Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 34

Yu Shaoheng laughed, "You know it's best to break it when it's time to break it. Wait a while, let's settle this matter after a while, and then I'll find another marriage for you."

"Marriage...Let's talk about it again, I was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes." Yu Shaohuan said dejectedly, "Maybe my horoscope is not good? It's still the same if I marry another one. What else do I have?"

Yu Shaoheng scolded: "Where do these fallacies come from! Isn't it enough to gain a wisdom after a fall?"

Yu Shaohuan smiled apologetically and didn't object anymore.

When Yu Shaoheng returned to the room, Chang'an came to report, saying that the emperor had summoned him.

Ye Xizhao's face darkened immediately when he saw him, and without knowing why, he asked, "What's wrong? Did you encounter something difficult?"

"It's really tricky." Yu Shaoheng was very helpless, "The emperor who has been thinking about going out to the palace all day long can't get out for hundreds of years, but we officials have caught up with him."

Ye Xizhao's heart relaxed, he smiled, still puzzled: "The emperor wants to go on tour in disguise, why does he always summon you?"

"Besides me, there is also the commander of the hidden guards. The emperor always mentioned the matter of going on tour with the queen mother tirelessly, and he would be reprimanded every time. After each reprimand, he would find someone to find a countermeasure angrily, asking us to give him Come up with a plausible excuse for going on tour." Yu Shaoheng laughed as he spoke, "I don't know if there is anything in the palace that the emperor can't tolerate, and it seems that he can't stay for a day."

Ye Xizhao really couldn't figure it out.The emperor was diligent in government and cared for the people, and he was always decisive in attacking rebels or foreign enemies who were eyeing him. It was really strange that he suddenly tried everything possible to go on tour from this year.

Yu Shaoheng changed into a red official uniform, and said to her before leaving: "If I can think of a countermeasure suddenly, I can come back at night. If not, I will have to wait until tomorrow to return home. Don't wait for me."

Because of this, Ye Xizhao expected that he would not come back until tomorrow.Even if he has a feasible countermeasure, he will not reveal it—that is to fight against the Queen Mother in a disguised form, and this is not a trivial matter.

When going out, Yu Shaoheng warned again: "If the Song family comes to meet early tomorrow, you can just agree first and make a conclusion when I come back. Don't make up your own mind."

"Well, I made a note of it."

At night, Ye Xizhao had the intention to wait and see, but he fell asleep unconsciously while lying on the bed, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already the morning of the next day.

When I went to greet An and came back, Mrs. Li came over.

Ye Xizhao ordered someone to invite Mrs. Li to the hall, and he behaved very politely.

Mrs. Li made a few gossips and expressed her intentions: "After much deliberation, I think that you are the only one who can give you a good word for your third younger sibling in front of Madam Tai. But I also understand that your third younger sibling was ignorant in the past. Contradicting you many times... After taking her back to her natal home yesterday, my family members and I reprimanded her severely. She also knew her mistake and said that she would apologize to you face to face. Originally, she was making a fuss about coming back today, but if Tossing back and forth like this can only make Mrs. Tai feel that she is ignorant, so..."

Ye Xizhao smiled and said: "How?"

"That's right, I came here with the cheek to ask you to come and sit in the Song Mansion for a while." When Li Shi said this, he sighed, "Your three siblings have become like that now, and it is reasonable to take care of them with peace of mind, but But she is always worried that Mrs. Tai and you will not be able to tolerate her anymore, and she doesn't think about food and drink all day long, and she refuses to take medicine... If this continues, won't the body really be ruined?"

"...." Ye Xizhao was still smiling, calmly listening to the person in front of him trying his best to fabricate lies.

"Your three younger brothers and sisters are ignorant, and it's because I, as a mother, didn't discipline them well. In fact, it's me who really should apologize." Li Shi stood up and bowed respectfully, "I only hope you can take care of us. The mother and daughter, let go of the previous suspicions."

Ye Xizhao got up and helped Mrs. Li up himself, "What is this for? I don't have any real feud with my third sibling, you are being serious."

"You are magnanimous, so you don't care about the right and wrong of the past. But my incompetent daughter feels desperate and shed tears all day long. Can you go to the Song Mansion to see her? I...I just hate her If you don't live up to expectations, you will feel distressed after all..." At the end of the sentence, Li Shi shed tears.

"I understand what you mean." Ye Xizhao turned back and sat down, pondered for a moment before saying, "If there is nothing else to do in the afternoon, I will go and see her. After all, she is a sister-in-law, so I will see her when I look down. I also hope she recovers soon."

Li's face was overjoyed, and he bowed his knees again and thanked him sincerely.

Ye Xizhao sneered in his heart.Is it true that like mother, like daughter?Li's stupidity is not inferior to that of the third wife.

