The sunset glow turned half the sky red. In the Li family house, the servants were busy preparing for dinner. When they took a break, they took a look at the flaming clouds on the horizon, and their mood became a little brighter.

However, the next moment, they saw colors more brilliant than the flaming clouds.

Their young master, Young Master Li Yongzhen, was holding several pots of chrysanthemums of different colors in his hands. Several maids following him, all holding chrysanthemums that were blooming extremely brightly, came from the handwriting corridor and went straight into Mrs. Li's house.

's yard.

Li Yongzhen saw Mrs. Li sitting on the porch holding a fan, and stepped forward with a smile: "Mom, look at these, they are all rare and famous products."

When Mrs. Li saw the chrysanthemums, a joyful smile appeared on her face. While she stepped forward to look at the chrysanthemums, she directed the maids around her to take the chrysanthemums and arrange them. When the chrysanthemums were finally arranged, Mrs. Li stepped back and looked.

To Li Yongzhen: "Come on, why did you buy so many flowers to please me?"

Li Yongzhen did not admit it, and said something nice, such as that he remembered Mrs. Li when he saw these flowers, so he specially found them. He made Mrs. Li happy, and then tactfully mentioned that he had no intention of Miss Qiu, and added

He has tried his best to forget Xiao Yao, but he still can't forget it, so he begs Mrs. Li to help him.

Li Yongzhen has tried many times to persuade Mrs. Li in the past few days, but they have all failed. Now that he mentioned it like this, he was sure that she would not agree and was ready for a long-term war of resistance. Unexpectedly, this time, after hearing this, Mrs. Li pondered.

stand up.

Li Yongzhen was overjoyed when he saw this and hurriedly asked: "Mom, you love your son after all, so just help him."

Mrs. Li sighed: "You are my son, I really can't ignore your wishes. However, the marriage with the Qiu family has been discussed before. Although the marriage invitation has not been exchanged, it is not good to regret the marriage after all, so I have to Xututu

Of."

Li Yongzhen was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "That's true. I wonder when will my mother propose to the Qiu family? And when will she invite Bingren to the Xiao family to propose marriage?"

Mrs. Li pretended to be angry: "You kid, what are you so anxious about? The Qiu family is not a small family and must be dealt with well, otherwise there will be endless trouble. In addition, even if you cancel the marriage with the Qiu family, you cannot go to the Xiao family to propose marriage right away, otherwise

If we let the Qiu family know, we might guess something, and not only would their family hate Miss Xiao, but they would also damage Miss Xiao's reputation."

"Mom is still thoughtful." After Li Yongzhen finished speaking, he thought of something, then put away his smile and looked at Mrs. Li, "Mom, is this a delaying tactic?"

Otherwise, why did you suddenly agree this time after refusing to agree before?

Mrs. Li couldn't bear it anymore, so she slapped Li Yongzhen, and then said displeasedly: "You are just a tactic to delay the war."

Li Yongzhen hurriedly admitted his mistake and chatted with Mrs. Li for a while. While saying that she had not forgotten, he also reminded Mrs. Li to remember what she had promised.

Mrs. Li felt very sad when she heard this. As her son grew older, she had indeed forgotten her mother after having a wife. However, she did not want to have a bad relationship with Li Yongzhen, so she agreed one by one.

Qian Jinxiu's outstanding performance made her realize that Xiao Yao is very suitable to be the mistress of the Li family. Of course, she will really consider letting Li Yongzhen marry Xiao Yao only if Xiao Yao makes more achievements and proves that he is more useful than a family.

.

Before Xiao Yao made achievements, she just held off.

After a while, she will choose which one brings more benefits to Li Yongzhen, Xiao Yao or Miss Qiu.

The great success of Qianjin Embroidery made Ban Yue Yuanyue and Lady Sun very happy, and they all expressed their intention to celebrate.

Xiao Yao smiled and said: "In that case, let's go to Qingfu Restaurant to celebrate."

Huang Siniang said hurriedly: "Why do we need to go to a restaurant to eat? We go to the street to buy food and cook it ourselves. Wouldn't it be cheap and delicious?"

Everyone else nodded in agreement.

After hearing this, Xiao Yao could only nod his head and agreed to buy groceries and come back to cook.

However, she was worried that young and pretty girls and women would be targeted by shameless gangsters when they went out, so she refused to let them go. She disguised herself as a man and planned to take Huang Siniang with her.

When Yang Yue saw this, he said: "It's even more unsafe for you two women to go. For that matter, I'll go with Miss Xiao."

Ban Yue and Yuan Yue nodded at the same time: "Good idea." They knew that Yang Yue could fight, so they felt that it was safe for Yang Yue to accompany Xiao Yao.

Due to the insistence of Ban Yue and Yuan Yue, Xiao Yao had no choice but to agree. Then he went back to his room, disguised himself as a man, and went to the streets with Yang Yue.

The street was busy at this time, and when passing by the bookshop, one could hear people discussing Qian Jinxiu's embroidery.

Xiao Yao pretended to buy a book, stood and listened for a while, and all he heard were good words, so he led Yang Yue away with satisfaction.

Yang Yue looked at the smile on Xiao Yao's face and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, saying: "Congratulations to Brother Xiao! Brother Xiao's fantastic ideas are truly extraordinary and admirable."

"Thank you." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

The two of them walked forward while talking. Not far away, they suddenly saw a crowd gathering together, seemingly pointing at something.

Before she could ask any questions, she heard someone say: "It's so pitiful. Is this the fourth time this happened? I heard it was the fourth son of the Lou family who did it!"

"Let me tell you, why resist? I have seen the fourth son of the Lou family from a distance. He is a handsome young man with such a family background. Since he has been robbed, it is better to follow him with peace of mind. It is worse than losing his life like this. "

"That's what I mean. The girl's family will marry sooner or later. Being the concubine of the fourth son of the building wearing gold and silver is not better than marrying a poor boy."

