6. Chapter 6 The Sixth Step of the Minister

"Mother, daughter, did you hear that the lights were on in the eldest brother's yard all night last night!" Xiao Jingshu pinched her handkerchief and spoke delicately.

Xiao's mother didn't show it on her face, but she already knew everything about yesterday, no matter what Xiao Qiao was for leaving a wild boy who didn't know where he came from, yesterday's incident couldn't let Xiao Qiao push it on Shu'er and Qingyun.

"I've probably heard about this, because of someone who Kio brought back from outside?" Xiao's mother pursed her lips, looked at Xiao Jingshu and asked.

"Mother has heard that Xiaoli was too careless, and he fell into the water and fell into the evil wind, and now the heat has subsided. I didn't expect this incident to alarm my mother, it's really Xiaoli. Xiao Qiao came in from outside and heard Xiao Jingshu and Xiao's mother's words, Xiao Qiao glanced at Xiao Jingshu lightly, and sat down to Xiao's mother's hand.

When Xiao Jingshu saw Xiao Qiao, her eyes shrank for a moment, but she quickly regained her calm.

"When did the eldest brother know that little boy, we don't even know, mother." Xiao Jingshu chuckled, pinching the handkerchief to cover the corners of her mouth to hide a slight sneer.

"Shu'er is right, I don't know when you met that little boy." Xiao Mu chuckled, but she didn't plan to say more about it, after all, this matter was done by Shu'er and Qingyun. It's hard to guarantee that Xiao Qiao won't settle accounts after the autumn, and she will really not be able to say anything when the time comes.

"Master, Madame is talking to the eldest young master and eldest lady inside." The voice of the grandmother came in, just interrupting what Xiao Qiao was about to say.

"Father, you're back." Xiao Qiao stood up and whispered to Father Xiao who walked in. This time he didn't plan to have a relationship with his father worse than a stranger like the last time, and it could almost be said that he had a hostile attitude.

Father Xiao was stunned for a moment, his eldest son was good everywhere, but he had been estranged from him since he was seven years old. Now that he suddenly has such a peaceful attitude, he is still a little unaccustomed.

Father Xiao knows himself very well, and his personality is not very pleasant, so until now, he is only a third-grade Taichangqing, and he has been in Taichang Temple for nearly five years, and there is no sign of change until now.

But he is still very concerned about his son, especially the eldest son, who has been excellent since he was a child, but he doesn't understand why the eldest son, who was very close to him when he was a child, became estranged from him when he grew up. In the past two years, the relationship between the two has almost dropped to a freezing point, and there is rarely much communication in a year except for asking for peace.

"Well, sit down." Father Xiao nodded at Xiao Qiao, sat on the left hand side of Xiao's mother, and a little smile appeared on Yan SΓΉ's face on weekdays, "I heard Lord Li say that you went to his house yesterday, what did Lord Li instruct?" ”

"Lao's father was worried, and the teacher just told his son to read more history books." Xiao Qiao didn't say much warmth, although the relationship between him and his father was not as high as in the previous life, it was impossible to ease it instantly.

After all, if something goes wrong, it is a demon, and he doesn't want Xiao's mother to be suspicious, before he finds evidence of changing his son, and before he is completely sure of getting out of this matter, he has to be careful.

"Well, Master Li is a great Confucian, you must keep in mind what you say." Xiao Chengyu nodded, turned his head to Xiao's mother and said, "It's been a long time since we've eaten together, so I'll bother Mrs. to call everyone over at noon today." ”

"Yes, sir." Mother Xiao smiled and nodded, only a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in Xiao Jingshu's eyes, originally she wanted to talk to Mother Xiao about the eldest prince today, but it was mixed up again.

After a lunch, Xiao Qiao had already spoken to Xiao's father without a trace, although the relationship was still cold, but it was indeed much better than before.

