No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 371 Pingnan Essentials!

Xiao family.

The snow stopped, but the whole Xiao family seemed to be plunged into real ice, so cold that people couldn't even laugh.

The entire mansion was several times quieter than usual, and even when talking small things in the world, he only dared to hide in a corner where no one was around and whisper.After all, Mrs. Xiao still knew about Xiao Hong and Xiao Cheng, how could a mother accept it?He fainted on the spot.

The young lady of the Xiao family had resentment in her heart, but Xiao Hong had already been taken away, and she still had to take care of her husband and children, and she was too busy managing the entire Xiao family, so naturally she would not be in a good mood.

The effect of Qin Yao'er's medicine is still good, within two days Xiao Chen's voice has improved a lot, but after all, he has been infected by poison, his voice is not as clear as before, it still sounds a bit hoarse and rough feel.

Qin Yao'er let go of the hand holding Xiao Cheng's pulse, turned her head to the young lady who was standing aside and looked at her nervously, and said: "The poison has basically been eliminated, you don't need to drink any more after you finish the last dose of medicine."

The eldest young lady breathed a sigh of relief, nodded quickly and said, "Miss Qin is here to help."

Qin Yao'er shook her head and said: "Although the poison has been eliminated, the damaged body will not recover for a while. You'd better find a doctor who is proficient in medical treatment to show him. And his throat and nose, It will be affected to some extent. As for the lungs... it should be affected to some extent, and it is best not to go to places that have a bad impact on the lungs in the future." She can only be responsible for detoxification, but many poisons are destructive to the human body. She can't fix what's been damaged.

The eldest young lady's expression darkened, and she also understood this truth, and she could not force the doctor on these things, so she nodded and said: "Thank you for reminding me, we have invited the best doctor in the capital who is good at recuperating the body. As long as the poison on the husband is detoxified, we will take care of you." Will take care of his body."

"That's good." Qin Yao'er packed her things, stretched her neck and glanced at Xiao Chen who was on the bed, and said, "By the way, Lord Xiao, the prince said that you don't need to rush to the Yamen. He will wait for you to feel better." Will come to see you."

Xiao Cheng smiled a bit bitterly, and said: "Don't dare to work Your Highness the Prince Regent. When I get out of bed, I will personally go to the Prince Regent's Mansion to plead guilty."

Qin Yao'er was a little surprised, "It's unlucky for you to be poisoned, and you still want to apologize?" She didn't know much about these things, and she didn't care.He waved his hand and said, "Whatever, I will go back and tell the prince."

"Thank you girl." Xiao Cheng nodded.

The eldest young lady personally sent Qin Yao'er out of the house before turning around and returning to the room.

There was already a young man beside Xiao Cheng, who was telling him in a low voice what happened outside these two days.

The eldest young lady was not in a hurry, so she turned around and sat in the small hall outside for a while.After a while, the young man came out and said respectfully, "Ma'am."

The eldest young lady nodded and stood up, "Go and do your work, I'll go in and have a look."

"Yes."

Xiao Cheng had already sat up, leaning on a thick soft pillow behind him.Seeing his wife coming in, he smiled at her and said, "You have worked hard these two days."

The eldest young lady shook her head silently and sat down beside the bed, looked up at Xiao Chen and said, "Mother wants you and father to go to the Prince Regent's Mansion to intercede."

"For mercy?" Xiao Cheng asked.

The young lady looked a little ugly, "I beg the regent to let the third brother go." Naturally, the young lady was unwilling, not to mention that Xiao Hong almost killed her husband.Just keeping such a dangerous person at home, she might not only worry about the safety of her husband and herself, but also her children.

The Young Madam didn't get along with her uncle Xiao Hong very much, but she didn't have any bad feelings towards him before, but now she just wished that he would die in the Prince Regent's Mansion.

Although she is a woman, she is not a living Bodhisattva, and she cannot tolerate people who want to harm her family.

Xiao Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid it won't work."

Hearing what he said, the eldest young lady was relieved, but she was a little worried, "But mother..."

Xiao Cheng sighed and said: "Mother doesn't know, this... this matter is not just a matter of the Xiao family. Forget it, you go and invite father to come, just say, I have something to tell him."

The eldest young lady looked at his pale face worriedly, and said, "Are you in such a hurry?"

Xiao Cheng said, "It's urgent."

Seeing what he said, the young lady had no choice but to nod in agreement, and turned around to send someone to send a message to Mr. Xiao.

Master Xiao came very quickly, seeing that Xiao Cheng had sat up, his originally gloomy face finally had a little more joy, "Ah Cheng, how are you?"

Xiao Cheng nodded and said, "I made my father worry."

"You sent people to come to me, but what's the matter?" Master Xiao asked.

