During the banquet, Xia Yao had been taken by the eldest princess's side, and when she saw Xia Shanghong, the two chatted for a few words and then dispersed.

The emperor never mentioned Xia Yao's existence from beginning to end, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Stepping on the point, Xia Yao and Xia Shanghong returned to Xia Mansion one after the other. Xia Shanghong walked in front and walked to the fork in the road, he snorted coldly, and said in a strange manner: "...... It's just that he got on a prince, and his tail went to the sky, and he didn't look at what kind of goods it was? ”

I don't know if he's talking about Xia Yao or Xuanyuan Luo, or both.

"My father doesn't have to worry about it?" Xia Yao smiled like a flower, and replied mercilessly: "After all, my sister's side is more worrying, isn't it?" ”

"You...... You ......" Xia Shanghong's face was pale, he couldn't speak for a long time, and he threw his sleeves away angrily.

Xia Yao lowered her head, rolled her eyes indecently, and muttered, "I think of the bad luck that comes to me every day, and I don't know what he wants?" ”

"This is probably ......" Lu'er's eyes rolled, and she answered: "Lose your mind and go crazy!" ”

- Isn't it the meaning of neurosis in modern times?

Xia Yao covered her mouth with one hand and secretly laughed, and touched Lu'er's head with the other hand, her face full of appreciation: "Smart little Lu'er......"

Xia Yao, who was teased by Lu'er, couldn't help but sink her face the moment she saw her yard.

In the more than a month since she left, the small yard, which was originally quite neat and clean, was full of weeds, cobwebs covered the eaves, and all the valuable things in the house were removed...... Xia Yao trembled in place.

Lu'er also restrained her smile, she looked left and right, and found that there were many maids and minions hiding in the shadows and pointing, "...... Miss. ”

"Let's go." Xia Yao popped out a few words from between her teeth, "Let's go to 'mother' to reason well." ”

"Miss......" Lu'er begged, she carefully hooked Xia Yao's sleeve with her fingers, and her voice was like a mosquito, "Just the two of us, it doesn't matter if the slave is punished, but if Miss you are bullied, what can you do!" ”

"Madan." Xia Yao couldn't help but burst into foul language, she still has three months to go, but now she has been bullied by the Zhou family because of her child's identity, how can she be willing?

"Why don't you go and talk to the master?" Lu'er suggested unreliably.

Xia Yao, such a big thing happened to "............", if Xia Shanghong didn't know, she would take off her head and use it as a stool for others to sit on.

"No matter." Xia Yao walked towards the Zhou family's courtyard, "I'll go and find out the wind first." ”

When the surrounding maids saw this, they hurriedly ran back to their master's yard to ventilate and report the news.

*

When Xia Yao came to Zhou's courtyard, the rough maid inside was cleaning the yard, and the maid guarding the door was not surprised by Xia Yao's arrival, she politely invited Xia Yao into the door, served a cup of bitter old tea, and said, "Madame is chanting at this time, please wait for a while." ”

The so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Xia Yao's full of distress had to accumulate in her chest, and she replied lightly, "I know." ”

Xia Yao sat on the cold and hard chair and waited for a while, and then knew that this was Zhou's dismount for herself. After a period of time when some people praised and coaxed, now this time it makes her a little uncomfortable.

"Sure enough, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift." She muttered to herself.

The sky slowly darkened, there was no heat in the teacup, and the cool breeze of spring blew, and the frozen Xia Yao shivered.

The room in the back suddenly 'creaked', which was extremely strange in the silence of the night.

Xia Yao jumped up from the chair with her hands and shoulders, and scolded sharply: "Who? ”

"Ahem......" A few poignant coughs sounded, Zhou's plain clothes, holding the little maid's arm softly walked to the main seat and sat down, her voice was weak, but her eyes were shining, "It's so late, I don't know what you're looking for me?" ”

Seeing that it was the Zhou family, Xia Yao's frightened heart finally fell into place, she first respectfully saluted the Zhou family, and said sincerely, "My daughter came back all the way south and found that the things in the original yard had been moved cleanly, it was really troublesome for my mother to work hard for me, but I don't know where the new yard you changed for me is?" ”

Zhou's face was covered with a white veil, leaving only a pair of dark eyes, which were a little scary in the dim candlelight.

The corners of her lips under the veil were slightly hooked, but her brows were tightly crapped together, forming a strange face, she said: "There was something wrong with the business in the house before, and as a last resort, I had to take out something from your yard and buy it, for the sake of this family, Yaoyao, you understand!" ”

The smile on Xia Yao's face fell, and she looked at Zhou without blinking.

Zhou's heart was full of the pleasure of revenge, and then said: "Actually, it's not just your yard, you see, the things on my side are also gone?" She covered her mouth and coughed twice, "I'm a mother, there's no way!" ”

Xia Yao looked around quietly when she heard this, and found that there were indeed a lot of things missing from Zhou's side, and it was a lot empty when she looked at it.

