The Great Ming Imperial Preceptor

Su Tan'er had been somewhat troubled lately. Search: \(¨Complete¨ Book¨ God¨ Station¨) to read quality literature for free.

The trouble was personal. For her, the current trouble was a rather unfamiliar emotion. After the major family matter was settled, she would occasionally blush when she thought about it these past few days. She hadn't said too much about it to her cousin, Danhong, but in her heart, she was still trying to suppress her shyness, earnestly pondering certain things.

*If only I hadn't run away when we got married back then…*

She was now regretting that decision. In life, many things cannot be predicted in their development and outcome, so regret is actually a rather useless emotion. But since the thoughts in her heart had nothing to do with business anyway, after agonizingly considering it, most of the time she could only purse her lips, blaming her own lack of foresight and immaturity.

Anyway, it was either a quick death or a slow one. She had thought about it back then, but in the end, she couldn't help but run away to no avail. Recalling it now, she couldn't even remember what she was thinking back then. If she had just closed her eyes and endured it like a bite from a dog, she wouldn't have to worry about this embarrassing matter every day now.

This matter of consummating the marriage… after all, it needs an atmosphere and a natural reason. But these days, she had been busy with family affairs, and now that the achievements that should have been obtained had been obtained, there were still many things she could do if she really wanted to be busy. Her husband probably thought that she would still be busy these days. He was a gentleman, and now that their relationship had stabilized, he wouldn't suddenly think of pushing her down on the bed one day. Actually, if he really did that now, she wouldn't mind…

But now she had to think and plan for these things. Between husband and wife… surely things couldn't be dragged out past this winter. But when she thought of "between husband and wife," and when she truly looked at this matter from that perspective, she had to admit that the current relationship between the two of them was started by herself, and then established. In the past, she thought that having the appearance of a home and treating her husband well would be enough. But now that she thought about it, she really hadn't fulfilled her responsibility as a wife at all.

However, she wasn't the kind of little woman who constantly wallowed in self-pity. After a few years in the business world, she had cultivated some boldness. After agonizing over the matter for a few days, the first thing she considered was that she had to solve her own problems. Of course, she couldn't really run to her husband and lay things out, she still had her pride. At this time, she cared more about Ning Yi and valued his opinion of her more.

In short, it was about solving the problem… the matter was a bit troublesome, but once her mind started working, this young woman with the identity of a female entrepreneur was not to be daunted. She came up with an idea this morning that might seem absurd and making a mountain out of a molehill to ordinary people, but for Su Tan'er, it was no different from making a decision in the business world. She resolutely made this small decision with the boldness of running a large business involving hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. She returned early at noon, and then arranged for Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er to do things, while mobilizing the guards and servants in the nearby courtyards to ensure that they wouldn't swarm over all at once. After everything was prepared, she gritted her teeth and could start the operation.

After carefully examining the structure of the small building over there, she moved dry, thin branches from the woodshed and piled them around it. At first, she considered many things, the fire had to burn evenly, and the location for starting the fire had to be carefully considered. Should it be made to look like an accident? But for her, arson was definitely an amateurish thing. She shook her head: *Who cares? The house is mine. If I burn it down, I burn it down. I won't allow anyone to investigate it in the future. Who would dare to say more?*

In the quiet afternoon, the young woman who was in charge of the Su family's main house nervously and attentively did these sneaky things, and then remembered some questions, and ran into her husband's room, not knowing what else she was planning to do.

Outside the door, Ning Yi suspiciously stuck to it, only to see the woman opening his cabinet in the room, hurriedly rummaging through some things, identifying and sorting them out.

"Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, clothes, this is… my husband's previous articles?"

"Fan… this fan should still be needed…"

"This piece of clothing… forget it, burn it…"

"What is written on this…"

"Paintings… drawings…"

"Popular novels… uh, should I burn this?"

She sorted and considered to herself, taking the things she thought were needed and placing them away from the back window. She threw the old clothes and such by the windowsill. She also took a pen holder and hung a few brushes on it. She found an inkstone that Ning Yi had used, thought about it, and changed it to one that hadn't been used much, poured some tea into it, and rubbed the ink stick a few times. She first moved a large stack of popular novels to a place on the side of the room away from the window. After a moment, she looked at it and took them all back, placing them on the table by the window, destined to be destroyed. Ning Yi felt a little pity, as there were a few books he hadn't finished reading yet.

After roughly sorting out all kinds of things, she adjusted the positions of the tables and chairs in the room, panting. After doing all this, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and nodded. Seeing that she was about to come out, Ning Yi quickly ran away, and went to the empty yard next door with great interest, stepped on a stack of earthen bricks in the corner of the yard, climbed up the wall to see the movement behind the house.

