Chapter 114: The Man Who Exceeded Expectations
readx;?“ Mother? What's wrong? Xia Qingxiao's heart jumped, if it wasn't for what happened, Zhao couldn't have turned pale and had such an emotional collapse. The pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info swept away, and Siwen, who was standing on the side, was also pale.
What's going on?
"The adult in charge of the draft has come to inform Xiao'er, you are going to participate in the draft in a month." Zhao bit his lip in response.
Draft?
How could someone suddenly come to tell me about the draft?
If the official in charge of the draft came to inform, then this matter is a certainty, could it be that someone wants to harm her? Who exactly? Entering the palace draft means losing freedom, either becoming a palace concubine or a palace maid, or being lucky enough to be pointed out to a royal family and nobleman.
But what does this have to do with her?!
Biting his lip, he looked at Zhao and said in a deep voice: "Mother, don't worry about it first, I'll go out." Don't wait for me for dinner! ”
When the words fell, she immediately turned around and ran out again.
Zhao and Siwen were both stunned, and looked at each other, Xiao Er should have a solution, right?
Half an hour later.
In front of the Yanwang Mansion.
Xia Qingxiao had been here a few times, and the guards in front of the door already knew her, and they were a little surprised to see her take the initiative to come, "Miss Xia? ”
This was the first time the guards saw Xia Qingxiao take the initiative to come over, and they were all surprised.
"Is King Yan here?" Xia Qingxiao nodded and asked.
The guard immediately nodded, "The prince is in the mansion." The words fell in front of Xia Qingxiao to lead the way.
Along the way, Xia Qingxiao's road was dark, could it be that Han Baimo was behind the scenes? But I don't know why, when she heard her mother talk about this matter at home just now, she didn't suspect Han Baimo, and came to him, and he was the only person she could think of to solve this matter now.
He is not a person who does not keep his promises, and since he promised a year, he will definitely not persecute her again. So, who is behind the ghost? Is it specifically for her? All kinds of doubts and speculations kept flashing in my heart, but I didn't have any clue.
Huo Shuai, who was standing in front of the door, was also surprised when he saw her, "Miss Xia? You ......"
Xia Qingxiao nodded, it's also very awkward for her to take the initiative to find Han Baimo now, okay? She pursed the corners of her mouth and smiled: "I see that King Yan has something important. "If it was okay, she wouldn't be here.
"Oh, the prince is handling official business inside, I'll go and tell you." Huo Shuai nodded stunned, it was really Xia Qingxiao's appearance that surprised him. He never thought that Xia Qingxiao would take the initiative to appear, and he never informed him in advance.
What was it that made her come suddenly?
Just put his hand on the door, and before he could ask out loud, Han Baimo's order came from the study. "Let her in."
"Yes." The corners of Huo Shuai's mouth twitched, the prince was really unconcealed urgency, it seemed that Xia Qingxiao's appearance surprised the prince, and at the same time, he should have long expected that one day Xia Qingxiao would take the initiative to come to see him, right?
The prince, who has always been introverted, really exposed his mind unconcealed in front of Xia Qingxiao.
Why don't you be so impatient?
When the door of the study was pushed open, Xia Qingxiao walked in slowly, her heart was beating like a drum, she was extremely nervous, this kind of complicated thoughts, she really couldn't think of why, maybe she was really afraid that he was doing something in secret, even if she was very sure that he wouldn't.
In the study, he sat at the desk, which was full of letters and other things, raised his head and looked at her slowly, his dark eyes flowing with a dark light.
"I ......," Xia Qingxiao hesitated and slowly opened his mouth.
"Huh?" His voice was soft.
Xia Qingxiao's chest jumped, and he took a deep breath before saying, "Just now, an adult in charge of the draft came to inform me that I must participate in the draft in a month's time. "I was shocked when I first heard it, but now I have calmed down a lot and can accept it with a calm mind.
