu recently, I feel that she is not the kind of person that the rumors say she is."

Aunt Guan looked at Yue Niang's departing figure and said, "Son, if it's not as the rumors say, then this girl is too pitiful."