Hearing this, Shangguan Zizhen was like a deflated ball, her body was stunned there, Xiao Bai withdrew the internal force that imprisoned her, but she was still motionless, and her eyes were a little sluggish. Xiao Bai had already guessed a few points, Shangguan Zizhen and Shangguan Bai must have something to do with it, otherwise Shangguan Bai would not have come here to protect her from being killed. At this time, Shangguan Zizhen seemed a little weak and helpless, but could he help her? It seems that it can't, that is Shangguan Zizhen's private matter, no matter what it is, it is not something that Xiao Bai can interfere with, and of course Shangguan Zizhen will not let Xiao Bai interfere.

"Who sent this painting?" In the west chamber of Qifeng Pavilion, in Shangguan Ziqi's own room, there is a painting hanging, which is Xiao Lan's dragon and phoenix Chengxiang.

"Miss, this is sent by my uncle, I heard that the third lady gave him a wedding gift." Yahuan Road.

"It turned out to be a painting of the fairy Xiao Lan, no wonder it is so charming, and the first painter in the world is worthy of his name." Shangguan Zizhen looked at this painting, she did have a little love, she is also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but her painting skills are a little insignificant compared to Xiao Lan.

"Actually, my uncle is not as bad as I imagined, Miss, do you want to go to Biluo Courtyard to thank my uncle." Yahuan said with some reluctance in her heart, Xiao Bai is indeed not as wasteful as the legend, but it is a pity that he married Shangguan Zizhen. Yahuan knew who Shangguan Zizhen was, and she also knew that Xiao Bai would never be able to enter her heart, but in the future, she would get along as husband and wife, at least don't make the relationship with Xiao Bai very bad.

"I'm tired, let's talk about it later." Shangguan Ziqing didn't care, she was too lazy to deal with Xiao Bai now, or even to deal with anyone. And what about Xiao Bai? Every day seems to be passable, Xiao Yun is a lot busier, after all, the people in the rivers and lakes these days make him quite troubled, but fortunately, the Hou Mansion has passed and has become the kind of tranquility before, although Xiao Bai is no longer as sleepy and lazy as before, but he rarely walks out of the Biluo courtyard, every day is in the courtyard to drink and drink tea, but the life is a little comfortable. Unknowingly, half a year has passed since such a day, and gradually the people of the Hou Mansion are used to this kind of life. As for the things in the Hou Mansion, it has been clearly discovered from the outside, Xiao Bai's reputation is not better, but even more wasteful, Xiao Bai and Shangguan Zizhen's life is known, the topic between the entire teahouse is to say that Xiao Bai is useless, a man married a wife, and he actually lived in a separate room and did not dare to have the same room, no matter what kind of person heard this, he would feel that this man was an incomparably bad person, and it was more disgusting than the previous waste. Even Emperor Xiao Dingxuan really didn't expect that Xiao Bai's reputation had become even worse, and he felt that he seemed to have done something wrong.

"Xiao Bai, the son of this Hou Mansion, is useless, he married a wife who has fallen into the country and the city, but he has never enjoyed it at home, and he knew that he was so useless, so he discussed with him to transfer his wife to me." In the tea shop, a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes, who never concealed his disdain for Xiao Bai, said loudly, everyone in the entire tea shop could hear his words.

"That's right, I heard that this Xiao Bai is a waste, but I didn't expect such a bad seed, and I don't know who can get the favor of the purple girl?" Everyone's eyes unabashedly exuded an obscene greed, and it was obvious that in their hearts, Zi Yu was not the wife of the second son, but a dusty woman, who could be played with at will.

"Father, are we still going to the Hou Mansion?" A sweet voice sounded, and I saw a father and daughter sitting in the tea shop, the woman's face was weak, she looked sweet, her tone was soft, and she was wearing a white fur, and a man sitting next to him, with a solemn face, a slightly longer beard, and a purple mink fur, looked like a rich and noble person, but when she heard the gossip in the tea shop, the woman's eyebrows were furrowed, and she seemed to feel that these words were insulting her.

"Of course we have to go, now in the Eastern Capital, only the Hou Mansion is familiar to us, rest assured that on top of the past feelings, the Hou Mansion will not kill us." The old man seemed to see the worry in the woman's eyes, and comforted her. To be honest, whether it is a good thing to come to the Hou Mansion at this time, he naturally doesn't know, but in the Eastern Capital, except for the Hou Mansion, he no longer knows what other families are willing to take in their father and daughter.

"What if the Hou Mansion is unwilling to take it in, after all, we were sorry for the Hou Mansion back then." There was some worry in the woman's eyes, because they hadn't been in contact with the Hou Mansion for a long time.

"Don't worry, they're not heartless people." Although the old man was worried in his heart, others were already able to save them at this time, if it weren't for being involved, their Yuan family would not have fallen into such a situation.

