The reborn poisonous woman is hard to abandon

Chapter 273 I Have No Contact With Her
In the living room of the west courtyard, there was a faint scent of sandalwood, which made people feel a little lost.

Xiao Ruan sat quietly on the fur-covered seat, holding a white porcelain cup with orchids in her hand and remained silent, while Huo Ming and Liu Shi sat opposite her with doubtful faces.

"Couldn't Ruan'er come to see us for something?"

The atmosphere in the room was too weird, Liu looked back and forth between Huo Ming and Xiao Ruan for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak.

Today's Xiao Ruan seemed a little abnormal, it was fine to come to greet the two of them suddenly, but after sitting down, he suddenly became silent.

After exchanging pleasantries, she tried her best to raise a few topics, but it seemed that none of them could arouse her interest, so she had to take the initiative to ask.

Xiao Ruan gently placed it on the table and made a slight noise, then Xiao Ruan slowly raised her head: "May I avoid it for a while, I have something I want to ask my father."

"Ah? Okay, let's talk."

Although Mrs. Liu is usually regarded as Huo Ming's successor, she is still an aunt after all. Hearing this, her face blushed immediately, and she left the room with her maid.

As Liu's footsteps gradually faded away, Huo Ming frowned slightly, and his eyes looking at Xiao Ruan became more and more confused.

In the past, he didn't know much about Xiao Ruan, but Huo Xun was infatuated with her, and Taifu Lu also wanted to match her up, so he had a good impression of her.

After the other party got married, he was as filial and virtuous as he thought, especially after the incident of Taoist Gao last time, fortunately Xiao Ruan was keenly aware of something wrong.Otherwise, it would be a big mistake, so that Huo Ming was grateful to Xiao Ruan but also felt a little guilty.

"Could Ruan'er want to ask me about Qingqing?"

Xiao Ming thought of some recent rumors in the house, and quickly raised his eyes, ashamed to assure: "I was negligent about Qingqing's matter, but you don't have to worry, there is no engagement between Ah Xun and her. I am already in the Choose her husband's family, and when the marriage is settled, she will naturally stop pestering Huo Xun."

After a pause, Huo Ming saw that Xiao Ruan didn't reply, and showed embarrassment again: "Huo Xun and I didn't think about bringing her here before, but... now we really wronged you."

Xiao Ruan stroked the rock wall of the tea bowl with her fingers, and listened to Xiao Ming's explanation with a calm expression, but felt a little ironic in her heart.

That day Su Qingqing acted like a baby to Huo Xun in front of her, wanted to move to the Hou's mansion, and even deliberately made Huo Xun say that she liked her in front of her face, she could understand, but Huo Xun's final attitude But let her down.

It doesn't really matter where Su Qingqing's parents died and came to live here, what matters is Huo Xun's attitude.

Everyone in the house could see that Su Qingqing admired him, but Huo Xun not only did not explicitly refuse, but also broke his original promise to her.

Now, even Huo Ming saw something unusual and hurriedly explained it to her.But Huo Xun didn't express it at all, which is really a kind of irony.

Xiao Ruan didn't speak for a long time, Huo Ming saw the disappointment on her face, and sighed in his heart.

If emotional matters are not handled properly, it will hurt others and yourself.

Su Qingqing had been pestering Huo Xun earlier. The reason why he let Su Qingqing live outside was out of this consideration. He didn't want Xiao Ruan to misunderstand him, and he didn't want Su Qingqing to have hope.But now Huo Xun actually took people into the Hou's mansion
"You are pregnant now, don't think too much, I will let Qingqing move out after a year."

Huo Ming's voice was full of disappointment, Xiao Ruan paused with his fingers, and suddenly put down the tea bowl: "Ruan'er, thank you father for your compassion, but my daughter-in-law is not here today for this purpose."

Facing Huo Ming's increasingly suspicious eyes, Xiao Ruan suddenly sat up straight: "I heard that you and the Empress are old acquaintances, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"Hey, who told you this!"

As if hearing something bad, Huo Ming suddenly stood up, with a bit of panic on his angry face.

But seeing Xiao Ruan still looking at him calmly, he suddenly realized that his reaction was too violent, so he sat back to his original position with embarrassment.

"The empress and Ah Xun's mother were close friends in the boudoir before they came out of the court, but after the empress entered the palace, their identities were different from those of the past, and they gradually lost contact. Now Ah Xun's mother is no longer there, and the father is just an ordinary foreign minister. How can I have any contact with her?"

Huo Ming's eyes flickered, but Xiao Ruan's mind flashed white, and he took a deep breath.Just now she just asked if it was an old acquaintance, but Huo Ming hurriedly explained that he had no relationship with the queen.It is really doubtful that there is no such thing as 300 taels of silver here.

Besides, a few days ago, Lu Hanrui said that he saw Huo Ming having a relationship with the queen's maid, but Huo Ming vetoed it outright, clearly there was something wrong as she guessed.

But what happened between the Queen and Huo Ming that made Zhao Yan threaten Huo Xun and made Huo Ming so worried?
Xiao Ruan forced himself to resist the urge to directly expose Huo Ming, tried to keep his voice calm, and asked flatly: "Did father really not have any contact with the queen?"

Maybe Xiao Ruan looked at Huo Ming with a serious expression, Huo Ming was slightly stunned for a moment, then nodded firmly: "Not bad..."

"Good job Xiao Ruan! I haven't troubled you yet, yet you dare to sue the villain first!"

Just as Huo Ming opened his mouth, there was a loud bang at the door. The two looked at the door in surprise, and immediately saw Su Qingqing who was furious.

