When Mu Rongruo and the two maids returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, as soon as they walked through the gate, the boy at the door came forward to report: "The Prime Minister said that the young lady will go to the main hall to find him when she comes back."
It seems that the matter of sneaking out of the house has been exposed. At this moment, is the Prime Minister waiting to deal with her?
Mu Rongruo looked at Xiao Yunhuan pitifully. Xiao Yunhuan hadn't spoken yet, but Chen Xiaoxian on the side couldn't help laughing.
"Your Highness, why don't you let the little shrew be beaten a few times by the prime minister to vent her anger? It won't be too late for you to come forward and make peace with her."
"Bah!" Mu Rongruo spat at Chen Xiaoxian fiercely, grabbed Xiao Yunhuan's robe and begged: "Brother, save me~"
Xiao Yunhuan patted Mu Rongruo's little hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, sister, I will take care of everything."
After hearing this, Mu Rongruo temporarily felt relieved.
She first ordered the boy to carry the injured young man, who was dying, into the side room, and then ordered another boy to go out and call the doctor.
After everything was settled, she hid behind Xiao Yunhuan and slowly followed him into the main hall.
Although Duke Mu, Prime Minister, is nearly sixty years old, he is tall and strong, looking like he is getting stronger with age.
At this moment, he was wearing indigo plain clothes and pacing back and forth in the main hall. His steps were heavy. He must have been as upset as his precious daughter in the court.
When the Prime Minister saw Xiao Yunhuan coming back with his daughter, although his face was full of anger, he still bowed to Xiao Yunhuan politely.
Xiao Yunhuan immediately stepped forward to help him: "Teacher, there is no need to be polite."
"Teacher." Chen Xiaoxian saluted Mu Xiangguo with a smile.
"Little Marquis, please take a seat quickly."
The Prime Minister was obviously more polite to Chen Xiaoxian than to Xiao Yunhuan.
Probably because I felt guilty about my daughter's refusal to marry back then, so I was extra thoughtful.
"Daddy~"
The two people standing in front of Mu Rongruo took their seats. Naturally, she did not dare to sit down, so she faced the angry eyes of the Prime Minister and stood up with her hands down in fright.
The Prime Minister and his wife Wang got this daughter when they were forty years old and regarded her as a treasure.
However, he was doted on since childhood, which made Mu Rongruo act willful and disobedient to discipline.
Take the refusal of marriage back then as an example. Which young lady would run from the inner courtyard of the boudoir to the front hall and directly drive the matchmaker out.
Even if you don't want to, you have to talk to your parents behind the scenes, and then ask your parents to send the matchmaker.
But in the entire imperial capital, only Mu Rongruo did it, and everyone knew about it.
Not only did he lose his face, but he also made the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion laugh at him for a long time.
This is also the fundamental reason why Chen Xiaoxian and Mu Rongruo formed a feud.
"Why don't you kneel down!"
It was only in the past few years that the Prime Minister realized that his doting on his daughter in the past had actually harmed her. If she were to marry as a married woman in the future, her daughter would only be bullied by her husband's family for her temperament.
But he felt that it was too late to discipline him now.
"Daddy~"
Mu Rongruo knelt down with a snap, neatly.
If you do something wrong, you have to accept the punishment. She still understands this.
"I didn't allow you to go out to see the prince, so you went out anyway, and climbed over the wall with the two maids. Go and ask around the imperial capital, which family's young lady is as wild as you? How could I give birth to you? Such a daughter who doesn’t know how to respect herself? You have really brought shame on the Prime Minister’s Palace.”
Having said this, Mu Xiangguo noticed that there were no figures of Xiao Ai and Yan'er outside the door, so he immediately asked the boy at the door to tell them.
"Call those two ignorant girls over here. I will break their legs today and see how they take Aruo out to cause trouble in the future!"
As soon as the Prime Minister finished speaking, Mu Rongruo quickly stood up and stopped in front of the boy at the door.
"Don't go!"
When she entered the house just now, she specially sent away the two maids because she was afraid that her father would punish them. Why would she involve them again now?
The boy was obedient and stopped immediately.
He stood obediently by the door, waiting for the Prime Minister's instructions again.
Xiao Yunhuan couldn't stand it any longer, so he stood up and winked at the boy.
The young man was also smart and headed towards the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's wife.
"Why is the teacher so angry? It's not like the teacher doesn't know my sister's thoughts. If it's because of me that my sister can't stay with the person she loves until she grows old, I'll really feel guilty."
Hearing Xiao Yunhuan speak, the Prime Minister's face softened a little.
"It has nothing to do with you. The prince's character is vicious and cruel, and I really don't like it. Besides, Empress Chu and I have always been at odds with each other. If A Ruo follows him in the future, I'm afraid she will suffer a lot of injustice."
Mu Rongruo couldn't listen to what the Prime Minister said about Xiao Yunyuan, so he defended: "Dad has always misunderstood the prince brother. The prince brother is not the kind of person dad said. Since I was a child, I studied with Mr. Qiao together with the prince brother. He I know your character best. Moreover, the prince’s brother obeys my advice and takes care of me in every possible way, so how can I be wronged?”
"Hahaha..." Chen Xiaoxian, who was sitting on the chair, laughed disdainfully.
He walked up to Mu Rongruo and said with a mocking look on his face: "My silly sister, the prince is just gentle and considerate in front of you. He treats others with extremely vicious thoughts and ruthless methods!"
Mu Rongruo was a little surprised that Chen Xiaoxian didn't call her a little shrew this time. It seemed that he also knew to avoid taboos in front of her father.
