The Possession of My Beloved - CH 38

On the other hand, Yunniang didn’t expect the hoodlum hired by her subordinates to be so useless!

Yan Chi who was beside her looked ashamed and whispered, “Missy, I didn’t do a good job. I didn’t expect these people to be a good-for-nothing!”

“Shut up!” Yunniang scolded with a face that turned blue.

Sitting in the tea shop, which is quite a distance away from the scene, and blocked by the crowd, she didn’t see it clearly. When the crowd was dispersing, she only managed to see a few big men tying up those ruffians.

Yunniang was so angry that she clenched her teeth secretly. When did Lingquan Town become a territory with so many unnoticed talents? Why are there so many people fond of meddling in others’ business?

Since the people she hired were captured, it was useless to stay here. She had to think about how to manage her connections and bribe the local government while they interrogate the fake Cui Jiu’s origin carefully.

Anyway, the marriage certificate is real, and there are copies in the local office, so she’s not afraid of being checked.

Thinking so, Yunniang felt that it was useless to stay here longer, so she got up and wanted to leave.

Unexpectedly, Liu Miantang, who was originally looking at a distance across the street, suddenly turned her eyes back. After looking at it, she angrily picked up her skirt and strode towards this side.

She has injuries on her leg. Although she has recovered greatly, she couldn’t walk very fast normally. But today, maybe she was too angry, and she walked much faster than usual. She came to the woman with a bamboo hat in a few steps and lifted her gauze bamboo hat with one hand.

She immediately recognized that the woman was her “old acquaintance in the Capital” who she encountered in the iron steel shop a few days ago at this moment…

Speaking of it, it’s not a foresight that Miantang can recognize Yunniang.

When the fat Young Master was dislocated by her husband earlier, he constantly looked at the opposite tea shop. And just now, when those righteous men dragged these ruffians away, more than one of those desperate ruffians looked towards the tea shop too.

Miantang saw it with her eyes, and she was feeling suspicious. It was not that she suspected her husband was fake, but she felt that the truth of this matter is not what the fat man has said, he happened to meet his elopement wife by chance, but that someone instructed them to make trouble!

So Liu Miantang came straight over. She somehow saw that the woman with a hood looked familiar, so she came and flipped her hat off.

After recognizing Yunniang, Liu Miantang was filled with anger.

A few days ago, she was outspoken, saying that she had forgotten all the things after her marriage when she was ill. Unexpectedly, this woman used this to make a raft and hire a few b*stard to discredit herself.

What exactly is this hatred? How vicious!

At that moment, Miantang was so angry that she just stared at her and asked, “Did you instigate those ruffians to smash my store?”

Yunniang didn’t expect Liu Miantang to come so quickly, but forced herself to calm down and said, “What are you talking about, Sister? How do I know those people? Didn’t he say you were his runaway wife? It can be seen that it’s your private resentment. What does it have to do with me?”

Miantang was about to laugh. He slapped Yunniang with her hand, which made her face crooked, “You f*cking nonsense! When the stupid fat man came into the store earlier just now, he shouted to us, and the rest of the people were smashing things. The townsmen in front of my store didn’t manage to see what was going on, and they were all whispering to each other to ask for the reason! How do you know that he said I was his runaway wife when you were having tea in the tea shop so far away from my store?”

When Yun Niang and Liu Miantang intersect in the past, she always looked like the girl next door who’s an understanding sister, so Liu Miantang always takes good care of her very much.

Later, even if Liu Miantang suspected her, due to her father, who was a veteran of the Old Minister of the East Palace, she have to give her some face. Thus, she only turned a cold shoulder and ignored her, and never spoke ill of her.

But now Liu Miantang has amnesia and has no scruples at all. When she finds the flaw in her words, she gave her a big slap when she’s caught off guard without hesitation!

The young servant boy Yan Chi and the servant girl Hua Ping were also caught off guard and did not stop the disaster for their Young Lady for a time.

However, after Hua Ping comes back to her sense, she immediately said to the Dragon Guards behind her, “Are you guys dumb? Hurry and carry Liu Miantang away!”

Those bodyguards all knew Liu Miantang. Lady Liu has left a deep influence on them that was built up over a long time. Even though she had been down the mountain for more than a year, in everyone’s heart, they still looked up to the girl who had never made a promise she cannot keep on the mountain, and naturally couldn’t react for a moment.

