31. The thirty-first step of the minister
After Wang Lu's matter was resolved, he reported some trivial matters to Emperor Huiming, and there was nothing to do with Xiao Qiao, so Xiao Qiao went back to Xiao's mansion first.
As soon as Xiao Qiao went back, he saw Qiu Xi standing at the door, looking around, his face full of anxiety, "What are you doing at the gate of the courtyard?" β
Qiu Xi saw Xiao Qiao breathe a sigh of relief, hurriedly saluted, and said in a crackling voice like a firecracker: "Young master, you can come back, as soon as the little boy came back, he was invited by his wife, and no one was allowed to follow, and he didn't know what he wanted the little boy to do?" β
"Invited away by Madame?" Xiao Qiao narrowed his eyes, turned around and walked briskly towards Xiao's mother.
Qiu Xi's tears that had been holding back were about to flow down, so she quickly pulled out a handkerchief and wiped it, "Young Master, the little boy just came back, and he was invited away by his wife like this, and what he said is not clear." At that time, when a few strong little guys took away the little boy strongly, the strength was not light at all, and I saw that the little boy was ......"
Xia Yang, who came from not far away, hurriedly pulled Qiu Xi's clothes, signaled Qiu Xi not to say anything, and told Xiao Qiao about the matter in detail after saluting.
Xiao Qiao's movements kept moving, listening to Xia Yang's story.
At that time, after Shuzhu and a few entourages sent Hu Li back, they went to work on their own, and as soon as Hu Li came back, he went straight to find Qiu Xi and Xia Yang, saying that he had brought back a lot of strange things, and he wanted to give everyone in the house a point.
Everyone is also happy, after all, most of the people in the mansion have never been far away, and the things in Jiangnan Mansion are naturally many things that have never been seen.
The subordinates in the mansion who heard the news finished the work in their hands and gathered in Xiao Qiao's courtyard. Hu Li asked Qiuxi, Xia Yang and Shuzhu to help him divide the things he brought back one by one, although everyone got different things, but everyone was very satisfied, after all, not every master would bring a letter back to the next person when he went out.
Hu Li looked at the people who left happily, and he was also happy, just at this time Shuzhu was going to the palace gate to pick up Xiao Qiao back. Hu Li prepared to take Qiu Xi to the old lady's yard by himself, and asked Xia Yang to help send other things to Xiao's father and Xiao's mother.
Not long after Shuzhu left, a group of people poured into the courtyard, and the leading grandmother was about to take Hu Li away with a straight face.
Hu Li looked at the leading grandmother blankly, he was a little familiar with this grandmother, it seemed to be from Xiao's mother's yard, of course, it was not the Liu grandmother who had been following Xiao's mother.
"Do you know, why did Madame call me over?" Hu Li was still holding the warm and cool handpiece prepared for the old lady in his hand, and asked suspiciously.
Mama still had a gloomy face, and the words in her mouth were not polite, "The little boy should honestly go with the old man, if the lady waits in a hurry, it will not be good." β
Hu Li turned around and asked Qiu Xi to wait for him here, and asked Xia Yang to go over with the things he had prepared for Xiao's mother, but he was blocked at the door by the people brought by his grandmother.
"Little boy, Madame only invited you alone, please." Mama said, motioning for a few little guys to drag Hu Li away.
Hu Li was confident that he would not be hurt, although he felt that Xiao's mother behaved strangely this time, but he still followed it. And Xia Yang and Qiu Xi looked at Hu Li who was taken away worriedly, Xia Yang was more stable than Qiu Xi after all, "You wait here to see when the eldest young master will come back, if the eldest young master comes back, let the eldest young master hurry up to Madame to see what is going on?" I'm afraid I'm going to suffer some sin this time......"
"What about you?" Qiu Xi was already panicking, Xia Yang gritted his teeth, "I went to ask to see the old lady, I always have to think of a way." β
As soon as Xia Yang left, Qiu Xi became even more anxious, until Xiao Qiao came back.
Xiao Qiao's eyes narrowed after listening to Xia Yang's words. He could probably guess what Xiao's mother was doing this time, but he didn't expect Xiao's mother to be angry with Hu Li, and forcibly brought Hu Li over in Xiao's mansion.
A few days ago, when he was about to return to the imperial city, Xia Yi said that the Gu worm that fell on Xiao Jingshu's body last year had an attack, and Xiao Jingshu would inevitably slip in those two days.
Xiao Jingshu is simply Xiao's mother's biggest weakness, why Xiao's mother changed her son back then, Xiao Qiao has never been able to understand. Even if An's gave birth to him, he was just the eldest son, could it be that Xiao's mother knew at that time that she could only give birth to Xiao Jingshu's child?
turned her own child into the eldest daughter, and other people's children became the eldest son, in the final analysis, it was Xiao's mother who was selfish. If she wants to hold her status and face as Mrs. Xiao, she can't let the eldest son appear in the Xiao Mansion.
Xiao Qiao sneered, Xiao Jingshu's slippery tire this time will inevitably make Xiao Jingshu have a bad time in Qi Mansion, not to mention that Xiao Jingshu's baby can't be born even if she wants to, after all, she is not pregnant at all.
She was found to be pregnant back then, but it was because Xia Yi gave her a kind of Gu worm. This kind of Gu worm is called a Killer Gu, because as long as this kind of Gu worm appeared in the pregnant woman, and as soon as this Gu worm appeared, the pregnant woman would inevitably not be able to give birth to a child, so it was called a Killer Gu.
But this kind of Gu worm never lives in real pregnant women, and those so-called pregnant women only have the reaction that pregnant women will have because they are infected with this kind of Gu worm. Bad joy, the gradual enlargement of the belly is an illusion.
