dognovel Chapter 211 For Fame
Chapter 211 For Fame
Hong Yi chuckled and said, "No, Miss, this is far more exciting than any storybook. It deserves an ending, shouldn't it?"
Yunyi frowned. This girl is quite gossipy.
"Besides, this Lord Li has a very good reputation, yet he encountered such a thing... Oh, Miss, I've never asked you for anything before. Can you read a little longer tonight? When I read storybooks, I always read the ending first, and then I read the beginning. But this one doesn't have an ending, so I can't sleep."
Yunyi's lips twitched: "Your habit of reading storybooks is just like mine." Especially when reading novels, you always skim the ending first, and then start reading from the beginning.
"You want to remind him?"
"If he doesn't realize it, reminding him would be a good deed, wouldn't it?"
Yunyi finally had no choice but to compromise: "Alright, then let's stay and continue watching."
Li Guangzhao had Liu Bencai thrown into prison, then looked at Zheng Guilan and said, "Guilan, we've been married for almost twenty years. Apart from the beginning when you came here with me and suffered some hardships, I've never treated you badly."
Zheng Guilan remained silent.
"I'm not wary of you because I consider you my wife, but do you think I'm a fool?"
Zheng Guilan looked up at Li Guangzhao and said, "I was wrong. Please, for the sake of my son and daughter, forgive me." Only then did she truly feel fear.
"That's enough." Li Guangzhao waved his hand. "For the sake of the daughter you bore for me, I won't let you drown. I'll give you a letter of divorce. You can leave."
Zheng Guilan's eyes widened, seemingly in disbelief, but she quickly shook her head: "Master, please forgive me. I will never dare to do it again. I will live a good life with you. I will let you take concubines; you can take as many as you want, I..."
"That's enough," Li Guangzhao interrupted her directly. "I don't need it." He then turned and went into the house, wrote a letter of divorce on the spot, personally stamped it, and handed it to Zheng Guilan. "Go."
"Ayu, please beg your father for me, you..."
Li Zhongyu took two steps forward.
"Li Zhongyu, if you still want to keep the surname Li, then shut up." Li Guangzhao's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an air of authority.
Li Zhongyu's heart skipped a beat, a nameless fear gripped him, and he immediately shut his mouth.
Zheng Guilan swallowed hard, and ultimately acquiesced to Li Guangzhao's statement.
“Mother…” Li Cuixia cried as she looked at Zheng Guilan.
Zheng Guilan glanced at her, then turned and left.
"This Lord Li is surprisingly soft-hearted," Hong said, pursing her lips.
"Now you know how it ends?"
"I want to go see where Zheng Guilan is going." Hongyi glanced at Yunyi. "Miss, is that alright?"
"Go ahead," Yunyi nodded. "Then I'm going back to sleep."
Hong nodded and then quietly followed Zheng Guilan out of the county government office.
Yunyi glanced at Li Guangzhao, then turned and left. She had no interest in meddling in other people's family affairs. Now that the clerk Liu had fallen from power, she could say she had achieved her goal.
Hong Yi returned around noon the next day, but he didn't look well.
"What's wrong?" Yunyi glanced at her. "Let's go eat."
This time we didn't go out; we just ordered two dishes and two bowls of rice at the inn.
"Young Miss, you said... people really..." Hongyi poked at the rice in her bowl with her chopsticks, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"What happened?" Yunyi asked, glancing at her while eating.
"Zheng Guilan is dead."
"Hmm?" Yun Yi raised an eyebrow slightly. "Did Lord Li make the move?"
"Young Miss, did you guess Li Guangzhao would kill her?" Hong Yi exclaimed in surprise, then suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly lowered her voice, "You already guessed this ending?"
"Is it that hard to guess?" Yunyi frowned. "Are you naive or just stupid?"
Hong frowned.
"Li Guangzhao is a member of the Li family. Who are the Li family? His cousin, Li Shuning, is the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the next Minister of Justice. You must know what the Ministry of Justice does, right?"
Hong Yi lowered her head and remained silent.
"Do you think someone who can reach this position would be stupid? Or act impulsively?"
"I understand, I underestimated it. But why did he release her before killing her?" Hong sighed, then suddenly looked up. "Was it for his reputation?"
"Finally, you've been smart for once." Yunyi raised her hand and patted Hongyi's head. "Alright, eat up. If you don't eat, you'll poke a hole in the bottom of the bowl. A bowl of rice costs two coins, don't waste it."
Hong Yi could only lower his head and eat.
"Haven't you always been involved in the underworld?" Yunyi placed a piece of food on her plate. "Haven't you ever encountered anything like this before?"
“I’ve encountered them, but those people are all scoundrels in the martial arts world. True heroes are those who put their words into action.” Hong Yi pouted. “I’ve heard of Lord Li a long time ago. He’s said to be a good official who serves the people.”
"Serving the people? What exactly have you done?"
“He…” Hong Yi was speechless.
"Alright, stop thinking about it." Yunyi shook her head. "If you keep dwelling on it, I'll start to think you've fallen in love with him."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Hong Yi immediately became anxious.
"Alright, enough nonsense. Can we eat now?"
Hong Yi took a deep breath: "Yes."
Yunyi breathed a sigh of relief. If this girl had continued to agonize over it, she would have gone crazy.
After dinner, Yunyi took Hongyi out shopping. Since she had money, she was determined to buy some good food and useful items wherever she went, especially since it was her first time in the county town.
Perhaps because the county town is located on the east side and is farther from the border, there are relatively more goods from the Central Plains here, and the prices are cheaper. On the contrary, goods from the Northern Liang are more expensive, which is the opposite of the situation in the prefectural city and the Black City.
"That looks like the red-light district?" After buying a lot of things, Yunyi and Hongyi wandered around to the vicinity of the east of the city. This area is considered the wealthy area of Kang'an County. Yunyi looked towards the river, where there was a row of two-story buildings, but the doors and windows were closed at the moment.
"Red-light district?" Hong frowned.
"That's where the building is located."
"Hehe." Hong Yi chuckled. "Miss, your description is quite apt. At night, this place is indeed covered with red lanterns, a veritable sea of red lights."
"Let's go and have a look."
"The door is closed even in broad daylight."
“Then you can take a stroll.” Yunyi walked straight over.
Walking in their direction, the first place is Ruanxianglou.
Ruanxianglou was arguably the largest chain of brothels in the Great Zhou Dynasty, with twenty branches nationwide and its headquarters in the capital.
However, today, Yunyi only glanced at the store before walking forward. Finally, she stopped when she passed the fourth store.