Moreover, Young Master Ziyu summoned these Dragon Guards some time ago and give orders personally. They must not embarrass Lady Liu. Anyone who dares to act arbitrarily will be killed without mercy!

How dare they act rashly when the Young Master has an order in advance? They can only watch Liu Miantang pull on Yunniang’s hair and knock her on the wall.

As soon as Hua Ping and Yan Chi saw, they immediately pulled Miantang away. But the two servant girls, Fang Xie and Bi Cao, who caught up later, were by no means a person who is insignificant, narrow-minded, and inactive!

When Cui Xingzhou ordered the middleman of human traffickers to choose people at the beginning, he thought of Miantang’s beauty and her weak hands and legs. If there was any situation the secret sentries couldn’t reach out in time, the servant girls around her should also be able to stand in. Therefore, being strong and having a little knowledge of martial arts is a necessary skill to be considered for!

It seems that The Prince has a vision. As soon as the two girls saw their Madam fighting, the opposing servants were inauthentic and wanted to help. They immediately rushed over, dealing with them one by one, pulling their hair and biting their ears in the most vigorously way.

These servant girls from the countryside are vigorous when fighting! Hua Ping and Chi Yan no longer care about solemnly protecting their Lady and only focus on fighting with the two female mad dogs.

Although Miantang was weak, she still had the skills of the martial art she learned before, and she also had the dexterity to use force. It was more than enough to clean up this delicate Yunniang. She knocked Yunniang and half of her face was bruised in a few moments. Being shaky, she can only let Miantang pull her hair and wring her face.

However, she was badly injured before thus, after pulling it a few times, Miantang started to feel weak again. Bi Cao pressed Hua Ping into the water tank on the side and kindly helped her to one side, “Madam, take a rest over here, let me handle the rest!” She then went to pull Yunniang’s collar again.

Miantang was a little tired at this time, but as soon as her body shook, she was held by Cui Xingzhou behind her.

To be honest, Cui Xingzhou had never seen a woman fight like this before.

Although there are many female members in his father’s Residence, they all use backstabbing tactics to hurt people. These kind of earnest fights and chaos is an eye-opener.

He saw that Miantang and the two countryside servant girls didn’t look like they were suffering losses in the fight earlier. Thus, he only looked at it expressionlessly with his hand placed on his back.

Since Miantang believes that Yunniang is playing tricks, it’s better than seeing through the layout he set.

Now, when he’s holding this young lady who was on raged, seeing that her forehead was full of sweat, he said, “What does it look like fighting in the street?”

Those Dragon Guards can’t stand and watch anymore., Seeing that Miantang was fighting personally, they were ready to come over and pull the two servant girls away. Cui Xingzhou took one step first and then walked over. He said to Yunniang with disheveled hair, “You have ruined my wife’s reputation without any cause or reason. Please move to the government to discuss right and wrong!”

Yunniang’s plan fell empty today. Although she left the Capital with her father at the beginning, in addition to wandering from place to place and having endured many hardships at the beginning, her later life has always been treated with dignity. Who dares to be rude to her on the Mountain of Yang? Even Ziyu was polite to her.

However, she was beaten by Miantang and her servant like a dog today in the street, which was too hurtful to her self-esteem!

When the Dragon Guards pulled the two servant girls apart and came to help her, she waved the Dragon Guard’s hand off viciously. She was not in the mood to talk nonsense with this deceptive fake Cui Jiu. She just let Hua Ping who also has a head with disheveled hair help her up and went off without saying a word.

At this time, outside the tea shop, there were crowds of people watching the excitement. Protected by the Dragon guards, she forcibly rushed out of the tea shop surrounded by passers-by.

Cui Xingzhou was not in a hurry to chase them out. He had just taken the opportunity of them fighting in the tea shop and ordered the secret sentries to find an opportunity to draw the net. He was going to take Yunniang in for trial tonight.

Thinking so, Lady Liu, whom he held, murmured slightly.

Miantang had a tough fight earlier on, and she was feeling weak. Her wrist affected her old injury again.

She didn’t realize the pain when she was fighting. Now that when she rested, she could only lean weakly in Cui Xingzhou’s arms and watched Yunniang and the others take on the road. She eagerly said, “Don’t let her go, husband. We have to ask her what the hell she’s up to!”

