A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Chapter 204 Grounded

"You all go down."

After Xiao Yi returned to Qingbo Courtyard, he looked at Yun Xiang and Chu Xia beside Lin Qinghuan, and then said something.

Lin Qinghuan sat on the couch, flipping through a book, without looking at the man.

"Where have you and Ajue been so late?"

Xiao Yi walked over and continued to ask.

"Is it important?"

Lin Qinghuan's mind was filled with the scene of Xiao Yi and Tao Baiwan holding each other intimately, so she didn't want to pay any attention to Xiao Yi and didn't want to say a word to him at all.

"Of course it's important. It's already very late, and you're my wife, yet you got off a carriage with another man. Huan'er, do you really not want to explain to me?"

Xiao Yi walked forward and pulled Lin Qinghuan up and asked, his face looking a little unhappy.

"What do you want to do?"

Lin Qinghuan asked angrily.

"I just want an explanation from you."

Xiao Yi said while holding Lin Qinghuan's arm.

"Ajue and I have nothing to do with each other. What's there to explain? If you're bored, go to Iris Pavilion and accompany your new wife. Why bother me?"

Lin Qinghuan rarely saw Xiao Yi treat her like this, and she became stubborn at this time.

"Huan'er, don't you really know what I want to ask?"

Xiao Yi looked at Lin Qinghuan with a cold face and asked.

Lin Qinghuan remained silent, letting Xiao Yi look at her coldly.

"You should stay in the yard for the time being."

Xiao Yi let go of Lin Qinghuan's arm, then turned around and wanted to leave.

"Xiao Yi, are you going to ground me?"

Lin Qinghuan asked while looking at Xiao Yi's back.

Xiao Yi paused for a moment, then slammed the door without replying and walked out of the inner courtyard of Qingbo Courtyard.

Lin Qinghuan staggered to the ground and sat down, tears streaming down her face. She and Ning Sijue had been busy all night running around for him, and now that he was brought back by Tao Baiwan, he treated her like this. Perhaps this was what Tao Baiwan meant when he said, "I have had a relationship with him for more than ten years."

Chuxia and Yunxiang ran in in panic.

"Miss, what did your uncle say..."

Chu Xia saw Lin Qinghuan's face full of tears and swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. Yun Xiang looked at Lin Qinghuan at a loss.

"What did he tell you?"

Lin Qinghuan wiped away her tears and then asked.

"The eldest master said that the young lady is not feeling well and should not leave the courtyard for the time being."

Yun Xiang spoke haltingly.

"Since you've made a mistake and offended the eldest young master, there's nothing left to live in here at Qingbo Courtyard. Let's go back to Luoyi Pavilion and clean up."

Lin Qinghuan sighed, then waved gently at the two of them and said.

"Young Madam..."

"girl…"

Yun Xiang and Chu Xia shouted in unison.

"Go."

Lin Qinghuan said weakly.

"Young Madam, Qingbo Courtyard is the courtyard you and the eldest son live in..."

"Even you don't listen to me?"

Lin Qinghuan looked at Yun Xiang with a serious face and asked.

"No, this servant only recognizes the young lady as her master."

Yun Xiang quickly knelt down and said.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Yun Xiang, his heart churning. Why was he so angry at her?

"Get up and clean up."

Lin Qinghuan said in a gentle tone.

"Yes…"

Chuxia helped Yunxiang up, and the two of them began to ask the maid to clean up.

It was already late at night when Lin Qinghuan returned to Luoyi Pavilion. She did not ask nor care where Xiao Yi had gone. It seemed unimportant to her. She had already bolted the door of Luoyi Pavilion. In that case, they would not see or miss each other in Luoyi Pavilion.

"Miss, Jane is crying so hard that even the nanny can't comfort her anymore."

Chuxia knocked on the door and shouted outside.

"Carry it in."

Lin Qinghuan stood up and said.

The wet nurse came in holding the crying Xiao Xingjian, and Lin Qinghuan stepped forward to take him.

"What happened to Jane?"

Lin Qinghuan held the child in her arms and asked the wet nurse.

"He was fine just now, but now he can't be coaxed."

The wet nurse said anxiously.

"Let me comfort him for a while. I guess it's because it's too late and he's a little scared."

After Lin Qinghuan finished talking to the wet nurse, she held the child in her arms and coaxed him to sleep. Looking at her child's little face, she felt much better.

It was already late at night when Xiao Xingjian was taken back to the room by the wet nurse after he fell asleep. Lin Qinghuan was so tired that she fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.

