Ge Chunru had woken up by now, staring at Xiao Yuanshi with resentment.

In the past, Xiao Yuanshi would have stepped forward to coax her.

But now I am very upset.

"Chun Ru, why don't you ask me first?"

Seeing Ge Chunru's eyes becoming more resentful, he raised his hand and said, "I swear that Liu Ru is not my mistress, otherwise I will be struck by lightning."

"I never thought of taking her into the mansion before."

Ge Chunru looked at him in disbelief, "Then why do you often go to her yard?"

Now she looked at Xiao Yuanshi and swore that she really regretted it.

Given Xiao Yuanshi's personality, if he dares to swear, then it must be true.

Then why is she making such a fuss?

At this moment, she suddenly felt like she had been cheated.

Xiao Yuanshi said truthfully: "We met by chance twice before and have been in contact ever since, and we get along well."

"Recently, someone from my hometown lives in the General's Mansion. I felt upset when I came back, and I had nowhere to go, so I went to her place to sit and chat."

He doesn't see anything wrong with this.

Ge Chunru sneered in his heart, it was nothing that they were already tempted to chat frequently.

However, he also guessed that Tao Liu must have used some tricks. Judging from Xiao Yuanshi's appearance, he probably had no idea about it before.

She asked, "So what are you going to do with her now?"

Xiao Yuanshi thought for a moment and replied, "Now that her innocence has been ruined by you, what else can we do? We can only take her into the general's mansion."

Ge Chunru's eyes widened. "What? You want to take her as a concubine?"

Xiao Yuanshi raised his eyebrows, "What else?"

"Chun Ru, this is all your own fault."

He added: "If you had not gone and made it known to everyone today, but had told me about this in advance, I would not have gone to her place again."

Regarding today's incident, he really had opinions about Ge Chunru's actions.

After this incident, all the secrets that had been kept secret at home were exposed.

Except for the fact that Ge Chunru was the daughter of his sworn brother, which was still a secret, everything else was known to everyone.

There is no doubt that he will be reported by the censors when he goes to court tomorrow.

Ge Chunru also knew that she was too impulsive today, "No, I don't agree to let her in."

She emphasized: "What I told you before is true. She is really a peach and willow, and she came from a building. She is no cleaner than the concubines in your backyard now."

Xiao Yuanshi sighed, "Her name is Liu Ru, the daughter of a merchant in Jiangnan. Her parents died and she came to Beijing to live with her aunt."

"I checked this identity and there is no problem."

He looked at Ge Chunru meaningfully and said, "We did find out there was a person named Tao Liu, but he ran away with the followers your father left behind."

"I found out that they were heading towards the northern border."

"I also found a portrait of Tao Liu. She does look somewhat similar to Liu Ru, but they are not the same person."

After Liu Ru appeared, although he just happened to meet her on the road, he also suspected whether someone had arranged it.

So I checked.

Tao Liu and Liu Ru look somewhat similar in their portraits, but Liu Ru has a mole at the corner of her eye and her temperament is completely different.

There is also news saying that Tao Liu grew up in the capital, but Liu Ru speaks with the soft accent of Jiangnan.

He also had someone investigate what happened today.

Liu Ru never admitted her identity in front of Ge Chunru from beginning to end, so it might be that his wife really misunderstood.

Ge Chunru was so angry, "She just knows how to act, how could she not be the same person."

Xiao Yuanshi said helplessly: "You are just making trouble. You are the only one in my heart. You have always known it."

His tone softened, "What happened today is already a joke in the capital. I will be impeached in court tomorrow. I am already very tired. Can you please stop making trouble?"

Ge Chunru felt a breath stuck in her chest, but she thought of what her sister said and forced herself to hold it in.

She asked again: "Do you have to carry her into the house?"

Xiao Yuanshi sighed again, "Besides the fact that you ruined her innocence, my mother just said that if I don't marry Liu Ru into the mansion, she will not go to the Northern Frontier, and will find me a few good concubines. Only after I have a son, she will feel at ease to leave."

Ge Chunru was so disgusted that she was about to collapse. The old woman was so vicious.

She cried, "Go away, go away now, I don't want to see you."

Xiao Yuanshi did not try to coax her this time. He stood up and said, "Then you should have a good rest. I will come to see you later."

After he said that, he really left.

This made Ge Chunru, who was originally planning to use some tricks, dumbfounded. He was so angry that his chest hurt again, and he threw all the things on the bed to the ground.

Xiao Yuanshi then went to the guest house.

Tao Liu had also woken up by now.

She was really knocked unconscious before. She knew that Xiao Yuanshi was good at martial arts, and it would be easy to be discovered if she pretended to be unconscious.

Her forehead was red and swollen at this moment. The court doctor wanted to bandage it for her, but she refused.

After it was bandaged, how could Xiao Yuanshi be soft-hearted?

Hearing the footsteps, she immediately half-sat on the edge of the bed, looking ahead with lifeless eyes.

When Xiao Yuanshi walked in, he saw Liu Ru staring blankly at the front, motionless, as if he had been hit.

Feeling a little apologetic, he walked over and sat on the chair opposite the bed.

He asked with concern: "Liu Ru, are you okay?"

Liu Ru seemed to come back to her senses. She looked at Xiao Yuanshi with a pale and pitiful face, and her voice was a little soft, "Thank you for your concern, General. I'm fine."

"Are you all right?"

Instead, she looked at him worriedly, "If today's incident gets out, will it be bad for your reputation, General?"

Her eyes instantly turned red, and she picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes, "It's all my fault. I got you into trouble."

Xiao Yuanshi didn't expect that Liu Ru would think of his reputation first. She was indeed a sensible girl.

He comforted her, "It's okay. It has nothing to do with you. Don't think too much about it."

Tao Liu seemed to be relieved. Remembering what Shi Qingluo had taught her about "tea talk", she thought about it and changed it.

Then she looked at him cautiously, "General, does my wife know that you came to my place? Will she be angry with you?"

"I don't want to destroy your relationship, but she doesn't know that. She was angry, so she ran to my yard and made trouble without caring about anything."

Translated, the subtext is that Madam Ge Chunru didn't care about Xiao Yuanshi's reputation and she was so ignorant that she made a scene in anger.

Of course, the straight man Xiao Yuanshi couldn’t tell that Tao Liu did it on purpose.

At this moment, he just felt that compared with Liu Ru's understanding and consideration for others, Ge Chunru really disappointed him. It was not like this before.

Tao Liu saw Xiao Yuanshi frowning and thought that there was indeed hope.

Then, with red eyes, he said, "Please don't blame the Madam. It was because I made her angry that she took her anger out on you."

"General, my headache and dizziness are no longer so severe. Please have someone take me back."

"This way, Madam won't misunderstand you again."

She threw back the quilt, looking as if she wanted to leave quickly to avoid Ge Chunru's misunderstanding.

(End of this chapter)