Surprise! The prince is busy reading the princess' mind while raising a child!

Zhao Shuo looked at the girl he had liked since childhood and nodded slowly.

"If all your demands are met, regardless of whether they are right or wrong, reasonable or not, in the long run, you will become incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, right and wrong, and arrogance and domineering, and everyone will hate you. Xiaoyu, this is what your stepmother does."

Zhao Shuo's eyes were filled with hatred.

At this moment, Hong Xiaoyu seemed to have understood: "Why? Why does she treat me like this?" She cried uncontrollably.

"Because you blocked her daughter's path. As long as you are here, you are a legitimate daughter, because your mother is from a famous family, the granddaughter of General Zhou, the former commander of the Northwest Camp. Your stepmother Zhou Feifei is just a concubine's daughter of a seventh-rank minor official, and her daughter can only be a concubine's daughter."

"But if you are unruly and unruly, without the elegance and grace of a lady from a wealthy family, or the boldness and heroism of a soldier, then those families who want to marry into your family will give up on you and choose Hong Shuyuan, who is more dignified and more lovely than you."

Hong Xiaoyu used all her strength to slap herself in the face: "I am such a fool!"

Zhao Shuo held her in his arms lovingly and patted her gently.

Soon, the dining table disappeared from the bright box and a bedroom appeared instead.

While combing her hair, Zhou Feifei asked, "Master, do you really want to marry Xiaoyu to the new prefect as his second wife?"

Hong Zhuoli leaned against the bed, reading a book, and answered casually:

"Yes. It's already been agreed. He promised to give me an excellent grade in the year-end evaluation. I have been in this position for seven years. It's time to move on."

Zhou Feifei turned around:

"Then Master, what about Zhao Shuo, Xiaoyu's arranged marriage? If he makes a big fuss and breaks up with you, your official reputation and future will be affected."

"It's okay. Who doesn't have accidents in life? Besides, he's all alone now. No one can help him. Don't worry!"

Then the box disappeared.

Afterwards, Zhao Shuo appeared in Hong Xiaoyu's room with his arms around Hong Xiaoyu.

Shi Yi looked at the two people who were disheartened, worried and frightened, and whispered, "What are your plans?"

Hong Xiaoyu's eyes sparkled and she gnashed her teeth:

"I must take revenge! Brother Zhao, Brother He Feng, please help me!"

Zhao Shuo glanced at Shi Yi, who was confident, and knelt on the ground:

"Brother He, please help me! I can get you a hundred cheap and high-quality war horses! I am willing to follow your lead!"

When Hong Xiaoyu heard this, her eyes turned red and she knelt silently beside him.

Shi Yi quickly helped them up, and then explained her plan in detail...

The next day, before Hong Zhuoli went to the yamen, Zhao Shuo came to the Hong family and claimed that he was disheartened and was willing to exchange the token for the return to his hometown to farm and study hard, and he came to say goodbye.

Hong Zhuoli and Zhou Feifei looked at each other, unable to hide the ecstasy in their eyes. Afterwards, Hong Zhuoli also gave Zhao Shuo 100 taels of silver as travel expenses for him to return home.

Soon, Ken Hung discussed with the prefect and decided to marry his daughter off on a certain day.

Who would have thought that two days before the wedding, the prefect sent down the message that the marriage would be changed from a second marriage to a concubine, so there was no need for a grand ceremony and a sedan chair could be sent over in the evening!

Sitting in the room, Hong Xiaoyu, wearing a pink dress, curled up the corners of her mouth.

The policeman invited Hong Shuyuan over and said he had something for her.

Hong Xiaoyu took out a wooden box from the drawer, put it in her palm and rubbed it. This was left to her by her mother. Now, for the sake of her plan, she had to reluctantly give it up.

Soon, Hong Shuyuan came.

"I wonder what's the matter that my sister called me here for?" Hong Shuyuan was wearing a green dress and looked graceful.

"Sister, please sit down! I am getting married soon, and I want to give you a piece of jewelry to show our sisterly love over the years. Here, open it and have a look."

Hong Xiaoyu pushed the wooden box next to her over.

When she opened it, it turned out to be Hong Xiaoyu's favorite pearl jewelry.

Pearl bracelets, pearl earrings, pearl tassels, and pearl hairpins exude breathtaking beauty under the candlelight.

"I'll put it on for you."

"It's so valuable, sister, are you really going to give it to me?" Hong Shuyuan couldn't believe it.

"To be honest with you, I just found out that the prefect is not going to marry me as his second wife, but just take me as a concubine. So I'm afraid I won't be able to wear these precious jewels in the future." Hong Xiaoyu's eyes were red and tears were welling up in them.

Hong Shuyuan also pretended to be sad, and put on the set of pearl jewelry after being pushed and shoved.

After putting it on, Hong Xiaoyu poured two cups of tea, pushed one to Hong Shuyuan, and drank one herself first.

Seeing this, Hong Shuyuan also drank.

Soon, the sedan chair arrived to pick people up.

Zhou Feifei sent two strong maids to carry Hong Xiaoyu out and put her in a sedan chair. Because they were afraid that she would make a scene and refuse to get in the sedan chair, they also gave her tea laced with knockout drug.

The night deepened in the prefect's mansion, in the concubine's room.

The prefect Wu Hao drank a little wine and went into the bridal chamber under the influence of alcohol.

When he opened the bed curtains, he saw a fair-skinned and pretty girl, who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, sleeping quietly there.

He smiled, tore the girl's clothes to pieces and pounced on her.

Soon, the bed began to shake violently, accompanied by intense panting, followed by roars, shouts, and fights. After a loud slap, everything became quiet, and soon the bed curtains began to shake violently again...

After a long time, the prefect returned to his study with satisfaction. He waved his hand and saw a man with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes, who looked a little abnormal, being led to the study.

"Donger, this girl is very pretty, the type you like, so you better be gentle. If you kill her, Daddy will never marry you a wife! Do you hear me?"

Wu Dong drooled and clapped his hands:

"Don't worry, Daddy, Dong'er knows!"

"Well, that's good. Come, take the young master to the new house."

Then, in the bridal chamber, there were waves of idiots’ roars, whipping, and crashing sounds, accompanied by the woman’s screams…

At this moment, two people and a horse were galloping away on the official road outside the county town.

Shi Yi told them that if Ken Hung and Zhou Feifei found out the bride had been switched tomorrow morning, they would impose martial law in the entire city and search for Zhao Shuo and Hong Xiaoyu.

Therefore, they took advantage of the opportunity when the prefect's sedan chair came to pick up people, knocked out the servant at the back door, stole a horse, and escaped.

Shi Yi asked them to hide in the Danshan Horse Farm first to give Zhao Shuo some time to contact about the horses. They would meet at the Danshan Horse Farm in ten days.

Hong Xiaoyu sat in front of Zhao Shuo with her face buried in his arms, feeling the chill of the night wind and the heartbeat of her lover.

He Feng, the elder brother, told her that the prefect liked young girls. Moreover, the concubines he brought back to the mansion in the name of taking concubines were first abused by him and then by his idiot son. The son also had a violent tendency and loved to beat people, so many girls were beaten to death by the idiot.

And his father actually knew all this!

I know, I still have to send her over!

He really is as vicious as a snake!