Chapter 296: Rigidity and Softness
Youhan is busy serving Shaohua cloth vegetables, a braised lion's head, a jade mandarin duck tofu soup, a braised shredded pork with mountain mushrooms, and a steamed cabbage heart with shrimp and mushroom. The three dishes and one soup looked appetizing, but Shaohua sat at the table, but he seemed interested. Youhan was still unconscious, and nagged Shaohua vigorously: "Madam, you are too wise and martial!" Oh my God, it's the first time I've seen Jing Zhaoyin trained so badly. ”
A person walked in outside the door, Shaohua was surprised, but found out that it was Chu He, and he was immediately very disappointed.
Chu He glanced at Youhan and pierced her big words with a sharp shot, "You seem to see Jing Zhaoyin often." ”
Not to be outdone, Youhan retorted: "Even if I don't see it, I know how big an official Jing Zhaoyin is, and even the emperor's relatives have to give three points of face when walking on the road." ”
At this time, Bi Die walked over with a cup of Tai Chi egg custard and looked at the two of them nervously: "Is it okay for Mrs. Yin to count the mansion like this, will she be retaliated against?" ”
Youhan crossed her hands on her hips, posed like a wicked woman, stood with her eyes open, and said angrily: "He dares to retaliate? Madame scolded him again and drenched him bloody, see how he behaves in the future! Youhan's pretense made Bi Die laugh, as if she could imagine Shao Hua's cross-waisted scolding, and seeing Bi Die snickering, Chu He and the others also laughed together.
Shaohua shook his head vigorously, and even Bidie was emboldened by them, it seems that it is time to marry them off, so as not to stay by his side and arrange himself.
She rolled her eyes at them and said angrily, "You are a shrew and scolding the street?" is also scolding a bloody dog, you can think about it for me later, how to explain it to Hou Ye when he comes back. "There is such a big incident today, and I haven't found a step for Jing Zhaoyin, and I don't know what Yan Kaizhi will think.
Youhan immediately stood up to defend Shaohua, "If Master Hou knows, he will definitely not blame Madame, Madame is for Lord Hou and for the entire Hou Mansion." ”
Bidie also hurriedly agreed: "That's it, Master Hou will definitely forgive Madame." ”
Looking at the three of them, you explained word by word, Shaohua only felt a mess in his mind: "I didn't mean this, hey, forget it, go and see if Hou Ye has come back, why has it been so long, and no one has been seen." ”
Or Chu He is more careful: "Madame, don't worry, I have already explained, as soon as the Hou Ye comes back, Wangfu will come back to report." ”
Shaohua thought about it, shook his head and sighed, stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the darkness in the courtyard. Turning around and looking at the three of them looking at her with doubts on their faces, Shaohua covered his chest with one hand and frowned slightly: "I don't know what's wrong, since just now, my heart has been pounding, as if I was pressed by something, so uncomfortable." I wanted to explain that she was afraid of Jing Zhaoyin's revenge, but if she was afraid of revenge, she wouldn't have said that just now, and besides, she was not a timid person. What she was afraid of was only because of Yan Kaizhi, since dawn, Yan Kaizhi didn't come back after getting up and going out, and she couldn't get any news when she sent someone to inquire.
According to his temperament, if he knew that someone came to bully her, he would rush back immediately no matter what happened, but he couldn't see Yan Kaizhi's figure all day today.
Hearing Shaohua say this, the three of them also became nervous, and suddenly heard Shaohua ask, "What about the dough?" ”
Chu He replied: "Madam, the little young master is with Mrs. Tai now, do you want to bring him back?" ”
Shaohua suddenly realized that in order to stop Mrs. Yan from thinking nonsense, she threw her son over without saying anything. With such a lovely grandson by her side, she didn't believe that Mrs. Yan could still harden her heart. "Oh, I forgot about it, forget it, let their grandchildren do it well, so that she doesn't have to think about it again. You must not be alarmed, and all the news must be concealed to know if there is any. ”
The three of them nodded in agreement, which made Shaohua feel a little relieved.
"Madame! Madam! ”
With a shout outside the door, Shaohua immediately greeted him, and it was not Wangfu who came, but Xu An.
She didn't care about anything else, and asked, "Is the Hou Ye back?" ”
Xu An was asked, and shook his head blankly, "Uh, no, it was Ziying from the Dingxi Hou Mansion who came to deliver a letter, saying that Young Master Xin had returned home and everything was safe." ”
Knowing that Youning had arrived home, she must have settled He Wuzhou, and with her understanding of Youning, Shaohua was confident enough to hand over the matter to him. Now that he had returned home and sent Ziying to deliver the letter, it was at least proved that He Wuzhou's matter had nothing to do with her. It's just that who He Wuzhou was injured by, and why he was let at the back door of her house, who is the person behind this who wants to frame them, Shaohua has no way of knowing.
The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light, Shaohua can only tell the people in the house to remember to be cautious when they go out, and not to cause trouble.
"What about Master Hou." Shaohua still repeated without giving up.
Xu An lowered the corners of his eyes very aggrievedly, and whispered: "There is no news of Hou Ye yet, but Yingjiu is back." ”
Shaohua was very depressed when he heard that Yan Kaizhi had not returned home, and was about to turn around, when suddenly a spirit suddenly stirred up, and immediately said: "Okay, call Yingjiu over, I have something to ask him." ”
Yingjiu and Yingluo were both people Yan Kaizhi rescued halfway when he returned to the capital, one was his wife and children were killed by bandits, and the other was that his parents died of illness, and his family suddenly suffered an accident and was driven out of the house by his uncle. Because of Yan Kaizhi's take-in, they were able to have a place to live, so they were loyal to Yan Kaizhi.
