The envoys from the two sides were confronting each other in the court. The fact that you wouldn't let me and I wouldn't let you was known to the aristocratic families. In the same way, everyone also knew how arrogant and unreasonable the conditions proposed by Chu Ci were. And the cauldron of the peace talks was completely thrown to Xie Ruqing. It was even known that after the dynasty dispersed, all the ministers left the palace, but Xie Ruqing was left in the imperial study room by the emperor.
But as for what Emperor Qi Zhao of Dayong actually talked about with his minister Xie Ruqing, this is something that even the powerful families have no way of knowing.
However, even though Xie Ruqing looked as usual after coming out of the palace, everyone in the family still tacitly asked people to "lie on the wall of Xie's house" to listen to the news.
But it's a pity that the smart people in the Xie family are all smart about their plans, and Xie Ruqing will never give them any opportunity to eavesdrop on secrets. What's more, he has to deal with it well. Let’s take a look at our smart, beautiful and cute little lady who sneaked out regardless of her own safety and the stupid son who has no skin...
Gu Ruosu and Xie Hao'an hesitated and finally waited for the news of Xie Ruqing's return, but they still didn't see Xie Ruqing's person. Therefore, the mother and son were even more uneasy. Just when the mother and son felt like their hearts were fried. , mother and son finally waited for Xie Ruqing with a straight face in the evening.
Xie Ruqing took Gu Ruosu's hand without saying a word, then asked someone to take Xie Hao'an with her, and walked straight out of the house.
The Duke of Yan's mansion was very big, and Gu Ruosu hadn't taken the time to walk around it yet. She didn't know where Xie Ruqing was going to take her. She only knew that they had already passed through the main house where people were coming and going. We walked down one path after another and passed through a dancing pavilion garden surrounded by lush trees and rockeries.
Finally, he stopped in front of a gray compound with a beautiful sunset but an extremely lonely and lonely place.
"This is the Xie family's ancestral hall. Come on, let's go in." Xie Ruqing suddenly said.
"Ah..." Gu Ruosu called out, her heart full of sorrow. She was obedient to Longdi Cave, wasn't she? This time she was disobedient, except following Xiao Liu'er up the tree and digging out bird's nests twice a few days ago. Tian secretly broke Xie Ruqing's jade Ruyi behind his back, and a few days ago he secretly went out to eat ice cream cheese, so... maybe... this was the only time he didn't obey...
Xie Ruqing actually wanted to throw her into the ancestral hall so cruelly that she was too cruel... Oh my god, her mother, how come this man doesn't know how to show mercy to her? Shouldn't he hurt her? The pain in his body was in his heart... Then, the big things turned into small things, the small things turned into small things...
The grievance and unhappiness on Gu Ruosu's face were naturally seen by Xie Ruqing, but even though Xie Ruqing had inevitably begun to love Gu Ruosu again in her heart, she still didn't show it on her face, and she still said nothing, so she dismissed Gu Ruosu. Together with Xie Haoan, mother and son, they were brought to the Xie family ancestral hall.
Gu Ruosu gritted her teeth and followed Xie Ruqing to the Xie family ancestral hall, but she was very timid and did not dare to open her eyes. After all, places like the ancestral hall have never been a place where good things happen in movies and TV series... ...very eerie and terrifying...
Until Gu Ruosu heard Xie Ruqing's words, "Open your eyes."
Gu Ruosu opened her eyes resignedly, but the Xie family's ancestral hall was obviously different from the solemn and gloomy Gu Ruosu imagined. As soon as Gu Ruosu opened her eyes, she saw a room with exquisite colorful murals painted on all sides. The interior is brightly lit, and thousands of ever-burning lamps are placed in an orderly manner under the murals on both sides. In the middle, many memorial tablets of Xie family ancestors are neatly placed, making people feel a sense of peace. It's solemn and solemn, but you can't feel the slightest bit of spookiness.
Generally speaking, the decoration in the house is very simple, and there are not too many flashy decorations, but it is not intimidating. On the contrary, it gives Gu Ruosu a rare feeling of the so-called "clan" in certain coastal areas in her previous life. feel.
"Kneel here."
Xie Ruqing found a small mat from somewhere, placed it in front of Gu Ruosu, and motioned Gu Ruosu to kneel down. Gu Ruosu did not dare to pluck the beard from the tiger's face at this moment, so she had to kneel down obediently. After all, at least she knelt down, There was still a small cushion...but...Xie Haoan actually knelt directly on the cold floor tiles...
