"Uncle! You hit me!"

Luo Furong was slapped again, and instantly felt a buzzing in her ears. She widened her eyes and looked at Luo Xiang in disbelief, her beautiful eyes filled with hatred: "My parents never hit me, but you dare to hit me!"

"I hate you! You're not my uncle!"

Hearing this, Luo Fangfei almost laughed out loud.

This cousin is so stupid!

Luo Xiang's face looked extremely ugly.

Originally, he had slapped Luo Furong. When he saw her red and swollen cheek, Luo Xiang felt a little regretful. He regretted that he was too impulsive.

But when he heard Luo Furong's words and saw the hatred in her eyes, Luo Xiang's regret disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He snorted coldly and said through gritted teeth: "Your parents are too indulgent to you, that's why you are so arrogant!"

"Do you think this is still Jincheng? With the support of the Luo family, no matter what you want to do in Jincheng, there will be someone to help you deal with it?"

Luo Furong stiffened her neck and loudly retorted: "Uncle, you are in a high position, why don't you help Furong!?"

"Furong suffered such a great injustice today, but uncle not only did not help Furong seek justice, but also beat her up!"

"If my parents knew about this, they would definitely not let you go!"

"...?"

Seek justice? From whom? The prince?

What else did he say that his second brother and his wife would not let him go?

Luo Xiang was almost laughing out of anger. He deeply doubted whether it was too hasty to let his two nieces come to Shengjing to discuss marriage.

Now Luo Furong is fixated on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and daydreams about becoming the Crown Princess. She has no idea that based on her status, the Emperor will never agree.

"Furong, this is Shengjing, under the feet of the emperor, you can't be so presumptuous!"

Luo Xiang said coldly: "No matter what you think, just put it away and stop staring at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He is not worthy of you!"

Given how much His Majesty values ​​His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, his niece is simply not worthy of that position. She might even cause even greater trouble!

"no I do not!"

Luo Furong said bitterly: "I deserve it! I want to be the Crown Princess!"

"If uncle is unwilling to help, Furong will go to the Crown Prince's Mansion to discuss the marriage with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"absurd!"

Luo Xiang was almost angry to death. How could an unmarried girl like her say such words?

What have my second brother and sister taught me over the years! ?

Luo Xiang took a deep breath, stared coldly at the two women washing the clothes, and said sternly: "Take the young lady back to her room. Without my permission, you are not allowed to let her step out of the door!"

This is to lock up Luo Furong!

The two maids looked at each other quickly, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Luo Furong down. One of them said, "Miss, can you go back to your room first?"

"Let me go, let me go!"

"I'm not going back! I'm going to the Prince's Mansion to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Luo Furong struggled desperately and tried to escape, but the two maids were used to doing rough work and were very strong. Luo Furong couldn't break free from their restraints at all.

Luo Xiang didn't want to look at her any more, so he waved his hand at the two women who were doing the laundry, "Take her back, and make sure to close the door tightly."

"Yes!"

The two maids responded at the same time and took Luo Furong away forcefully.

Even after they were far away, Luo Xiang and Luo Fangfei could still hear Luo Furong shouting.

Luo Fangfei looked frightened, looked at Luo Xiang timidly, and said to comfort him: "Don't be sad, uncle. I'm sure my cousin will understand that everything you do is for her own good."

Hearing this, Luo Xiang sighed: "If she had been more sensible, I would not have locked her up. In fact..."

At this point, Luo Xiang shook his head, looking helpless: "Fortunately, you are not as spoiled as your cousin, otherwise, I don't know how to deal with this matter."

Luo Fangfei looked at Luo Xiang obediently, "Cousin just couldn't calm down for a moment."

"hope so."

As for his niece Luo Furong, Luo Xiang didn't know how to explain things to her for the time being. He could only lock her up for a while and let her out after she had thought things through.

"Fang Fei, you and Furong have offended the Crown Prince's concubine today. Come with me to the Crown Prince's Mansion later to apologize."

He didn't know whether the Crown Prince's concubine had calmed down or not, but he had to make things perfect.

Since you have offended me, you should go and apologize.

Luo Fangfei was startled and said hesitantly, "Isn't my cousin going?"

Luo Xiang: "She can't go."

Who knows if she will say something she shouldn't say when she goes to the Prince's Mansion?

Don't let one trouble fail to resolve before another one arises.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, uncle."

Luo Fangfei concealed her secret joy. She felt happy when she thought that she would soon meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. She wondered if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be impressed by her beauty...

"Then Fangfei, go back to your room and change into clean clothes before coming over."