Qiu Xi and Xia Yang, who were following behind Xiao Qiao, heard Xiao Qiao's sneer, and lowered their heads at the same time, the less they knew about the things between the masters, the better. Although they could all feel that the eldest young master and the lady were gradually estranged, even the eldest young master no longer had the respect he used to have when he mentioned the lady.
When Xiao Qiao arrived at Xiao's mother's yard, the little maid at the door hurriedly stopped the person, "Please eldest young master, eldest young master, Madame is interrogating the murderer, do you want to come back later?" β
For the first time, Xiao Qiao's face showed a gloomy expression in front of outsiders, his narrow eyes looked at the little guy coldly, and he chuckled, "Coincidentally, I just wanted to see what the lady was trying to do." Get lost! β
The little guy was so frightened that he suddenly became excited, and he took a few steps back, and after Xiao Qiao walked in, he left a fluttering sentence, "This person rushed into me and sent him out." β
"Yes, young master." followed all the way, Shuzhu, who didn't dare to speak, answered at this time, and hurriedly beckoned the entourage behind him to escort the person and send him out with a gagged mouth.
Before entering the main house, he heard Hu Li's cry for help from inside, Xiao Qiao's eyes were even colder, and the mother-in-law who guarded the door saw Xiao Qiao's expression, and she didn't dare to make a sound, and watched Xiao Qiao push open the door and walk in.
It wasn't until Xiao Qiao and his party all went in that the mother-in-law wiped the cold sweat on her forehead, it was the first time she had seen the eldest young master like this...... It's terrifying!
Xiao Qiao didn't expect that he would see this scene when he came in, and even Qiu Xi and Xia Yang, who followed in, were stunned.
I saw Hu Li squatting on the beams of the house, a few maids and women holding things below to knock Hu Li down, and a stronger grandmother stepping on the table and chairs to go up. And Hu Li was dodging the attacks of various things below, while shouting for help in a heart-rending manner.
Seeing Xiao Qiao coming in, Hu Li instantly pursed his mouth aggrievedly, "Brother Xiao, you're here!" β
Xiao Qiao's face was gloomy, and Xiao's mother panicked for a moment when she saw Xiao Qiao coming in, but she immediately calmed down.
"Qiao is here, just in time, mother will tell you." Xiao Mu sat on the top and looked calm, but her hands were still a little shaky. She knew that Xiao Qiao was no longer the Xiao Qiao who would only rely on her, he became an official, and his relationship with her gradually became estranged, she guessed whether Xiao Qiao knew what happened back then, but he had nothing to do with the slut of the An family.
Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li, who was still squatting pitifully on the beams of the house, walked under him, and stretched out his hand, "Come down, what does it look like on it." β
Hu Li pointed aggrievedly to the group of people below, "Brother Xiao, it's not me who wants to come up, it's their ......"
Xiao Qiao naturally knew that he didn't go up by himself, his face softened a little, and he still stretched out his hand below to pick him up, "Come down, it's okay." β
Hu Li jumped down from the beam of the house aggrievedly, and subconsciously jumped into Xiao Qiao's arms, Xiao Qiao pinched Hu Li's waist, and whispered in his ear: "Go back and clean up your ......"
Hu Li looked at Xiao Qiao inexplicably, this time he was even more aggrieved, obviously it wasn't his fault, why did he clean him up!?
Mother Xiao looked at Xiao Qiao and ignored her completely, but went to call Hu Li down from the beam of the room, and her face was ugly. Although she feels that she has had a hard time all these years, her child is not around, she can only be a concubine, and she has to help the slut raise her son, and now her daughter is married to her mother's nephew, everything is simply unsatisfactory. But she has been the housewife in Xiao Mansion all these years, and she has never been so neglected.
Xiao Qiao walked to Xiao's mother with Hu Li in his arms, because Hu Li was not injured, his face eased and calmed down a lot, "I don't know what Xiao Li did, provoked you to force him directly onto the beam." You might as well tell SΓΉ Ki Ao and Ki Ao will help you teach him a lesson. β
Hu Li pursed his mouth, the grievances in his heart were about to become a river, and it was obviously not his fault. was called over inexplicably, and when he was called, he confessed, saying that he killed a human life, and God knows that he is a demon fairy, not a demon.
Xiao Qiao held Hu Li's arm tightly, looking at Xiao's mother's ugly face, "Since my mother doesn't want to say it, Qi Ao doesn't force it, don't worry, I will teach him a good lesson when I go back, so that he doesn't dare to go up to the beam again." β
Xiao's mother was so angry that she was distressed, she looked at Xiao Qiao, knowing that she couldn't do today's thing, so she could only wave her hand weakly, "Go back, don't let him make trouble again, otherwise I won't let him go so lightly, I must teach him a good lesson, and he will know the rules." β
"Mother said yes, but Xiaoli has a lively temperament, if you feel upset, I will let him follow his grandmother." Xiao Qiao didn't care about Xiao's mother's threat, and Hu Li was really completely implicated in this incident.
Xiao's mother was even more uncomfortable, seeing that Xiao Qiao was about to leave with Hu Li, she suddenly asked, "Where did the beauty pill he gave to Shu'er come from?" β
Xiao Qiao suddenly realized, it turned out that this was the case, they actually thought that Xiao Jingshu's slippery tire was caused by Hu Li's beauty pill.
"Does Mother want a bottle too?" Xiao Qiao turned around and said with a smile, "That's not easy, that Yangyan Pill was refined by a master, and now I can't find where that person is." β
"No, let's go."