Ling Xiao slept soundly, Yun Xiu was lying on his side, looking at his appearance carefully, with a thin peak-like high nose bridge, angular jaw, sword eyebrows and thick eyelashes, Lang Lang is handsome, with broad shoulders, narrow waist and long legs.

Thinking about it, my heart smelled of vinegar, fortunately there was no Qi Yuheng's clever mouth, otherwise how many girls would have been harmed.

Yun Xiu couldn't think about it, and tried to clasp the five fingers between the other party's fingers, but she didn't expect Ling Xiao to buckle it back naturally, she was stunned, thinking that he was awake, and she didn't see anyone open her eyes after waiting for a long time.

"I didn't think anything good in my dreams." She whispered, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth.

Yesterday, there was a lot of trouble for a day and a night, and it was noon for the two of them to sleep full.

When Yun Xiu woke up, Ling Xiao had just finished taking a shower and changed his clothes.

"The bath water is ready, and the dishes from the Hou Mansion have also been delivered." He asked her, "Eat first and wash first?" “

"Let's wash it first." Yun Xiu touched her greasy hair, "You wait for me for a while." “

Chunliu is not there, and is served by the mother-in-law of the small house. It's also proper, at first glance, it is a servant trained by a big family in the Hou family, who is both regular and knows how to measure.

Yun Xiu finished washing comfortably, changed into clean clothes, sat at the table wearing green silk that had not yet dried, and watched a plate of dishes be served.

obviously liked her loose appearance, Ling Xiao had to say: "Women are the ones who please themselves, you are sitting next to me very calmly now." “

"That's right," Yun Xiu tore the chicken leg and nodded, "It's not what you said, we are all honest with each other, why are we shy." “

Look at this big-hearted girl, change to another girl to cry with palpitations when she encounters yesterday's incident. This person was saved, slept well, and spared no effort to squeeze people when he had food and drink.

Ling Xiao asked her, "Weren't you afraid last night?" “

"I'm afraid." Yun Xiu removed the meat from the bones and said as a matter of course, "But I know that you will definitely come, even if you don't save your child for me." “

"Of course I'm going to save you!" Ling Xiao thought to himself that the dog would bite Lu Dongbin, "You have to talk about your conscience when you talk and do things." “

"Okay, good, Master Hou is hard," Yun Xiu wanted to say that a gentleman is so calculating, "This chicken leg is divided into half of you, the big head belongs to you, and the child and I eat the other half." “

Ling Xiao: "??"

Is he a man who eats less meat?

During the meal, the two of them ate very much, and Yun Xiu was satisfied and stroked his heart with a full burp. The mother-in-law brought the fetal medicine and asked her to drink it while it was hot.

Ling Xiao saw that the sun outside the house was poisoning, and he didn't want to go to the Privy Council in the afternoon, so he sent someone to take leave.

"Do you want to listen to Kunqu Opera?" He asked, "The newly invited famous actor in the opera garden heard that he spent a lot of money to dig it from Suzhou." “

Yun Xiu said, "If you want to hear it, please come to the small house." “

As he was talking, the mother-in-law under the porch came in and said, "Little Marquis, the county lord invites you and the girl to go back to the house." “

Ling Xiao was slightly stunned: "Now? “

The mother-in-law said yes.

Yun Xiu was also stunned: "Are you calling me?" “

The mother-in-law nodded, "The carriage is already waiting outside, and the servant asked the coachman what was the matter, but the coachman didn't say." “

The county lord of Pingkang would not suddenly call the two of them back for no reason, Yun Xiu hurriedly dressed up, changed clothes, and followed Ling Xiao out of the door.

In the car, she was anxious: "Why does the county lord want to see me, didn't you say that you have reported peace to your family about yesterday's incident?" “

Ling Xiao asked her to feel at ease, "Maybe I'm afraid that I won't report good news or bad news, I want to see it with my own eyes." “

Speaking of which, Yun Xiu was a little nervous: "My face looks fine." “

Ling Xiao looked at it, "Well, it's good." “

Listening to the perfunctory, Yun Xiu sighed secretly, he couldn't count on others, so he acted on the opportunity.

