397: Retreat as advance
Mrs. Lin stood, her body shaking.
No matter what, she never thought that her father would do something to her son.
After all, it was her child, his grandson.
I still remember the fire in Nanxiao, and that evening, the firefighters and onlookers surrounded Nanxiao's house.
She stood outside the mansion, still holding Xiao Yuanan with her left hand, and she didn't know how to react for a while.
Is it relief, or fear.
Surprised, or delighted.
She buried her best years in this mansion, and she gave birth to two sons and two daughters for Xiao Runqing, but she still couldn't change her status.
"Mother, it's such a big fire." Xiao Yuan'an's immature little face showed a trace of fear, and he grabbed Aunt Lin's clothes tightly, "An'er is afraid, mother ......"
Aunt Lin never thought about what was so strange about Nan Xiao's fire. None of the young ladies or servants in Nanxiao's mansion escaped the fire except for her and her children. Those people she loved and hated in the past were burned clean with this fire and turned into a pile of bones. However, at this time, she didn't have any pleasure.
Xiao Runqing...... The only place left for her, gone.
For Xiao Runqing, Aunt Lin didn't know how to say how she felt about him in her heart, but every time Aunt Lin saw Xiao Jiu, she would think of Xiao Runqing.
Gentle as jade, elegant and handsome man.
Xiao Jiuchang and Xiao Runqing are six points similar, but Xiao Jiu has a little more masculine flavor than Xiao Runqing.
Mrs. Lin took a deep breath, unwilling to think about her husband from the depths of her memory. The man was dead and had been away from her for many years.
Even if you are ashamed of him, that is a thing of the past.
"If I didn't love him, I would have come to the door in person to ask for a kiss?" Aunt Lin was stunned, and her expression showed a little bitterness, "At the beginning, although he was weak, there were also many young ladies in the boudoir who were willing to marry Nan Xiaolai. However, he told me anyway. I want to marry you...... Xia Ruan. At that time, how did you match him? ”
Xia Ruan snuggled up on the soft couch and looked at Aunt Lin from a distance.
She had met Aunt Lin, who was gentle and kind at that time. Like a good mother. Those feelings. It can't be pretended at all. So at that time, she didn't know that Nan Xiao's third young master was Xiao Jiu, and when she refused to kiss, she didn't have too much disgust for Aunt Lin.
She thought. Mrs. Lin is a good mother.
Sometimes, however, it is easy for feelings to turn into illusions.
Xia Ruan looked at Aunt Lin's eyebrows and found that Aunt Lin was born with kind and docile eyebrows, which was unexpectedly hateful at this time.
"Mrs. Lin, you don't like me, I always knew it." Xia Ruan smiled faintly, and said a little helplessly, "But I didn't expect that you actually didn't like this child." I've been betting with myself that you'll be merciful to kids. He's so young, and he hasn't done anything wrong, you shouldn't have done anything to him. But Mrs. Lin, in fact, I was wrong, you can be ruthless to attack Hou Ye, let alone me and Hou Ye's children? ”
Mrs. Lin immediately narrowed her voice and retorted, "I didn't." ”
How could she possibly attack Xiao Jiu.
Now that she has no son, it is impossible for her to lose another son.
She really hates that Xiao Jiu is not as well-behaved and obedient as before, and she is not as filial as before, but she will never attack her son.
Xia Ruan sat down steadily, pointed to the things on the table and said, "Master Hou didn't listen to you and Master Lin's advice, and didn't stay in Dongyang County, so you and Master Lin both felt that they couldn't control Master Hou anymore and wanted to kill him." On that day, when Hou Ye entered Beijing, at least five people wanted to assassinate him. This is the weapon left by those killers at that time, I heard that Aunt Lin, you have been practicing martial arts since you were a child, you should have seen these things, right? ”
Mrs. Lin walked towards the small table that Xia Ruan pointed.
I saw a long sandalwood box on the small table, and Mrs. Lin's hands trembled slightly, she didn't know what was under the box.
However, Mrs. Lin knew that Xia Ruan was definitely not a simple woman.
Xia Ruan's gambling game from the beginning, the chips were her and herself.
If she had treated Xia Ruan and the child in Xia Ruan's womb well, then Xiao Jiu and Xia Ruan would still be as filial to her as before. But if she does something to hurt the child in Xia Ruan's womb, then Xiao Jiu and Xia Ruan will not leave her with the last bit of affection.
Aunt Lin couldn't understand why Xia Ruan was able to return safely.
Xia Ruan shouldn't be here......
The lid in front of him seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Aunt Lin hesitated for a long time, and did not open the lid of the box, she was afraid to see the truth, she would be disappointed in her father, if her father disappointed her, she really didn't know who to believe.
"Bang ......"
Mrs. Lin closed her eyes, and finally couldn't help but open the box on the small table, and after she exhaled deeply, she opened her eyes to look at the contents of the box.
