Young Master Wen Bao

  "What instructions does the old lady have?" Liu Lingling asked.

  "Tomorrow, your husband will take the whole family to Fajing Temple in Hangzhou to pray for blessings. The old lady wants us to let him die tonight, no matter whether it's by setting fire, poisoning, or sneaking into his courtyard to kill him, as long as he dies, you can also be freed. At that time, I will marry you."

  Wang Yi's face was full of eagerness, as if killing a sickly child was a trivial matter that could be done with a flick of the wrist. If it were before, when there was no defense, it should have been considered a small matter.

  But now Xie Wenyue's parents already know that the two of them are the old lady's accomplices, so they naturally won't trust them like before and let them get close.

  "Really? I'm really going to be free?" Liu Lingling was overjoyed.

  "It's true, I can deceive you no more. After this matter is over, I'll take you home and care for you for the rest of your life."

  Wang Yi is full of hope for the future.

  "Uh-huh, I believe you, let's go together." Liu Lingling became excited.

  In Liu Lingling's eyes, that lingering husband on the sickbed was nothing more than a piece of meat on Old Lady's chopping board. As long as Old Lady wanted him to die, he would have to die.

  I thought the old lady would support him for a few more years and I still had a long way to go before being free, but I didn't expect the time of liberation to come so soon.

  "It's okay, but just wait a bit longer. After another watch, they'll all be fast asleep, and it'll be easier to do what we need to do." Wang Yi's face turned bright red, revealing that he was still excited inside.

  "Hmm! I wish it were dawn already!" Liu Lingling was also extremely excited, having waited for his death for more than two years, and finally the day of his death had arrived.

  Xie Wenjing's mother, accompanied by Wu Yatou and two personal maids, Shang Pingping and Du Yue, packed up the things they would take with them tomorrow.

  As Xie Wenjing said, take away the valuable ones and bring the authentic medicine that Uncle brought. The fake medicine that Erniang gave when she was in charge of the house is not needed. As long as we leave the Xie family, we can ask a doctor to help Shengong recover his health. Fortunately, Shengong's body has improved a lot compared to before.

  Xie Chengyu pointed at the things needed in the house and ordered Li Ji, who was attending to him, to bring all the books and paintings he liked.

  Xie Chengyu had no talent for reading since childhood, but he liked books and paintings very much. He was often criticized by his mother. The orthodox way for a young master of a noble family to make a name for himself is naturally through the imperial examination to obtain honors and become an official.

  The officials of the imperial court, from top to bottom, all have official titles and ranks. At the very least, they hold the title of "Juren" or "Xiucai", which is a qualification for taking the imperial examination. Only those with at least the title of Juren will be provided with free living expenses by the local government, encouraging them to focus on studying and passing the imperial examination to become a Jinshi.

  Xie Chengyu was forced by his deceased mother to take the imperial examination and obtain the title of Xiucai, after which he could no longer concentrate on reading books. He also didn't study painting well, as it was blocked by his mother.

  Xie Chengyu now thinks of his deceased mother, and his heart is filled with emotions. If he had listened to his mother's words back then, thrown away his books and paintings, studied hard, and taken the imperial examination early, would he have been controlled by that old woman? Would his life and death be manipulated by her?

  Daughter, this time, after I leave the Xie family, listen to you, study hard and read books. You can definitely pass the imperial examination and become a jinshi, have a good career, and give my children something to rely on. Instead of being like now, relying on a 12-year-old daughter for everything, it's really shameful!

  Xie Wenbao was scared by his own sister while having dinner, and fell asleep early. Mei Lan stood guard outside his room door, watching the young master's maid tidy up his things.

  "These two jars, this parrot, this slingshot, and this whip - none of them need to be brought along!" Mei Lan pointed at the big bundle of things. Every time she came with Miss, these people would put them away, but now that they were leaving Hangzhou, they actually still wanted to bring them for Young Master to play with?

  "This won't do, young master will definitely refuse to leave! Later on, it'll even affect the old masters' timely departure, and that'll be your fault."