Han Baimo's deep eyes suddenly became as cold as ice, and the bloodthirsty killing light under his eyes gradually emerged, he held back the monstrous anger in his heart, and whispered to her: "It's not this king. ”
"Well, I know it's not you. However, this matter may also have something to do with you. I...... I don't want to enter the palace anyway, and I don't want to participate in the draft. Xia Qingxiao lowered his head and said what he thought in his heart.
At that moment just now, she thought of the person Yongle had said, Qin Yun.
Maybe it's just speculation.
But this matter is not something that she can solve in a short time, if it is really related to Qin Yun, then it will have a certain relationship with the emperor. No matter how clever her mind is, it is difficult to compete with the imperial power for a while.
So, she could only come to see him.
Before anyone saw it, Qin Yun had already made a move, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised when the speed was really fast. This matter, if it is not Han Baimo, then it is the emperor, she has no grievances with the emperor, and it is probably impossible for the emperor to find such a small person as her, so there is only one suspect, and that is Qin Yun.
"Don't worry about that." Han Baimo stood up from the table, then came to her and said softly.
Xia Qingxiao took a step back slightly, for some reason, when she saw him today, she always felt a little flustered, and her heartbeat accelerated a lot inexplicably, she knew very well that this was not a good signal. "Thanks, I'll go first."
After hurriedly throwing down a sentence, he turned around and ran.
When I ran outside the room, and there was no longer his breath around, I felt much more comfortable physically and mentally.
Standing in front of the door and exhaling deeply, she saw Huo Shuai standing not far away, he was staring at her, she raised her eyebrows and asked angrily: "What do you see!" Could it be that I have flowers on my face? ”
Huo Shuai immediately looked away, "I don't have a flower, I just think that when Miss Xia brags in the future, she still has to brag according to her own situation." Otherwise, it will be exposed in the future, and it will be a slap in the face. Now that he remembered the words that the secret guard had come back to tell him, his eyes were almost shocked when he heard them, and she could even say those words!
It's really speechless!
The most important thing is that now the catchers of Dali Temple have given Zhang Ergou a nickname behind their backs, Jiulang!
When the prince heard these words just now, his whole face changed, he really didn't expect Xia Qingxiao to really think of himself as a man now!
Xia Qingxiao was stunned for a moment, bragging? She has always adhered to the low-key style of being a person and doing things in a low-key manner, when will she brag? Looking at Huo Shuai's red face again, he suddenly thought of what he said to those catchers not long ago!
Her face changed suddenly, wouldn't those words all be passed to Han Baimo's ears all at once?
He took a deep breath of cold air, gritted his teeth and said, "If bragging is not exaggerated, is it still bragging?" Learn a little from me in the future, and I don't know what it means to brag now. After saying these words, she didn't even look at Huo Shuai, turned her head and left quickly.
What a shame!
In the future, you must definitely refrain from it, and you can't brag about it anymore!
Huo Shuai froze in place, looking at Xia Qingxiao's figure in shock.
To brag is to exaggerate? I don't know if there's no margin for blowing, right? Now that I think about it, I feel like I'm blushing for her. It's no wonder that the prince's face has not been very good and gloomy since then.
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Qin Mansion.
Today, because of the return of the eldest lady Qin Yun, the whole house is lively, all kinds of cleaning, because Qin Yun is very afraid of dirty, so the whole house has to be carefully cleaned.
Just had lunch, a simple meal, over the years has been used to eating light food, for some big fish and meat she used to occasionally craving, but now she doesn't feel anything at all.
It was a little cold in the capital after entering the autumn, so she gathered her clothes and sat down to drink a cup of hot tea.
A delicate-looking maid walked in, and after coming to Qin Yun's face, she said respectfully, "Miss, there is news." ”
"Well, let's talk about it." Qin Yun nodded, raised her head and looked at her stand-in maid, Lan Yu, who was also her most trusted confidant.
