Chapter 23: Don't be with tigers and wolves
"Xiao Sirui, you dare to ......," Gu Yunzhi shouted.
"Hahaha, what a big joke, the county lord wants to teach you a slut, why don't you dare." Xiao Sirui raised her eyebrows and said.
Does this Gu Yunzhi really think that he is some kind of golden branch and jade leaf? It's just the daughter of a petty official from the fifth grade, if it weren't for the face of the Taifu, I'm afraid that even this petty official from the fifth grade would not be able to donate.
Originally, Xiao Sirui didn't look down on the daughters of these courtiers, their Xiao family has produced two generations of queens, she has been raised by her family since she was a child, and her father and grandfather told her that she will be the third person in the Xiao family to become a queen.
For this reason, she often entered the palace to be the companion of King Xiang, just to cultivate the relationship between her and King Xiang, but fortunately, King Xiang's liking for her has never changed. Only in this way can she sit firmly in the position of the crown princess and even the queen.
It's not that other boudoir women are inferior to her, but those who are better than her can never be her opponents, but can only be her help.
"Although you are the county lord of the emperor, I am also the daughter of a courtier, you bully me like this, when I go back, I must tell my father to go." Gu Yunzhi said with grievances.
As soon as the words fell, it caused a burst of laughter, Gu Yunzhi's father was just a fifth-grade official, how could he dare to teach a first-grade official? What's more, Xiao Sirui's aunt is still the queen of the dynasty.
Yesterday, looking at King Xiang's friendship with Xiao Sirui, you can know that King Xiang likes Xiao Sirui very much, although the emperor is in the prime of life, but the successor to the throne in the future has not yet been decided.
Originally, everyone thought that this throne belonged to the fifth prince Rui Wang, who knew that an accident, this Rui Wang became a cripple, if the emperor was a cripple, wouldn't it become a laughing stock for everyone? Moreover, the ninth son of the emperor is a fool of himself, and the country will naturally not be handed over to such a person.
The rest of the princes, that is, the second prince, have a great chance of winning, and the strength of the Xiao family in the court cannot be underestimated, and Ning Guohou is the most powerful backing for the second prince to ascend to the throne.
"It's really funny, you're the biggest joke this county lord has seen this year. If you are the concubine of Taifu, the county lord will give a few thin noodles, how to say, this concubine of Taifu is going to marry into our Xiao family, but you? It's just the daughter of a low-ranking official, and she really doesn't know the rules. Xiao Sirui sneered.
"You ......" Gu Yunzhi's eyes were instantly clouded with a layer of fog. What she hates most is that she doesn't have a father who is a big official, and now Xiao Sirui is using this incident to laugh at her, which makes her embarrassed.
Immediately, Gu Yunzhi looked at Gu Yunxin on the side, hoping that Gu Yunxin could help him say a few words, after all, Xiao Sirui also said just now that she would give Gu Yunxin face.
It's just that Gu Yunxin can't say anything for her at this time, it was originally Gu Yunzhi who spoke nonsense without concealment, and she also asked for a lesson from Xiao Sirui.
"What? Looking for helpers? Xiao Sirui glanced at Gu Yunxin who was not far away.
"Sirui, don't mess around, you are the county lord, your status is precious, don't be like others." Xiao Ziming said lightly.
Oh, sure enough, it is the Xiao family, who chooses to be close to those who have useful value, and tramples on those who have no useful value.
"Shizi......, we ...... just now" Gu Yunzhi wanted to continue to say something, but Xiao Ziming's warning eyes made her shut up immediately.
What she discussed with Xiao Ziming just now, if she said it now, not only would she offend Gu Yunxin, but Xiao Ziming would definitely not let her go.
However, half of Gu Yunzhi's words were said, but it was more reverie than speaking, what did the two of them do just now? That's all I want to know.
"Yo, what did Xiao Shizi do with this Miss Gu Yunzhi just now? This king is really curious. King Huai said with a look of not being a big deal.
"His Royal Highness King Huai, don't talk nonsense, this son and the eldest lady of the Gu family have already had a marriage contract, do you want to ruin the reputation of this son when you say such things in front of so many people?" Xiao Ziming said angrily.
"Ruining your reputation? Xiao Ziming, does this king still need to deliberately ruin your reputation? Your reputation isn't good in the first place, right? After speaking, there was a hearty laugh.
"Your Royal Highness, should you be as romantic as you are for all people? At a young age, you are idle all day long, if you were not born in the royal family, I am afraid that there will not be such a good life as today. Xiao Ziming snorted coldly.
"Listening to Xiao Shizi's words, this king doesn't understand, it's obvious that you did something out of the ordinary, and now you are afraid of being shaken out by others, and the people of your Xiao family are really faceless."
Others don't know why King Huai is so targeted at the people of the Xiao family, they just think that he is used to doing nonsense, but only Gu Yunxin knows what the reason for King Huai is like this.
The position of King Huai's biological mother is not high, he has lost his mother since he was a child, and his life in the palace is very hard, and even the palace people who are serving around him dare to bully him. Emperor Mu looked at him very pitiful, so she begged the emperor to take him to take care of him, and treated him as much as his own son King Rui.