  The personal maid beside the young master, Huang Xi, glared at Mei Lan and threatened her. When the young master got angry, she naturally didn't dare to scold you, but we were the ones who suffered.

  Mei Lan was so angry that she had nothing to say, and could only pretend not to have seen it. She would wait until tomorrow when she saw the young lady again, and then tell her that the young master had brought not only clothes and shoes, but also food and things to use, and even everything he secretly played with every day was brought along without exception.

  "Where is Young Master's golden necklace and that black jade inkstone he usually uses? Why didn't you bring them?"

  When Mei Lan came, Xie Wenjing specially instructed her to keep an eye on her brother's side and bring her brother's gold necklace and black jade inkstone.

  My younger brother is still young, there are not many valuable things around him, and he is a boy, no jewelry or anything. Even if someone gave him some jade gifts, they were usually kept by my mother. The only valuable things left for my younger brother are his gold necklace and black jade inkstone.

  The two maids and the wet nurse who were asked looked at each other in dismay, their faces somewhat embarrassed.

  "You should ask Qin Yu, the young servant who studies with the young master." The 13-year-old maid Dong'er glanced around and shifted the blame.

  "What about Qin Yu?" Mei Lan suppressed her anger.

  "I'm going to sleep, I still have to get up early tomorrow to study!" Dong Er replied nonchalantly.

  "Call him up! Tomorrow young master is going to Hangzhou, what's the point of reading books? Call him up!"

  Mei Lan suddenly shouted at Dong Er. The people here are one by one not like a story, the young master follows them, and it's strange if he doesn't learn to be bad! This time going to Hangzhou, really can't bring any of them, too unbecoming of a servant.

  "What's with the shouting? Aren't you also a maid by Miss's side? Look over there, Qin Yu lives in that room. If you have the ability, go wake him up yourself. You little servant still think you're some kind of young mistress!"

  Xie Wenbao's servant, Ma, started scolding. These days, being stared at coldly by the young mistress, she had been unhappy in her heart. Now that they were all leaving, why should she be afraid of her? Especially since the young master's mother had just come over and said that except for bringing Qin Yu, she wouldn't bring herself and others along, so she didn't need to fear them at all.

  Mei Lan was furious, but there was no way to order them around, so she had to follow their instructions and go wake up Qin Yu.

  "Qin Yu! Get up!" Meilan pounded heavily on Qin Yu's door. Flames were bursting out.

  "Coming, coming!" a ten-year-old boy's voice, still laced with sleepiness.

  After a while, Qin Yu put on his outer garment and came out, rubbing his sleepy eyes. Seeing Mei Lan staring at him with her eyebrows furrowed in anger, he was frightened and hastily stood up straight.

  "Mei Lan, looking for me? Got something on your mind?"

  Qin Yu is now most afraid of the big sister, then Mei Lan sister, and also Zhi Hua sister, their eyes are all fierce! Du Ma is also one of them. When he sees them, he can't help but tremble with fear.

  "Go get Young Master's golden necklace and black jade inkstone!" Mei Lan glared at Qin Yu with malice.

  "What? This? This?" Qin Yu's face suddenly turned extremely awkward, looking at Dong Er and Ma Niang with an uncertain expression.

  "Speak up! Stuttering?" Meilan was furious.

  "The golden hoop, Young Master gave it to Dong'er as a birthday gift, the black jade was lost by Young Master to Ma Po's grandson!"

  Qin Yu couldn't hold back and stuttered out what he had to say.

  Digression

  Yesterday, my husband again wanted to gather with his classmates. Before that, he had sworn that he wouldn't go, and was resolute in not going, especially since he didn't get along with this group of good-for-nothings who only come out to eat and drink when they have nothing better to do. I was overjoyed at the time, great!

  As a result, I arrived home late in the evening, and my son said his dad had gone out for dinner with classmates.

  "Call your husband and say: 'Where is your integrity? You don't keep your promises!'"

  "My husband replied: 'In this world, one really can't talk about dignity.'"

  "This time you announce to them, from now on, you retire from Jianghu!"

  Husband: "What if they ask me when I'll make a comeback?"

  I: “……”