183, go to court (2)
Facing the clear eyes that were full of innocence, but vaguely aggrieved, Xu Tianci suddenly felt a little weak for no reason, and he didn't dare to directly say that he was here to take her to Shuntianfu.
For this daughter, he actually hasn't taken it very seriously, one is because of the Xie family, and the other is that this is just a girl, not a son, so he hasn't really cared about her since she was born, and when she was sent away by Su Fengjiao, he would occasionally think about it at first, and after staying for a long time, he would treat this daughter as if it didn't exist.
But I don't know if it's a long-lost sense of guilt, or the so-called blood connection, when he really faced this daughter who he hadn't seen for many years, he didn't dare to look her eyes.
Cui's has always looked down on him, seeing that his eyes were evasive, and he didn't answer Liu Jiaojiao's question, he immediately snorted coldly and sneered: "Your father hasn't stepped into the door of our Xie Mansion for many years, and today he came to the door on purpose, and he also deliberately acted in a loving father's play, it must be no good!" ”
Xu Tianci frowned when he heard this: "Why haven't I come to the door for many years, sister-in-law, you have a number in your heart, why do you deliberately provoke in front of Jiaojiao?" ”
"Of course I know it in my heart, you should also know what you have done, I don't want to go over old accounts with you in front of Jiaojiao, why are you here today? If you are willing to say it, say it, if you don't want to say it, please leave, I thank the temple for a small place, and I can't accommodate your big Buddha! ”
"Sister-in-law, you ......"
"Don't call me sister-in-law, I can't afford it! I heard that you are about to marry a noble concubine and enter the door, you go and recognize the relatives over there, our Xie family can't climb high! ”
Concubines can only be accepted, but the Cui family deliberately used the word "marry", which was deliberately stimulating Xu Tianci, and at the same time showed the attitude of the Xie family, they no longer recognized this son-in-law.
Xu Tianci was so angry that he almost lost his demeanor, and it took the boss a lot of effort to suppress the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, I know that you have a misunderstanding about me, it's just ...... Well, I'll talk about that later. Then he turned his head to look at Liu Jiaojiao, and his tone calmed down, "Jiaojiao, my father is here to take you to Shuntian Mansion this time, do you recognize the Qin family?" ”
"You're talking about the grandmother of the Liu family who adopted me back then? What's wrong with her? Why go to Suncheon? Liu Jiaojiao looked ignorant, and her eyes were full of doubts.
Those bad things related to Su Fengjiao, Xu Tianci naturally couldn't tell them about it, so he said perfunctorily: "For some reason, she had some conflicts with Feng Jiao, that is, the concubine that her father was about to enter the mansion, and she also got into trouble in Shuntian Mansion." Because she was clamoring to see you, I came to you to come with me. ”
"Didn't she just come to Xie Mansion to see me yesterday? I thought she had already returned to the village, how could she have anything to do with your concubine? Could it be that they know each other? ”
"I don't know exactly who my father is, anyway, you can come with me first, Lord Fu Yin is still waiting there!"
Liu Jiaojiao saw that he was in a hurry, but she didn't go with him immediately as she wished, but put on a very serious appearance, shook her head and said: "Although I have lived in the countryside for seven years, I also know that girls from good families will not go to places like the public court easily. You are an official, and you can be regarded as a person with a head and a face, and you don't want my reputation to be damaged, and even your reputation will be damaged, right? ”
Xu Tianci really wanted to say that his good reputation has been completely injured now, but he is a face-loving person, and he definitely can't say it, so he can only eat coptis dumbly, and he can't say that he is bitter.
"Jiaojiao, Lord Fu Yin is really still waiting, I don't have time to talk to you in detail. You put on your hat, and I will take you through the back door into the Shuncheon Mansion in a while, and no one else will see it. He continued.
Liu Jiaojiao was going to go, how could she continue to play if she didn't go? said that these are just to respond to Xu Tianci a few more times, this scumbag owes the Xie family, and owes them too much to their mother and daughter, so he should collect a little interest first.
She pretended to hesitate and delayed for a moment, seeing that Xu Tianci was so anxious that her forehead began to sweat, so she nodded reluctantly and ordered Red Sleeves to take the hat.
Cui Shi grabbed her when she put on her hat and was about to leave, worried: "I'll go with you!" ”
Where was Xu Tianci willing to let the Xie family witness his embarrassing moment, he hurriedly pulled Liu Jiaojiao over, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, don't make trouble, don't worry, how can I take Jiaojiao away, how can I send her back, I am her own father, will I still harm her?" ”
"Hehe, that's hard to say!"
