Chapter VII
Bai Xiao'er, who was sitting under the lamp, looked up at Xiaomei, who had been with her since she was a child, with a hint of helplessness and sadness, and some expectations: "Yes, Ming'er is coming back." Sometimes, I think that I have dragged Ming'er down for so many years, if I am not here, Ming'er may be able to live freely!"
The woman called Xiaomei immediately panicked, and hurriedly took Bai Xiao'er's hand and said: "Auntie, don't think about it, if the son knows that the aunt said such things, I don't know what kind of sadness to be?
Bai Xiao'er shook her head, took the unfinished clothes and continued to make them, and sighed lightly: "Xiaomei, after all these years, don't you know that person? For me and Ming'er, not only does he not love or spoil us, he doesn't treat us as wives and sons, he hates us! Although I don't understand why, he wanted to push me and Ming'er down the abyss from the beginning, have you forgotten? How did my parents die, and how did I get into the Hou Mansion? At that time, I was too young to fantasize that he treated me well, didn't care about my identity and brought me to the mansion, even if I was a concubine, I had no regrets. But after so many years, he let me see my parents die unjustly, let me and Ming'er be bullied in the house, and even exchanged Ming'er's life for the life of my son, if I don't understand it anymore, it's not just stupid, but heartless. ”
"Aunt ......" Xiaomei didn't know how to persuade Bai Xiao'er, she could see these clearly, but what if she saw it clearly, the son left home since he was a child, and he didn't have any foundation in the Hou Mansion, and they didn't have the assistance of the Hou family, rather than watching the master's pain and helplessness, it was better to have a little illusory hope, at least, the master could live better, but I didn't expect that the master had already seen through these.
"You don't have to persuade me, I have already decided, Xiaomei, although I am a deep woman, but what the long snake fruit is, I know, that fruit is enough to poison a city of people just by throwing it into the water source. Not to mention what he wants to do, he will definitely not do good deeds, but no matter what he does, he will let Ming'er carry the black pot for him! I won't let him succeed, tomorrow I will die in front of Ming'er, and in the future, Ming'er will no longer have any worries and will not be threatened and used by that shameless person!" Bai Xiao'er's words were very light, but very firm, Xiaomei stood stiffly beside her, for the first time in so many years, she knew that Bai Xiao'er also had such a firm determination.
"No, I don't agree!" Bai Yuming couldn't stand it anymore and walked in the door.
"Ming'er, why did you come?" Seeing her son, Bai Xiao'er was both surprised and worried, the Marquis of Jinling Mansion was not an ordinary family, she was afraid that her son would be hurt, and she was even more afraid that the child had heard what she had just said.
Bai Yuming looked at her mother, knowing her mother's worries, and said, "They can't hurt me easily, mother, you don't have to worry!" Bai Yuming approached her mother, leaned on her mother, and said, "Mother, the child doesn't want you to die, you promise the child, you must not do such a stupid thing!"
"Ming'er, mother knows that over the years, you have suffered a lot for your mother. My mother is reluctant to leave you, they haven't touched the bottom line before, and my mother has watched you suffer, but this time it will definitely not work. Ming'er, my mother will never let you trade your future and other people's lives for your mother's freedom!" Bai Xiao'er said resolutely.
Bai Yuming was silent for a moment before she said, "I promise you that I won't give him the long snake fruit, mother, don't do stupid things!"
Bai Xiao'er showed a relaxed smile at this time, and said: "Okay, Ming'er, don't worry, my mother is doing well in the house, although your father doesn't like your mother, but after so many years, I no longer take my mother's relatives out, as long as my mother knows that you are doing well outside, it is enough." ”
"Mother's ......"
"Okay, let's go back! don't let people grab the handle, Ming'er, mother, as long as you take care of it!" Bai Xiao'er comforted her son, Bai Yuming finally nodded, and left the Xiaofeng Courtyard, not noticing, a pair of eyes looking at him.
"Master, Ming Gongzi never knew that you cared about him, what is the point of you doing this?" When Bai Yuming walked away, the man in black behind him asked puzzled.
The man who was called the master turned around and left, and said: "I owe him more than that, besides, in the Hou Mansion, who do you think can be of great use except for Yu Ming? The Hou Mansion of Jinling is a family business handed down from the ancestors, how can it be in the hands of those gentlemen?" The words were full of anger and helplessness, it was Wu Yufeng, the son of the Marquis of Jinling, in the dark night, it could be seen that he was dressed in purple, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Bai Yuming, but he was more calm and arrogant than Bai Yuming. "Let's go, let's go back! Yuming's strength doesn't seem to be more than what we know, maybe he can really handle the heavy responsibility. ”
The next morning, Shen Yanling went to the court with Ah Zheng. This is the first time for Ah Zheng to go to the court, and yesterday he talked to his father for a long time, and got into the carriage with his father, still squinting. Shen Yanling looked at her son's appearance, shook her head helplessly, talked to Ah Zheng all the way, and when she arrived outside the palace gate, Ah Zheng was a little sober.