Mo Ru is always smart and able to understand The Prince’s mind. He doesn’t want Liu Miantang to interrogate Yunniang, otherwise, he won’t be able to cover all the details of his layout. So he replied from the side, “Madam, she has so many servants. If they all end up attacking together, our Master can’t win! Anyway, those ruffians she instigated have been sent to the government, and The Master can always get something out of it. The porcelain in the shop has been smashed, and it’s impossible to attend to customers. We should go back and clean up the store!”

These words are what Miantang is worried about. Those rascals earlier had smashed many boutiques in her store, and she doesn’t know how much loss she suffer. She must count them carefully, contact the government, and let those ruffians compensate.

So she didn’t care about her sore wrists and hurried to clean up the goods.

Among the crowd of onlookers, there were many neighborhoods on North Street. They had heard about Miantang’s shrewdness long before. It’s a well-deserved reputation to see her fighting against other people today! They also didn’t forget to express their good-neighborly friendship by helping Miantang to clean up the shop, and casually scold those rascals.

After this scene, Cui Xingzhou is unable to leave. He asked Mo Ru to stay and help the workers to clean up and took Miantang and the servant girl, Fang Xie, back to North Street to have a rest first.

Miantang pulled too hard at the fight earlier, and a half-long nail split, cutting the edge of the finger seam, and was bleeding a little.

Servant Li didn’t go to the shop just now. Seeing that Lady Liu went out well, but was helped back by The Prince weakly. She couldn’t make it clear for a moment. Later, when Fang Xie talked about the reason of the cause of the matter, she couldn’t help but secretly cry out “It’s a Sin”!

Cui Xingzhou asked Servant Li to prepare hot water for Miantang and apply it to her hands and legs. The medical cream prepared for her to relieve the pain was also warmed in the hot pot. After the medicine melted, it can be wrapped around her.

Maybe she was fighting too hard, and Miantang’s two wrists were slightly swollen. Her originally white jade wrist is now slightly bulging.

Seeing that Cui Xingzhou frowned, she scolded herself, “What’s it like to fight with people in the street? Don’t you know your hands are bad, can’t you exert yourself?”

Miantang has now calmed down and feels guilty. She couldn’t tell why. When she saw the woman just now, she had a wave of uncontrollable anger in her heart. She just wanted to tear her apart… As a result, she forgot that she must refrain from using strength on her hands and legs.

After her serious illness, she once asked Doctor Zhao what happened to her hands and legs. But the highly skilled doctor said vaguely, only saying that when she was shopping, she was hit by a galloping carriage and suffered from sequelae, which made her body and memory suffer from serious damage.

Miantang was sad for a long time because of her weak hands and legs, but being able to survive under the wheel of the carriage is already a blessing from heaven. It’s not right to complain too much, so she is rarely feeling melancholy and moody about her hands and legs.

She now knows that her husband holds her dearly, she felt a sweet sensation in her heart and said, “I was so angry at that time, how would I care so much? Who would have thought that I only mentioned my memory was not good that day, and that woman was so obsessed that she find someone to calculate me. I don’t know what is she up to?”

Cui Xingzhou wondered why this smart woman had never doubted himself. At that moment, he follows her words and says something to probe.

So he asked, “That fat Young Master today also called himself Cui Jiu, saying it was your husband…”

Before he finished, Miantang’s willow eyebrows are tied, and seemed to be disgusted, “Don’t talk about this insulting thing, husband. What Young Master? He’s a hog in the pen! If I marry such a man, I’d rather jump off the cliff and die than get married!”

Cui Xingzhou was amused by her reaction and wanted to laugh. While massaging her wrist, he casually said, “What kind of person do you want to be married to?”

Miantang tilted her neck to look at her husband. His eyebrows and eyes were as dark as a black pigment used to draw brows, and his nose and lips were thin. However, he was impeccably filled with a rich and handsome temperament, which made people can’t take their eyes off him!

“It’s naturally a gentle and versatile Young Master!”

Miantang said the truth, but she doesn’t know why, Cui Xingzhou’s face was inexplicably gloomy.

There are too many gentle and versatile Young Masters in the world!

Speaking of it, that Young Master Ziyu is not vulgar too. He’s elegant and played a game of good chess. He can be called a genius.

Cui Xingzhou never thought about how deep the relationship between Miantang and Lu Wen, who called himself Ziyu, was before.

But today, after listening to her words, it suddenly occurred to him that if she had married a fat man, would she fall in love with the gentle bandit leader who robbed her?

Thinking of this, a sour smell that he has never felt before spread in his heart. This willow lady turned out to be a person who looks for men with good features!

