I lingered at the entrance of the General's Palace, wondering whether to go in or not.

At this time, the door of the house was suddenly opened, and I hurriedly hid to the side to take a peek.

It turned out that it was Prime Minister Lu Cheng's old thief who came to ask for an explanation for his son, and his father sent him to the door apologetically, and his brother also followed his father and drooped his head, looking not very happy.

When Prime Minister Lu Cheng's old thief left arrogantly, I still hid in the dark and didn't dare to come out.

It's really a shame, not only for himself, but also for the face of the general's mansion and his brother. My father and brother were officials in the court, and they always only cared about being brave and good at fighting for the court, and did not form a party with anyone for personal gain.

The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to find out what kind of boy he beat me up to relieve the hatred in my heart!

"Liang Huanqing!" I was frightened, "You come out for me!" "My brother found out about me a long time ago, but when I saw that there were others present, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, and now that Prime Minister Lu Cheng is gone, I can't hold back my temper.

I knew I was wrong, and I walked up to my brother without much struggle.

I looked at my dad with a pleading look. On weekdays, my brother cares more about me, and my father is indulged in me, but now my father doesn't seem to want to speak for me, and when he saw that I was safe and sound, he turned around and went back to the house with his hands behind his back.

"Daddy..."I couldn't help but want to stop Daddy under the pressure of my brother's eyes.

My brother stood in front of me, looking at me angrily, I lowered my head weakly, and presented the clothes in my hand to him: "Brother... Your clothes..."

He tore off his clothes so hard that I thought he was about to start reprimanding me, so I made a gesture of crying, and the retainers around me drooped their heads one by one.

Probably not wanting to embarrass people in front of the mansion, my brother nodded my forehead vigorously, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's talk about it first!" "Anyway, he threw my soiled clothes to the retainers behind him and brushed them away.

I watched my brother walk away, hesitated for a moment and followed.

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I followed my brother to the ancestral hall, and met many maids along the way, and they bowed their heads when they saw this scene, thinking that I had not returned all night last night, and my brother must have been angry.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the ancestral hall, I saw a person kneeling under the hall, and when I looked at it, it turned out to be moon white. I hurriedly ran over: "Yuebai..."

"Miss..."Yuebai looked at me pitifully when she saw me coming.

I couldn't protect myself at this time, and my brother snorted coldly: "You also kneel down for me!" ”

I knew that it was best to listen to him at this time, otherwise I would die even worse, so I knelt down obediently next to Yuebai and looked at my brother with an aggrieved face.

My brother sat down in front of me, holding a ring ruler in his hand, and asked sharply, "Liang Huanqing!" You'd better tell me what happened last night, or else—" He picked up the ruler and slammed it on the ground, scaring both me and Yuebai into a daze.

"I said... I said..."I swallowed, "Last night on the Yuan Festival, there was a lantern festival in the capital. It's me who is not good, I have too much fun, I have to run out despite your advice from my father and brother, and I asked Yuebai to cooperate with me, and I will change into your clothes... Pretending to be you, I hid from the guards in the yard, and while you and Daddy were discussing, I sneaked out the back door..."

I stole a look at him, and at this time my brother's face had begun to change, he rubbed his temples with his eyes closed, and said, "Go on." ”

I lowered my head and didn't dare to look at him: "And then... I saw people putting lotus lanterns on the shore of the lake, and I heard stories about making wishes with lotus lanterns every day, and I wanted to put them too. So I rented a painting boat in your name and sailed to the middle of the lake to put lotus lanterns, and I was in a hurry to go out, and I didn't have enough silver on my body, and I think they all knew General Liang Lone..."I looked at the sky, "In about an hour, the boatman will send someone to ask for the fare." ”

“……”

"After putting out the lotus lantern, I'll think about going home later. But Lu Chen's group of splashes bumped into our painting boat, and they chased after us and asked us to apologize. ”

"So you used my name as a shield when you caused trouble?"

