NIP #114 - Chapter 114 Sister goes to ask Li Yuan
#114 - Chapter 114 Sister goes to ask Li Yuan
This Young Master Li, or rather, their own master,
could be said to be upright to a fault.
Although he used her for chores, he neither beat nor scolded her, nor was he overly demanding.
He often told her jokes and didn't act like a master at all.
He felt more like a big brother from next door.
This made Xiao He's heart relax, and at the same time, she developed some subtle feelings.
It was a budding sense of intimacy; since her adoptive father passed away, it seemed she had found someone she could trust and rely on again.
She even tried to make small mistakes to see if Li Yuan would really not get angry.
And Li Yuan's punishment for her was to pick her up and spank her bottom.
Xiao He was fifteen years old this year.
But Li Yuan punished her like a child.
Although it didn't hurt, it made her blush with shame.
In Da Liang, girls were considered adults at sixteen and could marry.
Like the female Marquis and Bai Yu Xuan, who were already eighteen or nineteen this year and still unmarried, they were considered old maids.
She had never experienced matters between men and women, but she understood them to some extent.
Being treated like a child by Li Yuan made Xiao He feel somewhat unhappy.
Xiao He went to the kitchen to get dinner.
The posthouse had a kitchen, and the General of Xinzhou not only sent a chef but also brought a sumptuous feast.
Marquis Longxiang divided the banquet into several portions and distributed them to his close followers.
Before long, Xiao He brought back two large food boxes from the kitchen.
Opening the food boxes, Xiao He's eyes widened.
Inside were four dishes, a soup, and two servings of staple food.
The dishes were two meat and two vegetarian, with a fragrant aroma.
Li Yuan patted Xiao He's head and said.
Her master wasn't pretentious at all.
The maids of other families could only eat leftovers.
But here with Li Yuan, good food and good meals were meant to be shared to be enjoyed.
Xiao He, after all, had a personality that had been mixed in the marketplace.
If the master wanted to eat together, then eat together.
There was no affectation at all.
While the two were eating, Li Yuan would often put food in Xiao He's bowl.
"Xiao He, eat more meat."
"When will your airport figure ever develop?"
Xiao He tilted her head with a confused look.
"Young Master, what is an airport?"
"Uh..."
Li Yuan knew he had slipped up and could only change his words.
"When will your threshing ground figure ever develop?"
This time, Xiao He understood.
Her young master was嫌弃 (xiánqì) her flat figure.
This made Xiao He angry, and her face flushed red.
Xiao He was very unconvinced in her heart; her delicate figure was very popular in Da Liang.
Especially those 文人 (wénrén) and scholars who loved to buy maids with such bud-like figures.
But on second thought, her young master was a martial artist, not those weak scholars.
In matters of the bedchamber, he probably preferred women with plump figures.
Watching Li Yuan put two more pieces of meat in her bowl, Xiao He secretly vowed.
She also had to develop quickly and let the young master know her good qualities.
Ignoring this pair of master and servant.
At this time, in the west courtyard of the posthouse.
The female Marquis was walking quickly towards her younger sister's bedroom.
Before she even entered the bedroom, she faintly heard Bai Yu Xuan's crying.
Anxious, the female Marquis quickly stepped into the room.
At this time, Bai Yu Xuan's face was pale, and she was leaning halfway against the bedside, sobbing with tears on her face.
"Yu Xuan, what's wrong? Did you have another nightmare?"
When Bai Yu Xuan saw her older sister arrive, she threw herself into the female Marquis's arms in grievance.
She sobbed and cried.
"I was a little tired just now, so I wanted to rest for a while."
"I didn't want to, but as soon as I closed my eyes, I dreamed of that dead ghost."
Marquis Longxiang's eyes turned cold, and she asked.
"Could it be that dead ghost son of the Dou family?"
Bai Yu Xuan nodded with a sad face and said.
"He said that the Li Commandant was by my side these days, and he didn't dare to come over."
"Today, Li Lang went to the east room, and he wanted to take me away."
After saying that, Bai Yu Xuan covered her face and cried again.
Looking at her crying sister, the female Marquis quickly asked.
"That guy wants to take you away? What exactly is going on?"
After a long time, Bai Yu Xuan calmed down and said slowly.
"That dead ghost said in the dream that I had already formed a ghost marriage in Doujia Village."
"He is my husband in the underworld, and now he wants to take my soul to the underworld to live with him."
"I was afraid in my heart, so I said to him that I already have a husband in the yang world."
"My husband is Li Yuan, if you continue to pester me."
"I will let my husband beat you until your soul is scattered."
"But unexpectedly, that dead ghost laughed loudly."
"He said that there was no essence of other men on my body at all, and that I was just deceiving him."
Speaking of this, Bai Yu Xuan's tears couldn't stop flowing down.
"That ghost said that three days later will be the day when yin and yang intersect, and he will take my soul away."
"At that time, I will surely die, and I will never see my sister again, boo hoo hoo."
Looking at her crying sister, the female Marquis hurriedly asked.
"Little sister, don't be afraid, I have a way to save you!"
Bai Yu Xuan wiped away her tears and said.
"How will my sister save me?"
The female Marquis narrowed her eyes.
To save her sister, it seems that there is only one way now.
That is to immediately let Li Yuan take Bai Yu Xuan into his room.
If the two have conjugal relations, with Li Yuan's baleful aura protecting her, her sister can be free from evil spirits and save her life.
It's just that Bai Yu Xuan is also a daughter of my Bai family, and it is truly unwilling for her lifelong affair to be so hurried.
But things have come to this point, and my little sister's situation cannot be delayed.
So the female Marquis carefully asked.
"If I... betroth you to Li Yuan as a concubine."
"Yu Xuan, are you willing?"
After hearing this, Bai Yu Xuan hurriedly said.
"Of course, I am willing."
"Little sister knows that only Li Lang can save me now."
"But what little sister is most afraid of is that Li Lang will not want me."
"Although I have not been married in the yang world, I have been matched with a ghost marriage by the Dou family."
"If Li Yuan uses this as an excuse not to take me, then little sister will only have the path of suicide."
After saying that, she covered her face and cried again.
Looking at her pitiful sister.
The female Marquis stood up and patted her chest to assure her sister.
"Yu Xuan, don't be afraid, leave this matter to your sister."
"Even if I force him, I will make him take you!"
At this time, Marquis Longxiang had already understood that her unwillingness and the Bai family's face were all less important than saving her sister's life.
If Bai Yu Xuan were to lose her life to some evil spirit, wouldn't she regret it to death?
With this in mind, the female Marquis stood up and said.
"Sister, rest assured."
"I'm going to find Li Yuan now."
"I will definitely make you happy."
After saying that, the female Marquis turned around and left the west courtyard and walked towards the east courtyard where Li Yuan was.