Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 13

In the morning of the next day, Yu Shaoheng and Ye Xizhao went to the prime minister's mansion, first went to the main room to see Mrs. Meng, just as Mrs. Meng was admonishing Ye Xihan.

Ye Xihan's injuries were all on the bright side, there was a bruise on his forehead, and a scar on his throat had already healed.

Ye Xizhao could see that the injury was caused by the tip of the sword penetrating the slightest bit, so he secretly sucked in a breath of cold air.If Yu Shaoheng's strength had been slightly off at that time, her elder brother would have lost his life.

Immediately, she couldn't help but gouged out Ye Xihan's eyes.Well done, why provoke Yu Shaoheng?Having said that, how many people in the entire capital dare to compete with Marquis Yongping?

When the two men met, their eyes met.Ye Xihan returned his cold stare unconvinced, but Yu Shaoheng was indifferent and calm.

The Meng family never expected that Yu Shaoheng would come, and her surprise soon turned into surprise. With a smile all over her face, she asked her daughter and son-in-law to sit down, and first asked about Yu Shaoheng's condition: "I heard that I have been recuperating at home these days, but I feel better." ?”

Yu Shaoheng said in a gentle voice, "Mother-in-law Lao is concerned, there is no serious problem."

Seeing that Ye Xihan was about to speak, Ye Xizhao took a step forward and said: "Yes, mother, just don't worry. Lord Hou's old injury is just cracked. It's okay to bandage." When she returned to her mother's house, she spoke more casually and did not hide her emotions.

Yu Shaoheng almost laughed.

After hearing this, Ye Xihan swallowed what he was going to say, and stared at Ye Xizhao dissatisfiedly, his eyes were clearly saying: What are you crazy about?How could you stand on his side and sneer at me?

Ye Xizhao ignored it.

Meng frowned and scolded Ye Xihan: "Look at the good deeds you have done!" Then he smiled apologetically at Yu Shaoheng, "I originally planned to go to the Hou Mansion to make amends in a few days, but I didn't want to..."

Yu Shaoheng smiled slightly, "Mother-in-law is serious. It's been a while since Xizhao hasn't returned to the Prime Minister's mansion, and I have time to spare, so I will go with her."

Ye Xizhao understood that Yu Shaoheng was like this, he could do things, but he couldn't say what he said in the open.He could tell her and Mrs. Tai to come to Xiangfu to make amends, but after he came, he would never say a typo, and the cutscene was just for the peace of mind of the two elders.

Ye Xihan responded with a cold snort, "I thought you imprisoned Xi Zhao in the Hou Mansion!"

"You scoundrel!" Meng Shi was so angry that she wanted to hit someone, "You still dare to talk nonsense at this time!?"

Just at this time, the little servant girl came to report: "Ma'am, the emperor's dragon body is slightly ill today, and the early morning court was spared. The prime minister is back, please move to the study room to tell the prince."

Yu Shaoheng got up in time and went to the study.

When Yu Shaoheng left the courtyard, Mrs. Meng picked up an account book at hand and threw it on Ye Xihan, "Are you trying to piss me off? Unfilial stuff! What bastards were you talking just now!"

"Mother, don't be angry, I am also..."

Mrs. Meng continued to scold: "What do you say you did? It's bright and sunny, and you want to compete with Lord Hou. Lord Hou doesn't bother to talk to you, so you just sneer at you without mercy. That's all. You always talk about the old days. What is Zhao doing? What are you always talking about in the past? Do you really want to see Xi Zhao have a peaceful life for a few days? You..." At this point, his face turned pale.

Ye Xizhao hastily put down the teacup, and went to comfort her, "Mother, don't be angry, it's nothing serious, Mrs. Tai and Lord Hou didn't take it to heart."

Seeing this situation, Ye Xihan also panicked, and he knelt on the ground obediently, "Mother, I know I was wrong, you must take care of yourself."

"If you continue like this, I will be pissed off by you sooner or later!" Meng Shi couldn't understand, "Why do you always fight against Lord Hou? Are you happy to see Xi Zhao in a dilemma? All I can rely on is You and Xi Zhao only hope that you will take better care of your sister, but what about you?"

Ye Xihan lowered his head and kept admitting his mistakes, but his expression was somewhat aggrieved, he said in his heart that I was the one who got hurt, and I was the one who almost died, so in the end it was me who was wrong?
Fortunately, at this time, Yao's mother came in and relieved him with a smile: "Mrs. calm down, Master Biao is here."

Meng Shi and Ye Xihan froze, and looked at Ye Xizhao at the same time.

