Qingqiong Temple.

Lying in the bedroom, Concubine Xi is sitting facing the mirror, while Yi Qiu is twisting her hair and inserting hairpins.

The confidant little maid Chunfang stood aside, reported the movement in the school, and lowered her head to wait for Concubine Xi to ask questions.

Hearing that the third prince was in the middle of provoking a quarrel, he was stopped and called away by Concubine Tong's people. Concubine Xi's face was not as relieved and grateful as before. She is somewhat restrained, and now she understands that she is just afraid that the matter of the third child will make a big splash, and she will stab the emperor."

"Paper can't wrap fire." Yi Qiu stared at Concubine Xi in the mirror: "Why do you let Concubine Tong suppress the matter? The emperor always spends more than ten nights a month with our empress, and the empress blows on the pillow twice. Bian Feng, the third prince must not dare to continue causing trouble."

Concubine Xi smiled wryly: "How strong do you think the Holy Grace is? I just complained last month that the third child broke the wooden horse, and the emperor has made the decision. If I target the third child again and again, the emperor may think that I am easy to cause trouble."

"It turned out that the third prince provoked our Highness." Yi Qiu frowned and said, "Besides, the third prince has just been scolded by the emperor, but the third prince doesn't know how to regret it. This is a good time to punish him."

Concubine Xi sighed, and murmured: "The emperor will not seriously punish the third prince. I will always accompany you. If you can't even hear your majesty's attitude towards Concubine Tong, you will be too dull."

Concubine Xi is not a scheming woman, but her intuition is enough to tell that the Ninety-Five Supreme, who speaks affectionately for her, pampers her only in the harem, while Concubine Tong's elder brother has made great achievements. In Jiangshan Sheji, you can't move.

She knew that she couldn't shake Concubine Tong's status, if she insisted on hitting a stone with an egg, it would be her and her son who would be harmed.

Can only endure.

There will always be a day when the battle is over, and Concubine Tong will also lose power.

until then...

A trace of resentment flashed in Concubine Xi's heart, and then she was frightened by her own emotions.

Thinking of Concubine Tong caring for her mother and child on the surface, but secretly murdering her, a sense of helpless loneliness trapped her again.

"I am destined to fight against such a group of people with human faces and beast hearts for the rest of my life." Concubine Xi murmured in a low voice with a lonely expression, "Who else in this world can trust?"

Hearing this, Yiqiu immediately squatted down in front of Concubine Xi's knees, raised her head and said earnestly, "Your Majesty, please don't be sad, this slave will swear to be loyal to your Majesty to the death, we still have Nanny Guo, Chunfang and Little Persimmon. The servant is of one heart, and the servant will risk his life to protect the mother from the wind and rain!"

Chunfang saw the opportunity and knelt down, pretending to be choked with sobs, and said: "This servant swears to be loyal to the empress to the death, there is only one thing I don't know whether I should say it or not, and I am afraid that it will make the empress suspicious and worried."

Yi Qiu turned to look at her, and said anxiously: "What's the matter? You were sent to watch His Highness the Seventh Prince just to avoid disaster, don't hide anything, and report it to your empress!"

Chunfang prostrated herself on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "A few times after school, the maidservant found out that His Highness's new companion read Xue Yao, Mr. Xue... and did not leave the palace to return to the residence..."

Concubine Xi asked her suspiciously: "Then where did he go?"

"He has been to Chuxiu Palace several times..."

After school, Xue Yao went back to Qingqiong Hall with the Seventh Prince, and asked to see Concubine Xi, intending to show the empress the educational achievements of the past few days.

When the attendants went to report, Xue Yao took the Seventh Prince to rehearse again: "I will see you later, what will your Highness say?"

The Seventh Prince was busy playing with his little tiger puppet, and replied without raising his head, "I'm so tired."

Xue Yao stared: "Does Your Highness still want to drink milk?"

The Seventh Prince shook his body, raised his head and rehearsed earnestly: "The child will tell the empress a story!"

Xue Yao nodded in relief.

The person who notified hurriedly stepped into the flower hall, and said back: "Your Majesty is not in good spirits today, brother, please come back another day."