Shallow women don’t talk about personal morality when looking at people but just pick the handsome ones. They have no insight! Was she also being this sensible and considerate to Lu Wen at the beginning, and loving him deeply?

Miantang’s hands and legs were covered with medicine, and she couldn’t move for a moment, so she had to lie on the bed honestly.

She might be too angry today and was having a headache. She rubbed her husband’s hand and wanted to let him massage it for her.

Cui Xingzhou usually practices martial arts and has small cocoons on his fingers. It is very comfortable when massaging her head acupoints.

Because her husband had massaged her several times before, Miantang was a little addicted.

Prince Huaiyang was sulking by himself. Seeing that she stretched her head out like a cat, he was stunned for a while before massaging with his long fingers on her head acupoints, but he was testing and asking, “Did you recall anything about that woman, why did she bully you like this?”

Miantang pillowed on Cui Jiu’s thigh, comfortably closing her eyes, and murmured, “I don’t remember. I hate people who lie to me most. It’s all right to forget people like her…”

Cui Xingzhou’s fingers paused again, suddenly stood up, coldly said he would go to the government to inquire about the situation, and then left.

Miantang’s head was so staggered by him that it fell on the soft quilt. She supported her head with one hand and was stunned. Her husband’s temper was unstable recently, and he always seemed to be angry with her about some unspeakable matters… Could it be… Could it be that men also have a few days in a month that are inconvenient? Losing temper because of physical discomfort?

When Prince Huaiyang left the North Street Mansion, the evening breeze blew slightly, but it didn’t blow away his depression.

The young lady has a way to make him angry. Does she mean that if she were to know the truth later, she will change her appearance and ignore him?

Cui Xingzhou felt that if it was true, he would also be free, so he didn’t bother to stay and take care of her life and death!

At this time, the coachman came to pick him up in his carriage. He raised his legs and got on the carriage without turning his head.

Those ruffians have been sent back to the Military Camp by the secret sentries for interrogation, so Cui Xingzhou also returned to his camp.

These rascals were not those ruthless characters who kidnapped Liu Miantang last time. They were whipped a few whips and soon spit out before the soldering iron was heated.

Although they didn’t know Yunniang’s name, they confessed that the young man who give them money was in the tea shop, following behind a woman in a hood.

The marriage letter found in the possession of the fat man was also presented to Prince Huaiyang intact.

Prince Huaiyang held the marriage letter and read it. It was an old and yellowing marriage letter, but it was carefully preserved. The handwriting on it and the household seal of the Great Yan Dynasty were visible.

This marriage letter is real, but Cui Jiu, who claims to be the merchant in the Capital, is fake.

Cui Xingzhou is very curious now. Why did Yunniang keep Liu Miantang’s marriage letter for so long? It seems that she deliberately wants to make Liu Miantang uncomfortable.

Being idle and bored, Cui Xingzhou ordered someone to bring the files of Liu Miantang and her relatives and friends when Liu Miantang was thoroughly investigated previously.

Although someone presented it to him at that time, he only glanced at the file of Liu Miantang’s father’s family and didn’t look at anything else.

After all, he didn’t bother about her too much at the beginning. He just took her as bait. A chess piece that will be discarded after being used. Where did she need The Prince’s attention?

Now that he specially selected the file of the Cui family, the merchant that Liu Miantang was going to marry. It is written in this file that after Miantang was robbed by bandits, the Cui family felt ashamed and was afraid of being laughed at by their relatives and friends, so they searched for a matchmaker overnight, and found another merchant’s woman in the Capital. Instead of Liu Miantang, she got on the sedan chair and married the merchant Cui Jiu in a hurry.

Now that the Ninth Master of the Cui family has already got a wife and two concubines expanding his family, he has long forgotten Liu Miantang, who was robbed.

Cui Xingzhou coldly left the file aside and sincerely felt that it was good that Miantang didn’t marry into such a fickle family. If Cui Jiu is as fat as the fake rascal today, he will feel that it has dirtied his eyes after a look.

Thinking so, he casually took the file of Miantang’s grandfather’s family and looked at it.

The file that had not been opened for a long time had a layer of dust. When Cui Xingzhou shook it off, he read a few lines frowning, and suddenly his eyes were fixed, staring at a name.

Liu Miantang’s grandfather was the leader of the Shenwei Escort Agency, which was once famous in the north and south of the river. His surname was Lu and his name was Wu!

