Chapter 122 Something About Xiyuan
"I'm happy you live a good life. Since then, I won't persuade you to go back home." Su Jiuyue said.
Yang Liu smiled, "You are interesting and deserve my time to drink tea with you."
Owing to the difference between their identities, Su Jiuyue had nothing to talk with her. But Yang Liu continued to sit opposite her without the intention to leave.
"What do you do here?" Su Jiuyue randomly chose a topic because she felt the atmosphere between them was awkward.
"I got married. My husband affords my expense and I do nothing." She said as she held the coarse teacup to take a sip.
Rough tea foam poured into her mouth, diluting the bitterness of her mouth.
Her mood got a little stable. But Su Jiuyue who sat opposite was surprised and raised her eyes, "Got married? When? Does he treat you well?"
Yang Liu shook her head, "No good or bad. It's just life."
Su Jiuyue was overwhelmed by her words and didn't know whether she should get to the bottom of the thing since they weren't best friends who have no secrets to each other.
Yang Liu uttered first: "I'm going to cut to the chase. I met you today in order to tell you something about Xiyuan."
Yang Liu was Xiyuan's ex-fiance. Although they ended, it's still a knot in Su Jiuyue's heart.
As soon as Yang Liu mentioned Wu Xiyuan, Su Jiuyue frowned immediately.
"What kind of thing?"
Yang Liu was two years older than her, who couldn't restrain her laughter after seeing her reaction.
"I know what you're thinking about. But there's no need of you to be nervous because you're the one who live under the same roof with Xiyuan now."
Su Jiuyue pursed and uttered nothing.
Yang Liu continued: "Technically, I didn't marry someone. I'm the seventh concubine of Master Cui. I don't have shortage of food and clothes, but my life couldn't constitute a happy one."
Su Jiuyue was a little surprised when she said so bluntly, "You..."
She opened her mouth but didn't know how to judge others.
All was Yang Liu's own choice. But since Master Cui's second daughter was older than her, Master Cui must be no longer young.
Yang Liu was only fifteen or sixteen years old. Her life was doomed as she surrounded with such an old man.
Thinking of this, she looked at Yang Liu with compassion overflowed in her eyes.
Yang Liu interrupted her, "Don't look at with such eyes. I feel good. I don't have to suffer from the bitter days I experienced before. I have enough food and clothes, and I have servants, doesn't that sound good?"
She seemed to try to persuade Su Jiuyue or maybe herself.
She paused for a while, "Let's skip the topic. I want to tell you that the incident about Xiyuan may have relationship with the second miss of the Cui family."
Su Jiuyue was stunned and instantly looked up to meet her eyes, "Really? What's the matter?"
She quickly recalled the occasion where Wu Xiyuan hugged his head in agony and said he met Bao Zhu, Miss Cui's servant, and picked up a jade pendant or what.
So, what he said was true?
Su Jiuyue was still a little girl, who was not stable enough and worry was written on her face.
Yang Liu was actually not much older than her. At this time she pretended to be experienced and sighed.
"About four or five days ago, when I was walking in the garden of Cui Mansion, I happened to hear someone talking at the rockery." Yang Liu said slowly.
"I didn't intend to eavesdrop. When I was about to walk past, I heard they mentioned Xiyuan's name."
Four or five days ago was exactly the day when they came to Cui Mansion to sent handkerchiefs.
"The voice I heard is like Bao Zhu's voice. She is Miss Cui's servant, who said she met Wu Xiyuan, the one who was hit by second miss and became a fool, in the doorway."
"The second miss? The one who was hit and became a fool? Miss Cui looks tender, how could she do that?" Su Jiuyue asked.
Yang Liu was thirsty out of speaking and she held the big bowl with her two hands and took a sip, then rolled her eyes and said, "Do you think everyone is the same as you? Petite and weak? I tell you the women in the rich and powerful family are comparable to those beasts in the deep mountains. They are all people who eat people and don't spit out their bones!"
Her expression was so vicious that Su Jiuyue was frightened. When she carefully looked at her again, she saw tears in her eyes.
Su Jiuyue asked subconsciously: "Did they spite you?"
Yang Liu frowned and seemed she was recalling. Then she closed her eyes in agony. The time when she opened her eyes again, her eyes were red, "The second day after I entered the Cui Mansion, they forced me to kneel in front of Mrs. Cui and drink a bowl of decoction which can make women be unable to conceive in the presence of misses of the Cui family."
Decoction which can make women be unable to conceive?
Su Jiuyue goggled. She couldn't imagine people could be so evil since she always lived in an innocent world.
A woman obeyed her father when she was not married, her husband when she was married, and her son when her husband died.
She married such an old man. How could she live if she had no child.
"You...didn't tell Master Cui?"
Yang Liu was sadder after hearing her words, "How could he do? Even if he was angry, he had to admit that Mrs. Cui gave birth to two sons and I'm just a plaything. He won't turn against Mrs.Cui for me."
Su Jiuyue reproached herself for failing to think of some words to comfort her.
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Man can just take care of the current situation. I'll make a next step according to the situation."
Su Jiuyue reached inside her pocket and took out a handkerchief to her.
"I have nothing precious to give you. I embroidered the handkerchief by myself. It's new, please have it. Thank you for telling me the news."
Yang Liu didn't refuse. She heard Su Jiuyue sent handkerchiefs to misses of the Cui family, which indicated her expertise.
She took it over and looked at the vivid cherries embroidered on it. She loved it and stroked it for a while. Then she raised her head and finally warned her, "This second Miss Cui is ambitious. Even if Xiyuan is good in our hearts. Well, I'm afraid she may look down on him. I heard that her brother is on duty beside the King of Yan, who planned to entertain guests on the New Year's Eve. And she has been grinding her brother for a long time in order to go to the banquet. "
She had a glimmer of anticipation about it without accurate proof.
She's willing to give her some hints as return because Su Jiuyue gave her a handkerchief.
Su Jiuyue was clever and she met the King of Yan not long ago.
The King of Yan was young. It's likely that someone of great ambition wanted to be his woman.