auspicious time has come

Chapter 24: Uncle Xiao Shi

After Hengyu asked An to salute, Mrs. Xiao smiled and took her hand, and asked with concern as she walked out: "After drinking the soothing soup last night, did you sleep well?"

Mrs. Xiao's enthusiasm and concern are undisguised. Although Hengyu is not sure why, but her tone is obedient: "I slept well, thank you for your concern."

Looking down, she saw the jade plaque tied in front of her.

Could it be that Mrs. Xiao recognized that it belonged to the eldest princess, so she treated her differently?
Or... It couldn't be because of her, Ah Weng, could it?

She was thinking about it in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face.

Outside the gate of Hou Mansion, the carriage has been prepared.

There was a man standing beside the carriage.

The early morning sun shone on the young man in a black tunic, which made his figure even more stalwart. His expressionless face had a deep and clear outline, and his whole body had an indescribable sense of majesty honed on the battlefield.When standing there quietly like this, it seemed as if a god had descended into the world in a trance.

Seeing it in his eyes, Heng Yu couldn't help sighing in his heart - having a good face is really an advantage.Looking at this man now, she didn't think that he would be a person with treason in mind, but she became more and more compatible with those gods who responded to requests.

Being looked at by her like this, Xiao Mu was uncomfortable, and Yin Hai's words suddenly flashed in his mind-this is the one who should be wary of most.

Staring at him so repeatedly, could it be that she really intends to trick him?
Thinking of this, Xiao Mu's body tensed slightly, and his heart became even more defensive.

"It's early in the morning, and I don't know how to wear a cloak."

Mrs. Xiao glanced at her son with a smile, and took Heng Yu into the carriage.

The two carriages drove slowly and stopped outside Jingshui Building, and a group of people went up to the second floor and sat down in the window-facing room.

The breakfast food in Jingshui Building was very delicate, Madam Xiao chatted with Hengyu from time to time while eating it.Xiao Mu was used to marching and fighting, so he was not used to eating leisurely like this, but he still slowed down his chopsticks as much as possible, and ate quietly by the side, rarely talking.

He didn't take the initiative to start a conversation, but he couldn't stand his mother pulling him up: "A Heng, when Jing Shi sent you back last night, didn't you meet any unscrupulous assassins?"

Xiao Mu was silent for a while.

After half a meal, my mother's name for Ji's painter has changed.

"No." Everywhere he said, Heng Yu couldn't help looking at Xiao Mu: "Thank you, General Xiao, for sending me back last night."

"Since his father is old with Mr. Qinghan, our two families can be regarded as old friends. There is no need for the General Xiao to shout like Lord Xiao Hou, making it appear that they are different for no reason!" Mrs. Xiao glanced at her son, her eyes It was full of smiles, just as he was going on, he only heard his son speak at the front——

"Since that's the case, Master Ji calls me Uncle." Xiao Mu said expressionlessly.

"...?"

Heng Yu was stunned, and looked at the other party, only to feel that the other party seemed to have an aura of refusal to be thousands of miles away.

So, is this Uncle Shi meant to sever any other relationship with her?

Hengyu blinked, smiled, and said cooperatively: "Yes, Uncle Xiao."

This Uncle Shi shouted obediently and respectfully, as if the opposite was really an out-and-out middle-aged man.

Mrs. Xiao looked dumbfounded.

How did this... suddenly develop into a relationship between the elder and the younger!

Isn't this brat a big hole in his brain? !
"What are you calling Uncle Shi, you are only 23 years old this year, and Ah Heng is seventeen years old, and his birthday is half a month away. Anyway, he is only five years away. You don't want to take advantage of him!" Mrs. Xiao resisted the urge to strangle her son. Impulsive, he just took a look at him, turned around and looked at Heng Yu with a smile: "Don't listen to his nonsense, just call him Brother Jing Shi in the future!"

Xiao Mu: ...

What kind of terrible name is this that can only be thought of after reading too many books?
Under Mrs. Xiao's expectant eyes, Heng Yu looked at Xiao Mu, and saw that he was full of defense and refusal, which made her think of the big black dog at home for no reason, so she shouted empathetically: "Brother Jingshi—"

The girl's voice is clear and sweet, like a spring stream refreshing the heart, and like a breeze with the fragrance of peach blossoms in March in Yangchun.

"..." Xiao Mu was shocked for no reason, silently clenched his chopsticks—he had never been so tense on the battlefield.

After only a few days of acquaintance, how did she manage to shout?

Facing the girl's bright, open and smiling eyes, General Xiao once again looked away.

Mrs. Xiao smiled contentedly: "Yes, this is pleasing to the ear!"

Xiao Mu just felt that he couldn't stay any longer.

And at this moment, a loud scolding came from downstairs outside the window——

"In broad daylight, what are you doing!"

It's a girl's voice.

Gigi's voice, to be exact.

Hengyu had just sent Jiji to buy candied fruit nearby, so she must have just returned.

Hearing the quarrel outside became more and more mixed, Heng Yu got up: "Ma'am, I'll go downstairs to have a look."

Mrs. Xiao nodded, and the maid pushed the door of the elegant room open. Xiao Mu looked at Meng Dazhu who was guarding the door: "Go and see what happened outside."

"Yes."

Meng Dazhu strode down the stairs following Hengyu.

"I ask you to let go of this lady!"

"It's none of your business! Go away, get out of the way!"

A lot of onlookers had gathered downstairs, when Jiji saw her girl, she quickly pointed to a man and said angrily: "Girl, I saw him chasing and beating this lady, I don't know where he is going to take her !"

Only then did Heng Yu see the situation clearly.

The man pointed at by Jiji was about 40 years old, wearing a patched coarse cotton robe, with a slightly hunched back, a messy beard and a face with high cheekbones, full of ferociousness and impatience.

He was pulling a woman's wrist at this time, and the woman didn't know whether she tripped or was injured, and she fell to the ground half supported at this time, just being dragged by the man.

The woman was very thin, with a messy bun wrapped in blue cloth, her complexion was sallow and there were bruises on her face.

Or because there were so many onlookers, the woman lowered her head in tears and hardly dared to raise her face, and her too thin body trembled slightly.

"Dare to run next time, and see if I don't break your leg!"

While the man was speaking, he kicked her hard again.

This behavior made Heng Yu frowned: "Do you know that you will be arrested and sent to the government for hurting people?"

"Hurt people?" The man sneered, looked at the audience, and said contemptuously and complacently: "She is nothing! She is just a lowly official slave!"

Heng Yu pursed her lips slightly.

It's really terrible that when I was so low in the dust on weekdays, I finally took the opportunity to trample on the disgusting face of humiliating others.

She said coldly: "Even though she is a lowly girl, she is not someone you can kill at will."

Although Dasheng law treats lowly people like ants, lowly slaves can even be bought and sold at will, but if someone kills them for no reason, and if someone really reports it to the yamen, the government will not punish them at all.

"But she is not only from a lowly background, but also a daughter-in-law given to me by the official media yamen!" The man's expression became more and more arrogant: "Since she is married back, she is my second son's property! If she is married and can't be beaten, then I will return it to you!" Why marry her!"

As he said that, he smiled and asked the onlookers around him: "Do you think this is the truth! We can't beat other people, so why can't we beat our own mother-in-law!"

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