Tang Dynasty Little Godfather

Chapter 188 Who Cares About Your Stinking Money

Imprisonment?

Hongxiu paused, noticing that I didn't seem to be restrained at all, and asked in bewilderment, "What do you mean by that, young hero?"

Li Bai, however, said with a serious expression: "Just now I heard that young master Wang say that he and my wife have an affair. However, given young master Wang's reputation, I am certain that my wife is being held captive here by him."

In his youth, Li Bai was a bit of a chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), and he liked to fight injustice, uphold justice, and help the weak and oppressed. When he heard Wang Xi say that, he had doubts in his heart, but he did not show them. His purpose was to save Hongxiu.

Hongxiu stomped her foot angrily and said, "That Wang Xiaoque really deserves to die."

Li Bai immediately said, "My lady, don't be afraid. I will find a way to get you out of here."

Hongxiu hurriedly said, "Young hero, you misunderstand. That child loves to talk nonsense all day long. My relationship with him is just that of teacher and student. There is no personal relationship between us. I was invited by Mr. Wuming and have nothing to do with him."

Li Bai was taken aback. "Really? Or is my wife very wary of that young master Wang?"

Hongxiu nodded, tears welling up in her eyes: "It's absolutely true. If we really had an affair, the child wouldn't have gone around telling everyone, and he wouldn't have brought you to see me. Besides, do I look like I'm being imprisoned?"

Li Bai nodded and looked around, and couldn't help but believe it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "This young master Wang is really naughty, actually joking about such a thing."

Hongxiu shook her head helplessly and said, "This is probably nothing to him."

Then she asked Li Bai, "Young hero, why are you with him?"

"Uh."

Li Jieman called Wang Xi out not because he intended to play a prank, but because someone suddenly came to visit, saying they wanted to donate money to the charity.

"One million coins?"

Wang Xi stared wide-eyed at Tao Mo. "You're saying someone wants to donate one million yuan to our charity?"

Tao Mo nodded, "Yes, yes, the old man was terrified too."

Huangfu Sengnian said, "Our charity is just a name; we don't even have an office yet. My father and his team have been handling it all, and no one has ever donated."

Wang Xi then asked, "Who donated it?"

Tao Mo said, "It's a man named Guang Sheng, but he said he came on the orders of Lady Zixia."

"is her?"

Wang Xi was startled.

"Do you know him?" Huangfu Sengnian asked.

Wang Xi countered, "You don't know each other?"

Huangfu Sengnian, Li Jieman, and Wang Shuang all shook their heads at the same time.

Wang Xi frowned and asked Tao Mo, "What else did he say?"

Tao Mo said, "They said that Lady Zixia wanted to visit me."

"So fast?" Wang Xi frowned and said, "Go back to your room and do your homework first."

"Yes."

After Tao Mo left, Li Jieman asked, "Brother Que, who is this Lady Zixia? Could she be another one of your lovers?"

Wang Xi glared at him. "She's my aunt."

"Aunt?"

Li Jieman refused to believe it: "You have a younger aunt? How come I didn't know? That's impossible."

Wang Shuang and Huangfu Sengnian nodded at the same time.

Wang Xi's mother and Li Jieman's father were both members of the royal family, and Wang Xi's father and Li Jieman's mother were siblings. Therefore, if Wang Xi was a relative, then Li Jieman must also be a relative.

That doesn't make sense; Li Jieman doesn't know Wang Xi's aunt.

Wang Xi said, "She's not a real aunt, but the kind of aunt who isn't related to me by blood. She's the niece of Consort Doulu and the granddaughter of Prime Minister Doulu during the Shenlong era."

"Consort Doulu?" Huangfu Sengnian asked in surprise.

Wang Xi nodded and added, "And she is the owner of Zhang Baishou's shop."

"what?"

All three of them were shocked.

Wang Xi told the three of them what had happened the day before.

Huangfu Sengnian said, "So it's true."

Wang Xi asked, "What do you mean?"

Huangfu Sengnian said, "I have heard some rumors that the richest woman in Luoyang is a woman, but I don't know if these rumors are true or false."

Li Jie said, "My father must have known, but he just didn't tell me."

Wang Xi nodded. "I'm curious about that too. Her family and my family have such a good relationship, but I only found out yesterday."

Huangfu Sengnian said, "Actually, this is not surprising."

The three of them immediately looked at him.

Huangfu Sengnian said, "It has always been extremely rare for imperial concubines to leave the palace to live outside. Consort Doulu is so special that our parents would naturally not have mentioned it to us."

Generally, concubines only had the possibility of leaving the palace after the emperor's death, and usually, like Wu Zetian, they would go to a temple to become nuns. However, Consort Doulu separated from Emperor Ruizong of Tang very early on, which was truly rare.

Adults naturally wouldn't talk to children about such sensitive matters.

Wang Xi nodded slightly and said, "That should be the case."

Huangfu Sengnian said, "So, she wanted to see Lao Tao because of the Beauty Wine."

Wang Xi nodded and said, "According to my mother, she has never failed to get what she wants. I also expected her to come, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."

Upon hearing this, Huangfu Sengnian immediately became interested. "Really? Then let's let her slip up this time."

Wang Xi laughed and said, "That's what I think too. I don't really like this woman."

Li Jie asked, "Is it because I'm ugly?"

Wang Xi rolled her eyes and said, "Of course not, her looks might even surpass yours."

Li Jie asked curiously, "Then why don't you like it?"