"The young lady's fetal yuan is stable, her qi and blood are harmonious, and she doesn't need to take fetal medicine after the first three months." The doctor congratulated the county lord of Pingkang, "Please also rest assured that the county lord and the old marquis." “

The lord of Pingkang was overjoyed, rewarded a bead, and personally sent off the guests.

"I guess," Ling Xiao saw the county lord leaving, slipped in, and sat next to Yun Xiu, "What did the doctor say just now?" “

"Didn't you hear it all under the porch?" Yun Xiu asked him to go out, "I didn't go through the door, I sat alone in the house with you in the daytime, and it didn't seem like a word to the ears of the county lord for a while." “

Ling Xiao didn't care: "The doctor called you young lady, what are you afraid of, it proves that my mother and the old man don't treat you as an outsider." “

Yun Xiu was a little uncomfortable, and pulled the hem of his shirt to block his stomach, "The rules on the face should be explained, and I can't break the jar, what others say is what it is." “

As soon as the words fell, footsteps sounded under the porch, and a mother-in-law said, "Little Marquis, the county lord invites you to go to the front yard to talk." “

"Just come." Ling Xiao responded, and said to Yun Xiu again, "You wait for me here, it's okay, let's go back to the small mansion." “

Yun Xiu said yes, but she was not sure, the county lord of Pingkang called his son to talk alone, what don't you want her to know.

What is it?

She cupped her cheeks, listened to the chirping of cicadas, and thought uneasily.

In the middle of summer, the capital is like a lake duck in a barbecue, roasting flowers, birds, fish and insects, the thrush in the birdcage is napping on the pole, and there are three people sitting in the study, but they are silent.

The county lord of Pingkang was afraid that the old marquis would lose his temper, so he put the chilled black plum dew sent on the bookcase, "This is the pickled plum made by Mrs. Lu herself, it can't be sold outside, you can taste it." “

The old man didn't move, looked at Ling Xiao, and said solemnly: "The Li family sent someone to pass the word early in the morning, saying that Li Mu rescued him, but he injured his big vertebrae, his two legs were wasted, and he could only lie in bed in this life." “

Ling Xiao frowned, and said respectfully: "Li Mu is so happy, he has to borrow my horse to chase the thief, the road is uneven after dark, he can't control the fall from the horse, it is his own responsibility, his son reads that he is eager to save people, and he has reported to the privy envoy to reward his meritorious deeds." “

"I want to hear the truth." The old marquis's face changed, "Don't think I don't know, you and Qi Yuheng are all bullshit, the Li family also notified Dingguo Gong, and he will give an explanation within three days, otherwise he will enter the palace to sue the emperor." “

"Let them tell." Ling Xiao said indifferently, "The Li family has been attached to us everywhere in the past few years, and now they have grown into white-eyed wolves and bite us back. “

As he spoke, he clenched the socket of his back teeth: "My son was one step late last night, and Yun Xiu drowned, I was afraid that your second elder would be worried, so I didn't say it." Her hands and feet were tied into pig's trotter buckles, and she was put in a sack, why didn't the Li family ask their son about the good things he did? “

The county lord of Pingkang looked at his son, then looked at the old marquis, and helped: "If what Brother Xiao said is true, wouldn't the Li family be the first to sue the wicked?" No matter how tactful Dingguo Gong is, he must not allow others to slander Brother Heng. “

"I won't tolerate it either." The old man knocked on the table with his index finger, "But now you are jumping around, Li Mucheng is crippled, and Li Shilang will come to the door in two days." “

It seems that he has played too much, and Ling Xiao's arrogance is three points shorter: "Li Mu is not dead again." “

The old marquis smacked his mouth and said, "He's going to die, I can only hand you over." “

