My wife has a secret

Chapter 246 Dealing with Each One
"General Yang, those refugees are still blocking the door. We have followed your instructions and asked the servants in the mansion to go out and buy food, and make as much porridge and soup as possible to distribute."

The housekeeper of the Marquis's mansion, accompanied by two servants, stood in front of the Second Young Lady's courtyard gate, bowing their heads and not daring to look directly at the beauty inside.

Now Yang Xianning has washed off the dust, taken off her armor, and put on loose clothes covered with delicate embroidery.

On her lightly made-up face, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, graceful and moving, less iron-blooded and more tender.

Yang Xianning, dressed up as a girl again, perfectly interprets the meaning of beauty.

When the door was opened to persuade the refugees two days ago, many stories spread in the capital because of this extremely moving face that appeared at the door.

No one would have expected that in such a poor environment as Huangling Pass, the female general leading the troops to fight would be so beautiful.

"it is good."

Because most of the people gathered outside the mansion were common people from Huangling Pass who followed her, Yang Xianning could not just ignore them. She had to ask the servants in the mansion to distribute porridge and some dry food to fill their stomachs.

"Second Young Madam, I have something to ask you..."

"Shut up! Why are you talking so much in front of General Yang?"

The servant following the butler was about to speak when he was stopped by the butler in a stern voice, signaling him to shut up and not say any more.

However, Yang Xianning still noticed something unusual, looked at the servant, and said calmly: "It's okay, let him talk."

The butler knew that he couldn't stop the other party, so he sighed heavily and stepped aside.

The servant mustered up his courage and told Yang Xianning about the difficulties in the mansion.

"Second Young Madam, there are so many refugees gathered outside the mansion. Even if we sell the entire mansion, we can't afford so much money... Steward Wei used all the money he saved to marry a daughter-in-law to buy enough food for today."

Yang Xianning was stunned for a moment before she realized that the orders she gave to the servants in the Marquis' Mansion were unreasonable.

The Guangping Marquis' Mansion is not the General's Mansion of Huangling Pass. It does not have that much land and military power. The silver deposited in the mansion's account is naturally not enough to support such a large expense.

It's all my fault, because I formed a habit when I was leading the troops some time ago and didn't take this matter into consideration.

"Wait a moment."

Yang Xianning thought for a moment, then turned around and went into the house to take out a box of items. She told Steward Wei and the servant who was traveling with him, "This box of items is my private money... Oh, take this item to pay it off."

When Steward Wei saw Yang Xianning take off the jade pendant from the goose neck without thinking, he was immediately panicked.

Even he knew that the ornaments carried close to the body must have extremely profound meanings.

Moreover, this jade is crystal clear and looks light green, so it must be a valuable item.

Steward Wei waved his hands and refused, "General Yang, this is too expensive... I am just an ordinary person who admires General Yang, so I don't regret working for the Yang family at all."

Just as Yang Xianning was about to say something, three servants saw Xu Qing at the gate of the courtyard and bowed their heads in greeting.

"Master Hou."

"Master Hou."

When Xu Qing came, he already had a general understanding of what was happening here. Just as he passed the corner, he overheard the conversation between Yang Xianning and the housekeeper.

Therefore, he smiled and said, "It's okay, you all can go down. When the account office pays wages this month, your wife's share will be reimbursed."

Upon hearing that the real master had arrived and had an idea, Steward Wei hurriedly thanked him and quickly left the place with the two servants.

After turning around, Xu Qing's gaze passed over Yang Xianning and looked around the yard a few more times.

He carefully discovered that apart from the basic daily necessities, there were almost no extra decorations or servants in the room.

"Are you used to living here? I remember there were quite a lot of servants in the Yang Mansion..."

"Children of the Yang family must learn to be independent from a young age, so it is normal for them to have no servants to serve them. Marquis Guangping is so kind that he has rented several spare rooms in the mansion to the three of us sisters to live in. This is a great favor."

Yang Xianning's expression was calm as she handed the box in her hand to Xu Qing. In the center of the open box, there was a jade pendant that was still warm.

"What is this for? Do you want me to exchange it for money?"

Xu Qing smiled, pushed the things back, and said, "Don't you know my origins? I am the nephew of the current emperor and the only son of the Xu family. Although there is not much spare money in the account of the Marquis' Mansion, in my hometown in Jiangnan, the only thing left there is money."

Yang Xianning hesitated for a moment and put the things back.