Gu Ruosu silently mourned for her good son for a few seconds in her heart, but she was helpless at the moment. She could only wait until Xie Ruqing punished her, and then make up for her good son who risked his life to accompany my mother... Wuwuwu …
"Stretch out your hand." Xie Ruqing said standing in front of Gu Ruosu.
Gu Ruosu raised her head in confusion, and saw that Xie Ruqing had taken out a small bamboo whip from nowhere. It was green and crisp... At first glance, it looked like the teachers in her elementary school holding it in their hands. Exactly the same as those children who don’t do their homework...
"You're not going to hit me, are you... [No, no, no, I've never been beaten by my parents or teachers when I've grown up... Is it possible that today... I'm going to be beaten by Xie Ruqing, this cheap and handsome husband? Wuwuwu! Just because she ran away to play!]" Gu Ruosu opened her mouth in surprise at this moment. That small mouth, it is no exaggeration to say, is enough to stuff an egg.
A smile flashed in Xie Ruqing's eyes. His precious daughter-in-law was still so easy to fool, but Xie Ruqing did not let anyone catch that smile. He still remembered the purpose of bringing Gu Ruosu and Xie Hao'an to the ancestral hall this time. Very clear.
Today he must cure the two sons of his who are not afraid of anything and everything. For so many years, he has allowed Gu Ruosu and Xie Hao'an to live happily under his wings. This has never happened before A trace of sadness, I hope he also thinks that this is good, that he can protect them all his life, but he has forgotten that whether it is Gu Ruosu or Xie Hao'an, they can be carefree, but they cannot be without a trace of vigilance...
Nowadays, the situation in Kyoto is complicated. Chu Ci is a stormy sea on the bright side, but in Kyoto, in the land of King Yong, how many people have been lurking in the dark whirlpool, because of the arrival of Chu Ci and others, they are running away silently. When he came out, neither he nor the emperor had been able to break it apart and figure it out. If he didn't wind up his Gu Gu and this bastard today, sooner or later he would suffer in this place that eats people without spitting out their bones... …
"Yes, Gu Gu, I remember telling you earlier that if you want to go out to play, you have to wait until I come back today and arrange the manpower for you. Do you listen?" After Xie Ruqing briefly analyzed the pros and cons, Then he said to Gu Ruosu with a serious face and a cold tone.
Gu Ruosu had never seen Xie Ruqing look so serious before, and couldn't help but be a little scared. In addition, since she was disobedient in the first place, she lowered her head with a guilty conscience and only dared to say cautiously:
"I'm sorry... I didn't listen... It was my fault... I won't dare to do it next time..."
"Hmm~ Is there another time?" Xie Ruqing listened carefully to Gu Ruosu's words, and then said meaningfully with a dangerous tone.
"There's no next time! There's absolutely no next time!" Gu Ruosu quickly raised his head and explained.
Gu Ruosu's smart eyes were full of panic, her chubby little hands were waving nervously, and the words "I know I was wrong" were written all over her body.
"If I know I'm wrong, I'll stretch out my hand and punish you with ten spanks. I'm not allowed to eat ice cream for half a month, and I'm not allowed to drink alcohol for a month as punishment. A small punishment but a big warning." Xie Ruqing smiled even more in her heart, but she was still strong. He resisted the urge to hold his wife in his arms and comfort her, and said.
"Ah... ten hand shots... it hurts... I still need to eat. After you beat the hand, I won't be able to eat... can you... beat a few less times." Gu Ruosu gritted her teeth and said Xie Ruqing bargained.
Xie Ruqing frowned and said with a very strong attitude:
"Be beaten even if it hurts. Just ask the maids around you to feed you. Or, after the beating, I will feed you myself. I guarantee you won't be hungry. Stretch out my hand."
"But..." Gu Ruosu still hesitated and didn't want to stretch out her cute little hands like water onions.
"Fifteen." Xie Ruqing added expressionlessly.
"Ah!" Gu Ruosu's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Twenty." Xie Ruqing said trying her best to ignore Gu Ruosu's watery eyes.
"No, no, no! Fifteen, fifteen! I'll beat you! Stop adding to it!" Gu Ruosu hurriedly put her fleshy little hands in front of Xie Ruqing like a primary school student who had done something wrong.
