"Mom, are you feeling better?"
Ruan Yunluo came to Qingshou Garden with a sickly look on his face. As soon as he entered the door, he asked Mrs. Xi with great concern.
But Mrs. Xi did not answer.
She sat on the chair majestically, squinting her eyes and looking up and down at Ruan Yunluo.
I don't understand how my daughter-in-law, who has always been sensible and obedient, has the courage to openly disobey her orders.
"I heard...you put Yin Xiaorou back in Longyan Pavilion?"
Mrs. Xi said, she picked up the teacup, lowered her eyes and sipped her eyes, and asked Ruan Yunluo as if a storm was about to come, "Do you know that I personally ordered her to be imprisoned in the woodshed?"
"Know……"
"I knew you were letting her out!"
Mrs. Xi put the tea cup down on the table, slapped the table and said angrily: "Ruan Yunluo! Who gave you the courage to openly disobey my order!"
"Ahem..."
Ruan Yunluo coughed weakly twice before slowly explaining, "Mom, Yunluo doesn't dare, it's just...it's just that Aunt Yin is pregnant after all, and it's really not appropriate to be locked up in the woodshed in this winter...I'm worried about it. It's not good for the child, so..."
"What!"
Mrs. Xi suddenly raised her voice, stared at Ruan Yunluo in disbelief, and asked her, "What did you just say? Say it again!"
"Yun, Yun Luo don't dare?"
"Back!"
"Oh..." Ruan Yunluo nodded suddenly and said with a smile: "Mom, don't you know the good news? Aunt Yin is pregnant."
"Pregnant? How could she be pregnant!"
Recalling the bracelet that Yin Xiaorou wore on her hand all day long, Mrs. Xi frowned and blurted out.
But then she realized something was wrong, so she quickly followed up with, "How could God let someone like her get pregnant!"
"My daughter-in-law doesn't know..."
Ruan Yunluo agreed with a puzzled look.
But looking at Mrs. Xi's performance, she knew clearly that Yin Xiaorou's guess was probably correct.
Therefore, the real culprit that caused her to have no children in her past and present lives was not fate, not God, nor her own failure to live up to expectations, nor even Xiao Chongjing's failure... and most likely it was her mother-in-law who was causing trouble...
But why...
Ruan Yunluo was puzzled.
That bracelet was given to her by Xiao Chongjing after he returned from his first battlefield in the second year of his marriage.
At that time, she had just finished serving her mother-in-law during her confinement period, and was completely focused on the two brothers Xiao Qinyu and Xiao Qintang, without any selfish motives.
She has made it this far, why is she still being plotted like this?
Why?
Just when Ruan Yunluo was puzzled, suddenly, her heart was shocked, and she felt blessed...
Could it be that all this was designed so that she could always take care of the Xiao Qinyu brothers and sisters without any selfish motives?
How can this be……
Ruan Yunluo looked at his mother-in-law in disbelief, unable to believe that such a person could exist in this world.
After all, she was once the mistress of the Xiao family. After all, she is also Xiao Chongjing's biological mother. After all, she is also her mother-in-law!
As a matron, as a mother, as a mother-in-law, would she actually frame her daughter-in-law for sterilization?
This is really sensational...
In order to test, Ruan Yunluo suppressed the shock in his heart.
She looked at Mrs. Xi with a smile and deliberately stimulated: "Actually, mother, no matter who Aunt Yin is, since God made her pregnant, it is her good fortune and the good fortune of our General's Mansion. You also know that I He and the general have been childless for many years and have been waiting for a child for a long time. No matter how she angered you before, for the child in her belly, mother, just let her go, don't worry about it..."
"What do you know!"
Mrs. Xi became angrier the more she listened to Ruan Yunluo's words.
But she couldn't bring up the matter of Concubine Xi, let alone the bracelet, so she could only wave her hands and said impatiently: "Go back to your Suifeng Garden, take good care of yourself, and don't come out to cause trouble!"
"yes."
Ruan Yunluo agreed and soon left Qingshou Garden obediently.
But she did not return to Suifeng Garden, but came to Longyan Pavilion.
Next door to Yin Xiaorou's room, she was quietly waiting for Mrs. Xi to come...
Royal study room.
Xiao Chongjing still refused to plead guilty.
He, Vice General Wang and Ku Lang knelt in the center of the imperial study room together.
Over and over again, he took the trouble to explain to Jun Yiguang who was sitting at the top, "Your Majesty, I really don't know anything about the military rations... There are so many things going on in the military camp all day long, and I can't do everything myself. , occasionally some omissions are inevitable..."
"Omission?"
Jun Yizhen, who had been standing by the side, couldn't help it anymore.
Seeing his father sitting at the top with his eyes closed and speechless, Jun Yizhen lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before standing up.
He calmly looked down at Xiao Chongjing and asked curiously: "General Xiao, if it was really an omission, then you probably didn't know about it. But since you didn't know about it, why did you do everything possible when you opened the position yesterday? What about obstruction?”
"yes."
Jun Yiguang sighed and said meaningfully to Xiao Chongjing: "You don't know about it, and I don't know about it either, so who knows about it? Anyway, those moldy grains didn't just go to the granary on their own, right?"
As he spoke, he looked at Xiao Chongjing and paused with a meaningful tone in his voice, "General Xiao, you have a responsibility."
"Yes Yes……"
Xiao Chongjing nodded awkwardly.
Just when he was at a loss and didn't know how to answer, he suddenly had an idea and discovered something.
The emperor only said that he was responsible, but did not say that he had a problem!
Maybe...the emperor has been silent for so long because he doesn't necessarily want to get to the bottom of it. But the matter was such a big deal, and he needed someone to know!
No wonder……
Xiao Chongjing was shocked.
No wonder I've been explaining here for so long, but His Majesty didn't say a word.
It turns out that she was waiting for him to pay someone...
Thinking of this, Xiao Chongjing felt relieved.
But who should I give it to...
Xiao Chongjing looked at Ku Lang for the first time, but then shook his head secretly in his heart.
How could a Kulang accomplish such a big thing by himself?
This is a bit too perfunctory...
Besides, this matter has caused such a big fuss, how can a mere Kulang calm down the anger of the soldiers?
Nowadays, apart from his life, the only thing that can calm the anger of the soldiers is...
Xiao Chongjing looked at Deputy General Wang, feeling a little unbearable.
Vice General Wang is his old subordinate. He has followed him for many years and has always been loyal... He just lost his mother this year...
Alas, that’s all!
Xiao Chongjing sighed secretly, thinking that Deputy General Wang would not be able to escape anyway after being brought here. It is better to sacrifice him alone than to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud and die together.
The worst thing is, just give his family some more benefits afterwards, that's all...
Thinking of this, Xiao Chongjing no longer hesitated and kowtowed: "Your Majesty is right, the guilty minister is indeed responsible for this matter! The guilty minister was negligent and did not discover Vice General Wang's problems early and blindly trusted him. He took advantage of the loophole. And because he was soft-hearted and cared about old relationships, he obstructed the third prince at every turn..."
When it came to the emotional part, Xiao Chongjing actually choked up... He kowtowed resolutely, pressed his forehead to the ground, and said with great sincerity: "Your Majesty! I am guilty! I deserve death for my crime!"
Vice General Wang: "..."