After a while, Su Tan'er came over coughing, holding a lit branch in both hands. The branch was large enough, so it was probably not completely dry, and it was hollow. One end was burning with flames, and the small hole on the other end was desperately smoking. Su Tan'er probably thought she could use it as a torch, so she took it casually, but at this time she was choked badly by the smoke, squinting and waving her hands, feeling quite uncomfortable.

Ning Yi covered his forehead and couldn't stop laughing.

Su Tan'er acted decisively, without thinking too much, and lit the piled-up branches one by one, frowning, looking focused, but always being smoked. Most of the building was made of wood, so it was almost certain that it would catch fire. Su Tan'er also lit two windows casually, and threw the big branch that had smoked her from the small hole in the window, and clapped her hands. Ning Yi liked her neat look when she clapped her hands. At this moment, the tiles on the wall moved slightly. Ning Yi reached out to support them, but was slightly stunned the next moment.

Looking towards Su Tan'er, Su Tan'er was also looking over here, oval face, astonished gaze, pursed lips, as if she was about to become a hare-lip. The face of the once intellectual and composed woman now showed a disaster-like panic.

Ning Yi showed half of his head and probably looked at her for half a second. The first action was to decisively shrink his head back. The smile reached his mouth, causing his cheeks to bulge "gulu". The most important thing now was to slip away, but he suddenly slipped under his feet. The pile of earthen bricks had also been placed for a long time, and one corner was loose. He fell to the ground with a thud, almost spraining his foot. Then, he walked away while suppressing his laughter.

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Ning Yi guarded the nearby roads for about two minutes, holding the wall to digest the interesting scenes he had just seen, while confirming that no one was coming over for the time being, so that the fire in the small building could burn for a while longer. Su Tan'er did not chase after him. It was difficult to predict her emotions at this time. Of course, if his first emotion when he saw her later was to burst into laughter, then the possibility of a "murder of husband" tragedy really happening in this courtyard tonight was estimated to exceed eighty percent.

Smart men should know when to have a sense of humor, when to be serious, when to be at a loss, and when to be in excruciating pain… but it's still very funny… hahahaha…

He pre-paid all the places where he should laugh in his heart, but there was not much expression on his face. When two servants passed by here, he stopped them solemnly: "Hey, where are you going?"

"Ah, Young Master, we went to deliver something before, and now we are going back to report to Steward Zhou."

"Have you finished delivering the things?"

"Yes."

"You may have to go out later. You don't have to reply to Steward Zhou for the time being. Prepare a carriage for me at the side door and come with me to do something… but if I don't come over in half an hour, it means everything is fine, and you can go to Steward Zhou."

He was now someone who no one dared to ignore in the family. As soon as he spoke, the two servants quickly agreed and turned to leave. Ning Yi looked back, estimating that the fire was burning on a certain scale. At this moment, he heard his wife's voice coming from over there.

"Come, come here, there's a fire, there's a fire! Come quickly…"

Listening to that voice, she was still quite calm.

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The fire started, and the two nearby servants who heard the news first ran in from the courtyard gate. The fire was temporarily burning behind the building, but smoke and dust had already spread out in front. In the center of the courtyard, Su Tan'er frowned: "There's a fire, quickly think of a way to put it out!"

"Yes, buckets, water tanks… where are the water tanks, Second Miss…"

"Come on, there's a fire!"

The two servants were a little flustered for a while, but the Second Miss, who had just taken over the business of the main house, was a person who did big things and showed composure: "Wait, wait, there's no water in the kitchen… you, call someone first, and quickly move the things out of the room so they don't get burned! Hurry."

As she spoke, another servant ran over, and Su Tan'er said: "Hurry, you go too…" Before she finished speaking, Ning Yi's figure had already appeared at the courtyard gate. She couldn't pay attention to her husband's expression at this time, but her face suddenly turned red, and she stared blankly, then looked at the servant: "You go help too!"

She turned her head back to look at the smoking small building, her chest heaving, her heart pounding, pounding, pounding desperately.

Then Ning Yi also ran over: "What's going on! What's going on! How could there be a fire!" He looked bewildered and heartbroken. Hearing his voice, Su Tan'er was also slightly stunned, turned her head and glanced at him, only to see Ning Yi panting, frowning: "How, how could there be a fire…"

Ning Yi said this, looked at her, Su Tan'er's face turned red again, and she turned her head away, trying to become a professional business face: "I, I don't know, it suddenly caught fire, maybe… when no one was there, I boiled some hot water, and then… then I didn't put it out… I was resting just now…"

"Oh." Ning Yi nodded, silent for a moment, "Uh… it's winter, the weather is dry, fire… fire is very normal." Just as he was running out of things to say, in the small kitchen next door, one of the servants rushed out carrying a bucket of water, and told the other servant: "A'shan, there are only two buckets of water here! Go to the next courtyard to see…"

As he spoke, he was about to rush into the room, and Ning Yi ran over: "What are you doing?"

