Chapter 98 Whole family (3)
When he spoke, he unconsciously brought out a chill. Feng shi quivered, but seeing Li Youde’s kind face, she felt that she thought too much.
“But, the empty courtyard in the residence hasn’t been tidied up yet. When it is tidied up tomorrow, I’ll invite aunt and Xiaozhuang to have a stay. Letting you stay in an inn is too outrageous,” Li Youde said.
“It’s nothing. It’s alright to wait for one day!” Feng shi smiled from ear to ear.
Someone suddenly knocked on the door. Ah Da hurriedly opened the door. It was Ah Er who kept guard outside. He immediately rushed over and knelt with a thud, “Lord, this is bad. Someone accused you in front of the emperor. You have to go back to the palace!”
“Who dares to be so courageous?!” Li Youde scolded angrily and walked out quickly.
Feng shi was stunned from fright. She hurriedly stepped forward and said, “Is, is it alright?”
Li Youde paused and turned his head. he put on a forced smile and said with a stiff smile, “Aunt, don’t worry. It will be fine.” Having said that, he left in hurry.
When only Feng shi and Li Xiaozhuang were left in the room, Feng shi said with worry, “Xiaozhuang, do you think something happened to Xiaozhu? I heard people say that many eunuchs who served the emperor didn’t have a good ending…”
Li Xiaozhuang still wanted to go into the residence and see the beauty from a close distance. He said without much care, “Mother, what are you afraid of? What about it even if he dies badly? We didn’t break the law!”
Feng shi was still a bit worried. She felt that the attitude of Li Xiaozhu was strange today. However, all the prosperity and wealth were right in front of her eyes. So, she suppressed the uneasiness in her heart. She should at least enjoy this for a few days.
But in the end, she was worried and didn’t go out to have fun that day. In the afternoon, she received an unexpected guest.
That person was dressed in man’s clothing, but Feng shi could tell at a glance that it was Lady Chen disguised as a man.
“Lady Chen? Why are you dressed like this?” Feng shi asked in surprise.
Chen Hui rushed over, grabbed Feng shi’s hand and said in a panic, “Aunt Feng, there is not enough time to elaborate. I sneaked out. Let’s run!”
“Run? What are we running for?” Feng shi had only been frightened in the morning and hurriedly asked after hearing this.
“Lord, lord, he…after he knew that aunt came here last night, he made several more memorial tablets overnight…,” Chen hui said in a hurry.
“Mem, memorial tablets?” Feng shi stuttered.
“Yours and your son’s!” Chen Hui sniffed and said in horror, “As for mine, it has long been made!”
“Why, why is this? Aren’t we all still alive?!” Feng shi was also a bit panicked.
Chen Hui choked and said, “Aunt, you don’t know…I have said before that lord has suffered a lot in the palace. Since then, he, he couldn’t see others’ well-being. He said that even though he is in a high position now, sooner or later, he would one day be either dealt with by the emperor or framed by one of his political opponents. Presumably, everyone from nine generations would be implicated! He said that everyone in his family was dead and that he was the only one left from the nine generations. It is really a pity…Lord told me this when he was drunk. He also that if he was really harmed and have to die, there was still me to be buried with him…Aunt, I didn’t follow him voluntarily. I really don’t want to die with him! You and brother Xiaozhuang, please take me to escape together!”
“This…isn’t he very well now? Why…,” Feng shi couldn’t continue halfway. She remembered what had happened to Li Youde before he left. She only felt her heart beating fast and she felt like she was going to faint. Was it not said that someone accused him? Perhaps, something already happened to him by now!
“He is fine now, but who knows when he will turn out not good! He was so happy last night, saying that the most important thing is for a family to be whole, even one less won’t be perfect.” Chen Hui said hastily.
The word ‘whole’ reminded Feng shi of what Li Youde said in the morning. No wonder she felt that something was wrong at that time. It turned out to be this!
“Aunt, I beg you to take me with you when you escape. Let’s find a place where no one knows us. Great Liang is so big. As long as we don’t say anything about our relationship with Lord Li, who can recognize us? Look, I brought money for the voyage. We can use it on the journey and we can use it to make a living in the future. We don’t have to worry about not being able to survive!” Chen Hui put her baggage on the table. It was full of scraps of silver and gold and silver pieces of jewelry. Together, it was about five hundred silver taels.
- Tael: ancient currency, about 50g
Seeing such a large amount of wealth, Feng shi´s eyes straightened. Originally, she was very worried that she was out of luck. She was already thinking about running away quickly. Her only concern was that it would be hard to live without money. This was why she was still a bit hesitant. What was there to be afraid of now that there was so much money?
“Okay, let’s go now,” Feng shi said immediately.
Chen Hui raised her head and said,” Great! Aunt, I have already prepared a carriage. I originally thought that even if you don’t leave, I will leave. Now that you are willing to leave with me, we can take care of each other along the way. I’m really so grateful. Aunt, quickly go find brother Xiaozhuang. I will let the coachman get ready to set off immediately. We will meet each other at the back of the inn!”
Chen Hui deliberately went out without her baggage. Feng shi looked greedily at the big bag of silver. She packed it hurriedly and went next door to tell Li Xiaozhuang briefly about the matter. Li Xiaozhuang immediately agreed after hearing that Chen Hui will be going with them and that there were a few hundreds of silver taels.
The two carefully avoided Xiao Liu’s room and went downstairs. They walked through the back door of the inn and soon found the carriage and the coachman.
The coachman had heard that there will be a few people for this carriage and let them get on it. Feng shi hugged the baggage tightly and urged the coachmen, “Why are we not leaving? Hurry up!”
The coachman asked puzzled, “Isn’t there one more person?”
“No, no,” Feng shi immediately said.
Li Xiaozhuang was unhappy and said loudly, “Mother, what are you talking about? Lady Chen hasn’t gotten into the carriage yet!”
“Lady Chen, Lady Chen, your mother is here. Are you so short of woman?” Feng shi said bluntly, “With these, are you afraid that you won’t be able to get a woman? You still want a woman that has been played by a eunuch?!”
“What can he do?! Lady Chen must still be a virgin,” Li Xiaozhuang argued.
The two were still arguing when there was a sudden noise outside. The two looked outside and saw that Chen Hui was pushing and pulling with a servant. She looked like she wanted to escape but was unable to. She suddenly looked at the carriage and screamed, “Help me! If I am caught and brought back, I will die!”
Feng shi immediately said to the driver, “I will triple the amount. Quickly leave!”
Li Xiaozhuang also got timid after seeing that vicious-looking servant and hurriedly said, “Leave, leave quickly!”
The coachman naturally wouldn’t go against money and shouted, “Jia (the sound they make for the horse to go).” The carriage slowly accelerated and Chen Hui’s shrill voice could no longer be heard.
Inside the inn, Chen Hui patten Ah Er who was grabbing her and said, “You can let go. They left. Until when do you plan to grab me?”
Ah Er let go embarrassed. Cold sweat broke out on his palms. Don’t mention how much strength he used to grab Lady Chen just now. Who told lord to tell him to be careful and not to let Lady Chen get lost for real? He also had no choice!
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