Chapter 112 Drunk

"Miss Chen, look, these are..."

A Er pointed to the rows of boxes placed in the yard and looked at Chen Hui with a flattering smile.

Chen Hui had no expression on her face and didn't speak for a long time.

A Er looked nervous, but he didn't dare to disturb Chen Hui.

Chen Hui finally spoke out, but the question was completely unrelated: "Where is my father-in-law?"

A Er sighed in his heart, and hurriedly made an ignorant statement and said, "The villain doesn't know either..."

"I don't want these, you can take them back." Chen Hui said, turning around and walking back to his room.

Now that February is about to enter, Li Youde has always refused to let Chen Hui go back to the chrysanthemum for various reasons, but he did not put Chen Hui in custody, and continued to let her eat and drink well, and also sent some fresh things from time to time, which was better than in the past. Therefore, Chen Hui really couldn't figure out why Li Youde didn't let her go back to the chrysanthemumum. An unreliable guess is that he was afraid that she would pester her to sleep with her again and again, and was afraid that she would do something more deeply to him? But hasn't he already started to believe her and accept her? Why is this happening! Could it be that the days in the Hot Spring Villa were still her hallucinations?

Thinking of the warmth and sweetness of those days, Chen Hui suddenly thought that those days were similar to the peace before the storm, or compensatory indulgence? But why? Where else was she not doing well enough to make him treat her like this? Or was it her problem or his problem?

Li Youde was not in Li's house, and Chen Hui couldn't find anyone to ask, so she could only hold it in. After the Lantern Festival, Zheng Rongrong began what she said before the festival and gradually resumed contact with her. Last time, the two went to the theater together to listen to the opera, but they didn't talk much. This time, when Zheng Rongrong came to invite her again, she said that Princess Shuning would come together. Chen Hui was very happy about this, and Li Youde's inexplicable actions caused her a lot less depression.

Zheng Rongrong made an appointment with the meeting place in a restaurant. Now that the first month is just out, the weather is still cold, so it is natural that it is difficult to make an appointment outside. The three of them met again after a long separation, and at first they were a little embarrassed, but Chen Hui spoke first. Her innocent appearance infected the other two. After a while, the three of them started chatting, as if they were back to the original time.

But Chen Hui knew that it was impossible for them to go back to the time when they didn't know anything at first. Zheng Rongrong was better, and Princess Shuning seemed to be a little reluctant to say anything. Chen Hui knew it in her mind but didn't ask. It was probably about her and Li Youde, or helping her rescue from Li Youde. She rejected Princess Shuning at Tanmen Temple that day, and now she will not agree.

Fortunately, Princess Shuning didn't say anything until the three of them separated, and finally she didn't embarrass the atmosphere.

Chen Hui also visited Jiang Bihan once. At that time of the Spring Festival, Jiang Bihan seemed to be really sick. He asked a doctor to see him and he got better after a few days. But he got sick some time ago. When Chen Hui went there, he happened to catch up with Jiang Bihan lying on the bed and was weak. After a few polite words, he left.

On the fifth day after Li Youde went to the palace, he finally came back. Unlike Chen Hui who rushed over after hearing the news of his return, this time he came to Meiyuan on his own initiative, and there were many mahogany boxes with him.

Chen Hui had a long time of anger, but she didn't expect that she had just met someone. Before she could question her, Li Youde said, "Why didn't you tell me your birthday early?"

Chen Hui: “…”

Her bulging anger was suddenly poked. She didn't know if her original birthday was good? He suddenly asked this, how should she answer?

When Chen Hui was desperately thinking about how to get away with it, Li Youde continued: "If your parents had not sent a gift, I still don't know that tomorrow would be your birthday." He was not very happy to see it. Partly because of Chen Hui's concealment, and the other part was that he didn't understand this matter. Now he knew about the birthday, and he didn't know whether Hui Niang would be angry with him...

He hurriedly added: "You can keep these first, and tell me what else you want."

Tomorrow is the sixth day of the second month, and Chen Hui's original birthday is naturally not the same day. However, she doesn't value her birthday very much, so she doesn't think so. She wants to thank her family for remembering to give her a birthday gift. I heard that the Chen family came to try to pay New Year's greetings on the Spring Festival. Unfortunately, Chen Hui and Li Youde were in the villa at that time. They were driven back without seeing anyone, and there was no reason to come again. Now on her birthday, she has found a reason to ask for reconciliation.