Ye Xizhao got up calmly and hid in the room.

Meng shi adjusted her mood as soon as possible, asked Ye Xihan to get up, and called someone to invite Tang Hongxiao to enter.

Ye Xizhao hesitated for a moment, then turned to the window and watched through the half-opened window.She has never seen Tang Hongxiao since she married into the Hou Mansion.The more he was in the prime minister's mansion, the more he worried about gossip, and he didn't want to be discussed in private by those aunts and concubine sisters, which would make his parents unhappy.

The fresh and bright sunshine in March falls on the courtyard, and the spring breeze blows the flowers and trees in the courtyard.With the passing of spring, Tang Hongxiao came into her sight.

She was still as elegant and pure as she remembered, but the aura radiating around her was quite different from the past.

In the past, he was like the warm spring breeze in this scene, but now he is like the shadow of a flower under the moon, revealing haze and bleakness, with a thin face and sharp outline.

Ye Xizhao's hands were clenched into fists, and his nails sank into his palms, but he didn't feel any pain.Her heart was very blocked, and her emotions were complicated and uncomfortable.Disappointment, hatred, and unwillingness are too heavy, but there is nowhere to go.She wished she could immediately expose his ulterior motives towards the Prime Minister's House, but she couldn't come up with any evidence to stand on the stage.She repeatedly reminded herself, to act steadily, and to restore the relationship between husband and wife is the most important thing, and everything else comes second.

Now deliberately looking at this person, the purpose is to prevent that if they meet in the future, she will not show her emotions in a mess.

Taking a deep breath and closing his eyes again, Ye Xizhao turned around and sat down, listening to the conversation of the three people in the hall.

Tang Hongxiao heard about Ye Xihan's injury and came to visit him.

Ye Xizhao couldn't help becoming irritable when he thought that he was a frequent visitor to the Xiangfu.Her father loves and cherishes talents, which is a rare good character, but he devoted all his heart and soul to Tang Hongxiao, and he was destined to be a tiger.He is partial and stubborn, and he cannot change his mind about a person without seeing tangible evidence.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile at herself, thinking that the self before her rebirth had completely inherited her father's disposition.

After thinking about it, if he wanted his father to start guarding against Tang Hongxiao, he could only rely on the help of his mother, but now his mother might only think that Tang Hongxiao was an infatuated kind, and she would let down her vigilance out of sympathy at some point.

Ye Xizhao really had a problem, and when he was upset, he heard Ye Xihan shouting outside: "Xizhao, Hong Xiao is here, and you didn't see him? It's not an outsider."

Ye Xizhao's teeth were itching with hatred, and it took some effort to reply in a normal tone: "I'm a little tired. You don't see Lord Hou very often, why don't you go to the study for a while."

"..." Ye Xihan didn't continue.

Meng said with a smile: "Xi Zhao is right, you must be bored talking to me, go to the study."

"I still have work to do, so I'm leaving." Tang Hong smiled gently, "Treasure."

The two words at the end are clearly said and heard by Ye Xizhao.

Meng's original intention was to ask Ye Xihan to see off the guests, but seeing him go to the inner room in two steps, he was annoyed in his heart, but he couldn't show it on his face, so he sent Tang Hongxiao out the door himself.

Ye Xihan came inside, flicked Ye Xizhao's forehead with his fingers, "Let me and Hong Xiao go to see Yu Shaoheng together, thank you for thinking of it! One was the one who was taken away by him, and the other was almost taken away by him. , you will add credit to his face!"

Ye Xizhao stared at him suspiciously, "Which family are you from? What do you want me to see him for? Have you lost your mind and gone crazy?"

But Ye Xihan rubbed Ye Xizhao's face with both hands, "Okay! It's nothing more than acting in front of others, now there are only us two brothers and sisters, why bother to suppress the grievance?"

"Who played with you?" Ye Xizhao's eyes became sharp, "Look at your words and deeds today, you don't look like my siblings, you are clearly an enemy with evil intentions to harm me!"

"What's the matter?" Ye Xihan became more and more surprised, "Hongyu heard about your situation from the servants of the Hou's Mansion, and told me verbatim—are you afraid that Yu Shaoheng will make things difficult for the Xiangfu and Hong Xiao? Why don't you even dare to go back to your mother's house easily?"

Ye Xizhao's eyes froze, "Whose room is Hongyu?" This is something she hasn't had time to figure out.

"It's in Yanhong's room."

"Who is Yan Hong?"

