Chapter 248: Promise
Although Hu and Concubine Liao were puzzled in their hearts, after the two glanced at each other, Concubine Liao understood and asked the maid who had gone out for her to go out again.
After a while, the maid led four servant women and escorted a very seductive woman in.
The woman's body is slender and measured, her waist is so thin that she can't hold it, but her chest is very plump.
It's just that the size of the clothes on her body is also very tight, which perfectly shows off her figure. Even after Xiao Xuan saw her, she couldn't help but lower her head and look at her figure, she was really ashamed.
Before, because the woman was noisy outside the Hu family's courtyard, she was now escorted in with a rag and gagged.
"Princess, this is Aunt He beside the county king." The woman was escorted to her knees in the center of the room, and Hu took the initiative to introduce her identity to Xiao Xuan. "Unfortunately, I let her disturb the princess today, and I really didn't entertain her."
"The second sister-in-law is fine, the fault of this matter can't be counted on the second sister-in-law's head." Xiao Xuan said to Hu Shi very kindly. "But this Aunt He still looks a little unconvinced."
"The princess doesn't know anything." At this time, Concubine Liao took the initiative to open her mouth and said to Xiao Xuan. "This Aunt He is also from a good family, and the princess of the county has always been very generous to the inside, and Aunt He has always been very loved by the county king since she was sent to the county king's mansion."
"I probably understand the meaning of Concubine Liao's words." Xiao Xuan lowered her head and looked at Aunt He who was kneeling on the ground. "It seems that this Aunt He relied on the favor of my second brother in the county king's mansion, and she dared to be disrespectful to the princess of the county."
When Aunt He was escorted in, because she had never seen Xiao Xuan before, she didn't recognize her, but she was just a relative of the Hu family.
Now she saw that the Hu family and Concubine Liao were very respectful to Xiao Xuan, and she heard them call her princess. Aunt He knew that Princess Nan'an was pregnant, and the person in front of her was about the same age as herself, although she was already dressed as a lady, her waist was very slender, and Aunt He remembered that she should be Princess Zhaoyue.
"Dan Tang, I have a few words I want to ask this Aunt He." Xiao Xuan glanced back at Dan Tang and instructed her. "You go and take out the contents of Aunt He's mouth and let her talk to me properly."
After hearing this, Dan Tang immediately walked out from behind Xiao Xuan, walked in front of Aunt He in a few steps, and pulled out the rag from Aunt He's mouth.
"The concubine didn't know that Princess Zhaoyue was here, and she collided with the princess." Aunt He looked at Xiao Xuan, who seemed to be smiling on her face, and her heart suddenly cooled, and she hurriedly walked a few steps to get to Xiao Xuan, but was dragged by Dan Tang, and she had to cry again and again. "Please princess, for the sake of His Royal Highness the princess, spare the concubine."
"Concubine?" Xiao Xuan looked at Dan Tang and asked suspiciously. "Dan Tangerine, is it right for Aunt He to call herself a concubine in front of me like this?"
"Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, Aunt He's status is lowly, no more than the princess of the county palace and the princess of Liao, who are both honored in the jade plate of the clan." Dan Tang glanced at Aunt He before explaining to Xiao Xuan. "Such an identity is naturally not enough to call herself a concubine in front of the princess, according to the slave maid's knowledge, she can only call herself a concubine in front of the princess."
"Oh, I see." Xiao Xuan suddenly smiled at Aunt He, then turned her head to look at Dan Tang and said. "Then Aunt He made a mistake in front of me, but this mistake is not big, it is not small, what do you think should be done with her?"
"If you go back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, this kind of thing really doesn't need to be punished heavily, just ten slaps on the mouth." Dan replied.
"Princess, please spare the concubine." Aunt He reacted quickly, and immediately changed her tone and said. "His Royal Highness the King of the County has to let the concubine accompany him every day after returning to the house in recent months, if the princess lets someone slap my mouth, leaving traces on my face, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the King of the County will not be able to explain the concubine after he returns. After all, this is not the princess's princess's mansion, but the palace of His Royal Highness the county king. ”
"I listened to Aunt He's meaning, is she going to use my second brother to suppress me, so that I don't dare to touch you easily?" Xiao Xuan sneered and said. "Aunt He, I think you still misestimated your identity. This is indeed not my Zhaoyue Princess Mansion, but I am the princess of Zhaoyue, and you are just a concubine who has been favored for a while. Don't say that I let people slap your mouth, that is, I let people cripple you, do you really think that my second brother will choose to have a bad relationship with me for a concubine? ”
Xiao Xuan was also a little helpless after listening to Aunt He's words, it seems that her previous good reputation of being gentle and amiable has caused herself a bit of trouble, that is, these individuals will always think that she is a good talker.
So much so that she has always met such unsuccessful people recently, but she has been forced to become a bad person who goes to other people's houses at every turn to make people mouthful.
