As Xiao Lingxiao expected, after returning to the Xiao family, the eldest lady tried her best to explain everything that happened in Fali Temple to the old lady and Xiao Shuyong. After the incident passed, everything seemed to be calm, but when everyone left the Xianglin Courtyard, the eldest lady looked at Xiao Lingxiao's eyes and told her that this was just the beginning.

Xiao Lingxiao naturally knew that if she didn't die, the eldest lady would not stop. Being raped by a dirty wild man is a great shame for any woman, and the eldest lady actually behaved so calmly, Xiao Lingxiao had to admire this woman. Xiao Lingxiao couldn't help but look forward to it, not knowing what tricks the eldest lady would come up with to deal with herself next time.

Half a month later, a maid with a raw face came to Qinghe Courtyard, saying that it was a musician in the house who started a class, and asked Xiao Lingxiao to listen to it too.

In addition to preparing songs and dances for various activities in the Prime Minister's Mansion, these people are also responsible for teaching several young ladies. The four young ladies in the house, except for Xiao Lingxiao, have all been assigned by famous teachers, are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and all have some proud skills. Only Xiao Lingxiao didn't learn anything, and the dead Xiao Lingxiao didn't even know a word.

Now her identity as the eldest lady is impossible to ignore, and even the musicians have to come to greet them when they start classes. This matter seems logical, but Xiao Lingxiao feels that it may not be so simple.

At the appointed time, Xiao Lingxiao dressed up and took Bao Rong'er and two second-class maids to Fanghuazhai together.

Fanghuazhai is specially arranged for young ladies to learn skills and the courtyard, the courtyard has a song room, a dance room, a piano room, a chess room, etc., usually few people come here, only when the class is a little lively. The women's laughter could be heard from afar, but when Xiao Lingxiao walked to the door of the piano room, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared all at once.

There are several delicate mahogany tables and chairs in the piano room, each with a guqin on it, and several piano stands in the distance with various musical instruments on them. The musicians, in their early thirties, seemed to be busy preparing something in the distance, and the rest of the room were women, and the four young ladies sat around a table, with the maids all standing behind them.

Seeing Xiao Lingxiao coming in, the maids immediately scattered, standing in the distance in a proper manner, and the two second-class maids brought by Xiao Lingxiao also learned to walk to the wall and stand with their heads down, only Bao Rong'er was still by Xiao Lingxiao's side.

At this time, I heard a person sitting at the table speak, and sneered, "Yo, there are really people who have never seen the world and don't know what the scene is. The people who have entered the coffin are full of bad luck, and besides, they have all been married once, what else have they learned to play the qin? Aren't you still waiting for someone to be willing to marry? It's a pipe dream. Hum. ”

Xiao Lingxiao turned her head to look over and saw that the person who spoke was the daughter of the eighth aunt, the fifth lady Xiao Zelu. The eighth aunt is from an opera background, and she looks very iconic, although this Xiao Zelu is only eleven years old, she is also a beautiful embryo. Xiao Lingxiao saw her subconsciously approaching Xiao Huanyu when she spoke, and knew that she must have been instigated by Xiao Huanyu.

This Xiao Zelu is bent on pleasing the eldest lady so that she can find a good marriage for herself in the future, Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue have taken this seriously, and they have played tricks on her. used to let her catch mice and toads and throw them into Xiao Lingxiao's yard, and she did all of them. Xiao Lingxiao knew that Xiao Huanyu must be worried about what happened in Fali Temple, but she didn't get a bargain for the poisonous snake last time, it seems that they are smart this time, so they specially called Xiao Lingxiao to come here, and let Xiao Ze show his head and say a few cruel words on their behalf.

Seeing Xiao Zelu look smug after saying those words, Xiao Lingxiao slowly walked up to her and hooked her fingers.

Xiao Zelu was stunned for a moment, then stood up, she felt that although Xiao Lingxiao had restored her identity as the eldest lady, she didn't dare to do anything to her in front of people, so she hugged her shoulders and stared at her, sneered twice with an arrogant look, and said, "It seems that you are used to being dumb, what?" And I won't say ......."

Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Xiao Lingxiao raise her hand and slap her hard. This slap was very loud, knocking Xiao Zelu to the ground, and a bright red handprint suddenly appeared on her pretty face.

The crisp sound startled everyone in the room, but Xiao Lingxiao slowly flattened her sleeves as if she was fine, and said coldly to Xiao Zelu, who was lying on the ground with her face covered and hadn't reacted to what was going on, "Fifth sister, as a member of the Xiao family, you must remember that you can't talk nonsense." My marriage was given by the emperor and canceled by the emperor's decree, where did the saying come from that I had already married once? If these words were spread by some slave who didn't know the depths, wouldn't it ruin the reputation of the Xiao family? The musician told me at the beginning of the class that I should come, even out of respect for the musician. The fifth sister is different from me, she should have learned poetry and etiquette since she was a child, don't you even understand this basic etiquette? As for whether I have bad luck in me, even the old lady and my father and mother didn't say anything, with your status as a mere concubine, what qualifications do you have to make irresponsible remarks? Fifth sister, as the eldest sister, I'll teach you this time, don't let me teach you a second time, understand? ”

Xiao Lingxiao's voice was as piercing as ice, and when she finished saying these words, everyone in the room couldn't help but shiver.

