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"Young Master!" Holding the lantern in one hand, Xue He couldn't free it and could only hold it with his other arm.

The person in his arms said nothing. He raised his head, pulled his arm, and bit it rudely.

The force was stronger than before and it was quite painful. Xue He felt that his skin must have been broken.

But even though it hurt, he couldn't help but feel happy.

This is the tacit understanding between them. If the young master bites him, he will calm down.

The young master relaxed and said nothing, looking up and waiting for the farmhand to coax him.

The sadness of separation was still there, but Xue He felt that the young master liked him. This realization reached its peak at this moment. He bent down and hugged him tightly, restraining himself to calm down.

"Master, wait for me, I will definitely come back!" The voice was so low that only they could hear each other.

Xue He knew that Madam You was still watching, so he didn't dare to move too much. After hugging her, he let her go.

"Mu'er, come back." Seeing the two of them separate, Mrs. You called the young master back, and was glad that she was wise enough not to let Master You follow.

"Oh." The young master returned to Madam You, reluctant to leave and looking back every few steps.

"Xiao Cui, close the door"

Mrs. You took the young master back and told Xiao Cui to close the door.

The painted mahogany door closed, isolating Xue He from outside.

Tightening the bag around him, Xue He turned around with the lantern in hand and walked along the stone road towards the village entrance.

In the east wing, Madam You sat back on the couch with the young master. She reached out and touched the water marks at the corners of her son's eyes, and comforted him softly: "Mu'er, love between men is not easy, and it is even more untrustworthy."

"If he comes back alive and still misses you, it would be considered genuine. The contract has been signed, so your father and your grandmother have no reason to stop it."

"Don't rush to a conclusion about a lifetime matter. Mu'er, wait a moment, okay?"

The young master listened, lowered his head and blinked, squeezing out the tears, his eyelashes stained with tears, and after a long time he responded softly:

"Um"

"I'll ask Xiao Cui to bring some water. Go wash up and go to bed early."

Mrs. You patted her son on the back, left him alone to digest her words and calm down, then pushed the door open and walked out.

Xue He didn't have to leave.

But even if she gave in, there were still two obstacles: Mr. You and the old lady.

Old Mrs. You was very observant and she still noticed something was wrong even though Mr. You tried to hide it that day.

Mr. You was a carefree man and he never doubted that the maids and servants he brought back were arranged by Old Madam You.

She guessed that the old lady must have noticed that the master looked unwell and realized that something had happened in the house, but she hadn't figured out what it was yet, so she arranged for people to come.

The two unfamiliar servants have been away for the past two days. It doesn't take much to tell where they went.

The old lady had very old-fashioned ideas and attached great importance to offspring. When she was not pregnant with Mu'er, she urged Master You to take a concubine. When she learned that Mu'er was different from ordinary people, she urged Master You to have another son. Later, when she learned that Master You was not destined to have offspring, she reluctantly gave up.

If they knew about Mu'er and Xue He's affair, and if they knew that the You family was going to be extinct, I'm afraid they would be in chaos.

It's possible that he would secretly pay someone to deal with Xue He, and then come to manage this country yard on her behalf, or use coercive means to force Mu'er to marry and have children as soon as possible.

If this matter fell into the hands of the old lady, she would deal with it with one stroke. But if that were the case, Mu'er would probably be the saddest.

Therefore, she would send Xue He away quickly before the old lady could intervene.

Mr. You agreed to this agreement because he was aware that there was no way back from the battlefield.

In his opinion, this period of buffer would allow Mu'er to forget Xue He and also help him find a wife.

But she didn't think that Mu'er would forget it easily.

If Mu'er was a normal person who could make independent judgments, she wouldn't have to interfere too much.

But precisely because Mu'er was concerned at the moment and was mentally ill, she was even more embarrassed and unable to make a decision easily. She took great pains to set up the test and gave the two room to maneuver.

Let's separate for a while, so that Muer can figure out how long her love can last, and also give everyone some buffer time to digest or accept this matter.

If Xue He didn't come back, or if he retreated and changed his mind after seeing the life-and-death danger, then I knew he was not a reliable person. It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. After this period of time, the sadness will fade away, which is better than being too entangled.

If Xue He was lucky, not only did he come back alive, but he also still cared about Mu'er, it would prove that he was a loyal person, and she would be able to keep him with peace of mind.

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The drizzle wet the window frame.

Yue Niang stood on tiptoe and leaned against the small window on the wall, trying hard to take a look at the scene outside, but she only saw a foggy sky.

She was deflated, turned around and jumped off the chair, curled up on the small wooden bed and hugged her arms, not knowing when she could escape from this dark and cramped place.

The case of County Magistrate Yao involved too many people and was still under investigation. The concubines, maids, and servants in the Yao mansion were restricted in their movements and temporarily detained, awaiting their fate.

Before Yue Niang could figure out what was going on, she was dragged out of her room and interrogated for two days without sleep. When they couldn't get any information out of her, the two officers locked her up in this small room.

This stage lasted for several days, and Yue Niang had to eat, drink, defecate and urinate all in the same room, which made her feel more and more oppressed.

Yue Niang felt that she had a bad fate. Not long after she won the favor of Master Yao and before she had time to enjoy a few days of good life, such a big thing happened.

Thinking about meeting Mrs. Yao that night, she couldn't stop shivering and felt scared.

According to what the officers said, it was this Madam Yao who brutally killed both Magistrate Yao and Master Yao, stabbing them several times. The scene was bloody.

Perhaps if it were a little more serious, she would have died at the hands of Madam Yao that night.

Yue Niang hugged herself tightly, fear invading her. She wanted to cry, but found that she had cried all her tears in the past few days. Now her eyelids were sore and she was depressed, but there was no sign of crying.

What should she do? Will she be implicated? She doesn't want to die, she wants to live well.

"It's been raining heavily these past few days?"

"Who says it's not..."

Through a thick wall, voices could be faintly heard from the back street.

"Why is the Yao Mansion so dilapidated? Oh, it looks so eerie and scary."

"He died in such a miserable way, he must have turned into a ghost!"

The two men seemed to be leaning against the wall smoking a pipe, and the sound coming through became clearer. Yue Niang, who hadn't heard human voices for a long time, couldn't help but move closer to listen, and she shuddered because of the content of their conversation.

"Oh, by the way, County Magistrate Yao has committed a crime, what should we do with the concubines in his mansion?"

"What else can they do? Either they are exiled to a cold and bitter land and enslaved, or they are demoted to slavery and never get a chance to rise. The worst is to send them to the military camp. Men are sent to the army, and women... naturally become military prostitutes."

"You know quite a lot, but it sounds like it's not a good place. Concubines like them have a hard life. They don't necessarily enjoy happiness when their masters are rich, but they have to suffer when their masters are guilty."