The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor

Chapter 318 Will you miss me (5)

Xiao Ruiqing walked over quickly with a smile on her face, as if she was happy for her brother's return, "Brother, it turns out it's really you. You haven't been home for a long time. Your parents miss you very much. If you have time, come and see Look at them!”

Hearing these pretentious words, Xiao Ruiyuan didn't even look at him. He ignored his hand and walked quickly past him, as if the big living person in front of him didn't exist at all.

Xiao Ruiqing's expression froze, and the outstretched hand slowly dropped down, with a look of sadness and loss on his face.

Seeing him like this, the man behind him pointed at Xiao Ruiyuan's leaving figure and became angry: "How can such a heartless person serve as the prince of the Hou family? How can we expect him to support the descendants of the Xiao family? No, I have to write a letter to Grandpa and ask him to persuade Marquis Weiyuan to change the name of the heir apparent, but we cannot entrust the prosperity of the Xiao family to such a ruthless person!"

Hearing this, Xiao Ruiqing concealed the look in her eyes and quickly raised her head to defend her brother: "My eldest brother is a very nice person, but he is a bit withdrawn! I have neglected Ling Yun this time, so I hope Ling Yun will respect you!"

The man known as Ling Yun looked at Xiao Ruiqing with a look of disdain: "You are also the legitimate son of the Hou Mansion, and your knowledge and virtue are not bad, so why don't you fight for the position of the heir apparent?"

Xiao Ruiqing waved his hands repeatedly and looked around nervously. Seeing that no one heard what he said, he pretended to be angry and said: "Since ancient times, there has been an order of growth and development. The eldest brother is the eldest son of the Hou Mansion, and it is natural for him to inherit the Hou Mansion! I am just the successor. He was born into a family, but his status is quite different, so how can he expect to be the heir apparent to his eldest brother? Ling Yun must never say such disobedient words again in the future!"

When Ling Yun heard this, his expression turned ugly. So what if he was born by a step-brother? He was also born by a step-brother, and he also had his first wife’s legitimate son, but the patriarch’s grandpa and his father didn’t love him the most, hum!

"What are you afraid of him doing? He will go to the battlefield the day after tomorrow. The Ba people are good at fighting. Who knows if he can come back alive!"

Xiao Ruiqing's expression changed drastically, and she quickly covered his mouth, mentally scolding him as a fool, "Ling Yun, you can't even say such things. If it gets spread and someone knows about it, it will cause great trouble to my Xiao family." !”

When Ling Yun came back to his senses, he was also covered in cold sweat. The two armies are fighting. If this word is spread, it will be easy to say that he has grown up with others and destroyed his own prestige. If someone falsely accuses Weiyuan Hou Mansion of having collusion with the Ba people, as a member of the Xiao family, he will definitely be killed. If it doesn’t work out, it’s possible that the future will be ruined!

Xiao Ruiqing secretly despised him. If it wasn't for the sake of being able to successfully sit on the throne in the future, how could he be friends with such a fool! Just wait, once those people take action, Xiao Ruiyuan will never come back from the battlefield alive. He is determined to win the position of heir apparent!

 Xiao Ruiyuan didn't know that someone was plotting against him, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Growing up, he had experienced this kind of thing too much. He couldn't even count how many times he had narrowly escaped from such calculations!

 At this time, he was explaining something to Xiao Shiyi.

 “Master, why don’t you let me go down?”

Looking at the expressionless master, Xiao Shiyi couldn't believe it and almost thought there was something wrong with his ears.

Xiao Ruiyuan glanced at him and finally explained: "This time is no different than before. The war may last for a long time. Someone needs to take care of the affairs in Beijing. I don't trust anyone else except you."

 “Subordinates obey orders!”

Xiao Shiyi felt relieved, and he just said that the master could not be dissatisfied that he was not strong enough, so he refused to follow him. However, the master actually explained to him, does the sun rise in the west today?

 (End of this chapter)