"Uncle, don't listen to her nonsense, look at how she bullied me! Qingqing's face still hurts!"

As soon as Su Qingqing entered the room, she rushed to Huo Ming to accuse Xiao Ruan.

She was taught a lesson by Lu Heng today, and she left in despair, and immediately ran to Huo Xun to complain, but the servants told her that Huo Xun was out and didn't know when he would be back.

In order to be able to see Huo Xun immediately, Su Qingqing stood guard at the gate of Dingguo Hou's mansion with her red and swollen face.

Later, when someone said that Xiao Ruan had gone to the west courtyard to look for Huo Ming, she immediately thought that the other party had come to Huo Ming to sue her, so she was furious and rushed in in a panic.

Because she didn't know what Xiao Ruan had said to Huo Ming, Su Qingqing was eager to make Huo Ming believe in herself, and pointed to her face that hadn't subsided to show Huo Ming.

Huo Ming never expected that someone would beat Su Qingqing like this in the Hou Mansion, his face was shocked, he glanced at Xiao Ruan in disbelief, and said uncertainly: "This, you ordered someone to beat you ?”

"My cousin is a guest of our house, how could I do anything to a guest? It was Lu Heng who felt that my cousin was offending her, so I did it..."

"You're talking nonsense! She's clearly trying to vent your anger on you. If you didn't acquiesce, how dare he do anything to me!"

Before Xiao Ruan's voice fell, Su Qingqing immediately refuted loudly.

Seeing this, Xiao Ruan's mouth slowly curled into an arc: "Cousin actually knows that she is venting her anger on my behalf, so why bother to disrespect me in front of outsiders? Being slapped on my cousin's face is not a big deal, but spreading the reputation of being domineering is a big deal. "

"You! You despicable villain! I want you to taste the feeling of being slapped!"

The irony in Xiao Ruan's voice was too strong, Su Qingqing jumped up angrily, and immediately yelled and waved her hand towards Xiao Ruan's face.

"stop!"

"Ma'am, be careful!"

Su Qingqing's movement was too fast, two exclamations sounded in unison, seeing that Su Qingqing's slap was about to slap Xiao Ruan on the face, Li Yun suddenly stopped her.

With a little force from her hands, Su Qingqing yelled at the top of her throat: "It hurts, uncle, let her let me go..."

"If you dare to disrespect our wife again, I won't show mercy next time!"

Li Yun's voice was cold, and Xiao Ruan nodded, so he let go of Su Qingqing and retreated.

Seeing the tension between the two of them with his own eyes, Huo Ming couldn't explain clearly to Su Qingqing, so he could only scold Su Qingqing, "Qingqing, Ruan Er, you are your sister-in-law, it's fine if you disrespect her, how can you do that?" Do it to her! If it gets out, who else would dare to marry you!"

"I don't care about marrying others, as long as Brother Xun..."

"Even if you want to marry your brother Xun, you have to get Ruan'er's consent! Immediately apologize to your sister-in-law!"

Su Qingqing hugged her wrists indignantly, but was interrupted by Huo Ming sharply before she finished speaking, and she froze for a moment.

Looking back and forth between Xiao Ruan and Huo Xun, his face immediately showed a look of injury, and his eyes quickly turned red.

"Uncle, you bullied me too! I will not apologize to this woman!"

With tears in her eyes, she yelled angrily at Xiao Ruan, and Su Qingqing covered her eyes and ran out.

"Qingqing..."

Huo Ming let out a cry, but before seeing her turn around, he looked at Xiao Ruan in embarrassment again: "Ruan'er, don't be as knowledgeable as Qingqing, this child...I have to go and see."

After finishing speaking, Huo Ming nodded at Xiao Ruan, and hurriedly chased him out.

The room that was noisy just now suddenly quieted down, and the inexplicable person suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Xiao Ruan glanced at the steaming tea in front of Huo Ming's table, and suddenly narrowed her eyes.

Today it was clear that Su Qingqing was being unreasonable, but Huo Ming didn't dare to spend too much time with her, it was clear that he had a ghost in his heart.

It is still unclear whether Huo Ming knew that Huo Ming was threatened by Zhao Yan, but what is certain is that Huo Xun must be threatened because of Huo Ming!

"Li Yun, find an opportunity to inquire about the general's whereabouts from Li Yan these few days."

In an alley not far from the entrance of the palace, the carriage slowly stopped, Li Yun helped Xiao Ruan get out of the carriage, and couldn't help asking.

"Madam, aren't we going to see Duke Huai? Now this is..."

"If he changed to another place, he might not be willing to see me."

Xiao Ruan's voice was low, squinting his eyes, looking very seriously at the heavily guarded palace gate in the distance, and spoke slowly.

The last time she had an appointment with Zhao Yan, he refused to meet him, so Xiao Ruan had no choice but to come to the gate of the palace to surround Zhao Yan in order to prevent him from letting him down again.

It was also for this reason that she asked Li Yun to inquire about Huo Xun's whereabouts in the past few days.

Knowing that Huo Xun would go to the military camp after his court today, she asked someone to stop the carriage on the road that Zhao Yan must pass.

As long as her housekeeper Zhao Yan comes in this direction, she must stop him.

"What time is it now?"

"Go back to madam, there is another moment..."

As soon as Li Yun's voice fell, the gate of the palace in the distance opened slowly, and officials in court uniforms appeared in front of Xiao Ruan one after another.

"Madam, Duke Huai has come out!"

(End of this chapter)