Xie Ruqing looked at the little fleshy hand in front of her that she had been pampering, refusing to let her touch a drop of spring water, and caring for it with countless treasures. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and then she raised her hand and gestured He waved the small bamboo whip in his hand to whip these fleshy little hands.
"Ah! It hurts!" Before Xie Ruqing could swing the bamboo whip, Gu Ruosu shouted "very cooperatively" that it hurt.
Xie Haoan and Xie Ruqing, who were watching on the other side, were speechless at the same time.
"I haven't beaten you yet, what's your name?" Xie Ruqing said helplessly after all.
"I think it must hurt when you hit someone... I'm a little scared. I want to shout a few times first..." Gu Ruosu defended her embarrassing behavior in a low voice.
Xie Ruqing sighed helplessly, and tried to hit her again, but it was still the same. Whenever Xie Ruqing started to whip her whip to hit Gu Ruosu, Gu Ruosu always shouted out in advance, making Xie Ruqing sigh helplessly several times, and Gu Ruosu also felt more and more guilty... As for Xie Hao'an on the other side, he tried his best to suppress his laughter. His mother was too funny! Hahaha, when he was beaten when he was a child, he was not as squeamish as his mother! Hee hee hee!
After repeating it several times, Xie Ruqing could only ask Gu Ruosu to raise her little hand obediently again. Then, at the moment when Gu Ruosu closed her eyes and prepared to be out of sight and out of mind, she slapped Gu Ruosu's little hand with a snap.
"Ah! It hurts! Ooooh!" This time he was really hit. Gu Ruosu's tears were like worthless little golden beans, falling down, making people feel distressed.
Xie Ruqing also immediately began to wonder if he had struck too hard just now. It was obvious that he had already lost six to seven points of his strength the moment he fell.
While Xie Ruqing was thinking this, she grabbed Gu Ruosu's little hand and looked carefully. A red line indeed appeared in Gu Ruosu's palm.
But it didn't look serious. There was no swelling or scratched skin. It probably wouldn't be too painful, Xie Ruqing thought in her heart.
But Xie Ruqing looked at Gu Ruosu's sad expression, but it didn't seem to be fake. She frowned on the spot, and then she thought about it and realized that he was indeed not very skillful, but Gu Ruosu's skin was too delicate, and after so many years, she had never been able to do it. She had never been beaten before, but it always hurt when he held it in his hand. Therefore, even if he relieved six or seven points of his strength, it was still painful for Gu Ruosu...
Xie Ruqing touched Gu Ruosu's head to express comfort, and then continued to strike again, but it was obvious that Xie Ruqing's hand was much gentler this time. Although the attack looked extremely cruel, every time he touched Gu Ruosu, he removed it. He had exerted seven or eight percent of his strength, so after fifteen small hands came down, Gu Ruosu's hand was nothing serious. It was just bright red and slightly swollen, which looked quite distressing...
Gu Ruosu looked at her little red hands and didn't care that Xie Hao'an was right next to her. She looked straight at Xie Ruqing with a pair of tearful eyes and said aggrievedly:
"You bastard, you hit me! My father never hit me! You hit me! Ooooh!"
After Gu Ruosu finished speaking, he pushed Xie Ruqing angrily. It didn't matter whether he pushed or not. As soon as he pushed, Gu Ruosu felt that his hands were burning and hurt, and he cried louder...
Xie Ruqing was about to put down the small bamboo whip in his hand and go to coax Gu Ruosu, when he saw Xie Haowen rushing in with Xie Haoyuan!
Brothers Xie Haowen and Xie Haoyuan ran to Gu Ruosu's side, one on the left and the other on the right. Looking at Gu Ruosu's crying face and red hands, they felt really distressed. They didn't care that Xie Ruqing was their relative. Dad, Xie Haowen said directly:
"Dad, you are too cruel. How could you be so ruthless? You just wanted to scare your mother and teach her a lesson. Why did you actually do it! My mother has been pampered since she was a child. How could you do this? Take it, father!"
"That's right! Dad, mom just went out to play for a while, and nothing big happened, so there's no need to take action! They say a gentleman talks but never takes action. I think dad, the more you live, the more you go back!" The honest Xie Haoyuan even choked Xie Ruqing and said.
