"Maybe I think she's very pitiful," Qiao Jingduan looked at the eldest lady and said thoughtfully, "But she is the person that grandmother cares about the most, and it is better to take care of others than to take care of herself." ”

"Really?" The eldest lady was a little suspicious, how she didn't know that this son was so kind before.

"Or what does Mother think?" Qiao Jingduan put down the teacup, and swept his cold eyebrows sharply towards the eldest lady.

The eldest lady was seen by him and her heart stopped beating, this son, she has always been uncontrollable, so she had to smile helplessly, "I don't mean anything else, I just estimate, with the old lady's love for Ah Guan, it is very likely that she will be pointed out to the three of you brothers." ”

Qiao Jingduan has been immersed in the Jinyi Guard Command Post for many years, and with just one glance, he saw through his mother's thoughts, raised his eyebrows, and said in a low voice, "Mother doesn't like Ah Guan?" ”

"How could it be ......" the eldest lady subconsciously denied.

Qiao Jingduan's slender fingers supported his chin, and continued, "Don't you want to have a crippled and crippled daughter-in-law?" ”

The eldest lady stopped talking, she really didn't want to.

Qiao Jingduan's eyes flashed a sarcastic smile, slowly stood up from the Taishi's chair, looked at the eldest lady condescendingly, and said, "You said as if Ah Guan really looked down on me." ”

The eldest lady was stunned by his words, she opened her mouth and wanted to ask again, but Qiao Jingduan didn't give her this opportunity, and strode out directly.

Big Lady: "......"

She felt as if she had a cat in her heart, scratching and scratching all the time.

What is the identity of Ye Pavilion!

Why did Jing Duan show such a secretive expression.

Qiao Guogong's Mansion, Ye Guan was recuperating from his injuries with peace of mind.

In Dingzhou, Xiao He, who received Chu Zhang's flying pigeon message, changed his face.

He propped up the table with one hand, opened his eyes angrily, and read the secret letter in his hand more than a dozen times, but he couldn't believe what was written on the letter, his wife and children had been buried in the wolf's mouth.

Suddenly, he stood up, his steps vague, and staggered out.

"Lord Wang!" Vice General Han outside the door was startled when he saw the appearance of the main general, and hurriedly said with concern, "Why is your face so bad, but you are not feeling well, do you need to ask a military doctor to help you take a look?" ”

Xiao He's face turned pale, he glanced at Vice General Han coldly and desperately, and ordered in a deep voice, "You continue to lead the troops back to Beijing, this king has something important to do, and he wants to go back to Rongzhou, and in a month, see you in Beijing." After saying that, he pulled his legs and walked towards Chasing Yun not far away, turned over and rode away......

Vice General Han looked at the figure of the chief general leaving, and his face was confused.

However, looking at the look on that person's face, something big should have happened.

Xiao He rushed towards Rongzhou.

At this moment, his mind was blank, he couldn't think of anything, he just wanted to go back to the Beijing Palace, return to the Langyue Courtyard, and see if the woman who worried him was really gone......

Galloping all the way, sleepless, it was supposed to be more than half a month away, but he was stunned to arrive in only seven days.

At that time, his clothes were almost frozen, and the stubble on his face was messy.

With a sound of "huh", Chasing Yun, who had reached the end of the strong crossbow, stopped outside the gate of the Beijing Palace.

Xiao He turned over and dismounted, and when he landed, he shook it fiercely, and the next moment, a guard stepped forward to greet him, Xiao He walked straight towards the palace as if he didn't see them.

He hurried to the backyard and entered the Langyue Courtyard, only to see clumps of white flowers and white lanterns hanging from the trees.

At the moment of "......", Xiao He could no longer deceive himself, he slowed down and stumbled inside.

I saw that the originally elegantly arranged hall had been turned into a mourning hall, and Qingtong, Zi Hibiscus and Jiang Mama knelt in front of a wooden coffin, describing the withered burning of paper money.

"Princess, is it really gone?" Xiao He stood still behind the three of them, his eyes bloodshot, and his voice hoarse, and asked with difficulty.