Xue Yao was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that he would be shut down.

This is not unusual, Concubine Xi is very warm to him on weekdays, wishing that he would come to have dinner with Lao Qi every day.

Even if he is mentally weak, he still has to eat. Xue Yao doesn't need Concubine Xi to bother to entertain him, so why refuse to meet him?

He is cautious and suspicious by nature. He has been in the "kindergarten" of the palace for a long time, and his vigilance has been relaxed in recent days. He is worried that he may have offended Concubine Xi by not paying attention.

Now that the emperor may bring up the matter of touring Bashu with Concubine Xi at any time, Xue Yao must remind Concubine Xi that it is imminent.

Once she agreed to the emperor straight away, there was no possibility of her going back on her word.

No matter what, Concubine Xi is unwilling to see him now, and she can't force her to do so. Before leaving, Xue Yao told the seventh prince not to tell the story until he meets the empress together.

After returning home, the maid of the old lady came to lead Xue Yao to the main courtyard, saying that Zhuangzi sent fresh snails and crabs.

Xue Qiong was also sitting in the main room, swallowing hard, then turned around and whispered to Mrs. Chen that she wanted to eat too.

Chen stared at him so coldly that he shut his mouth, and then returned to a friendly attitude. He sent Xue Yao and the old lady's maid away with a smile, then grabbed Xue Qiong's ear when he turned around, and said sharply: "You trash, usually Fighting cocks and running dogs, you are so silly and happy to see everyone, let you show a smiling face in front of the old lady, you are like a piece of wood! Still want to eat crabs? If you want to have half of Xue Yao's future, I am thankful!"

Xue Qiong covered her ears and complained: "That kid has a dark heart! He is as smart as a fox in front of me on weekdays, but when he meets an old lady, he pretends to be a fool!"

Chen was stunned for a moment, and Xue Yao's behavior for more than a month flashed in his mind.

She had already realized that this kid was smarter than she remembered, and she just thought it was a mistake in the past, but now, even her young son's impression of Xue Yao has changed, which is too sudden.

Xie Lang had dinner with the old lady and the old man, and the second uncle was also there, discussing family matters with the old man.

The maid took out crab meat and fed it to Xue Yao, and the old lady even picked up vegetables and scooped soup for him.

The second uncle was talking to the old man about the affairs of the Xue family's farm in the countryside.

"The tenants who did not pay the land rent are all members of the Zhao family. Even if they sue the government, the county magistrate will not be able to do anything to them. Some households have delayed the rent for two years. The strong dragon does not suppress the local snake. Our power is in the capital. Well, the sky is high in my hometown and the emperor is far away, so I really have nothing to do with the Zhao family's rascals."

The old man lowered his eyes and peeled the crab shells slowly, and said without emotion: "Just get rid of those rogues. Before signing the land deed, let people investigate the details of the tenants. When your second uncle was in charge of the Zhuangzi, there was no such thing as this." Things, you should be more careful in the future."

The second uncle immediately bowed his head in shame and said yes, and said to the old man: "The Zhao family has rented a lot of good land in our village. If this account is not returned, we will suffer a big loss. It just so happens that the Liu family in the village , There is a son who has just grown up, and he has a crush on the daughter of our third uncle's family. For some reason, the third uncle's family does not agree with this marriage."

The old man looked up at him and nodded for him to continue.

Only then did the second uncle express his thoughts: "The Liu family is a big local gentry. If his family marries with ours, the Zhao family's rent can be returned. But the third uncle's family doesn't know the stakes, so they have been hesitant to respond. The Liu family, now it's all up to you to keep saying something to get the third uncle's family to agree to this marriage."

Xue Yao listened to the gossip so much that he almost couldn't eat.

Why is this second uncle just like Mr. Xue San, so listless!

It sounds like Xue's family met rogue tenants on their village in the countryside, and they couldn't get back the land rent.

The second uncle intends to force the daughter of a relative's family to marry a powerful local snake in the village, and borrow the power of the big gentry to recover the arrears.