When Xiao Yao heard this, the smile on her face disappeared. She pushed away the crowd and walked in. She saw a pair of haggard mother-in-law and daughter-in-law holding a dying girl and crying sadly. A doctor next to him put away the medicine box and said

: "I can't do anything about this injury. Let's prepare for the funeral."

After hearing this, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't help but burst into tears.

When the people watching around saw her, their eyes were red. An old man said: "Take her back quickly, don't let her die on the road."

Xiao Yao squeezed through the crowd and stepped forward to feel the pulse of the dying girl. After a moment, she slumped down and put down the hand that was getting cold.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law seemed to be extremely sad. Regardless of whether Xiao Yao was a doctor or not, they looked at her eagerly when they saw her taking her pulse.

Xiao Yao felt extremely heavy in his heart when facing these two pairs of despairing eyes with a hint of hope and expectation, but in the end, he still shook his head: "I'm sorry."

It was too late. If she had burned an incense earlier, she might have been saved.

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law saw each other, tears fell one after another. They seemed to want to cry, but this time, they couldn't cry.

Xiao Yao looked at them blankly, his eyes gradually becoming blurry.

I don't know how long it took, but Yang Yue's strong hand held her arm and helped her stand up: "Brother Xiao, let's go."

Xiao Yao came back to his senses and saw that the crowd had dispersed and the poor mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were gone.

Yang Yue saw her eyes looking straight at where the poor girl was lying just now, and said softly: "Her family took her back."

After hearing this, Xiao Yao slowly turned his head and looked in the direction of the county government, as if asking Yang Yue, or saying to himself: "Is it useless to report to the official?"

There have been more than one such naked tragedy, but no one seems to have thought of reporting it to the official, maybe because they know that reporting to the official is useless, right?

After hearing this, Yang Yue's eyes turned cold and he said in a deep voice: "The Lou family is arrogant. They covered the sky with only one hand in Qiancheng. Although they are not as good as here, they are not something that a few ordinary people can bring down."

An old man and an old woman passing by heard this and started gossiping. The old man said, "It's not that I don't want to file a lawsuit. I heard there is no evidence."

The old woman also nodded: "Exactly. I heard that the first few couldn't find any evidence, so they just cried and complained and asked the government officials to beat them out. Who dares to complain?"

Xiao Yao was not in the mood for gossip. After hearing the news he wanted to know, he walked forward silently.

Yang Yue stayed with her and seemed to see her depression and anger, so he said: "I heard that the emperor sent an imperial envoy to go south. This dog official has no common people in his eyes. He must have been noticed by the imperial envoy."

After Xiao Yao listened, he stopped and turned to look at Yang Yue: "You mean, this world can still be saved?"

Yang Yue looked at Xiao Yao's eyes that looked sharp and dazzling for a moment, as if he was dizzy by the light that was more dazzling than the sun. At this moment, he felt that the girl in front of him had the aura of a man pointing his sword at the world.

It's so majestic and majestic that my heart can't help but beat fast.

It seemed like a long time had passed before he faced the eyes that had turned clear and restrained again, and nodded seriously: "Yes, there is still hope. My family lives in the capital, and I heard that Jinshang is gradually growing up, and he is determined to break away from the control of the regent and the queen mother.

Ambition is to severely reform the world’s officialdom.”

Xiao Yao nodded: "That's really good news." After that, he continued to move forward.

Yang Yue walked beside Xiao Yao and stopped talking.

His mind flashed over and over again with the majestic momentum Xiao Yao had shown in his eyes when he asked if the world could be saved. His heart beat uncontrollably, causing all kinds of complex emotions such as joy, excitement, discomfort and pain to well up in his heart.

That day, Xiao Yao and his group worked together to cook in the yard, and ate and drank together, which was very lively.

At night, everyone went to rest one after another.

Xiao Yao sat under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, looking up at the crescent moon in the sky in a daze.

Yang Yue was holding a bottle of wine in his hand, sitting on the roof, taking a sip of wine, looking at the moon, and then his eyes accidentally fell on the girl below, under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree.

The night was as cool as water, and she seemed gentle.

But in Yang Yue's heart, she was still the woman who could burst out with majestic momentum.

Moved to the city, Lou family.

A handsome young man took the piece of embroidery handed over by his subordinates, looked down at it for a moment, hummed, and said coldly: "Sangcheng has a big plan this year. First, silk that can compete with our Lou family, and then

It's embroidery, and it seems like it's trying to get away from our Lou family."

A man in a green shirt next to him said: "Young Master is just joking, how can they have the right to try to stop us? They are just clowns."

After hearing this, Young Master Lou looked away from the embroidery, waved his hand and said, "Ji Sheng, don't underestimate the enemy." After a pause, he asked his subordinates, "Have you checked who is behind Qian Jinxiu?"

The subordinates hurriedly said: "Preliminary investigation shows that Qianjin Embroidery is also the property of the Li family in Sangcheng."

"Li family!" Mr. Lou slapped the table, his face sinking, "Is it possible that they really think that their family has the power to fight with our Lou family? Ridiculous!"

Feng Jisheng said from the side: "The Li family is just wishful thinking. Come to think of it, it was the imperial merchant quota that gave them the courage to make them lose sight of their own weight. Our Lou family has everything from silk and silk to gorgeous ready-made clothes, as well as embroidery that is famous in the south of the Yangtze River.

, they are all top-notch, what can they use to fight us?"

Mr. Lou nodded slightly and put the embroidery in his hand on the table.

At this moment, light but dignified footsteps were heard outside the door, and then a beautiful girl who looked like pear blossoms after the rain appeared outside.
To be continued...