Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 413 Waiting on Knees

Li Chengyue had spent the entire night at the Ministry of Works, and having just finished his work, he was riding home in his carriage.

But he was indeed very tired, and fell asleep as soon as he got into the carriage.

But who could have imagined that, like a bolt from the blue, someone would suddenly fall from the sky?!

And it was a living person, and a woman.

The driver was so frightened that he rushed to help Xu Xianglan, but Xu Xianglan was already dizzy from the fall.

She was afraid that making too much noise would wake up the Xu family. "I'm fine, I'm really fine, don't worry about me!" She stood up and wanted to run to the Duke of Baoguo's mansion.

She had no one else to turn to right now, and the only person she could think of was Liu Yuechu.

But she fell quite hard.

After staggering a few steps, I felt dizzy and couldn't tell which way was which.

The Xu family did indeed hear a sound; they heard voices coming from inside.

Xu Xianglan was startled and immediately scrambled into the carriage. "Let me hide for a moment. I know the Duchess Liu Yuechu. I ran away from home to find her!"

"You should know how formidable the Duchess is. If you hand me back, I'll complain to her, and she certainly won't let you off the hook!"

She trembled with fear, but she was even more afraid that the person in front of her would send her back to the Xu family.

Upon hearing this, Li Chengyue was wide awake. He carefully examined Xu Xianglan, but he couldn't recall that Liu Yuechu knew such a silly woman.

"What's your name?" he asked.

Xu Xianglan glanced to the side and saw the gleam in Li Chengyue's eyes and his official robes.

The oppressive aura emanating from that high position made her realize that she had run into someone who was no pushover.

"What do you care what my name is? Anyway, I'm going to see the Duchess. Hurry up and take me to the Duke's mansion!" She didn't want to reveal her identity, but she didn't know how to make excuses.

"I don't even know who you are, so why should I send you to the Duke's mansion? What if you're the one who's trying to harm Liu Yuechu? Wouldn't I become an accomplice?" Li Chengyue teased casually. He was sleepy, and his magnetic voice was tinged with laziness, making him sound somewhat irreverent.

Hearing footsteps at home, Xu Xianglan was so anxious she almost cried. "I beg you, please help me just this once. As long as I see the Duchess, I will repay her in good faith. I, Xu Xianglan, swear to heaven that if I dare to make such a promise, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death..." She had already used every word she knew, her voice trembling.

Li Chengyue heard footsteps getting closer and closer in the courtyard.

He gave the coachman a wink, and the coachman immediately lashed the horse's rump with his whip, and it trotted away.

When the Xu family left, there was only a carriage track left on the road, and no other traces.

Aunt Xu had already been to Xu Xianglan's courtyard and knew that she had secretly run away.

"That damn little wench, I knew something was off about her today!"

"Go quickly, go to the Duke's mansion. She has nowhere else to go, she'll definitely go to the Duchess for support!"

Aunt Xu scolded Xu Shan, but Xu Shan just pushed her back, saying, "At this hour, the curfew hasn't been lifted yet. Let's talk about it after dawn!"

"She ran away then!"

"Do you want me to go to jail first?"

Xu Shan's questioning left Aunt Xu speechless, leaving her with no choice but to compromise.

The Xu family sat there until the sun had just risen above the horizon before hurrying off to the Duke of Baoguo's residence.

At this moment, Yuan Cuo quietly got up, preparing to have breakfast and sneak off to court.

He still refused to sleep in a separate room from Liu Yuechu, and when he woke up, he dared not disturb his wife, so he could only tiptoe around like a thief.

But just as the carriage arrived at the door, a group of people rushed over.

The driver saw a figure resembling Xu Shan in the distance and whispered a message in Yuan Cuo's ear.

Yuan Cuo sat inside the carriage and waited.

When the Xu family arrived at the gate of the mansion, a servant stopped them and only took Xu Shan to speak with Yuan Cuo.

Xu Shan hadn't expected Yuan Cuo to be there. "Greetings to the Duke of Baoguo, may the Duke of Baoguo enjoy boundless blessings..."

He was just a commoner with no official rank, so he should have knelt down and kowtowed.

Last time, Yuan Cuo exempted him from bowing, but this time, Yuan Cuo did not feign a greeting, so he had no choice but to kneel down.

"Speak, what are you doing bringing your whole family to the Duke's mansion so early in the morning?" Yuan Cuosheng said expressionlessly, his voice cold and indifferent. Anyone familiar with him knew that he was genuinely angry.

Xu Shan hurriedly said, "My daughter suddenly disappeared. She has always admired the Duchess, so I thought she might come to the Duke's mansion to bother us..." He was so nervous that he dared not speak.

The last time Yuan Cuo hosted a dinner, he was exceptionally kind, but today his aura was extraordinary, making Xu Shan afraid to even breathe loudly.

"I see." Yuan Cuo did not immediately send them away. "Then wait here. Madam will not wake up until noon. Do not disturb her before noon."

After saying this, he instructed the driver to set off.

The guards outside the door immediately stepped forward, surrounded the Xu family members in a corner, and made them kneel down.

Xu Shan was startled, but he quickly knelt down obediently. He knew that this matter had violated the taboo of the Duke of Baoguo, who hated it most when people disturbed his family at will.

Aunt Xu, however, was unaware of the gravity of the situation. She had already been waiting, so why did she have to kneel?

"The Duke was just talking to my son, and he didn't say anything about kneeling. How could you servants behave like this... Waaaaah!"

A rag was used to gag his mouth.

Soon the gatekeeper came out and gave the order to take them all to the West Corner Gate, as their status was not worthy of appearing at the Baoguo Gongzheng Gate.

At this moment, Aunt Xu was filled with deep regret.

Although she had always heard her son and granddaughter say that while the Duke of Baoguo's mansion was hospitable, it was only a casual relationship and she shouldn't take advantage of it too much.

She initially thought they were just being cautious, but she never expected they were telling the truth...

"Where did that little vixen run off to?!" Granny Xu roared inwardly, but received no answer.

At this time, Xu Xianglan was not actually at the Duke of Baoguo's mansion, but had been taken to the Liu family.

Li Chengyue didn't go home to sleep; he spent the night in the Liu family's guest courtyard.

He handed Xu Xianglan over to Huang Wanwan, saying, "...Later, ask her carefully what happened; this girl isn't quite right in the head."

"It's also possible that he was injured in the fall and lost his mind. We'll also help find a doctor."

When Huang Wanwan saw Xu Xianglan, she had already fallen asleep. "Brother Li really knows how to find a place to send someone away. Isn't he afraid that my husband is a lecher? What if he gets greedy and ruins the girl?"

"Give me a break. Even Liu Musheng would dare to do that." Li Chengyue brought him to the Liu family, which was closer to the Liu family, and he was also extremely tired. "Unless he really wants to be killed by your knife and is completely tired of living."

"By the way, this girl jumped out of the Xu family."

"It's Xu Shan's house."

"I guess she's Xu Shan's daughter, but I don't know how she met Yue Niang."