She had also heard of the name of the Xu family in Suzhou. She knew that this family was originally wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, and gained power because she was selected into the harem during the reign of Emperor Heng of Qi.

With such a powerful background, he must have a huge family fortune, and this is not just a lie.

"Thank you."

When they met again, Yang Xianning didn't know how to express herself to the man in front of her.

When she was staggering on the saddle, covered in blood, and saw Xu Qing and his troops appear at the end of her sight, she thought she was hallucinating.

Now that she knew what had happened and understood how much effort Xu Qing had put in, she was somewhat reluctant to get close to him.

"But with so many refugees, staying outside every day is not a solution. Do you have any suggestions?"

Xu Qing saw Yang Xianning's coldness and asked a question that the other party had to answer.

Yang Xianning knew that most of the people outside the door came because of her, so she answered slowly: "There is no better way. When I went out before, there were too many people blocking the way outside..."

Yang Xianning had not expected that she would receive so much attention in the capital. Just because the door was opened two days ago, many people were injured due to trampling and watching.

Therefore, it would be difficult for me to show up for the time being.

"If there is no other way, just wait a little longer."

Xu Qing had a plan for the commotion outside, but he was not in a hurry to deal with it. Instead, he took the initiative to ask, "Do you have any free time today? Can you walk around the mansion with me?"

Yang Xianning wanted to decline politely, but when she thought about how she had caused a lot of trouble to the mansion in the past few days, she didn't say anything.

Instead, he nodded, tidied up the room briefly, and followed Xu Qing.

As soon as Yang Xianning's figure arrived, a fragrance filled the air, making Xu Qing's heart beat rapidly.

"The clothes you're wearing are pretty nice."

"This is the clothes of the fourth house Qin. Because we are similar in size, the other party brought some clothes to the courtyard."

Yang Xianning herself would definitely not buy clothes with such complicated patterns. The shape and color of this dress are exactly what Qin Shuying likes.

Xu Qingjian felt a little embarrassed because he had praised the wrong thing.

Fortunately, this feeling soon passed. When they reached a courtyard, the occasional shouts and the debris flying over their heads made Yang Xianning look slightly surprised.

Originally, Yang Xianning thought that there were thugs from Xu Qing's private equity in the courtyard, but when she got closer to the courtyard, she realized that the skills exuded by the people inside were pure Yang family skills.

When she shifted her gaze over and saw Xu Qing spreading his hands helplessly, Yang Xianning suddenly felt her face blush and her heart beat fast, with a wave of shame on her face.

"wait for me."

Yang Xianning asked Xu Qing to wait for her outside. She opened the gate and saw her second sister Yang Qin, who was only wearing a bra and white cloth pants, waving a spear, causing the surrounding bricks to crack and the ground to collapse.

"Yang Qin!" Because her thoughts had been distracted by the refugees' affairs in recent days, Yang Xianning had not had the chance to see how her sister was doing.

Who knew that Yang Qin would cause her so much trouble.

"Sister is here! Brother-in-law, you are here too!"

Yang Qin caught a glimpse of Yang Xianning out of the corner of her eye, and immediately stopped happily and walked towards the two of them.

She wiped her forehead on the way, and with a wave of her hand, the sweat fell to the ground.

"This isn't Yang's residence, how can you practice in someone else's yard?"

Yang Xianning immediately scolded her second sister, accusing her of being unreasonable.

As a practitioner of Overlord Spear, she naturally knew that this technique was more domineering than other techniques. Once it was performed, it would definitely turn the place where the practice was being conducted upside down.

The Yang family’s training ground is an empty sandy area, which is quite convenient, but where is the Guangping Marquis Mansion?
This mansion was carefully selected and built at great expense by the Prince of Dong'an. It is located in the most valuable market area in the capital.

Even if the third daughter of the Yang family was sold, she still couldn't afford to compensate for this house.

"I, I know I was wrong."

Yang Qin is usually very generous and carefree, and is nicknamed a tomboy in the army. She hates being cowardly when dealing with people.

But she didn't dare to act rashly in front of her elder sister.

For many years, Yang Xianning was the one who was in charge of the Yang family and raised her two younger sisters.

So when Yang Qin met this elder sister, it was like a mouse meeting a cat.

"It's not that exaggerated."

Seeing that the time was right, Xu Qing came out from one side and said with a smile, "It's not difficult to transform this place into a martial arts training ground, even though it doesn't quite fit in with the surrounding layout."