"Now that the Xia family has been notified, Xia Qingxiao must participate in the draft. Miss, this Miss Xia is from a humble background and is from Los Angeles, so it shouldn't be enough to waste time for her. Lan Yu said, obviously she is just an ordinary-looking woman, why does Miss have to go to great lengths to deal with it?
Qin Yun lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and replied with a deep expression: "She is the only woman who can enter the Yan Wangfu at will except for Su Qi and Yongle and me, I have an intuition that the prince is sincere to her." ”
"How so? The slave maid thinks that it is impossible for the prince to like Xia Qingxiao, the slave maid has investigated her in the past few days, she is from a humble background, and her father is only the master of Dali Temple Qing Jiao, no matter what, in the end, even if she can make the prince like her with her heart, she can only be a concubine in the future. Lan Yu made some reasonable guesses. A woman from a humble background, even if she can climb to the royal family, can only become a concubine in the end because of her background, but what about concubines? Soon there will be another concubine, and the status will always be replaced by someone else.
"Lan Yu, no one knows the prince better than me." Qin Yun was thoughtful, her understanding of Han Baimo could be said to be incomparable, because of his childhood experience, he was cold to anyone, including her, just because he didn't believe in touching her in the lake back then.
But......
There was a touch of sadness between his eyebrows.
He only takes care of her, and he is still cold-hearted. She had left the capital three years earlier to recuperate elsewhere, firstly because she was too weak to allow herself to see him with her pale countenance, and secondly because she was sure that he would not fall in love with any woman, so she was not in a hurry.
But a month ago, she got the news that he was very attentive to a woman named Xia Qingxiao. not only arranged for her father to be the master of Dali Temple, but also arranged a secret guard to protect Xia Qingxiao.
It had never happened before, and it was unexpected.
Even now, until there are some things about Xia Qingxiao, she can't figure out why he has changed because of Xia Qingxiao?
What kind of woman is Xia Qingxiao?
A curiosity that I never felt before permeated my heart.
Perhaps, this time the shot will anger him.
It's just maybe.
What will be the result, soon she will get an answer.
"The emperor just sent a pair of bracelets, the quality is very good, do you want to see it?" Lan Yu suddenly thought that when she came back just now, she saw her father-in-law beside the emperor and sent many rewards, but she knew her master and didn't like gold, silver and jewelry, and the only thing she liked might be jade.
Qin Yun shook her head, "No need, I'll take a nap first." ”
"Yes." Lan Yu wanted to persuade a few words, but he especially understood the character of his master, so he closed his mouth again. She wanted to say that in fact, the emperor treated his master very well, and he really worked hard. Why did the master never look at it? Only thinking about King Yan wholeheartedly?
Hey, maybe the master will be able to figure it out in the future.
When Qin Yun lay on the bed, she couldn't sleep all the time, and her mood was extremely complicated. If he really has a deep love for Xia Qingxiao, what should she do?
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An ordinary house.
The Zhang family was busy in the courtyard, and Xia Chujun had been preparing for the draft with all his heart.
After a few days of thinking quietly, he didn't dare to think nonsense anymore, and he didn't go to anyone to get close to King Yan.
Maybe I suddenly figured it out, as long as I waited quietly, maybe a miracle would happen, and there was still a month before the draft.
At the time of the draft, she was trying to find a way to ask the father-in-law next to the emperor, as long as the father-in-law proposed to the emperor, although she was from a humble background, she was already able to point it to King Yan, even if she was not a concubine or a side concubine, just a concubine, she was also satisfied, and she would seize the opportunity in the future, and the position of the side concubine was not far away.
After determining the goal, her mood was not as flustered as she was some time ago, as if there was no way out, she found a way everywhere, and she ran into walls everywhere, and it was easy to make King Yan disgusted with her when she was not careful.
Suddenly, a letter came from a servant who took care of the master.
After taking it apart and looking at it, her expression changed suddenly, and she was a little puzzled: "Why did the master let me use Qin Yun?" Qin Yun...... Who is it? You can use Qin Yun to get rid of Xia Qingxiao? ”