Chapter 125: Unfaithful Woman and Infatuated Man
Ying'er, take good care of yourself, I will rescue you as soon as possible!
——Purely raw.
Tsk~
After not seeing him for a few days, I thought the scholar had given up, but I didn't expect him to sneak into the mansion!
Sun Shaozong shook the paper in his hand and looked at Ying'er up and down with interest.
The girl seemed to be kneeling there obediently, but she was trying hard to stick out her rather full breasts. Her collar was also loose, revealing a large area of attractive white skin. It was obvious at a glance that she was well prepared.
Ying'er is fifteen years old this year. She is the oldest among the maids, and it seems that she is the most cunning one!
After watching for a long time, Sun Shaozong raised his eyebrows and said, "Since he is your childhood sweetheart and is so loyal to you, how could you bear to betray him?"
It turned out that this note was handed to him by Ying'er herself early this morning.
Hearing the word "betray", Ying'er's delicate body trembled, and she quickly bowed her head to the ground, saying resolutely: "Since I came to our house, I have only had the master and the aunt in my heart. What he wants to do is his business, but I dare not deceive the master."
Sun Shaozong smiled without commenting, muttering to himself: "You are so brave to sneak into my house to steal people!"
Then he waved his hand again: "You go down first."
Ying'er hurriedly got up, twisted her slender waist and walked out of the inner room. From beginning to end, she never thought of saying anything on behalf of 'Chunsheng'.
Hehe~
The lines in operas always say something like "a love-struck lady and an unfaithful man", but who would have thought that there are many heartless and unfaithful women in this world.
Xiangling was washing and dressing quietly at the side, and now she said with a sigh: "This girl was flirted with by the master yesterday. I'm afraid she has the idea of climbing up the social ladder - how can she compare to being a concubine in our family with wealth and dignity if she secretly gets engaged to a poor scholar who has suffered a disaster?"
"So it's my fault, then?"
Sun Shaozong glared at her and asked in a threatening tone, "If it were you, would you choose to be a concubine or elope with that poor scholar?"
Xiangling deliberately pondered for a long while, then chuckled and said, "That depends on whether the master is a poor scholar or a rich man."
Sun Shaozong also laughed, stood up and left the west wing, but immediately asked someone to find the second housekeeper Zhao Zhongji and scolded him, "How can you be a housekeeper? Why did you invite thieves into your home?!"
Having said that, he threw the note to Zhao Zhongji.
Zhao Zhongji took the note in his hand and read it carefully. When he saw the contents of the note, his face turned pale and he knelt down: "I failed to do my job well and was deceived by the villain - please punish me severely!"
As he spoke, he slapped himself a few times, then continued, "I only hired Xu Chunsheng as an accountant because he was a scholar and had a clean background. Who would have thought that he was harboring evil intentions!"
Zhao Zhongji was angry, but also felt a little aggrieved - these days, scholars with official titles valued their reputation the most, who would have thought that he came here to steal someone?
"We'll talk about your business later!"
Sun Shaozong sneered and said, "First tie up Xu Chunsheng for me!"
Zhao Zhongji quickly got up and ran away.
Not long after, I heard a commotion outside the courtyard gate. Someone was shouting, "Let me go! I have a reputation, how dare you abuse me with lynching?!"
This scholar is really courageous. Even after being caught, he still acts so confidently.
Seeing Xu Chunsheng being taken into the courtyard, still struggling with his neck stiff, Sun Shaozong asked indifferently: "Xu Chunsheng, how long did you kneel outside the military camp that day?"
Xu Chunsheng was stunned by the question and temporarily forgot to struggle. He just sneered and said, "How long should I kneel? What does it have to do with you?!"
"It really has nothing to do with me."
Sun Shaozong smiled slightly and said, "But I have told the officer guarding the gate that if you can hold out until the next morning, I will let you know to come and take Ying'er away."
Upon hearing this, Xu Chunsheng's face looked like a grocery store, and his expression changed seven or eight times in an instant. He was filled with regret and was half-believing and half-doubting.
After a long while, he stammered stiffly, "I... Although I didn't kneel until dawn, I didn't leave until the second watch. If... If you are willing to help Ying'er and I, I will repay you with gratitude on Xu Chun's birthday!"
"Is it accomplished?"
Sun Shaozong sneered, "If you had come to me in a proper manner to beg for mercy, I wouldn't be reluctant to part with a maid, but now you have sneaked into my house with ill intentions, and you still have the nerve to ask for 'help'?"
After a pause, he continued, "Besides, do you think Ying'er is really willing to go with you?"
Xu Chunsheng's face had already changed after hearing the first part, and he became even more furious after hearing the second part. He jumped up and down and shouted, "Ying'er and I have been childhood sweethearts and have already promised to be together for life. You..."
"Shut up!"
Before he could finish , Ying'er rushed out of the west wing and walked up to him, scolding him harshly, "Brother Chunsheng, I have always treated you as my own brother, but how could you say such shameless words?!"
“Dear… dear brother ?!”
Xu Chunsheng staggered as if he had been hit on the head. If he hadn’t been caught, he would have collapsed to the ground. After a long while, he said, “But you…but you clearly…”
Ying'er didn't wait for him to finish and said coldly, "Xu Chunsheng, please stop talking nonsense. What good will it do you to tarnish my innocence for no reason?"
Xu Chunsheng stared at her in a daze for a long while, and saw that the girl next door, who used to wear cloth clothes and a straw hairpin, had now changed into a silk dress and powdered makeup. Although her complexion was brighter than before, there was no trace of tenderness between her eyebrows.
"Alas~"
Xu Chunsheng finally sighed dejectedly and said, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have come to disturb you."
Then, he pleaded with Sun Shaozong earnestly, "Please take good care of Ying'er, sir."
This is truly a seed of love.
but……
"I don't need you to teach me how to act."
Sun Shaozong said, and waved his hands like he was shooing away a fly: "Send him to the government office keep him under custody. Let Cheng Shiye draft a document and ask the Hebei Provincial Education Commissioner to revoke his academic title before punishing him!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Chunsheng became furious again and said in shock, "Sir! I was just rude for a moment and didn't really do anything. Why do you want to ruin my future?!"
This shock was even greater than what happened just now!
This is because the only way out for scholars is to take the imperial examination and become an official. If they are really stripped of their titles, their future fate may not be better than those ordinary victims outside the city!
Sun Shaozong ignored him and turned into the west wing.
Ying'er followed closely behind him and closed the door obediently, but she could still hear Xu Chunsheng screaming heartbreakingly outside: "My Lord, my Lord, you can't do this! You can't do this!"
Xu Chunsheng's situation can indeed be described as pitiful.
But that was when it happened to someone else. When it came to himself, Sun Shaozong would not be kind for no reason.
If Xu Chunsheng was let off lightly this time, who knows if a Wang Chunsheng or Song Chunsheng would appear in the future and come to steal his love?
Sun Shaozong had no interest in the forgiveness-colored hat at all!
However, this farce did help him figure out some doubts that were lingering in his mind.