After ordering someone to see the guests off, Ye Xizhao went to the small kitchen to make cakes for Mrs. Tai to pass the time.After it was done, he ordered Xia He to send it to Mrs. Tai.In a master-servant relationship, Mrs. Tai also values ​​Xia He, and if circumstances permit, she would be happy to let the master and servant have a good talk.

Turning back indoors, while reading a book on the beauty's couch, Yu Shaoheng came back.

When he was changing clothes, Ye Xizhao told what happened just now.

Yu Shaoheng thought for a moment, "Just go with peace of mind, I'll arrange other things."

In view of his sometimes irritable temperament, Ye Xizhao reminded him: "You have to stop in moderation. If the matter becomes serious, Mrs. Tai may not agree with it after she finds out about it."

"Don't worry, I have a measure."

In the afternoon, Ye Xizhao went to the Song Mansion.After arriving, I found that there were many guests in the inner house.

Mrs. Li exchanged pleasantries with Ye Xizhao all the way, explaining why these guests came: "Our master said that there were too many frustrating things these days, so he invited a famous opera troupe from the capital to come and sing lively for a long time, rushing for bad luck. The more people there are, the more festive. If you think there are too many people and noisy, go to the back garden to see the scenery."

Ye Xizhao smiled without saying a word.It was just to find some people to watch the fun, this was a trick she had played, and Li Shi's explanation was better than silence.

Mrs. Li first invited Ye Xizhao to the small courtyard of the third wife.

The third lady looked much better, and her eyes were brightened.Seeing Ye Xizhao's face, he said over and over again that he was ignorant and couldn't restrain his anger when things happened, so please bear with him.But he never elaborated on where he went wrong.

Ye Xizhao was annoyed when he saw this person now, so he reluctantly said something perfunctory.

Mrs. Li took advantage of the opportunity to invite Ye Xizhao to the back garden.

Ye Xizhao made things difficult on purpose, "Today, I want to watch the show too."

Mrs. Li seemed to have already imagined what she would say, and said with a smile: "Watching a play is fine, but what is being sung at this time is a martial arts play, and fighting and killing has no meaning. There is a pair of mandarin ducks in the back garden. Xinde, let’s go and see it?”

Ye Xizhao also nodded.

When approaching the Moon Cave Gate in the back garden, Mrs. Li smiled to Zhilan who was accompanying her, "May I ask you to go to the flower hall and get the prayer beads I left on the table?"

Zhilan's attitude was straightforward: "No, this servant still has to serve my wife."

Ye Xizhao asked Li Shi: "Why didn't you bring your personal maid? It's not good to order someone else's maid."

Mrs. Li's expression was stunned by such cryptic ridicule, and then she laughed and said: "There are a lot of guests today, I sent them all to entertain the guests." Then he helped Ye Xizhao's arm, "Stop talking about it, let's go."

Ye Xizhao raised his hand and stroked his hair, so as to avoid Li Shi's actions, "Ma'am is too polite, people who don't know see me, and still think I'm nobody."

Mrs. Li had nothing to say, so she simply remained silent.

Turning around a lush forest, not far away is a courtyard.There was no one around.

Mrs. Li pointed to the courtyard and said: "There is a clear water pool in that courtyard, and there are the pair of mandarin ducks in the pool."

Who are you kidding?Whose yard will have a pool for nothing?Who would have the heart to keep mandarin ducks in a small pool?From this, Ye Xizhao looked sideways and said, "Why don't I believe Ma'am? You are not lying to me, are you?"

"How could it be?" Mrs. Li became anxious, "Don't you know if it's true or not when you enter the yard?"

Ye Xizhao nodded, "Then I'll go and see what kind of mandarin duck can bear this grievance."

After walking a short distance, when approaching the courtyard, Mrs. Li suddenly stopped and patted her forehead, "Look at my memory! I forgot to order someone to make medicine for Xinyao. You know, she She always refuses to take her medicine properly for two days, and always needs me to coax her for a long time. If I don't urge her, she won't pay attention to herself. I'm sorry for a moment, you go to the courtyard first, and I'll be back later." After finishing speaking, Before Ye Xizhao could respond, he left in a hurry.

Ye Xizhao looked at Li Shi's back, and wondered how she had survived all these years so well.Such a crappy lie and a trap full of loopholes, if she hadn't deliberately planned it, it would be a waste of time.If it were someone with a bad temper, he might have already slapped Li Shi in the face.

After Mrs. Li turned around the grove, a woman came out of the grove, waved to Ye Xizhao and Zhilan, and walked over here.

Ye Xizhao hurried forward with Zhilan.

That woman is Ruyi, she wears the same color clothes as Ye Xizhao, and also wears several expensive headgears on her hair.When he came to Ye Xizhao, he spoke in a low but quick voice: "The clothes and accessories were given to the servants by a man just now. Madam, go to the woods to take refuge first, and you will come back when there is a commotion."

Ye Xizhao warned: "You have to be careful."

"Don't worry ma'am."

