Side yard.
Xiao Jinmin looked up at the people having fun outside the window with disdain on his face.
A mud-legged person is a mud-legged person, and it is indeed difficult for him to reach the realm of elegance!
Suddenly, he heard whispers coming from outside the corridor.
"The eldest lady is so unlucky. I don't know what she ate wrong, but her face was rotten!"
"I took a sneak peek, and that face was scary. I must have gone early, otherwise I would have divorced my wife and kicked him out if I saw that face..."
Xiao Jinmin didn't have the intention to listen to the rest of the words. His mind was already filled with the words that his mother had made a bad face and was going to be kicked out.
He dropped the pen and rushed out of the room.
Main courtyard.
Zhu Fang whispered: "Madam, Master Jin Min secretly went to the west courtyard."
Xie Wanyu turned the page of the book and asked, "Has Mr. Hou come back?"
"The Marquis has just entered the house."
"Ask people to search for Xiao Jinmin everywhere and reveal the news about him in the West Courtyard to the Marquis."
Xiao Jing will definitely go to the west courtyard to look for Xiao Jinmin in person. She wants to see if Xue Xuening can still cover her rotten face!
And after seeing that face, does Xiao Jing really not care?
West courtyard.
Xiao Jinmin sneaked in, and it was strange that no one noticed him along the way.
So, Xue Xuening, who was furious with a rotten face in the inner room, turned around and faced Xiao Jinmin's horrified face.
"Jin Min, when did you come?" Xue Xuening hurriedly stepped forward and was about to hug him.
Xiao Jinmin was so frightened that he backed away, "Who are you? Where is my mother? Where is my mother?"
Xue Xuening was angry and sad at his attitude, "Jin Min, don't you even know your mother?"
"No, no, my mother is the most gentle and beautiful, you are not my mother!"
Xiao Jinmin shouted, turned around and rushed out.
"Jin Min!" Xue Xuening didn't even bother to cover her face for a moment and hurriedly chased after him.
As soon as he rushed out of the inner room, he saw Xiao Jing rushing over and hugged Xiao Jinmin.
Xue Xuening screamed and rushed back to the inner room.
Xiao Jing, who was holding her son in her arms, was stunned on the spot. She couldn't help but flash her face with pus and red rashes in front of her eyes, and an inexplicable feeling of nausea and vomiting rose in her throat.
Faintly, something was broken deep in his heart.
"Dad, I want my mother! I want my mother!" Xiao Jinmin started crying and making a fuss.
Xiao Jing came back to her senses, her expression was gloomy and uncertain, and she ordered: "Take my name sticker and ask the imperial doctor to come."
After saying that, he hugged the crying Xiao Jinmin and strode away.
Behind the window, Xue Xuening, who was wearing a veil, looked at the backs of the father and son, with a sinister look in her eyes, and her fingertips dug into the flesh, dripping with blood.
Xie Wanyu soon found out about this and burst out laughing.
It seems that the so-called true love is still not worth a face!
At the same time, the news also reached Tai'an Hall.
Mrs. Xiao frowned in disgust, "Since the eldest lady is sick and looks ugly, let her stay out of the west courtyard and stay in the house to recuperate. Have someone guard the courtyard door and don't let the little master in the house break in. Go get frightened."
After a few words, Xue Xuening was semi-imprisoned.
For a time, peace and quiet returned to the Hou Mansion.
Early that morning, the ancestral hall was opened in the Hou Mansion. After some courtesy, Xiao Jinmin's name was recorded under Xie Wanyu's.
Because it was just an adoption, the Hou Mansion did not hold a big banquet. They only invited the clan elders and nearby clan members to have a day of wine.
After the banquet, Mrs. Xiao called Xie Wanyu and the Xiao family's father and son together, and warned her with sincere words: "From now on, you are the closest family. Remember to live in harmony as husband and wife, and love as brothers. A family follows the path of prosperity."
"Yes, I will obey the old lady's order." The four of them respectfully accepted the instruction.
After Mrs. Xiao asked Xiao Mingxuan and Xiao Jinmin to leave first, she took the hands of Xiao Jing and Xie Wanyu and put their hands together. "You are a husband and wife that has been cultivated for hundreds of years. You must cherish it."
Xie Wanyu tried her best to suppress the urge to throw away Xiao Jing's hand, and lowered her head pretending to be shy.
Xiao Jing touched her soft and boneless hand and looked at her unconsciously, but all he saw was the back of her slender and white neck, which seemed to be glowing under the lamp, which made him feel his heart move and his fingers itch.