"Master Hou, you can't talk to outsiders," Lord Pingkang couldn't sit still, "Even if Brother Xiao is at fault, it was also provoked by the Li family, is it possible that our family has three longs and two shorts before they stop?" Xiu Yatou's stomach is above the blood, and she can't tolerate bullying by outsiders. “

The old marquis patted the table: "You don't have to say a word!" “

Turned his head and said to Ling Xiao again: "It's okay if you don't say it, from today on, Yun Xiu will live in the backyard and have someone to serve you, until you are not allowed to meet on the day of marriage, Yun Mansion has already delivered a message, everything is fine, you go out." “

"No, no, no, Dad, my son said it can't be done," this is more uncomfortable than being beaten, Ling Xiao explained honestly, "That's it, I let the horse go." “

"What did you say?" The old marquis probably didn't expect it, stopped for a moment, and roared, "Bastard lamb!" Get out of here! “

Ling Xiao was properly kicked out of the small courtyard of the study, and the screams of birds and birds came from behind him.

"Scolded?" As soon as Yun Xiu saw him enter the house, he hurriedly brought tea and guessed, "I see that your face is not very good." “

Ling Xiao said no, hugged her and kissed her. "Talking about the Li family, don't think about it."

As for the rest, he didn't want to say a word: "Do you want to go back to the small house?" “

Yun Xiu nodded: "Don't you want to listen to Kunqu Opera, it's too early to go back." “

Ling Xiao said to leave and take her back to the small house.

Over in the study, the county lord of Pingkang looked worried, "How old is Brother Xiao, I want him to roll at every turn, this is good, he is really rolling, I was originally going to make vegetables at night, and I invite you to look at my daughter-in-law, as for making such a big fire?" “

"Look at it or not, sooner or later, you will enter the Ling family." The old marquis sighed, "If you don't pay attention to it, you will get into trouble sooner or later." “

"Maybe it's good to start a family," the county lord of Pingkang spoke for his son, "I think Xiu girl can control him, the last time Mrs. Xing of Changchun Garden came to make trouble, it was she who persuaded Brother Xiao to find someone." “

The old marquis waved his hand helplessly, in the eyes of the lord of Pingkang, his son has no shortcomings, all advantages.

***

Over there in the small house, the new famous actor sang well, and Ling Xiao was in a much better mood.

Yun Xiu sat beside him, picked the black seeds on the watermelon, picked a bowl and handed it to Ling Xiao. The next bowl is your own.

In addition to the heat, it responds to the comfort of the phrase "the years are quiet".

"You two are so idle!" Qi Yuheng didn't know when he came in, and the mother-in-law who followed behind him was full of embarrassment.

Ling Xiao raised his eyes and saw the red and swollen half of his face, he couldn't hold back a mouthful of melon, and almost sprayed Yunxiu.

"You two come into the house and talk." Yun Xiu frowned, wiped the watermelon juice splashed on his hand, and sent the servant back, "I'll go see if the dishes in the small kitchen are ready." “

"Don't be busy," Qi Yuheng stopped her, "Originally, Yun Ying was also coming, and the eldest and second child couldn't take a nap without people, so I came by myself." “

Ling Xiao pretended to be confused: "What's the matter, so urgent?" “

Qi Yuheng grinned in pain, pointed to his face and said, "You don't pretend to me, your godfather didn't smoke you, you are lucky." “

Yun Xiu asked someone to bring the ointment, "Second brother-in-law, what are you??"

She didn't say that she was beaten by Dingguogong, so as not to lose face.