Qingtong turned his head, glared at him resentfully, and said with a crying voice, "Miss...... She died so miserably, it's all your fault, if it weren't for you using the old man to force the young lady to marry you, the young lady would not have provoked Xiao Rongrong at all, and she and the little young master would not have been thrown to the wolf tooth mountain by that vicious woman to feed the wolves! ”

Xiao He heard Qingtong say this, the hand at his side clattered, he walked towards the coffin behind the mourning hall, pushed the coffin lid open, and saw a pile of white bones inside, a few pieces of Mu Changhuan's favorite jewelry, Xiao He raised his hand, reached for the white bones, touched it little by little, and the corners of his mouth hooked a bitter smile of grief.

The next moment, his body fell backwards and slammed into the ground.

Qingtong and the others were frightened.

At this time, Mama Fu, who got the news, rushed over, she brought a few little maids over, helped Xiao He back to the front yard, and before leaving, she comforted Qingtong and a few people, "Since the prince has come back, he will definitely give an explanation to the princess and the little prince." ”

"Don't worry."

With that, she turned to leave.

Beijing Palace, the main house.

The knife wound on Xiao He's back had just healed, and he stayed up for another seven days and seven nights, and when he fell, he fell asleep for two whole days.

It wasn't until the third day that he woke up, and it was Chu Zhang and Mama Fu who were guarding the bedside.

Both of them fell to their knees.

Xiao He didn't understand anything when he looked at them like this......

His Huanhuan really died, with their newborn child.

died in the hands of Xiao Rongrong, whom he maintained in every possible way.

"Let's talk," he said after a long time before he withdrew his gaze and looked at Mama Fu and Chu Zhang.

When Mama Fu and Chu Zhang heard this, they looked at each other, and finally Chu Zhang spoke first, "Back to the prince's words, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after you left, I took eighteen secret guards to guard around the Langyue Courtyard, staring at the princess and the people who entered and exited the Langyue Courtyard day and night, but the princess seemed to believe in the county lord very much, and the two became closer and closer...... In the end, he was with the princess almost every day. ”

"I didn't dare to chew my tongue in front of the princess, so I could only stare more closely. But who knows, on the night when the princess gave birth early, she still fell into the way of the county lord. ”

"Beizhi remembers very well that that night, Mama An, who was beside the county lord, only poured a bowl of tea in the courtyard of Langyue Courtyard, and Beizhi and the eighteen guards lost consciousness. When he woke up again, the princess and Xiao Shizi had already been buried in Langya Mountain. ”

After Chu Zhang finished speaking, he lowered his head.

Mama Fu kowtowed, her voice was low, and her words were concise, "The situation of the old slave and Chu Zhang is the same, and someone else poured a bowl of tea in the courtyard, and the old slave and the people around him were unconscious. When I woke up again, I was already tired. ”

After Xiao He listened to the words of the two, his eyes became more and more serious.

"This king knows!" He closed his eyes and said coldly, and the next moment, he suddenly lifted the quilt and went to the ground, with a bad body, barefoot, and a draped head.

Wuyuan, Xiao Rongrong and others have been waiting for this day for a long time.

In order to see Xiao He, she even used overseas snails to delicately draw her eyebrows.

Her eyebrows are pale and she has never liked her.

Later, she applied honey-colored lipstick.

The moment he put down the porcelain vase, Xiao He walked in from outside, the two of them were facing each other, and a strong killing intent burst out from his eyes.

But Xiao Rongrong knew that he would not kill her.

Because his grandfather, the prince of Xiaozhang and the later Emperor Deming, owed her family more than 300 lives.

Before his grandfather died, he held his hand and told him that she was the only one who couldn't let go of him.

He wanted him to protect her, even if he fought for his own life.

……

"Is Big Brother here to kill me?" Xiao Rongrong finally stood up, she had a bright smile, knowing that he would not kill her, but she deliberately asked him.

Xiao He walked towards her step by step, the killing intent in his eyes churning.

He clenched his fists and stopped beside her.

Xiao Rongrong raised his head and looked at Xiao He with a smile.

Xiao He couldn't help but think of Mu Changhuan in the coffin with only a handful of white bones left, and the next moment, he raised his hand violently and slapped Xiao Rongrong's face fiercely.

Xiao Rongrong's body was thin, and he was directly fanned around several times, kneeling on the ground, his cheeks bruised and swollen at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Does it hurt?" Xiao He stepped forward, lifted the hem of his robe, squatted down in front of her, and pinched her chin tightly.