"I don't have time to argue with you, justice is in the hearts of the people! Jiaojiao, let's hurry up, don't let Lord Fu Yin wait! After speaking, he pulled Liu Jiaojiao and walked out.
After he left, Xie Chenfeng walked out of the back room, and he had been hiding indoors, so he heard all the conversations of the few people just now.
"Hmph, if it weren't for the fear of revealing the stuffing and mistaking the delicate thing, I would have to scold him!" Cui said menacingly.
Xie Chenfeng held her hand and said with a smile: "Okay, don't be angry, don't worry, soon he will suffer the consequences." ”
"By the way, how about Linlang's side? Is she okay? ”
"I've already asked people to send the medicine over, but she has been on the sickbed for many years, and she can't recover overnight, but fortunately, Jiaojiao has found it back, with her, Xiaomei will definitely be able to persevere."
"Hurry up and get her back, Linlang's life is really bitter!"
"Well, everything will be fine."
Xu Tianci came by carriage, so naturally he also took a carriage to Shuntianfu.
In the car, he kept looking for topics, trying to arouse Liu Jiaojiao's family affection, Liu Jiaojiao was very disdainful in her heart, but she made a sad look on her face, obediently followed his words, and when the carriage stopped at the back door of Shuntian Mansion, she could already call her father very affectionately.
Xu Tianci was naturally secretly happy, but he didn't expect that this girl was almost exactly the same as her mother's temperament back then, she was soft-hearted and easy to be instigated, but a few seemingly heartfelt lies coaxed her to believe herself.
After personally helping Liu Jiaojiao get out of the carriage, he patted Liu Jiaojiao's hand, and said in a kind tone with a hint of helplessness: "Jiaojiao, there is no way for your father to take a concubine, your mother has always been in poor health, seeing that we are both old, the Xu family can't have no successor, so my father has to take a concubine back, and when you have a younger brother in the future, how much can you help you with one or two, right?" ”
"My daughter understands, there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest." Liu Jiaojiao replied understandingly.
"It's good that you understand, it's really my father's good daughter. So in a moment you remember to say a few nice words to your aunt, she is pregnant now and can't stand the stimulation. ”
"Dad, didn't the eldest aunt say that she hadn't entered the door yet? Why are you pregnant? This didn't pass the door and ended in a secret knot, it doesn't sound like what a good family's daughter would do, Dad, you shouldn't be calculated by her, right? ”
Xu Tianci was stunned, what could he say? Say the two have been hooking up for years? said that Su Fengjiao's pregnancy this time was the result of his years of hard work?
He couldn't say anything, so he could only say a few perfunctory words, and coaxed Liu Jiaojiao to promise to say good things for Su Fengjiao, so he led her to the court.
Su Fengjiao was pregnant but didn't dare to say it, after all, it was not good to say this kind of thing without a matchmaker, and it would affect Xu Tianci's reputation, so Fu Yin didn't let her get up, so she could only keep kneeling, seeing that her knees were numb with pain, and even her lower abdomen was a little uncomfortable, and finally saw Xu Tianci bring in a woman wearing a hat.
She suddenly felt as if she had seen a savior, if Xu Tianci hadn't stopped her with his eyes in time, she would have wanted to pounce.
Xu Tianci said to Fu Yin: "My lord, the little girl has been brought." ”
Liu Jiaojiao did not take off her hat, but walked to the middle of the hall, gracefully blessed Fu Yin, and said: "The little woman Liu Jiaojiao has seen Lord Fu Yin. ”
Fu Yin was stunned, shouldn't this girl be surnamed Xu? How can you have the surname Liu? Hurriedly threw a puzzled look at Xu Tianci, Xu Tianci was secretly annoyed that he had forgotten his name, and hurriedly explained: "My lord, in fact, the little girl was not sent to Jiangnan to recuperate, but was abducted by human traffickers. In order to prevent my wife from being sad, I made up this excuse. Over the years, I have been secretly looking for her whereabouts, and it is also recently that she remembered her childhood and returned to the capital to find relatives, so that our father and daughter were reunited. The surname of the person who adopted her back then was Liu, so she changed her surname, and she didn't have time to change it back. ”
"I see." Fu Yin always felt that something was wrong after hearing this, but he still nodded in understanding, and then looked at Liu Jiaojiao, "Miss Xu, do you recognize the old woman kneeling next to you?" ”
"Naturally, I know her, and it was her family who adopted me back then." Liu Jiaojiao replied.
The Qin family immediately continued: "The old woman's husband's surname is Liu, Lord Qingtian, did you hear it?" I'm not lying, this kid was sent to my house by that slut! ”