Xiao Zelu lay there in a daze, and it took a long time to come to his senses. She felt the burning pain in her cheeks, and tears rolled down her cheeks. She suddenly thought of something, got up from the ground, covered her face with one hand, grabbed Xiao Huanyu's sleeve with the other, and shook it, "Second sister! Second sister, you saw it, she beat me! ”

Xiao Huanyu's little face was also red at this time, the woman who was riding under them and crawling all over the yard was now standing here with righteousness and awe-inspiring reprimand, that empty look, looking at it, I felt like a nest! Xiao Huanyu stood up and pointed at Xiao Lingxiao, and said angrily, "Xiao Lingxiao! How can you suddenly hit someone! ”

Xiao Lingxiao smiled slightly when she heard this, "What? The fifth sister lost her words, as the eldest sister, shouldn't I discipline her? By the way, that day in the Fali Temple, the second sister was kidnapped and didn't return for half a night, and I didn't have time to greet you. The second sister went to her sister's place to sit down another day, and told her sister what happened that night. ”

When Xiao Huanyu heard this, her face suddenly turned pale. Before she could react, she saw Xiao Huanxue, who was sitting on the other side, standing up with a dark face, and said to the musician standing in the distance, "Mr. Li, the tailor invited by my mother should arrive, and my second sister and I will say goodbye first." After that, she came over and grabbed Xiao Huanyu, looked at Xiao Lingxiao coldly, and whispered, "Don't deceive people too much." ”

Xiao Lingxiao snorted coldly, this is too deceitful? Afraid that I will deceive people too much, so don't come to provoke me!

Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue left in a hurry, and Xiao Zelu, who was slapped by Xiao Lingxiao, had no backbone, and left crying. The remaining Xiao Zechun had no intention of leaving, she got up and smiled at Xiao Lingxiao, and said with a blessing, "I didn't have the opportunity to give the eldest sister a gift before, and I ask the eldest sister not to blame the fourth sister." ”

This Xiao Zechun is the daughter of the third aunt, and compared with the other three young ladies, her appearance is not outstanding, but Xiao Lingxiao knows that the third aunt is the daughter of Ji Mengshan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who grew up in the courtyard of the deep house since she was a child, and she is very scheming. Xiao Zechun has such a biological mother, and her city must be very deep. Xiao Lingxiao was so depressed and bullied by others, but only this Xiao Zechun watched the fire from the other side, and never bullied her.

The two can be said to have no contact, Xiao Lingxiao just returned the gift and did not say much to her.

The musician in the house naturally knew what had happened to this eldest lady, so he taught her music theory from scratch. As a result, Xiao Lingxiao soon found that a few ponytail strings seemed to be more difficult for her to fiddle with than knives and guns, and after struggling for two hours, the musician had to shake her head and tell Xiao Lingxiao that she probably didn't have this talent.

Xiao Lingxiao didn't care much about this, but Xiao Zechun seemed to stop talking. The two were still a little estranged in the end, so they didn't say anything more at parting.

When Xiao Lingxiao returned to Qinghe Courtyard from Fanghuazhai, as soon as she entered the house, she saw Xiao Fengming and Xiao Ranjun drinking tea around the table, not knowing what they were talking about, and the two chatted hotly. When they saw Xiao Lingxiao coming in, they hurriedly stopped the topic, and they all stood up and greeted them. Xiao Fengming quietly grabbed Xiao Lingxiao's hand and pulled her to the table to sit down.

After returning from Fali Temple, Xiao Fengming still ran to Qinghe Courtyard every once in a while as before, bringing some interesting gadgets to Xiao Lingxiao from time to time to relieve boredom, or simply just meeting and saying a few words before leaving. Xiao Lingxiao couldn't see through this young man's mind, after a long time, Xiao Lingxiao felt that what he said that night was probably just a joke, and he could treat him as a real brother.

After the three of them sat down, Xiao Ranjun spoke first, "Ling Xiao, have you heard that the fourth prince went to the emperor to ask for relatives again." ”

Xiao Lingxiao frowned when she heard this, thinking that this fourth prince was really a cockroach that couldn't be killed, "Why hasn't the emperor been angered by him?" ”

"The four princes are naturally measured." Xiao Fengming said, "This Li Jing'an is very good at being a person, he is sleek and exquisite, even if he encounters something, he has to be taken care of in the end." His biological mother's status is low, after the death of the concubine, it happened that the seventh prince and the eighth prince adopted by the imperial concubine also died one after another, the imperial concubine's maternal family Han family is strong, but there are no heirs under the knees, the emperor in order to show his favor, he put the four princes to the imperial concubine as adopted sons. The four princes' knowledge and martial arts were all appreciated by the emperor, so the imperial concubine and the Han family also put their hopes on him. With the support of so many people, he is naturally a lot arrogant in doing things. ”

Xiao Ranjun nodded, "With the current momentum of the four princes, if we get the support of our Xiao family again, then the throne will be nine out of ten." But his father doesn't seem to be optimistic about him......" Speaking of this, Xiao Ranjun came to Xiao Lingxiao's side, lowered his voice and said, "Lingxiao, there is one more thing, you probably don't know yet......"