Wang Xi said irritably, "Because this woman is a bit arrogant, which makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Wang Shuang suddenly asked, "Should we still let Lao Tao see her?" Huangfu Sengnian replied, "Of course we should. It's a good opportunity for us to meet this Lady Zixia through Lao Tao."

Wang Xi nodded and said, "Given her relationship with our family, it wouldn't make sense if we didn't see her."

Huangfu Sengnian said, "But we also need to think this over carefully, after all, these people who came here do not have good intentions!"

The four of them immediately gathered together to discuss the matter.

However, this was something they were already very familiar with, and the four of them began to ponder how Madam Zixia would ask Tao Mo for the Beauty Wine.

Before we knew it, it was already noon.

Wang Xi suddenly remembered that Li Bai was still with Hongxiu, so he hurried over. But as soon as he arrived at the courtyard, he saw Hongxiu standing in front of the door, staring at him coldly.

"Teacher, it's Brother Li Bai!"

"Young hero has already left."

Hongxiu replied casually.

Wang Xi also noticed that Hongxiu's expression was different, and asked cautiously, "Teacher, you don't look well."

Hongxiu gritted her teeth and said, "With someone constantly ruining my reputation, how can I look well?"

Wang Xi hurriedly said, "Who is it? Teacher, please tell me, and I will go and avenge you."

Hongxiu stared intently at him.

Wang Xi asked in confusion, "Why is the teacher looking at me like that?"

"The person is right in front of us."

"I?"

Wang Xi pointed to himself and said, "I didn't spread rumors about the teacher."

"Is that so?" Hongxiu smiled coldly: "You know perfectly well what you said to the young hero."

"I told Brother Li Bai!" Wang Xi suddenly realized, "No way, Li Bai actually asked Hongxiu about such a private matter? Good heavens, how low is his emotional intelligence? And he's called the Poet Immortal? Bah!" He hurriedly said, "Teacher has misunderstood the student."

Hongxiu laughed. "A misunderstanding?"

Wang Xi nodded like a chick pecking at rice and said, "Really, really, Teacher, you don't know. Li Bai is a romantic and talented man. He relies on his talent to seduce one girl after another and then dump them, breaking the hearts of countless young girls. I was just worried that he would harass you, Teacher, so I said that. I'm really sacrificing myself for you."

Since Li Bai was such a despicable person, he wouldn't tolerate his idol being smeared to death.

All I can say is that Wang Xi has once again lowered his standards in Hongxiu's eyes. She stomped her foot angrily, "You are clearly!"

Wang Xi asked blankly, "What is it?"

"You...you're hopeless." Hongxiu glared at him fiercely before leaving. How could she not know what Wang Xi was thinking?

In the afternoon.

Based on the information he had gathered, Wang Xi went to Lady Zixia's courtyard.

"It's Sparrow! Come in quickly!"

Lady Zixia stood in front of the hall and waved to Wang Xi very warmly.

"Auntie!"

Wang Xi stepped forward quickly and bowed again, saying, "Que'er greets Aunt."

"No need for such formalities, sparrow."

Zixia led him into the main hall and asked, "Isn't Que'er supposed to go to school today? Why do you have time to come to your aunt's place?"

Wang Xi said, "Que'er came on the orders of the master."

Madam Zixia nodded slightly and said, "I did send someone to your academy today to donate one million coins to your charity."

Wang Xi immediately asked with a gossipy look, "Is your aunt's family very rich?"

Madam Zixia was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Wang Xi to ask such a question, and laughed, "But we're not as rich as your family."

Wang Xi chuckled.

Madam Zixia then asked, "Why did your master send you here?"

Wang Xi hurriedly said, "Auntie, you really should discuss it with Que'er first before donating this money."

Lady Zixia asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Wang Xi shook his head, feigning distress, and said, "Sir is somewhat unhappy about this, because he has always been indifferent to fame and fortune and hates it most when others try to bribe him with money."

After thinking for a moment, Madam Zixia understood what Wang Xi meant and said, "I am just donating money to the charity."

Wang Xi said, "But my aunt still wants to see the teacher one more time."

Lady Zixia asked, "Is there anything wrong with that?"

Wang Xi said, "Then the gentleman naturally assumes that my aunt hopes to gain a meeting with him through this money. Therefore, the gentleman asked me to ask my aunt what she would choose if she had to choose between the two options?"

Lady Zixia asked, "What do you mean by 'choose one of two'?"

Wang Xi said, "Either Auntie takes the money back, or she refuses to see the teacher."

Lady Zixia was taken aback and asked, "Why did you do this, sir?"

Wang Xi said, "Actually, whether it's Aunt wanting to donate money or wanting to see the Master, there's nothing wrong with either of them. However, the two cannot be put together. The Master will not see Aunt for money. So the Master said that Aunt can donate money, and the Master is very grateful. But if the money is donated, the Master will not see Aunt."

"If my aunt doesn't donate the money, my husband will arrange a meeting with her for Que'er's sake."

Lady Zixia was dumbfounded.

She had never seen anything like it before.

Little did they know that this was the result of their four senior brothers' discussion, and there was no other reason than to embarrass Madam Zixia.

If the money is taken back, it will prove that Madam Zixia's good deeds were hypocritical; but if it is not taken back, the purpose will not be achieved.

This indeed put Lady Zixia in a dilemma, and she said, "Burning incense at the temple is a matter of etiquette, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

I've been doing this for so many years, and there's nothing wrong with it!

Wang Xi sighed, "The master's temper is very strange, and even Que'er can't do anything about it."

After a moment's thought, Madam Zixia nodded and said, "Alright. I'll take back the donation."

(End of this chapter)