Mingru walked a few steps in the decaying Xiahou Mansion, one big sleeve lightly covering the tip of her nose, and her steps were a little hurried.

Xia Huaiqing saw that she seemed to be leaving, and shouted: "Slow." ”

Mingru turned his head and looked at Xia Huaiqing's hurried figure.

After a few days of war and chaos, this high-spirited Hou Ye had already been tortured to the point that he was not in shape, and the stubble in his jaw was swarthy.

"Father." Mingru called lightly, and he took another step back.

Xia Huaiqing stood in place, his hands on his sides, not knowing how to react.

"Mingru." Xia Huaiqing snorted, "Come to the study, let's talk, it's about ......"

"Let's talk about something here, I'll have something to do in a while." Mingru interrupted him.

Xia Huaiqing's face was unconcealably surprised, he didn't know that his daughter-in-law turned out to be a tough character.

After swallowing a mouthful of water, Xia Huaiqing spoke: "You have also seen the situation in Xiahou Mansion. The emperor has recently been provoked by traitors, and he insists on taking our house under the knife, which is not a problem if it is a small fight, but the emperor seems to be serious. ”

Xia Huaiqing's words are clearly to sow discord. Xia Zhixue and Mingru have always had a good relationship, but now they are talking about adulterers in front of her, and they deliberately have ulterior motives.

"Father, what do you mean?" Mingru raised her eyebrows.

"I was wondering if my in-laws could help me a little bit. Our two families are married, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, which is not a loss for the in-laws at all. Xia Huaiqing's words were calculating.

He recognized it, Mingru is not a smart person, he casually said a few nonsense, and eighty percent would believe it.

However, Mingru is like being reborn today, biting her mouth to death, and she has no intention of letting go: "Of course it's okay to help with some, but I also have conditions." ”

Xia Huaiqing stared at Ming Ru suspiciously, was silent for a long time, and said: "You might as well talk about this condition, if we can do it, we will naturally not refuse." ”

"I want to reconcile."

Mingru was high-pitched, and she made Xia Huaiqing stupid with one sentence.

He saw that Mingru's eyes were like torches, shining brightly, and it didn't look like a joke at all, so he was a little more vigilant in his heart.

"Why do you mention this?" Xia Huaiqing was tentative, "Is Xiahou Mansion treating you badly?" ”

Mingru's eyes paused for a moment in his face: "Is there any disadvantage, you should be like a mirror in your heart, isn't it too much to ask me?" ”

Xia Huaiqing was so embarrassed by this sentence that he couldn't get off the stage, he didn't know how many years he had been in the capital, except for the emperor, Mingru was the first to dare to give him a face.

Even if he asked for help, Xia Huaiqing's face was a little gloomy.

"If you have to mention this condition, our Xiahou Mansion has no reason to say no, but where are you going to put Xu'er?"

Xu'er is the name of Mingru's son Xia Xu.

Xia Huaiqing knew that she had always valued this son, and if she put Xia Xu on the table, there would be a great chance for her to relax.

Mingru laughed for some reason, her smile was three points miserable and seven points hateful, as if she was laughing, this world was hot and cold.

"Do you think I'll be relieved if I bring Xia Xu up to talk about things?" Mingru stopped laughing for a moment, "This is indeed a good means. ”

Xia Huaiqing vaguely saw the possibility of loosening his mouth, he struck while the iron was hot, and his tone was slightly relaxed: "Just think about it for the sake of the child, Xiahou Mansion is your best choice." After all, once the reconciliation is separated, the child has to recognize his mother again. Xu'er is still young now, and she will definitely not remember you in the future. Isn't the suffering of pregnancy in October in vain? "Jiujiu Library

"Xia Xu, he's dead! He's dead! ”

A scream pierced the sky, Mingru's sleeves were wet, and before he knew it, two lines of tears had crossed his cheeks.

Xia Huaiqing's movements obviously paused, and he stammered: "Say it again." ”

"He's dead." Ming Ru smiled and shouted at Xia Huaiqing, "It was a few days ago, I didn't expect you to be a grandfather and still don't know." ”

Cold sweat ran down his forehead.

Xia Huaiqing seemed to have swallowed a few bitter gourds alive, the corners of his mouth twitched but he couldn't say a word.

Mingru ignored his performance, suppressed his smile, and muttered: "Xia Chengdao shouldn't know either, there is really no one in Xiahou Mansion who cares about my affairs......

Xia Huaiqing's intestines were already repentant, and he knew that he would fall to such a point, so he should have a good relationship with Mingru as soon as possible.

Let her help and not get such a humiliation.

"Have you figured it out?" Mingru finally looked at Xia Huaiqing, "Now there are two roads in front of you." The first is to let Xia Chengdao and me reconcile, and second, just wait for the defeat of Xiahou Mansion, and all the family members will fall into the streets, living a life of begging. You should be very clear about which is more important. ”

"Give me some time." Xia Huaiqing exhaled deeply, "I will give you an answer in three days." ”

"Then I'll see." Mingru bent her head and smiled shallowly.

Xia Huaiqing's eyebrows furrowed with his back to her, and they bulged into a small mountain.

The current situation puts him in a dilemma.

At night, Xia Chengdao came back drunk.

He still has some money in his hand that has not been exhausted, and he spends his days in the green building, drinking all the time, and I don't know how many women are around him.

Xia Huaiqing had been waiting for him for a while, a pair of eagle eyes shrunk into a slit, and before Xia Chengdao could speak, the slap had already been beckoned.

"You unfilial son." Xia Huaiqing sighed, "I told you before, Mingru is not small, and you have to stammer, but you want to come the other way around, do you really think that your wings are hard and you can get out of the house?" ”

After a stinking scolding, Xia Chengdao's dazed head suddenly sobered up, and he cleverly held Xia Huaiqing's hand that he was about to beat down again.

"Father, what's going on here?" Xia Chengdao felt that something was wrong, and deliberately slowed down his tone and asked.

"You really have the face to ask me about this." Xia Huaiqing smiled, "Do you know that Xia Xu was burned to death in the fire?" ”

"What? Xia Xu, he died? Xia Huaiqing raised his voice, thick and incredulous.

Xia Huaiqing replied with a cold face: "Just because of this incident, Mingru said this morning that I wanted to leave you." Otherwise, she won't care about the mess in our Xiahou Mansion, and let us go casually. ”

There was silence in the study.

Xia Chengdao sat on the chair, grabbed the corner of his clothes fiercely, and his lips were pursed into a straight line by him.

His eyes were as dark as the midnight sky, but when he looked down, there was little less life, only the ashes after the flames were extinguished.

"It's not time yet, it's too early to leave." Xia Chengdao said so.

Xia Huaiqing was puzzled and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

"Mingru is still a member of our Xiahou Mansion now, and he can barely handle one or two. If she is really let go, then who can say for sure whether the conditions of this empty talk can be realized? ”