“Master stayed for some time. …… Lady, you must listen to me! Do not be childish! I will serve you to dress up!” Chun Niang turned her head and called the other maids to come in loudly.
All the maids in the West House had already woken up by this chaos. They were all surprised to hear that Master suddenly sent someone to pick up the Lady at this time and were all waiting outside for the summons. After they heard Chun Niang’s call, they pushed the door and entered.
The sudden clarification made Xiao Qiao feel depressed and angry. Even if Wei Shao asked her to perform the duties of a wife when she was sober, she would not refuse him. But that day and in that situation, she was unaware when he took the opportunity to take out another round on her. She didn’t know what he was doing to herself and what dirty deeds he had done. The most detestable, he even wanted Chun Niang to conceal it from her and pretend nothing happened!
How can there be such shameless beastly men in the world?
“You guys get out. Go to sleep!” Xiao Qiao lifted her head and suddenly said.
The maids were stunned and looked at each other. Chun Niang was anxious: “My little heart ah – do you want to make me die anxiously -”
At this very moment, brisk footsteps came from outside the door. Then, the figure stepped in with one foot and came from behind the screen.
“Chun Niang, why hasn’t she gotten up yet? It’s already been so long.”
The man followed the voice.
Wei Shao walked in and stopped at the side of the screen. His eyes glanced at Xiao Qiao, who was still sitting on the bed. He addressed his words to Chun Niang in a harsh tone.
The maids did not expect the Master, who had left three days ago, to appear again, and felt surprised.
Chun Niang was also stunned. She thought Wei Shao had only sent Mr. Jia to pick up the Lady, but unexpectedly, he also came. Why didn’t she see him at the entrance?“Master, please calm down!” Chun Niang quickly reacted. Seeing that the Master seemed impatient, she tried to appease him. “Lady will be ready immediately ……”
“Chun Niang, you tell him that Grandmother instructed me to stay home and guard. I’m not going anywhere.” Xiao Qiao did not even glance at Wei Shao and said indifferently.
Wei Shao gazed at Xiao Qiao and frowned.
In the room full of people standing, all wide-eyed, but no one made a sound, the atmosphere was quiet.
Chun Niang was almost unable to breathe. Her palms were sweating profusely.
“Master, do not be impatient!” She hurriedly intervened, “Lady does not intend to ignore Master’s intentions. It’s just that a lot is going on at home that makes her can’t get away for a while ……”
“You all go out!” Wei Shao interrupted.
All the maids immediately went away in a huff.
Chun Niang looked at the Master. His eyes fell on the Lady. Then, she looked at the Lady. She still sat on the bed without looking at the Master.
Chun Niang felt exhausted and had no choice but to exit the room with an unsteady step.
After only the two of them were in the room, Wei Shao went to the bedside. He opened his mouth to speak but suddenly smelled something, leaned over towards her, sniffed her twice, and frowned: “Have you been drinking again?”
Xiao Qiao said, “Yes. So?”Wei Shao frowned even more: “You got drunk as soon as you drank and became unconscious when you were drunk. You are alone at home. Why don’t you remember the lesson you learned from the previous drunkenness?”
Xiao Qiao slowly turned her head and stared at him for a moment, the corners of her lips curled slightly: “Is the Marquis afraid if I am drunk and unconscious again, I will meet a man who is worse than a beast and humiliate me?”
Wei Shao froze. A trace of distress swept under his eyes, but he quickly regained his calm demeanor and said in a tone full of concern: “Do you think I wanted to? That day when you were drunk, I was kind enough to carry you back to your room and put you down. I wanted to leave, but you asked me not to let go. You were drunk at the time and probably can’t remember now.”
Xiao Qiao’s snow-white teeth clenched her lower lips and said. “I realized that I was drunk and reckless. It was indeed my fault. It’s a great inconvenience for Marquis. But why did you come back to disturb me in the middle of the night?”
Wei Shao coughed dryly, “When I sent Grandmother to Wuzhong City, she told me that she felt it was not right to leave you at home alone and asked me to take you to Jinyang. I think Grandmother has her reasons for the arrangement. That’s why I came back to take you with me.”
Xiao Qiao said, “Why didn’t Grandmother tell me to go with you before she left? Besides, I’m having a good time here. I’m not going.”
Wei Shao said, “Are you going or not?”
“No.”
“Going or not?”
Wei Shao paused and asked again.
“I said I’m not going. I’m going to sleep.”
Xiao Qiao no longer paid attention to him. She lay down inward, turned her back to him, and closed her eyes.
Wei Shao stared at the back of her head, and his face gradually became ugly.
Suddenly he knelt on the bed, leaned over, reached out, and dragged her out of the covers like a baby chick. He pulled a fox fur cloak hanging on a shelf, wrapped it around her, and took her shoes off the floor. Then, he grabbed her feet and forced them in, carrying her away.
The maids dropped their jaws when they looked at this scene.