"I forgot it." Chen Hui looked around, and didn't want to show anyone a joke. She walked up to him and grabbed Li Youde's sleeve and said, "Father-in-law, come in with me, I have something to tell you."

She said, turning around and leaving, not even giving Li Youde a chance to say no. He coughed, and followed with a lift.

The two entered Chen Hui's house. She turned around and closed the door. In order to maintain her momentum, she did not sit down. She just looked at Li Youde with a cold face and said, "Dadfather-in-law, you have changed after you come back from the other yard! Why is it that I won't let me go back to the chrysanthemum yard to live?"

Li Youde was stunned and it was difficult to run away. He could only say, "It's too small, and it's comfortable for you to live like this now. Besides, I don't often stay at home on weekdays, so it's much more convenient for you to stay in the Meiyuan."

"It's all excuses!" Chen Hui didn't listen to him, Li Youde, who made no sense at all, stared at him, "Dad father-in-law, has anyone told you something? Or have you misunderstood again? Tell me if you have any dissatisfaction, I can explain it, and I can change it."

Li Youde sighed in his heart. Where did he get his dissatisfaction? This time there was no so-called "misunderstanding". But he felt that it would be better to let her live back to Meiyuan, whether it was for him or her.

"Don't listen to the wind and rain." Li Youde said, "There is no misunderstanding, and there is nothing to explain. I have decided, so you don't have to say more."

Seeing Li Youde's unreasonable appearance, Chen Hui said angrily: "Then should I not even step into the chrysanthemum courtyard?"

"Don't talk nonsense, when did I say such things?" Li Youde hurriedly said, "You want to go and follow you, but you always have to have some rules. What does it look like when you live there?"

"Why didn't you say there was no rules when you asked me to live before?" Chen Hui said angrily. When she was unhappy at first, he insisted on letting her live when she was unhappy at the chrysanthemum. Now she is willing to live or even sleep with him. Instead, he told her the rules... what jokes are!

"It was before, now it is now." Li Youde said with a stern face, "This matter is settled. If Meiyuan lacks anything you want, you can go and buy it yourself, and you don't have to save money for me."

Chen Hui looked at Li Youde and said, "I have nothing in my house, but I have no father-in-law."

Li Youde's heart was thrilled, and then he felt a little sweet. He walked over and hugged Chen Hui, with a gentle tone: "Stop making trouble. This matter is settled, so don't think too much."

Chen Hui really wanted to beat him up after hearing this, but she refused to let her go back to the chrysanthemum for no reason. She didn't say the reason, and said why she didn't think too much about it. How could she do it!

Chen Hui took a deep breath. She had asked so clearly. Li Youde refused to say it. Then she probably couldn't hear the real reason from him. But except for not allowing her to continue living in the Amateur Hospital, his attitude towards her was no different from before... Could it be that, as she guessed, Li Youde was afraid of her radical initiative? But in the past few days in the courtyard, she did not have any other extreme actions, and even went to bed with her in a regular manner, and she was simply entering the state of an old couple in advance!

"Dadfather... Then I won't pester your bed to sleep in the future. Can you tell me to go back to the chrysanthemum yard?" Chen Hui shook Li Youde's sleeve and said coquettishly.

Li Youde only felt that the sound of his ears brought a numbness. He quickly pulled his sleeve out of Chen Hui's hand and said with a cold face: "Okay, let's stop here." He turned on the topic, "Tomorrow is your birthday, and I will come back early to celebrate your birthday in the evening. You... If you want, you can also invite Miss Zheng and Princess Shuning. Then I will invite some acquaintances to come..." It is also known that there are serious female protagonists in his mansion now.

"No need." Chen Hui was unhappy without achieving her goal, so she turned her back and said, "My father-in-law is so busy, so she won't bother her father-in-law to run around. I'll just eat something outside tomorrow, Miss Zheng and the others."

"Is there a fuss with me?" Li Youde glared at Chen Hui, his voice couldn't help but raise his voice a little, "How many people want to invite me on their birthday, but I can't invite me. Now I'll celebrate your birthday, do you want it?"

Chen Hui said without looking back: "I dare not ask for it. You are the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor. How can I let Eunuch Li do this for me?"

"You..." Li Youde was so angry that his forehead was covered with blue veins, and he raised his hand and pointed at her for a long time without saying anything.

