"Heli?" Ms. Jiang couldn't believe her ears, "Heli... Yaoyao, how old are you, how come you are getting divorced? How long have you been married? Do you have children? How many are boys and girls? "
Tang Yuyao really didn't want to stay with Mrs. Jiang for a moment.
If Ms. Jiang was someone who ignored her with cold words and sarcastic remarks after abandoning her, she would feel better. At least it would be understandable that she would not want to contact him anymore and would stay away from him. But Mrs. Jiang seemed to care about her very much, which made her feel that it was too much from a distance, and from a distance she felt sorry for her father and for the hurt little Yunduo.
"Okay, Mrs. Lu, this is my business." Tang Yuyao could only speak hard, "Just tell me whether the proposal I just made is okay. If you agree, then we will immediately go out to find a house to rent. If you I don’t agree. I don’t mind making things bigger. But you have to know that once things get bigger, others will know how Mr. Lu married his wife. It doesn’t matter the gossip. What matters is Mr. Lu’s character. How can such a person be an official if he is dishonest?"
This was a threat. Threatening Lu Zhongkai's official position, I have to say, immediately hit Jiang's weakness.
Mrs. Jiang was still worried about Tang Yuyao at first, but when she heard this, she panicked.
"You...you..." She pointed at Tang Yuyao, but she didn't curse.
Tang Yuyao looked calm and said: "So I have discussed it with you, and I ask you to think about it carefully."
There is no need to consider this, Jiang didn’t dare not agree. However, she did not agree with Tang Yuyao taking Xiao Yunduo to find a place to stay alone. Instead, she wanted to take her grandma with her. She had another reason, she was familiar with this place.
Tang Yuyao didn't care. She was still wearing yesterday's clothes and combing her hair. However, she still had the facial fat she wore yesterday, which was darker than her skin color. Before going out, she went back to the house and applied some more. After she and Mrs. Jiang left the small courtyard of the Lu family, she held Xiao Yunduo's hand and lowered her head. This image of a peaceful and single woman was quite normal.
Tang Yuyao was actually a little uneasy. Although she knew that Zhao Ting did not have the holy will and had no real power in his hands, people said that a skinny camel was bigger than a horse, so Zhao Ting was a prince after all. He is also a very wealthy prince. For such a wealthy man, it is not difficult for him to find a maidservant who can escape from the palace. What she is betting on now is just Zhao Ting's behavior in his previous life. In his previous life, because he wanted to marry Lu Qinghe, he directly kicked her out of the house and killed her on the way out of the house! Now, she left on her own initiative and gave him a clean Prince An's Mansion to marry Lu Qinghe. I guess he wouldn't arrest her, right?
After serving him for seven years, there was no credit but hard work, and the money he got in the end was just a drop in the bucket compared to what he had. Shouldn't he be too stingy?
But even if this is the case, you have to be careful. If you are not afraid of ten thousand, you should be afraid of the worst.
It is not difficult to find accommodation here. With Jiang, who has lived here for almost seven years, he quickly visited two houses in succession. It's just that these two families are close to the Lu family. Both Tang Yuyao and Xiao Yunduo shook their heads and said they didn't like them. Tang Yuyao nodded after seeing the third house, which was at least a quarter of an hour's walk away from the Lu family.
She had to let down Jiang's vigilance now and didn't dare to look for someone too far away. Besides, she didn't plan to live there for real.
It is also a small house that you can move in, and you can rent it for five taels of silver a month. People say that living in the capital is not easy. Tang Yuyao was originally in the palace, and the monthly salary was only two taels. However, she has a lot of money at the moment. Even if she really rents this yard to live in it for a long time, she can still afford it.
Mrs. Jiang was a little surprised. She originally thought she would have to receive some subsidy, but she didn't expect Tang Yuyao to pay without blinking an eye. This made her couldn't help but think that no matter what the reason was for Tang Yuyao's divorce, her husband's family would be a kind-hearted family if they could give her a sum of money after the divorce.
This yard was vacated when the original resident moved. Because the resident was leaving the capital and couldn't take many things with him, he sold them to the owner at a discount. So Tang Yuyao looked around and found that she only needed to prepare bedding and buy new bowls and chopsticks before moving in. To be honest, if she hadn't encountered such a nice little house in the capital, Tang Yuyao would have spent money to buy it. The place was not big or small, and it was just right for the two of them to live with their sisters. For safety, you can also buy an old servant to guard the door.
Mrs. Jiang was also worried about their safety: "I'm not worried about you two sisters living here alone."
Tang Yuyao said: "Then I'll pay and you can help me buy an old servant to look after the door."
She was so easy to talk to, and Mrs. Jiang was completely relieved. Also, the eldest daughter had already divorced, so where could a woman go alone? Instead, she stayed here, not far or close to her, and she had a husband like Lu Zhongkai who could take care of her. But the eldest daughter is still young and will marry again sooner or later. By then, she can take Xiao Yunduo back.