Qi Yuheng sighed: "The passing year is not good." “

"You're still laughing!" He blew his beard at Ling Xiao and glared, "I sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman, you cross the river and tear down the bridge, it's not a thing!" “

"Qi Sanye dissipated his anger." The more Ling Xiao spoke, the happier he became, and his chin nodded at the medicine bottle, "Military doctor's prescription, the only one, I've sent it to you." “

"Don't gloat," Yun Xiu said to him, and turned to Qi Yuheng again, "Second brother-in-law, it's hot, you drink herbal tea to relieve the heat, and get down to business first." “

Ling Xiao asked her to sit: "That's it for the two of us." “

Qi Yuheng also said: "Eighth sister, you have a body and leave me alone, I won't be polite to Ling Xiao what I eat and drink." “

"Okay, let's talk, what's going on with this mouth?" Ling Xiao asked, "Your old man is angry?" “

"Can you not get angry?" Qi Yuheng snorted coldly, "Li Shilang went to Qi Mansion to slap the table with my father." “

"He's a fourth-grade Beijing official, and he dares to slap the table with the Shangshu of the Criminal Department?" Ling Xiao was beaten to death and didn't believe it, "Your father didn't blast him out?" “

"Come on, it's good that I didn't get blasted out." Qi Yuheng endured the pain and smeared the medicine, and then looked at Yun Xiu who looked ignorant, "Ling Xiao didn't tell you?" “

Yun Xiu shook his head and asked Ling Xiao instead, "Do you have something to hide from me?" “

"It's not a big deal." Ling Xiao glared at Qi Yu Heng, "Li Mu is paralyzed." “

"Paralyzed?" Yun Xiu looked at the two of them in surprise, "Yesterday's incident? “

Qi Yuheng added: "Today, to be precise." “

Yun Xiu: "Who did it?" “

Qi Yuheng glanced at Ling Xiao, and then looked away casually.

Yun Xiu guessed what the county lord of Pingkang said to Ling Xiao alone: "It's also Li Mu who will talk about at noon, right?" “

Ling Xiao was on his lips, and he couldn't wait to throw Qi Yuheng out in his heart.

But Qi Yuheng was not interested: "Godfather didn't say a word about you?" “

Isn't this nonsense, Ling Xiao glared at him: "Nothing to do, get out of here!" “

"It's okay, I'm so rare that I can come to your yard." Qi Yuheng sighed, "Hey, you have to think about it, I don't think the Li family will be good this time." “

"What do you want to do if you're not good," Ling Xiao was sarcastic, "The horse stepped on it, and it wasn't me who beat it, it's my business." “

Qi Yuheng said: "People are sure that it is your horse that they step on." “

"If you don't trample on him, count me merciful." Ling Xiao sneered, "You saw what happened last night, if you want to change their family, maybe you will come out of the sky, the old man didn't beat me, it means that his old man is not confused, your father beat you, just to show the Li family." “

"What if the Li family doesn't follow?" Yun Xiu guessed, "Li Mu is the sister-in-law of the Li family, right?" “

Qi Yuheng said: "It's not a son-in-law, he has long been left behind by his father." “

"The Li family has no shortage of sons." Ling Xiao said disdainfully, "Could it be that Li Shilang doesn't know what Li Mu has done?" “

Qi Yuheng said goodbye, "I don't think Mrs. Xing will tell the truth, otherwise Li Shilang wouldn't dare to argue with my father." What's more, it's useless for us to say that it is useless, Li Mu does not admit to buying murders, and the two murderers are dead again. “

This is tricky, Ling Xiao asked, "What does the Li family mean?" “

Qi Yuheng shook his head and sighed: "You ask me, who do I ask, my father also asked the Li family how to solve it today, they can't say why, they can't beat me up." “

"Cheng," Ling Xiao's eyes were cold, "As long as Mrs. Xing is willing, we will also find someone to tie up Li Miao, let them taste the taste of finding someone, as long as they agree, don't talk about you, I will let Li Mu stab the knife." “

"Don't say anything out of tune," Yun Xiu thought he was messing around, "You send your brother-in-law away first, otherwise the second sister will be worried about going back late." “

Qi Yuheng looked at the sky, he really should go.