Xiao Cheng nodded, the discomfort in his throat made him frowned slightly, but he had to say some words, "Father, third brother..."

The smile on Master Xiao's face also disappeared, and he said in a deep voice: "You were taken away by the eldest son of the Luo family on the day you were poisoned, and now you are locked in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Taifu Su came to see you yesterday, when you fell asleep I didn't wake you up."

Xiao Cheng asked, "What did the Taifu say?"

Master Xiao frowned, and said: "Teacher Su said, let us rest assured that the regent is magnanimous and tolerant. In addition, the Grand Tutor also said... the things left by your grandfather have been returned to the original owner, let us Don't worry about it."

Master Xiao didn't quite understand these two sentences, but Taifu Su obviously didn't mean to explain.What does this matter about the Xiao family have to do with the magnanimity of the Regent? Even if Xiao Hong's poison has something to do with the people of Southern Xinjiang, the victims are still the Xiao family after all.At least the others except Xiao Hong shouldn't have made any big mistakes, right?

The other sentence is even more strange, what did the father leave behind?Why doesn't he know?And who returned it to the original owner?Who is the original owner?
Mr. Xiao didn't know about these things, but he couldn't get to the bottom of it unless the Taifu told him.

Xiao Cheng was stunned for a while, and thought carefully about what Mr. Xiao relayed, but secretly heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

It's just that the Xiao family may be fine, but the third brother...

As the future head of the Xiao family, Xiao Cheng is not a holy father, and he has shown mercy to Xiao Hong repeatedly because he is his own younger brother.Even if he doesn't think of brotherhood, he still has to worry about what his parents think.

In addition, he really did not expect that Xiao Hong would really attack him so quickly.

Now that Xiao Hong has fallen into the hands of the Prince Regent's Mansion, if he just poisoned him, he might be saved, but if it involves drugging his mother and colluding with people from southern Xinjiang, Xiao Hong may not be able to count on it in his life.

Master Xiao sighed and said: "Your mother spoiled him since he was a child, if you said something unpleasant, you shouldn't have heard it. That little Qin girl said that your poison has been cured, and we will go back to Yangxin in a few days. .” Speaking of this, Master Xiao was a little discouraged.Originally, he thought that the embarrassment of this trip to Shangyong was the limit, but he didn't expect his son to be more capable than he imagined.

Drugging the mother and poisoning the elder brother, this is actually a good son and grandson taught by their Xiao family!

Xiao Cheng nodded and said, "Father, the third brother's life may be safe, but in the future I'm afraid..."

Master Xiao let out a long sigh, and said coldly: "From now on, there will be no such person in my Xiao family!"

Although he got a suggestion from Mrs. Su, Xiao Chen didn't really feel that he could just sit back and relax.Three days later, he was just able to get out of bed and walk around when he went to see the regent himself.

Although the poison did not kill Xiao Cheng this time, it did cause him to suffer a lot.Originally, Xiao Cheng had been sent out as an official for a long time, but it seemed that he was actually much healthier than those Qingliu civil officials and powerful princes in Shangyong.In just a few days, he had lost a lot of weight, his face was pale, and it was obvious that his footsteps were a little vain as he walked.

If it wasn't for the support of the foundation for so many years, it might not be much better than Cui Ziying.

Even after this period of recuperation, Cui Ziying's complexion looked better than his.

"I have seen the prince and the concubine." In the study, Xiao Cheng greeted Xie Yan and Xie Yan respectfully.

Xie Yan nodded slightly, "You don't need to be too polite, just sit down."

"Thank you, my lord." Xiao Cheng was not polite, he was really tired.

Walking to the side and sitting down, Xiao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The Xiao family has no way to teach their children, so that my younger brother made such a big mistake, and I ask the prince to come down."

Xie Yan looked at Xiao Cheng for a while, then picked up a booklet from the table and flipped through it: "Although it is true that children's education is closely related to parents and elders, but the Xiao family can raise a pillar of the country like Mr. Xiao, and there is snow. Yang Academy educates the world, and this king believes that Xiao Hong is just an accident."

Xiao Cheng said: "The third brother is the youngest son of his parents, so the elders will inevitably spoil him a little bit. As an elder brother, the lower official has never fulfilled his responsibilities, so he has just let him have what he has today."

Xie Yan said: "This king knows why Mr. Xiao came here. Take a look. You happen to be working in Dali Temple. After reading it, tell me what to do."

After finishing speaking, Xie Yan raised his hand and threw the booklet on the table next to Xiao Cheng.

Throwing it over such a long distance, the zhezi landed on the table in front of Xiao Cheng without making the slightest sound.