Ah Zheng is the son of King An's mansion, and he is a general who has just returned to the dynasty, and naturally many people are around to climb friendships, although Ah Zheng has been away from Beijing for five years, but in the end everyone was born, and it is also handy to deal with. When Ah Zheng was dealing with impatience, he heard a rumor from outside that Prime Minister Chu had arrived.
Ah Zheng is a little curious about this Chu Prime Minister, when he left Beijing, Chu Cheng Prime Minister had just won the top prize, although Chu Yangcheng is the son of the Chu family, but it is said that he has been in poor health, and Ah Zheng does not have a deep impression of him. And when Chu Yangcheng won the top prize, Ah Zheng's impression of him was limited to that extremely beautiful face. Seeing Chu Yangcheng again five years later, Ah Zheng didn't expect that Chu Yangcheng, a young prime minister who has always had a good reputation and is known for his gentleness and quietness, actually rushed up and gave Ah Zheng a slap.
Ah Zheng was beaten, and the other people in the hall were also stunned, Ouyang Zirui, who had just walked into the main hall, saw Chu Yangcheng's movements, and couldn't help shrinking his neck, growing so big, it was the first time he had seen someone who dared to beat this cousin so openly. He is very sympathetic to this Prime Minister Chu now, what about her as a prime minister, his cousin is a person who doesn't even care about the prince's brother.
Ah Zheng raised his eyes to look at Chu Yangcheng, staring at Chu Yangcheng in some surprise, not understanding when he had offended this Chu Prime Minister. And Chu Yangcheng also noticed at this time that the people in the palace were looking at the two of them with strange eyes, but it was not surprising that Ah Zheng was a noble prince of the palace and a general who commanded a side of soldiers and horses; No one would have thought that she would be the owner of the Wind Listening Building, and no one would have thought that the reason why she would lose her temper like this was entirely because Ah Zheng had teased her repeatedly, and I didn't know what Ah Zheng thought, but Chu Yangcheng really wanted to strangle him.
beat the prince of the prince's mansion for no reason, no matter how good Ah Zheng's temper is, it is impossible to let her go easily, not to mention, Ah Zheng is definitely not a gentleman who repays grievances with virtue. Although Chu Yangcheng's slap was not heavy, and there was only a shallow mark on a Zheng like him, who had been practicing martial arts all year round, but he was beaten inexplicably by the general of the Golden Dragon, and the loss of face was not a little bit, let alone beaten in front of all the courtiers in the main hall.
Approaching Chu Yangcheng with a dangerous smile, Ah Zheng's voice was not loud, but with a lot of coercion, he said: "Dare to ask Prime Minister Chu, what did Xu Zheng do?
Of course, Chu Yangcheng couldn't tell the real reason, so he was forced by Ah Zheng to take a step back and said: "Misunderstanding, Yangcheng recognized the wrong person, thinking that the son of the world was the disciple who teased the dead sister at the beginning, so he lost his temper for a while and accidentally injured the son." Please also ask for the understanding of the prince, Yang Cheng will definitely come to the door to apologize one day!"
Ah Zheng raised his eyebrows, took a step closer to Chu Yangcheng, and said with a smile: "Chu Cheng is really a good brother, I still remember the incident six years ago so clearly." However, six years ago, Xu Zheng was less than fifteen, and his father and mother were also very strict, how could they dare to do such an immoral thing......" Approaching Chu Yangcheng's side, Ah Zheng sniffed lightly, suddenly stopped talking, showed a playful smile, and said: "Since Prime Minister Chu admitted that he was wrong, Xu Zheng will not be investigated, but what the prime minister said, you have to do it, otherwise, the mother concubine misunderstands that Xu Zheng has done something wrong, and Xu Zheng will be punished." He retreated to Shen Yanling's side.
The people in the hall were confused by Ah Zheng's actions, one moment they looked like they wanted Chu Yangcheng to give an explanation, and the next moment they didn't pursue it, sure enough, there must be a father and a son, no one can guess the mind of the son of Zheng.
Chu Yangcheng was also confused by Ah Zheng's actions, she had dealt with Ah Zheng a few times, but she never knew that the person who was as cunning as a fox and as lazy as a scoundrel was the Zheng Shizi who was as famous as herself. Just now, he looked like he wanted to ask for justice, but at this time, he would no longer pursue it, and Chu Yangcheng did not dare to relax, this person would never let himself suffer, if he suffered, he must have to get it back, she now believes very much that this person will never let go of herself easily if she asks her to apologize, at this time he is willing to settle the account with her directly, and she will always worry about guarding against this demon son.
Fortunately, the emperor soon came to the court, and finally rescued Chu Yangcheng from the abyss of cranky thoughts. Today's most important court discussion is the reward of the returning soldiers, so although Chu Yangcheng has been distracted, he has not noticed that something is wrong.