Luo Xiang had no idea of ​​his niece's little thoughts. Seeing Luo Fangfei being so sensible, he felt relieved: "Go ahead."

He also had to prepare the apology himself.

-

Xie Xi and Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know what was going on in Prime Minister Luo's mansion, but even if they knew, they wouldn't take it to heart.

After dinner, Xie Xi did not leave Jingxiang Courtyard. Instead, he sent someone to the study in the front yard to fetch some memorials. He planned to review them in Lu Xiaoxiao's room.

As the crown prince, Xie Xi is also very busy.

He brought back all the memorials submitted by the ministers in the court in the past few days and was asked to handle them. His father also said that he wanted him to know the developments in the court at all times so that he would not be calculated by some blind people.

But Xie Xi knew clearly that his father had gradually given up power and was planning to hand over the kingdom of Li to him...

Seeing that the guards even moved the desk from the study in the front yard, Lu Xiaoxiao was stunned. She raised her eyes and stared at Xie Xi standing beside her, and asked in confusion: "Wait, Your Highness, are you planning to use my room as a study?"

Xie Xi raised his hand and rubbed her head, then said with a smile, "Well, use it as a study for now. When I finish my official duties, I will ask the guards to move it back."

Lu Xiaoxiao: “…”

Don't quite understand, but respect.

[Okay, anyway, the entire Prince's Mansion belongs to Your Highness, and Your Highness can work anywhere he wants. As long as Your Highness leaves a place for me to sleep, I will be satisfied.]

Xie Xi couldn't help laughing when he heard Lu Xiaoxin's voice, "Don't worry, I won't disturb you while you sleep."

"???"

Lu Xiaoxiao was confused.

[Your Highness, do you know what I am thinking? ]

Xie Xi smiled but said nothing.

After the guards placed the desk in the appropriate position, they left quickly.

Bai Zhi and the others were waiting outside, so Xie Xi and Lu Xiaoxiao were the only ones in the room.

Lu Xiaoxiao looked at the desk, then at the small soft couch not far from the desk. She pointed at the couch and said, "Your Highness, you deal with those memorials first. I'll rest there for a while, okay?"

Lu Xiaoxiao took out the storybook and prepared to read it while lying on the couch.

However, Xie Xi held her soft little hand, with a faint smile in his warm eyes: "But I want Xiao Xiao to grind ink."

"Just help me, okay?"

Lu Xiaoxiao: “…”

[Help me, His Highness is actually acting like a spoiled child with me!! How can I refuse this? ]

[Okay, okay, don't even talk about grinding ink, just give him your life! ]

Lu Xiaoxiao quickly responded: "Okay, I will grind ink for your highness."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Xiaoxiao."

Seeing her sparkling almond eyes with a hint of excitement, Xie Xi curled his lips and thought to himself: So Xiaoxiao likes this.

Xie Xi sat down at the desk, and Lu Xiaoxiao stood beside him, holding the ink stick in one hand. She carefully poured some clean water into the inkstone and began to grind the ink slowly.

Xie Xi raised his eyes to look at her, and seeing that her movements were correct, he picked up the memorial on top and opened it to examine it.

After just one glance, Xie Xi's eyes darkened and his expression gradually became cold.

Lu Xiaoxiao, who was standing aside, noticed that His Highness seemed to be in a somewhat strange mood, so she couldn't help but glance at the memorial. Well, she didn't understand.

Lu Xiaoxiao retracted her gaze and asked, "Your Highness, is there anything wrong?"

Xie Xi hummed softly, closed the memorial casually and placed it aside.

"These are some not-so-nice things, so I won't tell you about them, lest they pollute your ears."

"Ok?"

Originally, Lu Xiaoxiao was not very curious, but when she heard His Highness' words, she suddenly wanted to know what could have made His Highness so upset.

Lu Xiaoxiao stopped what she was doing, tilted her head, blinked at Xie Xi, and said obediently, "Your Highness, can I know what was written in that memorial?"

Xie Xi: "Do you really want to know?"

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded honestly: "I do."

Xie Xi sighed helplessly: "Even if it's something dirty, you still want to hear it?"

Lu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and looked at Xie Xi with sparkling eyes: "How about Your Highness just pick and choose?"

Xie Xi raised his hand and pinched her cheek. "Actually, it was about some things that the Imperial Censor did to redress the grievances of the people. One of them was impeaching the Earl of Zhongqin for robbing a girl in the street, which angered the girl's parents to death."

"Lord Zhongqin forcibly abducted a woman?"

