Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 73 Parting is imminent
Wen Qingwan saw that the little girl was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she even begged her to save her by name. It would be unreasonable for her to pretend not to see it.

Just as she was about to ask Xiao Jin what to do, she heard Wen Mingzhu's gloating voice.

"Sister, how can you be so heartless? Just kneel down and beg the emperor for mercy."

Wen Mingzhu said with a smile, as if she was watching a wonderful drama, especially the look she gave Wen Qingwan was full of sarcasm.

Faced with Wen Mingzhu's provocation, it was impossible for Wen Qingwan to remain calm and unshakable. Everyone could put on a show. She just used to be disdainful.

The hard is easy to break, the soft is easy to bend. It is better to seek in the crooked than in the straight. So she slowly stood up, walked to the middle of the hall and knelt down.

Her eyes revealed determination, "I beg Your Majesty to show mercy and pardon my sister's caning. It's all my fault. I didn't discipline her properly."

Wen Qingwan said this, but she didn't think so in her heart, and she didn't have the belief and persistence to ensure that Xiao Jinying would not be beaten.

She was not afraid of facing the powerful emperor sitting on the throne, because she was not sincerely begging for mercy, so it didn't matter to her.

It wasn't really that she was provoked by Wen Mingzhu and impulsively stepped forward to beg for mercy. She was just pretending to beg for mercy to show everyone.

As for the fact that the emperor and the prime minister disagree, that’s none of her business!

Everyone in the hall looked at this scene in amazement, and couldn't help but admire Wen Qingwan's bravery and decisiveness.

Is it possible that the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion is so responsible?
Xiao Jin did not expect that his little girl would act so quickly. If he had known that she would be provoked by Wen Mingzhu, he would have been better off asking for mercy himself.

But his face was far less important to him than his wife, so he only slowed down a step and rushed to her side and knelt beside her.

The emperor sitting on the dragon throne raised his lips, and those who were familiar with the emperor knew that their majesty was smiling.

The emperor said gently, "If I do not pardon the daughter of the Xiao family, Xiao Wenshi, what will you do?"

"..."

The emperor asked her?

Wen Qingwan was dumbfounded!

What can I do? Just fight!

But she wouldn't say that. If she did, all the performances would be in vain!

"It's all my fault. If you want to punish someone, punish me!" Wen Qingwan said righteously.

In his heart, he cursed the emperor and Wen Mingzhu's ancestors for eighteen generations, and even scolded Xiao Jinying, saying that she deserved to die and be buried.

"It's all my fault. Your Majesty, please spare my wife and sister."

As soon as Xiao Jin finished speaking, the emperor on the dragon throne spoke, "Well, I agree. Since your leg has healed, I will punish you to go to the border tonight to support you."

Hearing this, Xiao Jin felt cold all over. He thought the emperor would let him set off early tomorrow morning, but he never dreamed that the emperor would be so cruel!

His little girl just started to get a little close to him today, and he wanted to take the opportunity to get closer to her!

The atmosphere in the magnificent hall suddenly became tense, as if an invisible pressure was filling the air.

The emperor almost changed his words, not because he couldn't stand Xiao Jin's cold aura, but because he couldn't stand Defei's resentful eyes.

"I thank Your Majesty for the grace of not punishing me. I will return home and help my husband pack his luggage." There was joy in Wen Qingwan's clear and crisp voice.

Everyone could see that she was in a very happy mood and her face was filled with a cheerful smile.

The smile on her lips could not hide her inner joy, as if the whole world became colorful because of it.

Xiao Jin was happy and sad to see that she was so happy like a child, with her eyes shining with happiness.

That's all! As long as she's happy! Besides, Beidi's attack this time was fierce, and he didn't know if he could come back alive.

What if the little girl falls in love with me and I can't come back, how miserable that would be!
So be it!

If she really couldn't come back, she would ask the Fifth Prince to help her find a young talent, and then give her title to the little girl's descendants to inherit.

When Xiao Jin thought about it this way, he felt even more upset.

The palace banquet ended perfectly. The happiest person was the emperor, followed by Wen Mingzhu.

She moved closer to Wen Qingwan and said proudly, "Sister, my brother-in-law is leaving for the border tonight, you..."

She was so nervous that she only realized at this moment that the domestic violence man's leg had healed. "Ah, this is unscientific?"

"What's the matter with the concubine being so jumpy?" Wen Qingwan joked cheerfully.

"He He…"

Before Wen Mingzhu could finish her stuttering, Xiao Jin pulled Wen Qingwan out and said, "Madam, let's go. You still have to go back to the mansion to help your husband pack his luggage!"

Xiao Jinying followed them with her tail between her legs, no longer looking around. The wealth and glory of the palace was not as good as her living in a poor marquis' mansion!

At least in the Marquis' Mansion, she was the one in a high position, but once she left the Mansion, she would be beaten at any moment.

No wonder that coward Xiao Jinyu refused to come out. Besides, their mansion is not that bad now and they have meat for three meals a day.

The setting sun melted gold, and it was getting dark. Xiao Jin didn't say anything until he left the palace and got into the carriage.

Wen Qingwan realized belatedly that he was unhappy, "Husband, are you unhappy?"

"Madam, are you happy?"

"Well, I'm really happy today. I didn't expect that my piano playing would be recognized by so many people." Wen Qingwan told the truth.

"My wife plays the piano very well, why are you so unconfident?" Xiao Jin asked with a frown.

"Minister Wen, his wife, and the young masters of the Wen family all say that I am not a good pianist and cannot compare to Wen Mingzhu. But you have never heard Wen Mingzhu play the piano. It is simply a magical sound..."

Wen Qingwan chattered about the past with Xiao Jin. This was the beginning of her opening her heart to him, but neither of them realized it at that time.

From her previous life until her death, the only two people she could talk to were Jinlan and Jinque.

Seeing how heartless she was, Xiao Jin no longer felt sad. There was still a long time to go, and he must come back alive to have children with her.

So he began to nag her again, "My husband is not at home, my lady, you must be careful about everything, you must not be sincere to them, and you must not be punished for them..."

"Don't worry, my husband. The anger shown openly by the Xiao family brothers and sisters is much better than the arrows in the honey and needles in the cotton in the backyard of the Emperor...Wen Mansion."

"My dear wife, you have suffered a lot. From now on, I will protect you as your husband. If you can't postpone the unnecessary flower-viewing banquet, you can postpone it. If you can't postpone it, take my third brother and Xiao Yi with you."

"Okay, I get it. We must not take Sixteenth Sister with us. You've just said it eighteen times!" Wen Qingwan said mischievously, sticking out her tongue.

"Haha, I'm worried about you, and you're making fun of me." Xiao Jin said as he held her on his lap.

Before he could make any further move, he heard, "Brother, sister-in-law is back, we are waiting for you to have dinner."

Xiao Jin lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw his grandmother, along with his brothers and sisters, standing at the gate waiting for him. "Grandma, why are you standing at the gate?"

"Grandmother is worried that Sixteenth Sister will get into trouble..."

Before Xiao Lichun finished speaking, he heard Xiao Jinying crying, "Wuwu... Ying'er almost died in the palace."

(End of this chapter)