Xiao Rongrong's eyes were numb, his mind was numb for a while, and after a long time, he reacted, opened his mouth and spit out a tooth, obviously embarrassed, but laughed arrogantly and ambiguously, "I knew that you were reluctant to kill me, big brother." ”

Xiao He really couldn't kill her.

But Mu Changhuan's revenge will also be avenged.

The next moment, he slapped Xiao Rongrong's face again, a ruthless color appeared on his face, twisted the blood on her face, and said, "You're right, this king won't kill you, but from now on, you have nothing to do with this king, and you are no longer from the Beijing Palace." You're just you, Chen Rongrong. ”

Xiao Rongrong's face changed greatly when he heard this.

She had already foreseen the worst outcome for herself, which was nothing more than grounding and torture.

She never thought that he would expel her from the Beijing Palace!

"Big brother!" Her face changed and she cried out.

Xiao He stood up straight and instructed Mama Fu outside, "Take away all the things of Princess Beijing on Chen's body, take back the seal letter, and expel him from the palace!" ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Mama Fu agreed, and walked towards Xiao Rongrong with Qingtong and Zihibiscus.

Qingtong and Zi Hibiscus both hated Xiao Rongrong very much, so naturally they didn't want to leave her face at all, so they took off all the clothes on her body at the moment, and didn't leave a single rag for her.

Even though Xiao Rongrong's mind was as deep as a needle under the sea, she was a woman of young age, she hugged her body tightly in shame, and looked at Qingtong like a snake and scorpion.

Qingtong was not afraid at all, she snorted, spit on Xiao Rongrong's face, and scolded, "Do you regret that you didn't kill me in the first place?" ”

Xiao Rongrong's thin lips pursed, staring at her for a moment, and then, he suddenly made a move, pinched Qingtong's neck, and said fiercely, "It's not too late to kill you now!" ”

"Miss Chen is really hidden!" Mama Fu has been watching Xiao Rongrong's changes coldly, and at the same time as she made a move, she preemptively pinched her wrist, restrained her stubbornly, and sneered.

"Each other," Xiao Rongrong saw that he couldn't kill anyone in front of Mama Fu, so he had to take his hand back.

Mama Fu no longer hesitated, and made a gesture of invitation towards Xiao Rongrong, "Miss Chen, the palace can't accommodate you anymore, please." ”

"......" Xiao Rongrong refused to leave.

When Mama Fu saw her toasting and not eating and drinking, she no longer had a stalemate with her, and directly pinched her lifeline and took her out.

From the Wuyuan to the front yard, and then from the front yard to the outside of the palace, Xiao Rongrong was driven out naked like this.

It was freezing outside, and she was so cold that she was dying of cold, and she hated it to death.

Almost as soon as she left the palace, she immediately shot at passers-by and snatched clothes to wear.

Mama Fu looked at this scene and ignored it.

In the future, she believes that the prince has his own arrangements.

Xiao He did arrange for someone to follow Xiao Rongrong, and he never intended to let her go......

After this matter was dealt with, Mu Changhuan's bones were buried in the ground, and at this time, it was less than half a month before his January appointment with Vice General Han, and Xiao He could only temporarily leave Mu Changhuan's tomb.

Before leaving, he caressed her tombstone and said, "Huanhuan, when this king enters Beijing and finishes explaining the matter of Jianzhou to the emperor, he will come back to accompany you and Ning'er...... Don't be afraid, when this king comes back, our family will not be separated again. ”

In Beijing, Ye Guan raised for half a month, and the flesh wounds on her body were almost healed, Qiao Jingduan specially asked someone to customize a wheelchair for her, and she could move freely by pushing the handle on the side.

Ye Guan accepted his kindness and asked him, "I can't ask for your things for nothing, what do you want me to help with?" ”

Qiao Jingduan thought for a while and said with a smile, "Grandmother has always been very concerned about you, and you have nothing to do on weekdays, so I will accompany her more." ”

"When I didn't say it," Ye Guan helped his forehead irritably.

She hates nagging old ladies.

Qiao Jingduan: "......" He had never seen such a perfunctory repayment.

While the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of very light footsteps outside, and then a girl in her twenties in a blue gown entered from the outside.

