Stepmother Shaoguang

Xiao Yan hurried home from the palace, and when she entered the door, she heard her father's angry voice, still scolding the people under him.

His heart sank, and his guess about the rumors outside was confirmed a bit.

"Father!"

Xiao Yan yelled at him from a distance to get his attention.

Xiao Chongdao, who was reprimanding the leader of the hidden guards, paused for a moment, thinking he was deaf, but turned around and found that it was really his daughter.

Ignoring the anxious look on his daughter's face, he forced a smile and said, "Yan'er? Why didn't you say hello to your mother when you came back? Hurry up and talk to her in the backyard. Father will look for you later when he's done working."

"Father, it is said that you sent assassins to assassinate General Lu, I..."

Xiao Yan came over in a hurry, she didn't change her clothes, it was still a homely dress.

"Nothing, don't listen to their nonsense!" Xiao Chongdao waved his hand, "Why would father assassinate General Lu?"

Xiao Yan stared suspiciously into his eyes: "I heard what my father said when I came in just now. If it wasn't for General Lu, who would father want to kill?"

Xiao Chongdao was at a loss for words, so he simply broke the jar.

"Yan'er, you are now Zheng Wang's side concubine! You will still be the main concubine in the future, and you can't think about other men all day long!"

"Do you know the way of the fifth prince? Lu Xiaowen is an obstacle. We can't tolerate him."

Facing his daughter, Xiao Chongdao tried his best to soften his voice, but the other party didn't buy it at all.

Xiao Yan's tone was sad: "Dad can't tolerate the person his daughter admires, and can't he tolerate his savior?"

From the moment Xiao Chongdao made up his mind to tear up his face with Lu Xiaowen, he forgot about his life-saving grace in the past.

He turned a deaf ear to his daughter's words and coaxed Xiao Yan: "After all, you are the daughter of my Xiao family, be obedient. What Father and Auntie did is for the future of the Fifth Prince and you."

Xiao Yan was startled, and understood her father's implication.

To say why Xiao Yan has a deep affection for Lu Xiaowen, it started from a glimpse at a palace banquet.

The old Duke brought Lu Xiaowen to the palace banquet, and Xiao Yan also sat beside Concubine Xiao Shu.

The young man with sword eyebrows and star eyes, holding a sword and dancing on the main hall, wished the queen mother a birthday.

It amazed the empress on the seat, and also amazed Xiao Yan's girlhood.

Goodbye, it was my father who led troops to quell the bandits in the nearby mountains and was ambushed.

When she was carried back to Xiao's mansion covered in blood, she was terrified, her feet went limp and she couldn't hold on, and Xiao Chongdao who almost fell to the ground was caught by the man again.

It was only then that Xiao Yan discovered that Lu Xiaowen, who was also covered in blood, had sticky strands of hair on his forehead and side of his face, mixed with scabs of blood, hard and smelly, and extremely embarrassed.

She was still in shock, and hurriedly found gauze to bandage him, but was rejected by Lu Xiaowen, only then did she realize that Xiao Chongdao's blood was all over his body, and he was just passing by hunting today to help.

Lu Xiaowen left without a trace of nostalgia, and did not look at her more.

But Xiao Yan's eyes stuck to him from then on, and he couldn't move away.

On one side are relatives whose blood is thicker than water, and on the other side are people who have liked since childhood.

Xiao Yan didn't go to the backyard to look for her mother, and didn't stay for long. It wasn't until she returned to Prince Zheng's Mansion that she realized that she had escaped from that crazy home.

Perhaps it is because of the same blood that she, like her father and aunt, is paranoid about what she wants.

She has already tasted the price, what about her father and aunt?

Xiao Yan sighed, even if Lu Xiaowen wasn't involved, she couldn't bear to see her family go nowhere.

Since her father's side is no longer feasible, she can only try her aunt.

At any rate, my aunt has affection for the saint for more than ten years, so she must be conflicted in her heart.

Concubine Xiao Shu wrapped her nails with the juice of impatiens, lying on the rosewood beauty couch, enjoying the beauty lotion that the court lady put on her face, which can maintain her appearance and last for a long time.

Xiao Yan has not been in the palace for a long time since she got married, but when the palace servants of Tangli Palace saw her, they would still call "Miss Yan" affectionately instead of "Xiao Concubine" who was malicious outsiders.

Xiao Yan took a deep breath and raised a smiling face: "I'm here to look for aunt, is aunt free?"

Concubine Xiao Shu's eldest maid, Xiuyu, saw the commotion outside, and hurriedly came out to open the curtain for her, while welcoming people in, the corners of her mouth raised: "Yes, yes, Miss Yan is here, our mother is free anytime."

Sure enough, when Concubine Xiao Shu saw her, she waved her hand and signaled her to come over.

"You can sit down for a while. A few baskets of loquats were delivered early today. They will be peeled in a while, and served with cheese."

Concubine Xiao Shu turned her head to chat and laugh with her.

"Why did you come into the palace today? Do you want to stay for dinner? Auntie cooks for you in person and cooks drunken ribs and spring bamboo shoots, which are all your favourites."

My aunt is a good aunt and a good mother, so I have nothing to say to her or the fifth prince.

Xiao Yan's nose soured, if only she was just from the Xiao family.

"Auntie, where is the West Lake Dragon Well that the sage rewarded you? I want to drink that."

Xiao Yan held back her tears and talked to Concubine Xiao Shu as usual.

Concubine Xiao Shu was surprised by her sudden change, and opened her eyes to look at her: "Don't you like drinking Maojian the most?"

"I'm tired of drinking, and I fell in love with Longjing recently." Xiao Yan gently skimmed off the non-existing floating leaves with the tea lid, "The saints give aunt all good things, aunt take them out for Yan'er to taste." .”

"Since you like it, put it in a box, I don't lack it."

Concubine Xiao Shu believed her words, thinking that she was really tired of drinking, and planned to change her taste.

So someone pretended that there were not only Longjing, but also other Taiping Houkui, Lu'an Guapian, etc., and asked her to drink it instead.

"Auntie, this is too much."

Xiao Yan refused, because it was rare for her to take the initiative to ask for something, and Concubine Xiao Shu gave it to her without any refusal.

"Although you are only a side concubine now, don't worry, with my aunt here, you will definitely not be inferior to Gao Shi. Tell your aunt honestly, has she bullied you? And the Shunde concubine, did she rely on herself? Is it the Queen Mother of Zheng who orders you?"

Xiao Shufei grabbed her hand and said with concern.

Concubine Shunde lay in bed for several days last time because of her sickness, and Xiao Yan was exhausted and thin, and her heart ached for her to death.

"With my aunt here, who would dare to bully me?" Xiao Yan said with a smile, "My aunt is the saint's favorite concubine, and Hao'er is also the saint's most valued prince."

Concubine Xiao Shu raised her hand, expressing that she didn't like to hear these things: "Love is heavy? Didn't the saint just let Concubine Shunde, that bitch, climb on my head?"

"I hope the sage can still see Hao'er's intelligence and ability, and don't hurt his heart."

"Yes, aunt." Xiao Yan said with a sincere expression, "The third prince has more than strategy, but not enough benevolence. Most of the court ministers value Hao'er, and I will always help you..."

As long as, as long as you don't want to rebel.

Concubine Xiao Shu didn't hear the meaning behind her words, and she was pleasantly surprised: "Really? Yan'er is willing to help aunt?"