After lunch, Xiao's father still had business to do, so Xiao Qiao went to the old lady. The old lady doesn't care about anything now, and even rarely sees people, so she only stays in the courtyard to eat fasting and pray Buddha.

But Xiao Qiao still remembered that his grandmother was not a simple person, and now he still held an underground force in his hands, and it was not until he left Xiao Mansion that he accidentally learned that his grandmother was from the famous Xianshan Island in the South China Sea.

If it weren't for the fact that he had lived with the old lady for a period of time when he was a child, so he would have come every few days, and he would not have come over suddenly.

"The eldest young master, the old lady is asleep, do you want to go to the house and wait?" Mama Yu, who was guarding outside the door, asked after seeing Xiao Qi Aofu saluting.

Xiao Qiao shook his head and said with a smile: "I just miss my grandmother, since my grandmother is asleep, I won't bother, I will definitely come over early tomorrow." ”

"Alas, young master, you go slowly." Mama Yu squinted her eyes and smiled with a wrinkled face, and after Xiao Qiao's figure disappeared around the corner, Mama Yu put away her smile and entered the door.

"Old lady, the eldest young master is gone." Mama Yu sat on the pedal and thumped the legs of a Huafa woman and said.

"Now Qiao still remembers my old wife." The Huafa woman brushed her sideburns and glanced at the fine weather outside, "How are the people in Qiao Courtyard?" ”

"I heard that the heat has subsided, and it is out of the way." Mama Yu was also a little angry when she thought of yesterday's incident, and she was so arrogant that she almost killed people in the Xiao Mansion, which was really courageous.

Xiao Qiao followed the old lady when he was young, and naturally he got the heart of the grandmother more than the other young masters and young ladies. Immediately, Mama Yu said: "It's also the eldest young master who has a good heart, and the eldest lady can do ugly things." ”

"It's ugly or not, as long as the Qi family is still there, Qiao won't care too much." The old lady thought of Xiao Qiao's previous admiration for the Qi family, and sighed in her heart, as long as Qi Ao took the Qi family to heart for a day, she would be shackled for a day.

Mama Yu also sighed in her heart, if the old lady hadn't taken the eldest young master over back then, I'm afraid that the eldest young master would have died in the hands of the poisonous woman.

Xiao Qiao left the old lady's yard, turned around and went back to his yard. I went to see Hu Li first, Hu Li was in much better spirits at this time, and he was sitting on the bed listening to Qiu Xi talk about some funny things.

Xiao Qiao heard his laughter before he entered the door, Shuzhu hurriedly pushed the door open, and Xiao Qiao walked in and saw Hu Li leaning forward and leaning back with a smile. His delicate appearance is even more eye-catching because of his smile, his eyes are crooked, and there is even a laughing teardrop hanging in the corner of his eye, which reflects the sunlight and looks particularly dazzling.

"You laughed so happily when you said something, and you told me about it." Xiao Qiao walked to the side of the bed and touched Hu Li's forehead, although it was still a little hot, it was not hot.

Hu Li pulled Xiao Qiao's arm and asked him to sit down, Qiu Xi hurriedly saluted, Hu Li pointed at Qiu Xi with a smile and said: "Qiu Xi told a story, the people in the story are really stupid, they have been deceived many times and are still fooled!" ”

Xiao Qiao bent the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "There are many such people. What do you think? Is there anything else that is uncomfortable? ”

Hu Li shook his head, "I'm fine, yesterday was just a special situation, I swim well on weekdays." ”

Xiao Qiao smiled and said, "After a while, I'll take you out for a walk, I'm afraid you won't be able to stay in the house all day." ”

Hu Li rolled his eyes and looked at Xiao Qiao with a flattering expression, "Can I go to the outskirts of the city?" I heard from the gardener in the yard that there was a low hill on the outskirts of the city, and there were beautiful fields of flowers on it......"