Ye Xizhao and Zhilan walked forward quickly, dodging into the small forest.In fact, I am still a little worried, afraid that there are uneasy and kind people hidden in it.

When she turned around and watched anxiously, a black figure fell in front of her as silently as cotton, which almost made her cry out in fright.

The man raised his hand to cover Ye Xizhao's mouth.

Only now did Ye Xizhao see clearly that it was Yu Shaoheng.Only then did she relax, pushed him away, and said in a low voice, "Are you trying to scare me to death on purpose?"

Zhilan turned around with her head down, avoiding the distance.

"Don't worry, I'm here." Yu Shaoheng rubbed her face, "Are you unhappy that I'm here?"

"Happy, I'll be happier if you don't scare me."

Seeing her turning pale, Yu Shaoheng quickly hugged her lightly, patted her on the back, "I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid... Xi Zhao is not afraid."

Ye Xizhao laughed, "Are you coaxing the child?" Then he distanced himself a little, "Ruyi won't be taken advantage of by others, will she?"

"No. There is Mr. Liang Shang in there."

The one in front of him was on the tree just now, and the one in the yard was on the beam, Ye Xizhao was really convinced, "Who is it?"

"It's my dead brother."

Out of curiosity, Ye Xizhao was naturally dissatisfied with such an answer, "Who is that person I asked you?"

Yu Shaoheng bowed his head and whispered in her ear: "Commander of the Dark Guard, Xiao Xun."

"Ah?" Ye Xizhao's face was full of surprise, "Why have I never heard of you dating him?" While talking, she couldn't help but reflect, was it because she was too negligent in the past that she didn't know?No, she hadn't heard anyone mention it.

Yu Shaoheng spoke eloquently: "Brothers draw their swords to help each other at critical times, and don't often get together to show off. Besides, you never asked who my friend is."

"You won't tell me unless I ask you?" Ye Xizhao poked his chest, "Is it reasonable for you not to tell me?"

Yu Shaoheng was out of shape, "Of course I don't take reason, wouldn't it be suicide to reason with you?"

Ye Xizhao was attracted to purse his lips and smile.

At this moment, Yu Shaoheng touched her lips with his fingers and listened attentively.

A few people hurriedly passed by outside the woods, and after careful identification, they were heading for the courtyard.

"It's not a family, and I don't want to enter a family. I originally arranged it very carefully, but I didn't know it was necessary after I came." Yu Shaoheng didn't like opponents with clumsy methods, which would make him feel that he was lowering his self-worth.

Of course, Ye Xizhao agrees with this point.

Yu Shaoheng took her hand, "Let's go and watch the excitement."

Of course there is no pool in that courtyard, and a pair of mandarin ducks is even more nonsense.It's just that Li Shi doesn't think her lies are so ridiculous. On the contrary, she thinks that Ye Xizhao is so easy to deceive, so she feels that her daughter is even more stupid-even Ye Xizhao can't fight, it's really It's too disappointing.

Just now she went out for a while, and after waiting for a while, she called people to wait and see.The maid went back and told her that if she didn't see Ye Xizhao and the accompanying maid, she must have gone to the courtyard.Mrs. Li hurriedly ordered six or seven guests to come here in a hurry, wanting to catch the adulterer in bed in full view.

Turning into the dormitory, she saw the lavender beanie on the ground, Li Shi hurriedly picked it up, pretending to be surprised and said: "This, isn't this the clothes that Mrs. Hou Fu came to?"

When everyone heard the words, they subconsciously looked at the bed.Under the obstruction of the curtain, they could only see a man lying on the outside of the bed with his back to them, covered with a quilt.On top of the quilt, there was a Yuehua skirt.

"Where do you guys come from! You guys are so brave!" Shi Li sternly called out to the two accompanying women, "Tie them up to me!"

The two women stepped forward quickly, pulled down the curtain, and lifted the quilt, only to see that there was only one man on the bed. The man's hands were tied behind the scenes, his legs were also tied up with ropes, and a ball of cloth was stuffed in his mouth. .

"What... what's going on here?" The guests who came along looked at each other in blank dismay.

Mrs. Li stepped forward quickly, and picked up the skirt, "Look, look! Is this the skirt Madam Hou Fu wore when she came here?"

Only two women nodded in response.

Others looked at Mrs. Li strangely, thinking: We didn't see Mrs. Hou Fu at all just now, what kind of play is this going to sing?
Li ordered the mother-in-law to remove the cloth from the man's mouth, and asked sharply: "Say! Who is the person who had an affair with you just now?! Is it Mrs. Yongpinghou?! Where is she?"

The man looked at Mrs. Li without answering, as if he was about to cry at any moment.

At this moment, a cool and pleasant voice came from outside the dormitory: "My lady never leaves me, Madam of the Marquis Mansion, are you deliberately framing me?"

Li's figure shook, and he turned around slowly.

(End of this chapter)