Chapter 353
By the ti Li Tianyou and Li Zhiwei returned to the Li family residence, Lady Yao had already been waiting for a long ti.
Early in the morning, her daughter had sent a servant to inform her that she was going to pick up the master of the house. Hearing this, Lady Yao's heart had skipped a beat.
She just knew her daughter was definitely hiding sothing from her.
"Quickly, go see if the Master and the Young Lady have returned," Lady Yao urged Chuntao, who was standing nearby, seeing that Li Zhiwei and Li Tianyou were still not back.
"Madam, please do not worry. The Master and the Eldest Young Lady must be on their way back right now." Chuntao had actually said this many tis already, but Lady Yao simply could not help asking again every so often.
"No, I must go wait at the door myself." At this point, Lady Yao could no longer sit still.
She stood up and started walking toward the door.
"Madam, you should just wait here. Your servant will go wait at the door. As soon as the Eldest Young Lady and the Master return, I will co notify you imdiately," Chuntao hastily supported Lady Yao and tried to persuade her.
"Madam, let your subordinate go," Zhou Tong interjected from the side.
"The Master and the Eldest Young Lady have returned!" Just as Zhou Tong was about to step out, a young servant boy ran over and shouted in pleasant surprise.
"They are back, they are back! Madam, did you hear that? The Master and the Eldest Young Lady have returned!" Hearing this, Chuntao happily supported Lady Yao's hand and said.
Throughout the day, the Madam had asked so many tis that Chuntao herself had grown anxious. However, to comfort the Madam, she had forced herself to remain calm while waiting.
Now, all was well. The Master and the Eldest Young Lady were finally back.
Upon hearing the news, Lady Yao took large strides toward the door.
Although Li Tianyou had only been away for two nights, to her, it felt like a very long ti.
She was now desperate to confirm his safety with her own eyes; only then would her heart be at ease.
When Lady Yao stepped out the door, she saw Li Zhiwei helping Li Tianyou down from the carriage.
"Master!" Lady Yao's eyes reddened, and she rushed forward.
"Oof!"
Because Lady Yao charged over so suddenly, Li Tianyou stumbled, and the two of them nearly toppled backward.
"Mother, whatever it is, let us go inside to talk," Li Zhiwei quickly intervened.
After all, given her father's current condition, he could not withstand her mother tossing him about like this.
"Yes, let's talk inside, let's talk inside!" Li Tianyou breathed a sigh of relief. He feared that if he did not speak up, Lady Yao would throw herself into his arms and start crying.
Although he enjoyed Lady Yao's reliance on him, right now, he really could not handle it.
"Let's go back in, let's go back in." Lady Yao hurriedly wiped her tears and nodded.
Li Zhiwei signaled for Chuntao to quickly support Lady Yao.
After all, she only had two hands and could not support both of them at once.
Jubao Pavilion
She lost again?!
Huo Yunzhi stared at the dice in the cup in sheer disbelief. It was as if the dice were intentionally working against her. When she bet on big, it would inevitably roll small; when she bet on small, it would stubbornly roll big!
"You are doing this on purpose, aren't you?" Huo Yunzhi's hand trembled as she pointed at Cheng Qingli and the grinning Shopkeeper Xu nearby.
"Madam, you cannot just make wild accusations. If you want to bla sothing, bla your own bad luck. Furthermore, gambling carries risks, and you were the one who insisted on placing the bets. You cannot bla our gambling house for that!" Shopkeeper Xu did not seem to mind Huo Yunzhi's accusations in the slightest. It was as if he had said these exact words to countless people before.
After all, in a gambling house, there are winners and there are losers.
Those who won were naturally overjoyed, but among those who lost, how many could accept it gracefully?
"What do you know? You all colluded together to deliberately scam , didn't you? If you know what is good for you, return my bank notes and property deeds imdiately!" Huo Yunzhi was completely displeased now.
Pointing at the noses of Shopkeeper Xu and Cheng Qingli, she issued her threat.
"Secondary Consort Huo, are you a three-year-old child? Are you a sore loser? Going by your logic, since I lost so much just a mont ago, should I also demand my silver back from them?" A smile hung on Cheng Qingli's lips as she deliberately raised her voice so everyone present could hear.
Just a mont ago, there had been quite a few people who won silver from Cheng Qingli.
When the crowd heard the suggestion of returning the silver, they imdiately grew unhappy.
"You are a grown woman, and no one held a knife to your neck forcing you to co to Jubao Pavilion, right? Why are you throwing a fit just because you lost?"
"Exactly. When I saw you winning against the young lady earlier, weren't you acting quite arrogant?"
"Which family's madam is this? How does she not understand a principle that even a three-year-old child knows?"
"If you ask , she is just upset because she lost. If she had been the one winning today, do you think she would return the young lady's belongings to her?" Liu San looked at Huo Yunzhi and mocked her.
Seeing so many n crowding around and criticizing her mistress all at once, Fangcao was terrified. She quickly tugged at Huo Yunzhi's sleeve and pleaded, "Secondary Consort, we should hurry back to the estate. The Princess Consort told you not to cause any trouble!"
"Shut up! If you want to go back, go back by yourself. Stop using the Princess Consort to pressure !" Huo Yunzhi, who was already feeling extrely bitter, beca even more furious upon hearing Fangcao's words.
The Princess Consort?
She was nothing but an old woman.
One day, she would make Prince Lanhuai divorce her.
"But..." When had Fangcao ever seen such a scene?
She wished she could flee the place imdiately, but her mistress showed absolutely no intention of leaving.
"Go, search them. Take back all my bank notes and property deeds!" Failing to recognize the reality of her situation, Huo Yunzhi ordered Fangcao to go to Cheng Qingli and forcibly take her things back.
"Madam, going back on a bet is not part of the rules at our Jubao Pavilion." Hearing this, Shopkeeper Xu stepped in front of Cheng Qingli to block them.
The n who had gathered around also glared at Huo Yunzhi with unfriendly expressions.
"Secondary Consort Huo, I never expected you to be such a sore loser. Oh my, tell , if Prince Lanhuai were to find out about this, what do you think he would do?" Cheng Qingli looked at Huo Yunzhi and said with a laugh.
Watching from the side, Shopkeeper Xu facepald. This little ancestor really knew exactly which buttons to push.
The person in front of them was already fuming, yet she deliberately brought up Prince Lanhuai.
Was she worried the woman wasn't angry enough?
"Miss Cheng, stop bringing up the Prince. If my Prince knew that you robbed of my belongings, do you think he would let you off? Do not forget, my Prince is the Emperor's biological uncle. If I were to report your actions, I could very well accuse you of disrespecting imperial relatives, couldn't I?" Huo Yunzhi genuinely believed that Prince Lanhuai was an incredibly powerful figure in the capital.
She thought that as long as she brought out Prince Lanhuai's na, these people would not dare to do anything to her.
Forget about getting back her bank notes and property deeds; she believed making Cheng Qingli obediently hand over the Qin Pavilion would be a piece of cake.
"Secondary Consort Huo, are you being serious right now?" Cheng Qingli was practically brought to tears by the sheer stupidity of the person in front of her.
Where on earth did Prince Lanhuai dig up such a foolish creature to make her his secondary consort?
When Prince Lanhuai visited the Cheng family yesterday, he had been entirely respectful and dared not overstep. How did his secondary consort have such a completely different attitude today?
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