She was about to give birth. Her husband had said before that Xiao Yunduo was a bit fond of the little brother in her belly. After she gave birth to the baby, she would definitely not be able to take care of Xiao Yunduo for a while, leaving her and sisters Yaoyao together. It's better to have company.
The more Ms. Jiang thought about it, the more she felt like this, and she completely let go. Even if Tang Yuyao refused to go back with her to have lunch, she would start a fire here at noon and stay here at night. She didn't object. She was too pregnant to go out, so she sent her nanny beside her to buy new bedding, bowls, chopsticks, rice, noodles, oil, salt and vegetables, all prepared with Tang Yuyao's money.
We had a simple lunch here at noon. After the meal, Mrs. Jiang felt a little sleepy because she was a month old. She told Tang Yuyao that she would buy an old servant and deliver it as soon as possible, and then she was helped back by her grandma.
As soon as she left, after waiting for a while, Tang Yuyao sighed deeply and was about to take Xiao Yunduo away.
Xiao Yunduo seemed to have guessed her thoughts and said, "Are you sighing? Does she care more about Lu Zhongkai?"
Tang Yuyao did not regard Xiao Yunduo as a child, and replied seriously: "A little bit."
Xiao Yunduo looked a little sarcastic and said: "She has always been like this. Let's go while it's still early."
There is no back door to the small courtyard. The two of them walked through the front door, but they were stopped at the door. It was the aunt next door: "Where are you going?"
Tang Yuyao looked at her without saying anything.
The aunt laughed: "I'm not a bad person, Mrs. Lu asked me to take care of you."
Tang Yuyao and Xiao Yunduo looked at each other and then said, "Let's go buy some clothes."
The aunt said: "Oh, okay, let's go quickly. Go early and come back early. Don't stay out for too long at night, it's not safe."
Fortunately, Mrs. Jiang just asked the neighbor's aunt to keep an eye on them and did not ask anyone to follow them. Tang Yuyao and Xiao Yunduo did go to buy clothes, two for each person. The clothes they bought were ready-made clothes. Although they did not fit a little, the two of them still I changed it at a clothing store. After coming out, he hired a carriage and headed all the way to the South City Gate. Chizhou, where Tang Yuyao planned to go, was closest to the South City Gate.
She hired a car from a big car dealership, so there was no need to worry about safety. However, Tang Yuyao didn't dare to rest assured before she left the city. Ignoring Xiao Yunduo along the way, she almost kept lifting the curtains to look out. Because of this, when she was approaching the South City Gate, she saw a group of people speeding past their carriage.
The leader among them was actually Zhao Ting!
She had served Zhao Ting for seven years and slept with him for almost a month. She could still recognize the profile of his face that flew past him so quickly.
Why did Zhao Ting go to the south city gate?
Could it be that he was trying to catch her?
Guess she is going to Chizhou?
Tang Yuyao suddenly panicked, lowered the carriage curtain, and immediately said to the driver: "Uncle, slow down!"
The coachman was an old man in his sixties. When he heard this, he made a noise and pulled the horse to slow down. He tilted his head and asked, "Mrs. Tang, what are your orders?"
Tang Yuyao was not young, so she hired a car to take her daughter to her husband's house in Chizhou.
Tang Yuyao said: "Slow down, I suddenly remembered that I left something behind and I have to go back to get it."
The capital is not far from Chizhou, but it can't be reached in half a day. If we set off at this time and walk at the current speed for half a day, we will be able to reach a post station when it is almost dark. We will have to walk for a whole day tomorrow. I can't enter Chizhou City until late. But if you rush back to get your things, it will be too late. The coachman was a little reluctant: "Mrs. Tang, you went back to get your things, but you can't go on the road today. The time has been delayed from one trip to the next. We have to drive at night, it's not safe!"
No matter how unsafe it is, it is still better than bumping into Zhao Ting now.
Tang Yuyao didn't want to take any risks. She said, "Then we'll leave tomorrow morning and go back now. Don't worry, I'll pay you more for the fare."
The coachman didn't say anything, as long as he made money.
With his consent, Tang Yuyao carefully opened the curtains of the car and looked over because she was almost at the city gate. She saw that in addition to Zhao Ting's team, there were also two guards from the palace at the city gate! However, they did not wear the royal guard uniforms, but only wore ordinary clothes to blend in with the crowd. Tang Yuyao couldn't help but think too much, but Zhao Ting didn't seem to be here to arrest her, because she saw Zhao Ting leaving the city quickly, but the two guards stayed behind.
What's happening here?
"What's the matter, sister?" Xiao Yunduo came up and heard a very soft cry from her sister.
Tang Yuyao lowered the car curtains, shook her head, and whispered: "Xiao Yunduo, it seems we can't leave today."
Xiao Yunduo knew that something must have happened, so she said, "Then let's go back and talk."