"Mother's words are very true." Xia Yao suddenly burst into a big smile, "For the sake of this family, I should naturally make some contributions." ”

"It's good that Yaoyao understands, and it won't be in vain for her mother's hard work." Zhou was in deep love for mother and son, and secretly laughed.

"It's just ......" Xia Yao's words changed, "There are a lot of things in my courtyard that were rewarded by the emperor and the eldest princess, and my mother bought them like this, in case the nobles in the palace know about it......" She said hesitantly: "What if this is blamed on my father?" ”

Zhou's heart squeaked, when Xia Li was demoted to Tongfang, how could she be willing in her heart? She is also a gift, and she is also a relationship, and she also wants to give Xia Li food and drink...... That doesn't cost anything?

Although she has been running the family for many years, and the finances of the entire Xia Mansion are in her hands, Xia Shanghong has obviously given up on Xia Li and asked him to spend a lot of silver taels for a useless daughter, how can he be willing?

So as soon as the Zhou family summed it up, they hit Xia Yao with the idea.

The dowry brought by Xia Yao's mother has been almost deducted by her, but there are a lot of valuables in her yard. Without doing anything, the Zhou family took advantage of Xia Yao's departure, not only drove away the old woman in the yard, but also cleaned up the things in the entire yard.

Now that Xia Yao comes to ask her for those things again, where did she come out?

In the final analysis, after all, the Zhou family was born in a small family, and his vision is not broad enough, so he can only see the immediate interests.

But I forgot that although Xia Yao is now pinched in her hands because of the reason that she is not in time, there are people from the royal family standing behind the family.

Zhou's heart was uneasy, but he still said quietly on his face: "Yaoyao is right about this, it's a pity, where can I go to find something in this world!" ”

Xia Yao's eyes narrowed, is this planning to admit it?

"Mother knows what she knows." Xia Yao knew what her attitude was, and she didn't want to dwell on it too much, and when she left, she chuckled and said, "I just hope that my mother won't regret it in the future?" ”

If the other party is unkind, she will be unjust.

Let the people of the capital see how harshly the Xia family treats the daughters left by the previous housewife.

"Miss, Miss......" Lu'er followed behind Xia Yao, and said with a sad face: "Are you leaving?" ”

"Not leaving?" Xia Yao walked forward quickly, "Isn't it possible to stay and drink tea?" ”

"And where do you stay at night?" Lu'er packed her purse, "Why don't we find an inn and stay for a few days?" ”

Although the security in the capital is good, who can guarantee 100% that there will be no danger? Xia Yao doesn't want to gamble with her life now? She turned around and walked towards Xia Li's yard and said, "Since she demolished my yard, it shouldn't be too much for me to go to my 'sister''s yard for one night!" ”

Lu'er wanted to persuade a few more words, but through the candlelight not far away, she looked at her young lady's eyebrows and eyes, and silently stopped her mouth.

The Zhou family is a first-class good to Xia Li, even if she is married now, the things in the courtyard have not moved at all.

Seeing Xia Yao coming in a hurry, the servants guarding the courtyard were all here to find fault, and said conscientiously: "The slave has seen the second miss." ”

Xia Yao instructed: "Prepare hot water for me, I want to bathe and go to bed." "That's it! Regardless of the stunned faces of everyone, he pushed the door directly in.

"This ...... This ......," said one of the maids, "what can I do?" ”

The maids here are all from the Zhou family, and they know everything about what the Zhou family has done, and they were still muttering to the second miss before, saying that she was ugly this time.

As a result, in the blink of an eye, he got into trouble.

"What are you stammering here?" A high-ranking maid slapped her and whispered, "Don't tell Madame about this matter quickly, hurry up!" ”

"Yes...... yes" The little girl nodded again and again, and ran out with her skirt.

Xia Yao walked around Xia Li's room, thinking that the bed had been slept on by the other party, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

She reached out and opened the cabinet, which was stuffed with miscellaneous clothes, Xia Yao looked through it with her fingers, she frowned and said, "Isn't there a spare mattress here?" ”

Lu'er came over to help, "There should be!" Miss, sit down for a while, I'll look for you? ”

Xia Li's room is very large, so there are a lot of cabinets, Lu'er looked for a while, only to find two new bedding in the corner of the mahogany cabinet, she quickly picked up the quilt, and said happily: "I'll change the things in the room, Miss, you wait, it'll be fine right away." ”

"Who would dare touch my daughter's things?" With a 'pop' sound, the door was pushed open heavily, and Zhou's eyes stared at Xia Yao with burning eyes, eager to eat his bones and gnaw on his flesh.

"Mother, why are you here?" Xia Yao smiled innocently, she said sincerely: "My daughter has been away for a long time, and I miss my sister so much today, but I ......"

Her face was full of regret, "I can only see things and think about people." ”