I sat on my heels dejectedly, kneeling for a long time, my knees were really sore: "That's not true, it was said by the singer on the painting boat." I knew that my brother was an official in the court and did not want to make any enemies with them, so I ordered the boatman to come to shore quickly..."

"How did it come to the street that my Liang Lonely General fell into the lake and called for help?!" Thinking about it, my brother was very angry about this humiliating thing.

"I was about to reach the shore, but out of nowhere, another boat came out of nowhere and knocked our boat over, and I... I can't swim, so I can only cry out for help... Brother... Lu Chen, the children of the official family, also fell into the water, and the shouts were worse than me..."I tried my best to make my brother's heart more balanced.

"So, I have to thank you for not embarrassing me too much? On weekdays, I let you keep some edge, knowing that there were many people at the Beijing Lantern Festival yesterday, and now the court is in turmoil, for fear that you will make trouble and not let you go out. It's good that you secretly ran out and didn't return overnight, and the entire General's Mansion turned over the capital and didn't find you! Today, I passed by the morning market, and I heard that I made a big noise about the lantern festival last night, and the group of young ladies in the Prime Minister's Mansion fell into the water one by one, and this hearing is that you are causing trouble again! Thanks to your brother and my thick skin, otherwise I would have been killed by the prime minister's gang with their eyes in the morning today! The prime minister of the early dynasty also came to the house to ask me for an explanation, that is, my father is used to you, and privately told me to let me go along and pass, if not, Liang Huanqing, if not, do you know what a sin it is to pretend to be an official of the court to make trouble! With that, the brother slapped the table hard.

I don't know what to say, it's really my fault, and I'm a shame on my brother.

I knelt down in front of my brother and didn't dare to speak, Yuebai pulled my sleeve, I understood what she meant: "Brother, Qingqing knows that she is wrong, and she doesn't dare anymore." But Qingqing really has no intention of causing trouble for you, but if it weren't for the painting boat that suddenly appeared, I wouldn't have fallen into the water...", and pretended to cough to make my brother feel distressed.

"And then, why didn't you come home all night?" It turns out that my brother and elder Huanqing are also, and when he saw me coughing, his tone softened a little.

"Strange to say, the boy who rescued me after I fell into the water was actually the one who caused us to fall into the water last night, and he instructed the boat that suddenly appeared and crashed into us. I woke up early this morning in a courtyard outside the capital city, and the boy was no longer there, but he had arranged for a maid to take care of me, and the coachman who had just sent me back was also his. ”

"Do you know who that boy is?"

I shook my head, pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of something: "That's right, brother! The coachman said that their son-in-law had been staring at me for a long time, and he had been sending people to follow me since the end of the year," I turned to the side next to Yuebai, hugged her and shivered, "He was there last month when I made trouble with Yuebai in Ruyi Building, and he was the mess he cleaned up for us. He followed me all night before! ”

The elder brother touched his chin and frowned: "This matter must be discussed with Daddy." ”

I nodded desperately. But no, I'm a young girl, and I've been followed for three or four months without noticing, and it's really scary to think about.

"But don't think that's all there is to it! You kneel for me! I was frightened, and hurriedly knelt upright, and the elder brother threw the ring ruler in his hand on the ground, and called the two little guys, "You, keep an eye on the eldest lady and Yuebai, and don't let them get up until they kneel for three hours!" With that, he shook his sleeve hard, and the wind sent chills down my spine.

"Huh? General, I ......" Yuebai couldn't bear it when she heard it, so I quickly covered her mouth. Poor Yuebai must have been kneeling for a long time before I came back, but now there is no way, if I let my brother know that she complained, it will take extra hours.

She looked at me with teary eyes: "Miss... What about the hibiscus cake..."

"......" I didn't dare to look her in the eye, just stared at the stone bricks under my knees.

"Miss lied to me again..."

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