Xiao Qiao smiled and nodded, "It's okay, when you get better, I'll take you there." ”

Hu Li squinted his eyes and laughed, he had been staying in Xiao Mansion since he came down the mountain, and he had never gone out. Before, he wanted to see the small hillside when he heard the gardener mention it, and now that Brother Xiao agreed to take him there, it was really great!

Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li's smile without any trouble, and couldn't help but laugh and scold him for being stupid in his heart. If he is so insulted, he will be repaid a hundredfold and a thousandfold.

After talking to Hu Li for a while, Xiao Qiao went back to the study, he still had the homework left by the teacher to do, so he couldn't play as comfortably as Hu Li, and make trouble if he wanted.

And Xiao's father, who was busy with business, walked back and forth in the study, and today Qi Ao's attitude has eased, which is a good opportunity. In the future, he still needs his eldest son to inherit it, and he hopes that Qiao can get close to him.

Thinking of this, Father Xiao called the little guy outside the door, thought for a while and said, "Go and call the eldest young master, and say that I want to test his homework." ”

"Yes, sir." The little guy bowed down and trotted towards Xiao Qiao's yard. While running, he muttered in his heart, the master used to take the school's homework when the eldest young master came to ask for peace, what happened this time?

"Shuzhu, is the eldest young master here?" The little guy asked in a low voice Shuzhu standing outside the door. Shuzhu nodded and said, "But what's the matter with the master?" The eldest young master is reading books at this time. ”

The little guy smiled playfully: "That's a good feeling, the master is going to take the school's homework!" However, the eldest young master's homework is notoriously good, and even me, who doesn't know a few big words, knows that the eldest young master's homework is this! The little guy said and put his thumb up, and Shuzhu nodded with a smile on his face, "Hey, you wait a while, I'll call the eldest young master." ”

"Hey, yes."

Xiao Qiao heard a sound from outside the room in the room, things were simpler than expected, as long as he didn't take the initiative, it was not easy to arouse suspicion. And...... It seems that he underestimated his father's concern for him.

When they arrived at Xiao's father's courtyard, Shuzhu and Xiaowu were left outside, and Xiao Qiao walked in by himself.

"Greetings to my father." Xiao Qiao bowed, Xiao Chengyu waved his hand, "Sit down, I asked you to come over just to ask how you have been doing in recent days." ”

"Father Lao bother, son is fine." Xiao Qiao lowered his eyebrows, although his attitude was not familiar, but he was as perfunctory and indifferent as before.

Father Xiao sighed in his heart, this is not bad.

"What's going on with the people in your yard? Now the words in the house are not good, since you are studying with your heart, I think you want to participate in next year's imperial examination, you must not spread some rumors at this juncture. Xiao Chengyu thought for a while and said earnestly, "Although it doesn't have much impact on your grades, you will have it after you join the company." ”

Xiao Qiao nodded lightly and said, "What my father said is that it's just that Xiaoli is the younger brother of his son's friend, and his temperament is simple and kind, so his son left people in the house to take care of him a little more." ”

"That's good, I heard Master Li say a few days ago that your homework has improved again, don't be complacent, and studying well is the right way." Before Xiao's father finished speaking, he heard a noisy voice from the courtyard, mixed with the sound of a woman crying.

Father Xiao frowned and stood up, walked out of the door, and said angrily with a gloomy face: "Gather at the gate of the courtyard and make noise, what kind of system, don't hurry up and help An Shi up." ”

A few maids and wives hurriedly helped Aunt An up, Aunt An has been sick these days, and now she still has a sick look on her face, but her eyes are full of anger.

Xiao Qiao followed Xiao Chengyu out of the study, and looked at An's appearance and suddenly felt that even if she told An that she was her son, she might not be able to let go of Xiao Jingshu.

After all, An's is not like Xiao's mother, who always knows that the child she raised is not her own, Xiao Jingshu is a baby bump in An's heart, no matter how arrogant and mean Xiao Jingshu is, she is also An's heart.

"Master, you have to be the master of Shu'er!" Ann cried lowly, "What kind of sin has this been created!" ”