"Really? Brother-in-law?"

Yang Qin couldn't hear Xu Qing's dilemma, her mind was filled with thoughts of the new martial arts training ground.

In fact, this place is pretty good for her now. There are endless delicacies from land and sea to eat every day, and the food is much more delicious than that in Yang Mansion in Huangling Pass.

After all, the Yang family believed in sharing the joys and sorrows with the people, and demanded that everything be done on par with ordinary households, even down to the rice bran and flour steamed buns they ate.

Only during festivals can we eat meat to our heart’s content.

What bothered Yang Qin was that the yard for practicing boxing and kicking was too small, making it difficult to practice boxing or shooting.

"Of course!"

"My brother-in-law is awesome! He's such a man!"

When Yang Qin heard Xu Qing's promise, she immediately started boasting and said out loud all the few remaining words of praise in her head.

In fact, when they first met, the second young lady of the Yang family looked down on Xu Qing's behavior and felt that her sister's nominal husband and the person she was engaged to was just as the rumors said, cowardly and lustful.

But since the Battle of Jieting, Yang Qin has changed his views on Xu Qing.

In addition, during the Qinling battle, Yang Qin, who had wanted to sacrifice her life for the country, actually saw Xu Qing, the first person to appear on the battlefield after the beast tide ended, saving herself and her sister from danger.

At this point, all her prejudices against Xu Qing disappeared, leaving only admiration.

When I went to the battlefield for the first time, I was not as brave as my brother-in-law.

"Ok?"

Yang Xianning felt helpless when she heard that. She clearly came here to dissuade her second sister, but why did it feel like she was just playing the good guy? Was her image as a good person taken away by this guy Xu Qing?
After that, she glared at Xu Qing, then leaned close to his ear and asked, "Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

"You didn't ask."

Xu Qing blinked and looked at Yang Xianning innocently.

He asked Yang Xianning to follow him around the mansion, hoping to use her authority in the Yang family to deal with the two restless sisters of the Yang family.

Of course, this treatment is not the same as that treatment.

After the battle between Liao and Qi, he was very clear about how terrifying the fighting power of the second lady of the Yang family was.

Compared to eating more, how difficult is it to find a place to practice martial arts?
As long as he could keep this young lady in his house and provide her with good food and drink, he would have a first-rate master to look after his home.

Even if the star gods of the White Lotus Sect were to take action, they would have to consider whether they were important enough.

In this way, when I go out to do business, Lu Wanhe can stay at home and feel at ease.

Yang Xianning frowned her extremely smart and beautiful eyebrows and carefully thought about Xu Qing's thoughts and purposes.

However, before she could come up with anything, a clear and tender child's voice came from the other side.

"Second sister! I'm coming!"

Yang Caiyun, wearing a colorful skirt and a tasseled hairpin, skipped into the yard. However, before her second sister could take a look at her, she ran into her eldest sister glaring at her. She was stunned on the spot and turned into a fossil.

"Big...Big sister."

When Yang Caiyun spoke the latter part, her voice was as thin as a mosquito, and she didn't dare to look directly into Yang Caiyun's eyes.

Unlike her second sister, Yang Caiyun's situation, the two concubines in the Xu Mansion had informed her.

Because the younger sister was still young and had not learned many things except military tactics and battle formations, Lu Wanhe brought her to Master Nie's residence.

There is a private school there, suitable for children to go to school and learn various knowledge.

Moreover, Yang Xianning knew that the private school teacher, Lu Wanhe, was a well-educated and talented woman with extensive knowledge.

Not only that, Mr. Nie, who is known as a giant in the contemporary literary world, would also visit the private school from time to time to answer the children's questions and resolve their doubts.

Therefore, Yang Xianning was very relieved about her younger sister going to school.

Who would have thought that I would see her here?

"Aren't you in the private school at the Nie Mansion? Why are you here?"

Faced with her elder sister's questioning, Yang Caiyun hummed a few times and did not dare to answer.

She appeared here, of course she skipped her teacher's class.

If her elder sister knew that she dared to skip classes and fail to keep her school schedule, she would definitely punish her by beating her little butt until it was red and swollen, and she would not be able to get out of bed for three days.

"No, it's nothing."

But who is Yang Xianning?
She watched her two younger sisters grow up, especially the younger sister, who was the one who helped change her diapers and wipe her poop and pee soon after she was born.

How could Yang Caiyun's little thoughts be hidden from her?

(End of this chapter)