But soon Biyun's previous accusation against Xie Wanyu sounded in his ears again, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.
He glanced at Xie Wanyu and said, "Don't worry, grandson. It's getting late. Grandma should rest early. Grandson will send Wanyu back."
Mrs. Xiao was overjoyed when she heard this, "Okay, you are so happy to accompany Wanyu. She has been very tired these days."
The two exited Tai'an Hall. Xie Wanyu quickly pulled her hand away from Xiao Jing's palm, took two steps back, and said politely: "Master Hou has a busy day, so there is no need to see me off."
Xiao Jing's palms were empty, feeling a little disappointed for no reason.
He gently rubbed his fingertips and looked at Xie Wanyu, "You are very resistant to me."
Xie Wanyu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, "Master Hou is joking, how can I resist you?"
"Then why don't you like me to be close to you?"
Xie Wanyu stared at him with squinted eyes for a moment, then suddenly raised her lips in a mocking tone.
"Master Hou, you still remember that when the Xie and Xiao families were renewing their marriage, you came to me and bluntly said that marrying me was the order of the elders. You only have the eldest sister in your heart, and you can't tolerate anyone else. You warned me not to have other thoughts."
She tilted her head slightly, letting the moonlight shine down, making her face half-bright.
"Now I can also tell the Marquis that marrying you is not my intention, and I don't have you in my heart."
"You need a Marquis to head the family, serve your grandmother, and raise your children. I also only need a husband, that's all."
The two broke up unhappy.
Three days later, King Qin returned to the capital.
The army marched from the city gate all the way along Zhuque Street amid the cheers of the people.
Xie Wanyu had been asked out by Lin Yanran early. She was sitting in the box on the third floor, watching the meandering team gradually approaching.
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin! His Highness the King of Qin!"
The cheers of the people were deafening.
Xie Wanyu looked at the figure at the front of the team from a distance. Even though they were far apart, she could still feel the intimidating aura of that person.
Slowly, the figure on the horse came closer, revealing a face that was so handsome that it made people lose their mind.
In the crowded crowd, he was dressed in silver armor, with stern eyes, shining like a sharp sword with cold light. People dare not look directly at him, but they can't help but admire him and follow him involuntarily. figure.
As if aware of Xie Wanyu's gaze, Tai Shuqi turned his head and glanced at her casually, as if he could see through her.
Xie Wanyu's heart tightened inexplicably and she tightened her handkerchief.
Tai Shuyi's lips curved slightly and he nodded.
"Wanwan, did His Highness smile at me just now? Oh my god, why did I get married?" Lin Yanran almost screamed in excitement.
Xie Wanyu twitched her lips and said, "Even if you are not married, you will not be able to marry the King of Qin based on your seniority."
Outside the palace gate, the excited crowd has not dispersed. The people have been watching the tall figure of Angzang, the patron saint of the Great Yan Dynasty, disappear into the palace gate and slowly go away, and then they gradually calm down.
An hour later, Tai Shuqi came out of the palace with a calm expression, and no emotion could be seen on his handsome and handsome face.
Song Fuli's usually smiling face now contained anger.
Yan Qingzhao even tightened his grip on the sword at his waist, wishing he could pull out the sword and rush back to chop those people down. He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't have money to pay for the sacrificed soldiers, but I have money to build a large cultivation palace and indulge in extravagance! What the border soldiers are guarding is actually Such a group of greedy and greedy people!"
Song Fuli snorted coldly, "In the past few days since I returned to Beijing, can't you see that what is good for the superiors must be followed by the inferiors?"
The emperor has always been extremely afraid of their prince. In the past, he used many excuses to withhold food and grass, but now he even withholds the pension money expressly stipulated in the law. It is simply chilling.
Could it be that after sitting in that position for a long time, he has forgotten that those soldiers are also his people?
Taishu Ai looked at the majestic imperial city with cold eyes, "I have been away from the capital for a long time. I think some people have forgotten my temper."
Song Fuli and the other two were perked up when they heard this, "Your Majesty, which one should we do first?"
Tai Buqi got on his horse and asked, "Which dance is the most enjoyable?"
Song and Yan looked at each other and said in unison, "The Guo family, the emperor's mother family!"
At this time, a group of people came out of the palace in a hurry. Seeing that Tai Buqi had not left, they hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has personally prepared your favorite delicacies. Please come over to see her."
Tai Shuyi glanced at them condescendingly and said quietly: "I am used to eating rough food in the border town, and the delicacies in the palace are no longer satisfactory to my taste. I thank the Queen Mother for her kindness."
After saying this, he pulled the reins and galloped away.