Lu Xiaoxiao found it hard to imagine, "But Your Highness, isn't Earl Zhongqin already at the age of knowing his fate? How could he still...?"

[Mr. Zhongqin is so old now, he must be powerless in sex, why would he still want to snatch a woman in the street? ]

Xie Xi: “…”

How on earth did Xiaoxiao come up with this idea! ?

Xie Xi took a deep breath and said calmly, "Lord Zhongqin has always been confused. The older he gets, the less he accepts his age. What's more, Lord Zhongqin has no children."

The lack of offspring means that the title of Earl Zhongqin will no longer exist.

Now that Lord Zhongqin was anxious, his actions became more and more absurd.

If the Imperial Censor had not reported the matter, Xie Xi would not have noticed it.

After all, he couldn't keep an eye on what was happening in other people's homes all day long.

"No offspring? Why?"

Lu Xiaoxiao was shocked.

She only knew that Marquis Zhongqin was already quite old, but she had no idea what the situation was like in Marquis Zhongqin's mansion.

She had never met Uncle Zhongqin, so she hadn't unlocked the plot about him.

Now that His Highness mentioned it, Lu Xiaoxiao actually had some thoughts and wanted to go and have a taste of the melon.

Seeing Lu Xiaoxiao so curious, Xie Xi suddenly felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have told Xiaoxiao about these things. After all, they were not glorious things.

But Lu Xiaoxiao saw through his thoughts. She hadn't even heard what she wanted to know, so how could she let His Highness go so easily?

Lu Xiaoxiao put down the ink stick in her hand and quickly threw herself into Xie Xi's arms. She raised her little face slightly, her round almond eyes looked at him eagerly, and her slender fingers hooked his sleeves: "Your Highness, you are the best. Just tell Xiaoxiao secretly, okay? I promise that it will never be spread!"

Xie Xi was helpless.

This is not a question of whether it will be spread or not.

He just felt that the dirty things happening in the Duke Zhongqin's mansion should not pollute his little ears.

"Your Highness~"

Lu Xiaoxiao leaned in his arms, blinking her eyes and acting coquettishly to him: "Your Highness, you are the best, just tell me~"

Xie Xi: Well, I can’t bear it anymore.

"Well, since you must know, I'll tell you."

"it is good!"

Lu Xiaoxiao was immediately delighted, and she stood on tiptoe and quickly kissed him, and then urged him: "Your Highness, please speak quickly."

Her movements were so fast that Xie Xi hadn't even reacted yet, and there was only a hint of warmth on his cheeks.

The tips of Xie Xi's ears turned red instantly. He clenched his fist and coughed lightly, trying to calm himself down, but his heartbeat was a little faster.

He lowered his eyes, his gentle gaze fixed directly on Lu Xiaoxiao's face, and even his voice softened a little:

"In the early years, Lord Zhongqin favored his concubine over his wife, and forced his eldest son to death for a concubine's son. His wife was very good at forbearance, but she did not get angry at the time. Instead, she took advantage of Lord Zhongqin's guilt towards her and secretly gave him some strong drugs. After giving him many times, Lord Zhongqin was seriously injured..."

"For five consecutive years, no one in the backyard of Lord Zhongqin could conceive a child."

"At that time, Earl Zhongqin became suspicious and was about to go to the palace to ask an imperial physician to see him. However, before he even entered the palace, Earl Zhongqin received news that his wife had killed the bastard and the concubine..."

"Just as Marquis Zhongqin entered the mansion, his wife ran out and ran headfirst into him and died."

???

Lu Xiaoxiao was really eye-opening. For a concubine's son, the eldest son was forced to death? ?

"What on earth is Uncle Zhongqin thinking? It is said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. Is he really..." Not even as good as an animal!

It's such a pity that the wife of the Earl of Zhongqin had to have such a scumbag husband.

"But why didn't Lord Zhongqin notice anything wrong with his body after five years?"

Lu Xiaoxiao felt that this matter was a bit strange.

Xie Xi: "All five doctors in the Zhongqin Marquis's mansion have been bribed by the Zhongqin Marquis's wife. Because Zhongqin Marquis forced his eldest son to death, many people are disheartened."

"No matter which court doctor Lord Zhongqin asks to diagnose his pulse, the answer he gets will always be that his pulse is fine."

"Besides, at that time, the wife of the Marquis Zhongqin was looking for beautiful women to marry into the mansion, saying that she wanted them to give birth to children for the Marquis Zhongqin, so the Marquis Zhongqin did not have any doubts..."

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