On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Xiao Xiao knew in her heart that Aunt Mo could only get such information from one person in the inner courtyard.

What she didn't know was whether the general had revealed this to Aunt Mo on purpose, or whether Aunt Mo had figured it out herself from the general's words.

But this is indeed a problem.

Not to mention that the Crown Prince has not yet been named the Crown Prince. Even if he is named the Crown Prince, he may be deposed in the future.

Anyway, in Xiao Xiao's memory, not many princes could ascend the throne smoothly.

More often than not, those who are unwilling to be the eternal second and want to rebel, it would be great if they succeeded and got what they wanted.

If you fail, you will die a heroic death.

"This is a big deal," Xiao Xiao was unwilling to take on this hot potato from the bottom of her heart: "My husband respects me very much, why don't you wait until my husband goes to pay his respects to me, and I will discuss this with him in detail."

If Xiao Xiao agreed immediately, Aunt Mo would still be worried that she would say something too harsh and the young couple would have a conflict.

Now that I hear she has declined, I feel like she is hiding her incompetence.

But her status was awkward, so Aunt Mo could only smile and said, "Then let's think of a solution together."

Xiao Xiao also nodded vigorously with a sincere look on her face, but in fact she was so upset that she wanted to die.

If she had known that she would hear such embarrassing things if she wandered out, she should not have come out.

Aunt Mo started gossiping with her again: "Madam was invited back by her family, most likely they wanted to take the opportunity to give Miss Zhou a generous gift and ask Madam to introduce her to him."

The Zhou family is cautious now and will not accept dowries from anyone.

Xiao Xiao once again felt that she had underestimated Aunt Mo. Although she was trapped in the inner house, she was very smart. She sincerely admired her: "Aunt Mo is right."

Aunt Mo smiled lightly with a hint of loneliness: "I was just idle and had nothing to do, so I was just daydreaming."

Xiao Xiao immediately began to feel sympathy for the lady: "Don't worry, Auntie. When we move to separate houses in the future, we will definitely ask the Master and the Madam to let Auntie live with us for a while."

After saying this, I realized that I had acted in a rush and invited my mother-in-law to go back home.

All we can do is pray that our father-in-law lives a long life. As long as he is alive, his sons will not split up the family.

The main reason is that Xiao Xiao feels that Madam Li is easier to fool than Aunt Mo.

For example, if he was disrespectful to the lady, Li Yan would never blame her, but would help her cover up and clean up the mess.

But if she and Aunt Mo started quarreling, Li Yan would be like a sandwich.

Aunt Mo grew up in the inner house and was used to reading people's expressions. Seeing her sincerity, she was happy: "Okay, I'll wait."

He asked her one more question: "You and Miss Zhou are close friends. She is getting married. Will you prepare a dowry for her?"

She said this because she was worried that Xiao Xiao wasn't thinking it through.

When Miss Zhou entered the palace and became the Queen, it was too late for Xiao Xiao to get to know her.

What Aunt Mo was worried about was that Xiao Xiao was too concerned about her reputation and was unwilling to curry favor with Miss Zhou.

But I can't say it directly, so I can only say it now.

Xiao Xiao smiled when she heard this: "Don't worry, Auntie. I heard that Miss Zhou likes Ru kiln porcelain, so I found a pair of Ru kiln beauty vases, as well as tea sets and covered bowls."

Of course, she didn't spend a thousand taels of silver to buy it, but found it among her own spoils of war.

Fortunately, she had felt uneasy before and buried some gold, silver and precious porcelain, so she escaped the disaster.

Now that I have found it and taken good care of it, I have had a box made for it and am preparing to give it away?
As for Miss Zhou, she will definitely go and add some makeup.

It would be best if her brother or sister-in-law invited her.

Of course, if her sister-in-law didn't say anything, she could have approached them shamelessly. As luck would have it, when Xiao Zhou came back in the afternoon, she came to Sangyu Courtyard and saw Xiao Xiao leaning against the incense burner, reading a book, with fresh oranges, apples, walnuts, peanuts and other dried fruits beside her. She looked particularly relaxed and at ease.

Xiao Zhou couldn't help but envy: "Sister-in-law is so comfortable, how come I didn't see any maids or servants when I came in?"

"My sister-in-law is here, please take a seat." Xiao Xiao asked her to sit down and personally poured her a cup of red dates and longan tea: "Today is the day to pay the monthly salary, they went to collect the monthly salary."

Xiao Zhou then remembered: "I forgot everything."

Xiao Xiao smiled and said, "That's because my sister-in-law is busy with the eldest daughter's wedding."

Xiao Zhou said, "My elder sister asked you to come and talk to her when you are free."

Xiao Xiao thought to herself that this was just like seeing a pillow when you were dozing off, and said with a smile: "Look at me, I'm an idle person, I'm free every day."

"Then why don't you come with me tomorrow morning?" Little Zhou was actually a little jealous: "It's rare that you two get along so well. My elder sister is always thinking about you."

Xiao Xiao looked at her with pretended envy: "You are the direct bloodline, if something happens, you will definitely go to help. Although we get along well, we can only go over and talk occasionally."

Xiao Zhou liked to hear this, so she complained to her: "You only know one side of the story, not the other. We don't accept any extra dowry from outsiders now, and we want to keep a low profile."

"But mother brought Madam Chen to Zhou's house earlier to buy makeup for my sister. Isn't this embarrassing for me and my mother?"

For the sake of little Zhou, Mrs. Zhou couldn't refuse her mother-in-law.

But the noble families are mostly related to each other. After meeting Mrs. Zhou today, it would be difficult to refuse admission to others tomorrow.

Mrs. Zhou complained to little Zhou that her mother-in-law was a worry.

Xiao Zhou felt a little upset, but she couldn't tell her husband about this, so she could only talk to her sister-in-law.

After a while, Li Yan came in carrying a few brown paper bags. Xiao Zhou didn't want to stay any longer, so she got up and left.

Xiao Xiao sent Xiao Zhou away, and when she came back she saw Li Yan standing at the door waiting for her, looking hesitant and a little shy.

Xiao Xiao held back the words that she wanted to tease him, and moved closer to him, quietly hugged his waist, and called out softly, "Husband, you're back."

It was obvious that his whole body stiffened.

Li Yan thought that it was not right for the two of them to hug each other like that since it was not dark yet, the maids and old women might come in.

But he couldn't bear to push her away. Thinking of what happened between the couple last night, his blood instantly boiled.

He couldn't help but hug her and whispered, "Are you okay today? Did I hurt you yesterday?"

He is now temporarily serving as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, and has a lot of things to do in his position.

But when I went to work today, I felt a little absent-minded and my mind kept wandering away from home.

No, it should be that my mind always sneaks back home and thinks about my lovely wife at home.

That's why he specially bought some snacks after work today, just to please her.

Xiao Xiao glared at him: "What are you talking about in broad daylight? You are so frivolous."

Li Yan: “…”

He felt that Xiao Xiao's words were not talking about him, but about herself.

But when he looked at the beautiful woman in his arms, who was showing her charming and charming expression, he swallowed the straightforward words.

Xiao Xiao casually said, "My sister-in-law came to me earlier and asked me to go with her to Zhou's residence tomorrow, saying that the eldest lady wanted to see me."

"Do you think it's appropriate for me to go and put on some makeup?" (End of this chapter)