Xiao Yi rested alone in Chen Yu's courtyard. The phoenix-eye flowers in the courtyard had already withered. He lay on the bed with his mind full of the scene of Ning Sijue helping Lin Qinghuan get off the carriage and the two of them whispering with their heads down. He also thought of the woman's indifference to him without any explanation, and he was so angry that he couldn't sleep.

"Did I spoil you too much, causing you to become so unruly now?"

Xiao Yi muttered to himself angrily.

The next morning, the maids in Luoyi Pavilion began to get busy at Luo Yun's call. Lin Qinghuan got up early and sat on the couch by the window, watching the wet nurse helping Xiao Xingjian learn to walk in the yard.

"Girl, breakfast is ready, come and have something to eat." Chu Xia stepped forward and said.

"Go and ask Hongqi to go to Bixu Village and tell the master that I'm sick. I'll go and honor him after I recover."

Lin Qinghuan waved his hand, saying that he had no appetite, and gave another instruction.

"Yes."

Chuxia saw that Lin Qinghuan was in a very low mood and definitely didn't want to eat, so she nodded and went to the outer courtyard to find Hongqi.

In Chenyu Courtyard, Tao Baiwan called a group of maids and old women to come and bring delicious breakfast to Xiao Yi to eat happily. She knew last night that Lin Qinghuan had moved back to Luoyi Pavilion, but Xiao Yi didn't know about it yet.

"Brother Yi, I seemed to hear Sister Changping say yesterday that she wanted to thank the Sixth Prince. It seems that they have a pretty good relationship." Tao Baiwan mentioned deliberately.

"She couldn't go anywhere and could only stay in the yard."

Xiao Yi glanced at Tao Baiwan and then said.

"Really? I heard that Sister Changping moved back to Luoyi Pavilion with a few maids last night. Doesn't Brother Yi know about this?"

Tao Baiwan asked.

"What did you say?"

Xiao Yi frowned and then looked up at Tao Baiwan.

"Brother Yi, you... you really slept here all night by yourself. You don't even know how lively it is outside. This Chenyu Courtyard is a bit out of the way, but it's not that isolated from the world."

Tao Baiwan said as he looked at the cold Xiao Yi with innocent eyes.

"Dayuan."

Xiao Yi shouted outside, then saw Da Yuan still had an unchewed bun in his mouth. He swallowed it hard and ran in.

"My Lord, what's wrong?"

Da Yuan patted his chest and asked.

"Where is the young lady?"

Xiao Yi asked.

"Hasn't the eldest son confined you to the courtyard?"

Da Yuan replied heartlessly, then realized that Xiao Yi had a dark face, and quickly changed his words, "The young lady is in Qingbo Courtyard."

"Dayuan, you slept very soundly last night too."

Tao Baiwan said to Da Yuan with a joking smile, leaving the young man with a puzzled look on his face.

When Xiao Yi and Da Yuan arrived at the gate of Luoyi Pavilion, they found that the gate was locked from the inside.

"Yun Xiang, open the door quickly, the eldest master is here."

Seeing that Xiao Yi's face looked a little scary, Da Yuan hurried over and knocked on the door and shouted.

The maids and servants in the room looked at Lin Qinghuan sitting in the corridor and did not dare to answer or go to open the door.

"Young Madam, the eldest master is outside."

Luo Yun mustered up the courage to speak, after all, she was the oldest housekeeper.

Lin Qinghuan called Chuxia over and whispered a few words to her, then saw her running to the door and shouting outside.

"The young lady said that since they are under house arrest, the whole courtyard must be under house arrest, and the door must be locked. If someone gets restless and runs out, wouldn't that make the eldest master unhappy again?"

When Da Yuan heard Chu Xia say this, he didn't dare to look back at Xiao Yi for a moment. He could already feel the chill coming from behind him.

Xiao Yi looked at the tightly closed door of Luoyi Pavilion with a cold face.

"Then stay in there."

Xiao Yi said something coldly, then turned and left. Da Yuan was at a loss for what to do and could only chase after him.

"Miss, the uncle is gone."

Chuxia came back and said dejectedly.

"Well, the door can be opened now. Let's go and get busy."

After Lin Qinghuan finished speaking, he stood up and went back to the house, closing the door.

In the Iris Pavilion, Tao Baiwan, who was loosening the soil of the potted plants on the table, listened to Kui'er recount what happened at the door of Luoyi Pavilion, and then smiled happily.

"Changping is just so stubborn, but Brother Yi is also stubborn. They are not suitable for each other."

Tao Baiwan patted the dust off his hands and then said.

"Princess, what should we do next?"

Kui'er asked.

"Brother Yi must have been feeling restless these past few days. Go and mix some spices to help him calm his mind and help him sleep, and have the kitchen prepare some more delicious dishes."

Tao Baiwan ordered.