"Li Mu, this bastard!" At dinner, Ling Xiao scolded and scolded, "I knew that I should have chopped him up last night, threw it with the corpse, and then found a familiar person to check, the Li family dared to fart." “

"Don't open your mouth and shut up," Yun Xiu gave him vegetables, "You should accumulate blessings for the child, grandmother now eats fasting and recites Buddha every day, praying for me and the child to be safe." “

Ling Xiao said yes, "In the future, I will honor my grandmother, her old man is not in good health, and she still worries about us." “

"I haven't passed the door, what are you shouting grandmother," Yun Xiu glanced at him with disgust, "It's just that you are not ashamed." “

"You're the same as passing through the door now," Ling Xiao touched her belly, "I can't wronged you." “

"I'm not aggrieved." Yun Xiu ate Sven, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have harmed Li Mu." “

I always feel like a red face.

"It's nothing, and there are other moths." Ling Xiao asked her not to take it to heart, "Except for marrying his sister, whoever I find, Li Miao will commit suicide, is the result bad?" “

No.

"But you didn't look for anyone, so you looked for me," Yun Xiu was also helpless, "But I don't think this matter has reached a dead end, do you want to hear my thoughts?" “

Ling Xiao looked at her with interest: "Why didn't you say it just now if you had an idea?" “

"I don't want to muddy the waters with my second brother-in-law," Yun Xiu worried, "The Qi family is not the only one in my second sister's daughter-in-law, but I have never heard of other rooms like my sister facing her mother's family, Mrs. Lu turned a blind eye mostly because she was capable, but I couldn't count it in my heart." “

Saying that, she smiled: "What's more, I am now a member of the Ling family, and the second brother-in-law has a good relationship with you to help me, I just said that he will definitely go back and tell my sister, I understand my sister's temperament, and Ming'er will find Mrs. Xing for tea, and the words will not sound good." “

"The contradictions must not be intensified." Yun Xiu shook his head lightly, "Not to mention the Li family, the Hou Mansion and the Guogong Mansion are both big names in the capital, don't you make a joke for others, where will the faces of the old Hou Ye and Dingguo Gong be put at that time?" Can the lord of Pingkang still enter the palace often? “

Also, Ling Xiao asked her, "What do you think?" “

"I can't tell you the big truth of the government and the opposition," Yun Xiu said thoughtfully, "But you just said that the Li family is not short of sons, I want to ask, do they have many concubines?" “

"Well, in addition to Li Mu, there are four sons." Ling Xiao said inexplicably, "What are you asking for?" “

Yun Xiu smiled: "You guys only take care of the front yard." I don't know how fierce the fight in the backyard is. “

"How?"

"Mrs. Xing holds her sister-in-law and daughter-in-law into flowers, and she has to suppress the partial house and concubine, you have to be pressed all day long and can't hold your head up, don't you hate?"

"That's boring." Ling Xiao said that since he was a child, no one dared to treat him badly, let alone suppress him.

"So you don't understand that experience." Yun Xiu continued, "Li Mu is a mediocre talent, nothing more than relying on the identity of the eldest son, if you want to say that Li Shilang doesn't count in his heart, I don't believe it, you also want to be a father, put yourself in your shoes, will you pass on the family business to the mediocre generation?" Even if the child is not qualified. It will also be taller among the short. “

Ling Xiao felt reasonable: "What do you mean, the Li family will help another son to inherit the mantle?" “

Yun Xiu asked rhetorically: "Otherwise, let a cripple harm the family business?" “

"So?"

"Do you know which concubine has the worst relationship with Mrs. Xing and Li Mu?" Yun Xiu has a lot of experience with the inner house, "I have deep grievances, but I don't dare to speak out, there is no one to support him, the old marquis said that people only remember to send charcoal in the snow, not to remember the icing on the cake, why don't you be the one who sends charcoal in the snow." “

This is similar to the marriage between the Ling and Li families at the beginning, one of which is that the son of the future head of the family must remember the Ling family, and it can be regarded as repairing the relationship between the two families; Second, he hated Mrs. Xing, so he naturally didn't want Li Mu to be good.