"It's Pan Xia," Qiao Jing tilted his head and said to Ye Guan, "The first-class maid beside the old lady." ”

Ye Guan played with Gong Qian on her skirt and snorted.

At this time, Pan Xia had already walked up to the two of them and saluted, "The slave has seen the eldest prince and Miss Biao." ”

Qiao Jingduan glanced at Pan Xia lightly, "Grandmother has some orders." ”

Pan Xia pursed her lips and smiled, "If you go back to the eldest son, it is the second son who has returned from a study tour, and the old lady asks you to bring Miss Biao over to meet someone." ”

"Got it, you go back first." Qiao Jingduan instructed Pan Xia.

Pan Xia bowed and bowed down.

"Go?" Qiao Jingduan leaned on the brocade couch and looked at Ye Pavilion with his chin propped up.

Ye Guan shook off the palace silk in his hand, "Then let's go." ”

Qiao Jingduan smiled, got off the bed, and helped her push the wheelchair outside.

Because the old lady loves the Ye Pavilion, the Qingfeng Garden where she lives is very close to the Nanqiu Courtyard, and it takes less than a cup of tea to arrive.

As soon as the two of them entered the Nanqiu Courtyard, they heard bursts of laughter from the warm pavilion.

Ye Guan didn't like this atmosphere, raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and pressed Qiao Jingduan's hand behind him, "If I regret it, can I go back?" ”

Qiao Jingduan lowered his head and laughed, "What do you think?" ”

Ye Guan let go of his hand and was silent.

Qiao Jingduan pushed her and continued to walk inside.

Entering the warm pavilion, the people gathered in the hall saw the two of them and immediately consciously gave way, and the Ye Pavilion was pushed in front of the old lady by Qiao Jingduan.

"Grandmother," the two shouted in unison.

When the old lady heard Ye Guan's call, her eyes turned red all of a sudden, and she raised her hand to hold her somewhat rough hand, and said, "Good boy, good boy." ”

Ye Guan withdrew his hand uncomfortably, and looked at the only strange boy next to him.

The young man touched her gaze, smiled warmly, held the jade fan and stepped forward and said, "Cousin, I should be your second cousin, Qiao Jingyi." ”

"Oh," Ye Guan replied lightly.

She was about to retract her gaze, when a baby's cry suddenly came from behind Qiao Jingyi.

Ye Guan didn't know what to think, and his delicate brows furrowed slightly.

Qiao Jingyi came back for a while, and also knew about this cousin, and said busily, "If my cousin doesn't like babies crying, my second cousin will let people take this child down," As he spoke, he planned to instruct the people around him.

But the second lady was not happy, she looked at the child who was held in the arms of the eldest lady, her eyes rolled slightly, and she looked at Ye Guan and said, "I just said that there is no nurse in our house, and it is difficult for this little thing to eat milk, isn't there a person here now?" Ah Guan had just given birth to a child, and there must be milk, so he brought this little thing to her, as a consolation for her loss of a child. ”

"Hu Shi!" The old lady's face turned white at the second lady's words, and she and the eldest lady yelled at her almost at the same time.

The second lady pursed her lips, looking as she should be, "That's the truth!" Aguan, don't you say? In the end, it was the name of Ye Pavilion that was called.

As soon as she said this, everyone in the room looked at Ye Guan, wanting to see if her reaction was sad or angry.

But Ye Guan, who was in the wheelchair, laughed, she gently pressed Qiao Jingduan's hand next to the wheelchair, looked at the second lady and said, "Listen to what the second aunt means, whoever has milk should raise this child?" ”

The second lady was confident, "Isn't it!" Whoever has milk should keep this little thing! ”

Ye Guan smiled, "Since the second aunt said so, then this child will be handed over to you." ”

"Give it to me?" The second lady blew up, "I don't have milk, am I going to starve him to death?" ”

"What's so difficult about this, I'll just go back and help the second aunt prescribe two doses of medicine, so as to ensure that the second aunt can feed the child for nothing."

As soon as Ye Guan's words came out, there were senior people in the warm pavilion who couldn't help laughing.

The second lady didn't expect Ye Guan to slap her so harshly, and immediately blushed, hating, "There are no big or small things, I dare to make fun of you." ”

"I'm serious," Ye said.

The second lady rolled up her sleeves and wanted to dry the leaves pavilion.