Relatives must have their own reasons for not agreeing to the marriage. If they are good, whoever does not rush to marry their daughter is afraid that it will be a pit of fire.

Now the second uncle is mainly in charge of the farm's profits, probably because he was in a hurry to get back the rent of several tenants. He forced his niece to marry and failed, so he came to ask the old man to come forward and force his niece to marry a local snake in the country. Find a backer for the Xue family farm.

So shameless.

While eating crabs, Xue Yao secretly observed the old man's expression.

The old man seemed to have no intention of refusing, and was still thinking about the pros and cons of this matter.

Xue Yao made a decisive decision, pretended to be stupid and asked the old lady: "Sister is getting married?"

The old lady didn't blame him for interjecting, and smiled kindly: "It's your elder sister, you don't know her since she's far away."

Xue Yao pretended to be curious and asked, "Who is Sister Cong marrying?"

The old man cleared his throat, and signaled the child with stern eyes not to talk too much, eavesdropping on an adult's words is already very unruly, and it's really uneducated to actually break his mouth in front of him.

However, since the old lady was rescued by her grandson in the temple, she has spoiled him lawlessly. Even so, she did not scold him. Will not treat her badly."

Xue Yao let out an "oh" and said pleasantly, "Do big families also have Zhuangzi? From now on, it will be our family? Is our Zhuangzi going to grow bigger? It all belongs to our family!"

Before others could react, the old man who had an accident was suddenly awakened by Xue Yao's words!

That's right, if you agree to this marriage, if you want to use the power of the local gentry to protect Zhuangzi, then the squire's family will definitely intervene in Zhuangzi's affairs in the future.

But the Xue family's power is mainly in the capital, strong dragons do not overwhelm the top snakes, even the Zhao family's rascals can't control them, how can they withstand the Liu family's intervention?

At that time, the Xue family's farm will be under the management of the Liu family.

Old Mr. Xue broke out in a cold sweat, and was almost led into a ditch by his son. Fortunately, this childish grandson uttered such a sentence, which woke him up by accident.

"This marriage cannot be agreed." The old man said firmly: "If the tenant doesn't come back, I don't want it. In the future, before signing the land deed, first investigate the tenant's background."

Master Xue Er was stunned, he hadn't figured out the pros and cons of it, he was stunned for a while, and then bowed his head depressedly and agreed.

Xue Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

This second master is really an idiot, no wonder he failed the imperial examination and couldn't manage the property well.

Now that he knows the reason why the strong dragon does not suppress the local snakes, his family can't even beat the local earthworms, and he still wants to marry the local snakes to control the earthworms. Isn't this inviting wolves into the house?

Fortunately, Mrs. Xue is a shrewd person. After all, he has been a high-ranking official, so he knows everything.

Xue Yao was just worried that they would not be able to understand what he was talking about, but they didn't expect the old man to turn the corner in a second.

Just as I was rejoicing, I suddenly heard a prompt in my mind: [Whitewash point +115]

Xue Yao: "???"

Where did this huge sum of money come from?

Could it be that helping Xue's family to keep their property can get so many whitewashing points?

If you think about it carefully, human life must be involved in this, so there are so many whitewashing points.

It is very likely that the relative and sister in the country died because of this marriage.

Xue Yao changed Mrs. Xue's mind, which in turn changed the fate of his relatives. A chain effect resulted in so many whitewashing points.

At 115 o'clock, the whitewashing point was entered into the account, and the money was suddenly abundant. Xue Yao's first thought was, "I have money to exchange food for the little fat boy."

Not right.

Xue Yao felt that he had been cultivated by the Seventh Prince to have the heart of an old father, damn it!

He can't put real emotion on that little dragon Aotian, it will affect his rationality, if he can't escape the court struggle and stay with the Seventh Prince, he might die earlier than the original owner!

When going to school the next day, Xue Yao became restrained.

He didn't even pinch the Seventh Prince's bun face.

The Seventh Prince was a little disappointed and had doubts about the source of his charm.

For the first time in his short three-year-old life, he felt a sense of crisis.

Yaoyao doesn't love him anymore!

Your Highness has no more milk to drink!

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