Mrs. Li laughed so hard that she shed tears. She was not laughing at Liu Xian'er for being ridiculous, but laughing at herself for not having thought that she was the pitiful and ridiculous person.

Liu Xian'er glared at Mrs. Li, and suddenly got up and wanted to pounce on her, but before Jiang Yichun could move her fingers, Liu Xian'er was beaten back to the ground.

Mrs. Li was startled by Liu Xian'er's ferocious face. She came to her senses and hurriedly saluted Jiang Yichun, "Thank you, sir, for saving me."

Jiang Yichun hummed casually, with a very cold attitude. He was like this to Li Shunsheng and the others, but it was different with Bai Ruozhu. Even the copper plate just now was prepared by him to protect Bai Ruozhu. Unexpectedly, it helped Mrs. Li.

"Liu Xian'er, why do you still refuse to repent?" Li Shunsheng was very angry, "It seems that I can only put you in jail first."

"Li Shunsheng, you did this to me? It's been ten years. I've liked you for ten years, but what I got in exchange was being imprisoned?" Liu Xian'er laughed, but tears kept pouring out of her eyes.

Liu Xian'er is eighteen years old this year. She was eight years old ten years ago. She is really precocious.

"Ten years ago, I asked you, would it be good for me to be your wife in the future? You smiled, but you didn't wait for me. I don't blame you. Who made me too young, so I can only fight for myself? What do I have? Wrong, she is not worthy of you in the first place!" Liu Xian'er said loudly.

Li Shunsheng's face was not ugly, "When did I promise to marry you? You are my cousin and eight years younger than me. How could I have such thoughts?"

"I asked you then, and you didn't object. You even smiled at me, so gently." Liu Xian'er seemed to have returned to that moment ten years ago, with a look of longing on her face.

Li Shunsheng said with a bit of laughter and tears: "But I didn't agree to it. It was you who got into trouble yourself. I just thought you were a child's joke."

Bai Ruozhu admired Liu Xian'er's inner strength very much. No one agreed to her, so she had been thinking about it for ten years. Of course, there is nothing wrong with liking someone, but what is wrong is that she murders other people's lives for her own benefit.

Mrs. Li couldn't bear it. She looked at her daughter-in-law with a pleading look, "Xian'er will have to discuss marriage after the new year. Being in jail will not be good for the reputation of the Li family and the Liu family. You see... "

"No!" Before Mrs. Li could speak, Jiang Yichun's cold voice came, "This matter is not that simple. Where did she, a weak woman, get the poison? You should know what faction the Liu family is, Li Shunsheng, right?"

Li Shunsheng sighed. If my mother continues to mess around, his black gauze hat will really be in danger. It's not that he didn't care about Liu Xian'er's life and death for the sake of his official position, but that Liu Xian'er had done such a thing and should receive the punishment she deserved. Not to mention that she was just her cousin, even if the prince broke the law, he was as guilty as the common people.

"Everything is at your discretion." Li Shunsheng said respectfully to Jiang Yichun.

Liu Xian'er was completely desperate, collapsed on the ground and cried loudly.

Then Jiang Yichun had Liu Xian'er taken away. Bai Ruozhu said a few words to the Li family and his wife and stood up to say goodbye. She wanted to prepare the antidote and accompany her parents back to Houshan Village.

Bai Zepei also left together, and only Jiang Yichun stayed. Apparently he still had something to say to Li Shunsheng alone.

On the way home, Bai Zepei remained silent. Bai Ruozhu couldn't help but ask, "Second brother, what's wrong with you?"

Bai Zepei was a little absent-minded. He didn't come back to his senses until Bai Zepei called him again.

"Nothing." He said calmly.

Bai Ruozhu rolled his eyes, suddenly showing a look of surprise, and shouted: "I know, there must be a woman who has told you that she will marry you in the future, there is more than one, right?"

A hint of suspicious pink appeared on Bai Zepei's usually calm face. Bai Ruozhu looked at it with a desire to gossip. He stared at his second brother and asked, "Hurry up and tell me who it is, or I will go home and tell my parents all about it."

Bai Zepei glared at her fiercely and said, "There are indeed several of them. Zhaodi from the village, the girl from the Li family, and the one with a melon-shaped face all mentioned it, but I forgot their names."

Bai Ruozhu burst out laughing. It's amazing that his eldest brother remembered someone's name because they called him "Zhao Di". If those girls knew about it, they would have to cry for three days.

No, no, I will definitely be crying all day long.

She also discovered that the reason why the second brother was a little embarrassed was not because he remembered a girl, but because Li Shunsheng caused a disaster because of his cousin's childhood confession. She was probably wondering whether she had clearly refused at that time.

This liberalization of folk customs has its advantages and disadvantages. For a handsome and talented young man like Bai Zepei, it is really easy to get into trouble.

"Second brother, you said that when we went to Beiyu City, would any young lady from some family confess to you?" Bai Ruozhu pursed her lips and snickered, "You must take a lesson from Master Li. , if you don’t mean it, you must clearly refuse.”

Bai Zepei frowned slightly and said, "I still know Brother Li's character well. He is not a sloppy person. At first, he probably just thought that an eight-year-old child was telling a joke and walked away after laughing."

Bai Ruozhu pouted, her second brother really defended Li Shunsheng.

After the two returned home, they had lunch at home. Bai Ruozhu fed Dengdeng and put her to sleep. Then the family made the necessary gifts and headed for Houshan Village.

"I'm going to the old house later. You can tell your mother to go there yourself, so that she won't mess around." Lin Ping'er disliked Old Mrs. Bai very much and didn't even want to talk to her.

Bai Yihong looked troubled, obviously he couldn't handle his mother either.

"Father, Mom, I will take care of this matter. We are moving so that I can go to the Academy, so naturally it is my turn." Seeing this, Bai Zepei immediately took the matter upon himself.

Bai Yihong breathed a huge sigh of relief and gave his second son an appreciative smile.

Bai Ruozhu was holding Dengdeng in her arms and making soy sauce aside. Anyway, she was just going through the motions, and then went to say goodbye to several families she had made friends with. After that, go to Maple Leaf Village and talk to the clan leader about what needs to be discussed.

Soon, the family arrived at Houshan Village. Bai Zepei knocked on the door with two boxes of snacks. The old lady opened the door with small steps. She was still dressed in fancy clothes and had a smile on her face, as if she was a few years younger.

It's just that Bai Zepei frowned slightly. His grandma also used fragrant powder. How old is she? Aren't you afraid of being poked in the spine by the villagers?

When Bai Ruozhu saw the old lady's behavior, she couldn't help but twitch her lips. Could it be that Widow Zhou had led the old lady into bad ways? If this were true, the Bai family would really be notorious.

When the old lady saw it was them, the smile on her face instantly disappeared, and she said impatiently: "What are you doing here?"

"Let's see grandma, why do you have any guests today?" Bai Zepei's voice became a little colder.

Under normal circumstances, when the man in the family is not at home, the woman receives guests alone. For example, when Zhang Liliang went out to do business, Rong Erniang would not receive male guests casually.

"Huh, it's your aunt who came in. I invited some old sisters I know well to come over for a gathering. What, why are you here without saying hello?"