But this guy first slandered her reputation, and now he came to slander His Highness the Crown Prince's reputation. How could she bear it!
"You are on good terms with Brother Yun Huan, so naturally you won't like Brother Prince. Since childhood, His Highness, I and I have studied together with Taifu Qiao. You and Brother Yun Huan have studied together with my father. You have never been close to Brother Prince. His You can’t say what your character is.”
Seeing Murong Ruo being so stubborn, the Prime Minister said in annoyance: "What I regret most now is that I brought you into the palace and gave you to Mrs. Qiao to accompany the prince to read and write. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so close to him." You are close and you are always against me."
Xiao Yunhuan hurriedly advised: "It's all my fault. The teacher is knowledgeable. It was my mother-in-law who asked my father to invite the teacher to the palace to teach me knowledge. The teacher had just given birth to his beloved daughter at the time, and his aunt had been ill after giving birth to a daughter at an advanced age. The teacher was worried so he brought sister Aruo into the palace together. He was also afraid that her knowledge would be delayed, so she asked Taifu Qiao to tutor her. As a result, sister Aruo and the prince have been in love for a long time. I am still to blame for all this. If you want to blame the teacher, blame it. Yun Huan."
"Brother Yun Huan has nothing to do with it. Daddy wants to punish me, but I am not wrong!"
Mu Rongruo knelt down, not wanting to implicate Xiao Yunhuan because of his own affairs.
"In that case, I'll give you a few slaps and make you unable to leave the house for half a year."
The prime minister was about to pass down the family law. Outside the door, the prime minister's wife, Mrs. Wang, was surrounded by several maids and women and walked into the main hall.
"Who are you going to hit, Mr. Prime Minister?"
After Mrs. Wang, the wife of the Prime Minister, gave birth at an advanced age, her body never recovered and she relied on taking tonics all year round to recuperate her body.
Today she finally felt more energetic. She was sitting on a reclining chair in the inner courtyard, watching a few young maids playing shuttlecock and laughing softly. She felt that she was getting younger.
The boy next to the prime minister in the front yard suddenly ran in and said out of breath that the prime minister wanted to punish the young lady and the two maids, Xiao Ai and Yan'er.
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was not in the mood to watch the maids playing, so she quickly asked the maids and women to help her to the front yard. When she entered the door, she heard that her master was going to beat her precious daughter, and she walked quickly in a hurry. Entered the main hall.
"aunt."
"Teacher's wife."
Xiao Yunhuan and Chen Xiaoxian stepped forward to salute.
Mrs. Xiang Guo Gong was not as concerned about etiquette as he was. She nodded to the two of them and then looked at her precious daughter Mu Rongruo who was kneeling on the ground.
"Aruo, what mistake did you make again to make the Prime Minister so angry?"
While speaking, Wang had already asked Mama Gui beside her to help Mu Rongruo up.
"Madam, if you are not feeling well, please rest in the inner courtyard. I will take care of your daughter."
Everyone in the imperial capital doesn't know that Mu Kuo, the Prime Minister, is a resolute and resolute figure in the court, even in front of His Majesty, but he is a henpecked master at home.
Especially after Wang risked his life to give birth to a son at an advanced age for him, he was completely obedient to his wife and obeyed everything.
Now that the lady is here, his momentum immediately weakens.
"What's wrong with me, Aruo? All you need to do is scold her a few times. She's not an unreasonable girl, so why bother hitting her? It hurts her body, and it hurts my heart."
"Madam is right."
Mu Xiangguo nodded and bowed while helping Wang to the seat of honor.
When Xiao Yunhuan and Chen Xiaoxian saw Wang's arrival, they knew that Murong Ruo would be fine, so they followed him and sat down with peace of mind.
"It's just ma'am..."
After Wang was seated, Mu Xiangguo whispered softly: "Aruo didn't listen to my dissuasion and insisted on going her own way. She took two maids over the wall to have a private meeting with His Royal Highness. If this matter spreads, I'm afraid it will cause bad things. to her reputation.”
"My reputation has become so bad, what else can I do?"
Chen Xiaoxian muttered something in a low voice, but Mrs. Wang looked at her seriously.
"Aruo's current reputation is all due to Xian'er."
Wang's words made Chen Xiaoxian shut up immediately.
Murong Ruo was feeling proud when she saw Chen Xiaoxian's failure, but heard her mother Wang say again: "It's true that I have indulged her in the past. In my opinion, I will punish her to stay in seclusion for two months, and she will not have to pay any extra money. Her yard The people here are not taking good care of them, so they have deducted two months' monthly payment. What do you think, Prime Minister?"
"This..." Prime Minister Guo Gong felt that the punishment was too light and wanted to discuss it with Wang again. But when he looked up, he saw Mrs. Wang looking at him, with a look that said the matter was settled just like that. He couldn't help but refute the madam's face in front of his two beloved disciples, so he had to agree.
"That's Mrs. Duyi."
Only then did Wang laugh.
"Aruo, go ahead! If there is a next time, your father will punish you severely."
The Prime Minister curled his lips secretly. His wife had said this many times. Which time was she punished severely?
Mu Rongruo didn't dare to stay long and quickly retreated.
Mrs. Wang knew that Xiao Yunhuan and Chen Xiaoxian must have something important to discuss with Prime Minister Mu when they came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it was not suitable for women to disturb them, so she ordered the servant to serve tea and told them to have dinner in the front hall before leaving. The mother-in-law and maid helped her back to the inner courtyard.
When Mu Rongruo came out of the main hall, he saw the young man leading the doctor who had been invited from outside to the west wing. He thought that he must have gone to see a doctor for the young man, so he followed him into the side room in the side courtyard.