"Second son, a man and a woman came outside, it seems to be a father and daughter, saying that they are old friends of the Hou Mansion, do you want to see them?" A servant came to the Biluo courtyard and looked at Xiao Bai, who was sitting leisurely in the courtyard drinking tea, and said.

"Isn't Big Brother here?" Xiao Bai was surprised, generally all the things in the Hou Mansion were taken care of by Xiao Yun, and the people who came were also received by Xiao Yun, but he had never taken care of them, and of course he didn't have time to care about these things.

"The little marquis went into the palace, saying that the matter of the four princes going to Xiangzhou had a result, and His Majesty asked him to personally take over a person from the four princes." The servant said respectfully, but when he said this, Xiao Bai was stunned, you must know that the person who can let the emperor use Xiao Yun to personally escort him is obviously a person of some fame, and Xiangzhou is located in the south, there are many wealthy families in Xiangzhou, and there are four or five wealthy families who can affect the royal family, and it is obvious that the wealthy family in Xiangzhou has committed something, otherwise Xiao Bai knows that the four princes have just come from Shenyun Palace for half a year, and it is impossible to be sent to Xiangzhou.

"Let's leave the affairs in the palace alone, since they are old friends of the Hou Mansion, arrange them in the guest room first, and tell him when the eldest brother comes back from the palace." Xiao Bai said flatly, he would not ask about the daily things in the Hou Mansion, as for the old friends of the Hou Mansion, he knew even less, and there were very few old friends in the Hou Mansion, Xiao Dingwen has been in Northern Xinjiang, if you want to say that you have friends, it is also in Northern Xinjiang.

"You left those two people in the Hou Mansion behind?" In the evening, Xiao Yun walked into the Biluo courtyard with a somewhat ugly face, which made Xiao Bai a little baffled, leaving two guests from the Hou Mansion, it seemed that there was no big deal, how could Xiao Yun come on purpose.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Bai asked.

"Do you know who this person is?" Xiao Yun said helplessly.

"Who?" Xiao Bai was also curious, the person who could make Xiao Yun's face so ugly obviously had a relationship with the Hou Mansion.

"It's Yuan Qingxin and his daughter Yuan Xia." A look of disdain appeared in Xiao Yun's eyes, and Xiao Bai was stunned. He really didn't expect that it would be them, Xiao Bai was also a little puzzled, this family's face shouldn't be thick to this extent, how could they still have the face to come to the Hou Mansion.

"Isn't their Yuan family already married to the Ying family? How did he think of coming to the Hou Mansion, didn't he say that the Ying family was a local emperor, the Hou Mansion just had a good reputation, but it was just a relatively majestic mansion in the eastern capital, how could he still have the face to come to my Hou Mansion? Xiao Bai also said with some anger, Yuan Xia he is very familiar with, Yuan Qingxin was a Beijing official back then, a four-grade important minister, and the Yuan family is mainly in business, under the blessing of Yuan Qingxin, there is a small achievement, just a court official, the family business must be criticized. The Yuan family can only find a backer, because Yuan Qingxin has some friendship with Xiao Dingwen, and originally decided to marry Yuan Xia and Xiao Bai, which is also His Majesty's first marriage, and originally thought that this was a golden and jade relationship. But somehow? The Yuan family actually hooked up with the Ying family who entered Beijing to get married, Yuan Qingxin also left the Eastern Capital, and the Ying family even earned an official position as the governor of Xiangzhou for Yuan Qingxin, which is considered to be an official position in Xiangzhou, Yuan Qingxin is extremely happy to accept.

"Originally, but the marriage of the Ying family seems to have changed somewhat, Yuan Xia did not marry into the Ying family, but the Ying family and the Yuan family have become a family, and there are more than a dozen married women in the clan, and the Yuan family has also become a prominent family in Xiangzhou under the protection of the Ying family." Xiao Yundao, it is undeniable that the Yuan family's choice is not wrong, it is absolutely impossible for the Hou Mansion to bring so many benefits to the Yuan family, these interests have made the Yuan family a merchant family and a prominent family, which is also worthy of their dishonesty Hou Mansion, but now that something happens, they will come to the Hou Mansion to avoid trouble, which is beyond words.

"Isn't there something wrong with this Ying family?" Xiao Bai said.

"Naturally, this Ying family is lawless in Xiangzhou, ignoring the laws of the imperial court, and actually oppressing the people, in order to build a house for a nephew, he actually slaughtered a village. This kind of style can be described as a heinous crime, but fortunately, other wealthy families in Xiangzhou have united and reported the matter to the front of the emperor, and His Majesty will send the four princes to investigate, you know? A servant of the Ying family can ride on the head of a county order, how can His Majesty tolerate this kind of thing, the whole family of the Ying family is in prison, and the Yuan family is also implicated, persecuted by other wealthy families, the head of the Yuan family thinks that this is the fault of Yuan Qingxin who encircled the Ying family back then, so the father and daughter were expelled from the Yuan family, and they came to the Hou Mansion. Xiao Yun said.