What can he say? This time it seems that he is wrong. He can't scold or beat her. Isn't she able to speak to him sarcastically? Is he doing everything he can to say bad things for her good, and she must piss him to death? Or is she going to make other arrangements tomorrow?

"I will come back tomorrow night to celebrate your birthday, you remember." Li Youde's imperative words ended the argument between the two and turned around and went out angrily.

"Brother-in-law!" Chen Hui turned around and wanted to call him, but saw him walking quickly, as if he was angry by her. She suddenly stopped, and was still angry and aggrieved. It was her who was wronged, but why did he act like a victim?

"Girl... It's a good thing for your birthday to celebrate your birthday." Xiao Zuo hurriedly said when she heard what Li Youde said before leaving. Seeing that Chen Hui's face was unchanging, she naturally spoke with caution.

Chen Hui didn't want to vent her anger at Li Youde on Xiao Hu, so she simply went back to the room without saying anything, wrote two invitations, asking Xiao Liu to send it to Miss Zheng and Princess Shuning, told her about her birthday, and made an appointment to meet at Longsheng Restaurant at noon tomorrow.

On this day, Li Youde asked Chen Hui to come and have dinner together, which was probably a sign of showing weakness, but Chen Hui didn't appreciate it. She asked Xiao Hu to say that she was sick and was afraid of getting angry with Eunuch Li, so she stopped going to bed. In the end, she still had a meal in the Meiyuan. Until before going to bed at night, Li Youde did not come to coax Chen Hui again. Chen Hui was so angry that she ate an extra plate of pastries before going to bed with anger.

The next day was the sixth day of the second month. At about noon, Chen Hui went to the private room that had been booked in Longsheng Restaurant earlier, and asked Xiao Liu to meet Miss Zheng and Princess Shuning below, while she herself went to the private room to sit first.

In modern times, it is normal to invite a group of friends to go out for a trip on their birthdays, but here, at most, poor families can have a bowl of longevity noodles, eggs and some meat at their homes for their birthdays. It is a luxury. The rich and powerful naturally have to hold a birthday party, but they usually have a luxury at their homes, and there are even a flowing table. Therefore, Chen Hui's behavior of inviteing Zheng Rongrong and Princess Shuning to celebrate their birthdays outside was interpreted in the eyes of the two of them. It must be that Eunuch Li would not allow her to hold it at home.

"You didn't say your birthday earlier, and we were not ready to give you a gift." Zheng Rongrong asked the maid to put a few beautiful gift boxes on the table, and said with a little complaining tone, "I can only make do with it."

"That's it. After receiving the invitation yesterday, I went to the royal palace treasury and searched for a long time to find a similar one. If you said it earlier, I could spend more time finding a better one." Princess Shuning looked dissatisfied.

"You two can come here to give me face. There is nothing to do with this. The most important thing is to get together and lively. Come on, today I specially made some osmanthus wine. Not strong, we also learn from those literati and scholars, and don't go home without getting drunk." Chen Hui said, and filled himself with a glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"Okay, I won't go back if I'm drunk!" Princess Shuning's eyes lit up and she said boldly.

Although Zheng Rongrong did not agree, she would not be disappointed at this time, so she poured herself a shallow cup and clinked the glass with the other two.

Zheng Rongrong and Princess Shuning still remember that they were the lady of the official family and didn't drink too much, but Chen Hui was in a bad mood and couldn't help drinking more. Later, the two of them, who were also blushing, looked helplessly at Chen Hui who was already drunk. Just as they were about to ask Xiao Hu to come in to help send Chen Hui back, they heard her murmuring: "Brother-in-law... how could you treat me like this..."

The two of them changed their expressions and looked at each other. Princess Shuning whispered in a angrily voice: "Hui Niang was indeed lying to us before. She said that Eunuch Li was very nice to her. She was just afraid that we would be worried about it!"

Princess Shuning said as she couldn't help crying under the influence of alcohol: "Why am I just a princess... If I were a man, I would marry Hui Niang home, and she wouldn't have to suffer anymore!"

"Cousin Xi, what nonsense are you talking about?" Zheng Rongrong rubbed her temples that kept jumping and patted Princess Shuning's shoulders, and her mood was also heavy. In fact, Cousin Xi was saying something that was reasonable. As women, they could not even control their own marriage, let alone interfere with others.