Xie Ruqing looked at his two sons, who had always been mature and steady, and suddenly felt a buzzing in his head. His wife was the most distressed, okay? God knows how determined he was when he started...
"I didn't really act cruelly. I only used two to three points of strength. I..."
Before Xie Ruqing could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xie Haoyuan: "Father, why are you still explaining? If you are wrong, you are wrong. Your mother is your wife. Whatever mistake your mother has made, your father should not take action, even if it is to scare you." No way! If I hadn't happened to meet Yihua and said that you had kept your mother here, I wouldn't have known anything! I wouldn't have met my elder brother who has been at the door with someone to come and see..."
When Xie Haoyuan said this, he suddenly looked at Xie Haoyuan and asked, "Is it possible, big brother, that you already knew that your father was going to do this, but you still followed your father to do this?! Big brother, are you a fool to be an official? You want to scare the monkeys." , Just hit the sixth brother! Why are you hitting the mother's little hand!"
Xie Haowen suddenly sighed at the intelligence of his fourth brother, and said with a guilty conscience: "I didn't know that my father would beat my mother's hand like this. I thought he just slapped her a few times to mean...
After all, there is really a lot of chaos outside now. If even mother has learned a lesson, then the rest of the family will be obedient at home..."
At the end of the sentence, Xie Haowen almost couldn't hear his own voice, and he didn't dare to look directly into Gu Ruosu's eyes. What else did Gu Ruosu not understand at the moment? He was not guilty of a crime that would lead to death, but it was just a change in the current situation. In order to put some caution in the family, I just killed the chicken and showed it to the monkey!
He and Xie Haoan are the big monkeys with resentment!
"It turns out that you two, father and son, colluded! You came here to beat me on purpose! You even asked people to come and see you! Look at my embarrassment, right?"
"You... you! I... go!" Gu Ruosu was angry at this moment, but it was not because Xie Ruqing hit her hand, but because she felt that Xie Ruqing might not love her as much as he said. After all, If they really love each other, why would they plot against her?
At this moment, Gu Ruosu felt that her heart was aching and sore for some reason. It even overshadowed the pain in her hands. She only felt aggrieved. Xie Ruqing was a big liar. She got up and walked directly outside without paying attention to others. Of course, Before leaving, he didn't forget to take away his mistress too. Who knows, Xie Ruqing even plotted against his own wife, and whether he would plot against this stupid son who was worthless and had only a skin! ?
Seeing Gu Ruosu's figure leaving angrily, Xie Haowen felt guilty and did not dare to pursue him. Xie Ruqing did not dare to pursue him either. Only Xie Haoyuan looked at him as a good father and a good brother and chased him out!
At this moment, the only sound that could be heard in the ancestral hall was the crackling of candles and the popping of lanterns. Xie Ruqing didn't know how long it took before she withdrew her gaze, looked at Xie Haowen and said:
"I remember that I told you that no one is allowed to know about this matter. I just want to teach your mother and Xiaoliu a little lesson. When will you bring someone to watch outside."
Xie Haowen immediately knelt on the ground with a plop and said: "Father, my son just felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to warn his family... That's why the son made his own decision..."
Xie Ruqing hit Xie Haowen on the back with a whip, and said coldly: "I have told you a long time ago that even if you use your conspiracy and calculations in the court, you can't have any plot against your family. …”
"My son realizes his mistake..." Xie Haowen knelt on the ground and said piously.
Xie Ruqing waved his hand and whipped him again. Xie Haowen immediately shrank in pain, but did not dare to make a sound. Xie Ruqing said again:
"It was just a small matter of educating children, but you made it a big matter of family rules for me. You learned a good skill, but it made it impossible for me to behave in front of your mother..."
When Xie Ruqing said this, his tone was full of bitterness. His original intention was to scare his precious wife so that she would not dare to run around without guards in the future. He never thought about embarrassing her. I never thought of plotting against her...
"My son realizes his mistake..." Xie Haowen only realized the catastrophe he had caused at this moment, and continued to admit his mistake while kneeling on the ground.
The only person who responded to Xie Hao's question was Xie Ruqing, who slapped her again and again...
I don’t know why, it must be a problem with DaDa’s mobile phone. When I copied and saved the manuscript to Writer’s Assistant, only the upper half was copied. As a result, the second half and the upper half were inexplicably the same. DaDa will pay attention to this problem next time. Oh, I'm sorry, dears.
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