"It turns out that they are here to run, so let them live, and forget the rest." Xiao Bai said calmly.

"Let's hope their purpose is simple." Xiao Yun is also very helpless, after all, people have already lived in the Hou Mansion, and now it is unrealistic to drive them out, besides, Yuan Qingxin had a relationship with Xiao Dingwen, the Marquis of Xuantian, and Yuan Xia refused the marriage back then, and the Hou Mansion never really broke off relations with the Yuan family.

Houfu Qifeng Pavilion, not to mention Xiao Bai's Biluo Courtyard, even the West Chamber, where Shangguan Zizhen lives, is also very large, but the Biluo Courtyard is much smaller than the West Chamber. It's just that in the small courtyard of Biluo, there are many green pines, although it is not high, but it adds a bit of blue color to the whole courtyard, there is a small pond in the courtyard, and there is a Taihu Lake stone in the middle of the pond, and the water is constantly bubbling on it. Zizhen is in a good mood today, in the backyard of the Hou Mansion, there is a lake, there are fish in the lake, the lake has entered the autumn, the original green grass has become yellow, there are many peach trees planted around, there is no leaf on the tree at this time, and a few fish can be seen swimming back and forth in the lake. Shangguan Zizhen was dressed in a purple robe, and her body was a little thick, after all, after autumn, the air seemed a little colder, and the woman in the goose yellow dress who followed her also rubbed her hands, after autumn is winter, and the earth is about to usher in the season of sleep.

"Miss, the lake is very quiet." Yahuan looked at the calm and waveless lake, like a mirror, and from time to time she could see small ripples in the lake, which was caused by the small fish in the lake.

"Do you really call this home?" Shangguan Ziqi frowned and said.

"Actually, Miss, it's very good here, and my uncle is actually very good to you, and now the gossip outside is very difficult for my uncle, but he has never come to you, and he endures it silently, such a man is really rare." In the past six months, Yahuan has been the person who has had the most contact with Xiao Bai, and she has heard a lot of rumors outside, but she knows that those rumors should not have appeared on Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai in the small courtyard of Biluo is always dressed in white, a folding fan, dancing like jade, like a person who has no desires and no desires, to be honest, every time Yahuan sees Xiao Bai, she always has a strange feeling, as if her own young lady is becoming less and less worthy of Xiao Bai.

"You should know, this won't be my home, and it can't be, I Shangguan Zizhen still have my own things to do." Shangguan Zizhen said extremely persistently, she naturally has to be persistent, no one understands, how she survived, the hatred in her heart, not everyone can know, she slowly took out a piece of silk from her arms, it seems that something is carefully treasured by her. Slowly opened the silk silk, inside was a withered yellow leaf, it had been nearly a year since she never knew, that dark night, who rescued her?

"Miss, what is this?" It was not the first time that Yahuan had seen Shangguan Zizhen take out this leaf in a daze, and she could see that it was a leaf. But for Shangguan Zizhen, this is not a leaf, but a person, a person she misses, no matter what kind of person the other party is, she doesn't care, because in her life, the only person who saved her, and that's enough.

"You don't need to know." Shangguan Zizhen's tone was very cold, Yahuan hurriedly shut up, she knew the secret that Shangguan Zizhen didn't want others to know, and she always didn't want others to talk more, even she was no exception.

"May I ask if you are Sister Zizhen?" The voice was a little sweet, a white cloak slowly flying, Yuan Xia also came to the lake for a walk, saw the beautiful woman by the lake, and saw her and Yahuan also walking, with a touch of jealousy in her obscure eyes. But it was well hidden by her, and then there was a smile on her face, whoever it was? Seeing such a sweet smile, she would never feel that she would be jealous of someone, Shangguan Zizhen watched others approach, and hurriedly took the silk back into his arms.

"Who are you?" Shangguan Ziyu frowned, she didn't like to be close to others, especially the people in the Hou Mansion, even Xiao Lan, the third lady of the Hou Mansion, she was too lazy to deal with it, so for so long, living in the Hou Mansion was no different from a person living in the Hou Mansion.

"My name is Yuan Xia, my father is a friend of the Hou Mansion Hou Ye, he is a world friend, and now he lives in the Hou Mansion, I heard that the second son married a beauty who captivated the country and the city, and today I saw it and it really deserved its reputation." The politeness on her lips has never fallen, but who knows how sincere she is in her heart, but Zizhen doesn't care what others say about herself, her beauty is enough to make people jealous. If there is anyone who can compare with her, it is Xing Wenwen, but their temperament is not like it at all, one is like a fairy with a temperament, and the other is like a demon with a peerless calamity.