"Put, put out the fire…"

"Two buckets of water can't put out the fire, move things first, move things! Find some bed sheets and soak them so they won't be burned…"

"Oh…" The servant nodded, and poured the whole bucket of water on himself with a crash, and rushed in directly.

The flames were burning fiercely, smoke was rising, and servants and maids came running one by one, moving things out of the building. Su Tan'er and Ning Yi stood in the center of the courtyard, the girl's expression was serious and earnest, frowning, but she didn't look at Ning Yi much. Their voices rang in the midst of a lot of shouting.

"Move that chair out first… cough cough…"

"There's a box at the head of the bed…"

"Don't worry about the Eight Immortals table!"

"Books, books, those bamboo slips, right…"

"Put the things under the eaves over there first…"

"Things in Xiao Chan's room! Yes… hurry up, be careful not to get burned…"

"Those who are burned will be paid ten taels of silver for medical expenses later…"

"There will be rewards for everyone…"

It was a busy scene. Ning Yi spoke, telling the servants which things to move. Su Tan'er pointed to let the servants move the things to the other side of the courtyard and put them down. She had already started putting out the fire. Everyone carrying buckets and basins of water ran over one after another. Before long, Xiao Chan and others also called out, "What's wrong, how did the fire start?" and rushed over in a hurry. A steward probably didn't see Su Tan'er and Ning Yi, who were resting on the side and starting to participate in the fire fighting, and came in shouting: "How could there be a fire, how could there be a fire! Did anyone get burned…" making this afternoon even more lively.

"That… winter, the weather is dry, it's normal for a fire to start…" Ning Yi poured a bucket of water into the fire, went over and patted the steward on the shoulder, "Everyone is very anxious and annoyed now, don't always ask why, talk less, do more, you don't need to ask, here, the bucket is for you, go put out the fire."

Over there at the courtyard gate, Chan'er ran in with a washbasin and a few maids. Su Tan'er shouted, "Xiao Chan, don't go, don't get burned." Xiao Chan turned her head and said, "It's okay." She slammed it on the ground, the water splashed out, the washbasin rolled around, and shouts rang out, causing another burst of chaos…

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The smell of fire after it was burned and then extinguished by water permeated the air. When the setting sun lit up warm yellow light, the small building that had been burned black for the most part and collapsed for a small part still stood in the courtyard, and it had been determined that no one could live in it anymore.

Many things that had been moved out were placed in the courtyard, tables, chairs, and many other miscellaneous things. The servants were cleaning up the aftermath of the fire, and some relatives came one after another. Su Yu and Su Boyong had also come over just now. The big shots were talking in a hubbub, and the little people didn't dare to make much noise. The servants began to move those things into the other small building under the assignment of the steward. Xiao Chan could be arranged in the room next to Juan'er and Xing'er, and that's what was done. The servants were moving things, and Xiao Chan was also counting the items that had been rescued with the company of Juan'er and Xing'er.

Her belongings were clearly assigned, but more things seemed to be a bit ambiguous in their position.

When the steward went to ask Su Tan'er for instructions just now, Su Tan'er was talking to a cousin and pointed casually, "Put it on the table in the room first." The steward did so.

Those were some trivial things belonging to Ning Yi, and she was referring to her original bedroom. Of course, she was just answering casually at this time, and these things did not attract anyone's attention.

She was very busy, and no one would notice that a casual answer from her in such a chaotic scene would have any consideration in it, she was busy.

The setting sun gradually disappeared, and oil lamps and torches were lit around. When it was almost time to eat, the servants who were responsible for cleaning up the aftermath were also ordered to stop working for the time being. In the small courtyard, some atmosphere began to become strange.

There was nothing left to put in the courtyard. The last chair that Ning Yi was sitting on was also pulled into the dining room by him. At this time, some people realized that most of the previous things had been temporarily stuffed into Su Tan'er's room, which was now a bit crowded with the entire room, and the things were placed a little scattered.

No one understood why it had become like this. In the courtyard just now, Su Tan'er had been dealing with many relatives and had not directed anyone to move anything anywhere. Ning Yi was busy with other aftermath, and gradually those things were gone. Who had understood, who had issued the instructions, thinking back, they couldn't find them.

Su Tan'er looked at the crowded room, seemed a little troubled, but didn't say anything. Ning Yi also looked at it, probably also very troubled, not knowing where to sleep tonight. Chan'er, Juan'er, and Xing'er also looked at it, and had no idea how to sort it out.

The atmosphere became strange, starting from who knows where.

What follows will probably be an awkward evening. Of course, it may also be an interesting evening…

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I felt that the chapter I wrote last night was not enough, and I hesitated until 11 o'clock this morning, then went to sleep until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, took a bath to relax, and now I finally finished writing it. Uh, I feel it should still be interesting…

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