And King Huai felt warm in the cold palace, so he sincerely regarded Emperor Mu as his mother. And it is precisely because of him that the other concubines in the palace, especially Empress Xiao, believe that this is Emperor Mu and Concubine Mu paving the way for her son's ascendancy, so they always have to target Emperor Mu and Concubine Mu, and in the end, Emperor Mu and Concubine died in childbirth, and even the child in the womb did not survive.
King Huai once thought that all this was because of himself, he thought about dying a hundred times, but King Kerui saved him and told him that if he wanted to survive in this palace, it was so cruel, even without his existence, Emperor Mu would also be framed by other concubines.
From then on, this King Huai wanted to find something unhappy for Queen Xiao and King Xiang Zhao Feng from time to time, but because of King Rui, the emperor also tolerated King Huai's misdeeds. This made the Xiao family a little helpless against King Huai.
"His Royal Highness King Huai, don't think that you can keep your mouth shut if you are the prince, if you do this again, don't blame this son for being polite." Xiao Ziming said angrily.
"You're welcome? Hehe, this king wants to know how you are welcome? King Huai said defiantly.
"You ......" Xiao Ziming was trembling with anger by King Huai, this King Huai was an unreasonable person, instead of wasting his lips and tongue with him, it was better to teach him a lesson, otherwise, he would lose face here today, and if he couldn't get to tomorrow, he would be known in the streets.
Xiao Ziming just wanted to deal with King Huai, but he heard a warm voice sound, "Xiao Shizi, is this the ninth brother of this king embarrassed?" The ninth brother is young and stubborn, as the elder brother, he must be tolerant, so why bother with one of his children? ”
What the? Young and stubborn? A child? Didn't this wise king make it clear that he wanted to protect King Huai? Although King Huai has no backer, there is still the Marquis of Zhongyong Mansion behind King Rui.
"King Rui, you also heard it just now, all this is the first thing that King Huai picked." Xiao Ziming said angrily.
"Oh? This king doesn't think so, what the ninth brother said is also true, or Xiao Shizi made it clear, what are you and Gu Yunzhi planning. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Ziming didn't dare to refute anymore, but just looked at Gu Yunzhi on the side with cold eyes, this stupid woman, he shouldn't have asked her as a helper, he didn't design the cheap maid of Hongxuan, but instead fell into gossip. Now, he only hoped that Gu Yunxin wouldn't believe those words.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ziming quickly stepped forward and came to Gu Yunxin's face, "Yunxin, I really don't have anything with Yunzhi, it's just that the maid next to you is not sensible, I want to teach her a lesson, Gu Yunzhi just gave me an idea." ”
"Oh? So that's the case? However, the maidservants around me are all very proper, I don't know where they offended the son? I also hope that the prince has a lot of them, and he won't worry about a girl. Gu Yunxin said lightly.
This is also telling everyone that Xiao Ziming is a scheming villain, and he can't talk about any demeanor and bearing with others, but he can't do it at all.
At the same time, he also kept the red silk in front of everyone, today Xiao Ziming said that the maid next to Gu Yunxin was not sensible, he wanted to teach a lesson, if he promised Gu Yunxin not to turn over the old accounts again, then he would naturally be happy to be peaceful, if he wanted to turn over the old accounts, once the maid next to Gu Yunxin had an accident, everyone would know that all this was done by Xiao Ziming.
Hongxuan didn't expect that she had only served by her master's side on the first day, and the master was so protective of her, she must faithfully protect her master in order to repay her master's kindness to her.
"Okay, since Yun Xin has opened his mouth to intercede, then this son can only be counted." Xiao Ziming smiled lightly.
Gu Yunzhi on the side instantly became the object of everyone's disgust, if she hadn't arrogantly provoked the county lord of Lauder, she would not have pulled out so many good shows today. It's just that I don't know, with Xiao Ziming's temperament, will he easily let go of Gu Yunzhi?
After Gu Yunzhi was pulled down and slapped in the mouth, he never returned to the arena, and Gu Yunxin passed all the way and entered the finals.
The women's battle is no less than the men's scientific examination, the only difference is that in addition to the top three, there are other Jinshi in the men's scientific examination, while the women's battle is only three candidates. Xiao Sirui was naturally among them, followed by Gu Yunxin and Shen Xiang, the eldest lady of the Shen family.
"Gu Yunxin, you are indeed good, you have not embarrassed our Xiao family." Xiao Sirui said proudly.
"Oh? The county lord of Lauder is not confused, Yun Xin's surname is Gu, whether it is to win glory or become a laughing stock, the world will only congratulate or ridicule the Gu family, how did it become the Xiao family? Gu Yunxin pretended to be innocent and harmless.
"You always want to marry my brother, and when you get married, you will naturally be a member of the Xiao family." Xiao Sirui puffed up.
Originally, she wanted to praise Gu Yunxin for a few words, and Gu Yunxin would be happy like something, but she didn't expect Gu Yunxin to directly give her a step down.
"Hehe, that's what the county lord said. But now Yun Xin has not married into the Xiao family, so this honor and disgrace is still in the name of the Gu family. Gu Yunxin said lightly.
"Hahaha, what Miss Gu said is yes, your Xiao family hasn't been hired yet, it's okay to marry or not, Miss Gu, this king is kind enough to persuade you, this Xiao family is a tiger wolf den, you are a weak woman, it's better not to be with the tiger wolf." King Huai said with a smile.