Chapter 164
Huo Yunyao was overjoyed when she saw the maid running towards her.
It was time for her good show to begin.
"Miss Li. Could it be that Miss Li?"
Soon, someone covered their mouth and said.
"Oh my god, surely not. Why is that Miss Li always causing a stir wherever she goes?"
Someone quickly recalled the flower - viewing banquet hosted by Madam Cao. Li Zhiwei had also stolen the show on that occasion.
"Exactly. Last time she attended Madam Cao's flower - viewing banquet, something happened to the Cao family later. Now that she's coming to Madam Qin's flower - viewing banquet, is something going to happen again?"
Someone raised a question.
"By the way, how is Madam Cao now? There hasn't been any follow - up news."
Soon, someone gossiped.
"I heard she's being detained in the county yamen. The County Magistrate Cao hasn't reached a conclusion yet. It probably doesn't look good. I heard she offended some important person she shouldn't have."
An insider revealed cautiously.
"Could this matter be related to Miss Li? After all, she went to the capital. And I heard that Lord Li spent a fortune to buy an official position in the capital."
Someone else said.
"There's no such good thing. It's very likely that Miss Li did something in the capital to secure an official position for Lord Li. Oh, if I had a daughter as beautiful as her, I'm afraid I'd also try my best."
Some people said with a look of disdain.
"Come on, stop talking. The Li family is not someone our families can afford to provoke. Let's go and see what's going on over there."
A woman said hurriedly when she noticed that several people had fallen far behind.
Huo Yunyao led the group excitedly towards the Linglong Courtyard she had prepared in advance.
"Second sister, don't tell me you've arranged for Brother Xuan..." Huo Yunlan thought of the scene they might see later, Li Zhiwei rolling around with her younger brother, and she felt a bit annoyed.
A good man like her younger brother should be paired with a girl like Meng Xin'er.
"Elder sister, what nonsense are you talking about?" Huo Yunyao thought to herself that if it were her own brother, why would she go through so much trouble?
The man she had arranged was a beggar she had specially sent someone to find at the City God's Temple outside the city.
She was going to ruin Li Zhiwei today.
How could she give her a chance to fight back? After all, she thought that if Li Zhiwei married her younger brother, it would be a high - flying match for Li Zhiwei.
Huo Yunzhi, on the side, glanced at the people around Huo Yunyao and then asked unhurriedly, "Your shadow Du Qiuniang isn't here today?"
It was well - known that Du Qiuniang had never missed any banquet hosted by Huo Yunyao.
"She's here. She's not feeling well, so I sent her to the side room to rest." Huo Yunyao replied.
"Rest. Second sister, you're really generous." Huo Yunzhi raised her eyebrows and said with a half - smile.
"Our Jiyun Mountain Villa has so many courtyards. What's wrong with letting Qiuniang rest for a while? Third sister, I'm talking about you, but there's no need to drag the Chen family into this. They haven't offended you." Huo Yunyao said dissatisfiedly.
"You don't have any objections, so what can I say? Also, when you talk about me, don't needlessly degrade the Chen family. They haven't done anything to you." Huo Yunzhi was annoyed by what Huo Yunyao said.
Although she really disliked the calculating ways of the people in the Chen family.
But she liked the third son of the Chen family and was willing to endure the humiliation for him. She couldn't stand her second sister constantly belittling the Chen family.
Moreover, she looks down on the family of the Third Master everywhere. Does she really think that Zhu Yunxian is a good person?
However, she has been at odds with her second elder sister since childhood. Even if she says something, her second sister may not listen.
She accidentally saw Zhu Yunxian and Du Qiuniang looking at each other with ambiguous eyes.
"Humph, who asked you to choose such a person who can't be put on the stage? Although our Huo family is not short of money, it's not to the point of needing to help the poor. I really don't know what's so attractive about the Chen family to you." After Huo Yunyao said that, she ignored Huo Yunzhi.
Soon, they arrived at Linglong Courtyard.
Huo Yunyao excitedly led the people into the courtyard.
The courtyard was empty.
"Didn't you say that Miss Li had an accident here? Where is she?" Soon, someone asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
"Everyone, don't be in a hurry. Let's go in and look for her. The maids are probably comforting Miss Li." Huo Yunyao said words to comfort everyone, but the schadenfreude in her eyes couldn't be hidden.
Li Zhiwei, I'm finally going to ruin your reputation!
They didn't find anyone in the courtyard. There was a room with the door slightly ajar.
"Could Miss Li be in the room?"
Someone looked in the direction of the room and asked.
"Brother Yun, be gentle..."
Suddenly, there came a woman's exclamation from the room.
This made the ladies in the courtyard blush with shame.
They all secretly cursed in their hearts that this Miss Li was really a vixen. In broad daylight, she was doing such a disgraceful thing in someone else's mansion.
"Who dares to act wantonly in my Jiyun Mountain Villa!" Huo Yunyao was excited, but on her face, she still looked extremely angry as she shouted into the room.
"That voice sounds a bit familiar."
Someone whispered.
In fact, Huo Yunyao also thought the voice was familiar.
However, she preconceived that the people inside were Li Zhiwei and the beggar she had arranged.
Thinking that she was about to catch Li Zhiwei having an affair, Huo Yunyao winked at the maid who had just reported the news.
"Second Miss, please forgive me. Miss Li said she wanted to rest in the room for a while. I just went to prepare some food for Miss Li. I didn't expect that when I came back, I saw..." The little maid stopped here, looking like she had something to say but hesitated.
"Saw what?" Everyone asked curiously.
"I saw Miss Li and a man enter the room. Then..." The little maid pointed to the courtyard, looking ashamed.
Everyone understood that it was Li Zhiwei having a tryst with her lover in the Huo family.
"My goodness, this Miss Li is so shameless. She actually had an affair with someone in the Huo family. I wonder who the adulterer is."
"Who knows? I didn't expect that she looked so decent on the surface, but actually she is so promiscuous in private. Fortunately, she didn't marry into my Duan family." Madam Duan said with a look of disgust.
"Oh, how did the Li family teach her? She was so impatient even in someone else's house..."
"What a disgrace to the Li family!"
"Are you talking about me?" Li Zhiwei, Shen An'an, Xu Qingshi, Qin Keyun, and Huo Yunxuan who had just found them walked over from behind, looking puzzled.
"Miss Li?" Everyone was stunned when they saw Li Zhiwei appear here.
Wasn't it said that the person in the room was Miss Li?
"What are so many of you gathered here for?" Huo Yunxuan frowned and asked.
"Some people said that Miss Li had an accident in this courtyard, so we came over to have a look," someone said quickly. However, that person was only focused on the situation inside the room and didn't notice that it was the young master of the Huo family and Li Zhiwei beside him.
It was the Miss Li they thought was having an affair with someone inside the room at this moment.
Another burst of flirtatious banter between a man and a woman came from inside the room.
"Pretty sister, what's going on inside? That woman seems to be in great pain," Xu Qingshi asked with a puzzled look on his face.