Xiao Cheng opened the booklet, and it wrote all the experiences from Xiao Hong's entry into Beijing until he was arrested a few days ago.It even included Xiao Hong threatening Su Rui but Su Rui turned his back on him, the woman who eloped with him abandoned him and so on.

Naturally, there is also how Xiao Hong met the people from Southern Xinjiang, how he reached a consensus with them, and what exactly Xiao Hong is going to do in cooperation with the people from Southern Xinjiang.The more I looked at Xiao Cheng, the colder I felt. If Xiao Hong hadn't attracted the attention of the eldest son of the Luo family, and then the attention of the Prince Regent's Palace, it might have been possible.

Xiao Cheng knew about Shangyong's situation during this period. There were already a lot fewer officials in the court, and the officials from the regent to the ordinary officials were much busier than usual.The Southern Xinjiang people were not involved in court disputes this time and did not want to provoke the Prince Regent's House and the Luo family. Naturally, the Prince Regent's House and the court did not pay so much attention to these people.

Kanbula was watched by the Prince Regent's House, but not others.

If Xiao Hong is really allowed to return to Yangxin with his parents, the entire Xiao family may be wiped out by him right now!
Xie Yan looked at the expression on Xiao Cheng's face, and asked calmly: "Master Xiao, how should we deal with it?"

Xiao Cheng took a deep breath, pressed down his slightly trembling hands without any trace, and put the folder back on the table.

"Imprisoned for life, or...exiled into the army." Xiao Chen said in a deep voice.

Xie Yandao: "The Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple also have the same opinion. I don't want the reputation of Mr. Xueyang and the Xiao family to be stained. This case will not be announced to the public. Three days later, Xiao Hong will be directly escorted to Meishan, Beicheng. Do you have any objections?"

Xiao Cheng looked moved, stood up and cupped his hands and bowed deeply to Xie Yan, "Thank you, my lord."

The regent did this to preserve the reputation and dignity of the Xiao family and Xueyang Academy. It should be known that if the Xiao family can't even raise their own son well, how can the people of the world believe that they can teach the students of the world?
Xiao Cheng took out a thick booklet that looked a bit old from his sleeve, "This was written by my grandfather during his lifetime, please accept it with a smile, my lord."

Xie Yan nodded, and reached out to take the booklet.

The handwriting on the booklet is exactly the same as the letter left by Mr. Xue Yang, but the handwriting is stronger than that letter, and it should be written by Mr. Xue Yang before he became ill.

Luo Junyao came over curiously to have a look. On the cover was "Pingnan Yaolue".

Xie Yan was not in a hurry to read it, but gently closed the booklet and put it on the table in front of him, nodded to Xiao Cheng and said: "My lord would like to thank Mr. Xiao and Mr. Xueyang for Dasheng."

Xiao Cheng was a little surprised, after all, the regent king hadn't even read the content inside.

Xie Yandao: "I believe that what Mr. Xue Yang left behind during his lifetime will never be left unsaid. Mr. Xue Yang has this heart, and Mr. Xiao has this trip, which shows his heart. This is the end of the matter of the Xiao family. I hope Mr. Xiao recovers soon , both the imperial court and this king need such a pillar of talent as Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Cheng bowed his hands solemnly and said: "Minister, Xiao Cheng, thank you for your trust."

Until then, Xiao Cheng was truly relieved.

After so many years of guarding this secret alone, Xiao Cheng is really exhausted.The dignified Yangxin aristocratic family, the blood of the direct line actually has alien blood, just for this point, even if the imperial court does not pursue other aristocratic families, they will not let them go.

Although the aristocratic family has long been in decline in the court, they still hold incomparable power in the local area, and Xueyang Academy is really a coveted existence.

His great-grandfather felt guilty and restless for the rest of his life because he brought danger and hidden dangers to the Xiao family. Even if his grandfather was a great scholar in the world, he was still inevitably influenced by his parents and regarded the survival of the Xiao family as his lifelong obsession.

And this obsession was passed on to him through his grandfather, and this secret was finally exposed.

Fortunately, the ending is good.

While Xiao Cheng was rejoicing, he also felt that something heavy on his shoulders had finally gradually dissipated.

Now that the Regent has stopped talking, it is certain that the affairs of the Xiao family will not be spread anymore.Even if there are any accidents in the future, at least the Xiao family doesn't have to worry about being attacked, and even the court will become their reliance.

This kind of thinking goes against the way of survival of the aristocratic family for thousands of years, but Xiao Cheng sees it more clearly that the aristocratic family itself is out of date.

They have long since lost their place in the court, and they can only rely on the wealth and contacts accumulated from generation to generation to pretend not to be seen in the place and maintain their former honor.

Once the court really stabilized, the family's good times would almost come to an end.

Before that, it is not uncommon for the Xiao family to change their thinking and choose another path.

(End of this chapter)