Finally, Zheng Rongrong helped Xiao Hu to bring Chen Hui onto the carriage and told Xiao Hu to take good care of Chen Hui. Then she led Princess Shuning, who couldn't stop crying, and went home.

Chen Hui was drunk, but except for occasionally saying a few words of dreams, she embraced Xiao Hu obediently throughout the whole process. The group returned to Li's mansion and sent Chen Hui back to Meiyuan with difficulty and placed her on the bed. Only then did the few people breathe a sigh of relief.

"Why does Miss Chen drink so much wine?" Xiao Liu sighed, "I can only expect her to wake up earlier. My father-in-law will celebrate the girl's birthday in the evening!"

"Or why should I go and get a bowl of sobering soup?" Xiaowu said hurriedly.

Xiao Liudao: "Yes, why did I forget this? Go quickly."

Xiao Zuo sat by the bed, rubbed Chen Hui's cheeks carefully, and suddenly choked and said in a low voice: "Brother Xiaoliu, the girl seems very unhappy."

Xiao Liu was stunned and looked at Chen Hui, who had only his cheeks flushed on the bed, and said for a long time: "Actually... my father-in-law is very nice to Miss Chen... If she could think about it earlier."

These two people often make trouble with each other. Xiao Zuo and Xiao Liu and the others cannot know clearly what happened to them, nor can they ask, and they have to rely on themselves to guess.

Xiao Zu nodded in ignorance. She was serving Miss Chen close to Miss Chen, and always felt that Xiao Liu was not right. Hasn’t Miss Chen been thinking about it for a long time? She felt that the only thing Miss Chen cares about now was Eunuch Li. But she knew that she was stupid and didn’t dare to say anything. When Xiao Wu brought the sobering soup, she fed Chen Hui to drink it.

After all, Chen Hui drank a little too much of this wine, and a bowl of sobering soup could not relieve much. When it was dark, she was still lying on the bed in a drowsy state.

At the same time, a carriage outside the Li Mansion rushed over like lightning. When he entered the Li Mansion, Li Youde got out of the car without help. He walked forward quickly and asked the butler who was coming up: "How are the banquet ready? Where are the guests?"

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "Everything is almost done, but some officials who are not on the list came to the door to wait, but I don't know..."

"If there are too many seats, let them come in. If there is not enough seats, just accept the gifts." Li Youde walked in a hurry and spoke quickly.

The butler responded quickly and then went to do business separately.

After a while, Li Youde arrived at Meiyuan. As soon as he entered, he saw that several people looked unfavorable. He frowned and said, "Where is Hui Niang?"

The few people looked at each other, but Xiao Liu said, "Miss Chen is inside... She, she drank a few drinks with Miss Zheng and Princess Shuning in the afternoon, and is still drunk now."

Li Youde paused and then quickly walked into the house, but no one else followed.

A Er whispered: "Xiaoliu, what's wrong with you? You don't know what father-in-law wants to celebrate Miss Chen's birthday tonight, why don't you persuade Miss Chen to order?"

"Miss Chen, Miss Zheng and Princess Shuning were in the private room and drove us out. No one knew that she would drink so much wine." Xiao Liu also looked bitter.

Several people looked at each other and sighed. I don’t know how to end this matter today. My father-in-law specifically told me to celebrate Miss Chen’s birthday today, but she came back drunk. Didn’t she just deliberately make things unhappy for her father-in-law?

Li Youde stood beside the bed, looking at Chen Hui lying quietly in the center. Her cheeks were red, her eyes were closed, and she seemed to be sleeping.

He sat down on the edge of the bed, pushed Chen Hui and said, "Hui Niang, get up."

He screamed several times before Chen Hui moved, but instead of getting up, she just turned over. He grabbed Chen Hui's arm and held her up, his face turned cold: "Chen Huiniang, don't pretend to be drunk, get up quickly!"

Chen Hui's eyelids moved, and her head, which had no support, suddenly leaned back.

Li Youde snorted coldly, and his cold hands reached into the hem of Chen Hui's clothes and touched her warm abdomen. She shook coldly, but she just twisted her body uncomfortable, and her eyes were still closed.

The hand, which was as cold as a snake, continued to move upwards, and when it touched the softness, it became stiff, and then pressed it hard.

"Cold..." Chen Hui murmured, shrank back, but could not avoid the torture of the cold hands. She whimpered and still did not wake up.

Li Youde stared at Chen Hui's face for a long time, finally pulled her back and put her back on the bed.
To be continued...