What caught her eye was a familiar blade that could not be more familiar.
The Lin family is a martial arts family, and the weapons are specially created by someone. Especially the long sword of the Lin family, the hilt of the sword will be engraved with the word Lin. On the rivers and lakes, when ordinary people see these weapons, they will have a little reverence for the people of the Lin family.
Mrs. Lin picked up the long sword in the box, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red, "How can you, Dad, how can you ......?"
She has been fond of martial arts since she was a child, and she only needs to take a look at the Lin family's weapons to know when her father asked someone to build them. Even if she married into Nan Xiao, she didn't forget to ask her father to ask her father to watch it privately.
She also has these weapons in her house.
"Aunt Lin, if Master Hou was in Dongyang County at the beginning, I'm afraid you can't stand here and talk to me now." Xia Ruan's eyes showed a bit of bitterness, "Whether it is Bei Xiao or Dong Xiao, they will definitely not let Nan Xiao's family property flow into the hands of the Lin family." The most disgusting thing in the body today is the privacy of the prince's party, because the prince's privacy will threaten his imperial power, think about it...... If a martial arts family like the Lin family appears in the eyes of the emperor because it is too large and has dealings with Nan Xiao, then ...... Will the Lin family be the former Xu family? ”
Xia Ruan's words made Aunt Lin almost unable to hold the long sword in her hand.
Xu Jia...... Xujia Villa......
When Emperor Jianguang first ascended the throne, he personally ordered Jinyiwei to capture Xujia Villa.
That year, she was still young......
The people of the Xu family had close contacts with the officials in the court, and when Emperor Jianguang had just ascended the throne, the regime was still unstable. Because the people of the Xu family were too large, they became the Yan zhòng thorns of Emperor Jianguang.
The Xu family is a century-old martial arts family, and the master of the Lin family is the leader of the martial arts alliance. However, it is such a family, overnight, it has become a thing of the past.
There were hundreds of people up and down the Xu family, and none of them could escape that terrible night.
At that time, someone who had seen the slaughtered Xujia Villa only said three words: hell, blood.
What did the Xu family do wrong? No one knows what the Xu family has done wrong, and they will be ordered to be killed by Emperor Jianguang. It's just that when she grew up, she realized that because the people of the Xu family were people in the martial arts, and they had dealings with officials in the court, and the power of the Xu family was too huge. Emperor Jianguang believed that the assassins who had been assassinating him were sent by the Xu family.
Because the Xu family is strong, the entire clan will be exterminated.
That's why she met back then......
Mrs. Lin shook her head, not daring to think about those things.
The Xiao family was originally the strict nail of Emperor Jianguang, if Nan Xiao had dealings with the Lin family again, no one dared to guarantee that the Lin family would not become the next Xu family. But why didn't anyone remind her of this truth until now......
"Why are you telling me this? Do you want to see me regret it? Mrs. Lin laughed sarcastically, "If I want to regret it, I regret that I insisted on marrying into Nan Xiao and becoming his concubine." Xia Ruan, I know you are smart, but being smart will be mistaken for being smart. ”
Xia Ruan shook his head, his voice was still gentle: "You are the mother of Lord Hou, no matter what, I won't do anything to you." Mrs. Lin, I just want you to know that Master Hou thinks the same as me, and no matter what you did in the past, he never blamed you. ”
Aunt Lin's eyes couldn't help but turn red, she had always known that Xiao Jiu was filial, so Xiao Jiu was a little disobedient to her, and she felt that her son didn't have her mother in his heart.
After her son knew that she planned to let Xia Ruan be taken away, he still didn't say anything serious, but just put her under house arrest.
Aunt Lin was paralyzed, and her whole person was extremely decadent.
For the first time, she felt that she was old, and no matter how much she tried to hide it, she couldn't hide her old heart.
"What do you want to know from me?" Aunt Lin's voice was surprisingly calm, "I won't sue you." ”
The ground was very cold, but these coldness made Aunt Lin's mind clearer.
She understood that her father really wanted to kill Xiao Jiu.
But why didn't my father think about it, if Xiao Jiu was gone, she would have no only support.
She has obeyed her father's orders since she was a child, but hasn't her father thought about her?
Including back then, she gave up on that teenager, obeyed her father's words, and married into Nanxiao regardless of a single thing.
She has given so much, what is it in the eyes of her father and family?
Chessman......
"My mother said my grandmother liked girls." Xia Ruan couldn't help but laugh when she said this, "So, my mother feels a little sorry that my grandmother didn't see me." I remember that Aunt Lin said that you like boys very much. ”
Xia Ruan looked at the child lying on the side, slowly opened his eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became thicker and thicker, "I hope that Aunt Lin, you will also like Sheng'er in the future." ”
Xia Ruan's words were bland, but when they entered the ears of Aunt Lin, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue.
This is what Xia Ruan wants to say to her? (To be continued......)
PS: There is a typo, correct it immediately.