"Dan Tang, don't continue to talk nonsense with Aunt He." Xiao Xuan lazily ignored Aunt He's struggles and directly let Dan Tang do it.
Dan Tang immediately raised her hand in response and was about to fight, Aunt He was so frightened that she hurriedly shrank her body to hide back, but she didn't expect that her retreat had already been blocked by the four servant women before. The four servants immediately pressed Aunt He's body, Dan Tang didn't say a word, one hand raised Aunt He's pretty face, and the other hand cleanly slapped her ten loud slaps.
After Dan Tang finished fighting, he shook his hand and stood behind Xiao Xuan again.
Don't look at Dan Tangerine's good-tempered little appearance, but there is a lot of strength in his hands, after ten slaps, Aunt He seems to feel that both sides of her cheeks are about to explode, and even the teeth in her mouth are loose.
The corners of Aunt He's mouth were cracked, she was thrown to the ground by the servants, she subconsciously reached out to her mouth, and then moved her hand to her eyes, and saw a hand full of blood.
Aunt He covered her mouth and whimpered and cried.
"Aunt He was beaten, and when the second brother returns home today, he can go over to him to complain. Look at my second brother seeing such a face of you, can he still pity you? Don't think about taking advantage of this matter to sue the princess of the county and Concubine Liao in front of the second brother. Xiao Xuan raised his eyebrows and said. Aunt He must remember that you need to be more honest in the future, I have a good relationship with the princess of the county, and I may come in in the future to sit and talk to the princess of the county. I look good-tempered, but I'm actually very bad-tempered, if I see you next time you are still so unintentional to the princess of the county, it won't be a matter of slapping your mouth, I will directly let people smash your face next time, so that you can't be beautiful anymore. ”
Aunt He covered her face and stopped crying in fright, and looked up at Xiao Xuan tremblingly.
"The concubine has remembered the princess's orders." Aunt He said tremblingly. "The concubine has thanked the princess for her teaching."
"Well, that's not bad, it seems that Aunt He is not a person who doesn't understand the reason." Xiao Xuan asked Lu Lin to step forward and help Aunt He up from the ground, and said with a smile. "So Aunt He, think about my words, do you think these ten slaps are right?"
"Yes, the princess is right." Aunt He has long lost the arrogance of leading people outside the Hu family courtyard earlier, covering her mouth and slurring her words to Xiao Xuan. "The concubine has no mouth, and she should be the princess's teaching."
"That's right." Xiao Xuan waved his hand. "Lu Lin sent Aunt He back to her yard for me to recuperate, Aunt He's injury is on her face, so let's be honest and don't go to the eyes of the second brother recently."
Xiao Xuan simply disposed of Aunt He, and couldn't help but find a channel to vent the depression in her heart, and also indirectly gave Hu and Concubine Liao a sigh of relief.
"The troubles in my family, but the princess of labor worries about us." Hu said. "But I think that as long as Aunt He is not stupid, she will be much more honest in the future."
"That's natural, most people in this world know how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages." Xiao Xuan said with a smile. "But I think the second sister-in-law's personality has really changed a lot, when I first saw the second sister-in-law during the palace draft, the second sister-in-law's temper was not so good."
"Princess Mo and I laughed, I was ignorant and didn't know the height of the sky, but now I am a mother and a wife, and I have long lost the heart to act so wantonly." After Xiao Xuan's reminder, Hu couldn't help but think of some old things in the early years. "There are a lot of pets around the county king, it's not that I don't want to take care of them, but I'm just too lazy to take care of them. Even if the disobedient ones are disposed of, there will always be people who will send newcomers over to serve the county king. I just turned a blind eye to it, so that life could be easier. ”
"Speaking of old things, how is your sister doing after she got married?"
"After my sister failed to marry into the royal family, she was married to Jiangnan by her parents, although the family was not an official family, but it was also a wealthy businessman on the rich side of Jiangnan. The merchant does not have the habit of taking concubines from the family, and the sister and brother-in-law have a suitable relationship, and the younger sister has long had both children and daughters, and she has a good life. Hu said. Thinking about it this way, I was stupid when I was bent on marrying into the royal family and getting ahead. It's better to be elected out of the palace and let your parents decide to marry someone else. ”
"Second sister-in-law, don't say such things." Xiao Xuan said with emotion. "It's a good thing for the second brother to have a wife like you by his side."
"I have never heard these words in the mouth of the county king, but I didn't expect them to be said by the princess." Hu Shi was helpless in his heart and said. "I also know that now that the children have given birth to three for him, he has long lost the capital to regret it. It's just that Concubine Liao and I only hope to be able to protect the child and ourselves now. ”
"Second sister-in-law, don't worry." Xiao Xuan assured. "I still say the same thing, if the second brother really makes a big mistake in the future, I will definitely do my best to protect the second sister-in-law, Concubine Liao and the children."