"Yes...." Ye Xihan scratched his forehead a little embarrassedly, "It's my new concubine's room, originally Yan Hong was from Seventh Sister's room."

"..." Ye Xizhao replied with a cold look, "Do you believe the nonsense my servant says?"

"How can I not believe it?..."

Mrs. Meng came in through the door curtain, interrupting Ye Xihan's words: "It's getting late, go to the study and ask where you put the food."

"I'm talking to Xi Zhao..."

Meng's tone increased: "You will only add to the chaos, get out!"

Ye Xihan left with a face full of reluctance.

Mrs. Meng took Ye Xizhao's hand, and turned to sit on the big kang by the window, "This bastard has nothing to do with my brother, but he and Hong Xiao are like brothers. Even if I try to persuade him, I won't see immediate results."

"It's impossible to continue like this." Ye Xizhao sighed, but couldn't find a good solution for a while, and turned to talk about Hongyu, "This kind of sowing discord, mother should deal with it according to her discretion."

"I made a note of it." Meng raised her hand to caress her forehead, her forced smile was invisible, "Since yesterday, I have been very angry with Xi Han, your father is also a muscle, I asked him to tell Xi Han Go to apologize to Lord Hou and admit his mistakes, but he refuses! Tell me what happened to them? They just don’t know how close they are!”

"It's all my fault." Ye Xizhao naturally knows the root of the problem better than anyone else, "Because of my relationship, the Marquis's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion had the false name of in-laws before, and there were too few contacts."

"What's more..." Mrs. Meng pondered for a moment before she said what she said from the bottom of her heart, "It's because Hong Xiao lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion since he was a child, and he has a close relationship with their father and son. Especially when you first got married, The father and son watched Hong Xiao getting depressed and haggard day by day. They always felt that the Xiangfu owed him. Naturally, they also always felt that your life was delayed. Adding all these things together, how could they treat Master Hou as a family? ?”

"...." Ye Xizhao didn't know what to say.

"On the night you got married, father and son got drunk in the Begonia Court in the back garden. They said that it was there that turned your life around." Meng recalled some past events, with sore eyes, "Later, your father often went there alone, It takes a long time to sit. Either you don't come back, or you always come back thin and haggard, he feels distressed. He has a group of children, but the most important thing is you."

It was in Haitang Garden that Yu Shaoheng met Ye Xizhao for the first time.But for Ye Xizhao, that was just an ordinary day, and until now he still doesn't know why he appeared there and where he lived.All I know is that that short scene has rewritten his and her life.

At this moment, Ye Xizhao's throat choked up when he heard these words, and he held Meng Shi's hand, "My daughter is not filial." How can mother be better if his father is like this?
"Okay, let's not talk about this." Meng broke out of the depressed mood and smiled, "Just be good for now, and come back when you have time in the future, and talk to your father more, and his knot will gradually fade away." opened."

"must."

At noon, the little maid came back and said, "Master Xiang was invited away by several colleagues. Before leaving, I specifically told the eldest lady to wait for him to come back. The uncle invited Lord Hou to his study for dinner, and said that he had something important to talk about."

Thinking of what Ye Xihan said earlier, Ye Xizhao felt uneasy, but he couldn't avoid his contact with Yu Shaoheng.Some things can be prevented before they happen, but some things can only go with the flow and face difficulties.

After hearing this, Meng smiled wryly. Yu Shaoheng had already passed away, so she had no reason to order someone to come over, "I hope the two of you can have a good meal and talk about it."

Later facts proved that this can only be a wish.

After the mother and daughter finished eating, the three aunts and Ye Xizhao's concubine sisters came over, and they all said that they thought that Master Xiang, Lord Hou, and uncle would be there, so they dared not come rashly.

Ye Xizhao didn't talk to them much and never got close to them, but it took a lot of effort to deal with them one by one.

When the room was clean, Meng saw that Ye Xizhao looked a little tired, so she ordered someone to serve her to Xici Room to rest.

Ye Xizhao slept soundly, but when he woke up, he was surprised that the sun had set to the west.It was so late, why didn't anyone wake her up?Dressed neatly and a little bit of make-up, she turned to the hall and heard Yao's mother whispering:
"Today, the uncle is relentlessly pestering Lord Hou to fight for the amount of alcohol. No, the two of them are still drinking at this time. I just heard about it, otherwise I would have come here to report."

"what?"

Meng Shi and Ye Xizhao spoke in unison, and immediately, Ye Xizhao turned and went out, "I'll go take a look." He called Shang Zhilan and went to Ye Xihan's study.

(End of this chapter)