After scooping a bowl of jade mandarin duck tofu soup at the bottom, Yingjiu happened to come to the courtyard, Shaohua put down his chopsticks and let Yingjiu come in to talk.
Yingjiu, dressed in a crow blue robe, appeared in front of Shaohua, he clasped his hands into fists, and respectfully saluted Shaohua: "Madam, what are you looking for me?" ”
Because Yingjiu and Yingluo did not sell themselves in the Hou Mansion, their status in the Hou Mansion was slightly higher than that of others, but they never made a show, especially Yingluo, who always looked like a coarse cloth and trousers, and I don't know which porter I thought it was. has been following Yan Kaizhi all the year round, and has more or less practiced some martial arts, and his style of action is much neater than that of the family in the house.
Shaohua glanced at him slightly, and then got straight to the point: "Let me ask you, what's the matter with the fact that the general Hou Ye hasn't come back so late." ”
Ying Jiu was stunned and shook his head, "It's hard to say, maybe it's because Long Live Lord has something to delay." ”
She calmed down, and her tone became serious, "But if there is something in the palace, he will definitely let people bring back the words, and he has never been silent like this." ”
Ying-jeou replied carefully: "I don't know about this. ”
Shaohua's eyes froze, and he looked at Yingjiu carefully, not letting go of any expression on his face, "Who did Master Hou go out with today." ”
Being stared at by Shaohua a little uncomfortable, Ying Jiuqiang resisted the urge to turn his head away, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "I don't know this either." ”
"Bastard!" Suddenly, the chopsticks fell off with a shock, and everyone was startled, holding their breath and watching Shaohua make a move. "You told me I didn't know? Aren't you and Yingluo the Hou Ye's bodyguards, you even said you don't know! That's how you protect Hou Ye, if something happens to Hou Ye, can you afford it? ”
Yingjiu had already seen Shaohua's ability, so he didn't dare to say anything, and immediately knelt on one leg and replied tremblingly: "Please forgive Madame, my subordinates really don't know, I was sent by Hou Ye to deal with other things early in the morning." Master Hou didn't let me know his whereabouts, and his subordinates couldn't ask. ”
In fact, Yingjiu was right, and Shaohua restrained his temper: "What are you dealing with?" ”
Chu He saw clearly on the side, walked over carefully, picked up the chopsticks on the ground, and handed them to Bi Die to accept.
Yingjiu knew that if Shaohua was more serious, he would not be able to fool him, so he had to say: "Master Hou asked me to find out who is behind He Wulang." ”
Shaohua asked again: "What about Yingluo?" ”
At this moment, Zi Yingjiu really shook his head into a rattle, and he looked up at Shaohua bitterly, "I still saw him at noon, he seems to have been called by Hou Ye to do things, and we don't interfere with each other, so I don't know where he went." ”
Looking at Ying Jiu's helpless and affirmative expression, as if he had already said everything he knew, Shaohua pursed his lips and said nothing, his eyes drifting to other places. Yingjiu exhaled quietly, glad that he had escaped the difficulty, but he heard Shaohua ask: "Yingjiu, I know that you and Yingluo are both kind to Hou Ye, so they are loyal to Hou Ye." I am Hou Ye's wife, and Hou Ye asked me to take care of this family, so you are also included. ”
Suddenly, Ei-jeou felt his scalp tingle, and a voice squeezed out from between his teeth and replied, "Yes, madam." ”
Shaohua sneered, looked at his flickering eyes, and changed his voice: "But you obviously don't take me, Mrs. Hou, in your eyes, every time I ask you, you always push back and refuse to speak out." Do you have an opinion on me, Mrs. Hou, or do you have an opinion on me, Li Shaohua? ”
Ying Jiu only felt sweaty behind him, and he hurriedly replied: "Madam, my subordinates don't dare!" His subordinates swore allegiance to Lord Hou and would never dare to have an opinion on his wife. ”
Shaohua deliberately asked around the words: "You are loyal to Hou Ye, but not to me, so Hou Ye asked you not to tell me, you will never tell me, right?" ”
"I ......" When Yingjiu sorted out the logic of this sentence, he happened to see Shaohua's cunning eyes, and he secretly said in his heart that he was cheated again.
Shaohua sank his expression and looked worried: "Tell me honestly, what happened, was Master Hou injured by someone, or did Lord Banzai lock him up?" Is it because of He Wulang's matter, or because of rumors, so Hou Ye is in danger? ”
Yingjiu was anxious and frightened, and was dazzled by Shaohua's sudden joy and anger, and his wonderful expression was dazzled, and he didn't notice it for a while, and blurted out: "No, Master Hou is fine, Madam can rest assured." ”
Shaohua immediately stopped talking, looked at him, and asked rhetorically, "So, do you know where Master Hou is?" ”
Ei-jeou almost bit off his tongue and silently turned his face away, not speaking.
Shaohua was furious, and at this time she was still playing Tai Chi with her, and she said urgently: "If you don't explain honestly, I will enter the palace to ask for someone." ”
Ying-jeou almost cried, so he had to beg: "Madam, you still wait at home, Hou Ye will be back soon." ”
Shaohua narrowed his eyes and threatened, "Then you tell me the truth, I will never tell Hou Ye, I can swear." ”
Yingjiu said: "Madam, it's not that I'm hiding it from you, it's really ......."
But I heard a shout: "Youhan, prepare the car!" ”
"Madame, I say!" Ying Jiu immediately raised his hand to surrender, looked at Shao Hua helplessly, and said weakly: "It's General Jin who has an accident." ”