For a moment, Cui Xingzhou’s mind was running fast, thinking about what kind of relationship was between Lu Wen and Lu Wu?

He flipped through the files of the Lu family quickly, but after careful examination, he couldn’t find a person named Lu Wen.

“Mo Ru!” He suddenly shouted.

Mo Ru was waiting outside the military tent. Hearing The Prince shouting, he hurried in.

“Go and ask someone to find out the genealogy of the Lu family of the Shenwei Escort Agency. In addition, order them to copy a file of the people who have a distant or close relationship with the Lu family to me!”

Mo Ru didn’t dare to look at Cui Xingzhou’s ferocious look, so he hurried to take his order and went out.

Cui Xingzhou looked at the words on the file and had a vague idea in his heart. Could it be Liu Miantang eloped with a familiar person to the Mountain of Yang, as the fake Cui Jiu said?

Does Lu Wen have anything to do with her maternal grandparents? Could it be that they were cousins that have a continuous relationship that was written in the script for a play?

For a time, Cui Xingzhou had countless thoughts in his heart. He thought that Miantang might be surrounded by her Cousin Lu Wen who was her childhood friend. For a time, his heart felt very uncomfortable like swallowing a fly.

When Yunniang was caught for a detailed integration, the details of Lu Wen will come out. By then, he would ask in detail how much love Liu Miantang and Lu Wen had at the beginning!

He has sent the secret sentries to surround the inn where Yun Niang is staying tonight. He just needs to wait for the night to raid and take this group of people in.

He was able to control his emotions after all. After finding that he had lost a little of his temperant, he just lay down on the bed with his clothes on, waiting for the news of the success from the secret sentries drawing the net.

When he calmed down, Cui Xingzhou felt that he was a little childish worrying too much about Lady Liu.

The name Lu Wen is too common and ordinary. It can be found everywhere. It should just be an alias, which he casually gave himself.

Looking at that Ziyu’s temperament, he should not be a figure living in the river and lakes. He has a good upbringing in his every move. This is very different from the deliberately contrived manners of Lady Liu.

And most importantly, Ziyu didn’t protect Liu Miantang at all. He allowed his new lover to bully Liu Miantang like this. No matter how beautiful their relationship was, it will also be withered into the chrysanthemum on the branches of the past.

Just like that, Prince Huaiyang had been thinking about boring things repeatedly in his mind. Until nightfall, the head of the secret sentries reported with a dignified face, “Your Highness, Yunniang has escaped. It’s due to my incompetency, please give your punishment to me!”

Cui Xingzhou squinted and asked, “How did she escape?”

“The others and I had tied the Yunniang to a sack and loaded it into a carriage, but when we left the inn, we met Gong Sunye, a general under Prince Sui. He surrounded us with people and said frankly that Lady Sun was the adopted daughter of Prince Sui. If we don’t release her, they will immediately shoot arrows randomly…”

After the secret sentry finished reporting with an ashamed face, Cui Xingzhou was silent. He did not expect that Liu Pei, the King of the State of Hui, adjacent to the State of Qing, would also be involved.

The secret sentry thought Cui Xingzhou would be furious, but Cui Xingzhou got up and paced back and forth, and then ordered someone to bring the records of the officials in the State of Qing transcribed a few days ago.

It was impressively written, “Shi Yikuan was the highest administrative commanding officer for Prince Sui for six years, and then moved to the State of Qing as the Commander.”

Cui Xingzhou originally wanted to catch Yunniang for trial this time, but unexpectedly, he caught a bigger fish, Prince Sui!

Thinking of this, Cui Xingzhou waved and did not blame the secret sentry.

After all, Liu Pei, Prince Sui, who was the late Emperor’s beloved younger brother from the same mother, was originally arrogant and unusual. When the late Emperor was alive, he was rather patient with him.

Unfortunately, the former Emperor died, and Concubine Xi was in power. The former glory of the Royal relatives such as Prince Sui also became eclipsed.

Among all The Princes with different surnames suppressed by the Imperial Court, there are also some descendants of the surname of the previous Great Yan Emperor.

If Prince Huaiyang would be cut off by the Imperial Court and concise soldiers and administration, the days will not be too far away for Prince Sui to be cut off from his power too.

It seems that Shi Yikuan’s peace negotiation with the Mountain of Yang’s anti-bandits now, in addition to going along with the Imperial Court and strengthening their strength, Prince Sui plays a major role in it!