Qiao Jingduan cleared his throat, "I testify." ”

When the second lady heard Qiao Jingduan's voice, she suddenly withered again, no matter what she said, Qiao Jingduan was also the future heir of the Guogong Mansion, and she didn't dare to offend anyone if she offended him!

"Okay," the eldest lady saw that the more they talked, the more unkind they became, and in the end, even her eldest son got involved, and said at the right time, "Since Ah Guan is unwilling to have this child, forget it, our Guogong Mansion can't afford to invite a nurse, just invite a few more from the outside, there is always a bite for this child." ”

"What the old man said is," the old lady looked at the baby who was held in the arms of the eldest lady, "this child has been reduced to a den of animals at a young age, it is not easy to survive, and it is not easy to be picked up by Jing Yi, our Qiao Guogong Mansion is a good family, and he should be raised well." ”

"That's what Mother (grandmother) said!" The juniors at the bottom echoed.

Behind Ye Pavilion, Qiao Jingduan heard the four words in the beast's nest, but his pupils shrank slightly.

He hesitated for a moment and looked down at Ye Guan, "Otherwise, send this child to Qingfeng Garden, there is a nurse to take care of you on weekdays, you can have fun when you are free." ”

"I don't want to," Ye Guan didn't even look at the kid, and said in an urn voice.

Qiao Jingduan sighed silently and said no more.

In the end, the child who was picked up by Qiao Jingyi from the animal nest still returned to the Dafang family.

However, after everyone dispersed, as soon as Qiao Jingduan sent Ye Pavilion back, he went to find Qiao Jingyi.

In Songfeng Hall, Qiao Jingyi looked surprised, "Why did the eldest brother come over?" But what's the matter? With that, he let Qiao Jingduan sit down in the main seat.

Qiao Jingduan waved his hand, stood in front of him, and said with a solemn expression, "No need to sit, I just have a few words I want to ask you." ”

"Big brother, please speak."

"Where did you pick that kid from?"

"Rongzhou City!" Qiao Jingyi said without thinking.

When Qiao Jingduan heard the word "Rongzhou", his eyes suddenly deepened, "Where is it?" He asked again.

"Near Langya Mountain."

“…… I know. Qiao Jingduan nodded.

Qiao Jingyi noticed that the expression on his eldest brother's face was wrong, and he pondered for a moment, and said, "Why does the eldest brother care so much about this child, could it be ......?"

"Nothing." Qiao Jingduan said, and then told him, "It's just that when someone asks you about this child in the future, you must remember not to tell the truth, just say that the child was picked up from Wuzhou." "The direction of Wuzhou and Rongzhou City is just opposite, and the distance is thousands of miles.

"Why is that?" Qiao Jingyi looked puzzled.

Qiao Jingduan glanced at him without anger, "You don't need to know this, you just need to remember my words." ”

"Oh," Qiao Jingyi thought of his eldest brother's official position, and obediently didn't ask any more.

Then, Qiao Jingduan didn't stay in Songfeng Hall for a long time, he took a turn in the east courtyard, and then went in the direction of Qingfeng Garden.

Qingfeng Yuan, when he entered the bedroom, Ye Guan was leaning on the armrest of the wheelchair and distracted, until he walked to her side, she raised her head and said with an irritated face, "Why are you back again?" ”

"Something for you," Qiao Jingduan sat down beside her, looking at her with a somewhat complicated gaze.

Ye Guan was looked at like this, and a bad premonition floated in his heart.

"Say," she said after a moment.

"You really don't want that kid?" Qiao Jingduan asked, this time, his tone was unprecedentedly serious.

Ye Guan didn't hesitate, she directly refused, "Don't." ”

"Why?" Qiao Jingduan raised his eyebrows.

Ye Guan glanced at his legs and snorted coldly, "I can't even protect myself, what qualifications do I have to raise another burden," she laughed, raised her head, and looked at Qiao Jingduan thoughtfully, "But cousin, you are quite suitable for raising a child." ”

"Is it because I can protect myself?"

Ye Guan nodded seriously.

Qiao Jingduan: "...... Good. ”

He said it too briefly, and Ye Guan couldn't turn around: "...... What's good? ”

"The child who escaped from the beast's den, I raised it, and I will be his father."