"You remember my father's words, but you remember them well." Ling Xiao laughed, "I understand what you mean, I will go back to the Hou Mansion after eating in a while, show off with the old man, and praise his daughter-in-law for her intelligence by the way." “

How dare Yun Xiu get an axe in front of the old marquis, "You just say that you think it yourself, don't take me, many elders don't like women to get involved in foreign affairs, I just don't want you to be upset about the Li family, not to mention smart, it's just some humble opinions from ordinary experience." “

"It's all the experience of fighting with those aunts in your family," Ling Xiao was not stunned and didn't know how to understand, "In the future, you can eat and drink well in the Ling family, and just have a few more sons." “

"Whether you have sons or not, it's not up to me to decide how many sons I can have." Yun Xiu pursed his lips and smiled, piling the meat in his bowl, "Make up for it, you have a long way to go." “

"Don't," Ling Xiao said in his heart, he couldn't eat it, it wasn't a good taste, "I'm about to become a monk this time, when will you pass the first three months." “

"Even if it's over, you can't be as unrestrained as usual." Yun Xiu was reluctant, "It's not important for you to go crazy and start with it." “

"I don't see you don't like it." Ling Xiao looked up and down, "It's you who said I wanted, and you said I didn't want it, when did I force it?" “

"Dinner. Don't talk about that. Yun Xiu looked at the people passing by outside the window with shame and shame, "I'm not afraid of being heard." “

"Okay, okay, eat." Ling Xiao sighed, as if he was the only one who was enthusiastic.

In short, it was useless to think about things that didn't play, so he went back to the Hou Mansion after eating.

When Old Marquis Ling heard his son's idea, he rarely showed a smile, and guessed accurately: "The method is what Yun Xiu thought." “

"You're wise." Ling Xiao didn't intend to hide it, "But I'm afraid that you will blame her for talking too much and not letting her son say it clearly." “

"It's hard for her to take care of it for you." The old marquis opened the drawer of the bookcase, took out a piece of paper and pushed it over, "You take a look at this first." “

Ling Xiao didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the old man's gourd, so he glanced at it: "Order?" “

The old marquis asked him to look down.

Ling Xiao read according to it: "Li Qing." Promoted to Captain??"

He suddenly said, "Isn't Li Qing the second?" “

"I'll sell an old face and find a privy envoy to promote Li Qing unusually," the old marquis got up to tease the bird, "This time, because Li Mu's fault is the first, I'll help you, and next time, you can take the mess yourself." “

"It seems that you still love your grandson." Ling Xiao was in a sunny mood like rain, and smiled heartily, "I'll go to make up for the dead tomorrow to make sure that Li Shilang doesn't bother you." “

Old Marquis Ling waved his hand and told him to leave quickly, out of sight and out of mind.

??

"The old man thought of the front." After Ling Xiao went back, he told Yun Xiu, "But as soon as I said it, I guessed that it was your idea. “

Yun Xiu was very nervous, "What did the old marquis say I didn't do?" “

"I didn't say that you were bad," Ling Xiao asked her to be relieved, "just praise you for thinking about me." “

"That's good." Yun Xiu put her heart back in her stomach and asked again, "Are you going to find Li Qing tomorrow?" “

"Well, I'll look for him tomorrow," Ling Xiao said, "This person doesn't talk much on weekdays, I didn't expect the old man to take a fancy to him." “

Yun Xiu asked, "Is he not good?" “

"Not really," Ling Xiao turned over to face each other, "He has good stamina and is willing to work, but he doesn't talk too much, he won't be able to do anything, and his kung fu is far inferior to Li Mu." “

It can be seen that it is not welcomed.

"Then you should be polite to people." Yun Xiu reminded, "Talking less doesn't mean that I don't want to, the old marquis takes a fancy to him, so he naturally has his strengths." “

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